New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-05-19
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Firemen's Festival--The Engine
Trofs-The Hurdle Races-Serious If not
Fatal ceident-The Sack Hnces-Illu-
minatIOn and Dances

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large, but the cnjoyments were quite AS
great AS though the grounds had been
crowded.
The grand engine trot of one mile at
tractcd the attention of members of the re-
spective fire companies, The result was as
follows:
Hope No. g. time j;45; American No. 3
Sal; No. II, $40; No. 10, G:3l; No. 90, 4;59;
Lafayette Hook and Ladder Company No. l.
1852; Volunteer No, J. 4:44; No. g. 6:2O;
Mississippi No. 2, 5:54; jackson No. Is, 5:l5;
Washington No 20, 5:29; No. "a, 5:25.
| The first prize, a set Of splendid harness,
was awarded to Volunteer No. l; the second
| prize, a gold medal, to No. % the third
| prize, silver medal TO jackson No. Is.
The best trotting was made by the horse
| OF No. "a, which went on a square trot the
whole distance without a single break,
! while every other horse broke. No. "a
| however, did break some Of the gearing
that attached the horse to the machine
| once or twice before the final start.
The amateur pistol shooting was admir-
able. We do not know how much was
charged for a shot, but we do know that
the pistol was well charged, and that is
settled by the fact that some OF the speLt
lead dropped on our reporters broad
| hrmmed hat as he was lettering on the
| judges stand.
| That popular favorite among the people
WHO 20 after amusements was also on the
| SIduu III the lllnt-We mean MI. DUD mart.
| Possibly it was intend d that he should
wear fresher laurels AS the great shot at"
An engine race by the horse of American
| Hook and Ladder Company, with some of
| the boys alongside the brakes, distance half
| u mile, time 3:O7, including the backing up
OF the engine, getting the hose into place.
| and starting IA stream Of water, was some
what exciting.
The other principal features in the enter
taiumeuta were "a hurdle race, a scrub race,
a sack race, and base ball match.
trial Of second class steam engines,
through 100 feet of hose and Il iuch nozzle,
was made for two prizes. a god medal and
"A magnificent solid brass mounted signal
lamp.
An immense amount of eating was done
out there, considering the numbers who
were present, and the convencnces were
pie Tor Il moderate quantity Of drinking.
One of the establishments under canvas was
designated as the - Bulls Run Restaurant
and perhaps its prupretors are not yet re-
conslruCtrd; while another was termed
Reconstruction and 1t is Just possible
that the proprietor may have had an excess
Of that article.
This reporter being the moral man of his
department, was shocked at the exhibition
that was TO be witnessed after entering
u door over which inscribed Bars
Open Instead of the bar" that is men
toned in the bdckwoods vernacular, several
gentlemen, who had OH good clothes, we're
lighting the tgerh in the English, French,
aud Creole style.
Whether money changed hands on bets or
on games Of hazard is not question of clu-
Cidatlon here, but you bet money did change
han d. or pockets.
The wheel of fortune was more openly
eXh bited on the uncovered grounds, and
he or she who invested their dimes got
something back for their money, ii it was
only "a row of pins"
The shooting ut mark aud scattering
the shot very wildly has already been mem
toned. That was Il popular amusement for
several years, between the time they had a
little trouble at Sumter and the day Ulysses
s. Grant had a brief COnvCr-atiun with "A
weli-known soldier named Robert L. Lee,
uude Virginia apple tree, and the latter
sad he had had enough OF that kind Of fun
Engine Company No. 10 came off victor
! OF the two second class steam engines which
contested for tn" gold medal and n solid
b ass'nsounted signal lamp, and bore off the
| prizes.
In the hurdle race we are sorry to have to
| record an accident to the boy known rs
Charley among the racing gentry, which
! will probably cost him his life, If he is not
already dead. His pony which was last
IN the race, WAS unable to rise over the
hurdle, aud in trliug'io do so threw Charley
and fell upon him, SO that lite was nearly
extinct for some time. He was brought to
the city for medical aid.
In the SACK race, George Delamon, fore
man Company "A, was the fastest. II he
runs as fast in proportion out of il, he is a
racer. The second prize, a silver medal,
was won by William Swan, foreman of Hook
and Ladder No. g.
At seven o'clock, the bonfres of pine
knots blaZed brilliantly, music swelled the
breeze from "A brass band and from voice OF
chOristers, while the lads and lasses tripped
1t to and fro on the large platform beneath
the old moss covered oaks, and the merry
crowd atroniZed all the restaurants of the
Fair Grounds.
The Coroner's Annual Statistics.
Coroner Delery furnishes tor publication
the statistics of his Office for the wear end
ing May 10th. 1t is as follows
Freedmen dead without medical assistance
Gnciudng lag deaths by cholera), 507
whit-s de ad OF cholera, IS whites dead OF
yellow FEVER, 6; accidental drowning (com-
prising coored persons), SO; accidentally
killed by Cars Getty aud steam), IL; accident
ally killed by cart, q; accidentally killed by
a TALL, 8; accidentally killed by stroke of
lightning, 2; accidentally killed by explosion
of lamp, l accidehtly killed by inhaling
steam, /; accidrnlly Killed by fall of u
heavy stone, 2; accidentally killed by fall
ing in aprivy, 2; accidentally killed by being
scalded /; suicide by poison, IL; suicide by
hanging. .; suicide by cutting throat, z;
suicide by fire arms, suicide by drown
ing, killed during the July riot-whites 8,
blacks rs murders, %; mansaughters, s
various diseases, 225. Total, $780,
The other coroners in the city have not
made similar reports. The freedmen died
without medical assistance" embraces all
for whom the coroners certificate was re-
quir+d PRIOR to their burial. The number
Of white persons who died without the aid
OF physicians, is probably included in the
various Diseases" There s, Ems to be a
purpose in the peculiar publication of the
statistics relating to freedmen.
suicide In Aigiers.
A young giri, named Sarah Jane Walsh,
about thirteen years IF ag.', deliberately tei-
minated her existence, Thursday morning
by drowning herself in the Mississippi
river, ut The second District Ferry landing,
Asgiers. The mother Of the young girl
resides at No. 278 DAuphlne street, between
Ursuines and Hospital streets. For some
reason the deceased left her home on Wed.
nrsday, against her mothers will, and went
To Algiers. There she was arrested and de-
tanned in prison until the following day,
when she was reear ed. She Immediately
walked TO the ferry rs II going home. and,
before any one could prevent her, jumped
into the river.
TIE body has not yet been recovered The
for its recovery.
Anesher Deserted Iafant
few mornings siuc- Al old widow lady,
Mr.. B., who resides ON Liberty street,
above the New Basin, found n Whit female
infSn, lying bundled up ON her door Sc y,
which had been lett there during the night
Ivy some person unkrown. IL WAS pretty
little thing, and looked IA II it had been
nshered into this cod and uncharitaole