The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-16

like q thousaIpbet bricks through the skylight of
that establishment, slightly iniuring boy on the
shoulder and causing No little destruction OF glass
and merchandise. But the great volume Of water
which was suspended over the rear portion of the
shoe store being losened from its bonds, took q
straight course through the glass roof underneath
completely destroying II and filling the store with
the rapidly Of lightning, sought passage through
the front door Of the store deuEng the goods its
passage, and rushing out with the roar OF Gre
vase, gearing an old negress who was quietly
attending to her diminutive stock Of mOlssses
cakes on the sidewalk. so that she made dash
across the street, exclaiming, " All, mon Dieu "
as though ell pandemonum had been let loose at
her. One of the employees of Mr.. Martin was un-
fortunate enough, besides being drenched thor
oughly, to be painfully but not dangerously hurt
about the head by piece OF the falling debris
which made the blood dow freely. What damage
Mr. Martin has sustained we could not learn, but
il must be considerable.
That this incident was not attended with less Of
life, or, st least serious injuries, is almost unac-
countable.
ROBBERIEs.-The residence Of the Rev. J. G..
Carpenter, No. 7lO Magazine street. was robbed
about eleven O'Clock yesterday by some person
unknown. double case gold watch, marked
" No. IL 497, J. K. Cooper. London, Maker with
a silk guard attached, having a slide on which
were inscribed the letters G. s. c., was stolen.
Some sdroit thieves, on Tuesday night stole
about Eve dollars in counterfeits from the money
market, owned by B. Dabat. The drawers and
some valuable papers which they had contained
were subsequently found in vacant lot opposite.
The house of Mr.. E. Raphael No. III Basin
street, was entered about A. NJ. yesterday by
unknown thieves, who stole quantity of wearing
apparel. They made good their escape, leaving
behind pair Of calf skin CATERS and basket.
Lieut.. Lane reports finding in the Olympic
Theater about five O'Clock yesterday morning,
an ice pick with which some burglar gained ad-
,,see 81 ,uh Iarfa eli
street. and pryed off the ceiling Of Flores cigar
store, cutting the window to gain admittance.
The intruders appear to have taken alarm, and
departed with nothing for their pains.
A horse attached TO the wagon of a baker on
New I.evee street, between Third and Fourth
streets, ran away yesterday morning, but was
stopped by young Gascogne named Broussi, who
rewarded himself by mounting the box and steal
ing about thirty five or forty dollars. He then
alighted and went of, the last seen of him being
as be entered Magazine street car bound down
town.
meeting of the board was held last evening, pur-
suant to a call from the mayor. Mr.. Breen was
in the chair, and Messrs. Fisher, Rose, Walker,
Pemberton, Montgomery, Morphy, Pandely and
Sturcken were present.
After the mayor's message calling the meeting
had been read, the board went into executive SEES
sion.
EoARD OF POLICE CoMNIssIoNERs.-The follow
ing changes were made yesterday in the police
force. viz:
Officers G. W. Kent and Jas. Rourke were re-
moved.
Officer T. Hawley and supernumeraries L. w
Gaiennie and j. Wilson were dismissed.
Officer J. Casey was allowed to resign.
And officer W. G. Towards case was continue
for further consideration.
The removals of officers Kent and Rourke were
solely on account of physical disability, each OF
them having lost a leg-the one in the Confed
crate, the other in the Union service.