New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-30
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
RATHER LArE-Clerks' Picnic and Ball.
An unforeseen accident We failed to
Knowledge the presentation of compli.
entary tickets for the Clerks Benevolent |
psociatiou, for the picnic And ball, after. |
BON and evening of Independence Day, on |
70 Fair Grounds. The committee Of ar |
ngements consists of such excellent gen. |
bmen a. Messrs. o. 8. Bsbcock, ]. A. OFT |
enu, George E. Paisant; invitation. |
essrs. 8. @. Brodowski, D. H. Buckley,
In Patin. John Smith; judges of races. |
eesrs. 7. McCloskey and Charles Leighton. |
be programme is made up Of varied at
actions, not to mention the one hundred
be prizes, which the holder of ticket
Jay, can or will draw. These fine prizes
70 on exhibition at No. 8 st. Charles street.
II fond of fireworks displays will be highly
ratified by glorious exhibition. Another
xcellent feature, and one which will find
reat favor with heads of families, is that
mo ladies will be permitted to enter the
|grounds without ticket of invitation. II
other associations would adopt this plan,
the Fair Grounds would improve in its moral
standing. The picnic will take place on the
glorious fourth. and the dancing will com
mence ct four o'clock in the evening. Read
eae of the programmes, which furnishes full
particulars.
BRIEF MBNT1oN.-J. J. kcCort, for having
been caught in the act of robbing the
dwelling of s. F. Pierce, No. 1873 Dryades
street, goes to the Criminal Court on the
foundation that he is q burglar. He was
before Judge Abel last week for similar
odense. and was cleared.
Before nine O'Clock yesterday morning,
quite number Of persons stood waiting at
the doors of Administrator Walton's Office.
eager to pay money into the city treasury
for licenses and taxes.
II was pleasant to see that an effort in
part, succeeded in cleaning portion OF
Poydras street of such membranes as
greatly incommoded and endangered pedes-
TRANS. Had not come authority interfered,
the tupposition is that the retailers would
soon have appropriated the entire ban
quette. There are other thoroughfares
~ utmost as bad, where many dealers seem to
regard the sidewalks - their personal prop
erty, and perhaps they are right.
John O'Neil would pilfer wood. for which
! he was arrested on Chippewa street. This
i is the thirteenth time he is charged with
like ofense.
]. During Tuesday night Christian Deddlng,
of No. 20 Annunciation street. fell into the
river from the Canal street ferry, but was
! rescued by that energetic oar. Ohcer
Douglas.
-Gsrporal Wolfe rescued Michael Burke
5 from watery grave, head of Melpomene
street.
Lawrence Futtrich was tried in the
Criminal Court, charged by ]. L. Herw1e
with burglary and larceny, and acquitted
The case was that in which Mr.. P. +. Her
wigs residence was robbed OF severa
articles of value, among which was lottery
ticket entitled to prize. Accused pre-
sented the ticket to Mr.. Towards agent fol
payment. asserting that he had received
from butcher in Poydras Market, who nae
found it.
MIR. Brion, in attempting to Jump on al
open bridge over the old canal at ram
part street, failed to spring sufficient o's'
lance, and, in falling, broke one OF nlf
limbs. 3.
Some sweet.too.hed burglar tried nj
hand at breaking into Richelieu's confec'
tionery store. He had effected an entraace
hut. for sufficient reasons, he went withou
being told to.
The fire on Elysian Fields street early yes
eerdsy morning was the burning OF w
stables near Gutenberg Hospital. J. Levan
tree was the owner.
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