New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-16
Local Intelligence.

p,pD;.Er OF ELEoTEICIrr.-- 'hr
n,,Dcr of IT. Charles and Poyt1a- streets
can be seen every evening man Who en-
,lov- his talents in furn ,,hing the ladies ana
gentlemen particularly the latter OF thiS
enlightened city with specimens OF the
shoe. electric, at the cheap rate o: ave
cents per shock
Now, the ordinances and decrecS ct the
o;ty of New Orleans require that every per
sou buying, selling, or II any way con
tributing to the wealth of the community by
auy industrial pursuit shall pay ii yeru-
niary mulch, STYLED IL license. for "!eaTc to
toll" In accordance with this law o; th.
CITY the vendor Of electric shocks applied a
couple Of days ago for a license. According
10 the old license law, he could be cla-rcd
only "A an exhibitor such as Crau-"S. .I!cn-
aoeties, etc.
This would involve Il license OF /, II dollars
per day, and such license would not bc very
profitable to a man whose receipt, would
hardly reach three dollars IA day. IN this
dilemma. the astutc clerk at the City Hall
conceived ii conception, ard issued to the
electricity man a license rs peddl"r. SO
that the proprietor of the electrical machine
may now be SEEM night after night during
the season, peddling the electric spark, the
fire that Franklin called from the skies. that
Pronetleus burned lii, fingers with.
MuTATIoss.-Thc words juvenile vagrant
are common in Recorders Courts. and little
tbor or- p&t,in
object to which they are applied. nat III
tcreeting histories, unwlitten ana unknown.
are attached to each instance only the pen
OF Dickens could make an ink sketch OF
that inner life, of how once loving father.
mother and friends believed that little Bar
teiio Richaldcr would some day prove "A good
L not a great man, an honor to his parents
and Che country; the anxiety and labor "t-
slowed ON him day and night, that he might
gov up in honorable paths and pursue
glorious occupation. But death caine. tai
ing own. father and mother ard tav'ns
Barteilo to work his own redemption: his
few wears Of life had not furnished him with
experience and he lost III" beneni OF well
directed advice. Meeting "ith nothing hu'
rough rebutis, it was wonder thai he
dropped down from bad 10 worse. nn'Ii II
became necessary to continc him ii House
OF Refuge, il place that is really good 3>y-
lam 70. him Strange that an involuntary
seryitude should prove "a benefit To any hui
fnan IN these enlightened days. yet such =
strictly true.
a FIRE COHrANT N kENNEEyHI,
Several old time iircmen OF this city haEc
recently located in kenncrviile, wl."re there
was no organized fire company. although
Uac vac needed. A few men banded 10
oet,Ier and raised almost money enough 10
purchase new hand engine. when the Po-
Ice Jury voted them sufficient {" complete
the bargain. Chief Engineer OCounor. OF
tbs city. put the machine in perfect rondi-
ton, and last Sunday the company ccle-
brajed il. organization, having quite Jolly
time. An invitation to be present reached
Us Yesterday. The officers are Jacob Long.
foreman; George Richard, first ASSISTANT;
Jacob Mazron, second assistant: Charles
Schmeizlc, president: J. c. Bauman. secrc-
tary: George Becker. treasurer; NJ. Felix.
r.
rolls contain twenty-cight names. At the Joi-
Eicution the ladies of our neighborlng city
TOOK pleasure in adjoining til" engine with
howcr.. wrcaths and ribbons.
SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS. - Madame
Ferris, the great test medium OF the spirit
llal theory. who created such sensation IN
thi, city last winter. has returned and in
tends giving Il series of entertainments Of
spirit,ia! character. She is 1T present; at
the residence of our fcllow-citizcn. DR..
Allen. the dentist, on DryadeS street. near
Canal. The manifestations are certainly
extraordinary, and whether true or false, it
is certainly worth while to call and. as it
were, converse with ones departed friends.
WHY should not the dead return. if they
live, And if they do return. why should
we refuse to hold converse with them:
truly. they will do us good. and not evil.
PaorLCrIoS.--The Metropolitan Police
have repeatedly been the victim, OF news
paper onslaughts. and vet many of their
good deeds have been unchronclcd. Last
night Officers Savage and Lawler. on the
ST. Charles street beat. took an unfortunate
and drunken countryman out of the hands
of set OF thieves and conveyed him to the
station for safe keeping. Upon being
searched. the gentleman WAS found to he
the custodian of $50 which, but for the
vigilance of the police. would have been
tue spoil, o! the sharpevt VIII" had him IN
hand.
toI>D DRowNED.-Th" cldcfi. :nan
drowned near the Morgan fcvl, iaudin.
proves to have been Joseph I.cnnrr. !:
Swiss
IA ;,,pucst wae also held on :ne body "i
.Tpiln Lewis, who accidentally fell of the
steamboat Governor Allen.
Thc Criminal Court found II impossible Il
try = siuglc case yesterday. witnesses t"''m2
l. appear.
A man. name not slsccrtaincd. died I"
heart disease on board the steamboat Glad
iator Monday night. He WAS passenger
Peter Burns. who was badly injured ia>'
week, by street car running over hl'n
died in the Charity Hospital yesterday
HI, thigh bore, were fractured
William iI.nr% Grc"'i. nos .rr,ia,t il
any sense il III prison. charged with havin.
wounded j. Barrett III tn" Third Ui-,~c.
Monday night, at a club meeting.