New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-07

was too high for her purse. 0r. SCOOTER
comprehcnding the case, kindly forgot tn
extra figures and presented the jewelry I
the happy and proud girl. These little a
tentions to the forlorn one will doubles
make q lasting impression ON her bette
nature, in time TO come.
ABOUT Towx.-Anyonew who stands abou
the several ferry landings, Canal street an,
the Second District particularly, will see
great deal of the amusing, and undoubtedly
feel great surprise that more accidents d.
not happen from the recklessness of mos
Of the passengers CROSSING and recrossing
and the stupidity Of others. This is. Of
course, the more obvious on Sundays, when
large crowds of pleasure-seekers throng the
ferry boats, particularly toward evening.
As the boat approaches the landing on
either side the great majority of the passen-
gers crowd toward the side nearest the
wharf, ready to land. As soon as the vessel
gets as near as three or four feet, numbers
spring to the wharf; and those who do not
jump hasten through the opening in the rail-
ing. No one waits for the boat to be made
fast, no one even waits for it to cease NOV
ing Each one crowds the other with SIREN
nous, and often apparently desperate efforts,
as if the boat was ON fire with one hundred
barrels Of gunpowder on board. The throng
of people leaving the boat, in such eager
haste, meet on their way another throng of
those who are going on board. These rival
the others in absurd haste, as if the
vessel were going instanter, instead of
waiting at the landing sufficient time
to receive a thousand people instead Of
fifty or sixty. The moment there is.s chance
to spring at it they 60, heller SHELTER, SHOW
ing, hustling, running against and impeding
each other, and all without the slightest ne
cessity, but even when the motion Of the
boat makes it highly dangerous. It never
seems to occur to those struggling to go on
board that they would enhance their own
comfort and lose no time by standing quietly
by and suffering those who are on board to
land first.
In most cities this would be made the sub
;ect of police regulation, and an officer
would be stationed at each landing to see
that no one was endangered by the folly of
those seeking to get off before the boat
lands, and the equal folly of those who try
to go on board before the passengers just ar
rived have left the boat. 20
RECORDER DUNoNT's Court, FIFTH DIS
the nothing to-dOdivision of
Algiers was assembled yesterday at the
court to witness the result of
three-cornered quarrel between Miss Rosa
Follier, Miss Cunningham and Mrs. Hines
The parties are all of respectable standing,
only the latter party has an innocent habit
Of getting up fuses with neighbors; prin-
cipally on account of another comical habit
Of getting in debt, and letting the matter
rest there. The evidence showed that, as
frequently happens in deliberative bodies,
the majority was wrong, as Mrs. Hines and
Miss Cunningham were shown to have been
The aggressors on Miss Follier So Mrs.
Hines and Miss Cunningham were required
to furnish peace bonds, and pay each
modest fine.
CHARGED WITH FORGERY. T. Tuesday
young man walked into the
,fice of Messrs. Care & Co. pretending to
rave an order from Captain Guion, of La
ourche, for three plantation cabins, asking
o have them shipped at once. As the firm had
10 cabins ready, the young man was told he
must wait. He then departed, but returned
short time afterward and rendered check |
N the Bank of America for three hundred |
dollars, purporting to be signed by Mr.. j.
ninth, and represented himself as . clerk |
nth Mr.. Smith. The bill amounted to two |
hundred and seventy dollars, and he re-
eived thirty dollars in change. The check |
roved to be forgery.
The police were notified, and Specials Cain
nd Dipert started out to find the perpe-
rator. By some means they dropped on
dr. Hendricks, formerly employed as a. clerk
a police headquarters, and he answered the
description given. Being drunk he was
aken to the first precinct station, where he
ave fictitious name. The officers then took
[r. Cares clerk to identify the man. On
rst sight he was recognized as the person,
nd the strong charge was made against
i'm. This is the man who, year or more
60, forged Captain Gains name to pass
,r 3 free passage, by river, to st. Louis.
When in Mr.. Cares Office he informed the
Jerk that, previous to the war, he had
cen local reporter for city paper, and as
umed considerable style, for which diver
ion he is pretty well adapted. There is
mother forged check out for small sum,
nd it is thought he is the man who uttered
!. Present appearances seem to give assur-
nee that his race Is about run. Personally
e is a man Of some accomplishments and
God manners, but at last his real character
ends him down to his level.
THE DEATH OF FELIX DUNNE.-It having
cen stated that there was criminality or
egligence somewhere in permitting the
wo men, Patrick Comesky and Felix Dunno,
fight in the first precinct stationhouse
ell, when both were prisoners, it is neces-
ary to make some explanation. The night
hey were arrested they had been creating
little disturbance, although they were
pparently friendly toward each other, and
I'D been drinking together; but that fact
as not known until the following day.
hey were placed in the same cell, which
,ntained several prisoners. Nothing par
cular occurred for some time after the
rest was made, and the prisoners in the
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