The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-29
THE CITY.


OF AUGUST. The long looked-for sheckel
were We terday deposited in Brays hands, t
pay of all the men on the force for the mont
Of August Bray commenced the work las
night and paid the day police of the FRS
Second, Third and Fourth Precinct. Cap
tains, sergeants, corporals and brokers, a
we'll as the privates, who went home happy
The work will be renewed in the morning, an
will probably last until Friday, when the al
fair will be settled, SO far as the month {
August goes.
BURGLARY Between the hours Of and
o'clock Wednesday morning, some unknown
thief entered the residence of Mr.. G. Beck
No So Third street. and carried of one gol
watch and chain and other valuables amount
iny to about $500. No clue was left tina
would lead to hls arrest.
From Yesterdays Evening Edition.]
IscENp1AEY FRE ON BIENv1IE STREET
Abou. $40 O'Clock this morning fire broke
out in two-story brick house at the corner O.
Bienvlle and Roman streets, owned by Mr.
Bonde and occupied by Bernard LacOme as 0
residence and grocery store. The building
was partially damaged by fire and water In
sured, but in what company or tor what
amount could not be ascertained The stock
of groceries YVES completely destroyed. In
sured in the Merchants Insurance Company
for $1,000 Sergeant Thibaut arr sted the
owner Of the grocery store and his clerk, from
information received charging them with
having set the place on fire. The alarm was
turned in by Officer Martin, from box 1872,
corAer of Bienville and Johnson streets.
ACCIDENT ON THE LEvEE.-About IL o'clock
this morning negro drove up to the steamer
Josephine, living at the head of St. Louis
street, with cart load ID with lumber, and in
carelessly backing and turning the mule
around to dump his load in the nearest place,
backed to the slant of the wharf, and, natur-
ally, the load being so much heavier than the
mule, it was pulled backward down the planks
onto the deck of the steamer, and it was only
by the assistance Of about thirty men that the
animal was not killed. The deck of the boat
sustained some damage. This will in the
future learn the darkie how to unload q cart.
CUTTING ON COMMERCE STREET.-About half
past 10 o'clock last night man named Rich
ard Murphy was assaulted and slightly cut in
the left side with knife while walking on
Commerce, between Delord and Calliope
streets, by some unknown party who made
his escape
EMBEzzLEMENr-Ath half past - o'clock
yesterday Officer Isabelle arrested one A. E.
Oliver, aged 16 years, on q warrant sworn to
by r. w. Francis charging the young man
with embezzlement. He was confined in the
Sixth Precinct Station.
BROKEN BRIDGEs.-The officers of the Sixth
Pr, cinct Station report two bridges in a
dan ferrous condition, one on the corner of
Fulton and st. Andrew streets, and the other
corn II Of Rousseau and Fourth streets.
TH,EATs TO KILL-The pen ranship on the
Sixth Precinct report discloses three different
charges against John Keegan: Insult, abuse,
and threats of personal violence, are the names
Of the offences committed by John against
Susan Clinton, on Rousseau. between Second
and Third streets Tuesday morning
CorToN TIE THIEvEs.-At half-past 8 !
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Officer Cook
halted man named John Harris, on Cross |
man, between Peters and Front streets, who |
was coming from the direction of the river,
laden down with bundle of iron ties He |
was brought to the jackson Square Station,
where in very few moments time the owner
appeared, and proved his properly. which he
values at 81.
Andrew Smith was waltzed into the Harbor
Precinct Station, charged with the same Of
tense.
ASSAULT AND BArTERY.-John Smith, know
ng that Ellen Given had m .de an affidavit
's"luos AAIn DoIOTe JuIBe oISeS court on
Monday for assault and battery thought it
,est to surrender himself to the officers in
;hsrge of the Jackson Square Station, which
ie did. thereby saving himself the disgrace
If being followed by a crowd to Jail.
CorroN THIEF. - Mrs. Smith was hauled
INTO the Fifth Precinct Station from the
evee, head of Spain street, last evening, by
officer Mead. for stealing cotton. She is also
charged by the peeler with using obscene
anguage
STOLEN PROPERTY IN Hrs Possession. 5
'clock Tuesday evening Jacob SchelIang was
rrested on Chippewa, between Toledano and ,
louisiana Avenue for having a double-bar- I
81 shotgun in his possession, supposed to be l
be property Of Mr.. Deslangs. Jacob will !.
ave to explain in court how he became the .
wner Of this gun.
The CHARITY HospITAL.-A colored man >
AIMED Anderson Robinson was sent to the q
harity Hospital, from the Harbor Station, at Q
alf-past 8 last night, in sick and destitute
onditiOn.