New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-28
Local Intelligence.

GONE HOME.-NOw that he is dead MANY
people will remember poor cid Andre Hill
mar, the decrepid ancient who daily trav.
eled our principal thOroughfares, carrying
a basket of notions, one feeble hand tren..
Dlingly Offering lead pencils to those who
would purchase. Nearly all whom he an.
preached gave him the back of repellinp
hands, but there were men who extended to
the tottering old man a warm palm. To a
casual observer this latter class seemed a
mystery-singular that prosperous gentle
men should kindly salute one who looked 40
like wreck, and whose occupation was 40
lowiy.
Andre Hillman, seyentyeight years ago,
was born in one of NOrway's cities and in
early life possessed advantages above the
ordinary. He improved his good fortune
and in time fourished, both socially and
financially. From Stockholm he went to
Berlin, where he continued to thrive, hav-
ing capacity and energy. In Berlin he
jained noted Masonic lodge, tho Three
Globes, of which Bismarck was and is a
mem Der. Being somewhat ambitious he
climbed the masonic ladder and became q
shining light in that order. Circumstances
and his own inclinations induced him to
could not prosper forever. Time touched
him and his 1.-the body succumbed. With
increasing years poverty put N q claim
which could not be repealed, and so he
battled for simple existence. One after
another his relatives passed away and he
was finally left alone in the world, except
when he chose to seek fraternal friends of
the mystic tie.
When all else was cold and Indifferent to
him, he found pleasure in the lodge, but
age eventually partly robbed him of that
consolation, and he shuffied up and down
our streets, apparently the next thing to a
beggar. However, the few who knew the
old man we'll looked to it that he did not
lack for the necessaries of life, and when,
there We're friends to smooth the rough
edges of his death bed. Sunday morning
an unpretentiOus funeral moved out to the
Masonic Cemetery, and all that remained
OF Andre Hillman was put to rest in due
and ancient form.
BRIEF MENTIoN.-Garrison, charged with
having killed Edward Claren, will be ex-
amned by Judge Macarthur.
mother last evening, in POydras Mar
ket, hired a cOlored man to take care of
her baby for few minutes, while she was
engaged three squares distant. Man
waited a few minutes, say $50, when he con-
cluded that he had won white elephant
without rafting for it. He then carried it
to the first police station and surrendered
his charge. The mother eventually claimed
and got her own.
William Wentchell last evening, in try.
ing to cross the railroad track at the head
OF st. Peter street, got mixed up among
some cars which just then were put in mo-
ton. He was SO seriously injured that it
became necessary to send him to the Char
ity Hospital.
Workmen are actively engaged tearing
the insides of the St. Louis Hotel.
Because there exists an unusual demand
for corn meal to send to the starving coun-
try. people, some dealers raised the price up
to 81 So
Gretna will have its little weekly sensa
ton, the last being an attempt to assassi
nate Henry Melbay while at his devOtions
in church. Some one outside the building
shot him, the bullet inhicting q painful
wound in one of his arms.
Henry Smith, right smart chunk of boy,
stole $2l from J. Morris, and Officer Ford
the youthful prigger on Dryades
street. when he confessed that he had given
the money to his mother. Mother was ar
rested and searched, but not even nickel
was found from the sOles of her shoes to
her neck. Having an uncommon chignOn
on her head the officer raked through it and
found that $2l.
E. B. Eastman, Joseph Badly and j. AlbO |
made triangle Of their heads and the re- |
suit was that a little game was cooked to |
skin Louis MOntecino with cards. When |
Louis $40 had changed hands he squealed
and called on Sergeant McManus to take |
the cluster to prison, 80 that Judge Staes |
might look at them.
10 Anderson and 10 Bonner had bit of |
Sunday diversion near the head of Erato |
street, viciously singing baked brick bats
at each other, but they were out Of prac-
tice. so the coroner was not called. Mrs. |
Bonner took hand, in family way, when |
Anderson drew knife and gently leaned |
toward her. Then q party whose name
was not given slipped cold steel into Ander-
sons angry breast, and peace was restored. |