New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-21

Two PERSONS DROWNED IN 4 DRAINING;
CAHaL-Last evening about dark man
end three boys were in wagon on Cana!
street, driving at no unusual speed. but
when they reached CarrOllton avenue
the vehicle in an nnaccOuntable man.
'nep ran OF tho bridge. throwing the man
and two boys into the canal. The other
boy managed to cling to the railing and
80 saves! himself. just then Mr.. George
L. Bright drove up and seeing the first lads
per;!.u. position. gal!antly. jumped in.o the
s.,ny water ard rescued the half dead
child. To. little fellow was SO frightened
Chat M. Bright could CLEAN nothing further
from him THAN that the others were drown
I'd Having done all that a man could, Mr.,
Bg:sh, began t. think Of his own miserable
condition. Wet. cold anu covered with
1ilth. Ee drove in as sapidi as possible and
Informed Superintendent LscleIe. SO that
more ;.viIce.nen might be sent cat to assist
90 recovering the bodies. The nob!. and
p.osp. ecn;;lc. IL Mr.. Bright adds a bill.
liant t.s..ec 10 his modest cap, and Il We
had humanitarian society he would Ger.
taiH!y obtain q medal as real hero.
The assigned cause OF the accident is that
tle a"rs, was blind and uncontrollable.
Th> mans name was GerOge Spitzfadden.
q 81. Mary Market butcher. and he had
three children iu the wagon. One Of the
cii:ldten and Spitzfadden were drowned.
The hoy was only seven years Old. named
George Srhaff. and the body was gecov.
cred Coroner Folwell visited the scene
late las, nigh. and will today hold an in
quest.
SANTA CRUZ ON A CRUIsE.-Mr. j. Cas-
sari was Oh the levee looking at wreckers
on the sunken steamboat Empire, unmind.
tut that pickpockets were about. His gold
Detectives. on being informed, hurried to
find Santa CRUZ alias Pablo Berda. He
was found and locked up. but the watch
an! chain gre still! among the missing.
Bs.Er MEvy,oS.-D. Pritc!ard. a peddle-.
about tttv tour years old, was accidentally
yru over by car al the tive-miie post. on
ths jackson railroad. and badly crushed.
Iis was brought down to the Charity Hos.
p:'al. wher. he died.
The dead body of a colored woman. about
eighteen years old. was found IN the river
opposite the jackson street ferry landing.
The dress was black.
john Henry White wanted SIG. and he
wanted it bad. He saw Isaac jackson
Counting Iii. hard earned wealth. and he
grabbed II and ran. and a policeman gobbied
the thief.
Tie fire a!ar1r !a:e Thursday nigh: was a
fraG!. ..
David Mehan was found at the corner OF
St. .Joseph aud TchoupitOulas streets suffer-
iny from bad wound on his head. A po'
lictmar sent him to the Charity Hospital.
When found he was SO intoxicated that lie
gould not explain.
Police CuANGEs.-The Board of Police
Commissioners yesterday appointed ndge
A Il. Miller to the position of sergeant. and
assigned him to the office Of chief of detec-
tives. Captain Schneider was transferred
to command the mounted police, after
which Captain Gray, of the sixth precinct.
oh
tain Schreiber. These changes created
some controversy, and committee waited
on Governor Kellogg to induce him to per-
shade the commissioners to reconsider their
action, After the subject was thoroughly
eanyassed the board concluded to undo
what had been done, so the several persons
named remain as they were yesterday
morning.
CnrporaI Murphy was transferred from
tl.e .rst precinct to the third: Corporal
Euentes from the mounted TO the elShth:
Cn-rpraI Bancroft from the eighth to the
frs..
Killed.
W :e,rr that on Friday last Mr.. 'Jonn
Collins. well known in this parish, otiI va"
h.. lately removed to Bastrop. was shot IN
til. abdomen by a man laIned DunS' rom
tn. elects 0. which he died on Saturday
NJ. Michael Collins, brother Of the dee
ceased. immediately after the shooting.
wsenched the pistol ont OF Dutiy's hands
and beat him over the head with 1t, trac
tui.ng his skull, from the effects OF WHICH, |
he is expected to die
Tn. origin of the difficulty as lar as We |
ccu:d learn. was the refusal OF Mr.. John
Collins to let Duffy, who was already under |
the influence Of liquor. have more hquor.
~-NoaIve Ltte1iigencer.
Passenger list of the steamship An, Wi
booker. CAPTAIN Kemble, from New York.
Miss j. Falconer, Mrs. Chairman and
danghter Mrs. NJ. Rice, Mrs. Robert L.
6reamer. Mrs. S. NJ. I'll, Miss NJ. A. LIE
vail. Mrs. E. Wallis DR.: J. P Gillespie Miss
Kate p. Gille spie, Mrs. Rose F!nnegsn; Mrs.
A. H. Dyett and child, J; =; smith, n: ~; ~
Hough,on and wife, D. w. CLARK ana we,