The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-07
THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN, SUNDAY FEBRUARY Z 1875
THE CITY.

CAN he STAND ANOTHER CHARGE.-One Alfre'
Warren was taken into the First from the hea'
OF Glfod street on the levee, being charged b.
Robert Gibson with an assault with dangerous
weapon with intent to kill. He is charged also
by the officer with being dangerous and suspl
clous character, and about to commit a breach O.
the peace. If Alfred can stand another charge
he must have broad shoulders.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.-Thos. Hawks, aged
twentyslx years, was arrested at $50 last night
corner Dauphine and Frenchmen streets, being
cha ged with having committed a murder. He
was taken into the Fifth Precinct Station for safe
keeping.
DANGERoUs.-One F. Talkenstene, young fell
low OF scarce eighteen mers, was run into the
| Sixth on charge OF being dangerous and sus-
plclOus character.
| SMALL BLAZE-Between and o'clock this
| A. NJ, the one story frame house, corner of St
Charles and Huse streets, cwned and occupied by
Mrs. Mckenzie, caught fire from sparks falling
on the roof from the chimney, causing slight
damages O, about $40, covered by insurance
LARCENIEs. Charles Johnson, arrest, Ut the
leyee, between Girod and Lafayette streets, for
stealing cotton ties
Frank Abraham was also locked up for pifering
the same kind Of wares.
Edward Addison for taking some Of ';old king
cotton" was locked up in the First precinct sta
ton along with the above hopefuls.
Deacon Pettbone, with his ''most excellent
pumpkin pies" and fried cakes" at st Patrick's
Hall next Monday evening. See advertisement.
It is consoling to reflect that, though this gene
ration has its credulous fools, it is not fool
sh than its predecessors; and that though the
spiritual tic mania of to-day may have seized
upon greater number Of people, through the
improved facilities for munication 1t had
its converts and believers in the seventeenth
century, who were as bigoted and credulous as
their descendants of the nineteenth. 1t is more |
han probable that in the twenty first the fzzle
Of Katie King may be cited to illustrate some
future hoax.
writer in the Providence r. ~ Press men
tons, among certain interesting old volumes,
rare book of sixteen pages, bearing date of 1893
and printed in London The writer, who signs
himself "K. c., Esq.," was IN the service Of his
Majesty, and located in the South, and the events
ne describes occurred many years BEFORE He
n3rrates that while sitting with his host, one
George Walton and his family, the house was
assalled by shower OF stones, varying in size
from that OF rock as big as his fist to . small
pebble.
The moon was shining brightly, and the whole
country plainly visible, and no
human b-ing was discovered. 1t was immed-
.tely concluded that ''the stone-throwing DEVILS"
M much believed in, were guilty of the outrage.
The devils entered the house unseen, Of course,
md dropped their missiles through the ceiling,
much to the establishment Of every body When
he writer began to play upon a musical instru-
nent, the boulders danced into the room, and
umped to the music. and were joined by pewter
poon. This sort Of thing continued for several
weeks.
There we're some noted witnesses cited BY the
writer; among them Samuel Jennings, Governor
4 New Jersey; Walter Clark, Governor of Rhode
sland; and Mathew Borden, of the same State,
whose names will be associated with the Owens.
ippitts, Wailaces, CIookeses, and even Henry
wilson, OF our own day. The book, called by the
ritter 'Iithobolia, or the Stone Throwing Devil.
NIL compare favorably with the ingenious aud :
ow diverting confessions of Robert Dale Owen. =
! his articles published in the atlantic.
Estimating ice to be worth half cent pound
r ten dollars a ton, the ice crop OF two million
ms just harvested on the Hudson Is more vslu-
bic by two million dollars than either the wheat