The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-12
ON DIT.

-. Variety halls are decidedly on tn
increase here.
80. The police are to receive their certifi
Gates for August Monday next.
| 1t is expected the restraining order from
Judge Woods in the Slaughter House case will
reach this city by Monday.
| THE New Orleans Rife Club will prac
tice at their grounds, Sunday afternoon, and
it is anticipated medals will change hands,
| Capt. Norcross, Of the Revenue De
partment, was about the busiest man in the
Custom House Saturday.
| -. From the early flight of wild ducks
southwark it is evident that our winter will
be severe.
=. The Crescent City Rifle Club will, Sun
day, break in their new Creedmoor Rifles at
the one thousand yards range. Some crack
shooting may be expected.
-. The Third Precinct Station was par.
ticularly lively Saturday morning, and Tails,
the day clerk, seemed to enjoy the brush of
business hugely.
The billiard world in this city is un-
usually quiet now. Frank Maggioli is pa
tlently awaiting challenge and ready to cross
cues with knights of the green cloth.
80. The application of the Washington Ar
tillery for the loan of two Napoleon guns in
the possession of the police has been approved
by Gen. Longstreet and acting Governor An
tome, and the Washington Artillery will get
the guns.
The question is often asked why up
town saloons do not keep as tat and salty
oysters as can be had down town. Frequent
ly parties carry home jars of the choicest
from the business portion of the city simply
because they can't get them up town.
-. Parker, with his powerful fve-inch
achromatic telescope, is making the little ones
Of the Fourth District happy with peeps at
the man in the moon nightly. He has taken
a position at the corner of Jackson and Maya.
zine streets.
1t appears that all is not quiet yet
among the office-holders, for, Friday, E.
Fulton, formerly Hay Inspector, filed in the
Superior District Court suit under the In
rusion Act against J. F. Littlefeld, the pres
,nt incumbent. Fulton claims the Office by
7irtue of previous appointment.
Although early last evening the sky
presented threatening aspect, up to late
lour. the clouds did mot unburden them
elves Of their weight Of rain. On the hori-
on the lightning flashed, and the echoes of
Instant thunder could be heard, yet we failed
o receive that grateful shower looked for with
o much anticipation. Until we have
eavy rain, it is probable the present heat
ill continue
1.-The first shipment of machinery. to
illustrate the diffusion process of
1gar-making, arrived here on Friday, and
,e remaining shipment is expected to-day.
!, is said that the machine will be ready for
peration by the 1st of October. The result
ill be regarded with great interest by very
rye portion of the agricultural population
Louisiana {
80. In an article on the new testing ap-
'ratus at the Office of Captains Moffstt & 6
landers, United States Local Inspectors for 3
is district, it was stated the machine could {
st the tensile strength of iron up to one
lndred thousand pounds This is we learn .
excess of its capacity as it is only intended j
run up to forty thousand pounds This G
itself is an enormous strain on such COM .
lct machine. n