The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-10-19
ON DIT.

day morning.
-. The Medical Association met last night
at the University Building.
-. "The Two Ophelings," as Sairey Camp
used to say, are "districting public attention
in the Court House just now"
And still they haven't finished with the
Halpin will case. A small army of witnesses
remain to be examined.
The hunters are already bringing in
early game Caille-grassets and papa-botte
are here and in 81 endid condition.
Major Burke returned to the city Sat-
urdsy and resumed his duties in the City
Hall Monday morning.
The Police Board met Monday morn
ing at Police Headquarters. There was an
immense crowd of spectators.
Auditor Clinton has made requisition
on the Fiscal Agent for new bonds sufficient
in number TO make up the amount funded at
the last meeting of the Funding Board.
.. Every day new faces greet us on the
street. Besides our own citizens returning,
we have quite large gathering of country
merchants here en- business.
-. "A solitary straw hat was seen out yes
terday, and a newsboy was heard to suggest
something about shooting il, whatever that
| meant.
=. One week more, and if Tice was cor.
rect, we may expect his second storm, and
yet people are getting married just as II
nothing was going to happen,
| -. The dining-room at the st. Charles
Hotel has been finished in fresco-style, after
that of Mary Queen of Scots, at Holyrood
and is now one of the most beautiful in the
country.
| We were the recipients of bountifu
remembrance in the shape Of some delicious
wedding cake. 1t came from the happy pail
just united, Judge R. K. Howell and Miss
Virginia Catlett, of Jackson, La.
The alligator market is now closed ane
hooking birds usurp the attention OF peddlers
On almost every street these itinerants arr
noticed with their cages filled with these
sweettongued prisoners.
The cruel slayer of that bull on thu
Crescent City Rifle Club grounds has no
been as yet apprehended. Col Smith has tn
bullet, but it looks SO much like thousand
others it gives no clue
=. Emiliana Martinez, Esq, Consul TO
the Republic Of Venezuela, Monday morning
presented his credentials to Acting Governo
Antoine, and was formally and oficiall.
recognized.
1 !. Yesterday morning while tbs Polio
Board was in session, number OF citizen
and Senators called at the Police Headquarter
and announced to the board tina. they desired
Sergt. Bergeron, Of the Third Precinct, TO b.
elected to captaincy.
j .Messrs. Holan Fisher as chief AM
]. R. Tallart, James Cook, H. G. Hudgson, J
H. Mccartney and Paul Brnsle as assistan
supervisors, have been appointed at the re
quest Of the Cotton Exchange by the Polio
Board. Their duties will be to detect stealing
and fraud in cotton on the levee.
-. Those who desire seeing what tn
present rifles can do at more than half mil
should visit the Crescent City Rifle Gu
either Wednesday or Sunday afternoons, q
which time the gentlemen practice. Th
Bayou Road and Dumaine Street cars carr
visitors almost to the spot.
-. Judge Dewing, of East Baton Rouge
is still in the city, but proposes to leave in
day or two. Regarding the letter Of Actin
Gov. Antoine, he says that before respondin
! he must first inquire whether the ends {
Justice will be best subserved by specia
: term, rather than the regular terms If b
finds such the case he will at once call one.
In this bright and bracing Octobe
: weather trips to the Lake End over the ne
Orleans and City Park Road are exhilaratin
and delightful. The company has evidently
to use a Western vulgarism, "struck oil,
and Spanish Fort, the terminus of their roat
will in year or two be made to blossom
beauty. Travel over the road is alread
more than remunerative.
9 During the absence Of Major Burke
J Administrator Dennis McCarty, who has bee
! in charge of heDepartment of Improvement
has actively pushed forward the repairing I
the streets leading to the levee. Had it NJ
, been for the delay in receiving supplies {
lumber which have been contracted for, a
e the plank-roads would now be in perfe'
! order.
! -. Some of our city railroad compani
q are considering the propriety of engagif
conductors for the cars, whose sole busine
4 lit will be to help dignifed manhood and ari
I tocfatic youth in and out of the cars whe
= Ioccasion demands Of course the cars W
tbe brought to a full stop for this purpose,
: order not to compel the dignifed and artist
cratic to risk the danger of appearing u
- graceful.
. Look out, girls! Lite investigation
made in England have developed the fact th
I. many young ladies have been poisoned
c. wearing striped stockings. 1t appears th
the dyes used in making the different colo
. are in many instances composed of dangero
T. chemicals, which result in painful effects