The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-25
ON DIT.
A double surprise-Twins.

@adtourned sine die.
p. There was absolutely nothing doing ct
.thY Custom-House Saturday.
T.. A reward is offered for the man who in
Inflated that it was warm Saturday.
f.. The Governor is off on trip through
thb Teche country. He will be back on Mon
day, and ready for business Tuesday.
J.. 1t is rumored that the Governor will
te4der the Office of Auditor, when Clinton's
resignation takes effect, to L. Fl. Gardner.
The Magnolia Gardens last evening
wdre in possession of the Golf Lodge No. 23l
B'hai Birth The festival, no doubt, proved
ant enjoyable affAir to all interested.
/. Apparently the carpenters are making
mbney We remark, in many of our bust
ness houses, a general renovation in the way
ogfooring.
f. We learn that that experienced doctor,
Ci A. Stein, has been appointed veterinary
surgeon to the Seventh Cavalry, U. S. A. He
isl an old resident Of our city, and stands
high for his skill and application.
r.. The United States war vessel Canaan
dfgua was visited Saturday morning by Gen.
A4gur, Commander of this Department. The
officers of the vessel honored their guest with
a balute.
h.. The steamer Texas arrived last Friday
night from Grand Ecore She brought with
her one hundred and eleven bales of hay
RAISED in the neighborhood of Alexandria.
Another home product.
h.. Tom, se.keeper Of Perseverance
Fire Company No. Is, is rattler. 1t takes
him just thirty seconds to fire up, harness
up, and be on the way to the fire. This is
rather rapid and hard to beat
T.. IF some of the fruit vendors on Canal
street keep on they will have the whole side
walk to themselves. In one place, out of a
Twelve foot banquette only four feet of it is
left for passers. Why are not our ordinances
enforced?
-. Steamboats, which left the city yester-
day afternoon were greatly troubled in back
ing out by the great amount of drift wood
floating in the river From the French Mar
ket to Poydras street, the surface of the
liver was literally covered with this wood.
49,. The steamer Lessie Taylor, which ar
rived Friday evening, brought down three
large coops of pigeons consigned to the care
.bf Jno. Henry & Co. These birds are brought
FOR sacrifice in the grand pigeon shooting
match to take place On Sunday morning.
E. The New Testimonies have concluded TO
postpone their next complimentary perform
lance to August Is. The reason for so doing
lis that two of their members, who are to per-
form very prominent parts in the play selected,
fare very ill, and entirely unable to appear on
1.-THE date first chosen.
| -. Tax Collector s. L. RanIett, of St.
MARY parish reported murdered, has turned
iup, and reports that whilst he was in dwell
ling a negro drove off with his horse and
buggy and valise, which was afterwards
ibroken open and robbed. The finding of the
ivalise at the roadside gave occasion for the
lmurder story.
AT the meeting of the Physicians yes
lterday evening our reporter was enlightened
upon the subj set of health, insurance, Chi
.nese labor, foreign impressions as to New Or
Ileans, direct trade, the movements of the Eng
llish committee, and other points too numer-
sous to mention. For this and other favors
:much thanks.
| 80. In the chicken yard of Capt. Chas.
tDebouckell, in the Fourth District, may be
iseen two remarkable natural curiosities.
There is one chicken which was born with
three eyes, two mouths, and two heads, and
Ianother one born with four legs. Both these
schickens were Matched by the same hen and
lat the same time.
! -. Can anybody tell what necessary rela.
zion exists between life insurance and twins ?
There must be some, for the general manager
lof large insurance company in this city
having set the example OF rapid multiplica-
tiop. has been promptly followed by a younger
confrere, who feelingly exclaimed when the
astonishing announcement was made by the
Subilant nurse:
"How happy could be with either
! Were t'other dear angel away
! -. The little town of Biloxi will be very
lively for day or two. Louisiana Hose Fire
Eompany left for there Friday evening on the
BIS train, and Trad Ferry No. ~ left for the
bame place on Saturday morning at o'clock
with both these excellent companies fun will
4un rampant. Of course, all will attend the
camp meeting near there. Other points OF
xnterest will be visited and general jolly,
good time had by all.
=. The people of New Orleans seem to be
waking up to a proper appreciation OF the
blessing they have at their very doors in the
ahape of old Lake Pontchartrain. When we
gehect how near that beautiful sheet of salt
Tater is, how fresh and life-giving are the
Yreezes that almost constantly agitate its
Bosom end how pleasantly the evenings
Shere contrast with those spent in the
brick and-stone-heated city, it seems
wonderful that instead of running
fff to distant watering places and spending
dheir money abroad among strangers. our
people have not made the shores of our own