The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-16
NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
NEW ORLEANS, MARCH lG, 1875.
THE CITY.
From Yesterday Evening Edition. /

Gi Street. Ldr hacigGtjon.- Saturday evenL
last about 4 J O'Clock, as car No 81 Of Il
Prytania street line, was proceeding up Cam
street, when between Julia and st. Josep
streets, an accident occurred that very ncarl
caused serious injury to the passengers. O
cart which was advancing down the stree
was a long and heavy ladder that quite swel
one half the roadway and threateEed destruc
ton TO everything gong IT. contrary direction
The mule attached to the car was trottin,
along rapidly when, before the driver Oh
served the danger, the end Of the ladde
struck the stanchions Of the car on the ef
hand side, and swept all but one away with
crash that startled the passengers on that
side not a little.
SO great was the force Of the blow, and 50
close to the heads Of the passengers did the
ladder sweep as it knocked down one after
another of the stanchiOns, that it is wonder
ful that some one was not H. ured. When the
danger was all over the car and the cart stop
ped, and the darkcy driving the cart seemed
quite dazed in contemplating the ruin he had
SO carelesslv, but no doubt SO innocently
wrought If the glass windows had any Of
them been up, the scattered glass would have
done serious damage. As was, however, the
partially wrecked vehicle proceeded on its
way-the passengers laughing and congratu-
a'ln9 themselves on what was really a very
narrow escape.
Two NEGEoEs FIGHT DESPERATELY One
Seriously Itounded At POI Caliope street
there is low squallid shanty, in which oc
CURED a serious difficulty between Ben Bill
and Wash Johnson, in which the former was
shot and very seriously Woulded just over
the left eve
1t appears that Johnson, although married,
had been living with another woman. John
son says: "When went into this woman $
yard ] was talking with her, whom she called
me liar | then struck her; she ran | fol |
lowed her to the door of Lucy Johnson
when Adeline Nergne. the woman with |
whom | had been living. picked up
a chair, which l took from her |
Then she grabbed an Ak. Seeing was too |
close on her, she dartod into Lucy's room. |
jumped in alter her, when Lucy caught hold |
of me, while Wash drew his pistol man
aged to get out my knife, but before | could
do anything he fired across Lucys shoulders
l fell, and Wash got away.
Lucy johnson denied that portion of the
statement referring to holding Ball while Wash
shot him, and said she left the room as soon
AZ she SAW Wash draw his pistol and Ball his
knife
After the shooting Wash jumped the fence
and succeeded IN making his escape. Adeline,
the woman, also disappeared.
Ball was taken to his residence, corner Of
lid fty ana Ca!ll0pe streets.
johnson was seen at the First Municipal
Court this morning, and had rather Il serious
cut IN the left side, which he says was inhict-
ed by Bail. The case coming up before
Judge Evans, he remanded Johnson without |
the benefit of bail. '
AN OVERDOSE or LAuDANUM r. w.
Mullen, Collector Of Customs for the Teche,
died i'll room %, st. Charles Hotel. yesterday
It O'Clock i. NJ, from the effects of an p
overdose of laudanum. o
VIM. Knight, the bell bow said Since Can't h
Mullen arrival at the hotel have frequently v
'sssted him to bed on account Of his lxtox-
ated condition; that is when was ordered i
1t twenty minutes to O'Clock came in the Il
,aptaln's room, and he asked Inc for glass
# water as he wanted to take a drink He lC
cached over and took the glass ut the same il
lme feeling in his pocket. Il
To assist him, rs he was intoxicated, put p
ny hand in his pocket and took out the vial
caught a glimpse of the label and said I'll
nd laudanum, when he angrily snatched the CO
Ial from me. saying he did not want me to IT
cad what he had in his pockets He then
implied the vial into the glass and swallowed p
!. ran down stairs as fast as could, and Ia
ia the clerk what had seen the Captain do,
nd DIR. Scott was ut once sent for. Il,
Col kilbourne says that when he entered ha
[r. Mullen's room he saw the vial empty on an
he table, and asked him, % Did you take co
nat? Mullen answered in the affirmative.
id sad. 81 want to sleep" He then stag WI
'red and fell, and then ! laid him on the Va
I'd. wi
He then became speechless, and the com Il,
ned efforts Of Drs. Schuppert and Scott tut
owed OF no avail The deceased was i3 wears
age, and was a native of Brattleboro Yer Nj
ont. tie was Sir KIM ght of Maine Com tie
andery. to
The Coroner held the inquest this morning
d returned a verdict that the deceased
me to his death from an overdose of
taken while under the influence of
uor.
A Nuisance. Common street. from Maya
he to Rampant street, has been smelling ~, ~
culiar!y tor the past few days, and the ~ ~
lount of profanity INDUCED in 10y generally VI
eaklng staid citizens is simply awful. lu'
IL Is the cutters from which the smell 'u'
ses, and 1t Is because the cutters are : :
mined that there is smell. caii
rhe dam is nj tbe intersection, -, p,,,,x. for
eet where one Of M streat - his
len in and blocked it up, preventing the tho
sage of water and its burthen Of filth
t has been the practice for years past for
City and ST Charles Hotels to empty !
IT Stops into the gutter. and the practice to
tiil III vogue, but another practice attend HOY
on 1t has been discontinued. Once on a in {
Q the hotels had men engaged whose was
y II was to clean these cutters. but the OF |
agement of these men has terminated, his
the cutters ana the Stops take care OF Bill
M elves. sert
he attention of the city authorities is was
ed 10 the fact that the distractions must Ger
removed, and the hotels instructed and MOI
1pellea to find another place of deposit incC
their filth. Gin
HIGHWAY EonrERY George Wilson was tins
Itked about l.. NJ. Saturday. on the pub case
on Poydias, near Mig izine
et, and robbed of SIT. ~ t
george was under the influence of liquor wor
went IN to the First Metropolitan Police to +
rt III a boiserous manner. while JUDGE dut,
ms was trying an impor ant case, and when the
10 keep quiet became noisy that the vaca
Sc had him taken down and put in the man
cup. Gus
'llson stated that he had Men emploved low
e thirteen miles from the rity -, ~, | cont