The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-22
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-. Dan Rice, the old-time Snowman, is IN
the city. He called on the Governor yester-
day.
-. .Thos Carey, late Of the School Board,
has been appointed tax-collector of the Third |
District, vice Dumas, resigned.
4. Rock candy is just the thing to i'm
prove rye whisky according to one of our
leading judges.
-. Barrett is reported to be at Clinton,
La, on a tour of investigation. Boarding
house keepers should take note.
-. The Washington Artillery will have
over one hundred new uniforms ready for the
Sth of January parade.
. Another pardon issued by the Cover
nor, another accused made happy, and yet
people say rulers are not mercitul.
. Collector Casey and a portion of the
Louisiana Congressional delegation are on
their way home They are expected in this
evening.
The Governor has pardoned John Bru-
net, confined in the Parish Prison under
sentence passed upon him on conviction
for false Imprisonment.
-. Detective duty must be precious when
three of the members Of the detective force
can afford to loaf around the State-House
daily from A. NJ. until P. NJ.
=. There was rumor current in the Sec
ond District Tuesday morning that the notori-
Gus burglars, Teddy Monahan and Harry
Clifford, had escaped Jail. The report proved
to be false.
/ "A wandering son of bonnie Scotland
was on Canal street Monday evening with his
favorite bagpipes, and played for the amuse-
ment of promenaders several pretty selections
from Scotias mnstrelsy.
Crescent Hall, under the ownership OF
Major Joe Walker, will be opened Thursday
evening next. AS there have been issued
over one thousand ladies' invitations, it will
probably be a grand occasion. We are in
debted to the Maj or for kind invitation to
be present.
1t has been suggested that one of our
leading amateur dramatic clubs get up grand
performance to take place about Mardi Gras,
which shall be given by subscriptions from
citizens, each of whom shall be allowed a GER
tain number of invitations, to be extended
only to strangers visiting the city,
Il. A crowd of ladies enjoyed the sight of a
street fight on Canal street Tuesday morning.
The difficulty occurred between two newsboys,
who were fighting over the sale of copy of
the n. O. BULLETIN. To make everything
satisfactory, well-dressed lady stopped the
fight, and gave each of the boys twenty-five
cents. They departed in peace.
The Governors message will be q
lengthy document, and will touch on every
thing that the Governor can think of. He has
written to the Warden OF the State Peniten-
airy for the number of prisoners, their ages,
sex, color, etc, and to Mayor Leeds for
general information, and inquiries particularly
as to the amount of expenditures by the
various departments for 1875.
49,. The National Grange, at it's last ses-
: sion, appointed committee to prepare and
report Grange marriage ceremony. The
committee is constituted of three ladies and
three gentlemen. It is suggested by bache'
lor friend of ours that the committee will be
sure to disagree irreconciliably over the in.
sertion of the word "obey in this cere.
mony.
The election for President of the New
, Orleans Cotton Exchange will take place next
Thursday, Dec. 20, between the hours of II
and 2, to fill the vacancy caused by the de-
clination of John Phelps, Esq. We hear sew
eral prominent names in the cotton trade
spoken of in connection with the candidacy
but. SO far, nothing definite has been settled
We therefore refrain from any corjectures.
f Those informations charging certain
members of the Legislature with receiving
brides, and which Attorney General Field wa
that there were some charges equally serious
preferred against other Legislators some time
ago, before the First District Court, but which
have never been heard Of since. Wouldn't i
: be good idea to bring them forward jus
now, Mr.. Attorney General, or explain you
d reasons for not SO doing?
r 80. There is one thing about the ladies
!, God bless them They will do anything il
b the world for the men they call their lords
will work for them, endure hard
ships for their sakes, live on tn
e most meagre allowance of pin money possible
E but dress to please them, never The queen
+ ly scorn that plays like threatening lightnin
: upon the countenance OF the I" most lovin
wife in Christendom when her husband, il
,. some moment of temporary insanity, venture
.. to suggest becoming style of bonnet, Q
d material and shade of dress, would be int,
s esting if it were not SO dangerous.
IS -. In the case of James Cooke vs. City G
III New Orleans, a motion was made yesterda
D. for writ of distringas against the city fc
, :, its failure to remove the wall and open Phil
II street through the Hebrew burying- grount
l. 1t appeared from the testimony of Admini
ID traitor Burke that proper notice had bee
given to the Hebrew Association, and tina. tt
oil or cunuocfio.1 ,