New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-29


DISTRICT, at IL O'Clock, st No. 1859 Grayis
street, real estate for iaxes
Local Intelligence.
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E4ctRsqok of PRorEcrcB SO. p r,
efRssp !shE.--:Thls we'll known Sixth Dis
ttiet TIRE company made its annual excur
sicas gong to Grand Isle on Captain Gu
Richards steamboat Minnie, and even i
shese was . smart rainfall the menbers On
sosea :hemselges' very we'll. About sixt,
ssrsonsmsde up the party, and When tt,
oEass band blew of its music all kept stey
ssths measure. Ga the passage down III,
excursieAists wore of the time easily A
Sew5acheloss studied the worlds history al
eonta!nedin a volume 81 fftytwo pages
Hhal all sxcitemepts tagged, on the Aowr
trip. che boats steward fell overheard and
evied t. drink oil the bayou water, but be
Tore ne had swallowed . bucket Of tina,
liquid stiedf fos help, when The presence Of
anind o. Ms. vetef Rlessy saved the almost
strswnag man-he threw basket of hard
sof to The aoater. On arriving at the Isle
something Tess than 100 guns ere fred as a
sokep % welcome, and the cottages were
si :llulniuated % th&company marched to
Che aoteI Mafgos haA . fat. supper pre-.
Cared. end If fish did not Disappear it was
She Sas!It of the boys. 4 few, who had
O.. grown weary practicing af the boat bar,
wished to sleep, but che more they wished
eoeleep the further off they were. When
Che company registered names thera sp-
peafetS some illustrioua titler, 1otabilities
from all pats of ehe world, yhere was an
emateyr circus troupe. She performances
Vefe certainly original if not artistic. At
eighs shere was . ball, fair maidens from
Chsneire Camansda participating, making
q ssodiy party The dance was interrupted
BY christopher Columbus, the discoverer
Of America, riding through the ballroom on
= MUSTANG. A guest, ~hoee tongue had
been loosened by doses Of benzine. insisted
9n making speeches, but as he well set up,
j. necessary to knock him down-and
be was floored. The return trip was IN
eventual, but on landing at the head Of
4ouisians avenue delegation of the stay
athomes met them with torches and how
tier, and 1.-THE reception was indeed a
hearty one.
a Few. LINES FROM DIR. CooPER-Dr.
Cooper makes the following statements, and
ee9sests that they be published:
New ORLEANS, August %, 1875.
GbIroR REPUBLICANS:
| find myself unwillingIy compelled. in
ee1-detense, to answer an article in the
REPUBLICAN of this morning in regard to
cruelty ip the Parish Prison, and will state
Che facts as they exist On Nj nday evening,
twenty third instant, two insane men were
brought from the Parish Prison to the In
sane Asylum. On my visit to the asy lum
ehe captain called my attention to their
persons as if having been beaten; also
marks on the ankles as if they had been
ciasped by something These men stated
they had been beaten in the Parish Prison,
and put in the. stocks. The indica-
tions and their statement could warrant
NO other conclusion. In conversation with
the REPUBLICANS reporter and some other
party spoke of the case, without any idea
OF its being made newspaper article. Yes
terday I was called on by Captain Pegram |
and two others. made the same state.
1nens to them. We then met Deputy Sheriff
Tebin, 80 whom made the same statement. J
He wished me to modify or correct the ar
ficle in the REPUBLICAN, ! said Z had
nothing to take back in the statement had
snade. l could not retract fact, and the
only correction l could make was that !
said tro perso as, and not scuerai, as the ar
ticle. stated. While thus together, in an
swer to Mr.. To5in, Captain Pegram ad.
4nitted he had given them the stocks and
struck one of them once. So far as this ad
mission goes, the statement OF the men, and
%he indications stamped on their persOne,
corroborate each other. have never made
any charge of cruelty against any one in
the Parish Prison, and have merely stated
j. 3. COOPER, MD,
City physician.
OPERATIVE SroKEs.-Jacob Muller and
s obn Bartchy propose making a csnvass%a
Che city TO obtain subscriptions fog stsre
cs The cooperative plan, with view ~ o.
gaining upaes the laws Os che State. /
e'sioN TaASER 1EETIeGs Aaess-
lngs AelA in aimee Church have been . !
great success. s. has been resolved to osn-
einue Chen, ip the sane place anOthes week, !
and 1: 10 hoped stst very many ssill attend.
The meetings Iast week were condus led by !
che following ministers. in the srder. 81 tn cir
Aames Revs. y. s. SswyeS, Or. $almes.
Jshn Matthews, pr. Tlynn. Mr.. Wynn and |
Dr.. Walker For many years ehere has not
been such union among the churches as at
bfesen>. 1he meetings begin every evening
a. six o'clock.
Ass,.t DMsE4 o. AEcHAsIes' Re.
). ..This Ere company, organized in she
year 1885,. will t,-day celebrate t. ansivsr-
,ars ~ rartskin9oS Ssplen0id dinner -
beIechaud's Jake restaurant, and shere-
fore theyo will DE mo- 6umme9 excursion I
Rfte1 the dimes shall beaiestrOyed' Sore
han Billy johnson evil dead his company
back. and at che PontchartraiR railroad
lepot brilliant esrches viii be provided,
md che engine Oracle Shsmsop will be ig
inc. 1hs PROCESSION viii move up
Cha, tree street toSe. &ouiss TO ksmpare. upI
Canal - Camp = Julia, 60 Magazine,
hence % che Sesidence,6 Majos Boyle,
where few kegs. 81 punch wilj le a6-
'orbed. Thence OUT Caliope % Pryt apis, Z
1pts yfra to Magazine. bact - Esllispe
and s. she engipehouses
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