The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-21
THE CITY.


[From our Evening Edition Of Yesterday
= Poor HUMANrTY.-A woman named France
Bradford, 81 years of age, and native
Georgia, was sent to the Charity Hospital I
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, from on boar
d the Governor Allen, where she was foun
lying in sick and destitute condition.
OK GAS LAMPS The Harbor police sti
n persist in making the gas lamps on thei
morning reports. We presume they hav
placed this motto on every sheet OF pape
] they have, and did not want to scratch it GU
q for fear it would look bad.
OATS TH1EF.-A young man named Johl
Smith found quarters in the Harbor Station
at o'clock yesterday morning, from the heat
of Poydras street, where he was detected
stealing oats, by Officer Guerin, who make.
tho charge and intends to prosecute him.
SICK AND HOMELESS. John Henly, aged
twenty-six years and native of New York,
was sent to the Charity Hospital from the
Central Station, in sick and destitute con.
dition.
DIED FROM HIS INJuRIEs-The child John
Michael Tracey, who was badly burnt by a
coal oil explosion on Friday evening last, the
18th inst, at the residence of his parents
| No. 81 Palmyra streets, died at o'clock las.
night from injuries received.
LARcENY.-W William Ellis was drove into the
suburban station, at o'clock yesterday after
noon, charged with the larceny of a lot of
| cord wood, worth $40, hooked at different
intervals from the gentleman's place, corner
of Orleans and Telemacus streets.
SHooTING.-James Tolbert got into dis
pute with Moses Dickson at o'clock last
evening, at the corner of Bienville and Irene
streets. James pulled his gun from his pocket
and blazed away at his antagonist, who beat
hasty retreat, and received one ball in his
right hip, which done very little material
damage, as he repaired to the place where
Tolbert stood in company with Corporal Short
and had him arrested and locked up in the
IRENE Station, where he charged him with
shooting at and wounding him with intent to
commit murder. -..
CUTTING. About half-past 2 o'clock this |
difficulty took place in dance |
house and music hell, at the corner of Gala |
tin and Barracks streets, between three men |
named John Ksrkman, Charles Wilson and |
julie OJean, which resulted in the latter |
being cut and slightly wounded in the chest |
by the two former, who were arrested and |
locked up in the Third Precinct Station. The
man was sent to his residence.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE LEvEE. About
o'clock this morning man named George
twenty-three years of age, conduc-
or on special freight train Of the New Or
cans Mobile and Texas Railroad, was acct
ientally run over by the above named train,
While on the Levee head of Julia street. and
lad his right arm and leg severely crushed
lie was taken to the Charity Hospital by his
riends, where his injuries were dressed and
fatal
i
henry Wagner was arraigned before Judge
Evans this morning. for shooting and danger
usly wounding one Walker Bensville, on
unday evening, the 9th Of December last. | .
lenry pleaded not guilty, and, after hearing !;
violence IN the case, the judge concluded to !.
end him down to the Parish Prison, in de-
.ult Of five hundred dollar bonds to appear I
efore the Superior Criminal Court. :
FIRE IN THE SIXTH DIsTR1cT.-At 5 o'clock
lis morning a fire broke out on Pleasant
rect, near Clay Avenue, Greenville, in an =,
occupied one-s!ory frame house, owned by a
alen'lne Leightman, which was totally de- "
royed The flames extended to the adjoin- =,
g one-story frame structure, owned by the
me party, and occupied by Martin Vandurn, y
hich was damaged to the amount Of about =
200. Whether the property was insured n
uld not be ascertained. The cause of the q
e is supposed to have been the work of an "
cendiary. -,
Run OyER.--At o'clock this morning
Gorge Tuckard, young man of % years, OF
IS run over by a train Of the New Orleans, p
obile and Texas Railroad on the levee, head "
Julia street. hi
Tuckard was very badly injured as his right b,
N and leg were horribly mangled, no doubt
their amputation. In
BE was taken to the Charity Hospital where re
hurts will be attended to- on
BROKEN BRIDGEs-The bridges at the Isl
'ner of Tonti and Perdido and at the corner wi
st. Philip and Broad streets, are reported on
the mounted police brigade as being a
'ken and in dangerous condition. tn