The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-27
VOLUME II-NO. 367.
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The Sheriffs Office took in on Tuesday |
over $3.50 in taxes.
There was an evening session OF the
United States Circuit Court yesterday.
The Custom. House begins to look like
, building rather than Fortress on the
Inside.
There is some curiosity to learn what
the Attorney General is doing in the Clinton
case.
The courts were lively yesterday morning
with reporters in search Of some stray itigant
for an item.
Couples about to be married now re-
uuire the minister to show his documents, and
clergyman without certificates are leaving
town.
The bill in chancery, fled yesterday by
Naenhaut and Roosevelt against the city
promises to be fruitful in consequences to the
proposed funding scheme.
A remarkable addition has been made
to the detective force in the person of one
Chas. Bray, whose experience in police circles
amounts simply to active service on the dead
head role of the police.
!. There was quite large excursion party
left the city yesterday on the steamer Camelia,
bound on a short sojourn in the wildwoods
in the neighborhood of Vaudeville. The
party enjoyed themselves thoroughly.
80. Bridget Corners, Lucy Clunnigs and
Marie Telemac, each convicted of larceny be-
fore the First District Court, were sentenced
yesterday morning to imprisonment at hard
labor in the State Penitentiary for one year.
1t was Col. Thos. L Bayne who was
elected President of the Washington Artillery
Association. The other officers are as follows
VIM. Palfrey, Vice President; VIM. q. Behan,
Treasurer; Louis A. Adam, Secretary; Frank
Lobrano, Assistant Secretary.
Rishop Wilmer. who has been on q
visit to the parish Of Ascension, returned to
the. city Tuesday morning. He will leave
again shortly for the summer, visiting Vir-
ginia and attending to the general interests Of
the church.
... The arrest, trial and conviction OF. J
G. Nelson, the Canal Bank forger, was quick
work, and the officers of the State deserve
credit for it. Can not they do little more
in the same line Let them, for instance,
dispose Of the case Of Alex. Newton.
go. One of those men who believe in con-
ductors for street cars last evening entered
one of the white cars on st. Charles street,
and refused to deposit his fare. A police
officer was summoned and the individual
came to the conclusion that he would walk.
He took the number Of the car and left.
I'D. r. Henderson, colored, was yester-
day convicted Of murder in the Superior
Criminal Court. Henderson shot and killed
q negro woman named Alice johnson, on the
evening of the 10th of April, in dance
house back of town. he walked deliberately
up to her whilS she was dancing, and without
. word fred.
The following are the returns of the
Municipal Courts, for the week ending May
22d
First District. Judge Evans. .......... NS9 81
Eecond District. Judge Staes. l9O "
Third District, Judge Long. ....... no returns
Fourth District, Judge Adams. .......... II 81
Fifth District, Judge Mccormack. ....... O(
Sixth District, Judge Thompson. Is "
The bondsmen of Ferdinand Duden.
hefer, charged with embezzlement, yesterday
morning surrendered him to the officers Of
the law, and he was locked up in the Parish
Prison.
It is reported that further examination Of
the books of Dudenheffer has developed the
fact that his accounts are short over twenty
thousand dollars.
The latest sensation is the writing ma
chine, or type writer, as it is called, which
is now on exhibition at No. SO Carondele
street, in the office of the agent, Mr.. Jno NJ
Putnam. We had of; en- heard of the inven
ton, but like many others had fancied thai
while unquestionably very curious little de
vices, they could never be brought into gen
eral use any more than flying machines. Oul
surprise was great, therefore, to find them
not only very pretty but very simple, and {
few moments practice convinced us that they
will inevitably supersede the pen in manu-
script writing. The table resembles that of 9
sewing machine, while the upper works arr
not much more than q cubic foot in size, being
exquisitely comp act-s very miracle Of design
A little practice enables almost any on
to write twice as fast as with the pen, ant
then every letter is clear and legible, which
will prove q godsend to printers and othe
poor fellows, who are doomed to deciphe
abominable chirography. There is scarcel.
any kind of writing, for which pens are used
that the type writer will not be an improve
ment, and ministers, lawyers, authors, steno
graphers, correspondents. editors, and ever
young ladies given to writing long letters, vii
find them almost invaluable. Operating on
of them is like playing upon miniature
piano, each letter being fixed upon key.
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