The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-27
THE CITY.

An ATTEMPT AT ARsoN.-About 2 O'CLOCK
Friday morning an attempt was made by SOM
party or parties unknown to fire q small
house now vacant, but formerly occupied al
a small store, situated at 494 Poydras street
near Galvez, on the property owned by Mrs
Green, now absent in Texas. and occupied by
Antoine Hines and Mrs. Manuel. The entire
surface of the building was saturated with
coal oil and cotton stuck through the fence
which was discovered to be on fire and extin
guished by Henry Bront and Frank Milford
who had occasion to pass that way en- route
for physician to attend some one of theil
family who had suddenly taken very ill during
| the night, or otherwise the entire building
would have been in one mass of flames in less
than five minutes. Two invalids were alone
in the house Immediately adjoining, and
would probably have been burned to death
before any assistance could have arrived to
| remove them.
PROFESSIONAL BEGGARs An order was sent
to all stations yesterday by the Superintend.
emit OF Police instructing the force to arrest
all professional beggars now infesting the
city and found pursuing their avocations on
the streets or public places, and to charge
them with being Migrants without any visible
legitimate means of support.
Qu1ET.-Up to 10 o'clock last night there
had not been single arrest in the Third
Precinct Station.
A STRANGER RoBBED.-John Jordan is an
honest, straightforward man, and, unfortu-
nately for himself, thinks that every one else
is the same. He arrived here Thursday after
noon, and on his way up the street was
stopped by one Frank Houston, who made
him believe that he was an old friend of an
uncle of his that had died few years ago,
and induced him to walk up the levee into q
den where he was feeced of Sc in currency,
all the money he possessed. Jordan immedi-
ately ran to the corner of Canal and Front
streets, where he met Officer Martin, who COL
Jared Frank just as he was skipping off to
parts unknown out of the den. He was taken
to the jackson Square Station, where IN addi-
tional charge of being dangerous and sus-
picious character Was preferred against him.
DIED IN THE HOSPITAL Collins. the
negro who was cut in the abdomen by Jake
Jones at the corner of Dryades and Delord
streets, Wednesday evening. died last night
at o'clock in the Charity Hospital from the
effects of the wound. DR.. Cooper, City Ply
stefan, held post mortem examination on
the body, when it was found that the de-
ceased came to his death from peritonitis
produced by wound in the lower right side
of the abdomen just above the pubis sever
ing the small intestines in several places.
Coroner Chastant will on Monday hold an in
quest
LARCENY.-Officer johnson at halfpast
o'clock Thursday evening, pulled servant
girl named Anna Williams into the lookup.
Anna waltzed off with lot of wearing ap-
parel from Mrs. Ellen Stokes residence, 426
st. Charles street, where she was employed
up to the date and hour of her incarceration.
A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER. Brown,
alias Charles Morris, dangerous and sus
picious character was run in from the corner
of Tchoupitoulas and Soraparu streets, where
he was creating violent noise and disturbing
the peace generally at half-past II o'clock
last night.
POLICE NOTES.-The Office of the Red
River Pilot Association, on Delta street, be-
tween Common and Gravier, was found open
night.
The bridge over the Orleans Canal at the
intersection of Roman street, is broken and
in dangerous condition.
Alphonso McLain, colored, aged twenty
seven years, and native of Alabama, was
sent to the Charity Hospital in a sick and
destitute condition, from No. % Franklin
street.
William Taylor lost two dollars in q den on
Burgundy street, between Cont and Ben-
Vile. Jennie Moran was locked up, charged
with the larceny.
Felicie Green, eight years old, was placed
N the Fifth Precinct Station for being a
uvenile vagrant