The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-01
ON DIT.
Appointments.

appointments:
Plaoucmine-Henry Davis, Constable First
Ward
Shrevenort-Drs D. II. Billisu, J. A. Saw
ders snd Augustus J. Bogel, members Board
health.
Terrebonne-L S. Allain Notary Public.
Bossier-H. Capess, Justice First Ward.
Catahoula-J. n. McCabe and Moses Baker,
Clerks Supervisor Of Registration.
Caddo-L. E. Dodez, Public Administrator.
PugisisSrc.
J. Sella Martin has been trying it for Q long
time and the other day he got an appointment
II went to the Senate for confirmation, but
the Senate refused to confirm, and it is related
that Dave Young, the honorable Senator from
Concordia, was in no small degree RESPONSE
BILE for the action Of the Senate.
Thursday J. Sells Martin met the Hon.
David, and, after q few moments interview,
he informed that statesman that he had to
apologize for his action in the Senate or fight
The Eon. David said he would fight, and
the two retired back Of town, out ON Claiborne
street between Customhouse and Bienville
streets, to have it out
1t is further related that the Hon. David
considered the spot rather too public, and
suggested that q cab be summoned and they
seek quieter place. j. Sella Martin was
accommodating, and messenger was dis
matched for the cab; but j. Sella Martin con-
sidered the cab rather slow in reaching the
scene, and before it arrived he . sailed in, :"
and there was terrible fight.
They eft and fit and tit,'' and the Hon.
David got licked. He came out Of the con-
test with ga head on hiEr and his clothes
considerably damaged, while j. Sella Martin
was fresh and "came up smiling" to renew
the engagement.
The Poor Of Our City-A Suggestion.
That some steps must be taken to relieve
the necessities of the poor of this city is I'M
disputed. The dull season is coming on, and
to the already large number of needy, more
will be added during the summer months.
As q practical measure of relief, the follow
ing has been suggested:
The levee and many of the roads leading to
the levee are sadly in need of repair, and
their condition is not only productive OF
much annoyance, but considerable loss to our
business community.
With cotton, one of the heavy floats gets
.'stalled in the only passable cross street
and blocks the way. The press, the ship and
the cotton factor are delayed.
All business houses that do any shipping
are more or less tie sufferers by the condition
of the levees and the streets leading to them,
and they have an interest III seeing them in
good repair.
The city can not make the necessary i'm
provements.
It is proposed to have committee of bust
ness men appointed to solicit subscriptions in
money from 3he presses, ship and steamboat
owners and agents, cotton factors, and in fact
from the business community in general.
The money thus collected to be devoted by
the committee to the employment of men to
20 to work on the levee and streets.
Twenty-Five Thousand dollars a month
would employ from seven hundred and fifty
to one thousand men, and feed from four to
five thousand people, and one hundred thous-
and dollars would keep these men employed
and feed these people for four months, and
certainly that amount could be raised
The Administrator of Improvements says
that he will place at the disposal of the COM
mittee the ballast owned by the city-several
thousand tons-and will devote half his sal
airy monthly toward making up the necessary
twenty five thousand dollars.
At tho City Hall.
The Off zee of the Administrator Of Finance
at the City Hall was yesterday quite filled
with those anxious to settle their licences and
taxes under the provision allowing three per
cent discount on the former and two per cent
on the latter The secret of this sudden and
wonderful inflow of shekels is that yesterday
was the last day of grace under this arrange
ment.
The receipts amounted to fifty thousand
dollars on Wednesday, seventy thousand on
Thursday, and yesterday, about one hundred
thousand was taken in.
Mayor Leeds is in receipt of communica-
ton from Mayor Harrington, of Starksville,
Miss, asking aid for the sufferers of that
town, who were burned out on the 10Th inst.
There is really SO much distress in our own
midst, that every available dollor raised by
subscription can be we'll appropriated within
the limits of this corporation.
The following are the returns Of the several
Municipal Courts, made to the Administrator
of Police. for the week ending Saturday.
April 25th:
First District, Judge Evans ...... s114 50
Second District, Judge Staes. .......... SO 90
Third District, Judge Long ........... q so
Fourth District, Judge Adams So 90
Fifth District, Judge Mccormack. .... so
1otaI ......................S2 29 ~
Contingent Expenses.
The Committee on Contingent Expenses Of
the House are in trouble. The House was