The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-15
THE CITY.

LIKE IN 1 O1DhAS OIhEEIs -ADOuA A0AA 20
5 o'clock last evening, fire was discover.
in the third story of the brick building, N
70 ia Poydras street, owned by Mr.. Benjami
X Florance and occupied by Mr.. NJ. Meillel
as the Pelican Printing Office. The stool
8. consisting chiefly of printing material, WI
damaged to the amount of about $500. TT
g stock is insured in the New Orleans Iusuyane
. Association. The building was damaged
! the amount of $500; insured, but in wins
= company and for what amount could not
! learned. The fire was caused by boy name
8 Charles Obey carrying lighted coal oil lamp
4 On reaching the third story the lamp feI
8 from his hand and exploded, by which b
1 was slightly burned about the legs. Al
. alarm was sounded from the Office Of tn
= District Telegraph Company, on Commercia
= Alley.
The POLICE BOARD AT the meeting of tn
Police Board yesterday, patrolman r. Bridges
of the Sixth Precinct, and G.. W. Murphy, O
the First Precinct, were dismissed the force
Capt. Boyd Robinson and G. J. Schreibe
were appointed detectives; the former wss as
signed to the First District and the latter tt
) the Second District.
Corporal A. V. Ward was transferred from
the Sixth to the Harbor Precinct.
Detective Stolberger was transferred from
the Third to the First. and Detective Walsh
from the First to the Third.
A SMALL BLAzE.-About o'clock last even
ing fire broke out in the roof of the two
story frame dwelling corner of Dryades and
Jackson streets, owned and occupied by J.
McClintrick, which was extipguished by the
police and citizens with damage of about
S25. No alarm was given. The fire was
caused by sparks from the chimney falling
on and igniting the roof
ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED. About quarter
past 10 o'clock Friday morning, sailor named
John Wittie, aged about Is years, while en-
gagged in painting the British ship Royal
Charley, lying at the head of Second street.
accidentally fell from the scaffold into the
been recovered
FIRE IN JEFFERSON. = About half-past 9
| O'Clock Friday night, fire broke out in an
unoccupied stable at the corner of st. Denis
| and Upper Line streets, which was entirely
consumed The flames thence spread to the
adjoining two-story frame house, owned and
occupied by Mr.. William Watering. which
was damaged to the amount of $125. The
building was insured in the Sun Mutual In
surance Company for $1,000. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work of an incendiary
No alarm was given.
Queron were handed over to Special Officer
Evans on the levee, by Vicomte;Pa d'Abzac,
French Consul, and taken to the Fifth Pre-
cinct Station, for deserving the French ship
Rhone.
Hendrick Ackerland held forth in the same
place, charged by the Swedish Consul with
the same offense.
EMBEzzLEMENT.-Jack Casimire was placed
under arrest Thursday, on Franklin street,
between Bienville and Customhouse, and
taken to the IRENE Station, where Mr.. A.
Deiean stepped forward and made COM
plant, charging him with embezzlement and
breach of trust.
CHICKEN THIEF.-Moses Gray sneaked into
Mr.. J. Gallagher's yard, corner of Dryades
and Union streets, unnoticed, at Z o'clock
Thursday evening, and without the least hest
fancy, skipped into that gentlemans chicken
house and pulled down some eight or ten
chickens, which he stored away in a sack,
and was about leaving the yard when MIR.
Gallagher, who was attracted hither by the
noise, ran up and collared Moses with the
fowls in his possession. HeIwas handed over
to Officer Denan, who marched him to the
Central Station, where charge of larceny
was lodged against him. 1t would seem that
there are q band Of chicken thieves who in
fest the rear portion of the First District and
ply their nefarious avocation. Almost every
day the residents of the rear portion have
complaints to make that their chicken roosts
have been robbed, and it is to be hoped that
the police will watch these thieves and arrest
them.
FIRE-About quarter-past 10 o'clock
Thursday night fire broke out in small
house in the rear of the building No. 1888
Magazine street, owned and occupied by Mrs.
R. Charles, which was extinguished with
damage of about $40. Steam fire engine No.
- was promptly on hand, and extinguished
the fire without the necessity of sounding an
alarm. The property was insured, but in
what company and for what amount could
not be learned The cause of the fire is un-
known.
Police NoTEs.-A young man named VIM
Brooks stole two pairs Of paptaoons from Mr..
Jacobs clothing store, on Poydras street, and
was making off to parts unknown with them
when he was captured by Capt Malone, who
heard the cries of "Stop thiefr and locked
him up in the Central Station.
Charles Dover. 81 years old and native
of France, was sent to the Charity Hospital
in a sick and destitute condition Thursday
night from the corner of Canal and Baronne
streets.
James Willis was taken to the Third Pre-
cinct Station for being drunk and disturbing
the peace, and had a revolver concealed on
his person, which was booked to his credit.
Charles Scott, q clerk, came to grief on |
Thursday, on st. Louis street, between Peters |
and Decatur, when Mr.. Harry Lawson gave
him over to Officer Tomkins, with the re.
quest that he be taken to Jail for stealing $40 |
currency out OF his pocket.
David G. HAHN retired in the Central Sta |
ton Thursday, from the corner of Delta and |
lafayette streets, at the request of Mr.. L. De- |
who swears that David obtained |
money from him under false pretenses.
Supernumerary Gallagher preferred charge |
of perjury against Mrs. Mack and Mrs. Nc |
Dermott, which caused their arrest and de- |
tention in tbs First Precinct Station at 2 |
O. clock P. NJ. Thursday.
Eugene Williams was picked up in the par |
ish Of st. Bernard Thursday for violating |
article No. S Police Jury, relative to peddling |
without providing himself with the necessary |
license.