New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-01
Local Intelligence.

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BRIEF MENTION. - Magnolia blossoms
showed themselves yesterday in the Sixth
District and perfumed the air deliciously.
Chief Engineer O'Connor drove around
the Sixth District yesterday. taking crit
ical look at the fremen's parade.
The Times made quite clean back-down
on the firemen's championship yesterday.
The charge of murder against Robert
Desposito, for killing Wash Rockwell. was
not examined yesterday by Judge McCor-
mack, as the parties were not prepared for
hearing
George Lawrence and James Sullivan
were arrested at the corner of Gravier and
Franklin streets, last evening, for seriously
wounding Julius Dejan. They had in
dulged in a personal quarrel over some
trifling circumstance.
The reduction in police pay begins to-
day. Some of the men declared that they
will hand in their designations.
Mrs. yogel heard that C. Albert had
made an affidavit against her, complaining
that she had obtained money by false pre-
lenses, which explains the reason for her
surrendering herself to the happy young
man in charge of the fifth police precinct
station.
John McGinn, boy, was arrested yester-
day at the corner of Delta and Girod streets
and locked up in the central station on
complaint of Mr.. G. Bouligny, for the lar.
ceny of two pieces Of brass, one of two and
tho other of eight pounds weight, and val.
ued at s..
Special Officer Stolberger, when on his
way home Thursday night, arrested Frank
Lee, cigar maker, at the corner of Gus
tomhouse and Royal streets, and locked
him up in the third precinct, charged with
being dangerous and suspicious character,
and about to commit breach of the peace.
The shed in front of the store of Mr..
Henry Grotheims, on Webster avenue, be
tween Patterson and Peters streets, Fifth
District, IS in dangerous condition and
liable to fall at any moment, endangering
the lives of pedestrians.
Annie Brown was arrested and locked up
in the fifth precinct stationhouse charged
by Mary Tucker with threats to kill. she
was also charged by the officer with carry
ing concealed weapon-a razor.
Joseph Francis, not the great European.
got on very high horse at the corner OF
.Chartres and Toulouse streets, and rode 60
furiously that it was necessary to send him
to prison and the horse to pound.
The bad places at the head of Canal street
have been repaired. That is, the bad places
in the streets and cutters.
CUTTING HUMAN FLEsH.-AbOut two
o'clock Yesterday evening a difficulty oc
Cured at No. 24S Delord street, between
Baronne and Dryades streets, between two
colored men, Paul Phillips and Lindsey
FOSSIL, during which the former was Gu,
and body by the latter. The wounded man
was sent to the Charity Hospital in the
charity wagon by the police. FOSSIL wat
arrested and locked up in the central sta
ton. The cause OF the difficulty was mo-
aecertained, the accused being at the tim,
of arrest too much under the il fiuence o
liquor to give any account of the cutting.
PACKARD GUARDs.-A meeting of thu
voters in the front Of the third ward wal
held at No. II Delta street, last evening, tt
organize sub-club. After the election o.
officers, the club adopted for the name
the Packard Guards of the Third Ward
The following named gentlemen were
elected officers: Robert West, president
Perry King, Patrick Shannon and Anderson
Perry, vice presidents; NJ. p Creagh. re
cording secretary; John Mcdonald. assist
ant recording secretary; James Walsh
treasurer; H. c.. Stone, marshal: Henry
Ashmore, sergeant alarms; Willes Harden
assistant sergeant-atarms.
Meteor0loElcal and River Report.