The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-25
THE CITY.

ALMOST A RIoT.-Sunday morning, abou
l O'Clock, a difficulty took place between 6
crowd Of negroes, in club room on Seventh
street, between Fulton and Chippewa, Fourth
District. As soon as the meeting was over
the mob left the room and repaired to the
street in body, when lively disturbance
commenced. Several bystanders came up
and tried to settle the matter, when one Of
the negroes pulled out his shooting iron and
opened fire. Hs was very drunk and instead
of shooting one Of the men that he aimed at,
| he missed the mark and wounded one of the
| negroes, named Richard Ernest, in the left hip.
| Sergeant Mccain and his men arrived on
| the spot, when the mob ceased fighting be-
| tween themselves and commenced to wade
into the metropolitans, knocking them down
right and left. Sergeant Mccain tried to ar
rest two of the parties, and was knocked
down and severely bruised. The wounded
man was arrested and taken to the Sixth Pre-
cinct station, charged with fighting and dis
tnrbing the peace and assauiting an officer
He was afterwards sent to the Hospital.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY About half-past 3
o'clock on Monday morning an attempt was
made by some unknown person to burgiarious-
ly enter the premises Of NJ. Hoffman, corner
of Rampant and Lafayette streets. The thief
climbed an awning post to the gallery, when
he was discovered and frightened off by the
inmates.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES A young man
named Charles Johnson was collared and
taken to the Irene Station at q quarter past
3 O'Clock on Monday morning. He was
found in house on Canal street, between
Franklin and IRENE, under suspicious cir
cumsances.
ACCIDENTALLY DRowNED.-About 1915 Sun
day night two sailors, named Henric Leverln
and Andrew Beergcosen, while under the in
huence Of Gq1or, attempted to board the Nor
wegian bark Karsten Languaren, lying at the
head of st. Ferdinand street, Third District,
and accidentally fell into the river The for
mer was drowned and the latter rescued. The
body of the drowned man has not been recov-
ered
LARcENY-Officers Adams and Irene at 100
o'clock Sunday night arrested Mike Wells and
Harry Williams, two young men, at the cor
ner of Front and Calliope streets, at the in
stance Of John Mccormack, who charges them
with stealing several fat turkeys from the
jackson r .llroad depot.
RopED IN-Mr. J. Peterson was inveigled
into den, corner of Cont and Burgundy
streets, aud robbed of S36 in currency. Car
oline Simmons Hattie Meyers and Sarah STAN
ton were arrested for stealing it.
ALMOST DISASTER About o'clock last
night fire was discovered on the lower deck
under the ash pan of the niger boiler on
the Susie Silver. lying at the head of Poydras
street. The fire was extinguished by the
hands on the boat, assisted by the harbor Pc
lice. An alarm was sounded from the Harbor
Station. The fire was caused by the ash pan
being burned out and the Goals from the fur
mace falling on the deck. Damage slight.
SNEAK THIEF.-Yesterday evening, about
3 O'Clock, an unknown sneak thief entered
the store of Messrs. Folger & Co., on Maya
zine street, near Natchez. and succeeded in
making his escape with one package contain
ing one dozen pocket-knives, valued at So
The young man was rather we'll dressed.
POLICE NoTEs-Sergeant Sullivan found
lot of papers at the corner of Calliope and
Annuncation streets. supposed to belong to
some levee or cotton clerk, which were
brought to the Second Precinct Station.
Capt. LAWYER raided an unlicensed gambling
saloon at IS st. Louis street Saturday night
and arrested Leon Hursh, P. Bergeron and T.
V. Burke on charge of gambling.
Ohio River boats burn st. Bernard coal.