The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-15
THE CITY.

4 CUTTING AFFRAY.-Sunday afternoon, sbo1
o'clock, difficulty took place on Howal
street, between Q colored man named Tho
Middleton and colored woman named Ellie
Barrett, which resulted in the former bein
cut in the left side and slightly wounded b
the latter, who was arrested and locked up
the Central Station. The wounded man va
conveyed to the Charity Hospital.
Su1c1DE.-About 4 O'Clock Sunday aftel
noon colored man named Joseph Poets
started out from his bone, corner of Philli
and Dryades streets, and walked out Phillil
street to the levee and thence to the Fourtl
District ferry landing at the head of Jackson
street, where he jumped into the river ant
was drowned.
LARCENY Mr.. G. o. Patterson, gentle
man from the country, was enveigled in
den on Burgundy street, between Toulouse
and st. Peter, by woman named Marie 10
sephine, at $50 o'clock Sunday evening
where he was despoiled of $45 currency. Ma
RE was arrested but the money could lot b.
found.
!. Wilson and NJ. johnson. alias George Has.
sam, alias Charles Harrison, alias dozen
other names, were run into the Third Pre-
cinct Station from the corner of Dumaine and
Decatur streets by officer Harrigan, charged
with being dangerous and suspicious charac-
tiers and being about to commit q breach Of
the peace.
ROBBERY. corporal Brennan collared one
Owen Wynn, alias Taylor, at the corner of
Chippewa and St. Thomas streets, Sunday
who AYERS that Oven robbed him of q ten
dollar hill SATURDAY. nioht Lost
Coal On EXPLOSION morning,
about IL o'clock, q fire broke out in the two
story frame house No. AIT Fulton street,
owned by Mr.. Warner and occupied by Au-
guste Seymour. The flames were extin-
guishea with damage of about $50. The
building was insured in the Lafayette Insar-
not be ascertained. An alarm was given
from Box 16, Hook and Ladder Company
No. l. The fire was caused by the explosion
Of can Of coal oil in the hands of Mrs. Say-
mour, who was endeavoring to light fire in
The stove with the oil. when it exploded, set
ing fire to her dress and burning her severely
about the face and body, and thence commu-
1icated to the building. The oil was pur-
chased from the grocery store at the corner of
Jackson and Rousseau streets.
AN UNFORTUNATE BoY-Yesterday after
loon, about half.past O'Clock, Mr. Victor
line, grocer doing business at the corner of
Ielp omene and Rampant streets, sent little
10Y named Charles Erzdorf twelve years old,
Town town, on Tchoupitouiss street, to pay q |
ill, and instruc ed him not to stop on the |
Vay, for fear he might lose the envelope that |
obtained SOS. The boy started off, and on |
irving at the corner of Rampant and Julia |
treets, met negro funeral procession.
The lad walked through the procession in |
lis hurry to go where he was sent, when he |
'as seized by the marshal, one Chas Steven
on, and violently thrown against the curb
tone; while the child was down another of |
ne mob kicked him in the side The little
GLOW screamed and attracted tho attention of |
sigilaDt peeier named Wicker, who ran up,
nd at the suggestion of the man who had
nocked him down. arrested the boy and him
in the Central Station, charged
ith disturbing the peace Of funeral pro
sssion.
The officer would have been doing police
1ty had he arrested the two men and pro-
cited the boy; but it can be easily accounted
r, as he is negro himself, and belongs to
at or some other society. I
Abadie Michel went to Jail for trying to
i've his milk cart over Patrolman Gaspa,d,
the Fourth Precinct, on Claiborne street.