The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-12
THE CITY.

BADLY BURNED. About half-past o'clock
last evening, a colored woman, named Jane
Brown, aged IS years, and a native of the
United States, was severely, if not fatally,
burned at her residence on Dryades street,
near Perdido. Her clothing becoming ignited
from the blaze of fire, while STOPPING over it.
| and before timely assistance could be rendered
she was fearfulIy burned about the body.
She was conveyed to the Charity Hospital,
where very little hopes are entertained for hel
| recovery.
A SMALL FIRE About $3.50 o'clock last
evening fire broke out in the roof of two.
| story kitchen attached to frame cottage on
White street, near Erato, which, by the timely
arrival OF the Fire Department, was extin-
guished wi b damage of about $780, COW
cred by insurance in the Teutonia Insurance
Company. The cause of the fire is unknown
and occurred during the absence of Mrs. Will
Hams, the tenant. The house is owned by
Mr. j. Ernest. An alarm was sounded from
box No. AZ, at the engine-house of Steam Fire
Company No. 20.
DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED - Last evening,
about 4:3O O'Clock, difficulty occurred at the
corner of Liberal and st. Anthony streets, be-
tween four colored men named Dave White,
Page, Alfonso Sanco and John Getwood
which terminated in the latters being cut in
the left side and dangerously wounded with
knife by Sanco, who was arrested and locked
up in the Fifth Precinct Station.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE.-Patrolman Million, of
the Fourth Precinct, was informed by citizen
that about 8 o'clock last night a woman ran
toward the head of the Old Basin and shor "
after he heard a splash in the water. He
thinks that the woman committed suicide
jim GRIFFIN RoBBED.-How he came IN ba
at the corner of Franklin and Customhouse
streets Monday morning at o'clock, is more
than Jim Griffin can say himself At all
events he was there at that hour. and met
with serious loss for getting that far out of his
reckoning. Miss Josephine Brown Was there,
but she was not so much to blame as Griffin
was, because she lived near there, and had a
perfect right to be there. Josephine came up
to Griffin, and after o great deal of coaxing
induced him to enter her den out of the cold,
where he re NAMED about five minutes and
came out wiser and perhaps better man,
minus $40 currency and lot of valuable
papers. Hs got mad about it. in fact, he got
very mad about it, and Josephine had to 90
to Jail; there was no getting out of it. Griffin
got policeman and had her taken to
the IRENE Station. She was searched. but
Gritfia's money and papers were not to be
found.
POLICE NOTES. Jordan was found in
q house corner OF st. Claude and Elysian
Fields streets. ut 4:30 Tuesday morning under
suspicious circumstances, and was taken to
the Fifth Precinct Station.
coiored mao named Joe, fell off q loaf at
the corner of Poydras and Peters streets at
9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, and was Sc
vereiy injured about the body. He Was en-
ployed at the store of Keep Raymond.
Thomas Kelly. alias Carson, q young man
that claims to have no occupation, was ar
rested on Royal, between Customhouse and
blenv!lle streets, at half past 8 o'clock Mon