The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-25
CITY ITEMS.

Police NorEs. james Collins was ar-
rested on the levee. head OF Poydras
street. and locked mp in tho Harbof,
charged with larceny Of tub OF butter.
John wilkins was run intothe Hhrbor
Station, charged with pilfcring cotton
on tho ievee.
Mike Welles and Hy. williams we're
locked up In tho Second Precinct,
charged with stealing turkeys from tho
Jackson depot.
Caroline Simmons, Hattie Meyers and
Sarah Stanton were run into the Third
Precinct, charged with larceny Of ssG.
ALMOST A RtoT.-At O'Clock Sunday
morning difficulty took place betweena
mob Of colored men on Fourth street,
between Fulton and Chippewa. A by
stapder. in ATTEMPTING to quiet the
mob, was fired upon several times
by the negro rioters. This called into
redustion u squad Of police under
command Of Sergeant M6CaDn. which
caused The rioters TO cease fighting
among themselves. and with joint force
bounced theMetropolitnn. The Sergeant
WIS knocked down and severely bruised
about the face. md during the encounter
u stray shot struck one Of the negroes
named Richard Ernest in the loft hip.
Tho wounded man was taken to tho
Sixth Precinct. where u charge was pre-
ferred against him for lighting and dis
turbing the peace and assaulting tho
| Sergeant. Ho was 6ftefward put tlntier
guard and sent to the Charity Hospital
| for medical treatment.
| FianT IN THE TtvoLt BEER GARDEN.
About halfpast eleven o'clock Saturday
night u difficulty took place in the Two.
| Ii Beer Saloon, on Chartres street. near
| Ctlstomhouse, between three men-Mjke
/ r1t tsie
md Richard Delmore- which resulted
| In Delmore being slightly stabbed In tho
neck with "a dirk knife In tho hands or
| Ed Cooney. The wounded man was
| conveyed to his residence, 13b Bourbon
street. where he received medical atten.
tion. Cooney was arrested by the police
two hours after the affair, ind locked up
in the Third Precinct.
BUneLARy.- Sometime during Sunday
4 morning the residence Of Capt Bedford.
1870 Euterpe street. WIS btrglariously
entered by unknown thieves. wbs,
robbed him Of clock and q silver
spoon, which were on the mantelpieee.
and u pair of congress Cutters, oil
valued ut $50. Tho entrance was effected
by climbing the post Of tho gallery and
opening ono Of the windows,
DROWNED. half-past ton o'clock
last evening, two sailors, Andrew Beir-
carson and II. n. Anderson, while under
the influence Of liquor, attempted to
walk Up the staging of the Norwegian
bark Korston. They lost their balanee
and both were precipitated into tho
river. Tho former was rescued, but the
latter sank almost Immediately and wns
drowned. His body has not been re-
| covered.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY. About half.
| past three O'Clock Sunday morning
some unknown parties attempted to
enter the promises Of Mr.. Hoffman. cor
ner of tampart and Iafayette streets.
Tho noise reused tho inmates and the
would-be burglars tled.
DIED SUDDENLY About. half past one
o'clock. yesterday, an old Colored wo-
man named Mary jane Meronne died
SUDDENLY ut her residence, 235 Cont
street Tho Coroner was notified.
FHg ON BoAHp THE STEAMER SuME
SiLvEH. about o'clock last evening a
fro was discovered under the fire bed
of the negro boiler on board the Susie
Silver, burning about four feet of the
lower deck. Cause OF tbs fro is at
tributed to the ash pan being burnt out,
depositlng soino Of tho hot coals from
tho furnace on the lower deck. The
crew, assisted by tho harbor police be-
fore the Fire Department arrived. Tho
alarm was turned I'm from the Harbor
Station.
OBTAINING Goobs UNDER FALSE PnE
rEYCEs, Edmond Adams was arrested
on Julia and Camp streets by Officer
Masterson and lodged in the Central
station, oharged by +. Randolph with
obtaining goods from him under false
pretenCes.
CoMg BIRDIE, CoME AND LIVE WITH NE,
| ~ al fn11 ,s,st 4,
canary belonging to sally Elliot, and
carried IL home. Sallyylid not altogether
like the attachment Keller had formed
for her pet bird aDd repaired t0 the First
Municipal Police Court, and swore out
nm affidavit against him, which caused
his arrest and incarceration in the Cen
tral lookup on tho charge of obtaining
u bird under false pretences.
CHICKEN THIEF. Some time during
Sunday night the rear OF Mr.. N. Morser's
premises, on Bnronne street, between
julia and GirOd, WIS entered by %
chicken thief, who made u good haul
and carried off twelve chickens valued
at s12. The thief made good his escape.
BURGLARS AT Wong. Some time dur
ing Sunday night, the jeweiry establish
mept of Leopold SchatteDger, corp or
Of Franklin and urayier streets, was
burglariousIy entered by unknown par.
ties, VINO c1rrl6d OIL SIX wHtChgs, one
nickle-plnted chain, and Gt5 IA United
States currency, oil cstimeted at 600
Tho thieves effected an entrance by
opening the front Cute and then climb.
ing tho gallery post and raising one ol
the windows of the second story. The
burglars, with their booty, made good
their escape, leaving no clue to theiI
identity.
, A New COLUMBUS. Rev. Mr.. Talmadge
has made u great discovery. He says
| God reserved the discovery OF America
till He got ready to move thither. And
this ID the eliminating and ending burst
, of his peroration Our country 10 under
the protection Of the Almighty; II be
longs TO him. Italy for pictures, France
!, for manners. Germany FOR scholarship
, England for aristocracy, the United
States for God" This is about equa
to Bishop Haven's assertion that Sum
ner, Greeley and Wilson were removed
from earth because they tried 10 thwar
, the heavenly vlcegerent called Grant
These utterances may not be blasphemy
,, but they have I'm awful sqtiint In tka
direction.
GRANT. Rumor hath IT that Gran
' has written letter to ex-senator Nor
gan uncguivocally renouncing all idea
: OF ~ third term, and stating that b.
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