New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-14

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OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of the UNITED sTa1Ei
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of NEW 0RlEAN,
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TOO MANY ~ 4 exAfI noox.-1hs con
:. grpssiopal eenznitt ewosksd undsrA LITTLE
disadvaitags yistssaay while taking tee
simouy, in consequence Of the num6es o.
I, people wha aseeoAed 70 listen to tho pro
cesdipGs. PAslor 10 NOS . lasge room
and when thrss good sised tablen aud q
full accompaniment Of ohairs are placed in
it there remains but small spses for spee.
tstors. It 10 but natural that thousands Of
people should wish TO hear al that 10 said
and done, yet those Who can afford to ct.
tend the seasions should remember that
Thousands ON thousands Of others arc COM
PEELED to depend on newspapers for the
proceedings; therefore it 10 hoped that gen
tlemen who may b present hereafter viii
remember that press reporters require every
possible facility. Half . dozen men stand
ing between tho reporters and the witness
and the committee 10 decidedly uncomfort-
able; then another half dozen persons lean
ing on the table IL dissgreeable in the ex-
treme.
The PHILLIPS AND LYONS CAsE.-The
case of George PHILIPPE and Thomas Lyons
was before Judge Evans sgain yesterday,
this time for the attorneys to argue the
right Of the First Municipal Police Court Of
this parish to examine into crime conn
mitted in anothsr parish, when the per.
petrators fec from their own paEish and are
arrested in this. Last week whsn Eliza
Pinkston, the principal witness, testified
that Phillips and Lyons were concerned in
the murder OF her husband in OuachitA last
November. attorneys for defe.se objected
to this courts jurisdiction, because accused,
they alleged, had mot I'D from their homes.
Judge Evsns listened to arguments and
concluded that he had jurisdictien. It was
thereupon agree to argue the case to-mor-
row on the evidence before the court.
A STORY OF Two Tms WA1cAEs.-lt
appears that burglars have bsen active in
Mobile and Montgomery lately, and two Of
them, King and Bennett, were trapped.
Ono of them stole . elk hundred-dollar gold
wateh from Captain Harrison, Of Liver
pool steamer, while he (she captain) Wa
stopping at the Bastle House, in Mobile.
Another fine watch, the property of Mr..
Watson, one Of the recent Democratic Wis
itors to this city, which had been s:olen
while he was here, was also recovered BY
the Montgomery police. Both gentlemen
identified their watches and. ON being put
in possession Of them, remembered the Pc.
licemen in pleasant favors.
MORE AND BETTER.-Hr. Gibson, who
keeps the Resort, near the Canal street end
of Baronne street, had . short and sharp
dispute with the G ~ Company concerning
his gas bill. Mr.. Gibson paid the com2any's
demand, although he regarded it - extor-
tionate, surrendered his meter and at once
purchased new kind of lamp, which will
give him q good light and save considerable
money for him. The new lamps fit neatly
on the chandelier or Bracket burners, and
are decidedly pretty.
A DESERVED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Kellogg last Tuesday appointed Mr.. Thomas
H. Burke assistant clerk in the First NUM-
cipal Police Court, to fl . vacancy. The
appointee was not found wanting when
weighed in the ward balance, and now he
has his reward, although it 10 small one.
Mr.. Burke WIS at his deck yesterday.
HOLD THE FoRr, BoYs.-AAst evening
all the people in and around police head
quarters were greatly startled by the
sound of & cannon discharge on Girod, near
CArondelet street. Policemen, clerks,
hsnserson and all rushed to the SCENE, ex-
pecting to behold horrible sikht or meet
an armed enemy. Scouts were sent to the
front, and when they reported mo danger"
the crowd rushed in frantica!ly. Several
small boys had . toy cannon whica they
had discf arged 1t nothing. Papa Lynch
surround 1, t.s piece, and eventually bore
it off IL triumph, simply to prevent tho
Youngsters Turing themselves OF some
body el1e.
RousrABourfsG.-Tues night, - the
steamer smea Howard vas near. Kenner,
two roustsbcnts, Jerry Born and Jim some
thing. INDUCED in an impromptu duel. Jim
shot Jerry, to bullet entering the latter's
right eye, inf citing . wound that viii end
fatally. Jan, suddenly disappeared, and it
is supposed hs jumped into the river and
svam to the n.nk. Born was brought to
this CITY sn6 81 Mt to the Charity Hospital.
STRANGE pEA TIL OF A CHID.-About two
o'clock yes ,e " morning Mrs. BesslsY,
residing OIL S. cond street, near Liberty,
avoke and found her little child, Frank
aged ten n;oaths, lying with its head to-
ward her back, her hand on its face and
herself partly lying over on tho chud's
head. She hastily arose, Lit the candle and
upon picking the child up discovered that
IL was dead. Coroner Roche held On IN
Quest and returned verdict in accordance
with the facts. ,-,sz
FATAL ACCIDENTAL . quarter OF Ok
O'Clock last evening Mr.. Caizza, driver OF
furniture wagon, left his wagon standing
on Melpomene near Dryades street, with
his little son, Aged ten years, in charge
during his sbsence the mule suddenly