The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-11
CRY ITEMS.


prietor Of the shooting gallery, No. 100
st. Charles street, will give prize 10
any newspaper reporter who scores the
most cartoons ut long range Mt tho
shooting for the reporters prizes,
which are two tinc gold pens and pen
ellis; the reporter making the next best
score will pocket the second prize.
A MAN SERIOUSLY BEATEN Wmu CLuB.
A difficulty occurred at z O'Clock Sun
day evening ut q sailor boarding house
corner Elysian Fields and Victory
streets, between Chas. Welsh, the keep
or. aud a sailor named Chas. Wander
vault. and ended i'm Vandervault being
dangerously beaten about tho head and
body with club In the hands OF Welsh,
who afterward made his escape. The
wounded inan was attended by DIR.
Davidson, who pronounced his wounds
OF serious nature. and ordered his
conveyance to the Charity Hospital.
BRAss KNUcKLEp. AT II o'clock Sun
day night woman named Isabelle
Smith was assaulted and badly beaten
about tho head with brass knnctle,
on Poydras street. near Perdido, by
some unknown ruflians, who made their
escape. The woman was sent TO the
Charity Hospital.
LARCENY. Aug. 9. Christopher, a
UOUHu WINS tiIt lou LAWN
up from the corner Of Dryndcs and
franklin st Gets. by Officer Francisco,
from information received, OF having
committed larceny Of q pair Of boots,
valued at ~.
BuneLAR's Toors.-~About 10 o'clock
Yesterday morning Officer Rodgers
brought TO tho Central Station four
chiseis, one coal chisel, brace bit and a
pair Of dividers, which he found secret
cd under the door step of the store No.
40 Tchoupitoulas street, corner Natchez
alley, supposed TO nave been p,aced
there by burglars.
SwiNDLtNe.T. Regain spent Monday
In the Central Station, charged by II.
When searched ut the station $40 spiel
mark was found ON his person.
CUTTING ArFRAY. About o'clock
Sunday evening difficulty occurred on
Franklin. near uirod street, between
two women. Nellie Swan and Celestine
Burns, which resulted In the former be-
ing cut and severely wounded IN the
head with cup In the hands OF tho lat.
ter, who made her escape. The wounded
woman was conveyed to the Charity
Hospital. where her wounds were
dressed and pronounced not Of seri-
ous nature.
IOLICE NDTFH.- -Caldtl voiueou .Scs
into trouble, and was iDcarceratcd III
the Third lookup, charged by Ali Sam,
a Chinaman, with the larceny OF rs.
A colored man. named Louis t}errith,
% wears OF age, was found dead on
Washington, between Dryadcs. and St.
Denis streets. The Coroner held an in
quest. and returned q verdict Of " death
from old age
John Miner and Charles Grey were run
into the Fifth Precinct from the corner
Of Annette and st. Denis streets, by
Officer Francis. on tho charge Of Till
tapping.
LyE.- On Friday. the 7th instant, Lousja
M. Stevens, aged Is months, swallowed
o portion Of the contents OF a can q
condensed lye, from the effect OF which
she died Sunday evening. It appears
that Mrs Stevens is washerwoman ana
was attending to her duties when she
heard her child scream, and on investi-
cation found that her daughter had
swallowed the contents Of the
I've can that she had just
been useing. Mrs. Stevens ilnmed1ately
carried the child to aneighboring drug,
gist, and after an examination stated
that IL had not swallowed the fluid but
had only gotten it In its mouth. So the
mother paid no more attention to the
little one until Sunday, when 1t showed
signs of being much worse, and before
a doctor could be obtained the child ex-
PRED. Coroner Chastant held an in
quest and returned a verdict according
to the facts.
CuTTINa ArrRAy. Last evening u diff
ficulty occurred at the Burke coffee
house, No. 10 Marigny street, between
two men, William Simon and Edmond
johnson, aud resulted in both persons
being dangerously cut about the head
and face. They were arrested by Officer
Montamat and taken to the Fifth Gala
boose, where they received medical at
tention at the hands of DR.. Schu-
macher.
A MAN FALLS A DISTANCE OF Sixty
FEET AND Is INSTANTLY KILLED. Chas.
I,aberc, aged SIS years, and u native Of
France. while working on scaffold at
the Academy OF the Sacred Heart,
missed his footing and was precipitated
to the ground, distance OF sixty feet,
fracturing his skull and killing him in
stantly. The body was conveyed to his
residence on Dryades street, between
Lafayette and Poydras, and the Coro-
ner notified,