The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-29
CITY ITEMS.

Comlnon street, from Broad to the
Carrollton. road. ls Ia splendid driving
II order, and those parties driving fast
teams that frighten at the dummies can
take this route.
Charley Jones and John Henry found
themselves In the Second Precinct Sta
tlon az III 80 yesterday. on the charge Of
pinching bread In the Dryades street
market.
Larceny of jewelry and s6 rs In cur
reney ls the charge booked against
y0hn Mitchell by Mrs. HALEY ia the
Third Precinct. IU09 ~
Magdalene Rohrer ia Won leettle
| Duetoher gal. and she was slung be-
! hind the bars of the Third Precinct
Station, charged with having stolen
! property in her possession.
Eighty niue dogs departed this life
last evening. Too much SAUSAGE In
theirs.
The swimming Match
Tho match between John Clark and
A. j. Ferth, to swim half u mile and
return, for 500 side, came off yester-
day afternoon ut the MIneburg lake
end, and resulted In favor of Clark, who
won by abou, ten feet The time was
III minutes, although both ways the
wind and tide were against the swim
mers.
That shooting Array.
The report Of the affray which oc-
CURED on Tuesday morning between
Messrs. IL. Rance and Henri Brieugne
and Mr. jules Camp. ind during which
the latter was shot, qualities the two
former as rutflans. The unfortunate
error was due to incorrect information
received from the police, the young mon,
who were arrested, not being themselves
known TO our reporter and having de- |
I'm int, .t.xy,,, .
Messrs. Rance and Brieugue give very
different version OF the origin of the |
quarrel from that which we published |
at the time, and claim that they were |
assailed by Mr.. Camp and three of his /
friends, neCessitating that they should |
defend themselves to the best of their |
abilities.
Resurrection.
Yesterday Col. w. Miller Owen. com
manding the Washington Artillery. |
received a letter full Of feeling from
Ool. >. B. Walton, late commander or
that body, accompanying very heavy
and beautiful solid gold badge. As
stated in the letter Of Col. Walton, the
object Is that the badge be shot for by
the members or the battalion every
year, under such rules as may be
adopted. the winner TO wear it one
year. or as long as he may win it.
Col. Owen proposes that the first an
nual contest shall take place on Friday
next, with Winchester rifles. Mt 200
yards, each member being allowed
twenty shots, and the place the rifle
grounds Of the Crescent Rifle Associa-
ion, who have kindly consented to ex-
end this courtesy to the battalion.
This badge is the same one which was
designed by Col. Walton himself and
VAS offered by him as a prize TO be shot
or on the 4th OF July, 1859, with artil-
cry Unavoidable circumstances caused ,
he project to be postponed, and later. ,
he war breaking out, the boys we're
allied To the front to engage In n more
erioas contest. Col Walton has had
he badge in his possession ever since ,
fire Loss $1,000. ,
About 4 o'clock this morning a fire /
vas discovered IN one-story frame /
iouse, situated ut the corner Of Moral
is and Annette streets. The property, |
fhiCh is owned by John Gaelletss and /
coupled as q dwelling house and gro b
cry store by Joseph Johnston, was Y
0tally destroyed. Loss 1890; insured,
ut for what amount could not be ascer-
aimed. The furniture was insured for
600 IN the New Orleans Mutual Insur-
nee Company. The adjoining house,
wned by julie Brown was damaged to u
he extent Of 500 Cause Of the fire !,
nknown. The alarm was turned in =
-om box No. jl4. . .