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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13
ANOTHER FELo DE Sc,
r. DeLRunsy Commits Suicide In tbs First
Pre- ciaet Station.


Yesterday afternoon at 80 O'Clock, Mr.. Z.
DeLaunoy was arrested at the Republican ufflep.
on Camp street, by Officer Blifrord. The charge
made against the prisoner was insanity. He
was conveyed to The First Precinct Station and
locked up in cell Mol.
When the prisoner was booked in the office of
the station, he complained Of his hard lot In
being again imprisoned. aud said that he was
thoroughly tired of life. konotice was taken of
this declaration at the time. rs the words were
regarded as the unmeaning uttsrsnees Of a
wandering mind The event proved that De-
L.auney was terribly In earnest.
Tur nkey Brugn'ens visited the cell at II 40
last night. The prisoner was seated in cor
ter. apparently at ease, physically. II not men
tally. Twenty-Five minutes thereafter tho turn
key returned aud found tho prisoner suspend
cd by his nsektie from the eross-bsams Of he
cell door. He was at once cut down and assst-
ance summoned; but the unfortunate man Was
dead beyond hope of rssusetation. The Coro-
ner was notified of the suicide.
The deceased was about sixty years of age, d
printer by profession, and resided at No. 6
Bienville street For several months he has
been subject to fits of mental alteration. About
five weeks ago he was committed to the Insane
Asylum, but managed to escape.
Before being placed in the cell yesterday af-
ternoon DeLa,inoy was carefully searched and
every article with which it was supposed that he
could iniuTe himself. even O pocket handksr-
chief. was taken from him. He rendered the
vigilance Of the police authorities abortive, as
has been above related, and ended earthly care
and life together with his neckkerohief.
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For the larceny Of 10 cents VIM Canon and
VIM. Sullivan we're arrested and locked mp in the
Sixth Precinct Station.
Henry Clay is in hook, ohMgsd by Jas. Corbit
with having stolen property III his possession 10
wit: A coat aud pair Of pants.
John Carroll waa lodged IN the Third Precinct
ststien. charged with obtaining property under
false protenses.
Moses Perkins, fpf larceny Of about forty pounds
OF copper, was looked up in tho Third Precinct.
VIM Brown. for having fire water bucket in
his possession, supposed 70 have been stolen, YVES
nearoerated In tle Second Precinct.
Geo Washington WAS yesterday before Judge
Klsinppter for tbs larceny Of a pair Of scissors.
TIE accused stated to the court that there WAS
nothing msan sbon5 him, and bsfors be would 90
10 the penitentisty fJf saeh a tridiug offence ne
woal pay for tho eeissorB. The Judge was OF q
dihfeIsn. turn Of mind and cent George before
the First strict Court under sig0 bonds.
VIM. jackson, caught in the act Of selling some
mac 9inery stolen from the paper mill on Liberty
street, betweon GiruS aud JuIa, was locked up
10 the Central Rtstion By Officer Meyers, at the
request Of Jsmes Brown
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THE BOURBON sTRaHr AHFRAy.
statement Of Mr.. Ge4rse Thesra ABnat abe
Itninrfmnain aleemrrpnees


To the Editor of the New Orleans Democrat;
Dear Sr-The report which you published
In. your paper OF. yesterday concerning my.
self and Mr.. Tielles, places me Ia such II bad
light before the community at large, that feel
compelled to ask Of your ifnparti lily the publs
ca ion Of Tie present com uaieaLion;
1 am not acquainted with Mr. Tfeles, / mot
him for he first time OH bourbon Street. while
ON my way 10 the lay school, bout three weeks
ago. On that OCCASION h stared at mo IN such
au insolent manner, that felt ipellsd 10 ask
him the cause Of his ridiculous and unexpected
pr6voeation. For an answer he sneered at me.
and placing his hansl in his overeoat pocket,
directed his pistoi towards me | then, not being
armed tor | have never carried q weapon be-
fore), asked him hls name and address, which
he gave me In an indistinet manner, and strobe
away.
The next day went to the address indicated
to me aud fail to I'm Mr., Trelles. Things res
manned In statu quo until dat before Yesterday,
when / again met him coming down Bourbon
street. As 10 passed by me he. jostled me vic.
lently at which TAX ing ofrense I turned round
and said: Look here; | am getting tired of
this.' He looked 5act at mo In sneelsing, way
and answered: /" don't care 1amn." There.
upbn struck him in the face. Without word
OF warming he drew his revolver and fred one
shot directly at my brsa.t. aud. before uld
disengage my rev liver from my breast pocket.
fred two more shots at me, one of his shots TAX
slightly gra5ing the heed Of Mr. Yinet. then
opened fire on him. and enptied i've barrels OF
my revolver willis he fired ais three remaining
shots.
At thai moment u gentleman BY my side men
toned the WORD police, and recalling the fact
that had eeture TO attend to In the evening,
rush d towards Blenvile street. and preesed9d
quietly owaids tho law school,
When the lecture was over hastened towards
my club room WHEN learned r. the first time
that a warrant had been issued for my arrest.
Iimmeliaey went to the polies station Of the
Third Precinct and surrendered myself.
These are the true facts Of the case. MS there
was no lady In this quarrel: no premedtaied
reneontre no Simultaneous firing. There was
but one hing premeditated and that was the re-
peatsd insults offered me by Mt. Trelles. and il
Ia certainly not to be imputed as {. crime for a
man 10 return fire when no has been shot at
three times
With this explanation Of nay conduct, re-
main, res psctfHlly,
Your Oh edient servant ..
GEO II. THEARD
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Ing them what has become of this money. IL
seems that Frank Mercy. the late ca pet bag
member Of Congress from the Fifth District OK
Louisiana. was tiiade he custodian of this
tinkston fund, which. 1t Ia und fatoud, be W $
instrumental 10 some extent In collecting. preb-
ably from some hard working people oil the
North. Instead however uf turning the amount
over to pinkston wnen he returned here Eliza
was bafted with a small plttanes ari the re-
mafidef was, what do you ttinE2 Divided pre-
rata among the refugees from Quachita parish.
But Hardy. 1t seems, was Ignored III the
'uiyy.' or. In other words,
WAS IBFT our.
Ignorance Is bliss, and Hardy's feelings
remained composed until q day or two
ago, however. when the facts came 70
bis knowledge, and he went to see Frank
Mercy, % ASH him for his share Frank re-
eeiYed him with OPP n arms. like a man who
had fought. bled aud died several times for his
p8rty-bbt his palms wers closed to the appeal
for relief. on the ground that he, Frank, had
turned ever the money to O. II. Brewster
LoHD HIGH CHAMBERLAIN
10 Eliza pinkston "I'll see Brewster Tomorrow.
thought Hardy but when the next day came
anu he had met Brewster. the latter informed
him that II was no such a thing and that Frank
was the eustodian Of The fund. Meanwhile
Mercy had naeked his traps. and led By the
light IF that fiery hair which adnrns his hatpeg
had flown towards the Capital. Hardy sauealed
nf course, and now as he Faces the dingy halls
oil the ST. Louis Hotel, poadering over the vi
eissitudes OF life, he Is heard to muttef. period
eally. -,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13
WEST BAfVN ROUGE.
Taxes Pledged to the Nlchells Gevernm

Taxes Pledged to the Nichells Government
A meeting OF the citizens OF West
Baton Rouge was held at the court
house on. Monday, April o. 1877. The
meeting having been called to order,
Major Lemuel 2. Conner was chairman
and Alex. D. Barrow secretary.
The chairman stated the object OF the
meeting.
1t was moved that the chair appoint
a committee on resolutions.
The chair appointed Messrs. w, b.
Robertson, b. r. Chinn, j. y, Durable.
ST., II. M. Favros and b. w, CLARK,
The committee reported the following
preamble and resolutions, (which were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, we, the citizens and tax
payers Of the parish Of West Baton
Rouge, know that Francis r. Nichols
and Louis A. WiItz we're elected Cor
ernor and Leitonant Governor Or Lou.
isiana by large majority Of Che legal
and Conntttutiona1 rDtes cast y this
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state al the last election; therefore,

state ct the last election: therefore,
be IL
Resolved, That we will pay our taxes
only to the Nichols government; that
NE will support 1t by all means In our
power, and that we will recognize nc
other State government.
Be il further resolved, That we heart
lily indorse the resolutions passed by
our fellow citizens In the different par
ishes OF the State In support of the Mich
ellis government.
On motion Ii was resolved that the
proceedings OF this meeting be pub.
lished In the West Baton Rouge Sugar
Planter, Baton Rouge Advocate and New
Orleans DEMoCRAT.
Il. T. CONNER, Chairman.
A. D. BARROW, Secretary.
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HARD ON HARDY.
Frank Mercy ms Custodian of the Pinlstcn
Vund


Among tho martyrs of the Ouaehita there was
one w. Il. Hardy. who occupied the position Of
District Attorney pro tenn. Of the parish. and who
was also candidate ut the last election for
Parish Judge. Hardy. 1t will be remem-
bered. made n terrible statement before the
Senate Committee of the manner in which
he, together with his eo-conspirators.
tamong whom was the notorious Eliza
Pinkston) was build zed in that parish. Ever
since II irdy has been sloshing around new Or
leans in order either 10 sustain Packard or to
give credit TO his assurances TO the @ mniittee
that he could not return to his parish Without
danger to his life. For some time past Hardy's
money has given out. and thereby
HANGS TALE
It will also be remembered that the Senate
committee. dur ng its investigation Of the E1iza
Pinkstorl case, be- anne o Disguised with her IN
famous falsehoods, and the conspiracy gotten
up to pit her In the light OF martyr By means
of false evidA nee and foul perjury, they sud
denly closed the Investigation. Well, notwith-
standing that these facts we're communicated TO
the whole country, th re were found people In
nocent emo Oh in t.s North % gu scribe not less
shan thee thousand dollars for the relief of
xHx sArNrED ELIZA
These people VII doubtless thank u fos ten.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13
A Case which is Cent ended tn be be-
eidea by the gtvn Courts.

Yesterday j. W. Demsrist and Mr.. John Bufk
ley, the latter representing the frm Of A.
Thompson 4 o., appeared before Judge Klein
rster, OF the ri st Haneipsl Police Court, and
swore out three sffljavits Guar gine Mr. L. David
sep, grocery keeper, doing business on PeJ.
aras street, it'll breach OF trust and enibezzs-
ment.
The first two afRdsvits sworn out by Mr.. Dem
artist act forth that on the 3D. and 9Th days OF
April, Davidson bought $3.50 worth 1T sugar from
affi mt for cash, aud bad sold said sugar and
failed to pay for same. with intent TO defraud
the affidavit OF Mr.. Burk iey charges the ac-
eused with the same offease, emily the amount
being smallef-f1SG.
The warrants we're placed In the hands Of eps-
eials Pecora and Leahey, who arrested Davidson
and locked him up In The Central Station.
Davidson, Oh being interviewed, stated that II
was entirely business transaction that the ease
was civil, aud not criminal one.
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Handsome Hsds puptioa.

Yesterday the city effected the following re-
dem ptions.
PEMfUM BONDS
From Frank A. Lee. 5000 ut ss1z.
From Frank A. Les, sl44a at 1914,
From III. Bier. $40 B6 at s3s..
From II. Laroussini, s2a, $40 at sax.
From /. Newman Il Bro. $500 at 50 s7-too.
Also the following:
$4,000 ten u cent bonds Of 1911 at SO aT-1eo.
$50 seven v cent bonds of 1870 ut a91.
$50 Carrollton bond at 3Jts, and s296 gold eerti-
flcatee ut 3gL.
Making grand total Of siiot96 so.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13

A bill to repeal all acts granting ex-
elusive privileges to the Crescent City
Live Stock Landing and Slaughter
House Company of New orleans:
SECTION 1. Be II enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives in General Assembly
Convened, That ali laws granting exclusive privi-
leges TO the Crescent City Live Stock Landing
and Slaughter House Company OF New Orleans,
to slaughter animals for the consumption of the
people. be and the came are hereby repealed.
sEo 3. Be ii further enacted, etc.. That this bill
shall take effect from and after lite passage.
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Tl,s nlecl,nnlcs. nIeetinx .

The nesting OF the mechanics ard working
men OF New Orleans. which was cslled for yes
terday evening, was postponed ON aeeUunt oil tho
ipelemeney OF the wsather to this evening, whsH
1t will certainly come off Oh the hall u the Was
ington ARTILLERY, on pefdido street, nssr Et.
Charles. All workingnlen fsvgfsbly disposed to-s
ward the Nichols government are respectfully
invited To attend.
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A new lot OF striped grenadines at 20 cents per
yard. At. L. Byrne d Co., 165 Canal street.

BuRsErT's FLAvoR1se ExTRAors.-Ths super,-
o,1tp Of these extracts consists In Htei, perfect
purify and great strength. They are warranted
free from the poisonous oils and scids which en-
Ter into the composition Of many Of the Fictitious
ruit fiavors now In the market. They are not
MY true TO their names, but are prepared from
fruits OF the best quality, and are 80 highly con-
esptrated that comparatively small quantity
only need be used.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13

The excursion on the steamer James Howard
to the ietties is now the prlnepsi topic Oh CON
yersstion with those who are looking forward to
the departure Of this stsuuoh boat. She leaves
her wharf promptly at o'clock sunday morning,
and returns early Monday morning. The Robt.
e. Lee follows on Monday with an excursion to
the sHme point,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13

''The boosted courage Of the White
League has oozed OUT" shouts the
Inter. Ocean. Very we'll. There Is, then.
no further need OF United States troops
for the protection Of Packard. With
draw them
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ysstpss d q grIsnf.

The weather was no bad on Thursday that the
races hsd 10 be postponed, and ~ tho track can-
MOI be In go1d condition before saturday, that
~ Ms besn Axsi upon ~ to Jockey Club.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13

BuREETT's OoboeNH is file III elegant bottles
OF superior finish and beauty4-in themselves an
ornament 1t has. In brief time, STAINED
large and constantly Increasing sale. confirming
The opinion Of the best judges, that II ID equal,
u not superior, 10 the eelebraIed iarins.
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rsrevltlss.

:. Thursday morning opened with regular
March thunder aud rain storm, and the rear or
the city Was literally flooded,
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To-day NJ. l. Byrne b Co. offer remnants OF all
classes Of dry goods at fifty cents on the dollar.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13

The pfograntms fHed for Thur dsy vill then be
execltsi ana Estu days races will bs run on
smother dsy. The public will lose nothing BY the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13

A new lot Of striped grenadines ut 20 cents per
yard. n. L. Byrne T. Co., 163 Canal street.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13

Tho popular wine before the war vas pipers
Heidseick. We still call for Piper.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13

To-day NJ. l.. Byrne b Go. offer remnants Of ell
classes Vi dry goods at fifty cents on the dollar.
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CADETS.
the naval Academy.
ts. 7. world.1

A new lot Of striped grenadines at 20 cents per
yard. nj. L. Byrne Il Co., f63 Canal street.
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THE COUNTS.
superior slrlsnlna, court.
INFoRMAIIoNe.


Carrying concealed weappBs= James Watsnt1 :
and John Palmer.
Shoe ing, etcs-L D. Maronha7.
/. Robbery; q. Grstd lareehy EtiEsne HenbAs
Raphasl Seub and &c Small, charaed with rob-
bng, March 0, at tbs Pacific Concert saloons
Cha tres rect, L. j.. DIN If $3.50.
Eugene Senbe, charged With 0bbing, October
"a. 1876. at the Pacific Concert kaloob. Qhaftres
street, Jacques FUntan Of t4Do
BAIL REBUoHpi
Murder-Ernest Westerhagsn. Bail on mo-
ton OF counsel for defense, Uhas. Fl. LuaenbeTgy
ESQ reduced to $500
Mantlaughter George Bowser, eoI0red, LII.
dioted March "a for tie killing OF Francois Ed~
Charity Hospital, after being shot on the 13d
January, at the ba:reEhoue corner OF Custom
house and Crossmsn streets.
Jury OUT
First District Court.
PLEAD GUILTY..
Assault Gsorge Johnson.
CONVICTED.
Keeping dsordsfly house and violating section
90S Revised Statutes Eugene seub keeping the
Pacific Concert Balloon IN Charities street.
Entering in The hight time, etc.--E. Aestor, j.
Dowty.
Iarosny-E. Wilkinson, one year hard lsber.
Assault and bsttery-Janes u. Davis, one
month Parish Prison.
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FIRST District Court.
sENTENnEil

Iarosny-E. Wilkinson, one year hard labor.
Assault and bsttery-James u. Davis, one
month Parish Prison
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sPEaULArINa I'm SUGAR.

o temporal o Morevt
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-04
What Makes B0w-Legs.

Bow-legs and knock-knees are among
the common deformities of humanity,
and wise mothers assert that the crook
edness in either case arises from the
afflicted one have been put upon his or
her feet too early in babyhood. But a
Manchester (England) physician, DR..
Compton, who has watched for the true
cause, thinks differently. He attri-
butes the first mentioned distortion to
a habit some youngsters delight in, of
rubbing the sole of one foot against that
of the other; some will go to sleep with
the soles together. They appear to en-
joy the contact only when the feet are
naked; they don't attempt to make it
when they are socked or slippered. So
the remedy is obvious: keep the baby's
soles covered. Knock-knees the doc
tor ascribes to different childish habit,
that of sleeping on the side, with one
knee tucked under the hollow behind
the other. He has found that where
one leg has been bowed inward more
than the other, the patient has always
slept on one side, and the uppermost
member has been the most deformed.
Here the preventive is to pad the inside
of the knees, so as to keep them apart,
and let the limbs grow freely their own
way. All of which is commended to
mothers who desire the physical up
rightness of their progeny.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-04
The Electric Candles.

The report of the recent experience
iu England with Jablochkoff's electric
candles, which created a temporary
panic in gas shares in that capital, is
interesting. 1t is said that a single
flame of the new kind gives as much
light as hundred gas jets, and with
out any increase of temperature. The
light has a steadiness, softness, and
whiteness which the best gas knows
not of; and the product of the combus-
tion is salubriouS ozone, instead of
being, as in the case of gas, unwhole-
some vapors which poison the atmos-
phere and tend to damage books, pic
lures and ornaments. The material
employed in the manufacture of the
Candles is species of hard clay,
which, being non-conductor, is
placed between two upright sticks of
carbon. With the passage of the
electric current from one carbon point
to another, the hard clay or kaolin,
becomes fused by the heat, and gives
out the brilliant light already described.
AS at present constructed, the candles
will only burn for one hour, but a
little mechanical skill will soon con-
struct an authentic device for substitu-
ting a second candle when the first has
burned out, and then the invention
may be said to be complete.
At a trial made in large tent COW
ering one of the squares of the West
India docks, four common lamp-postS
were erected in the respective corners,
and on one of these lamp-posts was plac-
ed an electric light, the electricity for
which was generated by steam power
in magneto-electric machine of thirty
two magnets, each magnet composed
of six plates. The steam engine Of two
and one half horse power effected 4S0
revolutions of the magneto-electric ma
chine per minute. The resulting light
was so strong that the finest print
could be read at distance of thirty
feet from the lamp. The electric light
was then extinguished, and when Six
teen gas burners, four in each corner,
were substituted the effect was dismal
enough. The experiment was next
tried in warehouse, the light being in
troduced through window. The elec-
trio candles were placed in tin case
which acted as a reflector, and small
type could be read at distance Of
seventy-five feet. Moreover, it was
discovered that the light did not inter-
fere with the discrimination of color,
green, blue, red, purple, and even deli
cate straw color being as easily s:distin-
guished as if it were day.
BY allowing sufficient length of in
sulated wire the light may be readily
transferred from place to place, and it
was found that all work pertaining to
the loading and unloading Of ships
could be carried on by the use of the
electric candles as well by night as by
day. 1t is reported that one Of the
towns of western England, seeing much
Importance in the principles which at
tach to the new invention, has refused
to renew its contracts with the gas
companies for any protracted period.
Detroit Tribune.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-04
The Daily Leader.
afOmcial paper of the City, County, Ter
ritory and United States.
A Superior Joke.

Among the light shades of gloves on
sale this summer are lake mist sea foam
and half grown lemon. "This last color
is for young girls wear" said the clerk
who was showing our reporter the goods.
"Why is the half-grown lemon hue
more appropriate for young misses
than the others?" asked our innocent
reporter. because it is reminder to
you heart-smashers that the hands they
are on are not fit to squeeze yeti" and
then the idiot counter-jumper looked at
our reporter with an expression as
much as to say, "That's good; better
than anything you could possibly say,
you chuckle-head!''[Lak Superior Min
ing Journal