The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-01

Drawing Of the seventh series of Premium
Bonds.

Drawing Of the seventh series of Premium
Bonds.
Bernard Naab, OF No. 636 Consisnce street,
writes tho Mayor about an old wooden building Ut
the corner Of Constance street and Louisiana Ave-
niue. adjoining his residence, which he says il In
. dangerous condition. The shed Of the build
ing covers his alleyway and makes II dangerous
for Himself and family to pass In snd out, "a IL is
liable TO fall at any moment. The City Surveyor
has been instructed to visit the premises and re-
port to the Mayor.
LADY FROM ARKANSAS.
Nrs. William Bridge called at the Mayors
nifce Tuesday morning to say that she was in
destitute condition, and to ask tho city authori-
ties TO furnish her with transportation to her
home In Little Rock, Arkansas. She states that
her husband and herself came down the river
and stopped at the Mcveigh plantation, fourteen
miles above Baton Rouge, where he was employed
80 put up sugar mill He had been working
Tor two days when he was taken with brain fver
and died, leaving her without cent. She had
no home, and was obliged to 20 somewhere, and
Shought that by coming here she would receive
some assistance. Mr. Bridge was an engineer
by occupation, and being without employment at
home, came South, expecting TO get work. There
rs no provision made by the City Council for such
cases. and consequently IL was impossible for The
city TO send her home
PREMIUM BOND DRAWING.
Acting Mayor Denis, the Administrators, a
plumber OF bank presidents and other parties in.
'terested, assembled in the room OF the Depart
mantof Public Accounts to witness the quarterly
drawing OF the seventh series Of Premium
Bonds. The drawing commenced at 10 O'Clock
and the following series were drawn from the
wheel
safe, 1927, 6293, $751; 96s6, 7l02 $685. 6575, 4lo5
HU79, 27ss, 1857, S2i3 1884, 9721, 1885, GAG, 1885,
fJ5l. CLIO. 1850, 1878, 1916. 26O4 2e45 1884, 1887,
2e9s. 500, $3.50, 1916 1884, 2ols s7s9. 7sAo 1858.
THE CITY CONTRACTORS. .s
II has been agreed that the city contractors
shall receive their certificates for work done
during the past month, but they will be notified
siiat they are to have at work hereafter three
tunes az many men as are now employed by
them, the number beng considered entirely In
adequate for perfect compliance with the con-
dltions OF their contracts.
QUEER CASE.
Among the petitions read at the Council meet.
ing yesterday there was one from baker named
bernsrd schiemmer, doing business at the corner
OF Prieur and Ursulines streets applying for re-
lief against the interference OF the police. who
threaten, he says, TO imprison him and even close
his bakery, because they charge, In sight of
passers by, while kneeding his dough, he Is nude
from the waist up, which, in their opinion, con-
stitutes an exposure of person. The case in a
novel one, that may give rise to serious complica-
tons ii the police do not put q check to their
zeal. The next thing we shall hear of will he
that the guardians OF the public peace are arrest
ing men for bathing naked in the river and nayi.
CATION canals.
THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS,
however, that occurred at the City Hall yester-
day were the receipt OF Administrator McUaf-
frey's Injunction against Mr.. Cavsnac, and the
action OF the Council against Mr.. McCaffrey's
proposition to invite the examination of the
affairs OF our municipal government by joint
COMMITTEES composed of members of the Property
Holders Union, the Merchants Exchange and
the Cotton Exchange.
The first event has caused surprise to some
OF the Administrators, who seem to think that
Judge Monroe acted somewhat haatily In grant
ing peremptory order instead Of q rule nisi
against the takiog possession Of the bridges over