The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-28
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| The fifth grand picnic Of the Golden Thread
| Social Club takes place to-day at the Oakland
Park.
A large party of amateur yachtsmen intend
visiting Biloxi on the occasion Of tho coming
regatta.
The plastering Of the walls surrounding the
Canal street entrance to the Custom House has
commenced.
cleansing of the tsh stands of our markets IL
would be- to the benefit of our public health.
In another column will be found notice oil
the meeting of the SECOND ward, Tho officers So.
lected are those such as all the suffragans o1
the ward will support.
Resolutions commemorative of the memory
Of J. w Hartnett and H. d. Lehr, who lost
passed by tho School Board.
Following the increase In the price of Ice
lemons have gone. up. The supply here ia
greater, than the demand, and this product OF
Is something wrong and 1t should be shown up
To-day Prof Clark. connected with Harry
Hammersleys tlOHting bOnt- house, will give an
exhibition on the river. He proposes to swim
against time from Harveys canal to the boat
house. distance Of from one and half to two
miles.
A match race was arranged yesterday, after
the regatta, between the third class yachts
JunIata and Maggie for $500 aside. to take place
between the twentieth and twenty-lfth Of Au-
gust at place on the coast not yet determined
ii II meeting held hy tho nreacant City Row.
Ing gLnb the f3oTqg gentlemen W9re elected
i. Oruanes. vice president: Edward II. Burke
secretary; Jacob Jacob, recording secretary:
Daniel O., Buckshaw, treasurer: William Oak
ley, captain.
AT meeting held Saturday, July 27, 1873, Of the
Young Mems Central Democratic Club of the
First Ward. a re. organ zation Of the club was
effected by the election Of the following named
officers: John II. Sutton president: M d.
Chidress. vice president: Phil. G. Clark. secre-
tary: w. e. Kirk. treasurer
A number of the Young men of the First Dis
triot have associated. themselves, together and
organized the riverside Social Club. The fol-
lowing named gentlemen were elected officers
John Daley. president; w. Harman vice presi.
dent: II. Short. financial secretary; +. Senas
recording secretary. and W. Farrell, treasurer.
The proprietor of the Nichols Lunch House
had called for u meeting Of the ice consumers u
his place of business yesterday for the purpose
of coming to some agreement to import Ice here
at less cost than 1t would take to buy 1t from the
monOpoists Of this city. The meeting did not
take place. owing to the fact that ice had de-
clined in price.
Third District, will give two races to-day. open
TO all, foot Of Emlra street. The first race will
be single snull skiff: the prize win be silver
tubs Tor pair Of French ducks. The first race
will come off at q 80 o'clock .. m. The Neptune
would like to hear from any tub or any crew Of
six or eight for Sunday, August t. At n meet
Ing of the former club q vote Of thanks to Mr.
Hoth. for presenting n purse to the club. and
also to Messsrs., II. Dudenhefer, I. Munich and
Geo. Wetzel for benefits rendered to it.
For the past two or three weeks It has been
| rumored that the contractors In the First. Sec
Ond and Sixth Districts have been negl Getting
their work. The rumor had gained such pro:
portions that n reporter Of this paper concluded
| to Investigate the matter and accordingly paid
{. visit to the districts named. He found that
have complied with the requirements
Of the law, their work is thoroughly
done so far as could be seen.
In some neighborhoods. owing to the recent
heavy rains, there has accumulated coDsidera-
bic filth in the cutters which the workmen are
busily engaged in removing. This work. how
ever, ought to be done in night time, as the
suns action on the small heaps generates
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