The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-06
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
story Of n WomRn's Shame.
JERSEY Cry. March 5.-sarah Mulvey, q serv-
ant In the employ of Mr.. ,Belamy. yesterday
morning gave birth to an il!egitimate child, and
the girl, endeavoring to hide, her sha1ns. con On
cealed the lifeless. infant under. her bed. she
tried to perform her usual duties during the
afternoon, but was compelled to succumb, and
told the story of her betrayal to her employer.
Dr. Hardenburg was snm IN put ta .,,a 20
aud m undertaken named speer. ant, speer.
who has possession OF the CORPSE, REFUSES no 10
county allows SIS for burial expenses which is
the cause of the controversy; The county ply
sioians will decide the question.
A wreck i'm the China Sea,
New YoRK, March b-The bark Meteor. which
left Hong Kong November 81 and arrived here
last evening. passed a wrecked bark. lying
among the rocks near the cliffs at Gasnar
cember last. Her mas,s were all standing, and
her sails still fast to the guards, although she
had evidently been in that position some two
the ship Memnon-after which these cliffs are
named-was wrecked several years ago. Capt
Dinkleberg thinks i quite possible that the
lady. which left Hong Kong for New York o.
tober 20.
NEW YORK. Mnrch b.-Jne bouy OF one OF tne
Oldest night watchmen ip this city. was found in
0ficer John 2. Kelley. The head and shoul-
d der y S Sf The body ep
taken to the Morgue and identified as that of
Jas D. Shepherd. who had teen in the employ
Of business men as private Waterman for thi rty
years. His beat was from Twenty seventh to
Forty-second street. along First. Third and n
part of Second Avenue.
What he could have been doing in the neigh
hprhOOd of the river ia n mystery. The lace ia
bruised upon the forehead, the nose and the
left jaw. but there were no marks OF violence
found on the body. and the verdict rendered
was death from drowning.
A Lad Loses His Legs.
M1NERsvrLLB, Pa, March 5.-Fred Detg, a boy
between twelve and fourteen years OF age. had
both legs cqt of this morning g, by AZ engine on
the way of the south bound engine he was
struck by one going north, which he did not see,
ard was thrown under the other engine n With
the engineer, 1t being purely accidental.
DepDt Rurned-Tratns Delayed.
BALTIMORE. March s.-The Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad Company's depot at Weaverton,
by lire st q this
FIRE originated in q restaurant in the depot,
from defective stove. The tickets, baggage.
Sasers snved se s Ss sasG
the depot from destruction. The fire detained
for fifty minutes the Winchester and Martins
DuIR lTHlHS Dplu GDIHlUE eHSb.
Fire.
PLYMOUTH N. H., March 5.The Colby block
in this town was destroyed by fire this morning.
The principal sufferers were Mason & Weeks
nothing saved Osgood. miliner. and E, A.
Ing ID $1,000. Mason 4 Weeks loss is s15. 900
Insurance $4,000. IN the d'tna Of Springfield and
foreign offices. The fire was the work of an in
NA'> Attempted wife Murder.
HARTFORD, CONN, March h.-A. X. Goodman
attempted to murder his wife this aftern ION ny
shooting at her With revolver The ball mar,
of the wife Is said to have caused the trouble
The Wreck OF Hatteras.
NORFOLK. Va March From a private letter
received by the Baker h stoddard Wrecking
Company from Eugene VIII ney. sent down
Suppisichi. Capt. karff. of Rosock; wrecked
near Cape Hatteras some painful details ale
The letter states that an effort was made with
a six Dared surf boat to reach the bark which
was stranded on the south point Of the entrance
to the inlet. The sea was terrible, breaking all
the way across and over the bark us high as the
foreyards.
The party In the surf boat got near enough to
on account of the sea they could render no as
sistance whatever. and could not approach
nearer than the second buoy The. boat was
put back. narrowly escaping from being drawn
Mr.. Whitney and his mon went on shore from
their vessel. which, was on the inside OF Hat
teras. and watched the wreck. They saw the
miyzenmast with its living load go over the
side and at .. m the body OF the captain was
washed On the bsaGh A. daylight netting
undoubtedly been drowned. Under the cir
cumstances no human aid could have availed
A Mysterious kidnapping Affair.
KAToNAH, N. Y. March b.-The people OF this
section are intensely excited over the kid
mapping of ,Ebenezer ". Howe; q young
near South
horse shed and proceeded to transact
Of Hoyt & brothers he spas passed to the west west
eide OF the building where something attracted
his attention. when two horses and u close car
seized him. thrust gag Into his mouth. forced
him into the carriage and drove rapidly away
Next morning at o'clock. Howe found him
rapid rate. He ascertained that he was going
West on the New York Central Railroad. and
was near Rome. He left the train at Syracuse,
that his pocket book containing only a few
cents was gone, while his gold watch and a roll
of bills amounting to s75 were undisturbed.
brought on the train at Peekskil The men
carried him IN large blanket and said they
had very sick man., Howe is a man Of evcel-
Church Of South Salem and leader OF the citi
zens' brass band Of same place. Steps are being
taken to unravei the mystery.
Frantic Wells-Hls Insane Rants.
New YORK. March 5.--The Times Washington
special says: letter has been received In this
relates conversation recently held with e2-
Gov. Madison Wells. The letter Of Mr.. Wells
which, appeared last week has been printed in
copy of It, said to his visitor: The charm oil
that letter for me Is that every word 1t contains
When my case Is cal Called viii and tell
Judge Whitaker and Attorney General Ogden
that they are a pair Of contemplate villains