The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-01
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Happenings in Manhattan Yes
@mw terday.
The Case of Fever at the Presbyte'
@ rian Hospital-Why It Els
capped Quarantine.

NEW YORK, July 3t-The Tribune says 1t
has been insisted, from the time OF the first
outbreak In Memphis, that there would never
De any difficulty in removing such cases Inn
mediately to quarantine, yet Margaret Crie-
gan. stewardess Of the bark Wallace, from
Havana, was sent to the Presbyterian HosDi-
tai. on SEVENTEEN street, nearly a week ago
kept there In the neighborhood OF other
patients, and died there, the case having been
from the first one Of yellow fever. The sanl-
tary superintendent to-day, however, says II
was such an obscure case that 1t is not a mat
ter Of wonder that nobody could be certain OIL
it until after a post mortem. ~ could not be
positiyely pronounced q case Of yellow fever
without a post norton.
@ AN OLD BIBLE.
One OF the Icelanders who arrived at Castie
Garden on Monday presented Q b~aggageman,
Martin Dolan, with an old copy of the Bible,
printed In 1747. It Is O large book, bound In
dog skin. and Is In the Danish language.
DEATH OLA VETERAN.
Martin Brady, a veteran OF the war OF 1917,
and one of the oldest type-setters In thlsc city,
was buried yesterday from his rome In Brook
lyn. Six of his comrades In the war Of 1872
| attended the funeral.
UNABLE - 1880 ei.
The demands of Southern wholesale drug
gists In this city for substances used for dis
infection nave been greater than could be
filled, although dealers were carrying q very
large stock In anticipation Of the return of
the scourge.
POLETTO AGAIN DEFEATED.
FrancisO Poletto, the murderer of Michael
Bollendar, has been refusing food since his
Imprisonment, and to-day was ghostly pale.
A stomach pump WAS applied to him and
u quart Of milk and four ounces OF whisky
forced into him. He beloved like a bull.
AS OF CORNERSTONE WHEELER.
There is great excitement among politi-
clans In the case Of Police Commissioners De
witt Clinton Wheeler. treasurer of the board,
who is u legged to be short over eight thou
sand dollars in his accounts. COMMISSIONS
Wheeler Is a very influential Republican poll
tician, and his friends assert it Is only an
attempt on the part Of the mayor to secure
his removal. When the charges were made
against other commissioners II few months
ago, Commissioners Wheeler WAS out of town.
The reporti Of the examiner OF accounts,
alleging q deficiency, is published this after
noon. Wheeler asserts that there is no deficit,
and that the only question involved is ono of
bookkeeping. Wheeler Is bankrupt, and his
creditors to-day voted to accept ten cents on
the dollar. He was formerly a big govern
ment contractor. and is well known in Wash
iIR ibld blC w %
@ .@ III RIVER
1t Is now believed that a great band Of river
pirates has been broken up. JOIN Moran,
who was shot by the captain Of the schooner
Van Name Monday night, will probably die.
If he lives his leg will be aInputated. His he-
completes, Conroy and Golden, are held for
trial. @ @#@ @.s
@m~@@ A DYING MINSTREL.
The friends Of Dave" WamboId, of theSan
Francisco mintrels, now in q dying condition
ut Saratoga, have given up all hopes Of his
recovery. It Is believed that his death may
he heard of mt any hour, as during the past
few days he has fallen into rapid consumption.
A number Of his old friends left for Saratoga
to-day. z @-
MISS DIVERS BROOKLYN cHURCH.
There is considerable omment among
Methodists as to the church over which Miss
Anna Oliver presides, the furniture of which
was seized for debt. The secretary of the
church Is out with q card antagonizing the
position assumed by Miss Oliver, and assert
lug that she must not expect people to pay
for the maintenance OF her own private prop
erty. The prominence given the church by
the controversy will, no doubt, rebound to its
financial benefit. and there Is now little fear
that it will change hands or become a beer
garden.
wv" M@@@@@ m7@@ THE WEATHER.. z@
The weather to-day has been oppressive.
The thermometer, which stood at 75o at 6 a.
M, rose to g0o at 3 80 .. m. and fell to $50 at 6
D. IN, TSo at 8 p. IN. and 76o at midnight.