The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-26
NEWS OF THE CITY.
What the Democrat Reporters Saw
and Heard Yesterday.
CITY HALL MATTERS.
The Dog Nuisance.

CITY HALL MATTERS.
The Dog Nuisance.
Through the enterprise Of MI. Ferd. Duden- |
lefer, of the Department Of Commerce, the
inhabitants 81 Tunisburg are being ridden Of
;iae earcasses of dead dogs, which the Missis-
.ippi had strewn along the banks of that VII
age Mr. Dudenhefer yesterday secured two
yoats, which were manned and sent to pick
l1 all the dead animals found floating In the
liver, and to put them where they will not
10 liable to do injury to anybody. The
prom ptnesE Ut Mr.. Dudenhefer will doubtless
receive the Communication Of the people OF
Tunisburg.
Administrators Behan was meanwhile urg-
Ing Iii the committee Of the whole, yesterday
tlIB necessity Of taking measures that will
preclude the possibility Ct d recurrence Of
Tile nuisance, but such measures may not be
Immediately put into operation owing to the
fact chat the contract with Mr.. Pettingill to
supply the city with poisoned satlsages has
beeil annulled. and hence the number OF dead
animals will be materially diminished pend
Ing the giving out OF q new contract.
now ron THE GOATS.
The devastation among our gardens, which
Tor d few years past has been caused ny IN
ffuding goats, OF which there are go many
rowing about our streets. particularly III tine
suburbs, ID To By stopped. From and after the
tWenty-eighth instant, we are Informed by
Acting Mayer Isaacson, the ordinance relating
NJ Theses atladrupads will be put In force; and
Iii order to warn goat owners the more etlecG-
l1ally. We will say that the ordinance PROVIDES
the streets. and that one-ha.f ct the pound
fees goes to the person who catches them,
without regard to the quality Ct the goat
catcher. lii other words, and IL order to carry
out the law to It's fullest extent any person g
pounds and get one-half u the fines provided
iI1 the matter. lib these dull times IL is very
probable that not 9 few Idle people. with y
natural desire to make few dollars. WILL turn
TO goat catching, 90 that evading the law VIII y
Be very doubtful. Then keep your goats ut
home. ~
The subject OF the putrid fresh meat talked
pf recently. has directed the attention 81 one
OH the members Of the New Orleans Auxiliary
Sanitary Association to the sailed meats sold
Ill auction from time to time iii this city, and
that he has communicated his observations
To the city authorities. 1t appears that the
member III question in looking into the mat.
tAt has discovered Q sorroWtul condlblon (, q
aAffairs; that salted meats OF the most revolt
Ing quality is frequently sold IN New Orleans
tl4la liz naturally asks whether there should
NOT BIO d law prohibiting the sale OF rotten
salt meats as well as Of tainted or putrid nrl-
suited meat: or whether salt meats. when
f,utrid, are less Injurious than the nnsalted
kind II tainted. Tho upshot OF this inquiry
promises to BIO on answer In the negative and
tile prohibition of the sale of putrid meats Of
oil kinds, at auction On otherwise.
A RIGID QUARANTINE
ordinance has just been adopted by the. all-
\ fhorIties Ut Oxford, Miss, not only against
fEnf trYtsxy
agaIflst all localities which were Injected Ia
1875 which. of course, closes UP communities
tion between New Orleans and Oxford. Act
ing Mayor IsBaespn has received a copy ct
the ordinance from the mayor OF Oxford
The authorities of Jackson, Tenn have also
sent to the acting Mayor o copy Of Q Qtlara1l-
tine ordinance recently adopted by them; but
1t 10 mildef in its form than the first; II SIM
ply closes communication between that town
aud all points that are now infected Or may
Become SO.
Barneyville, OH the line Of the Lake Rail-
road, has, however, not yet taken any action
iii the matter
THE TEN MILL LIMIT.
"How Is the city government going to be
run on ten mill tax on reduced ASSESS
maflt2 our reporter asked yesterday Of one
of the city administrators.
There was no answer for few moments.
Then. well, ten mills on S9D,0O0,0W, II that
be the figure to which the assessments shall
have been reduced, will produce 100000, to
which should be added $275,00O to be derived
from licenses, making total Of s, 175,ooo, Or
$7s4,0D0 less than we are running the govern
ment upon this year. after pinching ourselves
as much as possible. There will still be q de-
hcit II the general expenses OF the govern
ment tnot Including the premium bond re-
demption ftem) amounting to nearly two
hundred Thousand dollars. Certainly, the
police and the public schools will have to be
maintained these two items alone taking an
Att. "
then the department OF improvements will
require absolutely at least 100000 more; the
clerks in the various departments must be
paid, and, as we'll, the Insane Asylum and the
Asylum for the Aged and Infirm must be
maintained; and, In fact, there are other Items
In the general expenditures that cannot be cut
down, 80 that We will have to devise some
means to meet the deficiency 4,
s'Do you propose to continue the premium
bond drawings" was the next question.
Certainly answered the administrator !;
stthe next drawing Of series takes place on the
thirty-first, as usual, for the proposed con-
ssitution does not 60 into effect until the end
of the year, for all the expenditures OF which,
provision has been made iii the budget Next
year It will be different. when the constitution
will be Id operation
.sHow viii the premium bond men be paid,
them our reporter again asked.
II don't know said the official, but APP
preheud that they have recourse to the
Tnited States Courts, and possibly, as in the
Morris Ranger case, they will obtain iudg-
ments against the city, and an order that a
special tax shall be levied, as In that case
also. to meet the payment OF their bonds.
What, then, will be done in the case OF the
MeDonogh and other trust funds, the princi-
pal of which is invested in premium bonds?.'
This was the last question, and here IS the
last answer:
II suppose that the commissioners OF these
funds will follow the example Of other bond
holders, and sue the city to compel 1t to levy
sufficient tax to pay the bonds and premi-
ums ct these funds as they come out Of the
wheel"
THE WACHUsETT.
To date but twenty-three boys have been
.nnliatpd on fha Tnitad Stains ro.n ~ -, :,