The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-03
MANHATTAN MATTERS.
Events of Note i'm New York Yes
terday.
Yellow Fever at the Quarantine Hos
pital The Commissioners
Taking Action.

New YORK, July 2.-The quarantine com
missioners directed that Superintendent Col
vile, OF the quarantine hospital, shall COM
munieate To them every case OF sickness ad-
mitted to the hospital. Two OF the sailors OF
the bark sappho, from Havana, we're admitted
to the hospital on Monday night suffering
from yellow fever, and one Of them died yes
terday. T., nj. Pierce, q sailor On the schooner
gumminger, from Para, was sent to the hos
pitaI yesterday, sick with what Is supposed
to be yellow fever
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.
Immigration statistics at Castle Garden
show 552s4 Immigrants landed during the
first six months of 1879, an Increase OF 1886
over the same period Of 1873
a ooMMuNIsTIC OUTRAGE
Some French Communists In this city have
formed committee to obtain subscriptions
for Glance OF honor" to be presented to the
Zulu who killed the Prince Imperial. Ii he can
be found. A number OF five and ten cent SUBJ
scriptions and few twenty-five cent sub
scriptions have been obtained, the total
amounting to $685.
RECOGNIZING COX AS A ROBBER.
A Mrs. Dempsey, a wealthy widow living
near Fort Lee, has identified Chastine Cox as
the eolored man who robbed her house over 9
berry he visited her place to buy hay, Imme-
dlately afteTWaTd every room III the house
except her bedroom was robbed. Matches
| and candle-grease spots were found next
day
NO STRIKE PROBABLE.
| The Herald now says: Our special cor
respondents at Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati,
| st. Louis, Hartford and other points suffi-
ciently demonstrated that the Socialist
leaders and officers of trades unions do not
contemplate either q general strike or vio-
lenee on July 4.
SOME NOTED TOURISTS.
Jay Gould and son and S. II. FL. Clark ol
| Omaha, Neb., general superintendent OF the
| Union Pacific Railroad sail for Europe Sat
urday. A friend Of Gould says the trip Is
solely for recreation, and will occupy about
| two months, which the party will spend III
England and On the Continent. Charles A
Dana, editor Of the Sun, sails for Europe to-
day. He will be absent several months.
WAS II A suIG1DE2
/ A curious case of suicide in Central Park
| If it Is suicide ut all, was reported yesterday
/ On the face Of it u man appears TO have shot
| himself twice to the heart nOiselessly but
toned his coat and waisteoat over the wounds
carried off his pistol to some other region
and then to have come back and died. The
police are now investigating the case
AIN UNdoNCERNED BARKEEPER.
II
yesterday. may aid the coroner who holds In
quests in determining the cause OF death
"Ten dollars reward for the return OF wine
taken from 4s4 Eighth Avenue. Liquor deal
/ ers take warming, as four bottles are poison
4 The proprietor ut the bar-TOOm 4S4 Eighth
| Avenueis German named A. f. Pecker. Il
i appears he wished to poison thieves who had
been stealing from him. He seemed unds
| turbed about the possible death OF the thieves
who stole his wine, or others who may limo
| Gently buy 1t.
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE.
The Fourth Of July Will be celebrated ir
this vicinity more generally thatleysr before
| and coming on Friday most OF the business
| men of New York have decided not to resume
work On Saturday, but to give themselves ant
| all employed by them three days rest. The
i Stock, Produce. Cotton and Petroleum Elk.
Monday. The board OF aldermen have given
| permission for private display Of fireworks
In several parts Of the town, and purchases q
pyrotechnics BY persons residing at theil
country seats is said to be larger than fO1
many years past.
PLEASING PROSPECT FOR GAS CONSUMERS.
Trouble is brewing between the gas com
panies, and the prospect is pleasing one tt
consumers, who are promised cheaper gas
One of the companies has reduced the price
from 50 30 to 50.
SITTING BULLS ACCOUNT or THE FIGHT
| WITH CUSTER.
Father Genin, the bearded priest who has
labored among the various tribes composing
the great Sioux nation in the Northwest, i
now in this city. He publishes a manifesto
from Sitting Bull, to all just and sensible citi
zens, in vindication of the Sioux Indians
Father Genin gives the following account Q
the battle Of Rosebud. at which Custer fell
as 1T was given to him BY Sitting Bull: Gus
ter's command was party that had beer
sent out to exterminate his people For eigh
days he retreated from the advancing whit
men, and then, being wearisd, he, set up |
mock village left his fires lighted and ar
Iranged number of effigy Indians, 50 as +
deceive Tho whites. He then gathered hi
braves under cover Of the hills, to the Soutl
Of Rosebud, and marched to intercept Gus
ter's advance. He did not wish TO fight, ant
so sent out a messenger with flag OF truce