St. Landry democrat., 1881-07-30

stolen, and that suspicion Iesee" oh 'o'SA"i
officials The man was not dead n1teeh minutes
before his effects, such as money, pahK notes.
old iewelry, etc., were taken possession OF by
citv officials. It is alleged that q large bundle
of hank notes of the bank Of France, belonging
tn the succession of the dead man, never found
its way into the hands of the public admins
traitor who is the sole custodian i'll such case
"a the present one. The newspapers called the
attention of the proper authorities to the dis
annearance of the bank notes, but with little
oval and il was not until the grand jury
mot that any one was called to account for this
questionable transaction. The grand jury lald
the responsibility for the theft OF the notes.
at the door of doctor Dreyfus the deputy coroh-
or, and that gentleman was accordingly ar
rested therefor. Doctor Dreyfus is young
plysician Of great promise and it would De
really too bad should he be unable to cXcui-
pate himself from this foul charge. the dead
man was known as Buys the gardener and was
a Frenchman by birth.
Rent On Canal street is booming, and land
lords are correspondingly happy. Stores which
could be leased for $500 year cannot now ne
had for less than $24oo. 1t is said that the
boom has not reached its limit, and that II the
hotel of which everybody is talking about, arc
built, rent will boom skyhigh.
new police force to be known as the
"Harbor Police" is on the eve OF pong organ.
lied by the city government. Inc genera
opinion is that additional police force on the
levee would simply entail useless waste ol
money Tho levee is at present poiiced ny the
"Farrells Detective Agency" in addition 10
the regular force. Electric light will soon De
used on the levee instead of gas, and it is said
that if alone will afford all the protectloh
necessary.
Claimants from all parts Of the country have
sprung up and filed their claims rs heirs OF the
late John Burnside. The pretended heirs nal
from St. Louis, Mobile, Philadelphia and Brook
lyn. Other cities are to be heard from. Inc
vast Burnside estate is being managed by inc
same parties who worked for Mr.. BURNSIDE
and in fact no change whatever has been made
and the business of the estate is going on just
as if the old man was still alive.
The Pelican Mutual Benevolent Association
dedicated on Thursday their tomb which has
lust been erected in the Metairie cemetery. The
Pelican Association is a powerful organization
of the Crescent City and numbers about ont
| thousand members.
At the commencement exercises of the Jesuits
College the degree of Bachelor of Arts wa
conferred on the following young men of Thu
city: Ernest Deville, John Fisher, Aired Theart
and Robert Mortimers John Fisher was thu
| valedictorian.
Fifteen conviets were sent to the penitentiary
! last Saturday, amongst whom were John P
| Exnicios an ex-tax clerk under the Pattol
government. Exnicois was convicted of havin,
converted public money to his own use. Exni
co.'s goes to the penitentiary in spite OF tile fac
! that he is Tor was) a regular ward leader. TIL
| other prominent convicts are Samuel Symond
and Thomas Melia, who assisted johnson il
setting fire to the ship Iron Cross. Melia ant
symonds confessed their crime and on promis
of being pardoned, testified against johnson
| They pretend to have been deceived by tn
| authorities johnson is in some convict CAM
| around Baton Rouge.
| Sheriff Duffy has filed his account of tn
receipts and expenditures of his office in CON
pliance with the law.
! disastrous fire which consumed abOl
100000 worth Of property occurred in Ne,
Orleans on the Esd instant. The losses wer
fully covered by insurance.
| Pure and fresh river water now flows thrOug
the CUTTERS and the change is universally con
mented upon. The Sanitary Association d.
serves all the glory, praise and honor.
Au revoir, EPSILON MU.