The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-31

LOUISIANA NEWS NOTES.

Ter the delinquent tax payers.
Patrick McCann, the well-known
sugar broker of New Orleans, is dead
A recent fire damaged the Crescent
City Rice mills to the amount of $1OO.-
900.
The violatOrs of law keep the law
yers and courts of New Orleans quite
busy.
Burglars and sneak thieves are plen-
tiful il most of the large towns OF the
State.
v The planters refused to consider the
POpulist state ticket, and will go il
alone.
The Indiana Retail Lumber Dealers
association visited New Orleans a few
days ago.
A cOlored burglar ARE ested recently
at Lafayette had counterfeit money in
his possession.
Tim Sullivan and Thomas Hopper
were arrested at Alexandria recently
charged with having broken into Texas
and Pacific freight cars.
City Engineer Browns report of New
Orleans to the city council covers Ill
closely typewriter pages. 1t relates
principally to drainage.
At New Orleans Anthony Caruso is
charged with killing George ID. Kister-
man, and his case has been set for trial
seven times and put off.
AT Crowley, the jury in the case of
the state VS.. Adam Joseph for attempt
ing to rape brought in verdict OF
guilty without capital punishment.
Judge Whitaker of New Orleans, re-
Gently sent for Chief of Police Caster
and severely censured him for his con-
duct in the case of Anthony Rizzo.
At Amite City, in the case of the
state VS.. Pit Wainwright the jury re-
turned verdict of not guilty. He was
charged with completely in burglary.
A negro stole cheese at New Or
leans, broke an run, with an officer af-
ter him, and being hard pressed he
dropped the cheese and his coat, but
made his eescape.
Chief Justice Francis +. Nichols of
the supreme court has denied Numa
DoudOnssat writ of error which
would give him the right to appeal to
the United States supreme court.
At Shreveport recently o. l.. Will
liams and Z. e. Murphy were jailed,
charged with making and passing
counterfeit money. The accused were
arrested at BOlinger by Deputy United
; States Marshal Bernstein.
At New Orleans the other morning,
while the steamboat Il. p. Leathers
was landing at the head of Gaiennie
street, a roustabout named Mat Mills
had bis right leg fractured by being
jammed against the capstan. The am
buiancc conveyed him to the hospital.
| l.. A. Gourdain, the slippery lottery
4 shark, who is serving a sentence at
Topeka, Kansas, which will expire in
few days, does not relish the idea of
being brought back to New Orleans
to stand trial for embezzlement of
large amount OF money from ex-Coun-
Gilman l.. o. Desforges.
Recently Mike O'Brien was released
from the penitentiary, where he had
been committed for two years for as
saulting his wife with an AK The
other morning he was before Judge
Whitaker of New Orleans charged
with insulting and abusing and threat
ening to kill Dave Thompson. an old
German.
Michaud Station, which is i'm the
lower end of Orleans parish, and on the
line Of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, was the scene OF another kill
ing recently. The actors i'm the trage-
dy are negroes, and the woman. Ceilie
Hill, who fired the shot that ended the
life of Robert Ivin, alias Landry Con-
rad. is now confined in the Fifth pre-
cinct prison, New Orleans, where she
surrendered few hours after the deed.
At a sheriff's sale at Alexandria re-
Gently, there was sold one-half of
square No. 81 of that place, with i'm
provements thereon. The property
was purchased by AdOlphus Busch, OF
the firm of Anheuser-Bu Brewing as
sociation OF st. Louis Mo. The prop
erty was sold to satisfy. judgment
against f. Scharpe. The price paid
was $1425. The above company al
ready owned a square adjoining. for
which they paid five years ago $500. on
which they had erected a cold storage
building.
| The committee appointed to examine
Into the mental condition of Joseph
Buckley, who killed Emile Lacoste, on
Cont street, near Rampant street. New
Orleans, about six months ago, have
made report. in which they say they
have made a careful examination OF
the said Buckley and find him to be
insane, suffering from melancholia