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it Quiim'; Interesting Paper Thereon at the Camera Club. Il Telocity and the Difficulties Ex pcrienced In Its Measurement. JU Old Subject Handled in a Hew Way. Beautiful Exhibition of Colored Slides Injojed by the Members. TUt 'oHtinp of the Camera Club are growing in Interest.

The papors ami ex altJUons of slWes are becoming better better, and as a result tUe member abip oa the Increase. The attraction last night was a paper by Major James B. Quluo, United States army, which la reproduce! In The subject which 1 haTc the honor of piesenting for your Hulfluratlon this crcrlng Is certainly a very ancient ue. The earliest historical, reference 5 have of It la contained In an auclent book, which ime of you may have rvuU. it is as follows: "And Cioil Mid, 1st there Ugbt, and there wa light." Sow I don't wish to d'scourage yea by going so far back in the history of this subject; 1 only wish to Impress yon with VJ tne fact that If 1 fall to 'sire you any tiling uew or unknown Jou must not blame me, but rather the venerableness of the subject.

Nevertheless, J. feel that you bave not lost all interest In this subject, for we can hardly recall a single exhortation from tue pulpit which. Old not contain an appeal for light more Uant. And nearly everywhere we liud tnat the sickly flicker of the gaslight Is being replaced with the more brilliant electric light, and In all directions the desire appears to be universal for flooding everything with light more light, with, perhaps, the single exception or the fellow who, upon Sunday evening, has his beat girl all to himself. Our appreciation of light Is due to oar sense of sight, and what a charming sense this Is.

How wonderfully it extends our area of action. To the blind alt is darkness, and their circle of action Is limited to the stretch of their arms, but to him who hath eyes his observation Is Umited only by the horizon and the fir nanent It Is no wonder that all feel a deep commiseration for those who do ot possess this delightful sense, and that la the absence of better knowledge the ancients worshiped the sua as the giver of light and life, for it was, perhaps, one of the first things which deeply Impressed man lad that the existence of light was i essential to' the maintenance of 4 life. These old worshipers of the sun are called, heathen and idolaters, and: al tbough great advances have been made In religious thought since then, there nevertheless exist at the present day a vast number: who continue to pay wor ship to the sun. They are not, as a general called heathen and idolaters now, however, but are known under the more mysterious name of photographers. i This subject, I believe, is of special in te; eat the ladles, for undoubtedly one reason the eon t'emen evince such ad miration for the blondes of the fair sex Is due to the fact that they are light.

i I do not wish It to be inferred, how ever, that I think the blonde alone have the fascinating the sterner sex, for I. am positive the brunettes are just Si as bright as the blondes. After all, nature appears to have regulated this matter satisfactorily, since love Is said to be blind. The fame of the Individual" who first propounded the question "What is is like the name of the man who ate the first oyster, lost in the dim obscurity of the past. 1.

strongly suspect that' it was K're, though, for when it comes to asking questions the women have a well established reputation. But whoever it wat or whoever it may be that asked or asks to day "What Is light?" the" answer la Just about the same as that of the new Sunday school scholar to the Question "Who. made you?" "I don't "know." Owing, however, to the great advance which place. in the Inductive method of reasoning In modern times1 two Important theories, based upon the performance of light under certain circumstances, have been advanced. 1 "rob ably tne prehistoric man observed and remarked upon the fact that when the sun shone upon the surface of a stream of water the light was reflected, and he also soon found out If he wished to spear a fish in that stream he would have himself nd the Ush to or tDat lint was refracted; 1 is also reasonable to suppose thar he could jnot have failed to observe "a of, Passing through a rinaTrJTr1 lnto beautiful band of colors, bot.it does not appear that the laws governing these phenomena were trBD comparatively recent time.

Much of this delay In arriving at an ZfttZfttftl'1" ihe law the UghI wa dne the lack of in 'or measuring angles and distances. But with measur J.18 the IncUnaUon stantJarrf Phenomena to some measure soon enabled him JZr? the governing the ob ot Uent and enabled Newton to advance his theory of emls theory of Hght." nf.t.beor71iw?a4 ln brief, that a source of light emitted Imponderable atoms or corpuscles, which, beating npn'the Sfw of light after the same manner that shot dronne.1 The0 She drnm ProducUE De athematlclan took hold of this theory and soon demonstrated that It was 'orali the phe" nomena of light, and ultimately it was for more generally 4 SfPiH vibrations, or that llgW Tit Lla surrounding and all pervad fnd toat these undulation). transmitted to the nerves'of the ensation of sight. 80cms to be satisfactory to the phnosophers and mathematicians, and so long as these are satisfied there any reason why the members of this club should raise any otjections. is one property connected with the transmission of light which It is probable the ancient philosophers never dreamed of, and which, although possibly Inferred by modern philosophers, was not really proved to exist until astronomy had trade great advances as a science it la that light has a definite velocity The satellites, of Jupiter are contlnu busly undergoing eclipses and as this phenomena was of easy observation tne times at which these eclipses should oc cur were soon worked out, and It was proposed to ose the observations of these eclipses, for determining longitude, but It was not long before it was discovered that the computed times of the oc currences of the eclipses did not correspond with the observed times, 'and that tha error was, in some cases, as much as 16 minutes.

Further observations disclosed the fact that this variation depended upon the relative positions of the earth and Jupiter, and the directions in which they were moving. If 'they were receding, the observed times of the eclipses lagged behind, while If they were approaching. the times gained; as a consequence, the inference finally prevailed that the transmission of light was not instantaneous, but that it required as much as16 min utes of time to j)ass from one 'extremity of a diameter of the earth's orbit to the othe or that light had a velocity of about 186.50O miles a second. 4 The determination wait, of course, not i since the precise lengths of the earth radius vector was uot known, science was Bot to be satisfied with an imperfect result; a means of direct measurement was requisite, and lnge nulty was at once upon the alert to Invent a means of accomplishing tlds. The first Instrument devised by Fizeau consisted of a cog wheel which could be Caused to revolve at vit rrit ansu1 space between each tooth was Just to the width a tooth.

If a ray of light was caused to pass between. two teeth to a mirror at a distance, and then by reflection back again through the same space the two teeth, it is evident that" if light consumed an appreciable time ln passing to the distant mir nd back again, the rapid rotation or the wheel could be made to cause the flash which made this journey to be eb senred by the tooth of the wheel follow lug the space through which it started, or by doubling the speed to cause the nii fatory ray to appear at the next space following this tooth, and he time of the passage of this ray over the known dls lince would be disclosed, since the time revolution of tha wheel was acou ratelydetermii. an automatic reg ister. Telescopes were used to prevent any loss of light and preserve a eonstaut point of obscrvatioi, aad the mirror was ten miles distant from the wheel. Upon starting the wheel the reflect Kl light was observed to grow dimmer and dimmer and finally vanished.

It would shortly reappetir and grow brighter and brighter until a maximum was reached, when it would again wane until obscured. By this method, the velocity wu determined to be about 186,700 "dies per ecor.d. The method was not, however, deemed to be conclusive for th reason perhaps that there was some difficulty in determining precisely the exact instant when the light was at lt maximum brigi tness. or eome brregularlty ln the rotations of the wheel, or else the scientific hair splitters to3k exception to the result' being exactly 186 700 ndles. I run sure if Mr.

Kizeau had" been trained in an architect's office he would have kuown better than to have brought out that result in even hundreds of miles. If. for example, be had just added on five tenths of a mile or knocked off that much, it would prolw.bly not have made any difference in the practical applications of the discovery; and it would have appeared as most exact and nusurpassingly precise. But he left several hundred miles of room for and. so a reineasurement was deemed necessary and i some years later was undertaken with an apparatus devised by Mr.

Focault. A ray of light was caused to pass through a lens of long focus to the face of a rapidly revolving mirror, then by reflection to a stationary mirror and back again to the revolving ndrror aud then to the observer. The lens bad a grillage so arranged that the observer was able to not only aee the image in the revolving mirror before being reflected by it, but also to see the linage after its to It. Before rotating the mirror these two images would coincide, but if the mirror had moved slishtiy before the return image reached It the two would be slightly separated. degree of separation enabled a oomDotatioa to be made of the time consumed, by the light in passing over its course, and in tnis manner the, velocity of light was determined to be something less tbau that previously determined, but just how much Mr.

Focault was too smart to say. it is possible he felt some uncertainty regarding his observations either on account of the short distance over which the light passed, about 10 meters, in the experl mebt. or that some retardation was due to the intervention of the lens, or that he did uot succeed In lopping off the two ciphers at the tail end oi the result. Since he only succeeded in creating further doubts concerning the accuracy of all previous determinations, YTauaee ingenuity was stimulated to devise some method of exercising this scientific specter. Ueutenant Mlchelson.

of the United States navy, made an Investigation of this subject with an improved form of Focau.t apparatus and determined that the velocity was miles per second, a result which still 'had a cipher at the tall end, aud so left the matter a little in doubt. Of the latest efforts to eliminate this cipher I can only speak from recollection. An observatory was built ln the Tidn ity of t'ort Meyer and the reflecting mirror was placed rtout two and a half mlies away. In the observatory a ray of light was leflected through an aperture by a heliostat and was directed upon rapidly rotatiug mirror; it then passed to the stationary mirror, two and a half miles whence It was returned slightly below but very nearly along the same path to the rotatiug mirror and thence to a telescope for The heliostat was a small mirror driven by clock work and was adjusted outside tut observatory, ko that he sua light it reflected was always cast lu tne same direction. The revolving, mirror was a rectangular prism constructed with the greatest care, so that the faces should be true, plain surfaces, and have the angle between contiguous faces exactly a light angle.

The prism was made of steel, being about 2Vi inches wide and 1 foot long. It was provided with pivots at each end and stood Vertically. Ureat care was taken to have the prism revolve without any vibration, and it was driven at a very high velocity by Jets of compressed air Impinging upon little vanes attached to the upper pivot. The air jets were four ln number and so arranged that one 'pair was directly lu opposition to the other. The air was supplied at about fifty pounds pressure per square inch by an air compressor engine an accumulator, the accumulator being interposed so as to insure steadiness in the air pressure.

JUurlug an obBervatiou the operator held the valves of the jets so that the velocity of the rotating mirror could be nicely regulated by the opening or closing of the valves as required to either accelerate or retard the motion. Tne telescope was fixed to an arm which moved about an axis concentric with that of the revolving mirror. A stationary arc, having engraved upon It the ordinary dlvisious of a circle, was umnged In connection with this movable arm, so that, by means of a vernier carried by the arm, minute movements of the arm about the center of motion could be read. In operation a pencil of light was thrown upon the rotating mirror, whence it was reflected through a 'small aperture to the distant reflector, and returning to the' revolving mirror, was again reflected to the telescope, where it was observed. If the mirror was afr rest the various reflections of the beam of light would all lie ln the same vertical plane.

If the mirror was to revolve rapidly each face would give a flash, which would find rdm the distant mirror that the rotating mirror had moved slightly, and It would, therefore, be reflected slightly to one side. The amount of this reflection would be given by the reading of the vernier the telescope arm, and the time involved would be determined from the automatic register of the revolutions of the mirror. The mirror revolved at a Kneed of from 25,000 to 30.000 revolutions minute? and at this high speed the lmpaots of the airJI.p?n the vanes gave rise to a note of high pitch, which could be nsed as a means of determining the rotary velocity of the mirror, and would i also indicate exactly when It was running steadily. The observations were made about an hour after sunrise and about an hour before sunset. Regarding the peculiar nciee made by the rotating mirror.

It is said that the commandant of Fort Myer not being aware of the nature of the ex' peMments being made in his vlMnlty. when he found his peace disturbed by what he supposed to the lncesiant a Vnt. sent his orderly laundresses and informed vthat "they did not quiet that child he would have the family removed from the garrison. J1 nSUl f001! inst what the velocity of light by this experiment was found to be, but I think It was 186,427.2 miles per second. Since the last cipher had been wiped out and a fractional part of a mile added, of course, that settled it.

lJ he dentine, savants who measured this inconceivable velocity to such a de "Jfuteness gravely atate that the statdard yard measure were lost it would be possible to restore it bv comparison with the velocity of light it being such a constant quantity It is consoling to think that, after ail a commercial importance attaches tn mU 7ihen ODe 8t0p" to think that if some of the nearest stars were blotted out we would not observe the fact for three or four years after the occurrence we appear to have an enlarged appreciation of the immensities of space. Tnd when we photographers comprehend the tleetness of light we will fee dlsoosed to stop chasing after moonbWSland be content with catching the shadows of men and things. oi An exhibition of slides followed? Thev were a number of scenes of foreien travel bits of fihineland. and pictoresqfe portions of European cities, the proDerrv of Major Qninn. These were all colored photos, and the.

opinion generally pressed was that the collection was one orthe most artlstle which has yet been Prevent the Grip Or any other similar epidemic, the blood and whole syotem should be kept in healthy condition. If yon feel worn out or have that tired feeling" In the morning, do not be guilty of neglect. Give Immediate attention toyournelf. Take Hood's Saraaparilla to give strength, pnrif the blood, prevent disease. Hoorf'a Fill, cure liver ills, janndioe, biliousness, sick headache, constipation.

Bookkeepers, Take Notice. Somer's Kngllsh steel Pens will not corrode they have hand ground points, and outlast three ordinary pens. Try them.1 For sale by Levy Bros. Simon. U6 Common street.

i For fine old lager go to Albert Helm's Red wits saloon and enjoy a good glass Christian Mow tela Cincinnati beer. A THESS HINT TLQX PARIS. THE EMPIRE FASHION. Here we have a straight cut Marie Louise gown of bishop's, purple velvet, with the emplecement and belt having a gold ground embroidered ith violet silk, and long suede gloves. The.

bottom of the dress has a border of feathers or of fur. From the European Edition, of the "New York Herald. "SOtSO BACK. TO EAMDES. Yesterday Sheriff E.

T. Stafford, of Rapides parish, reached the city for John C. Nicholls and the negress Luln Simms, wanted at Ijecompte a charge of being Implicated In tha mysterious murder of the negro bnrber, Hugh Ford. The slieriff stated that the deceased was a sober and industrious man, and trade a respectable Uv.mhood. Nicholls, on the contrary, was addicted to drinking, and was not ns ani cessfti! as Ford, and fretiuently m.tde threat to kill the latter.

visited Lulu Slmmd, 'as did Ford, and this added still more to the ill feeling. Ford resided a short distance from bnyou Boeuf. and short distance from Xicholls residence. On the 6th of Jan ary Ford disappeared, and Luln Simms Hereupon left nnd cam to this city, and about a week later Nicholls followed ber. When Ford's body was found It was discovered that he had been shJt through the heart, and his skull was fracture His room.

It was found, had been broken open with an ax. ani he had been killt in bed, and the body dragged to the btyco. The sheriff further stated that Nicholls' father, wu once, indicted for selling liquor without a license, and his brother had frequently been ar sted and served one or two terms in jail. The sheriff will leave this morning with his prisoners. i LETTERS FEW GREAT MEy' ONE OF OTJK FOREMOST STATESMEN.

Mr. A Hawkesj Dear Sir fhe pan tlBCoptic glasses yon furnished me bone time since have given excellent satisfaction. I have tested them by nse, and must say thev are unsurpassed in olear oes and by any that 1 hav9 ever worn. Respectfully, JOHN B. GORION, Ex Govcrnor of Georgia.

A DISTINGUISHED FLOBIDIAN. Mr. A. K. Hawkes: Dear Sir I have thoroughly tested the glasses yoa adjusted to my eyes some time ago, and find them to be unsurpassed In clearness and brilliancy.

In fact they are the best glasses I have ever nsed. W. II. BLOXHAM. ExGovernor of Florida.

GENERAL FlIZHlfiU IEE. Lexington. Jan. 17, 1800. Mr.

A. Hawkes: Dear Sir When I require the nse of glasses I wear your Pantiseopie Crystallized Lenses. In spect to brillancy and clearness of vision, they are superior to any glasse I have ever used. i HespectfoHy, FITZHUGH LEK. Ex Governor of "Virginia.

THE MENDELSSOHN QUINTETTE. Mr. A. K. Hawkes: lear SU The glasses yon so perfectly adjusted to ray sight act like a charm npou the organs of vision, enabling me to read as ln youth the finest print with comparative o.ie Your adjustable spring is a wonderful improvement over the ordinary kind.

Respectfully, THOMAS RYAN. Secretary Meudelssohn Quintette Clnb, of Mass. from the ex governor. of Louisiana. Baton Rouge, Jan.

'23, 1S86. To Mr. A. K. Hawkes: Dear Sir I desire to testify to the great superiority of your Crystallized Leu sea.

They combine great brillancy with softnesa and plensantneas to the more tbnn any 1 have ever found. S. D. McENEKY. Ex Governor of Louisiana.

NOTICE. Atlanta, Gain ordr to protect from impost era, all who wish to buy my glasses, and at the same time, in order to guard the reputation of Hawkes" Crystallized Lens8, I will again announce positively that they cannot be bought at your residence. Unscrupulous' peddlers and fakirs will tell you that they iiave them for sale, but It Is not true. Yoa can only procure the Hawkes' glasses by buying them rom the looal merchant who handles them. A.

K. HAW aKS. All eyes fitted and the fit guaranteed. At the drug store of A. Schneid jr, 7 St.

Charles street. New Orleans. New furniture by auction day at No. 29 Camp street, near Common Handsome bedroom sets, parlor sets, bookcases, etc MOVEMENTS IN REAL ESTATE, SALES AT AUCTION. By Bauingarden it Frledrlcha, 177 Common street: Single cottage, 182 Clonet, near Vll lere, 4o30.

Double cottage, 1(W and 16VV4 Clonet, near Villere. Double cottage, 168 and 168 Ctouet, near Villere, 12M0. Brick store and dwelling, corner of Fourth. and Tchoupltoulas, S4150. Double cottage, 333 and XWVs Derblg ay, near Columbus, liuo.

Building lots on Canal street, near Solomon, $12,140. Double cottage, 1024 and 1024 Magazine, near l'eniston, $15oo. Double cottage, IM and Palmyra, near Totl. $1300i Single cottage, 194 Laharpe, near Ton ti. 475.

Stores, 07 and 69 South. Rampart, near Gravier. ssooo. By E. Curtis, tfflce 201 Canal street: Eight lots of ground in square bounded by Canal, Dupre, Gasquet and White streets, X475a i "Vlnfrri.

George Grover et al. to Francisco Sln tes, lot, Conti, Burgundy, Rampart and Bienville, $1185. Mrs. Marie V. "Victor to Jean Ruine.

lot, Blenvllte, Conti, Burgundy and Dan phlne, George Grover ct aL to same, lot, in same square, 54000. Noma P. OHvier to Martin Jones, lot, Verret, Homer, Newton and Vallette, SifO. George RedersheJmer to Emile Tanner et, lot. Erato, St.

Charles, Thalia and Carondclet, f4600. Mrs. Maiie V. Victor to George Grover, lot, Conti. Burgundy, Kampatt and Bienville, $2000.

Charles Cook and wife to Mrs. Kathe rine Barbarich, lot. Congress, Peters, Elmlra and Chartres, $40. Mrs. Pauline Puissegur to Mrs.

Marie L. Bertrand, two lots, Derbigny, St. PhUip. Roman and Ursullnes, Antolne Lagman to Octave A. Lag mtu, lot.

Carondelet, Erato, Baronne and Clio. S800. Charles Geunella to and W. H. Roony.

four i lots, Gravier, Franklin, Liberty and Common, $0000. William H. Barnes to the Mutual Doan and Building Company, lot. Walnut. Chestnut, Water and Front.

4X). Same purchaser to Willis Jackson, same property, $430. wealth! Purity and perfection! A fine, good, old glass of C. Moer lein Brewing Company's beer at Albt. Helm's Red wits saloon, Nos.

132 and 134 Common street. THE COURTS. United State Clrealfe Coart. (Judge. E.

Bllllnss prealrtlng.) Tlte famous cause of the United States ex vs. the Amalgamated Association was set for trial yesterday. There seems to be a fatality connected with this suit. Three times It was set for PrWays, and on each day the death of some "distinguished citizen and the consequent, adjournment of court necessitated its 'continuance. Yesterday Judge Pardee was Bitting In the United States circuit conrt, and Judge Billings ordered that the case be fLv'd for trial at some time when Judge Pardee could be in court.

Supreme Coarof I oaisian. CRIMINAL CASES. Mr. Justice Watklns yesterday decided. the following cases.

State ex rel. Emma Williams vs. Remy Klock. Crlmlntl Sheriff for the Parish of Orleans Application for habeas corpus on it plea of autrefois acquit of the charge of grand larceny. The court refuses the writ, holding that It Is not the Proper renudy and that there should are been filed in the lower court, having Jurisdiction, the plea of autrefois acquit, before applying to this court for relief.

An Information presented which the court ordered to be filed is not of itself ground for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari; for she can only have the benefit of autrefois acquit by special plea entered ln the court In which the information Is peading. After the. court will have ruled, he defendant will not be without remedy if error be committed. The accused cannot Interpose the plea of autrefois acquit ln an application for writ of habeas corpus: and certiorari. Tiie rule nisi is and the Is dismissed.

State vs. Adrien Senegal Appeal from the Eleventh Judicial District Court for the Parish of Acadia. Defendant was indicted on a charge of shooting with Intent to commit murder, was found guilty and was seatent'ed to imprisonment iu the 6tate penitentiary for a period of five years. He appeals from the sentence and judgment, assigning as the sole ground for his the trial had declined, to jtrant hint a continuance and compelled him to go to trial without his witnesses. Judgment of the lower court affirmed.

In case an appeal has been taken for the purpose of delay, no relief can be granted. Civil District Court. successions. The successions of Henry Hauschild. ft.

E. Camp, John F. Henulngs and his wife. Anna D. Olandt; Jjnttia Placide Csnonge and Gnstavus A.

Baldwin and W. J. McNamara have been opened. NEW SUITS. 5 Francois M.

Rodcn vs. D. Albert D. Vanght and Wife. Suit for $114 05 on open account.

Berwick Lumber. Company. Limited, vs. Narcisse A. Lucas.

Agent. Suit for S3(55 03 and prayer for sequestration. John Jacob Mattlse vs. Consumers Ice Manufacturing Company. Suit for $10,000 damages for the loss of hi son.

who was killed in the eelebrnted lioiler explosion. Ernest Masou vs. New Orleans and f'ar rollton Railroad Compnny. Suit for $1900 damage for ejection from ca. D.

Miller Co. vs. Sinclair Brothers. Suit for and prayer for attachment. The Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company Is made garnishee.

CESSION. R. P. Batson. engaged lii the retail business at Do Allemands, SL Charles parish, has made a cession of property to his creditors.

Assets $12TW 78: liabilities $3B5o47. A meeting of creditors is callejl before B. Upton, notary, on March 14. WILL. The will of Michael Keefe leaves all his property to his wife, Camarine, who Is made executrix.

JUDGMENT. Judge Monroe yesterday gave jndrnieot In favor of Mrs. Myra Clark Hughes and Maurice G. Hughes, dismissing the petition of Andrew J. Thomas, asking tor the nullltv of Judrment in their favor for a partition on the ground that they were not the legitimate chUdrei of the late John Hughes and that the act legltimls tng children was not constitutional.

Mmlnd XMatrfet Conrt. (Section A. Jodse J. H. Fergoaoa presiding.) NOLLE PROSEQUI ENTERED.

Flrenoaio Baidinl. assault and battery. NEW TRIAL GRANTED. John W. wounding Jess than mt yhem.

o. ARRAIGNED AND PLEADED NOT GUILTY. Mary' Brown. Jack Fitzgerald. Henry Bradford, nsjatilt and battery; Joe Lt'l ley, AUert Taylor, Mottle Godfrey, ietty larceny; ThOs.

Johnson, obtaining, goods; Frank Ryan. Joints Waller, Samuel O'Brien, robb jry; W. F. Short, slander; Louis Hereford, shooting and wounding. Recorder's Court.

(Recorder E. 8. Whl taker presiding.) Fr Jack. Theoilore Mergle. Morris Cohen, dangerous and suspicious character: Hart Hamilton, for being drunk and committing a nulsan'je; James Coma chleb, John Edward vagrants; Liza Handy, for being drunk and having goods In her possession supposed to have I een stolen, and Mollle Walsh, for disturbing the pea5, were fined $10 or 3U days each.

Tat Maher, for belug drunk and disturbing the peace, was flnsd $25 or 30 days. Albert Colter, for petty 'arceny, was platnnl nudcr bonds Rc lert D. Bescot, charged with the muider of Robert Moore, was sent before the criminal court without the benefit of ball. Finch Irani and John Carlos, for assault and battery, were sent before the criminal court under $250 bonds each. Joo Green.

Ed Watkins, Andrew Delne, Geo. McQulnn, Charles Anderson, Louis Gulllebe'tu. charged with the murder of George Willi tros; John Duffy, charged with being an accessory before and after the fact, and Charles Amos, James Blandlng. Chas. Comer aud Charles Bri son, material witnesses, were discharged.

Second Recorder's Conrt. (Recorder A. Moulin Annie Jackson, Bridget Moore. Margaret Keating and James vagrants, aud Edward McCue, for fight ing, were fined $10 or 30 days each. John, alias "Shorty," McLaughlin, for being drunk and disturbing the pence in a street car.

was fined $25 or 3U days. John II. Johnson, for fighting, was fined $10. Stella Shaw, for assault and battery on Josle Labrano, and Johanna Hauck, for petty larceny, were placed under appearance bonds. Frank A.

Hook, for stabbing and wounding John Williams, was sent before the criminal court under $1500 bonds. Sam O'Brien, charged with being a fugitive from Missouri, was discharged. The biggest bargains ever made at anctlon ln new furniture are being made at CurtIs, auction sale of J. G. Grant's stock.

No. 29 Camp street. NO LAW VIOLATED, All the Parties Arrested In Connection With the Killing of Williams Discharged. The announcement that the charges against Prof. Duffy and others connected with the fight which resulted la the derth.

of George Williams, alias "Goodrich! would be tried before Recorder oi yesterday forenoon attracted a large crowd, and by the time the case was called tlieo courtroom was well Many vitiieases were heard, but no new evidence was brought to light The witnesses were the same that were heard at the inquest held by Deputy Coroner May lie, night before last. All testimony went to show that the killing was purely accidental, and the recorder the men released, and the charges were formally dismissed. The charges against Prof. Duffy for running prize fights in a barroom were next taken up. The testimony introduced showed that no prizes bad been offered, hence there bad been no prize fights fought.

According to Jaw Duffy was not guilty of the charges made by Seigeant Walsh, and these, too. were dismissed. The prisoners were, allowed to go and left the courtroom in cheerful spirits. aiRECBUITS FOR THE ARMT. Flaring posters announce to the public that recruits for the cavalry and Infantry of the United States will examined at the custom house.

These examinations will be held Tuesdays and Fridays, beginning next Friday. They will, be in charge of Second Lieutenant Lntx Wahl, Fifth U. S. Infantry. Corporal Deter Kunkel and Private William H.

Grubber. Several applications for examination have already been made. LOUISIANA LEVEES. State Engineers Preparing for tie High "Water. Many Contracts Completed and New Work Actively Pushed.

Encouraging Beports from Several of the Districts. Mr. Kerr's Detailed Statement of Affairs in Caddo. of engineers returned yesterday from inspections in their respective districts. Mews.

P. M. Kerr. Sydney F. Lels anu xx.

joonvar iiiompson. air. rvi rr inaue. a tnorougn canvass oi i i of auuu tevets uisuici auu cuujpicicu his mission by attending the meeting yesterday in Shreveport of the the Caddo levee district board of He reports that above aud oelow Soreve po'rt ail levee work is well under way, except Crescent, Cedar Bluff, Wild Lucia, Dooley. Coushatta, Rlverdale, Levy, Ken tucky.

Dixie, bayou Cuvitt and Doll's which have not yet been commenced, owiug to freshets in December which retarded the work. Now the river is low, and with favorable weather the work will soon be actively prosecuted. The levee board levied the tax authorized by law tor the support of the levee building fund in (he Caddo district for IStKi as follows: Ten per cent on real estate, 5 cents an acre on tilled lauds, and J50 icents ou every bale of cotton. ATbuga estimate of the resources of the district might be gleaued from the following: AtMessmeui oOui ou alluvial lands subject to taxation; 140.000 acres, aud a crop of UO.uuo bales cotton. The tax on tuese items amouuut, in the aggregate, to Mr.

Kerr presented the following report of his inspections throughout the district KECKNT 1NSFKoTi0NS. Campo Bello Work well advanced; force of laborers, 20 on slips. 8 wheelers. togie Lee Fair progress; force, 27 on Pascagoula Fair progress; 20 men on slips. 4 wheelers.

This force la not sum cient. The contractor expects to put ou a larger force very soon. Cash Force inadequate. Only wheelers, aud work but fairly under way from stations to Long 1'olnt Work well advanced, force, 30 on slips, 20 wheelers and 20 barrows. Rlverdale ana Levy Work only fairly resumed on Kiverdale, with 1 wheelers, 8 slips aud 16 barrows.

This force Is totally inadequate for the amount of work In band. Kentucky Work not yet commenced. This is a most important work, and should be under way with a good force and pushed to early completion. Eagle Bend Work well advanced, and a good force employed. Dixie Work uot yet commenced.

A modified line has been staked. ould suggest still further modifications If the work Is to be temporised with at all. Uni and Haytl Fair progress, but force Inadequate, ouly 14 wheelers. Briarfields Practically completed The work appears to have been faithfully and thoroughly well done. Rush Point Making fair progress with good force.

Fifty teams. Cowhide Bayou and Wood Place earing completion. Portions dressed are apparently well done. Crescent and Cedar Bluff. Wild Lucia.

Egypt, Coushatta, Doley, are not yet commenced. The state work at "Bayou Pierre to Dixie" is rapidly approaching completion. At Thompson's fair progress is being made with about 150 barrows. Amended lists of dimensions to comply, with resolution of the board of commissioners have been prepared rf.rT.I from the office of the state board of en 2eers. for all the works in the district.

These will apply to the works under contract, about as follows: LocieLea sta Uon 00 to 119 nrt to 140; Psscaao la stations. 0 to 28 and 31 to 33; Cash statton" 8'to 30 and 60; Long Point stations, 40 to 62; Rlverdale and Levy sta Hon 37 to P2x75; Kentucky, entire llnj. 0 16x50; Eagle bend. 0 to 7 and 15xo0 to 20x35: Dixie, entire line; Uni an 1 Hay 26 to 80 and 87 to Ml Brlarfi, not at all: Rush point, 186 to 24, ooa Place and Cowhide bayou, not at all; Crescent and Cedar bluff. Wild Lucia.

pJnt entire line: Couahatta and Doley. Sfbut im feet; CavTtt and Dole, entire UMr. Kerr believes, however, that commissioners should be oVnian criminate ln certain localities and parts of Hues and canse original lists of dimen aions prescribed by the board of state SAtobe followed. He mentioned. narticlTlS ly.

Vascagonla to no iustead of 0 to 40; 40 to oti pe Ing in esposed parts of bend; Rlverdale to i 37 region of old crevasse. Irtly through the woods and sandy, friable maTerlal: Uni and Hsytl and I Hush point, entire line, the one being in a very ex nosed part of the line, and at the lower InUlal Dolnt of Important system, and the other If constructed in accordance with amended dimensions a weak link in an otherwise strong of work extending for over six miles and protecting a hlKhty Productive and valuable section of the narish. Again, in determining the aoollcation of the resolution of the board. ftP3d be well to reduce it to some con orcheaslve system by which it SK ifnrCavTcmp as win "rtainly be ulUmately re qEHmate. of the In position on the various levees to date have been made, and certificates are at this moment bMng prepared, an dwill be forwarded within a day or two.

while is rather late in this vaf of undertaking further work la the li trict, I woud ask the board not to lose slcbt of the levees needed at the follow to VOlt: Between Cash's and Brown Zct between Brown's place and KeV Feneld Staten point Bag ley and above and below division Une, between Eagle bend and Dixie. ASSISTANT STATE ENGINEER LEWIS aivne ln yesterday morning from an inspecting tour of TO hike Borgne levee district, He was ac "mpanled by Hon. Henry P. ochan. president of the police Jury of 11105; Sflnes parish, who takes a teJt In levee work In the parish.

Mr. Lew is stated that the state nnd district wwks ln the lake Borgne district are all The government works are neaflng completion. Mr. Lewis left last evening for Donaldsonville to attend a meeting of the Laf urohe baMn lexee district board, which meets to day at 0 a. m.

ASSISTANT ENGINEER THOMPSON also returned yesterday from the Pont char train levee district. He reported thaf the Anchor levee has been com Dieted and turned over to the state. The levee contains about 2S OiWMCubic yards and cost nearly SS50O. Mr Thompson will leave in a few days to inspect work in the Fifth levee district information has been lecelved that the ImDroveSeSts on the levee line from lX Evidence, East Carroll parish to Wiley have been completed. This is "renllr work," representing fully 140, 0O0 cublW yards, and is considered the important work, as it was done the section most in danger during hfef1 EnglnLTRtchardsoa andAs ronn ianrSnd the latter In West Baton Uonge.

Mr. Perilliat represented the board of enrfneers at the meeting of the Atchaf leveV board at Port Allen yesterday. 'si'; CADDO LEVEE BOARD. Shreveport. Feb 8.

(Special.) The Caddo levee board held their regular meeting, at which were adopted ordinances for the purpose of providing revenue necessary to carry out the objects contemplated by; act of the "i THE ARKANSAS FRONT. lcksburg, Feb. (Special.) Letters received here to day from Luia, say that Captain Towavnl, of the TJcited States engineers, has ordered a levee half a mile long to be built to protect the new levee, and. Incidentally, the town. Work on Luna levee and on the new Panther Forest levee is progressing favorably, aud the outlook on the Arkansas front la coa jlde.

ed agit g. 1 AUUSEilEXTS. "Norm" at the Knnch Open Bonuv Kormt.i Lieniatta Adalglse. e. Jaa Bojer Uotilde Kant Karnaud Honrnin Flrto.

Mr. Couttlller "Norma la a good example of what la tease drcmatlo effect can be produced with simple force of melody, for Bellini was profoundly versed ln neither harmony, counterpoint nor orchestration. He was a melodlat, and the originality and beauty of his melodlo thmiit in a mat masnra atoned for his purely technical ahort comlngs. Of all the operas of the pure Italian scdooi none is more living or mora lutely to remain anve una aolely on aeooont of the wealth and variety of Its melodies, 'all Instinct with true inspiration and real dramatic Reeling. The performance of last night, which was for the benefit of Mr.

and Airs. Lanatte the chef vnmliA rirwv atjod aUed audience. Mme. Lematte waa In 1 1 nnH In inMnilM goon voice, ana ram inade an adequate and impresslTe Jenna. bbe even Imparted dramatic aigidncanoe to the core and executed It with ease and nicety.

Mme. Jan Boyer gave the role of Adalgtoe with both taste and feeling. Tha great duet of the second act was given with exquisite art. Mr. Raynaud seemed ill at ease In the part ot Polione, and yet he sang well and with good effect.

Hourdin was effective as Orovesn. The chorus did what little It did satisfactorily and the orchestra, under the baton of Mr. If matte, did very praiseworthy service. At the conclusion of her first aria Mme. Itnatte was enthusiastically applauded and presented with numerous handsome and costly presents, air.

Lematte was also made the recipient of several valuable testimonials. These "m.nlt" from friends, but also from the artista, orchestra and chorus. Mr. and Mrs. Lmatte deserved 'he ovation they received, for none or the entire troop bave been more oooscieocioos and painstaking and able than they.

On Friday evening EUnnoode will tlvea for the Srst time this season, will be for the benefit of Mr. Laye. the other leader of the orche tra, and wiUVertslnly prove an artist io treat. The csst will Include Mr Gluel. Hourdin, Coutilller and Mile, and Mme.

Nat. "La Fille de Ma. ADgot Is billed for the Saturday matinee, "Sigurd will be the bUl for Saturday wben Mr. and Mrs. Mauge's benefit takes piaoe.

"Lukmo" will He pisyeo i 10 matinee, and "Le Grand Mogul" oa Sunday nlgbU Notes. Fanny Davenport, In her grand production of Sardou's "dcopatrs," drew another splendid audience to the Grand Opera House last night. New Orleans hi never seen its equal, considered as a combination, both In one. of a handsomely acted play and a grand spectacle of tcenlo effects and costumes. W.

S. Cleveland's MhMtivls, supplemented by the wonderful troupe of Arabs, are dr a ing good audiences to the Academy of Moalc "Larry the Lord" is doing well at the St. Charles Theatie. Ermlnle" waa repeated at the Garden District Theatre last night by the Desboa Opera Cotupany. To nigbt Chimes of armandy" will be sung.

Nest wee, commencing Sunday night, the popular aotor. James O'Neill, will be seen at the St. Charles Theatre In his new play, Konteutlle." It is booked for a hit here. The "Tar and Tartar" Company, eo successful at the A' ademy of Music last weok, will be brought hack to the same bouse as a Mardl Graa attraction. To night nnd to mocrow uutht entertainments for the benefit of the W.

I Alexander library fund will be given at Pythian Hall. Bartholomew street. Algiers. The representation of to be followed by dancing, will be the attraction. 'the next attraction at the Garden District Theatre, commencing Sunday night, will be the rat drama called me worio.

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