The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-09-26

~ 10 MERGERS shops early II tiie l.oIhlhg shifst
taken were arranging their goods for the bust
ing 4 The day, and calling for different descrip-
ness VI If stntfs proceeded to examine them by the
sloiJ Roasting, as he did So that, In spite of his
0ss sotv he was first rate judge. and that be was
bA.hie TO distinguish colors. The shopmen, much
even - generally gathered around him, his ac-
used to slip In and carry off any thing that
.pt happen be lying about. Once thatthe coup
hs aaaaeted the blind man was accustomed to de-
TAos.bat the things presented would not suit him.
eh i i leave without making any purchase. The
aha stance of the robberes of the band may be
infFrad of from the fact that Saturday morning,
uu5sfore they were arrested, they stole not fewer
iss.o;gbt pieces of valencia from shop In the vi
' la;tv Of ST. Joseph considerable quantity Of
tnoty was found in the possession Of receiver
.ls I b;s wife and the couple were also arrested.
The Kreuz Zeitung goes into figures to show that
r.ssia need not fear French demonstration on the
phina Thus France has lGl infantry regiments: of
.base Al have been senttothe east, at Rome, II at
Last must be in Africa, that only 46 can remain
n France. Atleast 10 regiments are wanted for Pa
ri and other populous towns, leaving but 50 lnfan
nv regiments, lO5 battalons, free for other ser
vices These united with a due proportion OF the
,roops of other arms, would furnish an army Of at
most 100 900 men, decidedly too few, the kreuz Zei
.nnp thinks, to extinguish Prussia. recent rein
srceuent of the garrison Of Srasbourg, and some
marks thereon in Belgian newspaper, have called
eorth this display of German military logic.
sovereign State has disappeared from the map
y, Enrope Kniphausen has collapsed into seig-
r,rv al the grand duke OIL OldeHDuFg. The 1InpOr
ant fact is notified In an ordinance Just published
10 the minister of state for Oidenburg. Kniphau-
n was the smallest State of the Germanic coufera-
ion. its population did exceed $500 souls nor
is territory 4,5uO hectares. was united to Olaen-
hnrg in 1878 but the congress of Vienna not having
.sropnized The incorporation, IT'D separate rights
have been kept alive with Prussian aid until the
present time. The Oldenburg minister announces
that the right of kniphausen TO separate national
flag" has now ceased
af taa hoe, al IF Do
has published valuable paper on the hair, in which
be says that the most healthy mode Of dressing the
hair of females, especially young ones, is to let it
be loose as possible, or arranged IN large bands,
10 to allow the air to pass through them. 1t is
great mistake to plat the hair of children under
orI2 years Of age The process of plating more or
less strains the hair in their roots; pulling them
tight tends to deprive them Of their requisite supply
of nutriment, and checks their growth The hair OF
girls should also not be cut or thinned, but merely
shortened.
The project of undermining Paris by six lines of
railroad is still under consideration, but has "A rival
In plan fora system of riai rails Is feet above the
level Of the city, the traction to be furnished by
stationary engines. Its great advantage is, that in
stead of costing sixty millions, it would not
cost twenty, and passengers would be deprived
Of daylight Its disadvantages are, though it would
relieve the streets Of the omnibuses it would not do
away with the trucks and market wagons as freight
and provisions could hardly be sent by the aerial line
1t is stated that the first and only foreign legion
raised on assortment Is full, Numbering one
thousand men, and is to sail from Halifax for Eng
land during the present week With the exception
Of the lieutenant colonel, who is a Hungarian all
the officers said to be Poles. most Of them veter
ans Of the Polish revolution of 1884, If this indeed
be so, this acquisition, though small should be val
liable one to the British in their contest with the
Russians. Eas5 sRA # VI 8t@
Brother Fuller, of the New York Mirror, has been
TO Newport, and from his gossippings we quote:-I
among the most conspicuous visitors deega-
tion Of lew York gamblers, with several returned
Galifornians; themselves and their wives bedzzened
with diamonds at all hours Of the day. We met one
Of these gentlemen Of fortune who are making
wealth and ewelry vulgar at the dinner table, with
diamond vest buttons, This wife was blazoned with
. diamond brooch as big a horseshoe who took
his knife out Of his pocket and deliberately picked
his teeth with it; and yet he passed in the crowd,
notwithstanding ne wears his finger nails ID mourn
Ing; for his income, they say, is seventy five thou
sand dollars year. And if that won't make a gen
tleman in lgar estimation, pray what will?
A company has been formed in New York to set
tie township in Kansas on the octagon plan. Each
farm house to front on an octagon green or park,
end the farm enclosure to run in the rear of each
house, between roads, and radatng from the centre
st the angles Of the central octagon-the whole Ill
timately forming an octagon town. Already four
thousand shares at five dollars each have been taken
In company on this plan. The capital of the com
pany is employed in the purchase Of machinery,
implements and other facilities for farming and build
ing as to to all settlers BY corporation the
advantages OF large capital IN commencing their op
sations: Men of no capital pay their shares by their
labor The pioneer party to select site is about to
start from New York.
The Ontario IN Y j Reporter learns by gentle
man from Coburg, that on Wednesday last young
man, stranger went round the town and regularly
summoned a coroners jury to meet at the house Of
Mfr. Brody, coroner, at IL o'clock that day. AT the
hour appointed he himself to the kitchen door
Of Mr.. Brody's house, entered, and, proceeding de-
lberatelyt to table, opened drawer, and taking a
nfr,1sfa thnraf IrA,y
then started up stairs, but fell near the top and ex
PRED before help could be obtained.
1t has been adventurously suggested by some
progressive spirit, that in the ultimate developments
Of chemistry it will be found possible to manufac
sure of prmordial elements drawn to each other
by invisible but potent forces most of the various
kinds of food. The time will come it is conectur-
cd, when one may order from the chenstic labora-
tory wheaton Loaf fer example, to be made, out
OF wheat in the concrete, but wheat as near may
be in the abstract loaf Theoretically compounded
Of the carbon. hydrogen, nitrogen and other neces
sary ingredients, kept i'll readiness for the purpose
Much is said in The New York papers Of the I'M
healthful effects Of the alanthus trees, and the
poration is called upon to remove them. Its said
that people in delicate health are often made serious
ly i'll by the poison emitted from the alianthus and
when the air is calm the odor is most oppressive.
On the Doth inst at the residence Of doctor Cock
rel, Bossier parish, Mr. JAMES I'll. MolNTosH. of this
On the 9Th inst, in IN. Orleans, Mr.. JosFrH LEVY,
aged "a years, late of this place Afew months ago
Mr. l.. closed up his mercantile affairs here and
moved to Bayou Sara but after the fire at that town
resolved to return to Shreveport and business
again. He was seized with the fever While selecting
his stock of merchandise. @RsEs
In N. Orleans, on the 9TH inst, Mr.. G. H PEMBER-
TON, aged 40 years, native Of Philadelphia, but for
many years citizen of Bossier parish. He had en-
deared himself to his fellow citizens By his intel
gence, enterprise and integrity and his lost will be
long regretted. g&tFE 4a5@Ea Es
prursebinss Of the Doar0 Of drustres.
MAYORS OFFTcE, SEPT. Is, 1855.
AT q called meeting of the board of mayor and
trustees of the town Of Shreveport, held at the may
crs office, on Tuesday. 18th Sept A D. 1855, the
following members We're in attendaee, to-wits j. wv
Jones, mayor; W. B. Miller, w. w. George, Sam
Ford, G. H. Burnside, and L. Knox, trustees; III. y. |
Slavery, constable and collector, and r S. sCarnes,
clerk. - sS ss%s q y II 80
The mayor stated the object Of the meeting to be,
to take into consideration the propriety and pract
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