Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-10-10
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for the ingenuity with which til.
get up local stories-the Frenc
newspaper conard narratives bein
, completely distanced by their Ho:
opolis contemporaries. The Cincir
. natl Enquirer, of recent date,
responsible for the following:
A newly married pair put up !
the Spencer House-they went "a
shopping-returned-bride had Fl
some thinss-she quietly slipped DIT
leaving her spouse asleep-toundae, '
lost articles returned-,nispoh
Main for Broadway-got into thu
Madison instead of the Spencer
looked a little strangc-aSkcd by II
she was in the Sp-ncer-boy sa'o
yes. not fully understanding Ger
she told him to lead her to Assn.
partly disrobed and got into Jed
expected her husband momentaily-
fell asle-p-the occupant of - Mad
ison, an Indiana merchant. rfurneh
from the theatre little fight
quietly went to room-to bcd-to
sleep.
The Enquirer now says y
How long the two repqsed there
side by side, with eBly foot otspace
between them, all ri pnciouA ofeach
others presence not exactly
known, but probaE I about an hour,
when n tremendouGlvs Sc was heard
in the apartment, be3 which female
screams issued wildly, piercing and
consciously. ]
The hotel was inen nProar pro
prietors, clerks. wal rrs, port-rs and
guests, dressed I'D halfdressed.
were at the door oH'forty-eight" in
few minutes, blocking up the en-
trance, and asking each other eager
| ly, WHAT is the matter - For
Gods sske tell US what is the
trouble =
The cause of this cutlery may be
! imagined. The bkde had awakened
about midnight, and putting her hand
| over her husband, it fell upon the
| lndianian's face, and the soft, warm
touch accused him at once III. did
not understand it exactly, though he
did not dislike ii. and in II moment
NOR. Mrs r. said: My dearest hus-
band, where have you been all this
while :"
"Husband, echoed the merchant,
,Lesiuning to see, like I.or'! Iinsel, hat
| he had "made a small mistake here;
Il am nobodv's husband. l reckon.
my dear madame, you in the wrong
bed"
In the wrong bed-hor.or OF hor-
rors, thought the bride. What
would her !iege !ord-what would the
curious world say And Mrs. Il.
screamed terribly and sprans from
the couch just rs her companion did
the same. He was fully a. much
alarmed as she. and rntrratcd her to
give him time and he would leave the
apartment, although it was the one
! he had cngaged-hr'd make oath 10
that
Scream. scream. scream, was til"
only reply to this kind proposition.
My God, madame, don't yell -
you'll wake the house. Be reason
able. | swear Is ouly i mistake.
Have some though. OF he con>c-
qu-ncrs. don't want to hurt You
| swear don't. You'll get me shot
and yoursclf-well won't say what"
just at thi- juncture the throug
outside presented itself TO tn" door
aud hehcld Mrs. X. covering in one
conner, exercising her luug- Ma:mlti
Gently, with a ,hee; wrapped over her
| form and head. and the lllIauian il
! the middle. of the room, .avr!opcd in
= covcrlet, and circulating My
God, madam, don't -
! The Junior proprietor, DR.. G, saw
( there must De some Ini$tlkr, and re-
questing the others to rtirc, called
| ting merchant out, went with him into
another room, and there learned the
hole story. The ducto. then sent
ON. OF the ladies' o. the Intel t. Mrs.
Il. and the entire affair jas explain
ed. greatly to her relief, thoUgh she
was overwhelmed with ontusion at
circumstance that might have rain
ed her reputation torev,'.
Inc Spot|s 1f Bdtfte.- he Nash
Vile Dispatch says thatftom gen
tlrlnan who arrived frh johnson
vile yesterday. We lean many in
terestins particulars cQIccruing that
section. 1t will be remembered by
our readers that in he attack on
Johnsonville by For st, scme six
teen transports and Eve gunboats
were sunk. An Office from Detroit,
employed by the G3ernnent, has
succeeded in raising .e boats with
all the machinery al ! ammunition.
\ barge containing .niue hundred
tons of railroad iron. hich was sunk
three miles below the town, has been
raised. The ammuni ion now being
transported to St. Louis from Nash
Vile is reshipped at tohusonville.-
While the negroes we're unloading
the shells about ten days ago. one Of
them exploded KILN. three of the
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