The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-06-23
Fresh Gleanings.

A young lady in Iowa, all for
owe, recently hung herselfto limb
If the law.
Master jenkins, lad of ten
years, recently committed suicide at
Otsogo, O., because forced to go for
wood.
- A piece of real estate was sold
in Chicago the other day at the rate of
$500 per foot.
One of the Connecticut blue
laws required every male to have his
hair cut round according t. "a cap.
The papers say that black
in Virginia is gradually turning white.
Poor fellow!
The whole number of divorces
in Ohio during the year 1865 number
637.
A poor, unemployed soldier in
New York hung himself to his bed-post.
There was no Bureau for him.
A New York party lately had
to fork over 81 1893 86 for neglecting
to afix fourteen cents worth Of stamps
to money receipt.
- There is man in Cincinnati
taxed on an income of $4,000, who,
eleven years ago, exhibited monkey
in the streets for living.
-Interments in Liverpool on Sun
days have been discontinued on the
ground that their moral influence is
bad.
- The Tilton, (Ind.) Times COM
plains that ''cattle, lawyers, hogs and
quacks, play and root'' in the Court
house yard in that village.
- 1t is thought the Texas wheat
crop will be largely over an average,
Notwithstanding the threatened danger
from rust.
- An Indiana farmer, last sum-
mer, raised $500 worth of tomatoes
from less than one quarter of an acre
of ground.
- There are no watches in Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Wis
consin, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas or
Notwithstanding to the assessors
returns.
- The Mexican Times-the late
Gov. Aliens paper-will be kept up
by Mr.. John u. Edwards, and will
continue to support the Empire.
- The new Chicago slaughter
house has daily capacity for putting
into barrels 1900 head of cattle, 1000
hogs and 1000 sheep.
} - An elderly woman in Cincinna-
{ ii committed suicide the other night
through fear of starving to death
She possessed real estate valued al
$4,000
"A young lady named Kinefel.
ter, in Cumberland county, Pa, died Of
voluntary starvation. Cause-disap'
pointment in marriage.
- The negroes of Memphis, Tenn.
are very indignant at marriage be-
tween ''citizen" of their color and 9
white woman. They ought to be.
, An important question is now
pending before the U. s. Circuit Court
at Augusta, as to whether the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, owned wholly
\ by the State of Georgia. is subject tc
: the revenue tax.
t - An editorial in recent issue
t of the National Intelligencer says tina
the President is opposed to all consti
5 tutional amendments, and to all condi
tons precedent to the admission o.
s loyal Representatives from the South
7 Elm States.
- The Senate Finance COMMITTEE
I are unable to agree on the question o
: cotton taxation. They are about equal
ly divided. It is believed. however
: that the five cents per pound tax viii
pass the Senate even if the COMMITTEE
conclude to strike it from the bill.
9 "A few days since a Chicag
merchant nearly killed Fascinating
young African with hat-iron for al
y legged criminal intimacy with his wife
t MERCHANT has just been granted BIZ
b of divorce.
n The property in South Carolins
Q which was worth $400, 0O0. 600 in 1861
n is reduced to $5O,OOO,OOO. Causes
8 the emancipation of slaves and tn
havoc of war,
!. - The new Pension Bill gives 80
c month to soldiers and sailors SO disa
. bled as to require constant persona
!, attendance, and $40 month to thos
y less seriously injured.
) - There are two hundred an
seventy-fou churches in New YorI
and one hundred and seventy-eight i
Is Brooklyn-four hundred and fifty Of
Is Establishments ministering to the spi
y itual and moral wants Of one commit
ID nifty.
oil - The report Of the Secretary
10 the Treasury, showing the amount
gold sold by the Government sine
Jan. LIST, will be made public in a da
ID or two. 1t is believed the amount wi
s, foot up S25,OO0.000. The premiu
ut received will probably average Is p
y cent.
- Winona, Wis, must be q nj,
a place at the present time. Among Il
e. inducements for gentlemen to sett
AZ there it is mentioned that sthey G,
fish out Of their garnet windows, swi
in their parlors, build skifs on the
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