The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-25
Fresh Gleanings.

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nor of Maine.
Onions are said to be protec-
ton against cholera, but it is not nee
essary to combine them with whisky.
Information of the impress
ment Of Americans in the German ser
vice has been received.
- The Nebraska wheat crop is
the heaviest known in the history of
the Territory.
- Grasshoppers have becomevery
numerous and troblesome to the far
mers around Chattanooga, Tenn.
- A disabled Confederate soldier
is the teacher of the school for colored
people in Canton, Miss.
/, "A U. s. regular is on trial at
Richmond, Va, for marrying a negro
washer-woman while having wife in
Massachusetts,. #r1
- The collections of internal rev.
enue in St. Louis, during the year end
ing July Is, amounted to $6,8l6,04l
n.
- Detectives and counterfeiters
) are thought to be in completely in New
: York. The chief of the former has
been relieved. Pr
: "A woman in indianapolis, Ind.
tickled her daughter until she burst I
: blood vessel. The child died. The
mother ought to be hung.
: - The Avalanche says that over
t 400 buildings are in course of cree
h tion at Memphis, and that the growth
a of the city is rapid and unparalleled.
: - The Raleigh Sentinel says tn
IS indications are that the people of Nortl
/ Carolina will reject the new Constitu
ton adopted by the late Convention
. "A fellow in Bridgeport. Ind
won the heart of a young lady, marie
, and took her to Indianapolis, where
after winning her money-$2OO-
and ran away to Iowa.
IS The Charleston Courier ar
ID nounces the decease of Mrs. John {
Calhoun, the widow of South Carolina
ty great statesman, at Pendleton, S. C
y on the night of the 25th of July,
- Mrs. Sarah R. Cobb, the moth'
= Of Gen. Howell Cobb, died at the res
dence. of her son-in-law, Col. L. .
Glenn, in Atlanta, on the 2lst ult.,
the age Of "a.
ly - Mrs. David Smith, of Leblanc
ch Tenn, recently gave birth to fo'
= children-two boys and two girls-eac
he weighing six pounds. The mother al
on children are doing well, and all a
lily likely to live. ae5 At
'ei "A Chicago officer bought
" ticket in q lottery in order to prosecu
- the concern. The ticket drew tho
sand dollar prize, and the officer h
~ concluded to overlook this offenc
M Human nature, exactly
ply - At Memphis, on the 5th insta
Ye A. X. Mills, in fit of jealousy, 81
DR.. Lowe through one of his lunI
il DIR. Lowe was boarding with Mills, a
no the tragedy took place in the dinin
Of room, while the former was at tea.
for -,
- In the Deficiency bill, as p
mulgated by the State DEPARTING
- the following appropriation is mad
For mail steamship service betwc
"u the United States and Brazil, Fl
'nu November l, 1865, to June 80, 10
'Sei 100000.
I'd
ook "A Montana correspondent al
the abiding to the ''quietness" which 2
nj walls at Helena, adds: I'VE have
ngs, active Vigilance Committee, plenty
# a rope and pine tree handy where
tnro tice is laid on at the time. There b
Init been seven men hung on that tree.
the - A ragged old vagrant was
her. Gently arrested in st. Joseph. I
tho busbel of filthy old rags were ia
ght' from about his waist, and wrapped
the rags was concealed 81 ,224 81
o sne coin, and 1929 in currency. He
the clared that some Of the coin had b
pels in his possession for forty years.
new
- Sixteen Missouri thieves
the tanned 100000 by robbing bank,
hos. started to leave the State. Near
not border in Iowa they had quarrel
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