The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1869-12-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Insects of various kinds NAV be seen in
the cavities of common grain of sand.
Wheat from Mexico. is being received in
San Antonio. Texas.
Mobile, Ala. suffered by the late storm
to the extent of 100000.
Rich iron deposits have bsen discovered
near the Black Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The people of ofArkadelphia. Ark, are in u
desperate strait for provisions.
The coal trade in Middle Georgia is look
ing up. 12O cars on Western and Atlantic
Railroad cannot supply the demand at At
lanta.
The Spanish government has announced
its intention to restore Constitutional guar
antees.
! 1t is officially denied that either the
American or Spanish fleets are concentrat-
ing at New York.
Thirteen thousand citizens of the Unite II
States have signed petition for the recog
milton of the Cubans.
An exchange thinks that over all bali room
doors should be inscribed. Look opt far ,h
train!"
BY discarding stays Paris gains on o!o
moatality 1s perOMIE Chignons inore
the tendency to bral6y Ever 723 per Gel
A new Jail is wanted at Buffalo, NevN, t
The old one is said to be a nuisance. .aus
quires prisoners honor to keep him in
The use of horse fleshas food appeu
on the increase in France. New bu
shops for the sale of this article have
opened at bordeaux. Anglers, Havre, S.
Toulouse. Elben and other cities.
Cigar stumps 90 ,ectsd from botelr
srs manufactured in, Q fancy brand. offs
ing tobacco. -.
An Edinburg factory turns out 6,OOOde
Of chloroform every day. y
Four vine cellars in San Franciso
tain $4,000 gallons of Caifo.pias"ine.
Glasgow complains that her populstio.
worse than that of any other.ci,y.
They who doubt the truth of religion be-
cause they can find no Christian that is per. il
feet. might ss we'll deny the existence of ,s
sun because it is not always monday.
The copyist of the Price OF Wales
atre, in London hos read aud copied rw,
eight hundred plays during the last teny =
Maine wants to keep the young men
have the emigration mania 1t home, even !.
Main force. if necessary. -
The Galveston Bulletin .yraveIy suggests
that the shortest and surest vay Go get rid
Of the Indians is to supply them al with :
whisky. =
One Of the Baptist missionaries in Js.
lately refused government employment
Ysddo, at salary Of 34.2Oo per annums
A statistical observer. on recents
merninS in London fouud l60 wors H
10 fourteen churches. whose pastors ~,
altogether 335. 600.
There are on ss average $1,000 STRANGERS
in Paris who spend 100000 FER day.
The latest wrinkle 10 tho fashionable world
Is to give morning Iesding psrti e. to which
At present n ireland. tue uovzruu.au.-.-
.boot sending two MORE to be stationed in
the Cork District
The total vote Of California in the Septsr-
Der election was &c. $685. falling off of l2,O0O
from November 1869.
The militia cost the State of Tennessee
over $225,OOO.
A girl in Iowa has "charm string mum.
beriug I.345 buttons, and measuring % feet
in length.
The Marshal of Adrian. Mich. has had
printed and served on the various saloons of
that city, 'black list" containing the
names Of persons to whom it is forbidden to
sell liquor.
Mr.. Greedy thinks country farming would
hlep to develope one of the phases of woman's
rights. -.
An eminent sensation preacher. Of New
York, or thereabouts, is said to have re-
ce,ved fifteen hundred dollars for talking life
insurance TO his congregation. Who Can
this be. -erf ...
j. Ross Browne. says that it is common
practice among the Chinese 70 steal children
and cut their eyes out for medicinal pur-
poses. ,.
There ure 45O cases on the docket of the
Supreme Court Of Indiana. The largest
number ever known.
Mr.. John Bi.sell and wife. of West Con-
cord, N. H., celebrated their pearl wedding
last week. They have lived happily to-
gsther for seventy years.
The World having fallen out with George
| Francis Tram. ne mas presented OIL ~
$1,000 for his Fenian letters from ireland.
The coroner Of Yuba. Cal. has received
an invoice of coffins from Chicago. The
Appeal says they are superior articles.
A gentleman in Portland had his finger
badly poisoned the ether day by the prick
Of a quill tooth pick, which he carried in his
vest pocket. The doctors say he will be
tluckv If he savcs his band.
The mildness Of the winter in Louisiona.
so far, has proved great annoyance to hunt
ers and other lovers of wild game. But few
ducks have been seen and killed. while the
smaller fry of the feathered tribe are remark
ably scarce.
The Texas pecan market is quite brisk at
80 25 per bushel. The demand for shipment
Ito Northern markets seems to be- steadily
inceasipg, while the supply is gradually
Diminishing every year, owing to the fact that
pecan trees are being constantly cut for the
fruit. lumber or other purposes.
Bitume. such as that which is brought
from Trnadad and other localities, when
added to coal. in the proportion If one part
to three it is asserted, increases the illumina-
ting power Of the gas produce very apprecia-
bly,; and experiments at the Woolich ArseDsl