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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-04-14

LIST OF PATENTS Issued from the United
States Patent Office for the week ending March
y, 1868. anc each bearing that date; officially
reported through the Western Patent Agency
OF Hcrfhei & Co.. Patent Solicitors and Alter
neys, opposite the Post Ofiice, Third street, ST.
Louis, Mo.
James II Brookmier st Louis, elevating and
rtHiii, 81 Louis. clay moulding ma
chine
Theodore Lueke, ST Louis, carpet cleaning
john Ware, Montgomery. corn planter
ILLINOIS.
James II Harris, Vermont trace carrier
T. |. Ms d Lawrence, Galesburg; hYgIeomcter.
u Mattox q Corson, West Ridge. cham
feriBg machine
Ihayer, Danton, milk cooler
John w iIansci, Peoria, salt holder
Geo W Tucker, Eugene, Dorn marker.
NIn zimmerman, bloomington, table attach
Tnent Tor chairs.
J Jones, Cierksyille, harvester reel
jain-s Fowler, Davenport, harvester rake
} Il "A Frey, Hook . Point. bee hive
Alfred Mcdaniel, DulJfIqae wash l,niJer
hartui Woodward, Des Moines, combined
ss,ser and cultiyator.
IiosEsT men are easily bound, bnt yon can
never bini :. knaye
Plantation Bifters cures Dyspepsia.
Keep no Itiorc c.sls Ia the house than III catch
mice.
Plantation Filters c1res Fever and Ague
haT makes Thieves aud peace hangs them
Piantatfon EiiteFs cures Liver Compiaint .s..s
Nervous Headache
Time Is q die that wears and makes no noise
sisntat1on Bitters cures the effects OF I,iszi,,,
ton and Late Hours
Better have one piow going than s,o ,.v mr. -.
Plantation Bitters are az antiaots Ia tfarr-.- ri
Water and nics- o
foois and obstinate people make lawyers rich
mn r.
yigorate
AAeSoLiA WATER Superior to the best ira-
ported German Cologne aad soi.f 1t balf -.
price. ~ ~>- -.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-04-14

The safe in the Gle veland Custom
House was opened and robbed OF
three hundred dollars on the 10th
inst
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-04-14
DEATH OF Ex-MAYoR TfAReEn.


The accidental death of the veter-
an publisher commands the SYM
pathy of the entire community. He
was senior member of the great pub
fishing firm of Harper & Brothers,
and learned the art of printing in
New YORK, beginning at the age of
l6,and on attaining his majority with
his brothers. entered upon thu busi-
ness in which the firm subsequently
made n worldwide reputation. The
brothers set their own type and
worked their own presses, in their
earlier days. In 1874 Mr.. Harper
was made Mayor of this city. In
October, l553, the Harpers buildings,
nine IN number, were burned To the
ground, and Mr.. Harper having been
asked the next morning how much
the firm intended to pay their credi-
tors, replied, "One hundred cents OH
the dollar" They paid dollar for
dollar, and then erected the magi.ifi-
cent fire-proof buildings which they
now occupy. Nobody dreamed of
the vastness of their resources until.
losing 81 900, ,0ssD In one fire, they ask
ed no aid, and Immediately erected a
million dollar printing and publish
ing establishment. He has contin-
ued almost to the time of his acci-
dent to exercise a sort Of supervisory
control over the Cliff street estab-
hshnient- 1t Is related By a rsver-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-04-14

MAeSoLiA WATER Superior to the best ira-
ps.sa oerman Cologne aad faLd st half ths
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29
THE CREVAssE IN LAFoURCHE.

IHE OREVASSE In 1AFOURCHE.
We learn from Assumption that
the crevasse in the Bayou La
fourche, about eleven miles below
Thibodaux, is a very extensive
break, through which the water
is pouring with great volume
There is little hope of stopping it
before the river falls. Some of
the members of the Board of Pub
lie Works visited the place a few
days ago. The current in the
bayou Is very strong. 1t is re-
ported that some three or four
hundred OF the small plantations
of Laf0urche and TerrebOnne are
now submerged.
All attempts to stop the La
fourche crevasse have been aban-
doned, since the cost would be at
least twenty five thousand dollars
and there is no money to work
with. Ruined planters and ruined
families are the result.-[N. o.
Republican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

ic, Rhetoric, &C., &c. It is
neither heat nor cold, dryness
nor moisture nor healthfnlnesS
nor sickness that now makes
and has made great peoples,
but circumstances or laws OF
God that philosophy has not
yet discovered. India, Baby
Ion, Egypt, Rome, Holland and
Great Britain have been or are
now great and enlightened
countries, yet all are or have
been sickly.
The South in the United
States is equally healthy with
the North, except in the swamps
and their neighborhood.
| have seen people of all
countries and none excel in
size and physical strength the
South Carolinians and Geor-
CLANS. And / venture the as
sertion that if they were meas
ursed and weighed their aver
age would exceed that of the
Irish, who are said to be the
largest people on earth.
Draining will cure the bad
localities. Let immigrants with
families avoid swamps, and
they will have health. And for
any diseases they may take, let
them call on a doctor of long
Southern residence, or even a
Red River overseer in prefer
ence to a fresh European. Doc
tors are great routinists, and
will use the practice to which
they have long been accustom-
ed, regardless to change of 10
cality.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

who often, in a blind idolatry-
follow wherever their parti-
sans lead.
Let the people support liber-
ally an unshackled press, and
we venture the prediction that
that press will in the end, be
found true to the best interest
of the country. And in turn,
let the press battle for the COM
mon good of all, relying only
upon the generosity and intel
ligence of the masses for en-
enlargement and sustenance.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29


st. Martin parish is lawless
st. Martin killed negroes. St
Martin gave a unanimous vote
for Seymour and Blair, just like
Bossier and New Orleans. st.
Martin does not knew that
Grant is President.
The above is from the N. O,
Christian o Advocate. The
editor has q christian Crude
against Bossier. The Tyre OF
the Advocate has surely ''stol-
en- the livery of heaven to serve
the devil in"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

u The juries in Illinois are
liberal in their awards for railroad
accidents. The following is the
estimated tariff in ordinary cases:
For a simple fracture of a leg, $12,
900; for compound fracture of the
leg, $4,000; for broken ribs, s15,-
900 each; for . finger knocked out
Of joint, S10OO;. for a bruise on
the head, 1000; for q bruise at the
opposite extremity, double that
sum; and lesser and greater in
juries in like proportion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

~ssNp---------~
The Evansville Qd) Courier
hasn't an exalted opinion ofthe
q. s. Senate
Never before was there a
time when some man in our
country did not enjoy the sup
port and hearty confidence of
our people. The truth is, la
mentable as it may be, humili-
ahng as it may be to every
American citizen, the Senate
is devoid of talent in the high
sense of the word.
Where great, strong, and in
tellectual men were wont to
grapple with one another for
victory we behold the ele-
ments ola mob, wasting time
in endless petty disputes, and
exhibiting to the world the hui
initiating aspect of men in high
and sacred positions, devoid of
respect for themselves, and
commanding no respect from
the people.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

~ The Radical Governor OF
Pennsylvania was detected, a few
days ago, in trying to smuggle a
bill for a $1,000 piano through
the legislature terming it sscoal,
fuel and incidental expenses
The fraud was discovered in the
Senate, "and his Excellency, says
the Eastern (Pa.) Sentinel, twill
be compelled to pay for his piano
or return it to the owner" How
proud Pennsylyanians must be of
their Governor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

The property holders of the
city OF Shreveport will vote
soon on the proposition of loan
ing $4,000 to the Southern
Pacific Railroad Co. The mer-
chants of that city have sub
scribed $4,000 to the same OBJ
.iect.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

~ t'The devil came for the
old man, and not finding him at
home, took his son. Chicago
Post, (repablican.)
The above allusion is made to
the death of the son of ex-Presi-
dent Johnson, by a paper, which
represents a party claiming to
have all the piety, morality, de-
cency and intelligence. The pro-
priety of the item needs NO CON-
ment.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

- A fellow out West adverti-
ses a fugacious wife, who he says
"has left him just as his summers
work is beginning, notwithstand-
ing he has had the expense of
wintering herr
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

~ A plantation in Twiggs
county, Georgia, containing 1,4OO
acres was sold to a Philadelphian
recently for S8, 500.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

- In the near neighberhood
OF Goldsborough, North Carolina,
there are one hundred acres of
land devoted to the cultivation of
Strawberries. Nj
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

Gov, Warmoth has appoint
ed Geo. W. Garter inspector of
Stock, under the provisions of
the slaughter-house and stock
landing bill.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

u Ben Wade has received bis
appointment as Commissioner to
examine the Pacific Railway, and
will proceed forthwith to take a
dls-curse-ive view Of that great
work.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

The proprietor of the Bastrop
Dispatch wants a practical
printer to take charge of that
Office. Liberal wages paid, Or
an interest in the paper given
if preferred.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

OF South Carolina is soon to
hold an agricultural convention,
at which an endeavor will be made
to form county societies to import
white labor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29
A SENSIBLE LANDLORD

A SENSIBLE LANDLORD
Hill, ofthe Claiborne Advocate,
put up at the Barnham House
recently, at Baltimore. Hill,
according to his own statement,
drank freely-became quite an
noying to the landlord and his
clerk, when the landlord pro-
posed to give Hill his bill to
leave the house, which Hill ac-
cepted Sin good faith" A pref
ty successful "dead beat" A.
L. Hay, of Shreveport News
notoriety, will have to look to
his laurels! B-i-l-k!!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

o. The New York Evening
Post says: "The American peo-
pie do not think half so much
about Mr.. Summers speech as the
English do" and it might have
added, nor about it's author.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

Jas. Ell. Piles, colored, was on
Tuesday introduced to Judge
Durell, by A. P. Field, ESQ,
and on taking the requisite
oath was admitted to practice
In the u. s. Courts for this Dis
trict.-[N. 0. PicGyupe, Is.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

~ Sugar culture is rapidly in.
creasing in Louisiana, and is gget-
ting more and more into the hands
of the small farmers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

~ Blackberries are beginning
to be plentiful in the Mobile mar
ket, and are selling at ten cents
per quart.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

The Shreveport market house
win be leased to the highest
bidder, on the 18th June.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

The steamer B. L. Hodge,
, No. Q, on her last trip from
Shreveport to New Orleans,
made it in "a hours and 45 min
utes. Said to be the fastest
time on record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

Mr.. L. G. Raspberry has re-
ceived bis commission from
Gov. Warmoth, as Assessor
and Tax Collector of Bossier.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

~ MIR. Frederick W. Seward,
lately Assistant Secretary ofState,
has bought the interest of Mr..
Thurlow Weed in the New York
Commercial Advertiser, and will
probably assume the editorial
management of that paper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

~ Three New York lawyers
claim 100000 fees in o case in
volving about twice that amount.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

Ing SuCu ETCdb IEO0uOau III Cr1U"
icising the administration of
President Grant. 1t is pitiable
in itself, as well as destructive
of the independence of the
press when all the Journalists of
either party consider it is their
duty to uphold all the acts of all
the "representives'' of their
party. ...
Heretofore it has been custo-
mary for partisan journals of
both sides to "swear by" their
party. IF the custom is to be
abolished-or even partially so
no one would be more graft
fed at that change than our
self. Journalistic party adhe-
renee of late has become dis
gusting. Independent papers
are few and far between-the
Independence and purity of the
press is bedraggled and soiled
in the slime and filth of parti-
san raneour. Itwere time high
er aims were in view. We are
anxious to see the press of this
country become heightened and
independent-free from all par
tisan servitude, come that ser
vitude whence it may.
The public, in a great meas
ure, having become Indifferent
in supporting and sustaining
their press, in many instances
it has been forced to grab at
whatever support was in sight.
Principles have been advocat-
ed that were false i'm teaching,
Y
because they paid for
the nonce, in tickling the pal
ate of the prejudiced and un-
thinking. A miserable exis-
tence is often eked out in the
basest Of party servitude-man-
illness sacrificed and knavery
promoted. Designing men
know that in a fit of want and
desperation, they can buy the
services of mendicant journals
for a miserable pittance. In
TACT, many persons believe that
any editor can be bought for a
trifie. Of course the opinion
IS q false one; yet to avoid that
editors must cease to
pander to the influence of those
who would use them designing
y. The Importance of an edi-
'ors position, and his individ- |
lal manhood, should never be |
ost sight of. fit is, that edi-
'or becomes a lick-spittle for
knaves and demagogues.
Again, if the press does not
)ander to the fallacies of the
hour, it is left to starve or sub
nit to the corrupt behests of
dollhouse politicians-devoid /
II either brains or principles.
A new era inaugurated, would
'est promote theinterest of all.
The press should be free in
very particular-responsible
MY for its abuse of that free
lom. 1t should neither be
rammeled by public opinion
Tor party. Public opinion, has
lily formed, is as often wrong
8 1t Is correct. When firmly
ct in the rut of prejudice or
rror, it is hard to remove it.
federation is hardly a virtne
With it. Intolerant, it is in
leed an autocrat, and when it
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

- Indiana is said to have
eight thousand square miles of
iron and coal lands.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

A sweet scented thief re-
Gently stole five rose bushes
from the garden of a citizen OF
Evansville, Indiana.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

Mr.. Russ has appointed MIR.
Benz. Dawson Herring, deputy
sheriff of Bossier.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

Who CAN BEAT IT MIR. N.
A. burden, living just across
Bodceau, has, within a fraction,
81 bushels of nicely cleaned
fresh turnip seed. If any in
credulous person is disposed to
tilrn-up his nose at the cor
rectness of this item, he can go
and see for himself.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

The Supreme Court of Texas
has decided that payment in
Confederate money during the
war to administrators and ex-
ecutors, do not bar these claims,
the same being now collectable
in u. 8. currency.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29
Minorities.

II viii speak things, not scods.s
said Cromwell.
The Camden (Ala.) court Waa
opened with prayer recently.
The wheat crop of Pennsylvania
is said to promise finely.
The ages of a lately welded
pair at Oberlin, O., are Is and 6S
Incomes in Wisconsin are heav.
Ter this year than last.
There is an extensive Bassafras
distillery in Greenesborough, n.
G.
Lottery tickets and law suits ara
the favorite luxuries of Savannah
negroes.
Cotton is dying about Colum.
bus, Ga. and corn is to be plant.
ed in its place.
The King of Sweden writes a
poem every day. Occasionally be
writes good one.
The premiums offered for the
next Ohio State Fair amount to
$16,5OO.
Juarez, the Mexican President.
is now 63 years old. He has one
son and six daughters.
Chicago is eating Strawberries
from Mobile at seventy five cents
The Russian vapor bath, as \
cure for hydrophobia, proves to
be a failure.
James NJ. DormaR Of Claiborne
parish, has secured a patent for q
plow invented by him.
Victor Hugo's ten sons are to
publish q paper in Paris called lie
Rappel.
Gen. A. j. Smith has entered
upon his duties as postmaster at
st. Louis.
Columbus, Ga. is to have a nav
cotton factory with ten thousand
spindles.
The revenue on distilled spirits
at fifty centSper gollon is double
what it was at two, dollars.
The Boston Post say& ssCubais
about as large as Ohio, just aeon
yenient size to annex
The wheat crop Of the North
West is represented as usually
An epson salt deposit has been
in Amherst county,
There are still over a million
acres Of swamp land in Arkansas
nnsold.
Naughty boys in Manchester,
n. Ell. are fined 81 for playing
marbles on Sunday.
The hugest whisky ring in Mich
gan is formed by Senator Chand-
ers two lips.
Gov. Warmoth has appointed
William H. Bell, State Engineer.
n place of Mr.. Freret.
Marshal Brown, celebrated as
he owner of remarkable pups, re-
urns $21, 900 income.
There is an African-infssted
district of Nashville known in the
lewspapers as "Blue He'll"
The Boston Post says Grant has
made one thousand appointments
nd one hundred thousand disap.
continents.
The New York World says that
II Grants appointments appro-
riately begin: ssKnow all men
y these presents
Illinois has the honor Of stand
lg first as a corn producing
tate, havingproduced 134, 4G3, 900
ushels in 1868.
Mr.. Knappers gave q surprise
> his wife the other day. He
poke a pleasant word and did o.
enerous deed. w.
What is the difference Between
hill and a pills Ones hard to
ct up and the others hard to get
own.
The citizens of Holmes county,
Iiss. are speaking of building O
ailroad from Goodman to Yaz0o
ity.
Three colored citizens of Virgin.
! have declared themselves can.
idate for Congress in opposition
, the carpet-baggers.
The government has taken
.oaSuraa 70 fronsfsav n4,r novaf
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29

ADVICE GRATIs.-Spend your
money whore you make it. Buy
your goods athome, not abroad,
when you can do just as well.
Encourage your home mechan-
les and business men. Let each
be for the other, and all for
public improvements at home.
Our town first, others after
ward. Charity, remember, al
ways begins at home.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-29
" The Influence of Climate. ,

"The Influence of Climate. !"
Mr.. Editor: An article pub
lished by you last week, from
the Louisville Courier-Journal,
contains statements having q
tendency of lettering migrants
from the South. In many of
the propositions laid down in
that article / take issue with the
writer. That climate has effect
upon the health of the human
race is undoubtedly true, but
this effect is solely from the de-
grees of dryness and moisture.
Moist climates are unhealthy,
dry ones healthy, which is prov
ed by the present condition of
the world as we'll as by history.
The lower part of California
is very hot, but being very dry
is healthy. Arabia and North
Africa are remarkably dry, and
the inhabitants remarkably
healthy and long lived. Eng
land and Ireland were former
ly sickly and even yet, after
their thorough draining, cannot
be called healthy, because of
moisture. Holland is a sickly
country because of moisture.
The article also Lays it down
that a certain mean tempera-
ture, which it puts at fifty de-
grees Farenheit, is necessary for
the full development of man.
Because Great Britain and Ger
many have about this tempera-
ture, the deduction is made
But physically the Arabs and
equal the Europeans.
The Europeans are more en-
lightened now, but for two
thousand years, and indeed un-
til four or five hundred years
ago, the hot, dry, region of
Asia and Africa was far supe-
rior in civilization to Europe.
Again, Hindostan has been
partially civilized for three
thousand years, and is far ahead
Of China now; it also has a
mere dense population than
Europe; yet it is one of the hot
test countries on the face of
the Globe, and very unhealthy
to European constitutions =
The assertion of the supef or
longevity of the Northern peo-
pie in the United States is per-
laps true, but I doubt if the
sact is referable to climate
Very probably it is the more
general education of the masses
which causes them to raise
more children. What causes
he less average of human life
n sickly countries is doubtless
he mortality among children, |
or after a certain age the
chance for long life is as good |
n sickly as healthy countries. |
Iouisiana's reputation is not |
rood for health, yet life insur-
'nce companies make no dis
elimination against her. An |
nfant cannot make known it's |
lilments and often dies from a |
disease easily cured if known |
n time.
How supremacy ridiculous it |
. that to be great, learned and |
enlightened a man must be |
'orn and raised upon the line
# mean temperature of fifty |
legrees. All history proves the
lssertion false. Was Euclid a
DOL because he never felt a
over temperature than sixty |
Iegrees, and lived half his life |
With heat at 1907 Were Arch |
medes and Pythagoras, Socra-
es and Plato fools, because the
mean temperature of their
Countries was seventy-fivei By
bis theory Hannibal was no |
General and his countrymen
avages. All the great sciences
riginated in hot countries, the
iottest in the world, the zone
+ the tropic of Cancer. See
That an array, Astronomy.
tn0orronhv A ,.;+h,,nA:
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n THoa. MCINTYRE in onr only duly
authorised agent at New Orleans.
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Blackberries are ripe in At
takapas.
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THE BOSSIER BANNER,
w. q. SCanland, Editor.


Ms
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