The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-10-23
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of the General Assembly, to meet
LIST December at Mechanics Insti-
tute in this city.
Omaha, Oct. 16.-Party of II
surveyors reported massacred fifty
miles below Fort Mcpherson.
Philadelphia, Oct. 16.-All mu-
nicipal officers, except mayor Fox,
elected October last, ousted, by
decision of the Court of Common
Pleas.
Louisville, Oct. 16.-Trestle
work between piers 16 or II gave
way; six men precipitated 25 feet.
Four killed.
Boston, Oct. 16.-Marvey's Pc
trolium refinery burned. Loss
100000.
Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 1S.-Car
shops of Lake Shore railroad
burned. Loss over three thous-
and, but fully insured. Fifty
workmen out of employment. Or
igin unknown.
Louisville, Oct. 1S.-Vigilance
committee operations at Taylors-
vile, Ind, have resulted in the
death ofseveral persons. Accounts
say terrible state of affairs exist
there, and law abiding citizens
seem paralized.
Albany breaks repaired. Navi-
patton OH Erie canal resumed to-
day.
Washington, Oct. 1S.-Supreme
Court. III. Mckee VS.. the Uni,
ted States, decided. Case involved
claim for cotton and other proper.
ty, capturedat Alexandria, La, by
national forces in 1864. Claimant
was a resident of New Orleans,
who traded beyond the lines I'M
der permit of Treasury agent, and
by virtue of license of military
authority the cotton ETC.. was pur.
chased from A. w. Mckay, a
distant relative of claimant and
an agent of the Confederate
Treasury department. Decision
below against j. III. Mckee affirm.
ed. Court holding that under
acts of Congress operating on
captured property, any treasury
agent who issued any authority
to trade with enemy beyond mill
tary lines, did so without warrant
of law, and the permit was void.
Permit granted by military equal
| " void. Claimant had never
any legal right to the property in
question, because it had been pur-
chased from an agent of the Con
federate government.
| Washington, Oct. 18.-Revenue
to-day s622, 900. Farragut I'M
proving. Boutwell, declines ac-
cepting the Assistant Treasurer
at Richmond resignation. Capt.
w. I. Barley, of the Third Infan
try, was dismissed from service
for refusing to pay board and
tailor's bills, at San Antonio Tex.
Lieut.. Shelleiberg, of the Seventh
Cavalry, was dismissed for con-
duct unbecoming an officer
Capt. Granger, of the Goth Infan-
try, was dismissed and imprison-
ed at Dry Tortugas, for misap-
propriating public money. Grant
approves the sentences.
Gen. Thomas reports from Alas
ka against the establishment of
revenue service there, as it will
cost more than it will come to-
No mines.discovered. Plenty of
timber and coal, and plenty equal
~ as good one hundred miles
south. Grain cannot be raised.
Few vegetables were raised, but
not within the past few weeks.
Wilmington, Oct. 49, The Raj
eigh State Fair opens tomorrow.
Articles for every department
coming in. Great concourse of
people hourly arriving. 1t will
be a SPLENDID exhibition, weather
permitting. There will be a mum.
Der of interesting addresses and
essays on agricultural matters and
manufactures by some of the most
distinguished men of the State
during the week.
Washington, Oct. 1S.-Ex-Gov.
Ritner, of Pennsylvania, is dead,
aged ninety.
A letter from A. 81. Stephens.
dated Oct. 10Th, says it will be
utterly out of his power to attend
the Macon (Ga.) State fair. He
has been confined to his house
since February last and has little
hope of ever leaving home again.
Richmond, Va, Oct. 1S.-The
Legislature met to-day, in both
Houses resolution was offered con.
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