The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-01-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST

. ITEMS OF INTEREST.
8 Major General Franklin has left for Russia
An English woman has willed $4,000 +
: jeff, Davis. "'''''
There are 300 nunneries of various grade
lin the United States.
INC Duke of Argyle is coming to settl
the Alabama claims
Hon. d. w. VOORHEES, is in bed with in
hamatory rheumatism.
Wales has been made p. G. NJ. of th
Grand Lodge Of England.
DIR. Livingston writes to the world from
UjJi postoffice. Central Africa.
Mendelsshon's neice is the music al wonde
at the Leipsic conservatory.
VIM. Cullen Bryant has been eulocizinp
stanton in two-column speech.
The London Economist saws Grant is NJ
statesman Every roOl knows that.
Blondin who has been reported dead
about thousand times, has turned up again
Gen. Joe Hooker's health has improved SC
that he is now able to be seen alking down
Broadway.
| Dr. Harris. of New York. says Lairds
bloom of youth is a deadly poison. Interest
ing to artists.
None but the brave deserve the fair. and
none but the brave can live with some OF
them; and vice versa.
Hiram Powers statue of Eve is nearly
finished, and is said to be finer work of art
than his Greek Slave.
The latest Italian infant is named Vittorio
Emanuel Ferdinando Maria Genarro Hum
bert Guisseppei Innocente. Whew!
The only brother of George Peabody il.
Jeremiah, farmer at GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
The proposition to subscribe sI5O,OOO to :
ward the improvement of the navigation of
the Kentucky River has passed the Legisla-
ture of Kentucky.
In several Southern cities the anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans was celebrated
on the 9Th inst
Missouri; has passed the fifteenth amend
ment.
Mus. Doc. being rather an awkward de-
gree, Fiddle d. D. is recommended as tho
proper thing fo- musicians.
The first record of sugar planting which
We know is when Adam and Eve are spoken
Of as having raised Cain.
"A would be prominent feminine was ousted
from a wOman's rights meeting by gentle
man official. An Englishman present said
he Supposed the official was ''husher.'
A Washington negress asked if she would
not prefer to be mulatto. She replied ..yes
If they didn't wrinkle up just like white
folke."
The Alton House, at Alton. ILL.,. burned on
Saturday last; the estimated loss is S5OOOO;
insurance @23. 900.
-:1 Sunday night, nse children --.-s
burned.
Trains on tho Utah Central Railroad be-
tween Ogden and Salt Lake City are now
running regularly.
More fatboats PASSED down the Missis-
sippi last year than any previous one.
Large iron works are to be built ct Bur-
lington, Iowa this year. %
The State debt of Michigan was reduced
$4,000 during the month of December.
To the condemned man no moose is good
news. -laf o.al
Ducks have decided opinions Of their own
they always come out Aat-footed.
A clergyman said in a recent sermon that
the path to rectitude had been travelled 50
little of late years that it was completely run
to grass. .t
At Vicksburg the frequenters of saloons
| are not asked what beverage they prefer'
but are invited to ''nominate you. family
disturbance"
A Virginia court has been called upon IL
decide QUESTION which may be stated thus
IF your dog starts up the deer. can another
sportsman kill the animal and claim the ven
ison!" r |
The word State. spelled backwards, !:
Etats in French. 1t is not safe. however, 4
learn French simply by going back on you
English. a1e II
! A soldier in Maine Regiment, who w.
struck by Minnie ball on the bridge Of To-
nose. in the battle of the Wilderness. latel,
had it cut from the back of his skull. whef
it had lodged.
Alecturer in New York recently said tha
laughing was one of the best sanitary agent
known to the medical faculty, and was within
an indication of intellectual vigor and mors
soundness. tah
| Turkey is going to increase her army dp
ring peace by $4,000 men. and during wh
the Turkish army shall hereafter be able
nut 400, 900 soldiers and SOC, 900 milifia int
the field. .GI
At the opening of the Suez Canal, tb
blessing was pronunced by the ministers
all religions, and in all languages simults
, neously. 81, - |
7 Young lady physicians are putting of
-shingies in every prominent city in q
country. e T.. +1...
/ The daughter Of Alexandra Dumas is ceIe
brated as the woman with the most beautiA
J, eyes in France. ,l-H. q.
Fashionable young ladies of Newark cart
charcoal home from corner groceries in cat
pet bags instead Of coal scuttles. That
what Jerseyites call putting on style.
The belle of Covington, Ky, wears nut
ber, eights. and is passionately fond of beb
meat. -t-sl.aT --lg |
An amateur concert at the Jerome TLeatf
: is ON the tapis. 1t will introduce TO No
\ York audience beautiful Southern girl (
high social position. -E...
It is said that Madame Anna Bishop lh
suug in no less than nine different language
French, italian, Spanish, Swedi4
Danish, Russian, Bohemian and German.