The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-17

months old, the only daughter Of
DR.. j. D. and Mrs. E. E. Harper
The last was q beautiful and in.
interesting little girl about two
years old, daughter of Rev. W. f.
and Mrs. Eugenia Paxton, all Of
Minden.
KILLED.-We learned on Fri.
day, from a gentleman ofDe Soto
that Mr.. Levi Presley was shot
and killed about a week ago, in.
the Jail at Carthage, Pamela coun,
ty Texas. Mr.. Presley had killed.
a man named Booth, in Shelby
county, and it is supposed to have
been the friends of Booth, who
thus avenged his DEATH Caddo
Gazette.
The Mansfield Reporter learns
that the party who took Levi
Presley from the Carthage Jail. {.
shot him eleven times and then
severed. his head from his body.
NATIONAL PARTIEs.-We have
time and again urged upon our
people the necessity of conducting
the campaign upon purely local
and State issues, leaving National
parties and National issues entire.
ly out of it, as they have no direct
bearing upon the condition of at.
fairs in our own State, nor have
they any tendency whatever to
afford any immediate relief from
the difficulties which surround
her. Obviously it is the right and
privilege Of. the people of louisa.
na, suffering as they are from on.
erOes and obnoxious laws, to man.
age their affairs in any way which
they may think best calculated to
advance their interests and bring
about a speedy restoration OF our
State government to a sound DO.
litical basis without having sad.
died upon their shoulders the adj.
ditional burthen of National par
ties and National issues, which
are but stumbling blocks in the
way, and tend to defeat the cause
they are ostensibly designed to
PROMOTE Mindea Democrat.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
All the radical candidates fer
Congress in this State are negroes.
The Savannah News says Il man
named Wall, killed his brother-in.
law, whose name was WaIdron,
at Grahamville, S. G., a few days
ago. Wall went into a field where
Waldron was blowing, and with
out saying a word, shot him dead
and walked off.
THE WEATHER AND Crops IN
GREENVILLE The
Mountaineer of the 18th ult., says:
During the last ten days we have
been favored with frequent show
ers, and from every part of the
county we hear cheering news OF
the crops. In some sections in
the upper part of the county, the
corn crop is said to be the most
promising that has been seen for
years.
LONGEvITY.--The Winsboro
News says: Our census Marshal,
Mr.. f. Davidson, hands us the
names of the following persons
who have passed the allotted time
appointed forman: Can any eoun-
ty in the State beat it7 hickey
Ruff, 120 years old; Thos. LyIes,
l2O years old; Polly Hall, 100
years old; Annie Cote, 100 wears
old; Scipio Davis, 100 years old,
all colOred. There are also three
whites, whose ages respectively
are so, 80 and 80.
MISSISSIPPI.
Mississippi is to have no less
than forty agricultural fairs the
coming autumn.
A rattle snake was killed near
Crystal Springs, few days ago,
which measured eight feet in
length and one foot in circumfer-
ence. 1t had nine rattles.
The Summit Times, Aug. 18th
says that watermelon was
brought to Summit, raised on
the farm of Judge Magee, which
measured near two feet in diane
ter and weighed fifty-twO pounds.
Spears and Swords, of the Vicks.
burg Herald, have been sued for
a libel, for charging the mayor of
that city, as a gambler, thief, SC.
Theevidence will bestrong enough
at all events, to convict Webber,
OF being a gambler, and owning
an interest in a faro bank, if moth.
ing more.
The Beulah Times, Aug. 18th,
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