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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

a gentleman of this town re
turned from Queue Tortue in this
parish, last Wednesday evening.
which borders on Vermillion par
lsh, and reports that fears were
expressed there that no mans life
would be safe, as the anti.vigilance
or jayhawkers, as he was told.
were organizing to avenge the acts
OF the vigilance. Thus violence
begets violence.-Opelousas Ad-
vocate.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

y Texas paper chronicles the
coming of the winters stores in
this manner: "Over three hund
red barrels of whisky arrived by
the steamer from BraShcar this
morning. This is our last connect,
ing link with the outer civilized
world, and its arrival in our pres
ent Sequestrated condition is very
cheering.7
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

Ex-Governor w. NJ. Bebb. of
Ohio, died recently at his resi-
dence in Rockford, H., in the list
year of his age. Gov. Bebb had
been a prominent man in the pol
itics of Ohio, and was a personal
friend of Henry Clay and other
prominent politicians of his day
He was born in Butler county.
about twenty miles from Cincin-
matt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

The fools are not all dead vet.
Joaquin Miller rode in Hyde Park
with Mexican trappings, sporting
a white sombrero with cords and
tassels of the gayest fashion. He
must take his saddle, bride and
spurs from continent to continent
IN a Saratoga trunk.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

y Missouri matron, who lately
ushered triplets, all girls, into the
world, named them Martha Indi-
ana, Stella Alabama and Mary
Louisiana. Their own, their, ma
tive land of Missouri, was neglect.
ed altogether in the work of no.
menclature.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

The assessed value of the taxa.
BILE property in the parish of As
cension, says the Chief, according
to the assessment roll for 1873, is
as follows: Real estate of resi-
dents, s5S6,725: real estate of
non-residents, 524, 800; live stock,
s9S,S1O; vehicles, sl2, 79J; money
loaned at interest or in possession
$500; capital employed in trade
or commerce, S73,S0O; total, ST.
304, 900, an increase of more than
S150,000 over the assessment of
1872.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

There has been nothing of inter
est about our town this week be-
sides the proceedings of the Dis
trict Court. The most notable az
rest and imprisonment for taial,
under an indictment of the late
grand jury, of Cyprien DelatOsse,
for the murder ofDOndiegue F0n-
tenot in October, 1866. DelafoSSe
afterwards married Fontenot's
widow, who has three children by
her former husband. We know
nothing Of the testimony. but it is
a peculiar case, and is likely to be
one of the most interesting Of our
criminal trials. Aristide OrtegO
is also in durance under an indict-
ment of the grand jury for the
murder of colOred man some two
or three years ago. Both Della
fosse and Ortego belonged to the
posse that went to arrest the Gull
lorys in CatahOula parish.-Ope-
lousas Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

The editor of the Parkersbnfg.
Qnd.) Express denies that he has
committed suicide. But against
this denial, printed in a single
country paper, there are reports
OF more than a dozen dailies. of
course nobody will believe him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

A well-knOwn authOress gives
it as a secret of domestic felicity
that a husband should be absent
from home at least six hours every
day. Then why such row if he
chooses to select the time to suit
himself-say in the evening.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

A Texas editor prints the fol-
lowing energetic opinion: The
man who would water petroleum
and sell it. would sneak into the
palace of the King of Kings and
steal the gliding from the wings
Ofthe angels
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

The 18th Era struck a hidden
obstruction at Lovely's Point. DR..
Netherlands plantation, about 65
miles below Shreveport, Wednes-
day evening, and soon sunk to
the bottom.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

Business in Peoria, ILL.,, was
hIndered a good deal last week
because the Mayor went to a dog
tight twenty miles away and
missed the return train.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

"Does he want to marry9" is the
query among Massachusetts girls
when stranger comes to town.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

a music dealer in State street
has in his window a sentimental
song marked: 'Thou hast loved
me and left me, for twenty FIVE
centS.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

Hy Honest, who was injured on
the indianapolis and st. Louis
railroad while riding with free
pass, was recently awarded $4,000
damages.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

y Western editor met a we'll
educated farmer recently and in,
formed him that he would like to
have something from his pen. The
farmer sent him a pig and charged
him 50 40 for it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

1t is now announced on the au-
thority of that sentiment physic-
lam that it is not healthy to rise
before eight o'clock in the morn
ing. This applies only to men.
Wives can rise at seven and start
the fires as heretofore.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

A dog with two tails was re-
Gently seen in London. One be-
longed to an OK, aad was carried
in the mouth of the dog.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

A Western paper describing an
accident says: "Dr. Crawford was
called and under his prompt and
skillful attention, the young man
died on Wednesday night.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

Intelligence has been received
that a famine prevails in Green
land, caused by the failure of the
fisheries. In one village alone $50
persons have starved to death
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

a special to the New Orleans
lines reports the killing by the
citizens of seven of the nine ne
groes implicated in the recent
Grant Parish outrage.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

GLOW pleasant it Is, in this
wicked old world" says the Peoria
Review, "to meet a man i'm the
busy walks Oflife, whose face is an
open book, bearing the imprint OF
honesty, whose nobility of soul
speaks in his very glancea, whose
whole demeanor inspires you with
a yearning platOnic affection for
him that only needs cultivation to
inspire the pOSSeSSOr to know more
OF him, and borrow money of him.
as it were. All, yes!'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

Humbolt county, Iowa, has pro-
duced thirteen pairs of twins in
as many weeks, and many prudent
swains have broken off their en-
gagements in consequence.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

"A lady reporter sent to an agri-
cultural fair wrote of a lot of
young pigs: "They look too sweet
to live a minute
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

,"Small thanks to You, sir" said
a plaintiff to one Of his witnesses,
"for what You said in the cause,'
All, SIR said the conscientious
witness, "but just think OF what |
didn't shy -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

The meanest man in the world
lives in Chicago. He stole his
wife's false teeth, and then got a
divorce on account of her '.physi-
cal defects
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

attempted to prove this by show
ing a priori that cotton culture !
OvercrOwdS the land with a popu-
latiOn it cannot support. We
now propose to show this from
statistical facts. We will take
Jackson parish asst was before the
formation OF Lincoln, the latter be-
ing too new for statistics.
BY the census of 1870, Jackson
contained II 900 acres ofimproved
lands, and 1850 population. This
gives about five and Il third acres
for the support of each individual.
In the year 'G9'70, the best cotton
producing year since the war, the
average III the parish was one
hundred and twenty pounds Of
lint cotton per acre. Multiply this
by five and one third, and we have
for the support of each individual
six hundred and forty pounds of
cotton; which at fifteen cents per
pound would bring ninety six dol
lars. Now, this is the gross receipt
and the cost of planting and cult
walton is to come out of it. As a
very mild estimate, let this eXpen-
diture engulf one half, and we
have left for the support of each
individual, forty-eight dollars in
money.
Now here is the plain, unvar-
niShcd tale, made out of figures
that do not lie, showing that Jack,
son, sparsely settled as it seemed
to be, was really overcrowed and
taxed beyond its capacity for sup
port.
And this is really the great cause
of our financial difficulties. so
I grievouS as TO be acknowledged
and grOaned under by us all.
There are too many of MS to be
supported by cotton growing. The
soil is Overburdened, and must be
relieved either by a change Of
crop, or the removal of some OF
the population. And one or the
other is just as inevitable as that
the sun will rise tomorrow.
Our reason for presenting this
matter so persistly to our readers
just now is, that the time has ar.
rived for determining what shall
be done in another year. The
decisive moment of our fate is up.
on us. We are Strengthened in
circumstances groaning under
debt, and it is absolutely neceSsa-
~ that something shall be done.
Our decision, he it good or be it
bad, will determine the future and
our own fortunes.
We beg, therefore. that the
reader will look upon the forego.
lngstatements as facts of the stub.
bornesJ sort, not trumped up for
purposes of novelty or sensation.
but that we may be warned in
time and act wisely.-Vienna Sen.
tinel, Oct. %.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

The Memphis Coroner announ-
ces that of the two hundred most
desirable subjects for the yellow
fever pestilence in that city, but
three went up the fatal flume.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

A young lady of Terre Haute,
Ind, has proved her ability to
support a husband by shooting
over 100 quail this season.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

A man in New York has a watch
which he claims has gained time
enough to pay for itself in six
months.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29
barbarous communities.

DAN. VOORHEES, WITHDRAWs
FROM THE POLITICAL ARENA
Notwithstanding to political
matters, Mr.. Voorhees, sta ted dis
tinctly and very positively that he
had quit the political arena for
ever. and from a genuine appear
ance; that he was now devoted
exclusively to his profession as Il
lawyer. Mr.. Voorhees, further
stated that all the old issues have
passed away, and hencefOrth new
ones will arise. And upon the new
questions a new set of men will he
demanded by the people. Some
old politicians try to force them
selves into notice after their day
has gone by, but it is very I'M.
wise.
Mr.. Voorhees, is NOW only forty,
five years old, and is in the prime
of physical and mental power
indianapolis Sentinel.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29
CHINESE PUZZLE.-Two /

A CHINESE PUZZLE.-TwO
hundred and fifty Celestial youths
have been sent by the Chinese
government TO receive collegiate
education in the United States.
The question arises: Is it the
mission Of these young men to
take back American civilization
to the land of ConfusciOuS, or are
they to introduce Chinese civil
cation into America? The mighty
Emperor Of the FlOwery Land
certainly cannot expect his sub
.iects to be enlightened by the out
side barbarians, so this expOTta-
ton of, Young All Sins must have
in view the redemption of the
Yankee heafhen, and the intro
duCtion of Celestial ideas into orr
barb1rOuS communities
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

Our NAvY.-The navy of the
United States, according to the
last report of the secretary Of this
department, numbers Us vessels,
carrying 1878 guns, exclusive of
howitZers, clasSed as follows:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-11-29

OUR ARMY.-On the 31st of
October last the army of the
United States consisted of 29.5Oj
men of all armS-ten regiments
Of cavalry, S,647 men and officers:
five regiments of artillery, 3.206
men and officers twenty-five regi-
mentS OF infantry, 1862 men
and officers; engineer battalion
and other nOm-combatants and
recruits, 1910. The apprOpria-
tions for the support of this estab-
liShmeut for the current year
amounted to S42,00O,0OO, or at
the rate of about SI,075 per man.
This great cost, more than dou-
bic the cost per man of the Brit
ish army, is explained by the fact
that We have about one commits
stoned officer for every fifteen
men. The estimates for the next
year are understood to be S5G.-
900, 000.-T st. Louis Republican.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26
FLIRTING WITH STRANGERS.

1t is a prevailing custom, says the
Philadelphia Dawn, with young ladies
i'll the country towns, to promenade
the streets i'll the evenings, especially
past the hotels, and signify to the new
corners by looks and gestures that their
their acquaintance can be made if de-
sired. Drummers from our wholesale
houses, lightning rod men, vendors of
patents, shoWmen, &C., are SO accus-
toned to those things, that they are
not in one of these towns or cities over
night until they have a ssduck" in tow
and that sduck,' perhaps, the daugh-
ter of some respectable citizen, who
knows little of the danger his daughter
is in. What is the result? In seven
cases out OF ten the fly is caught in the
unnerciful spiders web-thc girl is
ruined, and i'll endeaVoring to screen
her parents from the shame the knOWl-
edge of her fall would bring upon them
she finds her way to this or some other
city, and into some of the gilded palaces
of sin, where good-looking country
girls are at premium, and where, I'M
der an assumed name, she is dead to
her parents, rs she soon becomes to
shame and all the finer feelings of her
nature. 1t is a well known fact that it
is not our city girls who people the
bagnio, but girls from country towns
whose fau.c pas WAS street or theatre
flirtations with strangers, and listening
to their honeyed words and grand
promises. Let girls beware of itincrants
those fellows who go into stcrcotyped
rhapsodics over their beauty and swear
they are fit to adorn a mansion in the
city-who travel on their cards, and
dine, when ut home, with JAY Cooke
and DreNel; who, according to their
own words, are the golden apples of
society at home, and would rather die
than do Il dishonorabie act. Beware OF
such, we repeat, girls, and if you would
save your good name, peace of mind,
the happiness of those who gave you
birth, and command the respect that
every woman has within her reach,
treat every stranger you meet in an
Irregular way as u Ronc, II libertinc.-
| Gentlemen 90 not seek to form the
acquaintance of ladies except in a
Legitimate manner, depend upon it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26
GRANT PARISH TROUBLES.
Statement ola Citizen.

Over fifty negroes were killed. Their
bodies were lying around the field of
action.
Previous to the engagement they had
entrenched themselves and thoroughly
fortified their position.
The battle with the people of the adj
joining parishes,,lasted about four hours.
At one time it was most severe.
1t is believed that there were about
ten white men killed and wounded.
The whites, before the fight took
place, endeavored to avoid bloodshed.
They raised a flag of trusce. Mr.. Nash,
the Sheriff of Grant parish, sent for l..
Allen-a leader Of the negroes-and
reply of the latter was they would
fight to the last.
The white people then gave them an
hour for the women and children to re-
tire from the place of conflict, which
they did.
Whilst the negroes were in possession
of the town of Colfax, they committed
many cruel acts against people of their
own color. They sent different bodies
of armed men to the plantations
throughout the whole parish to compel
the negroes to come into town and as
sist the revOlutionists in defending the
same. When resistance was made the
leaders Of the mutiny and their follow
ers did not hesitate to resort to violence.
Indeed, many of the poor, inoffensivc
field laborers, were numerically beat
en-.
The postmaster of ColfaX-one sam
Cuney-a negro, formerly a member OF
the Legislature, was driven out Of the
town, and not allowed to attend to the
duties of his office. The hostility
against him arose from the fact that nc
would not assist the negroes in their
work of violence.
All the negroes who sympathized
with the whites We're compelled to tlee
from the parish-theirlives were threat
ened.
In the adjoining parish of Rapide:
the enmity of the negroes against the
whites was SO great that a wax of races
seemed to be inevitable. The most diff
culties would have occurred there, haG
it not been for the defeat Of the rcvolu
tionists at ColfaN.
The negroes, since the reduction o
this place, have confessed that they haG
full military organization in Rapides
They were prepared to assist theil
friends in Grant parish. They ever
gave the name of some oftheir leaders
Since the fight all the negores belong
ing to the plantations in Grant parish
have returned to work.-Picuyau1e.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26

Last Friday Capt. NJ. \. Knight, OF
Bonhatu, y member OF the firm of
Nancy, Knight Il thCnowcth, who had
been drinking hard for two weeks, blew
his brains out in the presence of his
Wife, saying, tl<ute, you shall no lougcr
live tho wife Ola drunkard.' The tragic
hiiair has caused Il profound sensation
in Bonhnm, and cast 4 gloom over a
large circle Of friends and relatives. -
D0i5os (7jr.> NGir<.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26
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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26
THE ST. LOUIS HOTEL.

This magnificent Hotel lately renewed
and greatly improved, and entirely refur-
nished in most sumptuous style, by the st.
Motion. Esq, of New Orleans, is the Presi-
dent, was opened to the travelling commu-
nifty on the First Day of February, 1872, uE-
der tho management Of the undersigned
HIRAM CRASTON,
30:1y Formerly Prop'r Now York Hotel.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26
HOTELS.
MONROE HOUSE,

Jackson Street, adjoining Methodist chu,ch.
The undersigned has taken charge of this
house, and intends making it 1irst-class
boarding house, and is now prepared to re-
ceive boarders by the week or month as may
be desired. Rooms large, spacious and we'll
ventilated, and suitable for families. No
pains will be spared by the proprietor to
make his guests comfortable. Charges to
suit the times. JAS. A. IAWLER.
March 25, 1S72.-2S:1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26
MISCELLANEOUS,
TO TEACHERS.

Tho tcrni for which tho Ouarhitn Ecmalc
Academy was leased expires on tho I'd of
July, 1873. Proposals for y new lease for !,
year or term of years. will be received from,
"Nnnpetcnt and rclintlo parties until the sol II
of juno. 1873. Tho buildings are OF brick
large, and we'll adapted 10 tho purpose for
which they were const ructed. and centrally
located in Monroe. with ample grounds and
0utbuiluinSs. Tho school could be innuru-
rated with sonto fifty or sixty day scholars.
and ihGro is abundant room for a number OF
boardcrs. For terms apply to tho under
signed.
tSy order OF tho Board OF Trustocs
Il. w. RICHARDSON
Monroe, April l9.--lOt President.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26

SS 10 S.}H Fer Day! Agents Wan,ed |!
~ CIV All classes of working people
OF either sex. young or Old. make moro
meuts. or all the time. than at any thing
else. Particulars free. Address q Stinsoo
q Sso-, Po<Nassd, Nkatns> iaols
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26

Hon. Judah p. Benjamin, Coutellc-
rate Secretary of State, and NOW one of
her Majesty Queen Eicturia's coun-
selors-at-law, will visit the United
States during the summer.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26

A wag once courtcd Il buXom house
maid, and when h6 should have been
prepared to marry her, dccamped to
parts unknown. "Wcli, Amp said
her mistress, ''you have lost your beau,
havnt you: ooh, no, indeed, marin,
tell come back, for have his promise
to marry me, and in writing, too"
"Indeed; let me see it, won't you?'
SO out from between the leaves of n
Bible, Ann produced Il sort of Il PROM
issory note, reading rs follows: "I
promise to marry Mis- Ann I-uiucty
days after date, value received. u. ",
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26


IIVEEY SrAELE.--Mr. Parker informs the
travelling public that he keeps the Winns-
supply horses. buggcs. &C.. and will take
good care ofany stock left ut his stable.
Nov. q. 49,. SLY