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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-06-26
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OFFICE AND RESIDENCE
IN osite the Market House.
,.t.t. attention Open to
DIsEAs OF FEM A L E >.
april loft
TYR. Reniamin L. Crawford offers
his professional services to the citizens OIL
Stanton and vicinity.
OFFICE under the Miller House, on Corner
of Frederick and Augusta streets. dec - II
UH1 RLES r. O'FERRAL.
HARRlSONBURG, VA.
Practices in the County and Circuit Courts OF
Rockingham, and the Court OF Appeals al otaun
ton aud the q. S. Courts at Harrisonburg.
may 25-tf
CHARLES GRATTAN,
u Attorney at Law,
STANTON, VA.
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta, Rock
ingham and Highland.
N2- Office with the Sheriff. nov lott
M 1 Attorney at Law,
STAUNToN VA
COURTS-Augusta, Rockingham, and highland.
Refers by permission to the Law Faculty OF the
University of Virginia
OFFICE.-.COurt-HOuse Alley.
may 25-ly
WARREN SLURTY,
w Attorney at Law,
HARRISONBURG, VA,
Prompt attention given to all business entrust-
de to his hands.
Special attention paid to claims against the
U. s. Government and cases in Bankruptcy.
anril 2O-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-06-26
PRESTON A. BAYLOR,
L Attorney at Law

SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
STAUNION, VA.
Practices IN all the Courts Of Augusta and ad
joining Couaties
OFFICE The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. George Baylor, deceased, on augusta
street, opposite the Court house. nov lo-ly
e. w. ;. TURNER.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-06-26

Commissioner in Chancery,
for the hus.lngs Court OF Inc city OF o'auh'oh'
Collections attended to and returns promptly
mads-Tltles searched and abstracts furnished,
Deeds drawn anu Acknowledgements taken.
| OFFICE en- New street, over Piper q son
| s,ora jan LIFT
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-06-26

Auctions will be held regularly to dispose
of consignm nts already placed 10 their
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-06-26

COCHRAN & WALKER.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16
BY W. H. SCAKLAND.
TERMS


THE BossIER BANNER is Published every
Saturday morning. Subscription, 50 per
s.nnum, 81 - for six months, and 81 25 for
rhree months.
For advertisements inserted in news col
aInns p cents per line for each insertion
will be charged.
Announcing candidates for oifcc-invari
ably in aavanoe-$l0
Advertisements inserted for specified
time and discontinued by the advertiser be-
fare that time expires, Will be charged Mt
the regular rates for the time and space
occupied, and not pro rata Fatesuf the time
for which the advertisement was originally
inserted.
All advertisements and subscriptions are
due on presentation, unless otherwise con
Sracted for.
N All circulars, Communications and cards
pi candidates or official aspirants, and other
matter intended for personal benefit, will be
charged fur at the rate of p cents per line
cash III advance ef first insertion, if not in
serted in regular advertising columns.
Simple announcements of marriages and
deaths made gratis. Obituary notices, trib
sItes-ef respect, resolutions Of public meet
ings, &c, win be charged the same as adj
yertlsements
No inpSvper, Extensively personal, oil
otherwise oolectienai matter inserted on
any terms.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16
We learn from the Renubli-

We learn from the Republi-
can that some Of the citizens of
Morehouse assembled at Bas-
trop on the 31st ultimo and or
gained an agricultural asso-
citation. This association pro
poses to hold at an early date
a parish fair, for the exhibit
ton Of products of Morehouse
parish, land to award premiums
to the exhibitors of first class
articles. And Morehouse has
made a move in the right di,
rection.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

A new corn plague has been
discovered in Woodford coun-
ty, Illinois. The Ell Paso
Journal learns from Mr.. Rich>
ard Assay that a peculiar sort
OF worm, resembling a maggot,
is at work upon tbs corn, MAJ
king great havoc. 1t attacks
the roots, eating them entire
ly away, the stalk and leaves
dry up and topple over. This
worm has made its appearance
in several fields not far from
town, in vast numbers. After
destroying the roots of the
corn stock, it develops into a
black bug with wings, flies
readily, and finishes up such
corn as has escaped the first
onslaught, by attacking the
stock and ear.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

The Minden Index has quite
a sensible article relative to
the prosperity of Shreveport,
and winds up with some good
advice to the merchants of that
place in regard to advertising.
The majority of Shreveport
merchants apparently care
nothing for the trade east of
them. They have always cried,
''west of u.s." 'west of us -
etc. We have labored hard to
attract the attention of the
merchants and capitalists of
Shreveport eastward, but to no
avail, save q SpaSmodlC effort
to navigate Bodcau.
Shreveport, with a little en-
ergy and money, could secure
a large business that her mer-
chants have long allowed, in
reality, to go begging" else
where. Let the culture great
city" stretch forth its hands
and claim its own.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

The weather continues warm
but, during the past week we
have been favored with copious
visitations of rain, which was,
however, not needed here
abouts. Corn crops are fiatter-
ing, giving promise of a liberal
yield where half work. Fears
are entertained of the "irre-
pressible" worm; hence some
of our farmers are a little blue
as to the fate of king cotton
since the late rains.
On many of our farms crab
grass can be had in abundance.
By harvesting a portion of it,
"a few Struggling dollars might
be saved locally, that other
wise would find its way to
Western pockets.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

THE WAY IT WoRKS-The
Coushatta Citizen has a very
good article on the subject OF
corn and cotton culture, in
contravention of an Indiana
man, who argues that the
South had better raise cotton
and buy her corn from the
West. Our contemporary
handles the subject well, but
we are inclined to think that
the planters are going to do
just as they please in this mat
ter. u.s..
We have had our minds
eyes for two or three years upon
an old gentleman farmer of
Texas, who, in commenting
upon an article we once wrote
in advocacy of "more corn nda
less cotton" remarked that
editors had better write on
subjects they knew something
about. We say we have kept
him in view, and this is the re-
suit: y few years ago he was
in prosperous circumstances,
but the last we heard of him he
was riding a lean, lank steed,
with one stirrup and a rope
bride, to the neighboring rail-
way station to enquire about
the nOn>arrlval of a lot of corn
which he had ordered, and fol-
the want of which everything
on the place, from the people
all the way down to the chick,
ems, was suffering terribly
shreveport Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

The Shreveport Times is an
excellent paper. 1t is ably
edited and neatly printed, and
well filled with highly inter
esting miscellaneous reading
matter. And above all, we de-
sire to applaud the laudable
efforts of its editors and pro
prietors in publishing such
articles as are calculated to at
tract attention to, build up and
develop generally the material
interest Of our State. In our
opinion, it is the only hope
though not a desperate one
for it is both feasible and prac-
teal. We intend to eight it
out on the line" of internal
Improvements and material
prosperity, patiently awaiting
"the good time coming when
the upright masses of Louisi,
ana will be able to hold theil
own in the name Of prosperity
and good government. Lee
those who will, prate of Afri
canization, confiscation, etc.
and cry aloud in their dispair
Texas! Texas! The day viii
yet come when Louisiana will
stand second to none in thi;
Union in all thatmakes a Stat,
truly great. The greater thel
will be the reward of those VIII,
endured unto the end.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-The
amount of rain in the late storm,
exceeds seven inches. In some
places more than three feet water,
and passing over the dam at Fair.
mount today. Newark first floors
flooded and business partly sus-
pended. In the city a boy was
rescued with difficulty from drown
ing near the mouth of a culvert
John L. Major was drowned while
attempting to rescue his horses
from a stable which was flooded.
Indianapolis, Aug. 14.-The
yield of wheat unprecedented. 1t
will average over 25 bushels per
acre.
New Orleans, Aug. 14.-Gold
llo5; cotton quiet; sales IOO bales;
good ordinary lag at 10; low mid,
dIings Isl at 1S5; middling Or,
leans 10; receipts 291; no exports;
stock on hand 1902 bales.
Montgomery, Aug. 1.-THE
first bale of cotton of the new
crop was received here this nor,
ming, and sold at auction for 294C
per pound.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Now is the time to SOW tur-
nips- Be sure to have enough
ITO allow an occasional feed for
your milk cow. As Mrs. Too
dies would say, a turnip patch
is a very handy thing to "have
I'm the house,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

The Union Record reports
the death Of ex-senator R. w.
Futch, late editor of that pa
per. Corn crops are doing well.
Cotton prospect good, but the
worm has put in an appear
.ance.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

The cotton picking season is
fast approaching, and we wish to
remind the planters of the neces-
sity of gathering clean cotton and
sending it to maket in as neat a
condition as possible. All will
remember that they had to sell
their cotton last winter at low
prices-some of it almost for moth
ing on account of its being trashy.
The constant complaint from CON-
mission merchants was that the
latter portion of last years crop
would scarcely sell for this rea-
son. The planters ought to try
and remove this cause of com
plant as far as possible the COM
ing season.-INorth Louisiana
Republican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

The cotton worm is very de-
structive, the present season in
the coast counties Of Texas
Whole fields have been des-
troyed-leaf, form, bolls and
stalk.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

The school board in Bien-
vile parish has decided not to
open any of the public schools
till September, on account of
the small amount of money
available.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Daisy Breeze killed his
brother Dan Breeze in AleXan-
der county, Illinois, because
he backed out from a plan to
kill a man named Oscar Green
Lee.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Chicago pays out a good
deal of money for educational
purposes, and is vexed to see
some of the prominent business
men hang out signs of "two
wrent." They are enterprising
individuals who don't believe
in advertising.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Several gentlemen from other
States and different portions of
this State are now, says the
Bastrop Republican, in our
parish with a view Of buying
homes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

1t is most certainly the duty
OF our people to make known
every inducement for immigra-
ton; to use every available
method to let the world know,
our resources and advantages.
Without immigration, no rapid
progress can be made, but
through this, forests, plains,
and wilderness, in the West,
have become beehives of iudns-
try, and we see no reason why
the South should not attain a
similar prosperity.-[Union
Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

A California association is
about to take measures for in
Producing the cultivation of the
quinine tree, believing that it
will grow as well in that state
as in East India or Peru.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

France feeds forty millions
of hens and makes an annual
nest-egg of about eighty mill
ions of dollars on the industry,
which is something to crow
over.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16
What immigration may do for Lou

IGlGlIess
To the Editor of the Picayune:
Immigration may add from five
to ten fold to the staple crops of
the State yearly shipped to New
Orleans.
immigration may giveus a good,
an economical and substantial
State government.
immigration may reduce taxa
ton to an amount that would
hardly be felt and never complain
ed of by tax payers.
Immigration may give to New
Orleans cheap food made on Lou
isiana soil.
immigration may save the State
millions of dollars now yearly
sent out of the State for provi,
sions, and for corn, hay, oats
bran, ETC., for horses, mules and
milk COWS.
Immigration may flood the Stat
with fruits of numerous varieties
and with home made wines, there
by checking the use of whisky
and other strong drinks, which ar,
destroying multitudes of our PEG
pie.
| immigration would be the
means of planting small factories
in many of our villages, and il
utilizing a vast amount OF raw
material that is no wasted.
immigration would establish
schools, churches, order ant
law all over the State, am
the next generation would riS
up and call US blessed for tn
l blessing thus secured for them.
I Immigration would give us goo
4 roads and good bridges, and NOR
. steamboat and railroad accommC
! dations.
2 immigration would give valu
to our lands, make the State ricl
+ and the people contented, friendl
and happy. D.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Mrs. Conrad, the wife of a
wealthy Long Island farmer,
has eloped with her husbands
colored coachman, taking her
three children with her.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Pumpkin pies are ripening,
says the Vermillionville Cot
ton Boil. The Crescent City
thinks this is a sly way to Sc
cure immigration.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

There will soon be a conven-
ton of the young men of Carmi,
Illinois, who part their hair in
the middle to see "whether
they have rights that are to be
respected"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

The Richland Beacon says
corn is made, and if the worm
keeps off a little while longer
a large cotton crop will berais-
ed in that parish this year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Gen. Kemper has been nom
mated for governor by the con-
servatives and democrats of
Virginia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16
BEIAaEFUE, La,
Saturday Morning., Augusti6, 1877;

We see that Proctor & CANDLES
extra olive soap is becoming very
popular in our cdty; its quality we
know Is superior, and being nicely
perftEned, we are not surprised that
customers preser it, and that it has a
darge sale
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Birthstone Brownlow and
vaulting Hill refuse to.fght a
duel, Notwithstanding the ur-
gent appeals of the public.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Sayracus has had three fail
ures on the part of husbands to
murder their wives, and is a
little discouraged.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Gov. Dix's autograph adorns
81 laws of the State of New
York, and he hasn't been gov
ernor seven months yet.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Near Mexico, a county road
sign reads: "Turn Thru Hair
fur the Lain" So reporteth
the Mexico Intelligencer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16
Manufactures

hne0'oneh'Sol sroWthare lying
all around US and within our npacb
We have only to reach forth On,
hand and appropriate them 10
secure as fiattering feature 40
we could desire. Theinlandtovns
of England have been built, Soma
of them to gigantic proportions
by manufactures. So in the
United States. What supports
the inland towns of New England,
today but her manufactures,
Whence came the cotton goods.
the wooden ware, tools handles
wagons, farming untensils geuer.
ally, shoes, leather, brooms, etc
the supply our merchants. An
from the North-and that's whera
the money goes. Hence we ara
poor and will always be poor as
long as we continue to send outof
our parts of the country every dol.
lar we can make for these things
What prevents Shreveport from
becoming a manufacturing cityi
Why may we not have a cotton
factory and manufacture a mil ion
of dollars worth Of goods annual.
ly out of the material prodseedin
Caddo parish, and thus keep that
amount of money right here. to
circulate in our midst. 1.-THE New
England manufacturer can buy
our cotton and ship it from the
cotton field to his nail and then
make an immense fortune by work.
ing it up and selling it back tous in
the shape OF manufactured goods,
how much more might we make
in the fortune by manufacturing it
right here where it is produced,
, with transportation both ways in
our favor. If we have not the
capital or experience to inaaguIats
such an enterprise on a grand
scale, let us begin it on a smaller
scale and it viii soon grow
Why should the vast quantity
of hides that accumulate In eur
market annually all be shipped to
! the North for manufacture, and
our merchants go sbere to buy
their suppliesof shoes and leather.
Our forests abound in tannin..
Why not establish a tannery and
} shoe mandatory here, and thus
j keep at home the hundreds Of
f thousands of dollars now sent
! North annually to buy shOesa
, Why should we pay fifty cents
, for an ordinary broom that costs
5 the manufacturer no more than
J fifteen cents in Cincinnati or Pitts
burg? The North is rich and
, prosperous aud growing richer
every year, and we poorer. do
not all see the reason why' Be
cause all our money goes there
and never comes back. Our for
ests abound in the very best OF
oak and hickory, live oak and
Bots d'Arec, and yet buy all oul
. wagons, buggieS and wagon mate
rialS, plows and tool handles from
the North, Why might not
good Touring mill do good bust
ness here in working up the wheat
of Northern Texas,
These different enterprises are
} all feasible in Shreveport and We
have men here competent to lni'
, tiate them. Some are holding
back for want of means, some Tor
, want of confidence and some for
: want of capacity to see their own
$ interests. These several enter
prises, OF any of them, successful'
~ begun would invite operatives
and mechanics to settle here ana
in proportion as they are built up
and flourish. orr DODuIatlOQ III
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Wick, the Rochester florist,
loses 5000 money letters, ETC.,
every year in the mails.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

"The senator from Missi>
chusetts" is a Mississippi sar>
chasm, applied to Ames.-[Lou.
Courier Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

A man in Galesburg, H., has
been fined So for publicly
spanking his daughter"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16
Advertising the State.

From the Crescent City.l
The State agent of Louisiana
immigration society announ-
ces that he is in almost daily
receipt of letters from abroad
containing inquiries with refer
ence to price, location, and pros
duets of saleable lands in
our market. These enquiries
are elected by the frequent
publication of newspaper arti-
cles setting fourth the advanta-
geS which the state affords to
immigrants. 1t will thus be
seen that the press is a valua-
BILE motive power, and if for a
time the press should subordi-
nate the discussion of political
tipics to that of immigration
interests, the state would be
advertised and good results
would follow. The state to
prosper must do as all success
ful business men do, advertise
freely and often in the columns
of the press.
We suggested the other day
that one of the first steps, after
the organization OF parish
branches of the Immigration
Society, should be to place
small farms in the market, anC
to advertise these lands partic
ularly in the parish newspa
pers, and in at least one IL
New Orleans. The wisdom o
such a systematic policy is sUs
, tanned by the character ant
number of letters addressed Il
the state agent, who at presen
, appears to be the only medium
, through which strangers ma,
: apply for reliable information
The river at this point rose on
inch for the twenty-four hour
} ending at 3 o'clock yesterday al
: ternoon, making it twelve fee
| and six inches above the loves
! water of the past season, or iii
| teen feet and three inches beloJ
] the highest water of the season.
= The officers of the last boats u
report four and one half feet o
two bars in the neighborhood c
Coushatta. AS yet the channe
, has not washed cut, and on thes
, bars in a few days there will n
: doubt be more water fol steamer
: than at this time. The otheH bar
= furnish from six to eight feet.
The Jefferson Tribune of til
| 18th reports the buyOu falling
with three feet and three inche
above the lowest water.
1 The weather yesterday was clea
: and very hot. We heard som
D barbecue fellers' say it was jame'
: hot. or something like that. Th
+ thermometer at 2 o'clock stood a
ninety degrees in the shade. l
went up out of sight in the SUI
Yesterday made the fourth da,
without any rain to speak of here
II Shreveport Times, 14th.
) -
Philadelphia, Aug. 14.-Th
amount of rain in the late storm
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-06-18
Interesting Relic.

The Oldest relic of humanity Is the
skeleton of tho earliest Pharaoh, en-
cased in It's original burial robes, and
wonderfully perfect, considering it's
age, which was deposited eighteen or
twenty months ago in the British
Museum, and is justly considered the
most valuable Of its archaeological
treasures. Tho lid Of the coffin which
contained tho royal mummy was in
scribed with the name OF its occupant,
Pharaoh Mykcrimus, who succeeded
the heir Of the builder OF the great
pyramid about ten centuries before
Christ. Only think Of it! the mon
arch whose crumbling bones and leath.
cry Judgements arc pow exciting the
wonder ofnumerous gaEersin London,
reigned in Egypt before Solomon was
born, and only about eleven centuries
or 90 after Misraim, the grandson OF
old father Noah, and the 1rst of the
Pharaohs, had been gathered TO his
fathers. Why, the tidc-mark OF the
dcluge could scarcely have been oblit-
Grated, or the gopher wood knee tim.
bers OF the ark have rotted ON Mount
Ararat, when this man Of ho-carly
world lived, moved and had his being
His flesh and blood were contempora-
ry with tho progcnitors Of the great
patriarch. His bones and shriveled
skin are contemporary with tho ninc
teenth century, and tho date OF the
crucifixion Is only about midway DO.
tween his era and ours. ~