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New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
MAR KET$.
Domestic Markets.

New YORK. March II. Evening.-Cotton
closed dull and Irregular; sales 9I' paies:
middling uplands 2O@S a 2OSc; net receipts
:!!!9 gros, 27S. Sales TOR export 70 day 80 80.
Sales Of futures 2i30O bales March l't4
a 1850. April l9'4 iy12c: May ~
i97sc; June i9l"io 02oi4c: July 2o'-lo n
20a8o. Flour in moderate request and
prices unchanged. Whisky lower nc.
Wheat heavy; no sales; Corn easier folh
firm: $40. Lard Weak,o n a -. lurpehtlhe
au!i and heavy. k"5ln qultt anu steauS.
IalloW quiet; 0A 2"c. treIghIa quiet' room
scarce.
Coffee unsettled; Rlo telegram depresSes
the market; quoted az 10 -o'6c. sugar
more active: a"'Sc. holasstS nrhi' ne"
Orleans % @"c;
CINCINNATI, March Il;-Cotton HuIl anu
low; middling l9i2C. Flour frm; 8 - a S
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12

R2GLiP1S GE GRDDUtL.
TA..iiATCHiE RiNh&-St.ame. Se.ma-.:!
bali. .nt Iou i1ti SKIS cotton seed
y Ash EGpEN-St"arIeT Fr"rless-'9 bales Cot
ton 80 81. cotton seed
MARIE SALI LIEE-iSttameT Gua,hItI 8tiIc-lJb
bales cotton TO rk- cotton seed
Observation-Disclosures Esle!aI;.-:i23 bales
COTTON
THIBODACX-Stcamer Lilzi. Hop'ins--i bales
cotton g.. hhds sugar - bbl, H"lasres
SHRkF kFEPORT-St-a,ncr TeXas-.u3G bales cotton
81 SIS cotton seed
LOWER CnASr-Steamer Hens.ey-.i hid, su-
gar 253 bbs mO.assr,
Observation-Disclosures Lo" isvji'rl % *, corn
80 -ks bran 100 SIS malt 80 SKIS cortGn seed 20
Dhls pork J}8 bps whisky IL hhs oil ls3 bhls flour
4 hhis tobacco 303 Lhds G,.rou - tC- hams 53"
sr.Z- ltri
CIECiNNAT;-Steamer Aaska--5i&3 pes meat in
bulk Is ,ks meat ,2l bbs fi0uT Il IBIS meal y
tc- Lard 1853 s'is oats 5822 sis corn
BATON RDU'it-S: steamer st jUhn-i15 hhAs
"a: 81 DOls nl0iasa"a l. half b5is rn"'dss.s
RECEIPTS BY RAILROAD.
HOEGAS'S LOUISIANA AND TEIa> RAILROAD.
march Is. hhis sugar 81 Dbl, Mp.s.es aud SUR
dGeS
HfW ORLEANS NOBLE AND TsXAS RAIL.
ROAD. March 10 aa!es cotton - thds toE aCCo
NEW ORLEANS. JACKSON AND GREAT NORTH.
EEs RAILROAD, March I!--S:3 5ssa cotton and
sUuGrv DrOaUC-
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
FOX HAVANA.

FOX HAVANA.
Touching af Cedar Keys an. HeF Tsaas
Carrying the United States .1lHiio
RHA TGc New Orleans. Fi0r;6@
,&-4hss& and Havana Steamship .p,npan?
%SzsgnSL.L3~ will dispatch AIS: .. 80 :i5. Ssse
ES sg seags, steamer
Every Wednesday.
From the foo: OF Calope stree. Fra: O.asT.a3
RATES OF PASSAGE:
To Havana. "a Cedar RsF
Cabin. Stn......................S+ 35
Stssra % -
Througt Wills of iadns i5sr.i - a: POINTS "a
FLORIDA. including Tampa, and 20 Ne" .?:z. Ghase
lesion and Savannah.
None but the "ompanT's bills .. .aitns B'Iasce
and nOre signed after ealing G.! "a" Steamer.
Splendid pGssenge. accommodations and .hrpnLA
tickets giv0n 20 above pOnts
No freight seeeIs.6 vi thou: oe::n:: sro:s saG 0se
fee.
ToS :reish: passage ap'irt 80
1. K. ROBERTS .ress..-.s.
No. l2a Common .Ug-5es
over Ne Louisiana NJ. oca. .4l&.
rhs steamship HAVANA f0...as O. reguAS
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
HANNAH g.rLlNN IOLDSrE'E ". JOSEPH
Is.a. ba-nctt-No. ..D:


Is.-... Ba"nCtt-No. .-b:
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ON III: ELEVENTH
4 .ay ot February, iS1. tddgInc!: aas rendered
in 'hS C.I,t II tie following cn..c.. ot.lt. IL The
words and Gs.Iir~- following, to wit:
Hannah Pauline GO!,!stc.n -. Joseph Isaac Bar
nttt--N". t20..
On inOtIci. Of Mc'oi;! \ Eii.upet.r Of counsel
20: plaintiff. and submitting - n" CONT due
proof of plu'itt dsTgand, j" yItt ed. aGlUdErd
and dec.ecd rha; the jIG, n,:lt b.: .rfaut: herein
entered oh the Cftt instant - now confirmed
That :he p'alutit, Hannah Pauline Holdsteln. do
have and recover ll.dgGnt it against Joseph Isaac
Barnett, her husband. dissOIylnc the community
OF acquests and gains heretofore existing between
them. and decieril. a p.ration OF property. ana
according 20 plaintiff :he admin rtIatiDn OF her
aiI,!irs. 1t IL further ordered all judged and
decreed that the piaIa;if do recover .: de.endant
Joseph Isaac Barnett. the sum of + 300. :. ith .ega
in'eres. from judicial demand amour OF her Sc pa
rate paraphcInal property received Dv the defend
AM with the wites 4 a! mortgage and privilege
upon the .ft. cts Of g. frndant, :anr oT y! costs.
Judgment signed IL pGuary i, !8'3
A. SAUCER. Judge.
IN Testimony vh.r.o? have h"rrrntO Sc: my
hand and affixed the seal OF the -"t crif. at 'ne
cty ofEep II. ans this seT. Lteenth day ot fcb-
uary IN the wear OF our Lord one thousand e!s at
hundred and seventy. hree. ~
frla mhi 10. Deputy Clert.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
EXPORTS

HOSI,T-St.an.r Creole ~ Jp.s WHISKY ~ Cks
bacon ; .ks clare: and sundt"s
new lcRk-St"amsliip city ~ Galveston l1o
bales cotton iIta hides ball. hides . bale, skins
- Sb heet - bEs oil 300 hXS cheese 2't bags haE
lev bags WOO, ; bales wool and sundri-s
PENSACD!.A->"hOnuer IelObl:-!'J0 SKIS corn 80
bbS ;,OIL Lhds bacon 10 bhi- -four hlId, sugar
10 hbIs whsEr = sk> oats and sUndr7es
HaEkE-b.!l. Al XaudeG-4,Dt tales cotton 800
S'l"rs
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12

= gaia - - OF Washington Irving
has ben temporarily appointed to the pro-
;",s3rshjp of rhetoric and the English Ian.
guase al ...e Mich gan University.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
STEEL KALI: DoUaLI yKA:A

STEEi. RAIL: DOUaLL yKA.h
BALTIMORE. AND O!:irs
EAiLROAD,
ne S:.at shsT: "a. from Ci..laa.. ~ s,, HohrN
EAST:
saw: szafy seysa e .:o mice ~. A..-s.x eaA
tfaiI "a sGvaHcs al
NEW YORK.
'@7.'s ~ ~ miles sd ...I.'' Gx aS. q :sase
GGuSs IA al ytnCs o.
BALTIMORE.
Dawn s-rn'" seven miles, ana s-..v.,s ? ssShA
Asa iasos quarters AouIs in o. A.eo a.
WAsHISi;VONo
Reaching
FHlIADESPHlS
0'1s n.ia the aa.cSeP.
TEX GREAT IRON RAILWAY .p:ag@s
"'s' '-s "A.' S'Ver, ~ parkersbsIs AAS Ss.oa.s
sHe eomp.sseA
HcRTlEY aES MIGHT L,-sS ~
'"'"a"s SniRee Drayging-Kop5a asR
Sleeping Cara
are fin on :Aie 'Oute nom ST. ;,.,is cDr ,,.w 40
So'.i-.! "a 10 Baltimore and Vast uytoa CIV
WITHOUT CHAGG4!
b' ,ha i'a:s yos svo.d n! su.:.s..s t..ns,sra
.",S.:s :os sa.s q: ali ,icke. ofac-s a IA, son.s
L. NJ COLE
's.'-al I.cSe: Agent Baltimore. Hs.y,s-A
Hs u .!"itp tpJ!.htlpl. Baltimore. ysrV,srA
AIDHE. 3. JONES.
''.L".ai Passe: ger Agent Cl.ctnn =. Ohm
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
De.c.:p,lo- ae PROPERTY as ,entais.: N ,ae ,.tli.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.
!E TaH MATTER OF WILLIAM {. Bop.HE.
Bankrupt.
I'm BankrupsCy-NO. S16e

Nf~REHEAS WILLIAM q. BDOTHE, OF CATA-
w hOuia parish and district aforesaid, duly
declared bankrupt ..nde. the ac. ut Congress OF
March ? 1857, has this day fled in said court a pc.
titiOn praying for {. discharge and certificate
able undeI said aC'.
Notice i, thereto. given 10 al' creditors who
have proved their debts, and to all othe, persons
interest, that She tWenty Irst day of March
1878, AT /! A. n gEed foc ia" hearing of The
same. and ;l.at they may then and there attend
and show cause if an. they have, why the
PRAYER of the said petition should not be granted
and further notice Is given that the BANKRUPT viii
undergo an examination before Register Baker, Oh
the tenth dav of March 4. D. i8.! IL A. NJ. al
his office, Monroe Louisiana.
Clerks oftce, New Orleans February. -, i31S
fe25 mln !. X. LOkW, Heuutv Clerk
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12

Senator Bogy began his career as page
L ae ilissouIi Legislature. when be drew a
- ~ :. lily cents day.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
BREMEN.

BREMEN.
North German iioyH.
STEAM BhTWEEN BREMEN md WV cg,.RAs9
VIA HAVaE. SOITHAMPg0. AHJ HATASA.
.~iAh The :tea uIsh!?s o; ths SOsGS
<sZEs Ih,,34~ German Lloyd w.. s-s.ns ,hs.s
regular trips - fclovs:
From BTersa. From NV H:eaisD
FRANKFURT. ..January 20. March,.
hOELN...... r. bruay l. Har"n ~
HANNorER... March y. ar::. -.
STRASSBt Ri March 20. Apr!l %.
FRANKFURT. ..Ap!l.S. MAJ l..
Further days OF departure vii: De aiv-1:.ss3 hess
after.
The steamers touch outward 3: Eavr- aaI ia>s
ana. and on their HON. trip a. Havana a.,. ou.tro
ampton 10 land a.d .ecev" passen g-s ai.. .rei2ha
PRICES OF PASSAGE.
From Bremen. oOu'h"mpt1 OF Hare - gavanA
O' New Orleans
Caoln'......... .................. & ~ Gold.
From New Or!e5ns or Havana % spu:Aamy:Q0
Han. OF Bremen.
.holh.. .....'''........ ......... = ~ Yolc.
Ssetl.fg". ......................-... ~ Eo.Ss
from Mes D:4saus 20 E..Ta'Ia
IaniH'. ......'........... ~ g0 d.
Slttldr dr'........... .......... l. gO'I.
Passage tickets from Bremen. SOu.naInU-oa or
HavEe to New Orleans 'ss'..t by t.e a:.ters gue6o
For further particulars apply
ED. +. SIOCKMETER | co. AsentS
aus " No. ~ Union streets
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12

N'tl S>Et- - "a. EloN --N a, .'- iA---'''
rs,HE STATE oF LOUISIANA =" ALI WHOM IT
NAV con. II. I,e.r ng: Whe.eds Mrs Mare AIDE
laid. Mrassea1Jx the wife Of H. M"usseau., OF the
city of New orleans. has purchased - Il sale made
b. The civil sh.rtI O.: the parish Of Orleans tn.
:v-uty-.ighth day u December, 1872 the prop
ertv here. natter described. and haS applied TO
the Judge .: TINS court foi noHlloh or aH
vert tisenitu: in conformity 20 sections $50 and
$3.50 OF act No. ?" Ot the General Assembly OF i8.O
cUmmonl" known Il The Revise. Statutes OF 1870.
Nov therefore, know We, and al persons inter.
estra herein are h''."oN cited ana admHnSntd N
d name Of IA" STATE .! Louis ana iad 0I the touIh
District Court tOr IN. parish ot orleans who can
set up anv TGht, TIL" Or latere5t IL ana :" the
property here NATE" described, II consequence ot
any lrr-gularI'v OF Legality in n" app!aisement
or advert ssei!,It =. :t. tine and manner o: sale,
within thirty day. from !he dav this mOul:Ion is
first inserted IL he paa!lc papers why The sale SO
made should not hOmo."Edt"i and confirmed.
The sad property sold Ds ne Aforesaid
sheriff by virtue ot and pursuant 20 writ OF
seizuI- and sale issued by lie late Seventh Dis
tict Court tor 1he PARISH OF orleans al thc 5'tlt ot
p. II. NousstauX "5. Michael HocheueGe.. No. 96OI
OF the docket OF sad count whic, records aie
transferred 10 tins court by onerit.on OF law ana
al which sale the said Mrs. Marie Ad, iaIde Nous
se.uy. VII. of tI- said PAU HrpolIte MoE5seaUx
o-caMe the pi;!...ase: ioc Ia. sum OF : l?U'
Description .: property a. 'ontait,. n the adj
C;at conveyance.
A certain ot o: ground. with tie building. AID
improvements thereon. rights, ways, stiEL es,
privileges and advantages taereunto belonging OF
IN anyw se:appertaniug. situated living ana being
the second District of this city. IN square
bounced ty Robertson. Toulouse st. LOUIS ana
Nllle;- streets, measuring .WentV hVe feet one
inch four lines front on st. Louis stree: by nun
dred feet IL depth, per pan drawn bC JuilCe
EremaUN, architects. dated the twenty seventh
day OF February 1861. and deposited IN the office
OF Edward Barnet. notary public IN this city,
which said properly forms part .! !ot designated
by number four acquired bv Mrs. Caroline Holt
man. widow OF the late David Holman. now widow
OF Maurice Ouhl. by purchase tfom +. Hirsch. per
act passed before said notary Barnett the tHea-
ty-eighth dag OF March. 1913.
z. L. LYNCi.. Judge.
fowtRc DRfLpn. Clerk.
New ORLEANS. February p l3-r NH l3 2s
INITED sTAIEs DIsTKIl-T InURT.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12

FORTH DISTRICT COURT FOR The PARISH OF
ORLEANS.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12

>. i. Mcu>>E.-E vS. NJ NORTHUMBERLAND
tri-4.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
Marine Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE REPUBLICAN !
M.NlesdaE. MaEcA Y. !3:l.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.

CLEARED YESTERDAY.
>'san,tp Cty of Galveston, G""Iand. 20: New
York
Sr>cdi, ,h bark A'eyanda; A'in:e. :or HavTe
B.tI-h e:Io Pgotous Esp 20; Sh.eds Ool"'sh II
ballast
British brig Emily Marshal tac Santa Martha
Schooner icrobla Peterson for Pensacola
Ste4.ue. CItole Hopkins, 20. y -.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
IEGAT. NOTICES.
1IDNITiDS.

STAT. OF LOUISIANA.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
Mone,ary--Commerolai'
MONETARY.

MONETARY.
oP7lCs os T8s DAH- aRP1BL.CAF.i
.-EsDAr EVEHIsG. March l.. 1878. )
Tie money market is without any further
i.nprovement, but today there was rather
inks. The offerings on the street were OF
n,oderate extent. and the reported tran5ac-
,.oa, at the subjoined rates. We continue
70 quote first class paper. with or without
.ollatrrals. ,al0 + cent 7 annum. al
So. second class - l8. first class lnOI.-
ga.,e paper 4 10 and Second class l..
HEw oyrrANS CLEARING HOUSE.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12

On and att"' F"brw..I, .. 1855. IA a- rare a.
A. M. and 5:I5 p VI
Trains arrive IL 3'j i. VI. snt4 p y:
COAST TRAIN RUNS TO OCEAN s.a,S,,&
Leaves New Orleans every Saturd," a.lr.
Leaves ocean SpI!uGs every s;.u,..r .t b a, g..
stopping at all WAY .tatiO.
fULLMANS PALACE SLEEPiN', CARS r,p
through I" !EnchhurG. At'ant;. L,..-. +. and -;
LOUIS making close c"Hnecr iOus ~. a., ;nr .opsp
'iI routes 70 th" East. North and N.--
ilcE"ts tor tair conner Camp ard CSs,u1u
ht!eeto. opposite Ii:y Hos.. ard at .'rpo.
r.. p. SHi..
General Il.A.. no
=, ). II. SCRANTON
~ General >ur .,EIuf,nGn'!s.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
LEGAL NOTICES.
THE STATE or LOUISIANA.

SiX.I: DISTRICT COURT FOE TIE PARISH OF
GRLEAHS.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12
IMPORTS.
RECEIPTs OF PRODUCE.

Observation-Disclosures >:.:!ea'-li"o 6a.
s':s.;
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31
BOssierBanner.
BY w. H. SCANLAND.
TERMS


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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

ed from rot, mildew and weavil.
He looks after the welfare of
his stock and procures the best
breeds. His orchards and gar
den flourish, and his habita-
ton is a small Eden on earth.
His mind is stored with knowl-
edge, and he has an abundant
food for his intellect as well as
for his body. And if he does
not become noble and gener-
GUS, he must indeed be of an
evil race.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

When Acknowledgment Will
liams was asked a few days
ago under what law the United
States troops were employed
to sustain the Durell- kellogg
government, so-called, in this
State, he replied that he did
not know and did not care, but
that the Administration was
determined to stand by Kel-
logg in any event.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31
BELLEVUE, LA,
Saturday Morning, May 81, 1873.
DIR. John G.. Gordey, the Ma,

DR.. John G. Gordey, the Ma
sonic lecturer for this State,
writes US that he will visit
Bellevue Lodge officially, on
Friday 10 o'clock A. NJ, June
9Th. The Doctor is a genial
gentleman and an able lectur-
er, and the opportunity to hear
him should not be neglected.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

Says the New Orleans Her
aid: Louder and louder grow
the complaints of the caterpil-
lars in Northern Mississippi
and Western Tennessee. A
gentleman in Marshall county,
in a private letter, describes
his orchard as having been
completely ruined by the pests,
and says that they invaded his
house. He destroys about five
bushels of the worms per day,
and yet he is not happy; nor is
there any apparent dimunition
in the numbers of the inva-
ders."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

The Senatobia Miss. } Signet
notes: ave learn that the
catapillars have affected the
water in this neigborhood to
such an extent as to cause the
animals drinking it to be very
sick, and in some instances
death has ensued."
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Our subscribers will remem-
Der that after the first of July
they must pay the postage on
the paper in advance, at the
Office of delivery. 1t is only
five cents per quarter, or TWEEN
ty cents per year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

Pennsylvanians are pros
pecting in Craig county, Va,
for iron ore, which is said to
be abundant on Nutter's Noun
talns and in the other locali-
ties thereabout.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

In the southern tier of coun-
ties of Virginia, where there
are large Republican MAORI
ties, that party is nominating
for county and township offices
the best men of the Conserva-
tive party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

The Texas Legislature has
passed a bill to charter the St"
Louis and Mexican Gulf Rail-
road Company, and the bill'hss
been signed by the Governor
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

While a Texas man was
trying to anchor his mule to a
stake, recently, the animal
managed to get the rope around
the mans neck, and then ran
away at the top of his speed.
The widow wants to sell the
stake, but will keep the mule
as a memoir of her departed
husband.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

Public opinion, says the N.
.: Herald, is fast being indoc-
trlnated with the belief that
the Grand Army Of the Re-
public" organization is a "relic
OF the war between the Sec
tlons," which should be abol-
ished. -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

The man who would take a
newspaper for a length of time
and then send it back refused,
unpaid for, would swallow a
blind dogs dinner, and then
stone the dog for being blind.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

The grasshoppers are deyas-
tating vegetation In the vicini-
ty of Austin, Texas, and are
moving northward towards
Missouri, illinois, Kansas and
Nebraska.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

Col. Pinson, who command
ed a Confederate Regiment of
cavalry from Mississippi, and
subsequently President of the
Memphis Chamber of Com
merce, died in that city on the
18th, from erysipelas.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

The Shreveport Times yes
day says: "The river is still
on the rise. The government
reporter at this point gives the
increase in volume: of water
here at IA inches for the "a
hours ending at 8 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. This leaves
Old Red 20 feet and 2 inches
above the lowest water of the
season."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

A new paper starts out with
the announcement that Gin re-
ligion we..are conservative, and
we intend to adhere to the
cash system" .....
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

Cotton is reported by the
Sentinel to be one foot high
about Brownsville, Texas, but
that it is suffering from want
of rain.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

The N. O. Herald says: Re
Gently a turtle was caught in
the Ouachitariver, which weigh
ed 100 pounds, and measured
four feet 5 inches in length and
46 inches in circumference.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31
Latest News,

Washington, Iowa, May,
23d.-A tornado of hail and
rain, half a mile wide, swept
through this town. Every
thing tottered, houses, barns,
fences, trees; people and cattle,
were caught up like toys, car
ried a considerable distance
and dashed to the ground.
Trees were driven into the
ground at an angle of 90 de-
grees, and cattle were driven
into the ground head foremost.
A school in session had the
house torn to atoms, and a
girl, IA years old, was carried
a quarter of a mile, and mash>
ed to jelly; the teacher and
six children was hurt. Persons
living near the line of the tor
nado say it was ballooned
shaped, the thin end down.
Many persons took refuge in
cellars. Some Of the hail meas
ured nine inches in diameter.
Washington is a thriving
post village, and is situated on
a prairie, about thirty miles
south southwest of Iowa City.
Philadelphia, May 2S.-Two
drunkards were confined in a
cell and one cut the others
throat. The victim was aged
60.
Milwaukee, May 2S.-A
large silver mine has been dis
covered in this vicinity which
will yield $4,000 per ton.
New Orleans, May 2S.-A
dispatch from Vests station
| announces the burning of the
business portion of the town of
Warden, Miss, at l O'Clock this
morning. Loss $4,000; insu-
rance $4,000.
New Orleans, May 26.-Gen.
DeBlanc, DeCleuret and oth>
ers from st. Martin were tried
to-day before u. S. Commits
sioner, There being no evil
dence to sustain the charges
against them, they were dis
charged.
City of Mexico advices re-
port the people dying off like
sheep with smallpox. In the
State of Hidalog, one hundred
and ninety deaths occurred in
the small village of Iguala
alone.
Baltimore, May 29-The
horse maledy has re-appeard
in the Brooklyn car stable; 20
are wown anp2 dead.
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The jefferson Times saws
there is man in Dallas, Texas,
who swears in five different
languages, and says his pray
ers in a compound of three
others.
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The temperance cause in
Kentucky has been somewhat
set back by theannouncement
that one of the few water drink
ers in that State has just dis
covered at the bottom of his
well the body Of a neighbor
who disappeared four years
ago; and the majority of the
people have resolved to stick
to whisky and let wells alone.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

Professor Agassizis Sc years
old, 30 years of his life being
spent in hunting bugs, fishes
and insects. There is not q
bed bug in the country that
would bite Louis for FIVE dol
lars.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

The Minneapolis Tribune
thinks the only objection to
Nebraska is that there are full
ly six weeks in midsummer
when the sleighing is poor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

The Gainesville (Texas} Sun
Thus exhorteth its readers
Don't fight, don't get drunk,
and quit branding your neigh
boris yearlings."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-05-31

The Jefferson Times says the
Texas Pacific is laying down
the iron on the road to Mar
shall at the rate of half a mile
a day.
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The Mobile Register says
that all the accounts from the
interior of Alabama are favor
ably for ga big cotton crop"