The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-01-21


o. Wild outs sometimes produce
hemp. -. c,.r
1t isn't.
~ A wbi.o quail was shot recently
in California.
EBThe recruiting stations for the ma
rine crops nave been c'o-ed.
~ Shreveport has opened fire on the
bunko men and their ropors in.
wISnow fell at Selma, Ala, on the
9th end nj Talladega on the 9TH.
Q EB Senator Booth is mentioned as a
candidate FOR President in 1876. .
u A son ofCharIes Dickens has re-
{, ntly been admitted to the bar.
r Louisville consumes 100000
glasses Of whisky and beer day.
Eg Another slight shock of an earth
quake was felt in San Francisco lately.
B 1t cost Uncle Sam only six million
dollars to double up his fists at Spain
EET Near PottsvilIe, Pa, 5000 coal
miners are out Of employment, on a
,trike.
~ Ringgold Yourg and Neil Hawk
ine, Of Alabmr, convicted Ku KIux' have
been rsrdoned,
II A man winds up his business t"
put a stop to it, but winds up his watch
t. make it GO. Don't it?
~ Gov. Coburu of Muire has
presented somerset county in that State
with a $4,000 Court Honse.
w Sense shines with a double lustre
when it is set in,humanity. An able yet
humble man is worth a kingdom.
.rB There are only 115 defaulting
railroads in this country, and the inter-
est they have failed to pay amounts to
S27. COG, 900.
rg Between Greeley and Green City,
Colorado, over 5000 600 tons Of hay are
stacked, and is almost Torthless as
there are no means Of getting it to mar
kct.
C The New Orleans Academy Of
Sciences and the Chamber of commertS
have petitioned Congress for the estab-
lishment of an astronomical observatory
in New Orleans.
.EY The lacal editor of the COttOn-BOu,
in announcing the change III the name OF
the French portion Of that paper to lie
,GrubOt de Colon, says ats all the same IN
Dutch. st. Charles Herald.
Well, don't it ? and if so, wnof
u A Board of Inquiry to ascertain
the cause of the sinking of the Virgin
luz, is. in session at the Navy Depart
nent.4 It is not expected that any facts
snarerfurfy drnertug from those already
published will be ELECTED.
TT The Dear-sightsd hen that ate
~sawdust, supposing it to be corn meal.
then went and laid a nest full Of bureau
knobs, set on th, m three weeks, and
hatched out a complete set of parlor fur
niture, was a pretty fair hen.
III The Hon. John e. Lynch, cold,
is the youngest man in the United States
House # Representatives. He was a
slave, without education, at Natchez I'M
til the Union army entered that town
He Is but twenty-six years old.
" A dispatch from Richmond, Va,
saws a dispatch from Greensboro, N. C.
gives the announcement of the sudden
death of the Siamese twins on Saturday
morning last, at their residence at
Mount Airy, Surry county, N. G.
fD The Supreme Court has just rem
dered a very important decision, TO the
effect that police iuries have I o right to
issue warrants, or other negotiable pa
Ter, except on special occasions, and
then only by authority of the Legisle-
turP.
II A country paper exclaims: ''Lives
there a man with soul so dead, who new
er to himself has sasd tft pay bsfose
go to bed, the debt I owe the printer?
Yes, there are some we know full we'll,
who never such a tale could tell, but they y
/ fear, will 60 to - yell, the plaoe 4
where there's no winter.7 A
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