The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-04-30
Late News.

w dSuiuS lOu, Aplu H. 4uC Gill
davit of F. j. Nash, in which he
having bribed Judge
Stoly and District Attorney Huck
leberry of the Western District of
Arkansas, forthe purpose of being
relieved from criminal pr0secu-
ton, was telegraphed to The Sun
N sh was arrested, as
he states in the affidavit, for sell
ing liqour in the Indian Territory
without license. The arrest vas
made at Fort Gibson, in the
Cherokee Nation, the place of his
residence, and he was taken to
Fort Smith, Ark, where the court
is held, a distance of seventy-tive
miles. He drew his note for So
500 at three months, payable to
the Judge, and one for $500 in
favor of the District Attorney,
and 4 nolle pros. was entered in
his case.
indianapolis, April 19.-The
National Crop Reporter, formerly
OF Jacksonville, Illinois, publishes
today deductions from the esti
mates of it's correspondents in re-
lation to the probable area which
will be seeded this spring in
wheat, corn and oats in the States
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and
Wisconsin. The following Is an
abstract Of the Information furn-
isheds The area seeded in spring
wheat last year in the States nam
ed is placed at six millions nine
hundred and sixty thousand acres.
upon which there is an estimated
increase this year of 10000
acres. The estimated area plant
ed in corn in 1874 in the above
eight States was ~, 100000 acres.
The estimated increase this spring
is 8 4-1O per cent, which would
make the total area nearly %, 900,
900 acres. In oats, the area sown
last year was 5,272,OOO acresin the
States named; the probable in.
crease this season is estimated at
3 2-1O per cent, which makes a
total probable area amounting to
7,5l4,OOO acres.
Philadelphia. Penn, April 49,
A Sunday paper to day contains
a long account of Il cremation case
in this city. Aophysician, whose
son died Tuesday, erected a
farance in the cellar of his house.
and reduced the body to ashes.
Milwaukee, April ia fire at
Plattville, Grant County, early
Thursday morning, which destroy
ed eleven buildings in the business
center of the village. Loss twenty
thousand dollars, with little insur
ance.
st. Louis April 20.-The Globes
special from Fort Gibson, Indian
Territory, says ten soldiers, two
citizens and six mule teams were
thrown into Grand river this
morning by the upsetting ola fat.
boat while crossing the stream
Seven We're drowned. The re.
mainder OF the party saved them
selves BY clinging to the boat
until it reached the Arkansas
River when they were rescued.
None of the bodies of the drowed
men have been found.
st. Louis April pat meet
ing of merchants on Change to.
day to consider what should be
done to relieve sufferers BY
the overflow of the Lower Missis
sippi river, dispatches from Mayor
| Wilt, New Orleans were read.
stating that twelve parishes on
Red river. containing 2,OOO,OO0
acres, nearly one quarter of which
were cultivated in cotton and corn
are inundated and South of tha,
river there are twelve or fifteen
crevasses through which water
has submerged, or very badly
damaged, fourteen parishes, which
raises nearly 10000 hdgsheads Of
sugar. The number of persons
already partially or totally ruined
is stated at 25,OOO, and continued
high water will increase the nun
Der to $4,000.
Washington, April 23.-In a
secret caucus held by the demo
Gratis it has transpired that a suf
ficient number will vote for Car
penter's bill to carry it through
both houses. The prospects o.
Louisiana are brigh, eniug. Lee
our people be of good cheer.-[N
o. Bulletin Special.
Boston, April 24.-The fund fol
the relief of the Louisiana suffer
ers amounts to fifty thousand dol
las, with continued subscriptions
New Orleans, April 24.-Th'
water from Bonnet Carre ant
McCulluln crevasS,.s have over
Aouod Grant Point SaffinmnnfS =