The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-09-09
General Intelligence.


Republicans is silent on the cur
rency question, and is principally
devoted to local issues, especially
favoring free schools, and opposing
the payment by the State of the
repudiated Union and Planters
Bank bonds.
Gen. Pemberton, late of the C. S.
army, is now in the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company,
giving his attention to the projected
iron works at Amboy.
The fair of the Texas Agricultur-
al and Industrial Association, Of
Waco, Texas, will commence on the
10th of October and continue dur
ing the week. An invitation has
been extended to Lieut. Gov. N. j.
Colman, of Missouri, to deliver the
address,, which has been accepted.
People haven't thought much of
Austria since Sadowa, but it may
be mentioned, as a simple little
deadly news item, that the Kropat-
cbek rifle, with which the Austrian
army will probably be armed, fires
fifteen shots in ten seconds, and
has a mechanism with two short
movements so simple that itcan be
set in motion even by fingers numb
ed with cold.
Opelousas Journal: Some of our
Pensioners who went to Texas last
year, have come back; and others
want to come back, but they can
not raise the "where-with' to come.
Texas is undoubtedly good conn-
try, but there is none better natur-
ally than this. All we want is rail-
roads and more enterprise among
the people.
Natchitoches Vindicator: The
Convention of Louisiana Demo
Gratis, is still demanded by some Of
our city friends and Southern par
ishes. We cannot see what good
it would do at this time to hold a
Convention. Our people are too
busy to give heed to political mat
tiers just now, with affairs of great
moment. Crops are being harvest
ed and a spirit of public improve
ment awakened that consumes time
and attention.
Elijah Storias, colored, while re-
.sisting arrest, was shot and killed
on the LIST inst, at Cairo, Ill.
At Pottsville, Pa, on the LIST in
slant, Thos. Sanger, inside boss of
Lehigh colliery, was killed by five
strangers; another man was shot
and two others are reported killed.
Sanger had had trouble with the
miners two years ago and since has
received coffin letters ordering him
to leave the country.
Four children of Mr.. Mier, in As
cension parish, was poisoned with
French worm lozenges recently and
died in a few hours.
The Radicals are preparing to
carry Mississippi, for the jackson
Times announces that Certificates
of registration will be sent to all
who apply for them"
Old residents of New Orleans
says the Times, who were wealthy
before the war and Kellogg, are
pawning their watches to buy food
and clothing and pay taxes on
property that they hope they may
yet save and beqneath to their chill
dren. Z.
Ex-senator Jas. r. Doolittle will
deliver the annual address before
the Winnebago county Agricultu.
raj Society, Illinois, in place of Elk.
President Davis.
The discussion of successor tc
Senator Hamilton, of Texas, in.
cludes the names of Gov. Coke, ex.
Gov. Throckmorton, the Hon. John
II. Reagan, and the Hon. John Han.
cock.
The income Of Girard College, al
Philadelphia, last year, paid all
expenses and left surplus Of
about $500, 600; it now has 555 pu
pills.
Egypt is preparing for war
Troops are being despatched to the
Abyssinian frontier. and Khediyt