The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-22

TIMELY TOPICS.
GuBoRD's remains have been laid
,rsv in the grave, after all, unattended
n rioting or disorder Of any kind.
The Spanish government has opened
oupetition for composers of national
ii, Can it be possible that all this time
susin has been without national air !?
No wonder it is constantly in state of
dstnction. What would this country
haye been without Yankee Doodle? 1sl
THE newly arrived daughter of the
duchess Of Edinburgh increases Queen
yidoria's tally Of grandchildren to
,rsnty-seven, twenty-four Of whom are
It'll alive, and that of her total living
pogeny to thirty-three, including three
unmarried children and the Princess
Lsaise, who is married, but without
hni.y.
WHES you grumble at hard times and
crippled industries, just cast your eyes
ever the big water and look at France,
NTH one hundred and twcnty-three
thousand industrial establishments, and
giving work to about one million eight
hundred men. At least two-thirds of
these are now losing months time and
ysges in order to drill for a future war.
The explosion and destruction of the
ipnclad Magenta makes the second vessel
Of this kind lost by the French govern
nent within two months. The sinking
ef the English vessel Vanguard, within
lie same period, by the tap Of the spur
d IL neighboring vessel, is beginning to
weaken confidence in the durability Of
imnclads. 81
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In Michigan's population of 1,3OO, 900
there are &C, ,327 more males than females.
In Massachusetts, there are 10000 more
females than males. Under such circum-
aassesit would seem eminently proper
for the Michigan male surplus to relieve
Massachusetts, of her female surplus.
Doubtless the Massachusetts, women
would be more than willing. q
Til. annual report of the commissioner
of education contains many interesting
statements Of fact. There are enrolled in
public schools upwards of 100000 pu-
PHI, with an average daily attendance of
45eaWo. The estimated population be-
tween six and sixteen years is II, SOC, 900.
bsuppcrt these children in school cost
kt year $74,ooO,0oO.s
THE fate Of the passengers and crew of
he City Of Waco is yet unsolved. The
lsory that the oil stored on deck ignited
dcb the lightning and set fire to the
Fsel wrapping her entirely in the
hnes IN few moments, giving the pas
Sgen no time to escape the awful death,
seems the most probable. If so, it is one
Of the most terrible catastrophes of the
year.
CANADA has indulged in the past in
nme exceedingly lofty boasting as to the
superiority Of her buildings over those
erected on this side of the frontier. The
bursting Of the grain elevator at Belle
vlle, however, is calculated to check
mch boasting in the future. The struc-
taeEas Of the " cheap and nasty" order
q architecture, and its fall scattered 49,
Wbushels Of grain to the winds and
shPigs.
A NOTICEABLE thing about the
sathly meeting of the Massachusetts,
hz Abstinence Society, held in Boston,
y, little speech by William B. Spooner
the prevalence of drinking among
HUmen, more than one-half Of whom,
snid, drink wine. A large majority
fhe Roman Catholic clergy drink; a
a9ority Of the Episcopalian and of his
em denomination-the Unitarian, some
eshe orthodox and Baptist, but very few
the Methodist OF Universalist.
tHE British commissioner to our cen
lnial has suggested, according to For
z, that the permanent buildings Of the
inhibition should be kept filed with in
Hestlne objects, contributed each year,
that fharo nav IL, a hsooufoupiol