The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-11
GENERAL BREvITIES.

THE State of Massachusetts, is in
debt $15,OO0,000 on account OF the
Hoosac Tunnel, and is now adding to
this debt 81, 600, 900 year on the same
account.
THEY do the same thing outs ide of
A New York workman
helped steal some papers for his wife's
hustle. It's the demands of socie as
is pullin' of us down.
Miss SHELTON, of Marshallton, Iowa,
could not get damages of her recreant
lover in breach of promise suit, but
she could and did throw red pepper in |
his eyes as he was going out OF the
courtroom.
The Colorado Mining Revtew is adj
vised that all over Europe men OF sci
ence and capital are making most ex-
tensive preparations for exploring the
entire mineral regions OF the United
States.''
MISS HENRIETTA PARKER, a colored
woman of New Britain, Conn.,, who
died recently, left $3.50 to be devoted
to the religious instruction of the freed
men in Georgia. She was once Geor-
gia slave.
THE bones of David Williams, one Of
the captors of Major Andre, have been
removed from Livingstonville, in Scho-
harie County, N. Y, to Rensselaerville,
Albany County. It is now proposed to
mark the place bya suitable monument.
The late Capt. Brown, of Newton
vile, Mass, his father and grandfather,
all died at the same age, IS years, and
of the same disorder, in the same place,
cancer of the breast. The given name
of the three was David, and they were
all commanders of vessels.
MEssRs. CoCKERELL & Co., the great
London coal merchants, have set apart
one of their offices where lady clerks
only are employed to manage the &C
counts. The hours are from to Co.
clock, and the salary a guinea week.
This is done as an experiment.
A PRETTY little Ohio schoolmarm
tried to whip one of her pupils, boy of
fifteen, the other day, but when she
commenced operations he coolly threw
his arms around her neck and gave her
hearty kiss. She went straight back
to her desk, and her face was 'sjust as
red"
The IsCo Republics, published in the
City of Mexico, reports that Mrs. A. De
Baz, pious Sister of Mercy, has dis
covered the medicinal virtues of an herb,
by the use of which she has cured 101
cases of typhoid fever out of 102 cases
which she has visited. She makes nc
secret of her art.
A COLLEGE professor at Burlington
thought he'd see what the boys were up
to in sophomore's room, whence is
sued sounds of song and clinking glasses
So he shuffied quietly down the hall in
his stocking feet, but when he struck a
small forest of tacks with the small ends
up, he hoped right back again, anG
kept talking to himself for half an hour
while he put little pieces of courtplastel
all over the soles Of his feet.
w. II. JARDINE, of Point Mouliere
Mich, is said to have educated fiv,
wild ducks to very fine point. The,
gowhere and when they please, come
at call, and accompany their teacher tt
the hunting grounds, either perched OF
the bow of the boat or swimming by it,
side. Arrived at the marshes they &C
as decoys, splash and call, until the,
attract flying ducks, who come dOwl
and are shot; while the tame duck
ssstand up" in the water, shake thei
wings, and scream with delight. TIL
days sport over, they either fly hom
or ride in the boat, as Mr.. Jardine di
reefs.
Four San Francisco boys organize,
themselves into thieving association
excluding another because he was onl,
twelve years old, they being about
year older. The excluded boy, know
ing where they intended to do their frs
robbery, preceded them and got tn
bottle of wine they had planned t
steal. Then they took him in, fitted u
"robbers' cave,'' in q cellar, an
went out on predatory excursions until
by selling their plumber, they had S7.4
in the treasury. At business meetin
they quarreled 80 loudly about tn
dividend that policeman overhear
them, and they were arrested.
LIE HUNG CHANG, the Chinaman VIII
has organized the China Merchar
Steam Navigation Company, wouldn
make a bad railroad president. He ha
feet of over thirty steamers, built i
England, Differed by Englishmen, an
manned by Chinese. He gets bonu
oneyery pound of rice brought from th
South for the imperial graneries, 81
times as large as that for which Amer
can or English steamers would carry i
In addition to this, 26 out of every 10
tons OF rice his line carries can pass th
Custom House free. Notwithstandin
the immensely of the rice traffic, it
clear that LIE Hung Chang has yer
sssoft thing"