The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-08-10
GENERAL BREvITIES.

6ENEkAL BkEVII1EOs
JUDGE w. Z. STEWART, who was
buried at Logansport, Ind, last week.
had six sons and they were his pail
bearers.
The English Post-ofice savings
banks had over twenty five millions
sterling in hand On Dec. 81, 1875. They
received nearly nine millions last year,
and only paid out seven.
A MARRIED woman was charged at
Bow Street Police Court, in London, the
other day, with drunkenness, and was
fined f.. Her husband, it was stated,
had paid ESQ in fines within the last
few years to release her from imprison-
ment for drunkenness.
LORD VAUDEVILLE, heir apparent to
the title and possessions OF his father,
the sixth Duke of Manchester, was mar
ried in Grace Church, New York, last
week, to Miss Consuelo, daughter OF
Senior Antonio Yznaga del Vale, of
Orange, New Jersey, rich Cuban mer-
chant. His lordship's veins are filled
with the best of English blood. He has
a brilliant pedigree, is unassuming,
and is gentlemanly. He is not yet %
years of age. He has seen much of the
werld, is familiar with the European
Continent, and is an enthusiastic ad-
mirer of America.
AN interesting instance of intelligent
discrimination in the administration of
justice is cited in a dispatch from
Springfield, Mass. A young married
woman on trial for larceny pleaded
guilty on four indictments, and yet was
acquitted and liberated, while her hus-
band, who was only charged with hav-
ing received the stolen property, was
given ten years in the State Prison.
The explanation of the matter is SIM
ple-the Court ascertained that the man
was professional thief, who had used
his young wife as tool.
SOME San Francisco people propose
to charter two or more clipper ships,
and offer strong inducements in the way
of low fare, or no fare at all, to the Chi
nese, male and female, to return to Chi
ma. The weather. Chinese are expect
ed to give from 800 to 81 800 per per.
son or firm toward the fund. It il
claimed that there are many thousands
of Chinese, both in the city and thu
state, who find but little opportunity O.
lettering their condition, and tina
when this offer is made to this particu
lar class, there will be an exodus of a
least 10000 persons, male and female
WOMAN's pluck receives a NOTABLE
illustration in the case of Holyok,
Massachusetts, widow. Her husban.
had been sick two years and had died
leaving her with two children and
debt of $500. She went to work in
mill and never lost day. Besides do
ing her weeks work she took in wash
ing for two families. Her children sh,
placed in school, and has paid their ex
penses, receiving no help from any one
By honest hard work she paid off tn
debt of $500, and, besides supportin,
and educating two children, has put b
$500 against time of need.
A FEW days ago, says the Mayfiel,
(Ky.) Monitor, Mr.. James Crow, nea
Benton, discovered that something ale,
his youngest child, and upon examina
ton a small lump was discovered nea
the shoulder-blade, which appeare,
tender, and, not being able to determin
the cause, he carried the child to DR.
Smith, at Benton, who made an incisiol
with his lance, and as the lance entere,
the flesh he discovered that it touche,
q hard substance, and upon introducin,
forcep he drew out of the wound
darning-needle, which the child had I'm
doubleday swallowed. Mr.. Crow toll,
us that it is supposed the child swal
lowed the needle some time last Octo
Der, as his wife recollects that the chill
dren had the same needle in their hand
for the purpose of picking out some wal
mat kernels, and it not having been seel
since, supposes that they let the chill,
have it, and it must have swallowed il
A CHURCHMAN writes to the Londo]
Times inquiring whether the Queen
new title of Empress of India is to b
used in the prayer-book. Mr.. Disrae
has promised that it shall not be use
in state papers whose operation is cor
fined to Great Britain and Ireland, bu
as the prayer-book circulates at hom
and abroad, and the printing of two d
verse editions wonld be an alarming in
novation, the correspondent wants t
know what the Government proposes t
do about it. In this connection. it
worth noticing that President Grant, 8
FAR as known, was the first head of fol
eign nation to employ the new title i
an official manner. This he did at
dinner in Philadelphia, when he pre-
posed the health Of Her Royal an
Imperial Majesty the Queen Of Enc
land" leaving off the last phrase of tt
descriptive title.