The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-09-07

GENERAL sBREYlTIES.
CONNECTICUT, only,ayeragss hang
ing once in FIVE years. }kS /
JERSEY cranberries are now exported
all the way to Germany,
DARIEN, Ga, has arcelored youth,
Godfrey Jackson, who threatens civil
proceedings against a white barber for !
refusing to shave him. 3 -
A WISCONSIN farmer says that next
winter will be severe @He&says
that whenever heavy crop OF hay ISL
taken from the ground bad winter Isl
sure to follow. + e.s0 aF = a ~ :.
A MINNESOTA paper advertises SINE
chanical grasshopper exterminatori !" !.
but it does not explain what a n1echan-
ical grasshopper is, or why it should be
exterminated. or ss5 ys-ss-.a& ss.a sslf-
HUNG Wo, All Wo, Chang Wo and
Sin Wo were expelled from Reno, New,
the other day, by an anti Chinese soci-
ETY., and in leaving the town one ,No
did tread upon another's heels, so fast
they followed. sH<s Pc
The surplus of wheat in California
for shipment this season is estimated at
seven hundred and fifty thousand tons,
which exceeds by two hundred thousand
tons the surplus of the crop OF 1875.
4 NEW religion has been founded in
Japan. 1t is very simple and has many
followers. All one has to do is to pray
to god called Honmen, and any thing
that you want for in this world is at
once obtainable.
A QUARREL interrupted game of
poker in Carson, New, and while the
players were thus occupied bystanders
stole the 5000 that was on. the. table.
One of the thieves, was afterWard
caught, and threat to lynch him in
duced return of his part of the plum
der. . 80 -asi
NEAR Poughkeepsie, N. X, is q. cot
tonwood or swamp poplar tree, recent
ly felled, which measures .125 feet in
height, feet and 2 inches in diameter
two feet from the ground, where it was
cut off; feet and inches in diameter
thirty feet from the ground, and leach
itself. Its rings show it to have been
only Is years old, and the person by
whom it was transplanted is said to be
now living
QUITE sensation has been caused in
Belgium by the extremity rare occur
renee of a fatal duel there. Each OF
the combatants was to fire two shots
Lieutenant NJ, attached to the War
Office at Brussels, fired his first shot in
the air; Captain H., of the Fourteenth
Regiment of the Line, fired twice and
missed his antagonist, who sthereupon
lodged his second bullet in his adver.
sary's heart, and gave himself up to the
authorities. nasF =. zgsss s,sH
AT Winnebago (Minn.) Agency, 6
Jews days ago, some persons who were
exhuming body that had been buried
some II years before, in attempting to
lift the coffin were surprised at the ex
traordinary weight, and on opening il
they found that the body, and also the
clothing, were petrifed, and had. as
sumed DELICATE slate color. The body
was perfect, except a slight crack in
the face, probably made in removing il
from the grave. %'ass.s So. +
THE dog case'' which has stood fol
ages as the synonym of pettiness in lit
cation must yield precedence hereafter
to the cat case, a sample whereof has
just been tried in San Francisco The
complaint charged the defendant with
keeping, harboring and otherwise. main.
tanning ferocious and mischievous
cat, and alleged that the complainant
by said cat had been attacked, bitter
and clawed to the extent of $55 in surgi
cal and medical attendance and 5000
in lacerated feelings. The jury has moi
yet reported.
THE Morgan City La.) Registe,
gives an account of the capture of 6
shark by Mr.. Hamilton, assistant keep.
er of Ship Shoal light, the contents Of
the stomach of which were miscellane
GUS and interesting. On cutting It open
there was found in its stomach, among
other articles, watch, two metal but
tons, and buckle, which had evident
" come from a pair of pantaloons
The monster had probably made a mea
OF some poor unfortunate. The watct
is full jeweled, a patent lever, gilded
and numbered 1888.
A Thirty Thousand Acre Farm.
On the writer's recent visit to st
Paul he had the pleasure of meeting