The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-07-13
GENERAL BREvITES.

GENERAL BREVITIES.
A MAINE farmer set IRE to pile OF
straw on his barn floor to make light
to harness his horses by, and now he
has no barn.
DuR1NG January, February and March
Of the present year G, 1852 Irish emigrants
left Ireland, 4,O67 of whom were men
and 1885 women.
THE girls ct the High School at East
hampton, Mass, have formed a base
ball nine. The boys sit around and
catch them on the fly.
THE graves of Captain Jack and the
Modocs hanged with him are empty.
It is supposed that the bodies were re-
moved soon after burial.
EsQUIMAUx theologians reverse
heaven and he'll, placing the Penitens
and saved in sheltered world under
ground, and keeping the sinners ABOVE,
where they are frozen.
THE repugnance of the Chinese to
railroads is based upon an article IN
their religion-ancestor-w Con-
structors of railroads pay no attention
to ancient burying- places.
THE Lord Mayor of London has fined
a railway company ESQ for having
placed that number of head of cattle
on trucks not previously cleansed, dis
infected, and ime-washed, as prescribed
by law.
A SOUTH BEND, Ind, barber was
seized with q fit while shaving GUS
toner, and cut the mans throat so seri-
ous,y that for time it was feared he
would bleed to death.
A KALAMAZOO woman being told
while in church that decree of divorce
had been granted her, began to sing at
the top of her voice, /" My country, tits
of thee, sweet land of liberty"
MRS. MARY B. BRIANT died at New
ark, N. j., recently, aged SO years.
She had eight children, 48 grandchil-
dren, SO great grandchildren, and IA
great great grandchildren. 169 de-
scendants.
Mr.. HUGH HOLT, Montreal book
keeper, has been declared heir-at-law
of the famous Holt estate, which has
been thrown out of the English Court
of Chancery. The estate has been in
litigation since 1903, and is valued al
E16,OOO,OOO.
A MAN named Barrot has just beer
pardoned in Paris after a years i'm.
prisonment, who had been the agent Of
doctor and nurse in putting children
out of the way. He had repented and
saved the lives of many infants handed
over to him for destruction.
The head Of John Dietz, the Osceols
murderer and suicide, having been dis
sected by Professor Robbins, of. La
porte, Iowa, and physicians of Misha
waka, with view of tracing symp
toms of insanity, the condition of tn,
organs was found to be normal, and tn,
investigation failed to elicit any salts
factory reasons for the deeds of VIC
lence.
AMONG the Red Cloud pensioners ar
Takes Things, Washerwoman, San,
Frog, Bob Tail, Big Ribs, Big Foot
Hole in the Ground, Little Dog, Blacl
Heart, Screw, Turkey Legs, Null
Head, Pumpkin Seed, White Goose
Torn Belly, Two Tails, Bull Head
Gamble, Itching, No Account, Spill
Nose Crow, and others.
The changes in the weather in New
Zealand are very sudden; Gains an,
gales, rain and sunshine, heat and cold
alternate SO frequently and suddenly a
to defy previous calculation. Thei
extremes are confined within very nal
row limits; the daily temperatur
throughout the year varying by aver
age Of 20 deg. only.
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy was arrested j
Richmond, Va, the other day for di.
turbing public worship at St. Peter
Cathedral. The Court ordered him
be taken to the county jail and whil
ped by his mother, and police Sc
geant tied him to the whipping pos
and the mother thrashed the youngst'
soundly with a strap.
The Cremation Society of Milan b,
over four hundred members. The a.
paratus used in burning bodies WI
built by wealthy silk merchant, an
his remains were the first to be reduce
to ashes by its hundreds of burning ga
jets. A recent use of it was highly su
cessful, there being no disagreeab
sight or odor.
CLARENCE SMITH, of Cincinnati, hs
$4,000 in United States bonds and
desire to marry Mary Kenning. II
young woman engaged herself to hir
and to further rid himself of anxiety
gave her the bonds to care for uni
they should become husband and wi1
A few days ago she astounded him
saying that she had changed her mil
about marrying. Nor would she retu
his property. "A lawsuit has been col
menced.
REsPECTING the terrible fire-dam