The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-11-09

great Inllauelpnla reservoir.
Maps and Mishaps.
/ "A few days ago the young son oil
David Tolan, editor of the Delphos,
CO., Herald, was thrown from horse,
breaking his right arm in two places,
which produced lockjaw, from which
he subsequently died. -
IN. F. Dunn, civil engineer of No.
blesville, Ind, committed suicide in
Indianapolis, a few days since, by
taking morphine. He leaves wife and
one child.
Mrs. Eugene Jacobs, of Martin,
Mich, the mother of three children,
committed suicide recently by taking
poison. She refused to swallow an an
tidote, and died an hour after taking
the poison. No cause is known for the
b Alex. Coker, Texas herder, was
running cattle recently when his horse
fell, and the long lariat that hangs at
the saddle-bow became entangled
around the herder's leg. The horse
rose quickly and ran, dragging Coker
across the plains, but. had proceeded
but little way when Cocker managed
to draw his pistol and shoot the animal
dead. =
George Atwater, one of the pro-
prietors Of the Fountain Mills, at Du-
buque, Iowa, committed suicide by
hanging himself. 1t appears he became
much detected at the poor wheat crop,
as well as having to rebuild the dam,
which had been carried away by recent
freshets. He was in good circum-
stances, independent of the mill.
DIR. Henry Ward, of Hornellsville,
N. Y, went into Alonzo Van Scoterd's
barber shop, and while the latter was
absent getting pail of water, the Doc
tor took a razor and deliberately cut his
throat from ear to ear. He died in a
few minutes. He waswell connected,
and occupied a high position in his pro-
fession and in society. He had one
railing vice, the love of strong drink.
He was unmarried, but leaves an aged
mother.
Miss Mary E. Runnels, aged about
Is, while on her way from AIears to
Wayland, Mich, stopped over night at
the Rathburn House in Grand Rapids, |
Upon retiring she blew out the gas in
stead of turning it Of, and her room |
being in a distant part Of the building,
The escaping gas was not discovered |
until the chambermaid came to clean
The room, when its occupant was found
dead in bed. |
Virginia Smith, a young lady of
Clayton County, Iowa, fell a
victim to the wiles of a young man
named Squire Hudson, to whom she
was engaged to be married. When the
ruined woman was about to give birth
to child, Hudson married her, but her
sense OF shame was so great that she
soon after took a dose of poison and
lied from its effects. She was a young
ady OF rare personal attractions and
highly esteemed in the community
Foreign Notes.
The King of Sweden has present
ID Nine. Christine Nilsson with the
swedish civil order, Pour lie Merite. !"
The decoration consists of gold med
u, with the inscription, "In sui memo
iam," surrounded by royal crown
ichly set with brilliants. -. -
The Russian Government has I'M
Ter taken the difficult job of unifying
he Russian language. A recent ukase
the publication or sale of
looks printed in the dialect of Little
russia, as well as dramatic perform
noes or lectures in it. The ukase is very
!istasteful to the 100000 of Little
russians, or Ruthenians, who like their
wn language, though they live under
10 Gear. .f /.
Mime. Christine Nilsson, the Swed-
III singer, is meeting with an enthusi-
site reception in her native land. /,
,rowded pleasure trains are run to all ,
be towns where she sings, and at
stockholm it was found necessary to