The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-01
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no one should drink whiskyy n na,s ~
seven years old. uuui
A COUNTRY speller brought ,o.
Josh Billings as authorit, Or :. i S,
he must have been hard pressed i'usr
A SACK of Rio coffee was raoa.,
ceived at Raleigh, N. c., in ws;ay
found the skull of monkey. n
Gov. CHAMBERLAIN's w;fo n
him with son in the midst - 'e M
disturbance in South Carolinaa
was promptly counted in.
IT showed lately in Copstan,;,..,H
and the superstitious Turks vere SlIY
with dismal forebodings at nhsrn.a
non OF such rare occurrence in ~
climate. we
A cANDLE-Box placed on =
where two roads cross, and two I'M
from human habitation, CONSUMES ,a N
postroffice OF West Belknap, Clay CouI
ONE hundred and twentv.four III
sons swore that they recognized M
body of " the woman in pieces |.
the Paris Morgue as that of a friend i
acquaintance; and hardly two Of ths1
agree as to the person.
JOHN r DUNN, of Wake County n
C., has six sons, four of whom are ~
six feet in height. The largest Of NJ
family weighs 226 pounds, and NJ
"baby" between 1856 and 100 pou0dI
A CELEBRATED wolf of Irwin ~
Coffee Counties, who had, in two yesr'|
killed 500 head of sheep, and for Who'll
reward of $500 was offered, was kII
ed last week in Irwin County.
MOODY and Sankey haven't conyertel
Chicago yet. At a fashionable bsl
there, the other night, the most eniovl
able dance of the evening was one N
which the walters swayed about to mi
air of Sankey's "Almost Persuadedl
and "What shall the harvest bePn TIL
band was led by German, who put II
The programme, "Waltz-SelectopI
from Moody and Sankey."
WITH admirable foresight, Mr.. RosI
Of Brooklyn, leaves a will containiul
the following passage: Since beleyl
that married life is the best for mspl
kind, beg my dear wife to try not n
be hindered by any false romantic ides
from marriage after my death, il 81
finds man worthy of her, and reque
her to accept as gift from me, Id
first husband, who leaves her moi
than he can express in words, the sui
of $4,000, to hold and own for eyer.'I
On Friday, about noon, says the Mel
Orleans Democrat, a duel occurred l
the City Park between the Hon. i
Simeon Dolliany and Mr.. Robert TO}
mey. Rifles were the weapons, and |
the third exchange of shots Mr.. TOS
mey was wounded in the left breas
from the effects of which he was dyinI
at last accounts. This is Dollianyl
second duel within a year, and, as d
the first occasion, upon learning thd
his adversary was MORALLY wounded
incontinently fed and left his second
to assist those of his adversary.
A FEW months ago an eleganh1
dressed woman, the wife OF rich men
chant, was so drunk in a Baltimore
street that she could not stand, and |
policeman arrested her. Her husbanl
secured her release, and the incided
was made secret. She promised new
er to drink intoxicating liquor again
Lately she was found lying drunk in
gutter, and this time the husband weul
do nothing to hide her shame. 81
was publicly fined in Police Coufl
and discarded by her family.
A BALTIMORE policeman found
family in an awful plight. Every men
Der had been stricken with scarlet fevei
and three children had died, not oil VI
disease, but of starvation. There WI
not morsel of food in the garret, az
every available article Of furniture
clothing had long before been pa"ne
The wife was abed, unconscious,
the husband had stretched himself
the floor to die. This case has inclp
an organized effort to succor the des
tute persons of that city.
A YOUNG New Yorker left home
the evening of the Brooklyn disasls|
saying that he was going to the brool|
Ign Theater. The next day his charls
and blackened remains were recognize
at the Morgue. His family went lnl|
deep mourning, and, with other amt
ed ones, followed in the public corlsssl
to Greenwood. A few days ago
young man who was supposed v
dead and buried UNEXPECTEDLY eau
home. He had been on "little nus
and had not even heard OF the fire
The romance of travel is fsan1
away. Asia is to have the iron 'nol y
instead of Arab steeds, and stern iscl
instead of poetry. Jsffa will be MI
first-class harbor, and railroad = " y
be constructed from the seaboard Y y. NJ
land Of Moab. People will soon ossu !,
to take a Pullman car instead O eau 1
els hump, and run through Ine ht E;-s]