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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-03-28
Stray Sale.

Estrayed before Arthur Edwards, Justice of
~ the Peace, Ward No 5, Bosser parish, by
Thomas Jones, and will be sold to the highest
bidder, for cash, at Bellevue, La, on Saturday,
the Ilth day of May, 1878, a brown Ok, mark
ed small crop in the right ear, and split and
Overbit in the left ear; about Is years old.
Appraised at IS.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, sc.
HENRY STONE, Stray Master
Bellevue, March %, 1873.
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Miscellaneous.
Sherif,s Sale.


JB Durham In District Court
vs. }Of BOssier Parish,
Heirs of Daugherty ct al. La, No. 27a.
Dy virtue Of writ of seizure and sale issued
d in the above named suit, and to me .d-
rected, have seized, and shall proceed to sell
at public auction, to the last and highest bid
der, at the Court House, in the town of Belle
vue, La, and within the legal hours Of sale,
on the first Saturday, the 9th day of April, A.
D. 1873, the following described property, to-
wit:
The east half of section twenty-one en-, and
the west half of section twenty-five t22) all in
township Number nineteen tl9) Of range num-
Der thirteen tl3), Northwest Louisiana, s;tuat-
ed in the parish of Bossier, and now known as
Daugherty's Red Chute Plantation, and seized
as property Northumberland augherty
To be sold to pay and satisfy said writ-say
the sum of $4333 81, with interests and costs.
Terms of Sale--Cash, without benefit of ap
praisement. Act Of sale at expense Of the
purchaser.
j. Il. ONEAL. Sheriff.
Per CHAs. A. DEvEREUx, Deputy.
February %, 1873.
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TEXAS.
Hanford's Texas State Reqister

rs the only annual publication giving all de-
i sired information about Texas l68 pages.
Price, with correct map, % by 81 inches. rs
cents; without Map, IS cents. Three last Nos.
without map, 81 postpaid.
ALBERT HANFORD,
NJ Galveston, Texae.
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s. j. ZETGLER,
LOST OR DESTROYED.

huplicate Receivers Receipts in Natchito-
~ ches, Louisiana, cash entries, made by
me December 22nd, 1859. to wit: No 1914,
for entry Of northwest quarter of section IL,
township y, range 10; aud No. 1915. for entry
OF east half OF southwest quarter of section lS,
township q, range l3. l shall apply to have
refunded the purchase money paid OH said ell
tries-which have been cancelled.
ZACHARIAH DOLES
March 49, 1873 n3.6ts
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REV. M. r. BAILEY,
Elkton. Todd County, Kentucky,

Las for sale, all ages, pure Shorthorn Cattle,
II Berkshire and Poland China Hogs,
Cashmere Goats and Cotswold Sheep-wOol
and mutton the object My Shorthorns are Of
Superior milking families, milk and beefbeing
the object; are not excelled in either by any
Attorney or Ayrshire. Stock delivered on cars
with food, and shipped to any part of the Unit
ed States. Correspondence solicited. Salts
faction guaranteed vl7n4
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Stray Sale.

Estrayed before P. R. Gilmer, ]. p, Ward
II. 6, Bossier Parish, La, by H. NJ. Under
wood, and will be sold to the highest bidder for
1878. Black Mare Mule, about 10 hands high,
letter b on the left shoulder, and q little lump
on the left hind thigh.
Appraised at $40.
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges, &c.
HENRY STONE, Stray Master.
Bellevue, March 9TH, 1873.
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Il lowing ueScrlOeO lanu lying In
BOssier Parish:
The southeast quarter of northwest quarter
of section IL, township 10, range IL.
The northwest quarter of the northeast quar-
ter of section IA, township 10, range IL.
All of Section Twelve, township Is, range IL.
The northeast quarter of southeast quarter,
section 10, township 10, range IL.
The southwest quarter of southwest quarter,
section %, township q, range IL.
The northwest quarter of northeast quarter;
northeast quarter Of northwest quarter, and
northwest quarter of northwest quarter, Sec
ton 30, township %, range -.
The foregoing are wild lands
Abney Plantation: All Of Section Thirty,
except the northwest quarter of northwest
quarter; the northwest quarter of the south.
east quarter, northeast quarter Of the south
west quarter, northeast quarter of southeast
quarter, northwest quarter of southwest quar-
ter, and southwest quarter of northwest quar-
ter, section 81 and the southeast quarter Of
southwest quarter, section 10, all in township
10, range IL containing $40 acres; 400 cleared
This plantation is five miles south Of Bellevue
and near the projected route of the North Lou
isiana Railroad.
An undivided half interest in the northwes
quarter OF the northeast quarter, and tn
southwest quarter of the northeast quartel
section 8, township 10, range i'll; and the north
west quarter Of the northwest quarter, se(
ton 10; and the southwest quarter Of southwes
quarter. and southeast quarter Of southwes
quarter, section 3, township Is, range II.
] w. II. SCANEAND, Bellevue, La
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The Oldest Dry Goods House
IN SHREVEPORT.
Raphael Kahn & Co.

On account of the stringency of the
times, they are now Offering at greatly
reduced prices, their entire stock,
amounting to more than
One Hundred Thousand Dollars,
and consisting of
FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,
Clothing and Gents Furnishing Goods,
Carpets, OIL Cloth and Mating,
Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps.
This house is too well known to the
people throughout this entire country,
to require any recommendation.
Every one who has ever dealt with
them, knows that they keep only good
and honest goods, and we would advise
our friends to give them call, and
they will be amply repaid.
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SW Get
Chewing

Awarded hiaSes p,i,e At Centennial Exposition for
fine che,ciag qualities and sroe1ncs and tossag esds-
aaer Of ssosetenfag and fascrtag The pest sonacso
initiated on inferior goods see that yneson's Best b
on every plug. Sold by Ill dealers Send for sample,
sEee. to G. A. JACKSON Co.. Mrs. Petersburg, We.
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An Act

IN the unlawful detention,
.sovsl, mutiiation or destruc-
4 public records, documents
..or writings and their non
.,ry BY any outgoing to any
..iue officer, or other author
rsson. |
snN /. Be 1t enacted BY the
II. I'd House Of Representatives.
ads of Louisiana, IN General
~ convened, That every Off
'i,his State and of the parishes,
and towns thereof, upon the
.,;os Of his term, his resigna-
n or removal from his office,
oliver up without delay, to
.eessor or to a person duly au-
81 to receive the same, all the
records, documents and writ
entertaining to his Office.
.. Bet further enacted, etc.,
every officer Of this State, and
! FISHES; cities and towns thereof,
vitbholds or detains from his
a,or or other person entitled by
thereto, any Of the books, rec
documents or writings apper
10 to his office, or shall mutt.
destroy or take away the same
the building or office where
have been usually kept, shall
bnvic,iou thereof, be imprison-
bthe Penitsntiary not less than
pr more than ten years. The
Iiions Of this section shall ap-
hsny person, or persons, who
Have in his or her or their pos
il such books, records, docu.
u or writings, and shall refuse
liver the same to the proper au
liz, or who shall wilfully mutt
destroy, withhold or detain the
or aid in the mutilation, dis
ZION or detention of the same.
E. 8. Be it further enacted, etc.
4 this act take effect from an(
it's passage.
LOUIS BUSH,
aker House of Representatives
LOUIS A. NILTZ,
htGov. and Pres't of the Senate
approved February Is, 1878.
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
RrnOr of the State OF Louisiana
TRUE copy:
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary of State.
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For Sale.
have about
1928 Acres Of wild Land,
situated in Townships %, q. q and %, Ranges
10 and IL, Of
Webster Parish,
that will sell, altogether, for
$3.50 90. Cash.
Spectators, if you want bargain, apply ct
once. Titles good, free OF incnmbrance.
w. III. SCANLAND,.
Bellevue, La.
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New Advertisements.

T. LAND. ST. TAYLOR rANn
Land r Taylor,
A ttOrneys and Counselors at Law, Shreve.
"A port, La. Ofice-On Spring street, op-
in the parishes of Bossier Caddo. DeSoto and
Red River, and the Supreme Cont Of the State
and the u. s. Courts. WING
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GAME FOWLS.
DURE GAME FOWLS for sale. Every
/ fowl warranted. Dead game and satisfac
ton guaranteed. For prices and further par
ticulars address
GEORGE LONG,
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LAND FOR SALE.
BossieT Parish /:

r offer for sale, on the best of terms, the 70
l. lowing described land lying in
The New York herald., 1878-10-28
MOONSHINERS PUNISHED.

SEVERE SENTENCES INFLICTED ON THE REvE-
NUE. DEfRAuDERs OF EAST TESNEssEE-PUB-
LILO SENTIMENT OPPOSED TO THE oUrL.w
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct 81, 1873
The 800 Illicit disiiers who have been before tho
United States Circuit Court during last week havc
been hopcIcssy demoralizcd In consequences OF the
heavy penalties imposed. sixty OF them have been
nncd from 500 ST. 900 and sentenced TO imprison-
mont from six months In Jail. Az they had
been allowed to do pretty much as they pleased IN
their home Institutions Tor the confinement OF crim-
they havo been sent this weok the Nashville
FRANKLIN and Columbia jails, where they will undergo
close confinement. Ono hundred aud nfty moou-
sinners, OF these sentences have He'd
TO the mountains, forieitiug their bonds. Twenty
Ave have been discharged promise to never again
practisc Illicit distiiiug
TWO YEARS SENTENCE.
Steven Upton fined 500 aud sentenced TO tho
Pcnitcntiary Tor two yenrs lie 10 the frat ''moon.
ahinor' ever sentenced from Miedic Tennessee to
that Institution. Ho owned tue distilery IN Gruncy
county over which hght was had between tho reve.
nue and tue m oonshiners last May and In which
Deputy Colioctor Davis killed man named Hayner
SENTIMENT.
While the court thus iniicting The dire penalties
CT the law them here they are losing mpathy
~ homo, whero the best citzons ondoavoring 70
put down the business which, they say was drifting
into open rebellion against both State and federal
authority The citzcns aver that Illicit d,stinR has
been tried tor several years and is not only failure
but Is curse to the ncghh0rhoOd IN hich II Is To-
Datng from they ntoxication fighting. Shoot
ing and general condition of lawles-nesa In several
ncighborhoods valuable lives have bcen lost by and
through these moonshiners Such was the case IN
Grundy county, In Jackson aud many other sections
Hence the leading ana renecting men are opposed TO
them and are now working for thor suppression.
The New York herald., 1878-10-28
A FATAL LEAP.
DEATH OF CINCINNATI VARIETY ACTOR WHO
| JUMPS FROM A WINDOW

DEATH OF A CINCINNATI VARIETY ACTOR WHO
JUMPS FROM WINDOW.
From the Cincinnati Commercial, Oct. ISL
Among the stock actors at Johnny Ryan's variety
saloon. known tho White House, on Vine street.
near Thirteenth. are James W. Wesley and his wife.
Wesley of late has boen drinking to such an
to cause attacks OF derum tremens, for this
son has been unable TO appear during the perform.
ancos or tho last three weeks remaining al
mis- homo. No. SO Jackson street, Ia ths
roar Of Ryan's establishment Last night, at
about hai-past ten O'clock while his wife, spanglea
ana tights the stage catering to tho tastes Of
the beer drinking and cigar smoking audience, tho
unfortunate man. IN the loneliness OF his third story
room, was seized with delirium, and in MS frenzy
made a bound through the open WINDOW Tor
the pavement beneath. As he struck his chin,
coming in contact with the curbsone. shat
tered into numbercss fragments, and shortly after,
when two acquaintances, f. Stcinie and William
PohL passing through that quiet street they
covered object having the form OF man lying
motionIess the sidewalk. On inspection learning
who they picked him up and carried him TO ths
stage OF the Whito House, and en,oring laid the
utes he dead The scene that followed oeK-
gars description. The performers In their
varied costumes gathered about the corpse
on which the new made widow had thrown
herself with ag0nizng shrieka, refusing to be CON-
forted. Her husbands Likelihood stained her waist OF
cause, but sue needed IL not. When the Coroaer's
clerk arrived 1t was necessary to use forcc to
rate the from the body IN order that II might
bc taken 10 former home. Immediately on tho
announcement OF the accident In tho White House tns
drop curtain lowered, the audience dism issed
and the lights put ouI To-day an inquest will be ned.
The New York herald., 1878-10-28
AN UNDERGROUND TELEGRAPH.

[From the American Architect, Oct. 26.1
The City Council OF Philadelphia have ordered the
removal OF telegraph poles from tho strcets OF that
city, and experiments have been making 10 pro-
duce wire that could be laid under ground and
worked satisfactorily. Tho MoKeesport Times gives
an account OF some Interesting experiments made
at the tube works in manufacturing '.insulatsd
wire" The wire is now being made In sections Of
ten feet but can be made - long thirteen
fset. To make the wire copper telegraph
wire is inserted In glass tube Of tho same lcngh,
and sufficiently large TO admit the wire easily. The
rIass TUBE is inserted iron tube Just large
enough 10 admit It. They are all then placed In the
furnace and heated 10 red hoat and then
through the rolls, which compress copper wire, glass
and iron tubes all into mass bot without crush
ing them. Tho cnds then ground 70 a convex
tace the ten-feet sections coupled together like
gaspipe, the convex ends allowing the centres 10
STRIKE frst, thus enabling the electrical connoosiecs
The pipe viii be enameied before being laid.
The New York herald., 1878-10-28
A HIGH TRIBUTE.

To THE EDIroR rHE LONDON MORNING Posr:-
1.-THE proprietor OF tho NEW YORK HERALD has any
doubt a. 70 the interest which hts weather warninga
excite. shall be happy, II he will accept my testI.
mony TO assure him that nothing he has yet done
equalIed them in rousing public curiosity; not svon
the determination or the position Of the true
source Of the Mississippi, nor explorations IN Gen.
trail Africa and expeditions to the North Pole, be-
sides whatever other ingenious, novel and ex,raor-
binary enterprise he may have undertaken. AL
pale into insignincance before them. .
WILLIAM II. DANIELS
No. l3 WINDSOR ROAD, N, sept IS. 1878.
The New York herald., 1878-10-28
THE ARCTIC SCHOONER FLoRENcE

HOW THE WINTER WAS PASSED IN THE ARCTIC
REGIoNs-BREAKUP OF THE ICE AND RE-
TURN OF THE vEssEL-cAprAIN TYsoN's UN-
BELIEF IN AN OPEN POLAR SEA.
PRoviScETowS, Mass, Oct. q, 1873.
Further particulars, cleaned from Captain Tyson,
OF The schooner Florence, foliows:-l. will be
remembered that this expedition WIS sent out by
Captain Horny W. Howgate, United States Army
The Florence sailod from New London August 2,
1871, and arrived at Cumberland the 18th OF Sep
tember Tho winter was spent at An aook Harbor,
latitude 60 %, longitude 81 45. During the long
winter months the time was passed In various ways
Professors Kuniisn and Sherman were engaged with
their duies spending great part OF their time away
from the schooner, sleeping in snow huts
al night Tho crew gathered many SKINS,
skin olething, dogs sIedges, skeletons OF ant
IL is expected Viii adorn some museum. Tho weather
was fair during the wintcr, with occasional gales.
The average Of tho mometer during January was
twenty degrees below zero Tho LIST OF March was
extremely cold, tho thermometer ranging from forty
to fortyhve degrees below zero. This was followed
by mildcr, thawing weather, followed again by Geld
weather, which lasted VIII into May
THE BREAK12 AND sTARr
Immense icc neds broke up during June, bnt the
Florence could not be started until July 5. During
this time there was constant danger OF tneir vessel
meaa,eIy alter sona Ssy ~.rs driven na nlo
American Haroor ton miles further east They
sailed thence July IL, and next made Kicka.
tine leland. They stepped at this place few
days, collecting additional material They sailed
on the 18th. arriving at DISCO July 80, after a
hard passage, touching at Nlantilio Harbor
the way On arriving AT DISCO they found that the
DANISH colony vessels had not succeeded In making
their way through the ice TO that point Here they
were disappointed In not meeting tho govern
expedition steamer. II will be remembered that
bin was pending in Congress relating to appropr,a
ton for expedition which was TO establish coleny
at Smith sound in latitude 81 degrees north, but the
bill aiing TO pass both houscs The expedition never
started. They sailed for homo August o.
Captain Tyson reports tho failure of tho Arctic
whale fisheries vessels not beng abio get north
pntM too late In tho season.
The Florence will proceed to New London without
repairing, the leak having stopped somewhat Cap
tain Tyson expressed his uubcief In an open Polar
The New York herald., 1878-10-28
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

WIND AND RAIN IN CoLoMBIA-NoTEs FROM
PxRU-REoUIEM FOR HENRY MEIeGs.
PANAMA, Oct. II, 1878.
High winds and heavy rains have prevailed for the
past few days. The wind still continues blowing hard
from the westward. In Aspinwaii there Signs
OF heavy xeather, although "norther" was ex-
pected when the storm began here. Although tho
distance is so short between the two oceans strong
winds either side OF tho Isthmus felt the
other, except in the OF "northcr Aspinwall,
the tail end OF tho sometimes reaching Panama
PERUVIAN ITEMS
In Peru proposition Is before Congress to issue q
national which shall the place OF the bank
which now In circulation. The government
has made itself responsible for portion oi tho issue
Of the banks, which 1t is proposed TO retire. sub
shutting national notes and making provision for
their redemption in coin from umc to time. The ar
rangement will probably be carried out and should
have q beneficial effect.
A new Election law has been carried through,
chiefly by the civil party TO prevent fraud violence
intimidation at elections. Tho experience OF that
party during the iagt election In Lima unfavor-
abe as the government party took possession of The
polling places. and placed both civistas ana piero.
s,as under ban, refusing to allow them to vote and
treating them with marked Injustice accompanied by
violence.
tho govsrnmont and the rival interests represented
by the houses OF Raphael Il Sons and Dreyfus & Co
ana the ioreign debt const quently remains unpro-
vidcd for either regards Of interest
AMORTIZATION. The contract entered into between the
government and the Bank La Provdencia salts
factory. Tne COMMITTEES appointed ny Congress to
examine the whole nitrate question have reported
unanimously against cophrming that contract, and
recommend that the industry be loft entirely Tree
from governmental interference except tar
colection OF q reasonable export duty Is concerned
A railroad 10 proposed to connect Lima with the
southerly part OF Pisc0. IL Will pass through the
greut sugar growing district OF Caete and fertile
valleys OF Lurn, Asia ana others, ana Will be OF
nense advantage TO tho country. Many bids Tor The
construction OF the road have been prescnte 10 the
government, but IL is probable that the will
be gwen 10 the Lima, Callao and Cnovlos Railway
Company (EngAshl
NEMoRIUN-HENRY MEIGGS.
On September 80, tue anniversary OF his death, a
solemn requiem tor the repose OF the soul OF
late Henry Meiggs sung in the magn fcent church
OF the Merced In Lima. The dignitarics OF the city
ana State governments were present and multitude
OF citixcns, foreigners, &c. The mass was sung by
the nrst artists OF the operate company and other
Institutions 0i Lima.
Business romans dull Exchange 10 Ia slow de-
mand AZ about twenty-seven pence per sol
The New York herald., 1878-10-28
of the Princess Mercedes. To the usual
prayer for the repose of the soul Of his little
bride he yesterday coupled the gratitude
of devout and sad heart for his recent
escape from assassination
THE SYMPATHY OF EUROPE.

escape from assassination.
THE SYMPATHY OF EUROPE.
The King received this morning (Sun-
day. affectionate kilograms from his mother,
ex-Queen Isabella H., the Duke de Montpen-
sier, Espartero and others, congratulating
him upon his escape. Hundreds of tele-
grams are already at hand from the provin-
cial authorities, corporations, bishops and
oil the foreign courts. There was. a solemn
1e Deum sung yesterday at the chapel
in the Palace of San Telmo, the
seat of the Duke de Montpensier, situated
in the extreme southern portion of the city
OF Seville, and fronting on the river Guadal-
quiyir. The family of the Duke was pres
ent and joined in the mass which preceded
the re Deum. The Madrid munich
pality celebrated Te Deum to-day
at the Church of Santa Maria de la Almu-
dena, which enjoys the privilege of an
iglesid mayor in this cathedralless capital.
It is small edifce (having once been a
Moorish mosque and still retaining it's
name of the Mosem Mueddin) and the
crush was therefore terrible.
NO INFORMATION YET GAINED.
The tribunals are actively at work inves-
tigating the past history of the prisoner.
The culprit has been removed to the Sala-
dero prison and the persons arrested as his
accomplices have been liberated. Nothing
has transpired about the prisoner. The
newspapers of this city are forbidden to
publish any accounts of the pris-
oner's antecedents or associations for
fear of defeating the ends of justice.
Great satisfaction is expressed at the
tone of the Paris and other French journals
regarding the attempted regicide. Es-
pecially is the fact commented upon favor
ably that ex-King Amadeus was one Of the
first to inquire at the Spanish Embassy in
Paris and to sign the list appended to an
address of congratulation opened there.
General Martinez Campos has telegraphed
feliOtations from Havana.
The New York herald., 1878-10-28
A FATHERS FATAL SHOT.

UNFoRTUNATE RESULT OF INITIATING WILD
TURKEYS CRY.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
WHEELING, W. Va, Oct 81, 1878.
Last Friday . sad occurrence took place near Bcv-
erly in this State, two boys, thirteen and
nine years OF age. worc accidentally shot, one
being killed. II appears that two men,
ne med Hill and Stolnacker, out hunting wild
turkeys, and upon returning home, heard something
behind u fence. Thinking that the eau sed
by turkeys, Hill raised his gun and fired. Just he
did SO there scream and upon going to the spot
Hill discovered tpat he had his son
through the loft lung, and that the bali mad broken
the LETT OF Stoinacker's son. rho evening
very toggy boys had secreted themselves be-
hind the brush fence, and began eip order to
mako their parents believe that they wero turkeys.