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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-14
The Exchange Fiend.

The Exchange Fiend, after an absence
of two weeks in the country, where he
lived off his lame and widowed aunt,
came into this office yesterday, and pro-
ceeded to take possession of our
choicest exchanges, with his old-time
familiarity.
"l've been out in the country, he
SAID, "fOr, it seems to me, at least six
months, and haven't seen paper, ex-
cepting the Christian Monitor or the
SAINTS Rest, since I've been away. I
want to read up on this awful yellow
fever scourge which is depopulating the
Southern cities. It's the most terrible
thing | ever heard of, and can hardly
wait until get hold of New York pa
per to read about it,
"Here's the New Orleans Times, y re-
piled the exchange editor, drawing a
copy of that paper from the pile before
him; "it hasn't had any thing in it for
three weeks but Yellow Fever, Yellow
Jack, Saffron Scourge, Bronze John,
The Carnival of Death-n
"Merciful heaven!'' exclaimed the
Fiend, throwing up his hands in horror,
and retreating to the center of the room.
"Why, that paper is printed right in
the heart of the infected district, and
there is nothing in the wide world that
will carry disease through the country
like newspaper. / wouldn't touch it
for half of Oil City,
"Beg pardon,'' said the editor, toss
ing the paper in the direction of the
Fiend, from whicn that individual leap
ed as from snake about to strike;
beg pardon; here is yesterdays Mem
phis AUGlGnche, damp from the press.
with the smell of the bayous still upon
it; sixty deaths occurred there the day
before its publication, and it will give
you elaborate details
"Take it away, take it away" YELL
ed the Fiend, retreating to the door,
breathing hard, and looking like a man
with the horrors, "please throw me
over a New York or Boston paper, and
I'll read it at home.''
For real information, continued
the editor, unmoved, 81 would recon-
mend this little paper; its editor and
pressman died of the disease day before
yesterday, and two reporters and seven
printers are now down with it," and the
young uaH eWistcu tHe paper lnLO Dali
and hit the fiend in the face with it, re-
marking, "It's the Grenada San and
hasn't blessed thing in it but yellow
fever and ads.''
Before the editor had finished the Ex-
change Fiend uttered shrek like
lost soul, turned back handspring out
of the door, and disappeared down the
stairway, seven steps at a iump.-OH
City Derrick.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-14
ENDEAVOR.

moaning CRY, as the world rolls by
Thro,gh u,o gloom of clouds and glory OF SKY
Rings in my ears forever;
And know not what it profits man
M 70 nlow and SOW, to study and plan,
And reap the harvest never.
aAbide in truth, abide"
Spake low voice at my slde,
-sa Abide thou and endeavor."
And even though, after care and toll,
should see my hopes from kindly soli'
Though late yet blossoming ever.
Perchance the prize were not worth the paiI
Perchance the fretting and wasting OF prair
Wins its true guerdon never.
"Abide In truth, abide,'
The tender voice replied,
"Abide thou and endeayor.
q Strive, endeavor; it profits more
To fight and fall than on Times dull shore
To sit an idler ever;
For to him who bares his arms to the strlft
Firm at his post in the battle of life,
The victory faileth never.
Therefore in faith abide,"
/ The earnest voice still cried,
{ Abide thou and endeayOr."
Catholic Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-14
Glass Interests and New Discoveries

One day, not long ago, the jewellers
of Paris were in high state of excite
ment, and justly so, for the news had
reached them from the Academy of
Sciences that two chemists, NM. E.
Frenzy and Fell, had discovered pro-
cess for the manufacture by the pound
of certain kinds of precious stones rank
ing in value next to the diamond, and
frequently commanding still larger
prices than the elat.er-namely, the ruby,
the sapphire, and the most precious of
all, the Oriental emerald. At first the
Partisan jewellers consoled themselves
with the thought that the genuine stones
would always be preferred to the arti-
fetal ones, but the excitement increased
when it became known that NM. Frenzy
and Fell did not propose to initiate
precious stones, but that their produc-
tions would be perfectly equal to the
natural ones, and that watch would
run on their artificial rubies as well as
on natural ones, because both OF them
were equally hard. Now the dealers in
precious stones asserted that it was sim
full to initiate Natures work in that
manner, and that the Government ought
to prohibit it. On the other hand, few
enthusiastic feaiSletonistes proclaimed
that the discovery in question foreshad-
owed still more important one-that
OF making gold and diamonds; that the
dreams OF the alchemists were about to
be realized, and thatpoverty and wretch
edness would be no more.-Popalar
Science Monthly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-14

60ou nOWS' H0 duSWeTSU. NO
good news to-day Then, break
ing down, and the tears filling his
eyes, he said: "I'm all alone in the
world now. In six days the terrible
scourge has deprived me of my wife and
three children" In house near Mr..
Bishops lay an aged couple, both in
one bed, sick with the fever, while in
an adjoining room was stretched their
son, also prostrated. Whole families
have been wiped out of existence by the
terrible epidemic. On our return to the
depot Heaberg complained of being
sick, and said, 81 think ] am going to
have the fever, and guess | will sit
down and rest" Said DIR. Fountain,
"Don't sit down here, but go to the ho-
tel and lie down, and you'll soon feel
all right" This was at 2 O'Clock. At
4 O'Clock DIR. Warren Stone visited
Heaberg, and pronounced it
A CASE OF FEVER.
This was the only telegrapher left in
the town, and, as he was prostrated. the
town was left without an operator. The
Post-office was already closed, so that
the ill-fated town was shut off from all
WOIiO
until Sunday morning, when David
tlannery, Assistant Superintendent of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
at New Orleans, arrived, at once taking
charge of the telegraph office with a will
and determination to see it through to
the end. On Sunday morning w. M.
Redding and Tom Marshall died. Both
men had worked hard, night and dav.
until, fatigued in both body and mind,
they fell easy victims to the dread dis
ease.
Far up the town is store where pro-
visions are distributed to all, rich and
poor, black and white.
THE NEGROES
never fail to show up for their rations,
but can not be found when a grave is to
be dug or corpse to be removed. They
will not move unless paid five-dollar
bill for each errand. The relief COM
mittee at Grenada have disbanded, ow-
ing to some OF the members having left
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-14

THE assassins of Okubo, the Japan
ese Minister of the Interior, waylaid
him in the public gardens, dispatched
him, wiped their blades on his clothes,
and went straight to the palace of the
mikado, saying, eve have killed the
Minister of the Interior! Take us pris-
oners." There was not only no attempt
on their part to escape, but they walked
into the very jaws of death, knowing
that they must expiate their crime with
their lives. This is a relic of the chiv-
airy of old Japan" Murder, If need
be, and death; but in all, duty"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-14

"IF it were not for the years couched
upon his head,' wrote the obituary
writer; and then he got right up and
howled when the type-setter rendered it,
/" If it were not for his ears, he could
have stood upon his head" II
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-14

The butcher who sells ox-tails for
soup, and calves-heads for dinner, un-
doubtedly makes both ends meat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-14
established july 2, 1862
VOLUME II.
SWAPPING ARROWS.

SWAPPING AEhOWO.
Oh! who but oft hath marveied why
The gods who rule above ~.
should e'er permit the young 10 die'
The old to fall in love!
Death. strolling out one SUMMERS oas'
Tet Cupid, with his sparrows,
,nd bantering in a pleasant way,
% %Proposed change OF arrows.
. Agreed" quoth Cupid" s,.s foreses
Tbe qneerest game OF errors no,
For " You the king of hearts VIII pc
And m be king OF terrorsF
And 90 twas done alas the day
M That multiplied their arts.
Each from the other bore away
ar 4 portion Of their darts
And that explains the reason why'
Despite the gods above, ,,;o.
The Young are often doomed TO die'
1nc o'u y John G. SGre.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-29
Il Terrible CUJGantty.
SINKING OF THE ENGLISH TRAINING SNIP
EURYDICE-THREE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST

LONDON, March 25.-At 4 o'clock Sun
day afternoon, when off Dcnnose, and pro-
ceed;ng under fBll sail, q sguall stuck the
tralningship Fury dice aud She caBslzed and
sank Immediately. The schooner Emma.
passing the Eurydice at the time, rescued
five Passengers Including Lieut. Francis
II. Tabor, after they had been an hour in
the water. Three of these died, so the
only survivors of the disaster are Benz.
CuddiGold, an efficient seaman, and Sydney
L ietcher, ilrs3 class boy. The following
is Cuddiford's 5 statement
'Therc were over three hundred persons on
poard' al oi whom. except myself anl Fletcher,
Wcre; hciIcEe, lost. was one OF the last on
the ship. Cdptaja Hare was ueur me when She
went u3"u after capslzin@, and she Carried
with her a large number of men ciuginE to her
man near me suid vessel was close by when
( ne s4'lall eome on and therefore q would be
- S,'.G 20 nc picht9 uP. w;ts more than an hour
lU me water, ana, being frst-caSS swimmer
many Of my comrades cried to me for helu |
tSu 20 assist Two or three, but at the last
ti3ere were four CUngiur TO me ana I ,yos
ot.'Sed 70 kick taem off, Our ship left Ber-
country Of Cornwall and the most .ollihern
i"''nt oi treat Britaln yesterday, and expected
noon" - ''o ''er-
Fletcher, the boy, states he was below.
when, hearing a noise ON deck, he rushed
UP aud found the vessel on her side in a
sinking condition. He seized the life buoy
and jumped overheard. lie had beer, in
the water scarcely minute when the yes
sci lurched forward, and sank. drawing
him down such a distance that lie oave
himself nj for lost, but the life buoy drew
him to The surface.
The admiral commanding the Ports.
mouth has sent steamers to search i'm the
vicinity of the accident, bu. no further re-
port has been received. 1t is believed the
Eurydice had about three hundred and
twenty officers and seamen, of which two
hundred and seventy were young men in
training, besides about twenty officers and
men taken on board at Bermuda as in
vSlids.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-29

this biI. DO this and you strike the frttCrs
from those who arc b0uui, ana open The pris0n
doors go over SIX hundred thousand NaSs8is
who. like the shovu bulitc. grind in the prison
hons. OF tie puChtttt ross. Shpid iIS bilI pass,
and hc Sustained hY the people who GSk % then
ven have Hccrfu piiSiIcd a victory more glorious
than tie world ever SI " fHcuwIll peace spread
her tanners. Then may the ugy. Independence
bell. if which is blended q hundred guns. whose
bGoruingS reared on thousand en~auguinea
fields ot carnage. ring tul the hcJVens pro-
found arches ring iiiux lil ail the slumber-
ing chords OF fhC uuliWNerUd guns Df its OrArUn-
ism shall Vibrate iu vui-ctui strains, and re-
echo the l.tudHtory anthem. Hiug! til the
old independence bell -hail rise from IFS voice
less bed and attuuc its vocal powers. sym
phouiaUs with the choral scrHphs. GLORY to
God in the highest, On earth peuse, good will
towards mem"
Then. i'm the talcyon days, when spears shall
be beaten into pruning hooks. swords into
piOwSHHrcs. and cauuou iHr0 jubilee Bells
when righteousness ana peace shall exchange
Usculntiuus: in The irenic kingdom, in which
no uuwusIe3 drUukarG SHAT appear, shuiI
exchange Uur banner Of stripes and stars for
tuut banner whose stars never fute.
When the imperative OF Gen Grant E; let
have peace ~ suuil bc realized glad
fTuiti1u, fhrU, before thc irri3cSccnt throne.
with the palm, 8ui the TDbe, ana the crown
with Httuued harps 1nd voices, in paens of loud
husauulS. tuUt viii make the weiktn ring in
unison with the dependence bells, that ring
harmonious melodies. responsive 10 she ceieS-
tial choIrs. uniting earth ana heaven in one
grand. sublime. universal. superUal. halieIu-
jah chorus: ''tiloiY 40 God iu the highest slnd
on earth peace, good will toward men ="
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-29

4 WOMAN, GIRL AND CufID 3Fr-gDrR-D
AND MUTLATED A special TO the y. y.
World from Wheeling, w. Va, Of March
SJlh, says that horrible murder was com
mltied about two aud a bali miles from it
Teton, near place called Long Dsau Run
he wife Of George Wallace. alias G-nrve
Baker, aud their infant child, arsd only
four months, were found in tie woods
about ono mile from Bakers bouse. niur-
defed and horribly mn, lated Both of
thelr skulls were broken with a blunt in
stinment, supposed to Je . club. They
we're found Oy John Wallace. = brother Of
The husband. The wife was lying on her
back, near fence corner with the child
lying across her lap. John WAlIace iDl;ue
aia,ely gave The alarm aud went for his
Ot"theF, who was working about two miles
away HE husband went to his house
ana there found young lady fourteen
years old, niece Of his .if-'a named Miss
Mary Church, lying on the dD0r dead, with
three Gashes in hcr-fuIehsad The vOuuy
lady was supposed TO have been outraged
and then murdered. Squire Morris imUau-
heued jury, aud the father Of the nlur-
deted woman had The husband aud his
broth arrested Oh suspicion uf commit
ting the murder. Circun>jantfal evidence
ppiuiS to John W allgce being lhe murderer
he jury have given no decision - vet
The citizens got together and prepared a
rope with a moose TO lynch The PARTIES bus
were persuaded 80 await the action Of the
jury. John wallace is said to have killed
man IN Ono some time ago.
! STILL LATER-THE MCRDERER LYNCHEp.
John Wallace, who, soon after his arrest
Confessed that lie was the principal in the
triple murder near Littleton, W. Va. was
I iynched on Sunday morning last by an in
iurlated mob of masked men, who over
+ powered the guard at tho hotel at Bnr;oD.
/ where the prisoner was couhucd, after a
! desperate resistance, and taking him down
/ the railroad about mile swung him into
/ eternity from tree. Wallace died be-
I Elng Tor mercy and exhibiting great terror.
/ lie adhered to his confession, acauitiiug
his brother George Wallace, alias Baker,
/ OF completely in the crime, aud positively
asserted that one George NIlliers was his
/ aScompljce. Baker anG NilIiers are boi
IN custody, and it is more than likely. ow.
I ing to the eXasPerated condition of the
people, that they will meet a like fate. The
Nlgilautes are unknown. aud no effort Is
being made to identify them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-29

MATRIMONY, says the n, Y. Sun, pre-
sents here and there interesting peCuliari-
ties. \ bridegroom in IIerkimcr county.
New York, unable to relish the fun OF
discOrdant sercuade ON the wedding night,
got ont of bed and shot through the window
at the serenaders, wouuding three Of them.
\ Mormon has Just married, at one swOop,
mother and her daughter. Has he a
mo.her-in-law Il miner returned from
California to Michigan 10 marry the girl
that he had left behind him. lie anuoun-
ces that he was commissioned also to pick
ont girl for his mining partner and take
her to him to wed. After careful prospect
ing lie made a choice, and The chosen dam
sci has gOue with the welded pair TO Cali
fnruia to meet her future husband. Kep-
Ter and Stevens traded wives in Tipton
Iowa, two years ago, the latter getting
500 on account Of the wife that he gave
being far haniSnmer than the one be re-
ceivcd. Stevens has since grown wealthy,
and his lawful wife seeks 10y a lawsuit to
rejuState herself. Sally, Piute princess
in Nevada, married white man and re-
turned with him TO her tribe The indip-
nant Indians shaved his head. whipped
him soundly, and drove him back into
civilization. y Troy clergyman publishes
a complaint that the pay received for mar.
rlage services IS not adequate, considering
the risk that is incurred in uniting coupIes
against the wishes of their families He
says that the fees given generally range
from one to five dollars. Recently he rode
ten miles into the country, spent whole
day, paid s. for the use Of a horse, and re-
ceiyed only $l.25.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-29

RUSSELL ERDETT, member Of Congress
from Pittsburg, is ondeavoriug to rob Hen
drick B. Wright, Of the Luzerue district,
Of the glory OF eulsting jhe government in
the paternal business of setting up every
poor man ia the country as a farmer on the
public domain. Although both schemes
will, Of course, fail. Wright first suggested
the plan, and is therefore entitled to the
honor us having been the original inventor.
Errett proposes 10y his bill that colonies or
ganzed for farming public lands on the
cooperative principle, may issue seven per
cent. bonds, Of $50 each, not 10 exceed ff-
teen for each full member of a famiy-thc
bonds to be printed on the press of the
Government and delivered TO the proper
officers Of each organization, who shall give
a receipt for rthem-and no bond to be legal
until signed by the proper officers. In case
of failure to pay the Government within 4
certain time for these bonds. the Govern
ment may proceed TO take the crops inpay-
meut for said bonds, and in case Of refusal
20 grow said crops Tor perhaps of said crops
TO grow the Government shall take pos
session Of the premises. This is EErett' s
patent for making farmers out Of unem-
ploycd men. y more visionary and pre-
pOsterous scheme was never dreamed of,
not even by Justus Schwab. head of the
New York commune. and yet Errett is a
ateSman of good standing and rcpute in
tho Republican party.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-29

y MURDER MYSTERY SOLvED.-Tamas
Graham, aged p, single, was arrested
early w cdneSday morning, on the charre
oi numbering John NJ. Armstrong. at Cam
den, y. j., on the 23d of last January. and
c0nteSses TO the crime. lie was an an
prentice under Benz. Hunter now in f;.is.,u
on the charge, and says that Hunter agr.ed
to pay him if be accomplished the ieei
lie had several interviews with Hunter.
aud the object of the murder. he saws was
to get the money from the insurance COR,
panles. Graham has been Of dissolute
haolts OF late. Ills confession is believed
oy the sheTlif OF Camden county, who States
that the prisoner tells the story with a
mnuteness which confirms all the knowI-
edge IN the hands of the authorities. There
IS great excitement both in Camden and
Philadelphia over these startling develon-
Dlents The most exciting part of G. Grahain' :
confession is where he details how Hunter
visited the house of the wounded man
when he was at the point OF death. and 90
ing 10 the bedside OF Ainstronp. in the
absence of 4 lady member Of the fan,iIv
pressed his victims head and made Tho
wounds bleed fresh again. Graham savs
that tie plot to murder Armstrong pss
carefully maiured, and that he agreed -
do the job for $500, which was to be-
PAID when Armstrong was settled. James
VI. Scovel, counsel for Hunter in the Arm
strong murder case, stated "Wednesday
night that Hunter denies the statement ~
Graham, duplicating both of them in the
murder. Hunter says he can readily prove
an anbI-that Graham has a bad character
ana ms statement should not be believed
as against the respectable witnesses he can
produce. The trial viii take place about
the 18th Of May
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-29

ItANGTNG or HESTER, TULLY AND Nc
llUGU- a dispatch from Bloomsbury Co
lumbIa comfy, furnishes the following par
tIcuiars of the execution on Monday last Of
the three men convicted OF the murder. on
the night Of October 10Th, 1868, of Alex.
lea, a mine boss employed in that region :
Hester, TulIy and McHngh, the three Mollie
MAJ uircs, slept but little last night. and to-day
were early 1T thctr drVutiOuS, " hich were in
tcrrupted ny the wOrKmeu erecting the afFold
Just uutS'3" aud IN fuil Vicw.Of their cell VIM
dowS. TuIIN and McHUgh seemed resigned
bUt Hester ciung tenacioUsiY 10 hope, aud Trc.-
queHtX asserted his innocence. H. was sur
rounded hV his three daughters. two SuuS-iu-
law ANA either relatives aud friends When the
priests were announced all collected in No
Hugh'S %, where mass was celebrated.
A lG-)S the three Condemned men ygcrc led
out OF their cells To the scltInid. attended nv
th"tc spiritual advisers. McITugh ascendrd
first followed by Hester and Tuliy. None.roye
HGy signs OF fear Each wuS given a resy ,u a.
meuts 10 speak. fully spoke IN a low tone Ia
ia" priest. MCHuRh said ~ he had taken rood
advice he would not now he on the scaffoid
W hat HeStt said was heard only hv his attend
iUz priest. The dr"p fell al II.O-. and at lI.t-
the hearts OF all three sa@ed To bent me
necks OF Tully HnG NcHngh were broken :.
lcst"r died OF strUHgtIlstion. The bodies pf
McHugh and Tuuy will be raken 10 WiIt.s
barre, that OF Hester 70 Locust Gap.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-29

GAIUsHA y. GEOW is just now furnish
ing conclusive evidence Of the singular de
lusion under which man can labor when
he is in pursuit Of high office under diff
entities. Mr. Grow is man Of ability and
large experience iu political affairs, having
been elected to Congress from David Vii
mot's district rs Democrat more than a
quarter ofa century ago-was the speaker
oC that body, and has ever since, as a Re
publican, taken an active aud very promi-
nent part in most Of the political contests
of this State If his political career has
been somewhat vaciliating lie has never
been charged with being connected with
any OF ;he corrupt rings that have disgraced
the politics Of The State. lie is JUS. now,
however alarmingly worried with the no
tion thai he is the proper person TO be nom
iua'ed as the next Republican candidate for
Governor, and seems to think that he can
effect his purpose by weekly visit to
Washington and spending day in consul
tatiOn with some of the Republican Con-
gressmen from his State. There is one
man in Washington TO whom, We will ven
lure 10 say, the visits Of Grow have been
few and far between. We mean Don
Cameron, for it cannot be that he has lived
SO long without knowing of the existence
Of the Cameron ring. without whose pre-
vious knowledge and consent no man in this
State dare aspire, with any hope Of success.
to the Republican nomination for Govern
or. This ring, with Bob Mackey as lis
chief manager, has decrced that Henry VI.
Hoyt shall receive the nomination. and it
viii be done. Notwithstanding tie plain
and convincing evidence Of this fact in all
pats of the State, Dir. Grow, who was in
Pittsburgh last week, expressed lis belief
to newspaper reporter that Cameron and
Mackcy were nottroubling themselves very
much about the candidates. lie may be
happy just now dnder this strange delusiou
but after the nomination of Hoyt has been
made he will realize in all its extent the
supremacy OF Cameruuism in making and
unmaEing candidates for Governor and in
shaping the ends OF q Republican State
convention.