The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-08-21
aosg AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

apissIberg. above Zermatt, in Swift
,.S i said to be the highest station
ias kind in the world.
m rur deepest running stream that is
..,sn ,r i the Niagara River, which, just
% y. ,he lower suspension bridge, is
ssiset N, deep by actual measurement.
,L. MARTHA A. HEAD, the bride at
aaSding ~, in Wayne County, Ga, was
y 10 Years old. Her parents were
'.'srt + at the ceremony and gave it
III full approval.
s,p BAseAscH, Sultan of Zanzibar,
/ .S.Srtlv nm arrive in England. 1t is said
y. L he purposes staying a long time in
1..one. and will devote a considerable
/ .sian a Of bis time to Paris. ...
/ |, he London Hospital for incurables
!. drl who is deaf, dumb, blind, and
,,.s,shbscked. A system of language
<,mches has been devised by which
communicate with her, while she ex-
,s,e, herself with the ordinary hand
|Bhsbet Of the dumb.
!, engagement not mentioned in the
,seal reports from South Africa was
sssht between a column of British
-aus and some shadows. An officer,
siDg these shadows moving on hill
ne moonlight, mistook them for ad-
reing zulus, and artillery was set to
Imk to disperse them; but they held
/ ah ground.
CHARLES e. STILLY tramped into
ndipg, Pa, afew days ago, hungry,
sresd and disconsolate. A year before,
/ sIsd made the people of that city
as at bis ways of squandering $780,
Dthat had been left to him. On the
sr visit, he begged a meal at the ho-
i lin which he had once occupied the
isa apartments, and slept in barn
here be had previously kept his
asS. at e..t.r#.r.. fF i..tsH s
BOMBAY, with a population of 650,000
dan average to the square mile ex-
stng London, is the second city in
| h British empire in point of numbers.
! De werage death rate for the past five
nn hss been about the same as Lon
| m. The people are tall, thin, and
! aRly in appearance, with fine, intel
|ent eyes. The city stands on an is
[M, joined by an embankment to the
.inand.
THE swiftest railroad trains are run
/ England, according to a German
|sFernment report, q speed of so miles
d hour being common between Lon
|aa snd Dover, London and York, and
|andon and Hastings. Trains 90 at AZ
|ias an hour on one of the. Belgian
|hs, The fastest in France and Ger
|any do not often exceed 40, and in
|ha European countries 80 is the max
|Eum. ,l, s..... ....-
OLD AUNT SARAH FIELDS, a negro
nnsn Of Blue Ridge, Ky., firmly be-
Eedthat she must die, be buried, and
as sgain on the third day, in order that
Rrsce should be benefited. The ac-
aumodating boys of her neighborhood
Fs her chloroform, ard left her in a
Vineyard, so that when she awoke she
aought that the desired miracle had
hen wrought. She is now waiting for
agood result.
k 1878 company organized at Da-
R.pOt, Iowa, called the Davenport
nd Black Hills Mining Company, com
E3d Of II residents of the first-named
la!e, who put in 81, 900 each and bought
iealm at Leadville, in the Deadwood
erct. Last week Mr.. James B. Hig-
a,aSan Francisco millionaire, bought
sln out. paying $4,000, or $4,000 to
&h stoekholder. rt e-.f
iaE average of mortgages upon the
Hming lands Of France is but 5 per
nt z In England it is IS. The United
ales have but 5000, 900 proprietary
nculturists. France, with a vastly
saler area, has 5000, 900, 5000, 900 OF
8 nom are small farmers. England has
Y soO, 900 landholdsrs, and 12 per
ny !. only Of the people till the soil; the
y y are engaged in manufacturing and
. SaH pursuits. One million are pau
iHE president of a Connecticut cut
u company has invaded Sheffield, the
'sa sls Oh the edge-tool trade in England,
:, y aas engaged 100 of its best work
- y % come with their families to his
ssa0ry IN Connecticut. They are on
n N, way, and in September they will be
~ s.0seo by large number of skilled
" sgssool makers from Germany.
~ sasf Connecticut workers of iron and
n y. nave recently built up a fourishing
~ ~ 10 australia and some other col.
sss Of Great Britain. s..i..~-s a
j aaE highest mine in the United States,
y !, pplooably in the world, is the Pres
= =. nelp, situated on Mt. Lincoln, in the
81 ~ nnge of the Rocky Mountains. in
H. - county, Col. According to Prof.
! sss Mt. Lincoln has an altitude oi
\ M. leet. The Present Help board.
"a, 'aoase, built alongside of the en-.
sss ,s o the main drift, is about 2oC
~ away from the extreme summit ot
n. ;uoantain, and 14O feet lower down,
n NJ ! raves 1t 1857 feet above sea-level,
y y ! : undoubtedly the highest inhab.
y aouse in the world.
II i sald 4 sad by a Washington journal
Im.. us attorney General seems to take
lSs~sr suasr delight in joking Secretary
j psSn, W q At a recent Cabinet meet.
\ i. see Naval Secretary took with hin
II, ~ ol midshipmen who had passed
/ ,,.e .eeAamlnations. The Secretary call
\ ssn.lon ,al to them, and said he woul6
ies ~ mat " their nominations for promo
aon |" = snslgns be sent to the Senate az
ono - : possible, "as they are worthy
lsir : sasal msn who have thoroughly earned