The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-31
,o.F AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

r,vnr e HAYES never smokes, and
fsl fo cigars to offer his guests when
assa;ves ~ them on the southern portico
/ he White House.
r.m King of Slams body-guard of
ihs o,a Selected for strength and
sod ss looks, enter his service al 10 ana
Gst95. n., =. c,o,.,,,.u
=, 'nu ~as born the house took fire; at the
H. H. # her marriage the house again
n las Sre and the other day, at the
ssb ;Si Of her first son, the house again
mk fire. ~
~ IN he the maximum of flogging in
~ ne British Army, and this only when
" 1Gsr il on active service. The SUBJ
sat ss Istelv afforded brisk debate in the
HOass of Commons.
mREcr communication from Vienna
..Coustantinople by way of the Danube,
saieh had been suspended for two
,ssrs a was recently resumed, and un-
IT, sr' such improved arrangements that
,ss distance is made in 70 hours.
ILLINOIS has more money-order post
,sces than any other State. She leads
40 lit with 443. Next comes New
iark with S51, Ohio 1923, Pennsylvania
A Iowa Sl2, Indiana 215, Missouri
bs 1856 and Kansas 155.
Mr. JUSTICE MELLOR, who lately re-
tred from the English Bench, strongly
abiected to mustaches worn by lawyers.
~ was quite deaf, and heard as much
With bis eyes as ears, and mustaches in
rrered with his understanding what
vs said.
ENGLISH, French and Dutch Guiana
uuitedly opened a Universal Exposition
On May IA, at Georgetown, English
Guisna. The opening speeches were
al in English excepting that of the
french Consul. English Guiana has a
population of 245,000, Dutch Guiana
iDDOO, and French Guiana $4,000.
WHILE a son of Franklin Hall of
Brush Prairie, MINI, was plowing in
the field the other day, he encountered
svoli, which sprang upon him. Young
Hall grasped the wolf by the throat,
snd struggle ensued in which the
young mans clothing and flesh were
torn, making the blood run freely. The
eombatants parted and each retreated.
THE Salt Lake Herald is informed
that the grasshoppers in that region are
stacked by deadly enemy, whose
sting is death. On Provo Bench the
gssshoppers are dying by the bushel.
little fly of asingular kind gets on the
honclad and poisons it sothat it swells
and dies. The sting of the fly is GER
tain death.
AFAMoUs frog-catcher lives at Fort
Wayne, Ind. His name is John Martin.
He first began the business at Logans-
port, but now lives at Fort Wayne. He
used to catch from 1000 to 5000 frogs
in one trip, from Logansport to Def
ance, Ohio. He would ship the frogs
from there to Cincinnati, and receive
from Is to IS cents per dozen.
FREE public libraries have been es
ts5hshed in San Francisco, Oakland
Sacramento, San Jose, Stockton, Lo;
Angeles, and Petaluma, under the ac'
Of the Legislature of California. In Sar
Francisco the Library Trustees have
leased and fitted up a hsI, purchasing
5000 books, arranged for securing the
leading publications in the United
States, obtained the services of goot
! librarian, and thrown open the library
tothe public. s>N
The tragic death of Mrs. ROLAND a
Niagara Falls few days ago, says th'
Hartford (Conn. Tinaes-an occurrence
which happened when that lady reach
ed down, at the edge of one of the is
lands called the Three Sisters, to dil
Up acup Of water from the rapids, ant
icll in and was carried over the catarac
was all seen in q dream, even to min
u'e particulars, two nights before tn
accident happened, by a person in thi
c'sy' a stranger to the unfortunate lady
AN extraordinary meteor passed owe
portion of Switzerland a few days ago
ana four minutes after it finally disap
peared there was heard loud report
I resembling a volley of artillery. A sim
u nT explosion was also heard in tn
saalsian Alps, and almost at the sam
qme . shower of aerolites fell into LAX
Lugano, causing violent undulations
ana nearly overturning the boats of seI
elal fishermen who were returning t
port.
;, a STORY comes from South Australi
mat the wife of Jacob Schuler, a farm
u. gave birth in October, 1873, to fiv
two boys and three girls, q
u whom, and the mother, were at Ia.
accounts living and prospering. Mr.
ocnuler is six feet and four inches tai
and weighs 244 pounds. She gave birt
70 BOY and girl in March, 1873, and
,So ,Se. boys and one girl in Septembe
..e:o, one child being born between tt
"uu Iue trlpIetS.
MARY, the 1O-year-old daughter
ySei y. Caggswen of New Albany, Ind
,el over the well-curb and went down
: SSistance OF 35 feet to the bottom. ]
ae ael = descent she caught hold of the rol
y. sle wlndlass, holding on to it till 81
aas isacned the water, which was five fe
y weep. She clung to the rope, whie
s saa run out its full length from Il
sslndlass, and. thus saved herself fro
SS.owning, w and then holding with OF
na nana !. 70 the grope, she began climbir
= n I'M. .ae stone curbing, reaching the t.
y safety, and with but few bruises.
RASPBERRY SHORT CAKE. - Sift
NaspoonfulS of baking-bowder and