The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-11-27
,osE AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

4 fug Order OF 81. george Is ,he iilos0
Ihs ssnt in Russia, the grand Gordon
= mren to those only who have COM
1,sSsd y q 100, 600 men in successful war.
! n,t,GHrER of the French COM
.asut at Tours has eloped from Par
I'@london for the purpose of marry
s0n of Musurus Pasha, the Turk
I5Embassador there,
I rv.ssTERs along the ella River, Ari-
:, complain of the large herds of
! n "A ealnets that have of late taken pos
I'm of the main roads, to the con-
,uaticn Of horses and mules.
I yr long ago a Maj. .issoyitch was
an charge of the Nihllist prisoners
j me- me- citadelof Charkoff. Now he has
.mmitted suicide to escape the sight of
7sSaings he dared not alleviate.
i lf#IsaMAN in Paris committed sui
4 because his tormentors had cut off
I a1e,le. He fastened the cherished
3,.a with pins to the place where it
In to grow and jumped into the
3sr. s-.s
4 mn srial Of a copyright lawsuit in
gshiugton brings out the fact that one
Inter has, within a year, furnished
sssnds Of counterfeits of foreign
snpagne labels to put on American
le
4 Tm Queenslander, published at Bris-
ne, Australia, recently contained the
Moving advertisement: 81, Fanny
sns, have not heard of my husband :,
sgs Harris, for seven years,
3alf do not hear from him previous
Intend to get married again in two
baths. = A@.ks .r-fs.e5r< r,vsssa
j Tvo Chicago men went on a weeks
ss which involved an irregular tour
amgh the West. One morning they
hike in hotel, with a dazed notion as
rhatcity they were in. One said st.
IaS and the other Cincinnati. They
kll00 as to which was right, and
ahr won, for the bell-boy informed
xn that the place was Milwaukee. .~
i AZ aristocratic Chinawoman has ar
Esdn Winnemucca from Idaho, ac-
npsnied by her son and attended bv
larar woman, The lady has regular
zures and fair complexion, but the
bat distinction between her and the
rsr woman is,in the size of her feet,
tRh are no larger than those of an or
hag 4-yesr.old child. gG
4 SERIES of towers are being built
PM Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mex
nhfthe purpose of making survey
lhe Mississippi River and its tribri-
ies, with the object of determining
shue water course from the lakes to
gulf. One hundred and seventy-five
sasand dollars was appropriated by
hst Congress for this purpose.
I I'm little child Of Postmaster John
lskvhh Of Des Moines, Iowa, while
Paylng about the house, found some
su-coated pills, and ate four. This was
aseFered Immediately by his mother,
% thought them harmless. The boy
egsd about for an hour, when he was
t@d with conyulsions, and died in a
moments. 1t was found that the
s contained strychnine.
lHE Federal Council of Switzerland
aS the Swiss people against emigrat-
% Join a colony at a place called
lPhgg, In the Allegheny Mountains of
lehsTlyania. The Council says that
faats are there exposed to all kinds
Maud IN the purchase of lands, be-
" indlng themselves in place re-
.ae Iom larger settlements, and with
y Mequate means of communication
transportation.
q, nl lae effect of the drouth lake in
IHea Parish, Louisiana, which usu-
II II overs an area of many acres, was
aaeed % the size of a slough 200 feet
esnsth and ~ in width. 1t appears
me lake full of fish, and that the
s!as up Of the water exposed great
saoers OF them to view. Advantage
,saSen Of the opportunity and seve-
urge gars were killed, one being
's q sn feet in length.
A1s MARGARET ROBERTSON of
sYef Angus, Scotland, died recently,
~ lu. She lived under three Brit
N aaags and one Queen She talked
W. sorn OF poor creatures who could
~ sae ever 50 or 80, which she de-
- s@ o Sir Henry Thompson, the sur
N N, ], was : nae age at "a The clay
nv sas Always in-her mouth. "I've
~ sssd my days." she said. "It's
NJ ,nsa.y OF time to dae me ill, and its
|bS as: U. =. SMITH, who lived near
n as Westmoreland County, Va,
ne, recently, Her proportions were
~ s4ss0'ulnatily large. Shemeasured "a
sssss Ms across the shoulders, and weighed
a, isa "a. : fraction of 6lO pounds. The
n ID ~ vas necessarily of immense size,
osf Y was delivered two ordinary
~ ~. IN 1t, side by side, on their
( I t.. xnhout crowding. each other in
sssls s', :. When brought to the house
I 4 aa !. u not be gotaen through the door,
M Nv Mas necessary to, leave it outside
.ae une set for the funeral, when
Az 0'pse was carried out to the
II % !, Eureka Sentinel proposes a new
|aaal leg competition. 1t holds that
IN me = Misery attendant upon a prize
a. = walking-match can be OBJ
NJ aro, rum a standing-match,. if it is
81 Ssss,actea. 'esa s sufficiently. Surely "a
! n NJ, ~sn nc, can be found willing to stand
II s,,a sa annl they iail from exhaustion
sns ma .n, money; We have," it says,
-es,., .alented standors here in Eure-
Il H. isssemen s. who have been pacing
stftet pOrnarc Co.