The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-12
NAME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

sna I.tes into into the ground and mailing bar
s,IS J, Moons about six inches apart. Paint
any an color preferred.
~ ~ NAN and wife in Upton, Ind,
,rrsed n to separate. Their property
T. divided, piece by piece, until moth
w. ~ was left but q baby and a COW. The
~ SSs,baud gave the wife her choice, and
he took the COW.
ROY at Chelsea, Mass, habitually
.mnsed himself by hanging from the
,,;.s s Of . railroad bridge while trains
ii ,aIlsd above him. One day he pulled
,; s;mself up to see how near slow train
ssJ I'D spproached, and his head was taken
Ofby the cowcatcher.
AconMTTEE of the Michigan Legis-
ls,ure reports that among the cruelties
nrscised in the Kalamazoo Insane Asy-
nm nm was the breaking by an angry at
pudsnt of patients jaw while he was
srspped down, and the scaldipg to
SssthI Of another in a bath-tub.
LONE day recently q man in Winnie
heo City, Faribault County, Mimi, in
atempting to descend a well so feet
dsp, ,wung off ON an old rope too weak
10 hold his weight. The rope broke and
be vent down, striking feet foremost in
sbout three feet of mud and water.
strange tt. say, he was uninjured.
THE usher in variety show at Para
ase. New, stood where he obstructed
,be view of several persons in the audi
epee. A remonstrance drew a shot
from his revolver, wounding quiet and
popular young man. The usher was at
once seized, taken out of the hall, and
hanged to tree.
An old lady went to a bank at Fish
Kill Landing, N. Y, the other day, with
$50 in silver coin, mostly half-dollars,
,aus American pieces being as old as
lrs4, and some Spanish coins over 100
yssrs old. These coins had been saved
Ill through the late war, when they
would have brought twice their face
aue, and were disposed of at par.
k 1868 the Empress Eugene, on her
way through Lyons to Suez, ordered a
number Of brocade dresses. The man
ufeturers sent her tissues, some of
which cost them 5000 a yard. The
finest OF them were never made up by
the Empress. She presented them
iennally for altar vestments to the
Chaplain Of st. Mary's, Chiselhurst,
where the ashes of the Emperor lie.
WHEN Gen. James Simons was buried
a Charleston, S. c., the other day,
taere was borne in the procession a flag
under which his father charged, in Col.
WHhington's regiment, at Cowpens
nd Eutaw Springs. Gen. Simons was
Speaker Of the South Carolina House of
representatives when the State seeded,
md sfterward commanded a brigade of
Confederate troops.
The telephone has been employed for
tae past two or three months on the
aagdebarg and Halberstadt Railway so
successfully that the German Govern
nsnt has requested the owners of all the
pnsate lines of the empire to try if the
asR means OF communication can not
" used instead of the ordinary ap-
Pistus, for telegraphic signaling in
Hofking the traffic of their roads.
WHEN, a short time ago, the secret
ponce commissioned well known
Ener to produce a series of anti Mill
Maucles, the loyal litterateur is said
plaEe asked for the latest revolution
~ pamphlets before setting to work.
imagine his dismay when the parcel
|ksA was to contain the subterranean
.aeIatare, y though sealed with the seal
VI ne political police, brought him a
s.'sl nom the Revolutionary Commit
. threatening death if he presumed to
Mly out the Government order.
as English company has been formed
ssn capital Of 81, ,25O, 900 to establish
sAne Of steamers to run between Balti-
svle ana in-Furness, for the
aasportation of cattle. Abundant
'lsion has been made at Baltimore
s,,.,s y, collecting, feeding, and shipping
aei ana at Barrow the dock exten-
so %l On the island affords the means of
asssa ssaahg the animals from public thor
S;xmares " and dwellings, and of stor-
~ y ,eeding, or, if necessary, slaughter
'aem on the spot.
AT AT the Bodleian Library, at Oxford,
edsss!ved erIsse!ved the reckoning of the inn at
sssa1Imlpg at which Peter the Great
NJ M an als suite (twenty) spent day on
~ a way TO Portsmouth. At breakfast
s%, ~, consumed half a sheep, half a
Sra, 49,, Yen pullets, twelve chickens, seven
slsa %.sn eggs, the contents of two large
,n NV ..n gneds' with a gallon of brandy, and
n. sssK Salons OF mulled claret. At din.
IL. m .aey y devoured three stone weight Of
os, III y :. oeef, a fat sheep, lamb, five
R,.. s VI veal, eight capons, ten rabbits,
N,s.ao aozen OF sack, and one dozen Of
AIS mn asserted that one of the mos,
ma. .an gmomentsexperiencedby by Byron
Sos.s -s course of his checkered and emo
ss,ss i career was that in which, wher
Ss Su siaa AZ a superb coign of vantage or
ALoIp Laps, immersed in dreamy and un
AK ssSIsnle ~ musings, he was recalled te
h@ something, which proved te
soa. - empty bottle, labelled "Londor
nlSa'an barclay, Perkins & Co., entire, >
unm;ss. 70 ms feet, while a female voice
suna una''akaoly from the realms of Cock
fd;sn,a G Sa.a IN deprecatory, yet not Who'll
aon4 !, accents, "Oh, now, 'Enry
stIs,. naptsts of Dover, Me-, wer
lOns pastor. A young man cam
lQtrnd,oI