The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-26
,.,V AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

aa,r ,s-s needed to feed the largest
so- that had been caught since
.sacFRY in Yuma, California, has
,sseious rooster, which was hatch
ssnlv by the heat of last summers
s5isre from an egg lying in a tin
h, PEER, who jumped from the Nj
suspension Bridge, had a wire
Ind to him. Instead of being the
.apiun pmper he ought to set up as
I .ianpjsn wire-puller.
NaW. SPRING, Florida, is 100 feet
rOyers an acre, and sends a stream
sNOfeet wide eight miles to the
EsEsba River.
Hgr last accusation against the Nj
Ieiu Russia is that they have taken
tissue of counterfeit bills of the
md to the coinage Ct false money.
H!nH three inches long was rained
L. On the premises of Chas. Bailey,
Egdstone, Mich. It was alive, and
pseed in tank of water and still
.
Irhsserted by Georgia paper that
uug lsly in Wilkes County, that
BE- W.n blind, can distinguish colors
as togch. Cases of the same sort
h been known before.
1rmcESTRATED sulphuric acid at
VI water with such avidity that, in
), atmosphere, it will double its
une in q few days. Chemists use it
IN sir and other gases, and to keep
unents, such as balances, dry.
IHERE are at present in Germany
a0 Workmen out of employment,
IAeQ employees without places.
sNssge reduction of salaries dur
Ehelast year was 20 per cent, and
nthan 100000 taxpayers were pros
aiGr non-payment of taxes.
NUMBER of prominent merchants
lpanters in Louisiana have organ
iihe mississippi Valley Immigra-
hCompany,' which is designed to
n agency to promote immigration
. E#ope and from the Northern
a and to supply white labor to the
EEs.
I 1iRGypt under the Center Church,
New Haven Green, contains 10
b. The Oldest inscription that can
Haeed is that of "Mrs. Sarah Ruth
nd Trowbridge, wife of Thomas
aEblidge," F" who died in 1857. Mrs.
vrette, wife of Benedict Arnold, is
buried there. She died in 1775,
sh her husbands treason.
lH old chimney of the house in
h Washington was born, on the es-
Wakefield" in Westmoreland
aty, Virginia, is still standing-all
ftsleft to mark the spot, the tablet
ast BY Parke Curtis in 1915 having
lnaed to pieces. It is suggested
tan enduring monument be placed
athe spot.
NEWPORT gentleman has discover
Nm l1eV method of preventing a smash
shen a horse runs away. He was
Ea1vlng the other day with couple
ay friends when the reins broke
zoe horse ran away. As the ami
was tearing down Bellevue Avenue
lerllhc rate MIR. Whiting reached
Ehe dashboard and unhitched the
a, mus letting the horse enjoy his
Without the carriage.
y Old gentleman named CARPENTER
EasleW days ago in Vernon, Wiscon-
Md willed his son an old wooden
i, sna hls daughter some real estate.
Il ngA y v was ooened, but nothing was
|.a % It, and the son was inclined to
T. 4aa. But determined not to be too
N " ne took an ak and smashed the
T. |. Nicely put away in some auger
| q , Oored into the wooden cleats of
j., ss !. ), was bright array of gold
n !" 'ne amount of 1928 which fell
FSsng to the floor.
.,s.sI ,apESr HAYES received a very re-
M Is'UIs " card from a caller at the
i !" nOase noa the other day. It ran
N NJ hev' y James Patterson, from
ssau, uu' :. scotland, Ireland, France,
sn.-s. ar, i'sly, Switzerland, Germany,
~ rsik' Sweden, Finland, Russia,
ls,rna .al ana Asiatic Turkey, Greece,
sInas, ras, Arabia, a Egypt, Persia, India,
lsrSs e' ~ burmah, China, Japan,
,ssss sus, tasmania, New Zealand and
tIpalsceen lrseent sunday-school procession
esi+nssS enaoT' India, four great elephants
sn,a a'ea leading feature. These
. y n,. were gayly caparisoned, and
ii TIseeded pIsoe1 q by a band of music,
|. tSst t,ssso hss the Sunday-school hymns.
H., uscss " ia Of the elephants rode a
lnls NJ VI tne prize boys of the Sunday
h ~ IA the rear marched the chill
.Ssr, I'ariy a dozen schools and their
Il ss.Dri in Madrid, Me-, was in a house
q ,o1s ras struck by lightning. A val
ina S sns watcn she wore stopped at
'stsS1Is 1 ana, although jewelers. have
sisss y !. examined it and pronounced
as5s ~ ~ every particular, it can not
'sssisitv d - tse. move: Iii It is SO charged with
got !, mat watch-makers say no
sssn o,'. san ever be made to do duty
sis ! gut and put into another set Of
jp,tp ph,ocess ho Of tanning a human skin
,crS 'ose1 ss 4 accomplished at morocco
et ona ~ lynn, Mass. Two skins,
as and I1 IL loot and a half square, of
sers s elack persons who were hang
saa.roiur on furnished from Boston dis
/ sas vom, sa and the process of tan
/ A. i;esmarkably y successful, and the
A. IL now annoor, l1