The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-11-06
r.,p AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

an BooNE eilled A Bar on Tree IN
~ ..r 176O." is inscribed on an old
as.s l' tree in Tennessee near ro Jonesboro: s
= sc Centennial of the Old tree has just
/ y, y formally celebrated.
rs,NE w. WARDwELL of Boston
bs'saorered s5,20S damages from the
~ II +. C. Boyden, because Boyden,
sa,s .aoibecary, a put up laudanum instead
/ 'gsbsrb ,Ja for her, two years ago. She
~ '1spu hspn partially paralyzed ever since.
, p,sE tree in England, Is feet high,
rook's nest at the very top, out of
/ ssh Grew crew this year three stalks OF oats,
'DsA y sssrrying a well-filled head and
y INC clear against the sky two or
s.ss ss fset above the tallest branches.
rur ex-Empress Eugenia is worth
w ,aD than s5,OOO,OO0 and yet earth
/ ~ n. no more unhappy woman than she.
I ssst's ssS : money to her, when she remem-
/ y ~ ber dead son, the misery of lonely
4 ssd,vhood n and the loss of her throne.
i PERSON once asked Rosa Bonheur
'he did not regret being unmarried
j u without children. She replied that
..Imost any woman could marry and
. children. Few could produce pic
- = like Rosa Bonheur-they were her
a1dren. -,
,.,a n that the wine crop in France this
m ~ will be bad one, as regards both
p,Ity and quantity. From nearly all
sss the reports are unfavorable. In
|, Boraelais, Charentes, Maconnais,
sugogne, Touraine, and Champagne
4 uTosuect of bad crop is general.
II estimated that the total produce of
rp in France this year will be about
n millions of hectolitres.
(na recent Sunday at London, Ont,
nbin flew into the Methodist Church,
sk up his position on the railing oppo-
b The minister, sang loudly and well
hen the people sang, was perfectly 81
ad during prayer, chirped when the
,nater said any thing good during the
smon, seemed to re-echo the doxolo-
/, and did better than many regular
hrh-goers by remaining until church
wiOrmally dismissed.
TIM President of the Wesleyan Con-
innee in England has issued a circu-
b to the Superintendents of Circuits
ggsaing that a day should be set apart
h humiliation and supplicatiOn be-
he Almighty God, on account of our
utnnal sins, with especial reference
the depression of our agricultural
Nd our various manufacturing interests
7al the lamentable wars in which we
Hengaged, as wetl as to the decrease
1.-THE number of members in our soci-
as.n
IN the carnival in San Francisco in
sar Of General and Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
6snt was presented with a bouquet,
imposed Of the flowers indigenous to
Rrsious countries she had passed
hough in her tour round the world.
h flowers were placed in regular Or
y, starting from Philadelphia and
'aing with San Francisco. The bou-
Rthlder, five inches long, was of
ps California gold, and inlaid with
Fss and collection of other metals
nad on the Pacific coast.
ka new budget of anecdotes about
smarck, DR.. MOritz Busch says that
esyening the Prince complained that
political achievements had given him
aittle joy or satisfaction. "They did
anake any one happy" he continued !;
ether myself, my family, or any one
ssi | and they made many unhappy.
sahout me three great wars would not
hFe taken place, eighty thousand men
na not have perished, and parents,
haers, sisters, and widows would not
i've mourned.,'
! saPAlSTER of celebrity in Paris, when
sM wife-he is now married to ar
sasf-was sick unto death, was informed
nef OF her great fear of being buried
as' ana thereupon promised to make
smelslon in her neck when he thought
y aead. He, however, failed to rec
u IL. Some months after he was
4 als with a friend and paying court to
4 nay ne wished to make successor to
uceeascd one. Out of brown study,
suddenly exclaimed: "By Jove,
Wy to cut my wife's throat II
49, sasa long explanations before the
S'sSoR BRuMIDI, the aged artist,
~ ~ nas 50 long been engaged in deco.
w tle Capitol at Washington, was
!. NY !. Killed \ while working ON the upper
: ss.M 1ne rotunda the other day. He
y w chair perched on scafforld 81
~ .o,n tne fioor. In leaning over te
y y - lnlishlng touch to a figure almost
~ hs reach, he caused the chair te
,sssa gssa iall off, and he only escaped by
Ia aasa q clutch at the edge of the scat.
ne has been at work upon the
ol lor ~ years, and has lately
49, - % feeble that it has been founf
IVY 70 lift him to his fresco worl
sss. 49, one truthfully says that tn,
s. Ivy OF mechanics draws its vitalit,
n sOa and iron. Coal emancipate'
M aom ITS crudeness and furnishes i
sssp power as an instrument of com
m The union of these two mine
s. - sas solved the question of produc
r. AUG has rendered distribution easy
asen,,,a n y Is embarrassed only with th'
las s Ivy oi consumption. Coal fash
sSa a0n and drives the finished ma
III !, Inc dirty thing is the great We
cent = eisillzation. Iron is an instru
1 iassss'aa 'a Is cause. Iron is an agen
and coal is a master power
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