The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-10-09
yorr AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

w. c',,s are said to be the most expert
,uo,,snhers u,r along the line OF the Penn
ssa ssrRr are 40 lawyers and only three
;.tsrs .a in the New York Penitentiary
rur trademark of well known
rnan,cky aH whisky house was sold the
,,s'' sbs DAY for s5i.o5o.
x proposed to erect a statue to La
.,a,s n Il Druid Hill Park, Baltimore,
= s cost of $4,000.
m rewards of the truly virtuous are
.ssreut a in their own lives, and are none
y ~ less m enjoyed, though they are un-
lsrn to ali the world.
sr,.rE pages at Washington do a
n business by making up complete
:sEs III Of the autographs of Congress
n 4 good collection commands $50.
/ CANADIAN girl carried 2O-foot
.ader 100 Yards, placed it against a
srniuc % house, climbed up, and-well,
= dd not put out the fire. She fell
hswaris on man and nearly killed
!m.
M STIRLING of New York has a
ssion for going up hills. He has a
s.,e mon which is carved the names of
+ ! maintains in Asia, Africa, Europe,
Il America which he has climbed. He
snks the stick has cost him over $10,-
| |NO
How much soeyer person may suffer
Inn Injustice, he is always in hazard of
sasring more from the prosecution of
menge. The violence of an enemy can
! II inhict what is equal to the tor
/ wnt he creates to himself by means of
! il fierce and desperate passions which
| kslows to rage in his soul. Revenge
! heIls iIflittle minds.
LEWIS A. KENDALL and Lewis A. Slo-
Am Of Boston; William E. Hunt of
|lkland and Mrs. Wallace Hunt have
| len held in 81 900 apiece at Boston for
issing the mails. They advertised by
pssl-cards and letters the sale of valu-
| ah clocks for one dollar each, and
|an sent applicants the solograph, a
|Aap device by which the suns rays in
Gste the approximate time of day, pro
/ iad the sky is unclouded.
REMARKABLE bicycle accident oc-
|Hred at Philadelphia the other day.
4 young man named Hulseman, 20
|ps old, while crossing a bridge, fell
gsinst the stone parapet, which being
|1tof repair, gave way and hurled him
|sp the stream many feet below. He
|hnck on the rocks and lay there
Joe hour before he was discovered,
|ad died soon after being taken to his
lone.
ACALIFORNIA man has sent the De-
hdt Free Press one of the ballots cast
here at their last election, and that pa
pen remarks: They are so big that
hey east all other California big things
INTO the shade. Each ballot is five
ashes wide and two feet long, and con-
Inns 81 names. Think of casting bal
hsd l2O superficial inches! It takes
q asble-bodied man to WELD the ballot
j California, and the printing-of1ice
aat is fortunate enough to get the job
y printing them instantly orders all the
rper that can be had, and forthwith
mkes fortune.
PRESIDENT JOHN w. HARPER of the
isnville Qnd.) College disappeared
nysteriously a year ago, while on his
my ! to address Sunday-school conven-
aoa. There was nothing in his business
q social relations to drive him off, and
1Eas believed that he had been mur-
sied for the $500 that he was carrying
MS pockets. Lately his wife took out
slers OF administration on his estate.
~ ne now returns. His story is that
Z was Knocked down and robbed; that
y blow affected his reason, and he
'sandered !. westward, finally coming to
y senses among the Ute Indians.
lHE Boston Globe Theater gets an
mount Of attention in the newspapers
aa' y would be incidentally valuable as
4, ss,5ertlsing if the peculiar circumstances
y Y not keep the establishment closed
| Y owned in sections. John Stetson.
sameriy / the manager, holds a lease Of
y s.,i man entrance and lobby. A. c.
Adwln y holds the auditorium, and viii
y y yet MIR. Stetson have it at the price
aeIed. A part Of the stage belongs te
I. a. Rand, and has been cut off by 6
mex sS wall. 1t is said that the theatel
.al oe rebuilt on Mr.. Baldwin's grounG
" . smaller scale.
= coLoRED pastor in Georgia has in
y ssuaced a novel service which please.
! !. people. The congregation form.
- procession in single file, each mem
n sarrymg a big stone on top of hi
-. ~ The minister carries a hymn
sa 's and the great pulpit Bible. Thus
Y saapped the procession marches aroun(
4 church seven times, chanting :
ssltive dirge all the time. The ide,
~. S.en from the marching of the Is
,nll'es .aa at the siege of Jericho. But i
H. ~ considerably short of the jericho
sa - ior the result of the procession
s,and Y that city was the tumbling down
:, NE frlncess Louise at the militar,
~. view in Toronto was, says a CORE
\ s.adent, !" the plainest dressed woma,
|s;S s$n,; She wore a short riding habit
t1saealy the worse for wear, hole il
!, sns y conspicuous. There was not
\ N y trimming on it any where; tn
~ ~ piece of color was a buttonhol
qass y OF bleeding hearts on a greel
=, s,,. one wore a plain linen roll collar
Il ,.,led m with a stoneless gold brooch
1. l. ssar-rings = were large pearl drops