The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-05
HOME AID FOREIGN GOSSIP.

THE whole Sea-cOast OF IeXaS IS guar.
,,tiued against vessels coming from
'cutb Of Latitude 250.
An old Vermonter offered widow
u0OO to marry him, and she accepted
MI on seeing her daughter, he recant-
a and offered $4,000 for the younger
roman. A breach of promise suit is
tbe result.
The Egyptian pea is a marvellous in
ssnce of resurrection, or rather resus-
rastion. Preserved 5000 or 4, 900 years,
eptOlded in the clothes of a mummy,
lrhnted in the soil of another conti-
nsnt, they bloom and produce their
lind.
! ApIMINIsHED consumption of tobac-
% both in England and France has been
noted NJ. Leroy Beaulieu thinks that
tbe rising generation in France smoke
Id than their parents. 1t seems more
Tsel7,however, that the peasants, among
Fhom the indulgence had been gradu-
sly extending, are retrenching in this
direction, owing to deficient harvests
md low prices.
AMUTINY lately took place on Rus
asn vessel within the port of Copenha-
zen, in which two officers came near
bdng their lives. Two of the mutt
psrs we're condemned to be hanged
rom the yardarm, but permission for
he hanging was refused by the Danish
Government. 1t was therefore neces-
sg to postpone the hanging until the
assssel had put out to sea.
Mrs. MARY GOODMAN of Whining
ton, Del, was stricken with paralysis,
but lived long enough to disclose to her
hniy the hiding place of over $4,000
ii money which she had saved in very
mall amounts for over thirty years.
Ii they were in needy circumstances
asir Qualification was unbounded. The
rsasure was found buried in one corner
dthe cellar.
LAST May the phenomenon called
aHood-rsin" occurred in the Jebel
skrs, summit of the Rist, at the ex-
inmiy of the Atlas range in Morocco.
hpi. Brun of Geneva has given an ac-
nunt Of his observations of the wonder
Foduclng circumstance. The Grain"
ppeared on the rocks in the form of
hight red spots. 1t consists of a mix
TIRE Of siliceous sand and very fine lime,
Nth abundance of unicellular alga of
% species protococcus fuUialts, and
snlsining large proportion of perox-
De Of iron.
AT the close of an act in one of Miss
Iuan Morris's performances in Cincin-
hu recently, a very pretty little Shet-
mo colt was led upon the stage and
Nsented to the actress. 1t wore q red
alier and a wreath of flowers, and was
aoout as large as a Newfoundland dog.
responded caressingly to Miss Nor
mss welcome, and slipping its halter
ss about to plunge over the footlights
mo the orchestra, when it was captur-
% and led off the stage.
iHE number of deserted cities in CAL
!, ninls IS very large. Hamilton, that
~ nouoO ~, people, has now 100; Treas
w. y, hill 5000, now 80; Shermantown
aav' new | family! All these were
y cities, with Mayor, Coun
Y are departments and daily newspa
as Wlthlnnumerable hotels, churches.
lao0ns' gambling dens, gorgeous fancy
aaes, bathrooms. In the Toivabe
:. aage near Austin, are five such desert
@"Hns' without a single inhabitant.
j, HIRE are several extensive herds of
lagOra goats in California, Nevada and |
aAona' " They thrive well on the Pa
M M soast' but they have been unproft-
s's y eeeause there was no market for
Isa ' sllky wool or mohair. The owners
,ss1 sane thousands of these goats, before |
: s,saaaonlng the enterprise, concluded
Wy WY some way to utilize them. They
slaa0usneo lsa experimental works at San
N ss After much experiment and vex-
srss ss.;'. encouragement they have now a
", sulng factory, with fifty hands,
WI one-half of whom are women.
An a. observatory is to be erected on
- a.aa. Atna this summer. The Lon
H. I, aaeaGam states that a site has
saa m 'eected 1852 feet above the level
~ ,s' sea- where there is now an OBJ
ouiidlng, originally occupied bv
M sllsn sss when occupying Sicily, in
M asaai anu repaired, after having fallen
Iss Ii useay' when the present King of
nm. = Visited the locality in 1862. Both
nj slyasmleal y me and meteorological, as
aha : selsmological, observations are
on ra!d sairled on at this new obserya-
& G., s,sasiil winch will be the property of the
u snn Inas following letter was written by
G,,l luucness y q of Norfolk to Cromwell.
as.s h " = Essex. 1t exhibits a curious in.
n 0s o.s VI the monstrous anomalies of
aa.s,a.o oography in the infancy of our
Ma , n-aa: When spelling-book was
shss pscous thing: "My ffary code
nevere aer sand @ you, in tokyn hoff the
ID, aIe,, ~, . glass hoff Setyl set it Seller
n hst.1a play you tax hit in wort. An hy
L ss,r 0ei net She wide be batter. Iwoil
Id "a, "o,t m cron9." Thus trans
edsor my very good lord-Here /
k,s sa, n s..ll,1 IN token of the new year, a
Asles ss1yll = set in silver gilt; I pray
saala h IN worth. An were able it
laou,sseeso se peter. would it were worth
" bs;am mysterious placards which are
seserv pasted up by unknown hands
saus,Etr Eaf. OF st. Petersburg formed
ssaorsbi. prominent feature of the
| Ia ~ disturbance which convuls-
asn ~ sapl1ai IN the summer of 1862.
'aseres now, seditious notices were