The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
.oxE AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

ZANE AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.
,-rrR- is selling in some North Car.
~ = towns at 10 cents a pound.
w. ~, Rev Mr.. Tucker of Colquit
LEE, inr Ca. is the father of 80 chill.
.ss'' ~ No mention is made of the
.1,ReE extra force of gendarmerie
sared at Kissingen while the Prince
1s.,sr;sl Of Germany drinks the wa.
/ VI there.
- nlsyfully. One forgot that he held
y ansu knife in his hand, and a blow
s..sred the others jugular vein.
sf,H you can't shoot" said a man
,,,tirgiy to q ten-year-old boy, who
Sssl.Nyipg S with a gun, in Charleston.
Tsby thereupon shot the man through
hhssrt.
u,RTFoRp, Conn, has just had a
Esnd and Jury whose average height was
sist M i! inches, and average weight
! rs ls5 pounds. The tallest was 6 feet
/ Inches.
Inn late Austin Avery of Somers,
rmn,. left his entire estate to be turned
| IN money for the benefit Of negroes in
lHs His father left him only one
Sa,r and his son has applied the same
/ rsf starvation to his friends.
I 4 BLOCK of granite, said to be the
invest ever quarried in the United
/ sis has been taken from a Vinal-
nj Me-, quarry. 1t is so feet long,
Aatet square at the base and 81 feet
sars at the top, while it weighs about
1 1Otons. 1t is to form the shaft of the
esal Wood monument at Troy,
4IY.
{ AUNT DINAH, an Indian squaw, who
ilbe iO5 years old next Christmas,
mixed from the Onondaga reservation
ii other day seven miles into Syracuse,
AiY, and returned the same evening
/ While on this tramp of IA miles she
4 aired o heavy bundle on her back, q
/ mp by which the load was bound pass
saer her forehead.
1 IHE practice of striking young girls
athe soles of their feet in the Turk
asdtan's harem has been abandoned,
Ablows from the eunuchs in charge
dtkm on other portions of the body
Ti light rods are still allowed. All
nnquired to dress in light clothing,
Ill dacollete being the rule, and in
aM they are much exposed to colds
Mhng diseases.
k.s recent German debate : Herr
Eaemann stated that there were in
anany 100000 landed proprietors,
.Ge,00 Of whom were untaxed as hav-
gnOomes under $1O5 q year. Out of
" sctual taxpayers there were not
ms than $50, 900 whose incomes ex-
Hded $3.50 year. Forced sales of
n& and farms are of daily occurrence,
u general distress prevails.
AHERKIMER COUNTY (N. " man
fmlost several thousand dollars by
iaoslng the paper of friends, recently
RaI before a magistrate and solemnly
aas that in future he would indorse
npsper OF pecuniary value. He car
sscopy OF the affidavit with him,
N when approached on the subject of
aaeslng, he shows it to prove that he
40. lndorse without perjury.
luz Bavrians have the distinction of
the greatest beer-drinkers in the
Ma; statistics show that they drink
aally about l47A gallons of beer per
on, which quantity costs about
am The total outlay in Bavaria for
sewerage is more than $65, ,OOO, 600
naum. The figures given for the
0pnneipal cities Of Bavaria-Nurem-
ana Munich-and for Ingolstadt
Ml larger per capita.
u eld resident Of Zululand saws that
1ua king has thus far received no
s I q all from the English. His sole
.a lles IN bis crops and his cattle -
~ gathered the former and kept
Mer. Some of his various have
l.llled, but then he loses a certain
sss esery year, either by massacre
nv %m himself or by their fight to
de has gained enormously in
=. e ammunition captured during
'slf caught the king of turtles in
\ %a M below Philadelphia the other
i.d ias monster is s feet long and 5 feet
M. NJ and weighs 800 pounds. Its head
my lne size of mans, and its flip
nm two feet longer than a mans
Sol. uieat stories are being told of
s~at. msll struggles when captured and
laSsua S~uaa At death. Prof. Cope of the
Snss 81 Natural Sciences has OBJ.
possession of its shell.
,,s s mas enacted a local option bell.
rSs.s l1. Each county in the State
Il s'oe Se as heretofore whether alco-
dSn S;sslages y shall or shall not be sold
h;s y oorders. and should the ver-
ssts ~. q Iavor of the sale, then the
ahr au.norlties J. may decide upon the
Ia s;.s ~ places to be licensed and pro-
Maa Maa ell'punches. The Calves
49, 49, estimates that 200 counties
the bell-nHnch evotovo ord
~ nun lumber Of punches required
d r "ae OF General Sherman rebuk-
,disInuusa:nnerly couple for carrying
Hi d ssa g1ng ~ conversation in the gal.
sSer = mouse the other day. Her
as soon ueneral Ewing, was speaking
cnlS and she tried to hear him
ssr - Sos through their constant
U: ~ 90 she drew near and calmly
sr i 0oulo @ hear more of what my
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