The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-17
rsxE AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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: ", contract on the jetties.
Ma;ne there is new industry for
,sad--sn-the y picking of potato-bugs at
u ,Sr cents q thousand.
psss Nv hogs we're recently killed by
..s,u;no I'M at one stroke in Wake Coun-
y, xvw HAVEN child's father eloped
a srother mans wife, and it's moth
~ssoped with another woman's nus
sslf s,,d, The little one goes to the poor
T 'csr1 Al. SoUG- -KoRU, King OF Siam,
!. ., Gears old, a slender, dignified and
w. 'a,sous man, whose manners and
~; s.s;ts are more European than Ori-
r,vr stores were robbed in one night
:. Plain CITY, O., and the local newspa-
=, nroudly says that, although the job
r. =, Acme by home talent, it was equal
.'tse ~ best work of professional burg
A. ar St. Ouen Cemetery, in France, a
,.shsnd. after trimming his wife's
. r.ve knelt down, arranged his hair
"a dress, took off his hat, made a sign
Ssbe Al cross, and blew out his brains.
n had been widower since January.
Dua1sG January only eight days were
neorded in which any sunshine was
,sristered at the Greenwich Observable
~ England, and during IA days of
fsbusry there was none. In Decem-
bg there were only 14S hours of sun
ihine.
THE fair Queen Kate, wife of Henry
= Of England, received from Charles,
nor father, q missal which afterwards
becsme the property of the three sue
resding Henrys. It has just been sold
h Paris for S15,200
The phylloxera is causing the great
st snxiety in the Department of the
Rboue in France. The Journal Official
svs that the plan of Mr.. Davis, an
american engineer, is to be tried there.
This consists in poisoning the insect and
Stimulating the plant with manure.
kthe Red River country, Dakota, the
Gandin farm contains $4,000 acres,
With wheat standing on 10000 acres of
t. The farm has an elevator of the ca
psity of $4,000 bushels, and tele-
phone four miles in length. The Dali
ruple farm is four miles square, and
NEEDED last season Ill, 1888 bushels of
vhsst and $4,000 bushels of oats and
hrey.
GENEVA will hold, in 1881, an inter-
lztonal exhibition, exclusively confined
nWstches, jewelry, snuff boxes, and
nusical boxes. The Grand Council is
aid to have voted the credits necessary
for the preparatory works. This exhibi-
ton will be the first of an international
character that has taken place in Switz.
aland.
An American writing from Spain
urges the shipment of labor-saving i'm
pements there. Spanish farmers pillow
With the end of piece Of wood about
i've inches thick, as was done in the
middle ages, sowing and reaping ma
chimes are unknown, and grain is MOI
threshed. Oxen tread it out, and it il
vinnowed by women, who toss it inte
The air to scatter the chaff.
AMERcHANT, sitting in his Office il
South Street, New York, recently re
eszed an answer to his dispatch sent t.
shanghai six hours previously. Thirt,
thousand miles in six hours is gool
time, even for the telegraph. Th
charge to Shanghai is $3.50 per word
70 Yokohama, $3.O5; but a code, or ci
pler Is SO well systematized by certain
mercantile houses that a single wor'
serves to indicate a whole sentence @
perhaps dozen when translated.
WHILE the Postal-route Agent on tn
Boston and Providence Railroad was as
sorting the mail, the other day, he wa
aorror-struck at the following addres
0a apostal-card: "Mr. James Burns
nas John NJ. Finn, in care of Mix
Duffy or his sister Lizzie Duffy, or he
codsin Mol Mccarthy, corner Of Cros
s!reet and Jerry Ragans Hill, Mort
nam Street, Taunton, Mass, wholesal
anpeddler and tin horn artist. If ne
mere, elsewhere"
IHE sick children in the Londo
homes and Hospitals will be the II
upsns Of a new charity. A use.
saell Mission" has been established,
y SSsupported by boys and girls who Wis
ae sea-shore during the summer, an
sao nave been asked to collect shell
suu SEND them to the city for the anus
usat Of the little sufferers. Each she
Mn,! ny % put ia box bearing the il
,..s suos name and accompanied by
IHE San Francisco Chronicle has r
s.nS irom various counties in Califo
~, winch indicate that the farmers
10y laVored region will be blessed Wi
: Oountiful harvest. A much larg
sesge was sown to wheat this ye
s;., ssu ior several seasons past, and Il
", ,s,o Of this staple will be proportio
aSsly ~ great. Corn is looking remark
~ well, and the vineyards are
ssal11y condition, and give promise
Aoundant vintage. Altogether, t
rr.lise roulise OF the fields is that year
so,sy se,sa.y and prosperity is in store for t
.,a GOOD idea of the difficulty expe
inrr isa ~ the Post-ofiice Department
sss1stolng letters misdirected can
n. sa nom the following, which sho'
N.Y. s 'otai o. number of post offices throug
s. NJ the United States of the simil
~. NIUE: 81 Brooklyn, 1S; Williamson,
sai odlumOre. 3: Ranrnr. 10. Rnstf