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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-10-07
He Forget the Bullet.

i, It is but seldom that the comic ele.
ment enters into attempts at suicides, A.
diverting exception to this general rule,
is afforded by the suicidal enterprise of
a Hungarian engineer, resident at TIE.
mesvar, who, being steadfast votary
of Bac chus, had drunk himself into so
unsatisfactory q. state of mind that q
few days ago he determined to put
at end to his existence. Having proviL
ded himself with a pistol, and locked
himself up in Q private room Of hotel
in the town, which apartment Ne had
specially hired for the purpose, he,
pressed the muzzle of the weapon
against his left breast and pulled sithe .
trigger. The usual explosion followed,
and the wou1d-be suicide fell to the
ground, where he lay patiently for sev.
eral minutes, waiting fors DEATH Dis
solution, however, failing to set in as
promptly as he had expected. he pres-i
emily, arose, left the hotel and walked
home, with, view to dying comforta-
bly, in his own apartment. "A littlellAter.
on, perplexed by his aunaccountable VII
tality, he sent for surgeon to examine
the wound. Beyond a slight scorchingE
of the skin, no injury could be detected;
and, while the surgeon was vainlyN
searching for 4 mortal hurt his patient
anxiously inquired where the bullet,
pia py tSss you must s1s sasdatsn the to
put it into the pistol. ~ T'f Give me my
waistcoat," calculated the intended
.self-slayer, and, sure enough, safely en-.
sconced in the watch pocket. of that
garment was found the missile with
which he had designed to- extinguish.
his vital spark. Since this discovery he
has quilted Temesvar, in which town
he found that his rash attempt to kill
himself with Q charge of powder and
wad had made him the OBJECT OF more
pubic notice, attended, by uneontrolla-i
BILE hilnrity, than was altogether, agree
able to hin.-Londos Telegraph. .@'fD7o'''
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-10-07
1 ROLLS RUNAWAY.

It was a bright crisp morning, and al
though the air felt like September, it
was really July; one of those days which
seems bught to Belong to the autumn
Ms Which. BY some mistake gof the
seather-clerk, has been misplaced. The
eMl snEshore,s wind, Coming from
M away up in the meadows, scarcely
Eused as it swept over the little sand
wand and rushed boisterously out to
sne sea, with force of "half a gale.' ~
any one who was on the alert that
morning might have seen two. boys
Waking along the beach. one holding a
oall d. stbdt cord, part of which was
aeund around the body of the other.
spn ths notions Of both the boys, and
y! Me evident straining and snrging Of the
nne the observer might have supposed
Mat they had hooked large fish, and,
NOT being able to land it, were content
merely to prevent its escaping. But
ae principal fact contradictory to this
neory was that. the line, instead of
.eadang downward into the ocean,
heads. - 49,
u now, the spectator had continued
as search for the unknown cause of the
soys singular movements, he would
nave discovered, away up in the air, a
monster kite, now rising, now falling,
= lhe gusts of wind struck. it, and con-
~. ss.aally surging and swaying on the
aAe strlng, seemingly trying either to
NAP the cord Or drag the boys into the
",Whew! Doesn't 1t pull, thoughr'
saciamed thesy youn ger Of the two, who
aeld the ball Of twine. -
:. should say it did," answered the
saer, as he felt the quivering line.
M .,llsnt it pity, Tom, that we can't
va a,ske use of that power in some way or
Serf Seaerf 1t tugs as hard as young
asse. Why couldn't we make it haul
l.; wagon, or a-boatP" he aided, as
L$s fell upon the little dory that
~. ~ beside the dock, off which his
Il. hunger brother Rollin was just plung-
msNnEstNess ssVss stS sAg saSss !
~. ae ae idea once in his head, Ernest was
L.... s .ne boy to give it up without, at
as'' No. trlal SO, having Fexplained his
sssn rsr. a. some length to Tom (who al
ny s eagerly sagreed~ with him SSthe
ma ma hurried out to the end of the dock.
dorr Ernest, jumping down into the
ha !, + aed the kite-string to a ring in
as LOW Low; ne then proceeded to make
nth s.en : OF the boat fast to the pier
nv n.tssapna'Ylhile. Roll had arrived at the
iassa iace Of the water with many sputter-
NM, n ana. seeing what was going on.
Hsulately a clambered into the dory..
hr was bright, athletic-looking
Is ~. VI eleven, but at present
aquatic gambols had tired him
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-10-07
Scientific Croquet..


Talk of Hamlet w4shl q paftDh HAM
let omitted; that is nothing to the. ex-
clusion Of women from croquet. Yet
this is being done in New y fork City by .
. new .croquet club. Not only. are
women dispensed with, but the green
sward is.tabooed. i The ground fs cov-4
cred with sand and rolled hard, and !.
placing the foot on the ball is not ad- y
mitted. leThe size of the, wickets tis re-
duced to four, inches, while the ball !,
made OF hard rubber, is three inches
and ahah. led Everything is dome to make
the game difficult. Indeed, this new
variation of croquet Is not unlike pool
as played on billiard tablesi q Wed doubt
whether this o-ealled scientific croquet
will ever become popular Dsmorescs
Monthly! saoitasB9sI iGfso,l srsi
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-10-07
"A Mexican driyer Of = freiobt waof

Z Mexican driver Of a freight wagon
recently got his team stuck while at
tempting to cross the railroad near Fort
Bowie, Arizona. The wagon was loaded
with eight thousand pounds of beans.
The driver left his cargo across the
track, and the next engine knocked his
cargo into fragments.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-10-07

There is to be- y grand national
meeting of all the bicycle iclubsl in the
country held this. fall In Brooklyn, It
Is expected that q thousand bicyclists
will be present, and they are to form
procession and visit Coney Island.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11
From Kansas,

LONGToN, ELK Co., KANSAS, February s. 1880.
! To the Editor of the Standard:
| Elk County lies in Southeastern Kansas, and was
once the north half of Howard County, which, few
years ago, divided, and Elk and Chautauqua coun-
ties formed therefrom that there is but one county
between Elk and the line of the Indian Nation on the
south and three counties between this and the Kan
sas and Missouri State line the east.
The county is more of prairie than timbered
county, although along the rivers and small streams
there is plenty of good timber.
On the higher land there is some scrubby jack and
white oak. The timber the uplands would grow
larger, were it not for prairie fires, which burn and
stunt the trees White and red oak walnut blackberry,
hickory. ash sycamore, and cottonwood, the chief
sorts of timber. Ever since the settlement of the
county, farmers the prairie have been more or less
engaged in rearing of timber, that in few
years this will be timbered county.
Almost every school district in the county has its
frame stone schoolhouse and the great majority of
them are paid for; at least, not enough Indebtedness
to make anybody feel it, and this is thing the
icrant should look out for.
The county being well watered, by numerous
streams rivers and creeks is not surpassed by any
county in the State for stock-raisng, well agri
cultural purposes And those in the East, who con-
template coming to this State engage in stock-rais
ing or farming should visit this county before locat
ing elsewhere But should come with less
than five hundred dollars, with view of engaging in
either of these pursuits am that it has been
sad go to Kansas, get 160 of land pow up the
prairie and raise seed corn' This is very nice but
it takes money.
In conclusion will just say that there two lines
OF railroad in the county, completed last year, one,
running through through the county from east to
the east and west road Longon is the line this
road. LEWIS CLARK
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11

One day last week one of our Oldest
subscribers called at the Office, and said
there was something wrong in our article
about the Mormons. We asked him to
tell what was wrong, but he did not ap-
pear able at first to point out the errors.
Finally, he said he was member of the
Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day
Saints, but they are not Mormons. He
said Brigham Young was a Mormon, and
he had seeded, gone off to Utah, and es-
tablished polygamy, sc. He admitted,
however, that he is follower of joe
Smith, and that he believes that the Book
of Mormon is an inspired work, and of
equal validity with the Bible. Heshowed
us the articles of faith of this new church,
and we only objected to one point of be-
lief, and that is, where they profess to
believe in the power to heal sickness by
miracles. Our friend said that there could
be no doubt on this point, because the
apostles were directed to go out and
preach, and heal disease, cast out devils,
raise the dead, &C., and if they drank any
deadly thing it should not hurt them.
we lOIu Hill UutiG WO pIOpOScu d U6oC VI
their faith, and their power to carry out
this command literally. If he would
bring to town his inspired, miracle-work-
ing preacher, we would go to one of the
drug stores and get dose of arsenic, and
if he would swallow it and not die, then
we would believe; but until we had some
such test, we would not believe that one
of Gods Interchangeable laws could be re-
voked or suspended. Our friend declined
the test, showing that he really does not
believe such absurdities; it shows that he,
at least, is not as hopelessly insane as was
Freeman, the Pocasset murderer, who
sacrificed his child.
We have this further proposition to
make, not involving loss of life. We have
in our office rule cutter, with which we
could take off a mans finger by the pull
ing down of small lever. Now if one of
these inspired saints will put his finger
under the knife of that little machine, let
us pull the lever, and then if he will put
that finger on the hand again, we will be-
lieve.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11
Good Health makes Earth a Heaven.

Remember that Dr.. Guysott's Yellow
Dock and Sarsaparilla has proven itself
to be the best blood purifier ever discov-
cred, and is a positive cure for Scrofula
and Syphilitic disorders, Weakness of
the Kidneys, all Nervous disorders and
Debility, all Urinary and Digestive troub-
les, etc. Price of large quart bottles with
full directions, $1.O0. A single bottle will
prove to you its merits as a health-renew-
er, for it acts like charm, relieving both
physical and mental distress driving out
of the human system the many ills that
flesh and blood is heir to, and restoring
the natural vigor to both mind and body
exhausted by disease and suffering. II
makes the old feel young and buoyant
1t makes the young feel gay.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11
OBITUARY..

CAsE.March 3d. 1880, at her home near Steam Mill;
of lung fever Sophia Case wife of james Case, aged
Y years, months and Ii days.
Mrs Case, the beloved wife of james Case, a
native of Maryland. She was born Oct. 18th, 1908.
When about years old, she moved to Ohio. In
March, 1SiS, she married to Mr.. James Case who
is left companionless. In the year 1S49, in
pany with her husband she moved to jackson county,
and located near the Steam MILL where she lived un-
til death. When about twenty-five years old, she
made profession of faith in Christ and united with
the New Concord Baptist Church, Maryland. Having
moved to Jackson county she united with the First
Baptist Church of jackson, in which church she re-
mained faithful member until the organization of
the Evergreen Baptist Church. when she received a
letter, with ten eleven Others for the purpose of
entering into that organization.
Sister Case had been a consistent member of the
Baptist Church for over fifty years. She was always
exemplary in her attendance at public worship. 1t
always her purpose to arrange matters at home
to be present in the house of God every Sabbath
the Church mel for public worship Nothing but ne
cessity would keep her away from the service of the
Church, which she deemed her highest privilege.
While she shone conspicuous in the Church, more
unassuming and unpretending spirit never breathed.
Humility, condescension meekness, shone distinctly
in her character. In all her relations of life her
Christian principles were conspicuous. The
sister approached the Christian standard,
that called to say where, in her private
public life she faulty, could not tell, for she
lived as is given 10 humanity in this sinful
world. AS woman those who knew sister Case
could scarcely fail not only to respect but to admire
her. for she was interesting in person. refined in
ture pure in sympathies, hsnest in speech, and ever
ready to lend helping hand to all who needed her
assistance, In her house she all that wife and
mother could be. She given to hospitality. Few
houses, if any in the county, visited by more
ministers, and members of the denomination of
which she member, than hers, and to her table
she gave them hearty welcome. But she is with
no more. Yes, now
1.-The church yard bears an added stone,
The ire-side shows vacant chair;
There sadness dwells and weeps alone,
And death displays his banner there.
The life has gone the breath has fed,
And what has been, more shall be-;
The well-known form, the welcome tread,
Oh! where are they, and where is she?'
Her funeral sermon was preached by the writer, to
large of people, from Phil. l. 2''To die
is gain.'' Her remains were conveyed to the Ever
green graveyard, and placed to rest there until the
resurrection L. W. LLOYD.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11
Free of Cost.

DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. Asthma, Bronchitis, etc., is
given away in trial bottles free of cost to the
afflicted. If you have severe cough, cold
difficulty of breathing, hoarseness or any affec.
ton of the throat or lungs by all means give
this wonderful rem edy trial. AS you value
your existence you cannot afford to let this op-
portunity pass We could not afford, and
would not give this remedy away unless we
knew it would accomplish what we claim tor
it. Thousands of hopeless cases have already
been completely cured by it. There is no med
icine in the world that will cure one-half the
cases that DR.. Kings New Discovery will cure
For sale by E. d. Lewis, Main Street.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11
Remember-Friend Remember,

That DR.. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
has proven itself to be a positive cure for
Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis and all
Lung diseases. 1t has saved the lives of
many even after the doctors had said
there was no hope. Every one declares
that it goes right to the right spot
soothing and healing as if by magic all
soreness Of throat and lungs. A single
dose taken at bed time will gently warm
the blood, cause refreshing slumber, and
by morning an ordinary cough or cold
will be gone. None genuine without sig
nature of Sanford & Park. Large pint
bottles S1.0O. Keep bottle always on
hand, it will save you many doctor bill
2OOct79-Sm
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11

WE heard of colored restaurant-keep-
er who accompanied lady of color home,
few evenings since, to the unutterable
chagrin of some young colored gents, who
vented their feelings by throwing rocks
at the "beau." That individual allowed a
pistol to go off in his immediate neighbor-
hood, and the throwers went off at about
the same time. If the course of true love
didn't run smoothly those young colored
gentlemen did.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11
Probate Court Proceedinos

Joseph Aten, ex of Robert Perry, decd VS.. Column
bus Weed, ct al. Petition sell land. Order sale
made and issued.
Josiah c. Cremeens appointed administrator OF
George W. McKelvey, decd Bond $1,000.
The State of Ohio Thomas S. McCray. Vagran-
cy. Application for admission into the State Reform
School made.
7. Jay Morgan, admir- of Thomas T. Williams, dec d.
vs. Daniel E. JONES' ct al Petition to sell land Re-
Report of sale filed, confirmed and deed ordered.
James Mathew, admir- of George Stifier, decd vs.
Elizabeth Farrar, ct al. Petition to sell land. Report
of sale filed, confirmed and deed ordered.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Amos t. Swan and Phebe A. Swanson.
Joseph MILESTONE and Mary L. Mosbarger.
John Trimmer and Henriette Fisher.
Jonathan r. Resinger and Sarah Groves.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11

SOME friend informed us, last week,
that one Of the beliefs of the Mormon
faith, as at present being preached in this
region, is that the converts will, at stat
ed period in the near future, turn their
property over to the church and go to a
sort of paradise, said to be located some
where in the State of Missouri. While
we do not assume to criticise this belief,
we do most solemnly advise our friends
that if they are in search of truly good
place, they should never go to a State
with Democratic tendencies. Try Iowa.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11

SOME time ago two men in Jefferson
township undertook to put a ring in a
hogs nose, to keep it from roofing. Next
day they noticed that the hog had been
roofing up the grass as bad as ever. Upon
examination they discovered that they
had put the ring in the hogs under lip,
instead of the upper lip, or rooter. One
of the men is postmaster, and the other
tailor. They were neither farmers nor
doctors, or they would have known with
what part of it's nose hog roots.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11

THERE was jolly crowd at City Hall
on Saturday night. The attention of the
crowd was about equally divided between
the stage and the peanut venders. Mrs.
Paine is splendid actress, and it did
sound a little strange, when she was &C.
ing through some of the most pathetic
passages in the drama of Leah" to hear,
as an accompaniment, the monotonous
"snap-bang-crunch" of peanuts all over
the house. But it was good-natured
crowd, and went there for fun, paid its
money for fun, and had fun. The Paine
troupe appear to be thoroughly upright
people,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11
No More Scrip.

IN o more SCRIP
All through the hard times we have been taking
furnace credit and furnace scrip, subscription.
We did this to enable the about the furnaces to
take THE STANDARD. We also put the price of sub
scription down to dollar per year-one-half the
price of papers of the same size.
Now that times good, and men get good wages,
in cash, not take trade, especially the cost
of paper has gone up very much We will take cash
credit any of the furnaces, and not call for the
money until the end of the year $780, This will be
inducement to furnacemen to have their hands take
the paper. If
Mother when your dear baby suffers in teehing,
Dr. Winchells Teething Syrup, it soothes the pain,
regulates the bowels quickly collie, brings nat
sleep so charming in all its effects, that If
you use it once you will use it always Sold by all
Druggists only 25 cts bottle For sale by Geo. W.
Miller, jackson,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11

JACKSON had visitation of thunder
and lightning on Wednesday of last week.
This is said to be another indication of
cold weather. What with the ground
hog and the thunder. we shall probably
have some terrible weather yet-unless
the "signs" fail.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11

Ifthe fool is known by his folly, what is he who
trfes with cold A cough is natures warning
peril prophetic fdsease consumption and death, yet
many neglect practically recognize this plain
truth till their health is impaired and strength vast
ed. Have you a cold Eilerts Wine of Tar and Wild
Cherry is invaluable and reliable remedy for
coughs, colds, Group, catarrh and consumption and
you wise you will at once try it. Sold and war
ranted by Druggists. For sale by Geo W. Miller,
jackson.
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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.
State of Ohio, Jackson County, SIS.
rourt of Common plaas

State of Ohio, Jackson County,
Court of Common Pleas.
The VintOn County National Bank of Macarthur, Ohio,
VS.. John Burt, Mary A. Burt his wife, Harvey
Wells Himenia Starr, George w. Barlow, Samuel
McGhee, William Vaughn and James G. Howe.
On order of sale.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of an
sale issued of said the 10th day of
February, 1880, and to directed will offer for sale
public auction, at the door of the Court House, in
jackson, in said county, on
Saturday, ApriI 3d. a. ID. 1880, at One O'Clock PM,
following described real estate, situated the
county Of jackson and State of Ohio, to-wit:
Part of lot number thirtyone (3l), in Daniel Hoff-
mans Addition to the town of Jackson, follows:
strip twenty (25) feet off of the side said
lot, having frontage of twenty-five (25) feet on
Broadway Street, and equal width back an alley
in of said lot This description supposes Broad
way Street TO run north and south. This conveyance
eNcepts the mineral stonecoal underlying the same,
and the right to mine and remove the same.
Appraised at $l700.
Terms of sale, cash on day of sale.
To be sold as the property of John Burt to satisfy
judgment and decree in favor of The VintOn County
National Bank of cArthur, Ohio,
Given under my hand this 18th day of February, A.
ID. 1880. T.. T. JONES, Sh'H j. G. o.
VIM. j. Rannels, atty for prf.
mar4+5t
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11

NJ. T. VANPELT, ESQ, of Hillsboro, has
located here in the practice Of his profess
sion, and can be found in the office of Esq.
Davis, ready to attend to all business per-
tanning to the profession of law. If
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-03-11

HosKINs & Poor. of this place, have
for sale thirteen yokes of work cattle and
six mules. These will be sold at private
sale, on reasonable terms, if application
be made before Saturday next-March
13. If not sold before that time, they will
be offered at public sale, in Jackson.
Here's chance for bargain.
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PosToFFICEs AND PosTMAsTERs.
ChurcA Directoru Of JACKSON, ohio, for 1850.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Rev. c. F. Creighton,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath at 10a and at
night Teachers meeting Tuesday evening. Prayer
Sabbath at 9 a. m.
PRESBYTERIAN.-Rev. James R. Collier, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath at 1012 a and at night.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. Sabbath
School every Sabbath at a.
CHRISTIAN.-ElderJ. j. P. Ewing Pastor. Preach
ing every Lords Day at l01z and at night. Sab
bath School every Lords Day at a.
BAPTIST.-Rev. E. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preaching
every Sabbath at 10a and at Lamplighting. Sab
bath School every Sabbath at a. Prayer meeting
and Teachers meeting every Wednesday evening.
Choir meeting every Thursday evening.
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Post Office Bulletin for Jackson, Ohio.

Postoffce is open during the week from 80 to
$50 p. M, but never on Sunday.
PORTSMOUTH BRANCH.-Mail going north
rives at :55 a.. m. and :0S p.
Mail going South arrives at l5 a. and ;35 D.
Mails arriving at 7:l5 a. m. and 6:0S p. M, are
through mails from Cincinnati, Ohio and all Western
and Southern States, Athens, Ohio, Pomeroy, Ohio
and all points on the Hooking Valley r. r. Grafton
West Va and all Eastern and Middle States, and
Portsmouth, Ohio, and all points Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad, West Va, and Northeastern Kentucky
Mail departs from this office all trains mentioned
above 20 minutes before given arrival
SPRINGFIELD SOUTHERN.-Mail arrives at IL 90
p m, and departs from Office at 90 a.
s. p. BALDRIDGE, p. NJ.
EV-Weber, Grahamsville and Mabee's depart from
Cove, Ohio every Wednesday and Saturday at 90 a.
m. No regular mail to Coalton.