The Bossier banner., 1880-08-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A free ice-water fountain in opera
ton under the wing of the Post-office
New York, during the first week wa!
used by twenty-five thousand people
Already it is reported that the tippline
places in the vicinity have pecuniarily
suffered because of this fountain. Thi:
brief experience comedies with that Of
London in the same matter.
"A Philadelphia swindler opened 8
store in Arch Street, stocking it with
bottles of what he called Club Sauce
and advertised for "a partner with $25(
in a prosperous business" He aver
aged for some time about one new
partner every week, for the dupes
would drop out quietly on ascertaining
that the business was sham and leave
their money behind.
The Rev. DIR. William M. Baker
tells in the Christian Iatelltgeacer about
the persecution of a young woman and
belligerantly adds: ''When | think OF
her story my first and strongest feeling
is not SO much admiration for her as an
almost intense desire to give the man
who so pursued her thrashing. Very
likely myself would be the one thrashed
but l could atleast enjoy doing my best. !"
Fishermen engaged in the Green
land fishery say they never experienced
anything like the terrific ice blockade
which now extends down to the fifty
second parallel of latitude. The field
of ice lying to the eastward of New
foundland, the southern extremity of
which now bears 120 miles distant from
St. Johns, is of the heaviest foe de-
scription. Thousands of icebergs are to
be seen.
The Mormons are still pegging
away at their new temple. 1t is now
twenty years since it was commenced;
$4,000,000 has been expended and it is
one-fourth completed. The building is
being constructed of Utah granite. and
when finished will be the finest church
edifice, if not the finest building OF any
kind, in America. 1t will require $2S,-
100000 to complete the temple.
jefferson Davis has presented to the
city of New Orleans, in compliance with
the request of the late Mrs. Sarah A.
Dorsey, who left him her estate, a
painting representing Anne of Austria
exhibiting the portrait of her son, Louis
XIV, to the French people. The artist
was Pierre Mignard, Court painter to
Louis XIV. The State of Louisiana was
named after 60 LIE Grand Monarque.
"A recent decision in the Ohio Su-
preme Court upsets a sale of land in
Cleveland, in 1858, for $500, now worth
fully $160,000. The lots had been as
signed to two brothers Forseman, in
business at Piqua, for debt due them
many years ago, and the title remained
undisturbed until after the death of both
of them, when the trustees made sale,
but by proceedings now declared irregu-
lar. There are now five heirs to divide
the new-found estate.
james Morton got married clan
destinely in Pittsburg, and took his
wife to Detroit, where they had their
first quarrel. In order to frighten her,
he declared that he was going to desert
her, and then went away from the hotel
On the following day he returned to
lind that his plan had been most effective.
Mrs. Morton had swallowed morphine,
and neither his lamentations nor the |
doctors efforts could save her life.
The champion rat story of the era
$ told by the San Francisco Examiner.
It says: ga remarkable occurrence |
ately took place on our northern coast. |
fore-and-aft schooner, while lying in |
safe harbor.' as was supposed, and |
having no crew on board on account of
he safety of the position, was boarded
" rats in such numbers that they ate
way all her standing rigging, including
and also the iibs, foresails
nd mainsails. All were DESTROYED be-
'ond the possibility of repair"
The Home for Old and INDECENT
Actors, to which Edwin Forrest left
early the whole of his fortune, is a
andsome country house, with beautiful
near Holmesburg, Pa.
here are only five inmates, the number
eing restricted by the unproductive-
ess OF the Forrest estate; but the trus-
ses have Just come into an income
'hlch will enable them to conduct the
harity in accordance with the plans of
le dead tragedian. The Forrest man
on in Philadelphia has been purchased
the School of Design for Women.
"A notorious desperado, for whose
ipture $500 had been offered, was
.ugght in Oregon by two constables.
hey had to convey him a hundred
lies in a wagon, and, knowing his /,
ckless character they tied him to the {
at. On the way he tried several de-
ces to escape, but in vain, until he hit i
'on the desperate one of firing keg {
powder that was in the vehicle. This t
did by covertly throwing lighted I
atch into it. He crouched as low as {
'ssible, and shielded his face, SO that |
was not seriously injured. One of t
e constables was killed ana the other '
rned so badly that he could do moth t
9 to prevent the prisoner from getting f
ray. /.
The woman who made up her mind U
walk from Omaha to San Francisco p
s arrived at her journeys end. The d
imp occupied three months. When S
ked why she had done it she replied: o
., l had husband and two children b
here and thought I'd come out" a
Had you no money!" "Yes. money n
ough; but wanted to see if woman v
lld do it. l was offered rides on the
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