The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-03-25
,arR AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

y soppection Herewith of the patri
\ Abraham, has been nearly de
pyd BY fire.
y, first gas ever exhibited in New
4 vas from a lamp erected by the
Y y sss company in 1928 in Franklin
~, 1t caused great curiosity and
Il !. aightly visited by crowds.
ryRs is, according to the Gauzois,
= lane ane doctor to every 10000 inhabit-
y N Paris, and then lots of them have
y out and do carpenter work to help
lie sliEing.
ror Of wild rice sown ON the ponds
sd Erie, Pa, two years ago, has
s#u and iourished, attracting thou
M Of birds, large and small. Trials
s,a.s Of New England have not been
uecessful.
q I#E Secretary of the Liverpool Veg
tdsp Society states that he has walked
h miles in Is days-an average of S5
.ls per day-on a diet of nothing but
n fruit, and this without unusual IA
sp or bodily strain. .
i Tms is an age of canal projects. The
gnan Government, it is said, contem-
Lies cutting a ship canal, navigable
4 var vessels, from the Baltic Sea to
sGerman Ocean, and passing through
.Sswig- -Holstein.
lPARRoT died of a broken heart in
aHson Spa. After it had been twenty
N yesrs in a family its owner went to
Grnesots. The bird soon missed him.
ii It's only cry was: Where is Joe?''
/ se nothing, and continued its call
Eslit fell exhausted.
rn Boston newspapers tell of a stage
|Hfk woman who got a divorce from
b husband in order to become an
|Hss, failed dismally behind the foot
(hs returned to her home and begged
Ie made wife again, which was done
Esre:narriage.
NAME has a law that relieves the
Vt for liquor from payment. All
leh sales on credit are made at the
X Of the seller. Certain parties in
1ton just now, owing to the insolven-
gda few Maine liquor concerns, find
snselFes out Of every dollar of their
aims.
ASouTHERN city is said to boast of
nlored lodge, part of whose title is
The Grand Council of the Grand An
int Order Of the Sons, and Daughters.
Dthers and Sisters of Moses, of the
lited States and the World at Large. -
ssir secret grip lanes man for six
Inths. >
The Vesuvius railway promises to be
1 accomplished fact. A portion of the
y afe already laid, and a number of
Elnen 4 n are daily engaged upon the
y. Inc railway starts from a point
ased to the west of the observatory
mat side Of the cone which is least
aOM sao]ect TO streams of lava.
lAPT. WEBB, the Channel swimmer.
Undertaken to swim 60 consecutive
MS VIZ; for three days and two
nus. lie will be allowed to leave the
lsr ior not more than 80 minutes in
! = u hours. The attempt will be
ae under the most favorable circum-
les possible, viz: sea water OF sum-
temperature, and in London early
Aarch. 0"ity
DaREFooT WALKER :" is well known
aad columbus, Ga. He is so called
ause ne has not worn shoes for forty
Ihe other day he died, to all in
= ! anu purposes of old age, and his
~ ms made preparations to bury the
nan. just as the funeral ceremo-
!, we're beginning old Walker sat up
: : .1nn y and asked what they were
: : J mere. The funeral party went
9 discouraged.
oRiNG a recent storm at Anamosa
! ! woman experienced peculiar
:. Tue sensation being that of a
:. spon the forehead. She was puz. |
se Il 70 Ihe cause. The next day it
discovered that there was a hole |
IIlough the floor of the room, and
dI0ser sss1: examination the joist was
thsp hsppliiatered; u 1t was plainly evi-
~. sna. It was the work of electricity. |
I1s' = sne charge had gone upward In |
!. :. supreme Court of Indiana de- |
Y. .ual the legal name of a person
- VI one Christian name and q
,us. Nc, Any person may have as
auie b;,' names, or initials, as are
! nlni OF as he chooses to take |
i. ~ not affect his legal name, and |
= s;,h Inserted or not in a deed or con- |
= s,raou5 m;s. affecting its validity. Nor
: - mistake in the middle initial of
n n N a deed, in any way affect its
nh, : swedish postal authorities have
nar;aa sasaed a list of the newspapers
otal u appearing in Sweden. |
,pa,nl NH, number is SIG, of which go
lSss,isned So,,ls in Stockholm. After
IIosa'. IU.l ranks aS Gothenburg with 20,
spsSla asJ with IA, Malmo with 9, and |
s,s asu 1onkoping each with 8. OF
srs o paolleations only about one
nly nj properly 1o ady, newspapers, and there
9;n ~ aally papers-5 in Stock
,on;n n uothenburg, and l each in
pans' Malmo and Helsingborg. |
NJ aUliaegroom was not present at
~. onv appeinted for wedding at
ssts, ii Ia. The bride, who knew
BIZ blusiness' saH' said his courage had
II H.. .alied him. Somebody sug-
i s1as a a horn be blown toscaIl him,
y sa,'s aas s done. A responsive whoop
ona,. @ nom the woods near by, but
pg ut;ns. man did not appear until
g + party brought him in by