The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-03-11
uoNE AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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] ssbsalth officers and sanitarians.
rur Young man to whom Miss Nellie
q ecker. daughter of a California mil
s s,.s;re. was betrothed, and to whom
i ~ ss left s10O, 900 in gold by a will made
a Il short time previous to her death, is
''.med Beck, and his father was at one
4 in'e inc Secretary of State in California.
j 1lraAMP found a woman alone in a
/ rrmont farm house, and threatened to
y m her if she did not give him five
q .snts. "Well, here it is, she said show
4 10 10 the coin, +" but l guess I'll shoot ii
j ! = STou," and she dropped it into the
S sirel of a shotgun. The fellow did
q Il wait to take it.
j raE fayorite amusement of all Span
4 sds. bull-fghting, is threatened with
.upression. The Society for the Pre-
,,,,aatt;on of Cruelty to Animals, estab-
Ebed in the capital of the Austrian En-
4 as has addressed circulars to kindred
paihtiOns throughout the world re-
mesting their cooperation in putting
Il DOWN this barbarous sport.
PUTTING together the facts that
] ssphen Denaro kept seven pistols and
fye guns in his house, on Edisto Island,
Sc, that his favorite theme was the
rHustworthiness of circumstantial evil
/ lenee and four men have been mur-
lied in his neighborhood within a few
rsan, the officials concluded that his
I suest vas proper, although there is no
/ trsct proof of his guilt.
Dr.. VANDERPOEL, of New York,
makes the rather startling suggestion
Sst in many cases where people are
spposed to be dead they are really
ingen to death by the undertaken who
phees them in a freezer and packs ice
mound them. He mentions several
ssss in which he believes the person
VAS not dead when thus frozen.
&R EDWARD THORNTON, the British
Minister, and his two daughters ride on
iR roads about Washington every
pleasant day; the white whiskered fa-
Asr on a handsome bay, the young
aaRs on two beautiful mouse-colored
hrses. The English girls high hats
md short blue habits are mentioned as
bing goft the most delicately trim fashion,
nd they are remarkably graceful horse
women
THERE is always an interest shown by
people who must stay at home in the eX-
Fnses of a trip to Europe. A gentle
man living on Long Island, who has
M returned from ninety days. tour
d Europe, says the trip cost him in all
aly ss75. He paid 500 for return
asket on first-class steamship, and for
he rest he visited the British Isles,
,nace, Germany, Switzerland, Holland,
Belgium and Italy. He does not state
bow many relatives he had in those
Countries.
AY0UNG woman at Mankato, Mimi,
M cleaning her white kids by washing
y oenzlne, the other day, near hot
soVe, the gloves being on her hands,
shen the hetreacherous stuff took fire, and
nM! probably lose both arms, even
ashe does not lose her life. The poor
N rushed out doors and plunged her
arms in and rolled in the snow, and sue
seaed IN extinguishing the flames on
lef ,a arms and forehead, but not until the
An was completely burned off both
ms to the elbow.
An orphaned heiress at Searsport
M., had scapegrace for a lover and
iso W, satchful uncles for guardians. She
y, ss'led to marry, but the uncles would
MgFe their consent, and she would
.x ner fortune by disregarding them.
i.aass hinasssage arrived by telegraph from
~ nad0n ls for the lover one dav, saving
w NJ ne had fallen heir to great wealth.
~ news soon reached the uncles. and
x! 0id not learn until the wedding had
-. asn place, with their consent, that the
ss %Dg folks had deceived them with a
4 OARok kURD Won ScHLosER, the
s..'nan -: Minister at Washington, is a
nau nal SIMPLY dressed bachelor, who does
ssu ~vs WORK than any other foreign Min
! hi. 4; ne is as simple in his habits as
: -. - aress. When all the other diplo-
~ ~ went In elegant carriages to make
sa ~ Aew Years calls on the President,
,I,ua ~. Won schloser walked. He takes
nail %Is Walk every morning, gets his own
ssa A.. nom the Post-office, and does
! s11sa,'er = ~ hard days work. He used
&marck. 0oie'"ry oi rrince
=, sm,'ssEpEG. but a few years ago the
Nh, ~ outpost of civilization, inhabited
Ismns ANY, " servants of the Hudson Ray
apany s.a and few hundred half
Sn s' : ana reached only by the primi-
~uA-cart ea of the Selkirk settlement
oaOaa. aOs ! Ioulshing city of 10000 people,
aes '..eo ss: by railroad with the great
ID s y aalch n stretch up through Mime
,Gjss IN y !. l.s northern border, and keenly
l,s s u 70 the possibilities which lie before
! /. A,e capital of what is soon destined
s,sns eae OF the most popular and pros
g. ' provinces of the British Empire.
the N MAS mas a remarkable speculator
n. e marquis de Santa Cruz di Mum
q q ~ ne made a fortune many wears
Ise lsna nJ became a large holder of fir
eira ..as ,ss IN the Sierra di Segura, Just
alna hal - hahey rose from nothing to great
Iics.,y % y Ine railroad being made IRON
min '0 n,o 70 Madrid. His next venture
hat /. Plahting vines ON such a scale
sof y;as,h - oeheved to be the largest own
nd '.aeyards in the world. His vine |
i rlsnd piou,ghed instead of worked
idinIs,hSIhaa Sha M. ne raises great quantities
<Anule Wine OF c,,, = II -.