The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-12-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
Awhile robin was recently captured

J "A whlte robln was recently captured
In Gaysport, Pa.
| The Earl of. Mount Cashel, who i.
about to marry a widow, Mrs Moles
worth, is in his ninetieth year.
AT an expenditure of 10000, un.
| der the Stock Protection act, 469, OOO
kangaroos and wallaby dogs have beer
destroyed in New South Wales in a
year.
DIR. McCreery, of Louisville, KY,
believed that athoroughly acquired ap.
petite for rum was incurable, and there
fore, when he found himself possessed
OF one he committed suicide.
| Robert Warnock, a veteran of the
war of 1912, and 102 years old, has lust
become an inmate of the Veteran Sol
diers' Home in Dayton. O., hoping to
pass the remainder of his DAYS there.
The long dry spell caused bees
to tap the grape. They extracted the
juice SO thoroughly in some VINEYARDS
| about Thomaston, Md, that nothing
was left but the skin and seeds.
Three Philadelphia girls, ranging
from eleven to thirteen years of age,
agreed to test the pleasures of getting
drunk. They bought bottle of whisky
and drank it. A policeman soon after.
ward found them lying insensible in the
treet.
The Sioux have fashion of nam.
ing children in the order in which they
are born. So the roll has many such
names as Winona, Hapan, Hepi, Wa
noke, Hake, etc., which mean first
born, second-born, ird-born, fourth.
born, fifth-born, and so on.
The identical table used by Thomas
Jefferson for tea service at Monticello
IS IN the possession of w. n. Ruilin. OF
Danville. Va. one of his lineal descend
ants. The table is neatly made OF hard
oak. about six feet long and four feet
wide, with two small folding leaves.
In ten minutes s'cane rush, be-
tween Union College sophomores and
freshmen, at Schenectady, N. Y, the
other day, most of the contestants were
shirtless. After the fight bits of tat.
tered clothing Uttered the ground. The
faculty were unable to stop the fracas,
and will hereafter make expulsion the
penalty for such exhibitions.
The farmers of Maine ought to put
up monument in honor of the CATER
pillars which devastated their apple.
orchards a few years ago; for since that
time the trees have regularly borne in
what are elsewhere ''off years" This
years crop in Maine is enormous, the
quality is superb and the farmers are
getting three dollars barrel at their
own doors, owing to the scarcity every.
where else.
Apple peels and apple cores are
now shipped from Chicago by the bar
rel to makers of apple butter. When a
shipper asked the freight clerk what
rate he would charge on them, the clerk,
thinking the customer was iokino
him, asked: "Do you want separate
rate for, stems and seeds?', He was
very much astonished to learn that
cores and skins are regular article OF
No one can contemplate the statis- |
tics which reveal the wholesale slauoh- |
ter OF railroad brakemen, while they are |
engaged in the duty of coupling cars
without being shocked into the convic-
ton that some means for preventing it !
ought to be enforced. A law compel
ling the use of safety couplers was in
PRODUCED in the Connecticut Lepisla- i
ture during the last session and laid
over for year to afford the Railroad
of the State time to con-
slider the subject.
"A Cincinnati boy brought home
some caps and Illuminating powder from
The fireworks factory in which he was
employed, and put them under his bed.
His mother struck them with broom
while sweeping, and caused an explos.
on which almost killed her. The lad
did not let this mishap hinder his di.
version. He brought home a much
arger quantity of the explosives, and
Kept them in a box on the roof of the
house. A few days ago a roofer picked
Up the box, rubbed the powder between
lis fingers, and was blown into frag-
nents
-Jemima Burke, of Fleming, Ky..
vas visited simultaneously by two suit.
YRS, Royce and Rogers. Neither was
Inclined to retire and leave the other
lone with the girl, because both knew
hat they had alike come to pop the
IuestIon. After two hours of obstinate .
lttlng, Rogers remarked that a man
vas selling moonshine whisky in
onely place half a mile away, and in
tied Royce to go and drink some. They
vent together and got the whisky. I
sogers then said he guessed he would ;;
eturn to Jemima, as ne wished to see \
er alone. Royce replied that he had
precisely similar intention That !.
iade Rogers desperate, and he shot !
.oyce TO death.
Queen Ranavalomanjka, of NADIA +
ascar, has always been a strong tenn :
erance woman and rigid advocate of :
rohibitory laws. In Imerina, her CEN !
al province, new prohibitory law
as Just been promulgated, which, if ,
ne shall be able to enforce it, ought to !
ssult in the strictest sobriety. Under !
enalty OF a fine of ten oxen and ten ,
ollars, it prohibits the manufacture :
nd sale OF intoxicating beverages, and i
finishes with lighter penalties those j
,und drunk or carrying the LIQUOR. !;
hoover may have sent them. If one .
'nvicted be unable to pay the fine, he .
ust suffer Imprisonment. one day be.
g regarded as equivalent to a six. :,
ence of the fine.