The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-05-04
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A Pathetic Incident Of Life in &
Great City. .0 ssAs

| As gentleman. was walkingap
Broadway a day or two ago his ,stten
ton was attracted by a man ahead ~
hirns about whom chung an air ofsbahbJ
gentility. Suddenly, the man sprans
forward and seized a piece of bread lid
was lying on the walk The morsel Be
thrust into his mouth and crunehed ~.
tween his teeth like, a famished. wolf
The gentleman, ike others famiIsI
with life in New York, had leaanetfl
| turn a deaf ear upon beggars, but this
| spectacle went to his heart. He 'could
not bear to see person actually su3aF
ing from hunger. andtaking a coin from
his pocket accosted the man 1The p0dl
wight looked at him in a dazed sort d
way. "Here, my man." said the eeh
tleman, take this and get somathinl
to eat The man seized the coin and
dashed away in the direction of chen
eating house. The gentleman contnu9
on his way. with a feeling of satisfacfol
at the thought that he had helped anna
who was really needy. A few bloch
above he stepped into aRmefcantiIn ~
| tablishment to see about some bushes
matters. He related the incident ii III
street, and one Of the persons wishwhs1
he was talking remarked ssthat, MAJ
must make five or ten dollars 4 dat"
Then it was explained that the mausGx
a fraud. He stopped in front Of an q
Establishment one day to pick upA 30
! OF bread, and the clerks presented quik
a sum Of money to him. A day Ok tw
afterward he was seenndoing thosEsx1
thing in the. vicinity and the trick WIN
exposed. He carried the bread ID ny
pocketland tossed it on the walkRp1a
it up again. The gentleman came dQYI
Broadway meditating on the dest1s q
this world. and when he reached his9
fee told how he had been imposed up0S
A gentleman present said alady t.
saw the same man greedily devoW
apple-core that he had found Id the nv
ter She called him across the saileF
and gave him fifty cents. The man z
Frenchman, about forty years old, avn
a full beard, and generally opante9M
the. vicinity of Broadway and Housloi
streets.-N. r. Tribune $3.50
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j. M. Davis renowned hunieL
living on Fifteen-Mile RayouiH
Francis County, Arkansas, recently nN
a thrilling encounter with q p&nlnss
Davis was out hunting, when,t the anlr'a
sprang upon him from the lower lmps
an oak tree. Fortunately il vau1tea ep
his head, and recovering from IA
prise, he shot at and wounded i baa't
The panther crept along tho groasdS
ward him, seemingly Determined n s.
him. Davis fired again, and this ~ =
the shot was fatal the charge lodey
1 in the panther's head and killing y H.
short time. The animal was tirllsusg
large, measuring eight feet hSs -
| from the tip of the tail. Nearly aFs
deer was found in his paunch. $50.
Iaflt al-ax. III aga
| "a New York woman has msoe
| will on silver cards, taking out ~
of each card in the shape Of ! ofe n
no two being alike-+and GYMS !
I piece to different heirs. They 4s y
receive what she has bequestheo -
on the cards into which. their
1 pieces fit, nx -.
The oystermens of Oyster baEf &
L, claim that they hold Their nsl1a ~ 4
rights under a patent of grand lssaE M
the town by Queen Anne, and inss
| New York Legislature has no rgn'
interfere with them.