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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21
Prospectus Ger 1850.
A Eirst-class Family Magazine.
LalaVSsscOfs'S JEYGg0x5ee,
a Popular Monthly of General Lit
serature.

.
she distinctive reputation Of Eippincott's
4 Magazine as 'eminently readable" will,
1t Is trusted, be confirmed and extended dur.
ing the coming year. The special aims Of it's
conductors is TO secure such trea5ment of the
great variety of topics embraced within It's
scope as shall render It attractive to abe gen
eral mass of intelligent readers, u fayorite in
the family circle, and means Of culture az
web as Of entertainments.
While fiction, in she form of serials and of
short stories, holds prominent place In its
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sketches OF travel and adventure, stndies Of
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tory and other scientific SUBJECTS written with
the freshness that comes from personal obser-
walton and experience, IN a lively style, and
with abundant anecdOtai illustrations.
One Of the chief attractions will be- q fasci.
Mating Serial Story, to commence in The .Janu-
airy number, entitled ~
THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS"
by Mary Agnes Thicker, author Of sSignos
MOnadldinis Niece, !" by the Tiber," etc. 10
which the interest viii be found to centre on
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Italian, English, and American, and whicS. lie.
sides many exquisite pictures of Italian life
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views on some Of The leading questions Of the
day.
In the other features of the Magazine thu
union Of literary excellence with popular az
traetIyeness viii be steadily maintained.
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Vick's Floral Guide

THor 1888 is an elegant book of $50 pages 3
L Colored Plates of Flowers and Vegrtse.
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1t is printed IN both EngIish ana German. 4
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Viek's Sseds are the best IN the world Tho
Floral Guide will tell how TO get and grow
them.
fick's Flower and vegetable Harden, W
pages, 6 Colored Plates, 500 Eugravings. For
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In German or English. af
''Viek's illustrated Magazine 2--32 Pages. d
ColOred Plate i'd every number and many iino
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$500 Specimen numbers sent for 10 cents; y
trial copies for . cents
JAMES WICK, Rochester, N Y.
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For a Quiet Hour.

Lew books afford more genuine entertain
Il inent than Ex-Gov. Walter Hartman d
/" TRAVELS and Dissertations IN The Orient, ,cish
a Hasfy flight IN The Countries of Europe -
Price 50 so.
The author visited the Holy Land in the
summer of 1882, in company with son OF
Secretary Chandler. His book is an accurate
but thoroughly unpretentious revelation of life
as he found it there. What he saw and heard
is graphically described; his matter il fresh
and exceedingly interesting, and the book can.
not but please all classrs of readers
Sold BY all booksellers, or mailed on receipt
of price
LEE s. SHEPPARD. Publishers,
july - Boston
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STRAW Sale.

EHstrayed before III. Barnacastle. Justice Of
Il the Peace for Ward 6, Precinct 9. Bossier
parish, by 2. j. Houston, and will be sold for
cash, at Lawrence, BOssier parish, La. on
Saturday, July 2, 1883, a white and black
spotted COW with q young red calf and a black
steer yearling. Cow marked with crop and
split IN each ear and branded on left hip with
the letter @. YeaRling marked with cron.
split and underbit in left ear Cow about four
years old. Yearling about two years old.
Appraised at S28
The owner IL requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
1851 VIII. BLEDSOE, Constable.
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Meteorological Item.


There had been o heavy thunder
storm the night previous, and the
school-teaeher asked little Johnny:
'.Were you not frightened, JOHNNY,
nightP"
'sNo, sir, net bit"
THAT'S right. Johnny. You are q
good little Sunday-school boy. You
know who causes the stez1n, don't you,
Johnnyp''
Yes, sir, my grandfather.
tYour grandfather! Why, Johnny, I
am shocked at you. God makes the
thunder and lightning and the storm. y
May be so, but the day before the
storm came up, my old grand father
said he felt it in his bones. - Te10s
Sftings.
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~ The Seventh Term of Appel
a'e Court for Bossier parish con.
ssned last Monday, Judges j. @.
aoucaFe and A. B. George present,
aaere we're only two cases on the
docket, viz:
Wm. Winter vs.. Granvill Smith:
= :. leigler Srd opponent, No. r.
Appeal dismissed for want of inris.
diction.
. !. Oneal vs. J. w. Only and
y ". Turner, No. s. judgment
appealed from affirmed and appel.
aus TO pay costs of this appeal.
me Court adjourned Tuesday.
aasa TIE next regular term, which
s''l oe the third Monday in Janu.
asy, 1884.
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p The spring and summer stock
OF the enterprising and go ahead
arm OF Messrs. Kahn & Bigart, of
Shreveport, was selected by that
veil Informed and agreeable gentle
man, Mr.. Bigart, who exercised the
task characteristic of the man and
secured goods such as the people of
this section desire.
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y Valpean Clay, son of DR., D.
M. Clay, was drowned while bath
ing in Red River, at the ''Chalk
Lever plantation, about six miles
below Shreveport, on the 18th inst.
The Shreveport Times says: aVal.
pean was a bright and promising
boy of 10 years, and a manly and
spirited youth, yet so gentle and
modest in his bearing that all who
knew him admired him.n M
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4 Fable ard q MoraA

One day a Giraffe met an ASS on the
banks of q river and called out:
Say, my friend, why can tyou keep
that internal bray of yours still for half
an hour at time 1 no sooner fall into a
doze than off goes your ttgee-hawi gee
haw" until my nerves are 81 I'M
strung" Il ie sJ3 a53
At that moment a Monkey came
swinging down from the top of tree,
and remarked: ~
"Mr. Giraffe, wish you would Keep
your nose at home, 1t isn't very pleas
ant TO have you come poking it into the
tree-tOps just rs the family are settling
down for the night. And why do you
go trooping through the forest like a
beast who Is afraid the Constable may
attach his neck for debts?''
"And desire to remark. ~ began the
Parrot, as he settled down on q limb
near by, that if | was a Monkey I'd
have some respect for other people, s
rights. You do nothing but chatter and
chuckle al day long, and there Is a
growing suspicion in these woods that
you had rather dine on Parrot than on
berries.
And what are you talking about''
demanded the Hare, as he crept through
the grass. ''As for chatter. I'd like to
hear some one equal you, and your
squawks and squeals are enough 10
drive Hare crazy. You are of so lit
tie account that even a hungry Hunts.
man won t waste powder to kill your
II wish The whole crowd OF you
would clear outn exclaimed the Wolf,
as he came forward and licked his
chops with dissatisfaction. Fact Is,
an honest, Industrious Wolf, can scarce.
ly keep his head above water when com.
PEELED to exist among you"
And would like to add" observed
the Alligator, as he crawled to the
bank, ''that if any OF you are meaner
than the member from Arkansas, who
has just sat down, I'll present him with
q medalr'
land it was only yesterday that this
Alligator devoured one of my kids'
shouted the Goat as he came down the
path.
g And you have often torn down nv
houses for the mere fun OF the thing.m
charged the Ant as she came out of her
abode.
MORAL: 4r -
Ladies and gentlemen" remarked
the Rhinoceros. as he hove in sight
"let this convince you that we all have
our faults, and that we are expected to
bear with each others. While the Ass
may bray, the Parrot chatter, the Wolf
howl and the Alligator rake in the pot,
they allow the rest Of us TO go our ways
and do as we like. He who begins to
lind fault with the Ass will not stop
until he has discovered that the whole
world Is wrong. Let us now shut up
and look for breakfast detroit Free
Press. ,Sf
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21
stray Sale.

LSstrayed before H. Barnacastle. Justice OF
~ the Peace for Ward s. Precinct.2, by w.
}. Northcutt, on the 28th day of April, 1883,
and will be sold for cash, at Lawrence, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, on Saturday. june 23rd,
1888, Red Speckled Bull, marked swallow
fork in lett ear and split and ander bit in right
ear, and about five years old Appraised at $40
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges. &c.
w. II. BLEDSOE, Constable.
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stray Sale.

Eystrayed before w. Il. Prather, Justice of
II the Peace for Ward 2, Bossier parish, by
G. E. Byrd, and will be sold for cash,
at Benton, BOssier parish, Louisiana, ON
Monday, July %, 1883, one Bay Pony, about
four years old, IL hands high and white spot
on nose and star in face. APPRAISED at $50.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c
w b. SIMPSON. Constable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

u The dance given last Tuesday
night at the Court house was quite
o success. Everything passed off
pleasantly and It was a very enjoy.
able affair to all present. Quite a
number Of citizens participated
Ausic furnished by Messrs. Chas.
a. Deyereux, John j. Davis and
Frank Wilson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21
Stray Sale.

E'strayed before P. r. Gilmer, Justice of the
IA Peace for Ward 3, Bossier parish, by
NJ. L. Ford, and will be sold for cash, at Col
hneburg, La, on Saturday, July Ii, 1888, a
white and red colored cow, marked with crop,
split and underbit in right ear, and crop and
underbit in left ear; left eye out, and about 8
years old. Also, one muly steer, about three
years old, marked with crop and hole in right
ear and underbit in left. Appraised at $2l.
Owners are requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
j. j. BARNES. Constable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

IN Yesterday Capt. Benjamin r.
Mash handed as for inspection 81
Continental scrip of 1776, printed
at Philadelphia By Hall & Sellers.
Although about 1O7 years old, this
family heirloom has been well pre-
served and is indeed a rare relic of
''the times that tried mems souls. .
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

The Colfax Chronicle says: aOur
estimate that 5000 head of cattle
have been shipped from Grant par.
lsh within the last two years is too
small-5o00 is nearer the figure.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

- Mrs. Annie Prather, wife of
Justice w. &. Prather, died at Ben.
ton, this parish, on the 9Th inst
airs. Prather leaves to mourn for
aer devoted husband and one
child, and sadly do they regret the
ct the affectionate wife aud kind
aad indulgent mother. Shc was a
5000 neighbor and q consistent
Christian lady.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

Buffalo Courier: Goodness, con-
fidence and agressiyeness are what
the Democracy needs; and nothing
SO disgusts the younger generation
Of Democrats as this wavering poll,
cy of the party, which acts like a
man that has been badly scared and
never got over it.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21
Fine stock for sale.

70 prevent inland in breeding, desire to
4 sell my Shorthorn Bull, "Bagby" He is
six years old and SO fine specimen Of his kind
as may be found.
would also sell my entire lot of Angora
Goats, consisting Of 25 head, nine thorough.
bred, and balance grades.
N. b. MURFF.
Oakland Pastures, Fillmore, Boasier Pa, La.
may 81 ats
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

- The enterprising establish
ment of Messrs. Henry Dreyfuss &
Son, Shreveport, are daily receiving
new goods. They guarantee low
prices and satisfaction.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

- WIN. j. Northcutt, charged
with numbering A. L. Oneal in Bos.
sier Point several weeks ago, was
carried to Shreveport Sunday by
Deputies G. A. Deyereux and r. e.
Wyche. jr., and placed in the Jail at
that place for safe keeping.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21
On Various Subjects.

The secretary of the navy
promises that some of the useless
navy yards shall be closed BY July i.
- John @. Oalhoon is to have a
costly bronze statute at Charleston,
s. G.
A house in Missouri was car.
ried 500 feet through the air by a
tornado; of the two occupants one
was killed and the other fatally in
jured.
49, Gen. ]. W. O'Ferrall, Of En-.
terprise, Miss, has built "storm.
house, to which his family can re.
tire when the barometer forteIls a
cyclone.
The Gretna Carrier says:
a''The Louisiana press, at least a
large majority, seems to favor Mich
oils and nobody else, as the best
and most available candidate for
Governor in 1882 S
- The Courier says Gretna "is
to be the scene of a regular Spanish
bull fight, the Police Jury having
authorized the same, on the pay.
ment of 800 license into the parish
treasury, for each and every exhibi-
tion.n
- The. Morehouse Clarion says:
"Every now and then a new man
is trotted ont for Governor. It is
astonishing how many great men
there are in this State. Nichols,
however, is yet in the lead, if we
are to judge from the tone of the
press" s1's
N- The Shreveport Times Of
last Saturday says: twenty-five
car loads of cattle will be loaded at
the cattle pens today. They are to
be shipped to Western Texas. The
cattle are of the same drove men
toned as having arrived from the
parishes beyond the river" e
- The Ouachita Telegrapy says
track lying on the v. s. and P. Rail
road from Monroe west commenced
on the 18th instant, but the organi-
cation is not sufficiently completed
TO make much Roadway as yet. All
necessary piles for 20 miles distant
have been driven and trestling work
completed for about 10 miles.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

Louisville Post: eff it could be
drummed into the heads of Ken
lucky gentlemen that 1t is not nee
essary to carry deadly weapons, the
good old State would be saved many
a groan and blood.stain.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

n A fair win be given at this
place this evening by the ladies' for
the benefit of the church building
at Bellevue. The object is a good
one, and as the entertainment
promises to be agreeable, there will
DO doubt be a large attendance.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

- Ordinary cotton was quoted
Tuesday in Shreveport at 6Bc.;
good ordinary, 75c.; low middling,
Sac.; middling, 9sc.; good middling,
Of.
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- An elegantstock of new dresss
goods and trimmings, notions, &C.,
have recently been opened at Mr..
Julius A. Jacobs, Shreveport. He
proposes to sell them lower than
ever, and is determined to give sat
isfaction 10 style, quality and price.
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The Denver Republican of June
10th says: "The season is now three
months behind in the mountains,
and the snow is still falling, almost
dailv.n a
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21
New To-Day.

To you all remember the day !? III you dom
IL | do so let's have it again There is
gong to be fish-fry on Cypress bayou on 4th
day of July. Everybody is invited. 80 s.
P. 8. Baskets solicited. 8,2.6.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

The Modern Argo says: "Out in
Kentucky they scorn to lie about
the fish they catch; its the number
of coons a man says he kills that
makes his reputation as Iiar.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

~ Messrs. Henry Dreyfuss s.
Son, of Shreveport, have everything
needed IN the line of dry goods, at
the very lowest prices. =
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I,nnisrille Past 1ath .s,r.B

Louisville Post, 18th: "Twelve
years ago I. Q. Calvert, the cashier
of the Bank of Bowling Green, fed
to Mexico, a defaulter in the sum of
100000. He has lived there in
peace and plenty ever since, while
the depositors who trusted to his
honesty have been the sufferers.
Yesterday Gov. Blackburn issued a
pardon covering all his crimes and
misdemeanors. just why this par.
ticular thief should be pardoned in
preference to any other thief it
would be difficult to tell, unless it be
as reward for his eminent success. p
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The Detroit Free Press feels sure
that country which can pan out $50, :
200, 900 bushels of wheat in such a sea-
son as this cannot be sat down on by
Any power on earth
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The Winston Sentinel says: 1t is
a factnot generally known that most
ofthe tobacco stems from our North
Carolina tobacco factories are ship
ped to Germany to be manufactured
into snuff for the German peasants.
They are collected by Winston
firm and shipped thence in immense
quantities.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

Florida oranges sent to Germany
are pronounced finer than any grown
in European groves.
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u Be sure to attend the ladies'
fair this evening.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

~ Eight prisoners in jaiI-aIl
colored.
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The Alexandria Democrat says.
"No frauds and evil practices were
permitted under Gov. Nichols ad.
ministration, or under the Demo-
cratic Governors of ante.bellum
days. No wonder the people have
grown tired of constant peculation
and malpractice at the seat of State
Government, and are looking and
longing for change
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-21

An exchange says the Mexican
Central Railroad does not traverse
nearly as desolate region as many
suppose. There are along its line
81 cities that have an aggregate
population of $4,000, and nine of
them are State capitals. 1t runs By
seven minis which work metals to
the value of not less than s35, OO0,-
600, and the agricultural value of
the twelve States traversed is quite
s11O,OO0,0OO.
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TRAVELS AND OBSERVATIONS IN
THE ORIENT. By Walter Harri-
man, ex Governor of New Hamp-
shire. Boston: Lee & Sheppard.
Price $3.50.
This is a most enjoyable book. 1t
goes straight to its work with a
method and style so simple and
unaffected as to gain the attention
and win the confidence of its read.
ers. It is the history of a journey
through the Orient, by ex-Gov. Har-
riman, Of New Hampthire. No
sketch of Palestine has a more
choice mingling of description and
biography. The entire avoidance of
all efforts at fine writing, and the
simple story of the noted spots as
seen BY the eyes of a business man.
makes the book more than usually
attractive. Where a field has been
so effectually cultivated as this, the
writer cannot hope for things new
or startling; but the "old, old story
and its historic associations are SO
interviewer with all the best as we'll
as the grandest events Of the worlds
history that it will bear repetition;
and especially when given in so
pleasing as by our author.
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r. Beautiful moonlight nights.
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~ Longest day of the year.