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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-08-23

u As ssall work and no play
makes Jack dull boy" SO does all
play and no work make him an ig-
noramus. A proper distribution of
work and play along the life line Of
youth produces the happiest and
healthiest effects. Most boys will be
as glad to get back to school as they
were anxious just before vacation to
leave it. In o few days the town
will be thronged morning and after
noon with school children, whose
bright faces and ringing laughter
will recall to the old boys and girls
their own happy school days. But,
after all, we are ever school children,
learning lessons every day; often
in the school of adversely, from
whose jurisdiction we never gradu-
ate. It becomes us to so inculcate
the truths that we learn in Che school
OF experience that We shall each day
feel that they have but made us
wiser and better.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-08-23
stray sale.

T3sstrayed before IT. Barnacastle. Justice Of
Il tho Peace for Ward 6, Precinct 2, by
George Foolwood, and will be sold for cash, at
Lawrence, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, on
Saturday, September LIST, 1883, a claybank
stallion pony, lame In right fore shoulder and
right fore foot turned back; about l4A hands
high and about years old; appraised at So
Also, black mare pony, with white blaze in
face; G branded on left shoulder and d On
left hip; about l31 hands high and about four
years old; appraised at $40. Also, q dark bay
pony, with star in forehead and white on
nose; right hind foot white; about l3i hands
high and about years old; appraised at $40.
Owners are requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
S7 w FL. BLEDSOE. Constable.
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% Again has the angel of death
entered our parish and chosen for
its victim one ofour oldest and most
respected citizens. Elder Allen
Wlnham, who has long been a resi-
dent Of Bossier parish, died at his
@oid home," near Rocky Mount, on
Inc 10th instant, aged near So years.
hev. Mr.. Winham has at all times
commanded the respect of bis neigh
Dors, and his death will be deplored
~ q host OF friends, to whom be
nad long been endeared for his
many generous and manly impulses
o. heart. But the shadow of death,
darker and more drearer than the
night, fell across the sorrowing
nome, and the father and friend
grew weaker and weaker until eter-
nal calm fell like a curtain around
aooat him, and the great heart of
Allen Winham ceased to throb and
silence closed his clay as with a
garment. 1.-TWO hands upon the
breast and labor done.n
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Stray Sale.

Estrayed before FL. Barnacastle, Justice az
u the Peace for Ward 8, Precinct 2, Bos,
sier parish, by Mrs j. s. Oneal, on August II,
1899, and will be sold for cash. at Lawrence;
La, on Saturday, September 20, 1883, brown
colored COW with red and white spotted
yearling. Cow marked with swallow fork
crop in right ear and split in left ear branded
on right hip with the letters ] b; about four
years old. No mark or brand ON yearling.
Appraised at SIS.
The owner il requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
50 so w. II. BLEDSOE, Constable.
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Stray Sale.

THstrayed before H. Barnacastle, Justice Of
II the Peace for Ward s, Precinct 2, Bossier
parish, by A. I'll. Arnold, on august Is, 1883,
and win be sold for cash, at Lawrence, Bos.
sier parish, La ION Saturday, September 29th,
1883, small brown Mare, about Ia hands high
and about 10 ysars old.
Appraised at SIS.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, Sc.
$3 sol w. II. BLEDSOE, Constable
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AN FNrERpR1sINe Fp1roR.-our

AN ENTERPRIsING EDITOR.-Our
friend, John NJ. Scanland, is, by
long odds, the most enterprising
editor in the world. His first APP.
pearance in a newspaper Office was
early in the,ifties. He and an elder
brother, at this time our confrere
and friend of the Bossier Banner,
VIM. Fl. Scanland, were very "small
boys" in those early days, and en-.
tered the office of the Caddo Gazette,
then under charge of the brother of
the writer of this paragraph. When
the war came on both, the one lad
and the other young man, entered
the Confederate service. Since the
close of the war John has been as
sociated, either as proprietor, editor
or associate editor, with twelve news,
papers. That is, wo count up that
many with our hands in our breeches
pockets--however many more could
be counted up under more favorable
circumstances We cannot pretend to
guess. At one time he boldly started
a daily paper in San Francisco, and
subsequently acted as 'qocal" for
Brick Pomroy's Great West, in Den,
yer. He also started a daily in that
city. Within the last two months
we have received one paper in Ore.
gon, another in Idaho or Utah, we
have forgotten which, and are now
in receipt of the first number of
'The Rescue," very small evening
sheet, published in El PASCAL
with a mark circling John NJ. Scan.
lands name as editor. In month
or two we expect to receive a large
daily from New York with Johns
name figuring as editor. There is
nothing impossible within young
man of his energy.-ShreUeporl
Times.
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- Mr.. e. e. George has return
ed from a business trip, and will re-
main until the 2Sth. Parties want.
ing tin,types and photographs had
better call before that time.
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% Messrs. Henry Dreyfuss s.
Son are among the most popular
dry goods merchants of Shreveport.
They carry very full line of staple
andfancy dry goods, carpets, cloth
ing, ladies' shoes, notions, &C., and
are doing an extensive business.
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~ During the past few weeks a
large amount of last years cotton
has passed through this place from
Northwest Webster to Shreveport.
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bridge Notice,

Dy virtue of authority vested 10 me BIZ the
y Police Jury, I will let the building Of q
bridge across Flat River, to the lowest bidder,
on Monday, September 10, 1883, according to
specifications to be submitted on the day Of
letting, at ash Point, Bossier parish, La
E. = D0RTCH.
rnIics furar, Ward
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Shreveport Times: "The con-
tractors on the New Orleans and
Mississippi Valley railroad report
that they have fully 100 men down
with swamp fever, between New
Orleans and Baton Rouge
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Cucumber green is the new shade
for ties. The man who is tied up in
q knot from the cucumber he has
eaten, viii have the intense salts
faction Of knowing he is in style.
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Pass HIM ARoUND.--A few days
since we made mention of the brutal
manner in which a man by name Of
Perkins, who keeps the eating house
at the Baton Rouge railroad junction,
treated Sheriff Wyche refusing to
even sell him a glass of water al.
though he was quite sick at the time.
We yesterday heard of a precisely
similar piece of inhumanity practiced
the next day by this same fellow on
another party. A young gentleman
of this city named Moore reached the
junction quite sick with fever; asked
the man for a glass of water and was
refused. He offered to pay any rea
sonable price, but was still refused.
Mr.. Moore then went to neighbor
ing cabin and paid a negro woman
fifty cents for drink of water.
We trust our contemporaries will
pass this fellow around. Aside from
being SO heartless the meals he fur
nishes are simply abominable.--
S5YegepOrt Times.
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~ We received a pleasant visit
last week from Mrs. S. r. Sapp, Mrs.
Eyie Lilly, Miss Lizzie Fort, Miss
Lula L. Watts and Mr.. G. w. Lilly,
who called to see US print last weeks
Banner,
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~ Another hot wave has struck
Bellevue, and the mercury is climb
Ing almost out of sight.
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% Mr.. j. A. Jacobs offers reduc-
tons in prices Of all goods, to make
room for bis fall stock. Call, ex-
anime and price before purchasing
elsewhere. Remember, julius A.
Jacobs, Shreveport.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
BELLEVUE. La,
THURSDAY, ::::::::::AUGuST %, 1888.

~ Mr.. Paul Sauye, No. 1715
Common street, New Orleans, is
authorized to contract for advertise
inents for this paper.
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" Merchants are already look
ing forward to the time when heav.
Ter goods will be in demand and are
beginning to offer summer wear at
4 reduction.
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session lesa-'e4 Beginn Oct. 5.
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u Cotton picking is in progress
in various portions of the parish.
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- Rally to the road work this
season. tits needed.
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u Advertise in the Banner, grow
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n The heated term was rein.
forced last week.
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State Pick-Ups.


There are eight prisoners in
the st. James parish jail.
The Bulletin says bricks are
in demand in MarksVille.
- The Democrat says AIexan-
dria can now boast of a mutual ad.
miration society.
The United States engineers
have commenced work on the falls
above Alexandria.
AS yet, the caterpillars have
done little or no damage in Rapides,
says the Democrat of the 10Th.
Public improvements con.
tinue to be the order of the day at
Lake Charles, says the Commercial.
The Monroe Bulletin says
the corn crop in ward 4, Ouachita
parish, will average % bushels per
acre.
Monroe's first bale of new
cotton was received on the 9th inst.
It was classed middling, and sold
at 10a.
Some public spirited citizens
are trying to make arrangements to
build Presbyterian Church in New
Iberia.
The Democrat says the de
mand for water is growing daily, as
most of the cisterns in Alexandria
are growing dry.
- The "Morgan City Review
says the people of St. Martinsville
are waking up and taking active
steps towards improving their town.
- The Marksville Bulletin of
the 18th says: "The season is a
most unhealthy one and whole fam
lilies are down, at a time, with feYer.n
The New Orleans States says:
"This is a busy season for painters
and carpenters, as nearly all private
houses around town are being
dressed up for the winter season.
- The Review says the police
men of Morgan City have recently
been busy administering poisoned
sausage to the unlicensed dogs,
with success"
- The Gretna Courier of the
18th says: Grain is much needed,
all our cisterns are dry and our pop
ulation has to draft on the river Fl /
their water supplies"
- The Opelousas Courier of the
18th says: "The catterpillars are
doing very little damage to cotton,
but the drouth is getting in its work
equally as disastrous, and will doubt
less cut the yield down to a hall
crop"
The 'tDonaldsonville Chief
says the rice crop of Ascension this
season twill be very large one, but
it is apprehended that a poor mar
ket will Offset the additional proft
which our rice planters would other
wise realize.p
- Shreveport Standard: t'Tht
city is comparatively dull now, bu
in a short time it will awaken to 8
new and more vigorous life. Tht
fall and winter business of Shreye
port will, in our judgment, far exec
that of last year,
- Says the Natchitoches Vim
dictator of The 18th: 'sThe cropi
that we're SO promising some weeks
ago, have received a severe set bacl
aud blow by the recent drouth, AMI
we feel safe in saying the cotton yielt
will be reduced some 20 per cent?
The Colfax Grant parish
Chronicle Of the 18th says: ''It i
estimated that the cotton crop in TIL
hills has been cut short fully one
third by the long drouth, while th'
river bottom will be short 20 pc
cent. from the same cause. Cor
crop good throughout the parish.n
49, The DeSoto Democrat of til
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Judge Jeremiah S. Black, a dis
tingushed man and prominent poll
tieian, died at York, Penn, on the
10Th inst. Judge Black was Attor-
ney- General of the United States
during the administration of Presi-
dent James Buchanan. He was a
true and jealous Democrat, an able
statesman and a christian gentleman.
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Appointments for Preaching.

4Dpoin13aents of Req. III b. Foasst for Preatb-
ing on the South Bossiey Circuit:
At Bellevue on third Sunday in each month,
at ii o'clock A. NJ, and at night, and every
Wednesday night.
At Fillmore on first Sunday In each months
at Ii O'Clock A. NJ. and third Sundays at P. n.
Az Pleasant Valley, Webster parish, on
second Sundays In each month, at III A. u. and
Saturdays before the fourth Sunday, at II A. ~
AT Cotton Valley, Webster parish, ON fourth
Sunday IN each month, at II 4 NJ, and second
Sundays at p. n.
At Gum Springs, Webster parish, on first
Sunday In each month, at Pm.
appointments Of Rer. y. y. Crawford
At Caney Creek Church, two miles south Of
Rocky Mount, on the first Sunday and Satur-
day before, in each month.
At Red River Church, four miles cast Of
Benton, on second Sunday and Saturday be-
fore. in each month
AT Radclifrs School House, Webster arish,
on third Sunday, in eaehmonth.
At Bellevue on Saturday night before fourth
Sunday In each month, and on fourth Sundays
at ii 4 N. and at night.
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Proceedings of BOssier School Board.
BELLEVUE. LA. AUG. %. 1889.

BELLEVUE, La, AUG. %, 1888.
The School Board met in called
session. Present: j. A. Snider,
President; Thos. Lyles, j. B. Craw-
ford, j. N. Bryan, w. G. Burt, W.
E. Cornell and j. H. Keyser, mem
bers.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved. The Secretary
then submitted a statementef avail
able funds for school purposes, which
was ordered to be placed on file.
When, on motion, the Board pro.
ceeded to locate schools by ward.
Ward 1.
Colored school near Sam Furniss'.
Ward 2.
White school at Benton.
Colored school at Providence church.
Copd school at Rates. school house.
Ward 8.
White school at Vaudeville branch.
/" Waldrop's.
/" Cottage Grove.
/" Brushy sch. house.
Colored school at Paysinger's.
" near Cottage Grove.
Ward 4.
White school at Ansel.
+" Red Land.
Barnett's.
Union Hill.
" Heffner's.
Colored school at Hopewell.
/" Sam Meals.
Ward 5.
White school at Rocky Mount.
Pine Grove.
" Dry Cypress.
/" Hanks or j. q. Ad,
gers neighborhood.
White school near Concord church.
Colored school at Friendship church.
/" Spring Hill church.
Ward 6.
White school at Pineyille.
g Bellevue.
/" Fillmore.
s" Hobdy's.
CoIored school at Bellevue.
/" Fillmore.
+" Burk's.
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The schools were established for
four months from Sept. 10, 1883,
and in the event Of the Board not
meeting at the expiration of the
term, the President and Superin-
tendent are authorized to extend
the contracts for such time as there
may be funds on hand to pay teach
ers.
Two petitions from the white
school at Fillmore were presented
one favor of Mr.. i. Griswold as
teacher, and the other in favor of
Mr.. Mnrff. When, on motion, Mr..
L. Griswold was assigned to said
school.
Two petitions were also presented
for teacher of the white school at
Bellevue. When, on motion, Mr.. S.
Z. Ford was assigned as teacher of
said school.
When, on motion, the President
and Superintendent were authorized
to contract with teachers for four
months after the 10th of September;
said term not to extend beyond the
LIST of April, 1884.
The Treasurer then presented his
report showing the following bal
ances to the credit of the several
funds:
Current fund. ..-....$1378 70
Township fund. ...... 3418 Go
Contingent fund. -. LA OF
Delinquent fund. .... 4 30
Total amt. on hand .S4915 "a
Which being found correct, was
accepted as q settlement to date.
w. Ell. Scanland was then allowed
$25 for printing proceedings for the
year 1888.
When, on motion, the body adj
journed sine die.
j. A.SNIDER, President.
-
J.H. KEYsER, Sup't and Sec'y.
Referring to proceedings Of Bos-
sier School Board of this date, e.
tablishing thirty-one l31) schools in
said parish, payable out of current
school fund, I request that teachers
shall apply for examination and che
making of contracts, at Bellevue,
prior to 10th of September next.
J. A. SNTDER, Pres't, &c.
August %, 1888.
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~ Next month viii open the
school year throughout the country.
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BELLEVUE SoCIETIEs.-Be Bellevue
Lodge No. 90, E. and A. NJ, meets
on the second Saturday of each
month.
Friendship Lodge No. IS, K. of
P, meets first and third Thursdays
of every month.
Bellevue Council, No. 112O, A. Z.
H., meets first and third Mondays
OF every month.
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Texas.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-07-21
GENERAL NEWS GOSSIP.

OF. Collier, publisher Of the Wabasha
Herald, and Paul Miller, deputy county
auditor, undertook to whip each other in
the court house. but friends parted
them before either had made much head
way. The difficulty was shortly renewed
in the yard, when Collier seized a section
of lightning rod and forced 1t against Mil
ler's Uranium with painful but not seriously
damaging effect, whereat hostilities were
suspended
The German American bank of st. Cloud
has been organized with the following of
ticers: President G. A. Hull; vice president
F. E. Searle; cashier, Edgar Hull. The act
ual capital of the bank is $50 600, author
lied capital 500, 900. 1t will be opened for
BUSHES on or about Aug. l.
The family of the late DR.. Joseph Priestley
of Northumberland, Pa. the great-grand-
son of the celebrated discoverer of oxygen,
DR.. Joseph PrIestley, have presented near
ly s1l the philosophical, chemical, and as
Economical app aratus of the g. eat scientist
to the Smithsonian institution.
Private Bockelman of the Fourteenth reg
iment, New York National guards, Who was
recently drummed out of the state camp at
Peekskill, has brought suit in the BROOKLYN
supreme court against Col. D. E. Austin,
by whose orders he was drummed out. He
lays damages at $4,000.
Private Bockleman of the Fourteenth
New YORK regiment, who was drummed
out of the state camr at Peekskill by order
of Col. Austin, has brought suit against
the colonel, laying daying damages at $685.
600.
There were 273. $40 visitors to the New
York floating baths last week, of whom
IL, SIS were women and girls.
Gov. Hamilton declines to pardon An
CELL, the Pullman car embezzler
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-07-21

| Stanley In good health bit i've Belgian
members of his party died. Stanley was in
| May about to start for q ten months
| Journey toward the east coast of Africa.
An Austrian explorer with him had com.
mitted suicide. Stanley had formed an al
| lance with two upper chiefs, thereby
checkmating Debrazza, the french explor-
er.
Gen. Alfred Awkward, the leader of the
South African Beers, recently eloped with
Miss Carrie Van Hoesen, member of one
OF the most aristocratic families of Brook
lyn, N. Y, proceeded to Boston, and was
married. The bride is about twenty years
old, and is said to be highly accomplished
and very pretty.
tur, ILL.,, of the death by yellow fever of Gen.
Jesse A. Moore, Uuited States const Of
Gallo, Peru. He was eolchel of Nolun-
teers in the war OF the rebellion, and served
two terms in congress from Illinois. He
had been in consular service thirteen years.
An interesting incident which marked the
closing exercises of the Wesleyan Female
college, at Macon, Ga, was the marriage of
one of the graduates, Miss Stisie Derry,
to Thaadeus Parker, ESD. Twenty two
classmates helped give the Bride away.
The death of Tom Thumb, was very sud-
den. He had just risen from bed, and
shortly after being left alone by his brother
in-law was heard to fall. Goips to his room
he was found lying UPON the floor, dead.
DIR. William II. Hammond, ex-surgeon
general witt have an article in the August
North American against woman's work in
competition with man.
DR.. Riggs, the Sioux missionary, W. @ has
been Frustrated with fever for four months,
is now gaining strength and approaching
convalescence.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-07-21
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.

Gov. Hamilton of Illinois has decl ned te
pardon Charles W. Angel, convicted of the
embezzlement of lar sum of money
from the Pullman Palace Car company,
some time ago. Angel surrendered him.
self to the United States authorities while
in Portugal, and turned over to the Pull
man Car company $4,000 of the stolen
funds. The petition for his release was
numerous]y signed, and among others by
the prosecuting attorney and Judge before
whom he was convicted. He has six years
longer to serve,
The papers are filled with accounts of
heavy winds at various poins doing con.
siderable damage to buildings and crops.
Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, and
Nebrasks are the principle weste. n states
afflicted, but New Jersey, New York, Vir-
glnIa, Vermont, and other eastern states
have had an unusual share of casualties
from wind, rain and hail.
Maria Anoni, an Italian woman living in
New York, recently gave birth to a child
having body with four legs and TOUR arms,
and single head with two faces. The
was horn dead.
A fire at fhe new chemical works, Just
completed, at Newberry, Mich. destroyed
the retort building and saw mill. Loss
$125, COO; partly insured.
Thirteen per cent. of the sheep in Tenne-
see were killed by dogs IN June.
James Hunter, sheriff of Jasper county,
Iowa, died of cancer.