The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-02-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

An Alabama Judge decided that
man who puts his sachel on seat on the
cars reserves that seat-unleSs the man
who moves it is bigger than he is.
There are apparently intelligent
people in Ohio who do not know that
Oliver ?, Morton, the great war Cover
nor of Indiana, and one of the most
conspicuous men who ever sat in the
United States Senate, is dead. a letter
addressed to him, in the care of Senator
Voorhees,, was received in Washington
few days Chicago Herald.
The Rugby colony, in Tennessee,
has taken new lease of life. A great
deal of land has been sold recently for
Embarrassing purposes, large canning
factory is being built, new settlers are
constantly coming in, the schools are
flourishng, new business houses are
being erected, and everything points to-
ward the future success of the colony.
Chicago Times.
The Augusta, Ga. Chronicle says:
ave notice, from time to time, that
| large tracts of Southern land are being
| sold to Northern capitalists for very
small sums The patrimony of the South
is rapidly passing into alien hands Per-
| haps the native proprietors were not
worthy of theirinheritance orhave been
cunningly deprived of it,
The other day Mr. NJ. L. Erghott OBJ
tanned verdict of $4,000 damages
against the city of New York for injuries
received nearly two years ago by driving
into a ditch which was carelessly left
open and unguarded at night. The aver
| diet is the largest ever recovered against
the city for injuries sustained by q defect
/ in street.-N Y San.
"A young woman in Brooklyn, hap
pening to wake from her first sleep, the
other night, and to reach out her arm in
order to lay shawl on chair at her
bedside, found her hand in contact with
a curly pate. Without a minutes hest
tation she held on to the hair, and grab
bing the throat beneath with the other
hand screamed for help. Her father
reached the room just in time to prevent
the owner of the hair and throat from
being choked to death-Which was o
| great pity, it being clear that the purpose
of the fellows call was burglary
Brooklyn IN " Eagle.
"A mine near Ell Dorado, Cal, was
recently leased, and the mill was stopped
for cleanup. One of the plates be-
ing found loose it was taken up, when it
was discovered that more or less sedi-
ment had found its way under the plate,
and closer investigation showed that q
large percentage of it was gold. This
discovery led to the taking up of all the
plates and thorough cleanup under,
as well as the top of the plates, and to
the owners great surprise and pleasure,
the under side gave clean up of 81, 900.
"A Philadelphian, detained by husi-
ness, spent recent Sunday in Balti-
more. In the evening he went into a
saloon and took drink, several men
who We're present drinking with him.
The next morning he was astonished by
summons to appear before the Grand
Jury as witness to prove that the saloon
keeper had violated the Sunday law.
He acknowledged that he had taken a
drink in the place named, and when
asked If others were present, promptly
pointed out two of the jurymen as his
chance companions of the night before.
'That will do" interrupted the foreman
hastily; ''that will do, you can go home,"
and the Philadelphian was politely es-
corted to the door by bailiff. -PbiLadsL-
phsa Press.