The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

An insane woman recently victim
lied San Jose Cali dry goods deal
er by ordering an extensive wedding
outfit.
Concord, n. H., his contributed
$3.50, 600 in the last six laonths to the
welfare of those who have mining
stocks to SELL One man lost $4,000.
Boston Herald.
"A fellow in Cleveland, o.. has
taught a dog to steal newspapers from
the doorsteps of houses, where they
have been left by carriers, and bring
them to him. Chicago Times.
Finding that the Ohio River at
Wellsville, o., is hundred feet higher
than Lake Erie, it is suggested that all
floods in the Ohio could hereafter be
avoided by a huge canal that would
carry the rising floods harmless to the
Cleveland Leader.
in Barnstead, N. H., sparsely set
tied country town. they have just had
a jubilee in honor of the forty-seventh
anniversary of the Barnstead brass
band, which has had a continuous Or
ganization since 1887, and claims to be
the oldest brass band in the United
States.
The melancholy discovery is made
that gosh is the worst kind of swear
ing. Eliot in his Indian Bible uses
''osh'' (my father) for the Almighty,
and the early missionaries employed
''gosh' (your father.) 1t is said the
Indians at once adopted the latter word
for the uses of profanity.-Cbicago
Herald.
jacob Eyler, of Trotwood, o., aged
seventy-two years, who is credited with
owning the greatest part of the lively
village in which he lived, committed
suicide recently for fear that he would
have topay neighbor, a hundred dollars
damages, resulting from an overflow of
water from one of the bitches on his
farm Detroit Post.
The Vanderbilt homestead on Sta
ten Island, NJ Y, has been used for
several years as beer garden. w. H
Vanderbilt has just given notice to the
tenant that the lease win not be re-
newed: 1t is said that on the site will
be built large charitable institution
as memorial to the late Commodore
Vanderbilt. Y. Tribune
AT sporting place in Meriden,
Conn.,, Alfred Elson, pedestrian,
wagered five dollars that he could run
three and one-haf miles in thirty min
ntes, giving the man who bet with him
permission to choose the track. This
track chosen was about the red-hot
stove in the place. Elson accepted.
The draughts of the stove were opened
and more coal put on. The course re-
quired one hundred and seventy-six
laps to the mile. Elson ran four hun
dred laps and then fell insensible.-
Hartford Post.
why are we running at such a
rapid ratePn asked 3 frightened pas.
senger of q conductor on q Missouri
railroad. Are we behind timer"
mo" he replied, imperturbably, look.
ing at his watch, ave are ahead OF
time. got an order to keep out OF
the way of a train following us, but ]
forgot all about it, and now she is too
close TO give me time to take o. side
track. We've got good engine,
though" he said proudly, as he swayed
forward. - Philadelphia Call
"A certain girl has pieced ''crazy
quilt containing 5000 bits of ribbon.
IL must have taken at least three
minutes, sewing to the piece. That
would make $1,000 minutes-an hour a
day for year and nearly three months.
In that time this foolish girl might have
learned modern language, became an
accomplished cook and housekeeper,
studied no end of history and science,
or have done benevolent and educa
tional work among the ignorant and
poor that would have lasted to the
eternities. Detroit Free Press.
AT Ell Paso Mexican dollars are
worth eighty-five cents in American
coin. At Paso del Norte, Just across
the river, American dollars are worth
eighty-five cents in Mexican coin. One
morning car driver started from the
American side with Mexican. dollar.
On his arrival at the Mexican town he
took a drink of whisky, which was fif-
teen cents, and received an American
dollar in exchange for his Mexican.
On his return to the American side he
took another drink of equally bad
liquor and received a Mexican dollar
for his American, repeating the drinks
ut intervals during the day, and at
night he closed up business with the
Mexican dollar he started with in the
morning. - Chicago Times.