The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A dOtQoDOlO ~ ~s J mon 10 SOA-
lecting peck of nickels as u penalty
for a lost bet.
4Tree-planting in the neigborhood
of Los Angeles, it is thought, has Sc
cured to that section of California i'm
munity from drought.
1t has been figured out that there
is enough railroad travel in this coun-
try to give every man, woman and child
in the United States ride of LA miles
each year. Y. Herald.
AT Evansville, Col. Gustave Rotz-
Ter, out hunting rabbits, stepped on
snow that completely covered the mouth
of mine shaft, fell one hundred feet
and was killed.-Denuer Tribune.
Edgar Ross, of Cincinnati, met
girl at the ball. fell in love, and mar
ried her. Shortly after the marriage
John ID. Cook came to his home and
complained that Ross had married Mrs.
Cook. Ross denied it, and called his
wife to prove his claim. When she
came into the room, she confessed and
Ross fell to the floor in a swoon. He
came to his senses in due time and calls
for divorce. Detroit Post
The New Orleans Picaytne saws
there is an aristocracy OF crime in Lou
isiana. No man of wealth, no man of
position, no man of influence, has ever
been hanged in that State. Such men
have been accused of the viIest crimes;
such men have been proven guilty over
and over again. The result is laWless-
ness in society, in business, in politics.
The truth is that in Louisiana man of
power, of whatever sort, may do as he
will.
While policeman was going his
rounds at London, Ont, the other night,
he was attracted by riotous noise in
one of the buildings, and, on opening
the door he saw the corpse of an old
lady sitting upright in a chair, sur.
rounded by drunken mob of dancing
idiots. The woman had died of drunken
ness, and when the officers entered one
of the men was trying to pour whisky
into the mouth of the corpse. Chicago
finsea. EN
Last June, while Miss Ann Fisher,
q maiden lady upward of sixty years,
was walking about near Old Deposit
Station, KY, she was attacked and
bitten by large Newfoundland dog.
Since that time she has believed that
she would be afflicted with hydrophobia,
and her fears were well founded. The
other day she was taken with chill,
went totally blind, frothed at the mouth,
refused to eat anything, and when
water was offered her her muscles con-
tracted, and she reeled over entirely
helpless. at last death relieved her OF
her terrible suferings. -Bdltimore Sun
II have tried to kill that dog. but
my heart failed me. am too poor to
pay dog-tax, but l promise that Just as
soon as / can make up my mind to
shoot dumb brute, my dog shall die, y
pleaded Hugh Asa, an aged individual
who was before Louisville, (Ky.,)
Judge, recently, to show cause why he
should not be fined for a failure to de-
post two dollars in the city treasury for
| dog license. The court was touched
by his pathetic pleading, and granted
the old man further time in, which to
shoot the canine or pay license
LonisriJle Couaier-.loRrr1al.
Seventeen years ago A. A. Tozier
of Hayerhill, Mass, was married. Seven
years afterward he was divorced by the
same Justice who had married him,
and married his second wife in good
faith, and has lived within ten miles
from his first wife ever since Three
years ago he received eight hundred
! dollars back-pension money. His first
wife wanted six hundred dollars of the
money, but he refused to give it to her.
She then instituted criminal proceed
ings against him for bigamy, and few
days ago he was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary for the crime.
Boston Herald.
A man. for having successfully
| played this trick in Cincinnati, is now
in prison: Enter drug store or a gro
Gerry and ask for cake of soap and
tender a $40 bill in payment. The clerk
returns IS bill and 1870 in change.
Then discover that you already have
ten cents in change, which you put with
the $3.50, asking the clerk at the same
time to give you q So bill for the char ge.
After getting the bill pull ont the first
So bill and say to the clerk: "Here is
| S. more-just give me back the 80. y
Simple as this plan is it frequentlyfoo
thesconfused clerk and leaves the Gus
toner $3.50 and cake of soap ahead.
Cincinnati Times.
Some time ago farmer left Hall
County, Georgia, and took up his place
Of residence in Texas. Soon after a
terrible murder was committed near
his place, and trivial circumstance
aroused his neighbors to the belief that
he was the assassin. He was seized by
a mob and subjected to unparalleled
fortunes, with a view of making him
confess the deed, but to no avail.
Finally they tied him to stake and
took their departure, probably thinking
that he would starve to death. For
four days and nights he remained at
the stake, without food or drink. At
the end of that time the real murderer
was discovered, and the Georgian,
emaciated in form and broken down in
health, was released. He soon left the
country, and is now at his former
home Chicago Tribune.
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