The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

The police of Philadelphia report
that $50 street lamps are broken daily
in that city, mainly by boys.
Tho New Haven Comm Boarl OF
Health has prohibited the blowing OF
locomotive whistles within the city linn
its.
The northeastern Christian -4dcO-
cat cites facts and documents to prove
that Methodism was originally estab-
lished in Chicago in 83l-fifty-three
years ago.
Several smokers swore off in Lis
bon, d. T., on New Years day, and
pledged themselves to give the church
S25 every time they smoked this year.
-ChicaJo Herald.
There are thirty three custom
houses in the United States whose re-
ce:pts are less than the cost of collect
inc, and thirteen of them are in New
England N. II Herald.
Thomas Hardin. arrested on the
streets of Cincinnati when blind drunk,
had a marriage license in his pocket,
but could not remember whether he got
drunk before or after the ceremony
Cincinnati Times.
Count Harnancorn, of Vienna, now
social lion in New York. says: Zach,
it's too pad. | can neefer marry one
American girl, und loafs all of dem.
Like Artemus Wards monkey, he is
described as an 'amoosin' little Gus. ;"
N r. Nail.
A New York World reporter sub
mitted these triiing questions to Jay
Could How much are you worth:
How is your money invested? What is
your income? How much does it cost
you to live? Strange TO relate, Mr..
Gould sent word that he was mot in. "
-Garnets of considerable size and
beauty are found in the Santa Catali
nus, Arizona. In the canyons and
aroyos which run ont into the table
lands this side numerous small speci.
can be obtained. One little girl the
other day gathered an ounce bottle full
in few hours.
Mr. d. R. Locke (Nasby), who is
writing letters from the South, says
IF | was twenty-five years old and had
one thousand dollars to start life with,
| had rather risk my chances in Allan
ia than any city in the world. The
four best cities in this country are To.
ledo, Kansas City, Minneapolis and
Atlanta. - Chicago Journal.
The editor of an English scientific
paper satisfies a CORE pondent as tc
why he does not print his article: /
Your original theory was propounded
a quarter OF century since, and prob
ably not for the first time. 2. L
has been refuted over and over, ane
proved logically unsound and physio
logically impossible. 3. We have ne
room for it.
-Barnum' new white elephant i
reported to be magnificent specimen
of its kind, of pale ash color, with
livid markings. There is no such thing
as white elephant pure and simple
The present specimen is as near an ap
proaeh to the color as has yet been me
with, and even King Theebaw hat
some reluctance in parting with hi
sacred treasure, despite the amount 0
money paid for it.-Boston Transcript
There is quite a good deal of 70
nance connected with the recent mar
riage of Bishop Warren and Mrs. Ilih
of Colorado. It is said that before tn
Bishop met his bride her late HUSBAND
appeared to her in dream and advises
union with person whom he dc
scribed. When Mrs. Tiff met BishoI
Warren she at once recognized him a
the very image of her dream. Chicag
Tribune.
William Rogers, the owner O
Washington's headquarters at Tappan
n. Y, hasfoundit necessary to remov
the tiles over the fireplace in the par
lor to prevent them from theft. Tn
tiles are of the most delicate workman
ship. They are eighty-nine in numbei
The subject of the first is the erucif2
ion of Christ, Andres prison, in ar
other part of the old Dutch town, wher
Washington was this month, hundre
years ago, is in ruins. N. n. Tribune