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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19
How the Stock Was Absorbed.

When there was q show for q railroad
to a certain village in Michigan, the
citizens of the town came forward as
they were able and subscribed stock,
and the road was finally built. A year
or so after when the man who had
worked up the boom was settled In fat
position, and figured prominently in
railroad reports, subscriber called
upon him and said:
"Mr. Blank, / subscribed for one hun
bred dollars worth Of stock in the G. R.
K. Road"
YES"
THAT made me stockholderp''
"It did"
'But I have never been notified Of
any meetings, and understand that my
stock has no value"
"Well, you see, we had to mortgage
the road for the IRON"
Eyes"
"Then we changed the name"
eyes"
Then we pooled with the B. & w.
Road"
"Yes."
"Then we cleaned out the old board,
and elected new one"
"Yes."
"Then we voted to extend to the
present terminus.
"Yes."
"Well, just where the vote was which
cancelled your stock or absorbed it ]
can not now remember, but il you are
laboring under the delusion that you
have any financial interest in our road.
the President win request the Vice
President 10 instruct the Auditor to or
der the Secretary to consult the minutes
Of the various meetings, and try and
discover which hole the comnson stock
went into when the preferred was pulled
out by the tail."-WdU Street Net0s.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19
What the Language lmpIies.

First impressions exercise lasting
influences on the minds of men. The
utterances of President Cleveland in
His inaugural address and the admin
istratixe events which followed i'm
mediately viii therefore in great
measure guide the public judgment
In it's estimate OF his character. A
Judgment based on such utterances
and such acts cannot be other than
favorable.
The subject that seems to excite
the deepest interest IN the inaugural
address is civil service reform. This
is entirely natural as it concerns not
only the vast army of officers at
present in commission, but the many
times greater number of citizens
who aim to- succeed them. Singulsrly
enough both Of these classes seem to
be satisfied with his attitude but it
III doubtful if either can find much
hope init
President Cleveland says the peo-
pie shave q right to protection from
the incompetency of public employees
who hold their places solely as the
reward of partisan services" If that
truth was enforced ninety per cent.
of the Federal Offices could be dis.
placed ct once. He adds that SINH.
lar protection is due from the cor.
rupting influences of those who
promise and the vicious methods Of
those who expect such rewards. The
fulflment of that principle would
drive the most importunate place
seekers into seclusion.
But the people have reason te
draw hope from the Presidents ut
terances, even though the two classes
SO deeply concerned are made to sui
fer. There is O universal desire tina
the offensive Republican partisans b.
turned out and the concern is equal
ly widespread that offensive part
sans on the other side are not turnet
! in to the detriment Of the public ser
vice. If MIR. Cleveland viii adher
strictly to his inaugural allusion, an'
of that there is mo- doubt, the bes
ends will be realized in his admins
tration.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

Saving banks are the repositories
Of the poorer class of people. In
New York they have 126 of these
banks On January LIST, the amount
due depositors was s437. 1O7, 5O7, and
the number of depositors was l, 1867
TIA, the average deposits being 1915
to each. These banks had then o
surplus of s7s, 669, 900. and they paid
dividends or interest on deposits to
the amount of s15. O23,73 These
results indicate the benefit these in
stitutions are to the people who pat
ronize them. But another benefit is
derived from their existence. They
take up the ''nickles," and thus, pro-
ducing vast aggregation of capital,
they lend aid to industrial enterprises.
These New York savings banks lent
ON mortgages last year BAL, 944, $50,
and on stocks and bonds $262, 840,-
900. No wonder it is easy for es-
adjustments to get along when such
vaults are open to them. Had the
active. go-ahead young men of Lou
isiana such Golfers to supply the sin
ews of war, they would launch out
into many paying and desirable
branches of industrial development.
Many things are needed in Louisiana,
but among them few would confer
greater blessings upon our people
than good system of savings banks.
There ought to be campaign start
ed in their favor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

Evidently ''the guillotine of civil
service reform" is destined to execute
the prophecy addressed by the late
Jeremiah S. Black to the Electoral
Commission in 1875, which were en-
bodied m these words: 1.-THE hiding
place of falsehood viii be swept away
and the refuge of lies uncovered
This mighty, puissant nation win
raise herself up like strong man af-
ter sleep, and she viii shake her in
vincible locks in q manner you little
dream of now. Wait. The day of
retribution win come in due time
Justice travels with leaden heel,
but strikes with an iron hand. Wait
till the foodgates are lifted and
q full tide OF water comes rushing ON.
There viii be fine grinding then"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

Chicago hopes to purge herself
from ring rule and political impuri-
ties, and has q committee of eighty
who have undertaken the job. Gal
lagher and Mackin, two Of the men
convicted at Chicago of stufing bal
lot boxes and falsifying election re-
turns, have been fined $1,000 each
and sent to Joliet prison for two
years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

The first act of our Redeemer's
life IS to go TO marriage. He con-
socrates marriage, and the sympathies
which lead to marriage. He declares
the sacredness of feelings which had
been reckoned carnal, and low and
human. He stamped His image on
human joys, human relationships
He pronounces that they are more
than humans it were sacramento:
the means whereby Gods presence
comes to US; the types and shadows
whereby higher and deeper relation
ships become possible to us. For it
is through onr human affections that
the soul first learns to feel that its
destiny is divine; it is through NOR
tai yearnfng, unsatisfed, that the
spirit ascends, seeking a higher OBJ
ject; it is through the gush of our
human tenderness that the immortal
and the infinite in as reveals ITSELF
Never does a man know the force
that is in him till some mighty affec-
ton or grief has humanized the soul.
It is by an earthly relationship that
God has typi6ed to us and helped us
to conceive the only true espousal-
the marriage of the soul to her eter-
ual Lord.-ReU. r. W. Robertson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

Says an exchange: "a girl at
sixteen wants dude with tooth
pick shoes and q microscopic mus
tache; at twenty, chief justice with
piles of tin; at twenty-five she'll be
satisfied with a member of congress;
at thirty, country doctor or preach
er will do; at thirty-6ve, an itinerant
tinker; over thirty-fve, anything that
wears pants, from an editor up to a
coachman."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

The Macon Telegraph says it has
come to this: ''The Democratic par.
ty of Georgia must submit to have
cut from it the sickening Brown tu-
NOR. If experts declare that the
tumor is now bigger than the party,
then cut the party from the tumor.-
There can be union no longer"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19
Ex-President Arthur's Reputation.

There is a good deal being said in
IN indefinite sort of way about the
great credit with which Mr.. Arthur
retired from the Presidency. An
disposition has cropped out
almost everywhere to award him
praise for having been an excellent
President, and yet it would bother
any one to mention in what particu-
lar line of administration the excel
lence was shown. It may be that
the retiring President proved himself
to be so much better in the Presi-
Dental Office than his previous polit-
ical course gave reason to expect he
would be, that his not turning out
as was expected is considered as en-
fitting him to the credit of having
done exceedingly well. The credit
is the result of surprise and the merit
to which it attaches is more of a com
parative than of positive character.
The commentator that rightfully
belongs to the Arthur administration
is not for anything particularly good
it did but for its not having done
anything very wrong. In considering
what great damage the Garfield adj
ministration would probably have
done the country if it had lived out
it's full term under the directing in
fuence of James G. Blaine, the pub
he readily conclude that President
Arthur, if he did nothing else, still
did the country great service in alb
staining from adopting the Blaine
policy of the previous administers
ton.
But he retires from the Presidency
without having made a distinct Inn
preston except in a social way. The
success of no great public measure
marked his administration, nor was
there any reform of existing abuses
wrought out during his term to make
it distinguished But among society
people he shone as one of the great
est Presidents this country ever had
In this respect his admirers hav'
great reason to be proud of him.
Other Presidents have had distin
gushing qualities of different kinds
but Mr.. Arthur, in addition to hi
being the best dressed President O
the whole lot, will always be distin
guished as the chief magistrate wh'
could receive and entertain with tn
greatest ease and most polished man
ners the visiting shoddy aristocrac,
| from the effete monarchies of Europe
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19
Good ssatsacss Well PrOnouuced.

The following is credited to the
lamented William Allen, of Ohio:
Democracy is sentiment not to
be appalled,, corrupted or compro-
missed. Il knows no baseness, covers
to no danger, Expresses no weakness.
Fearless, generous and humane, it
rebukes the arrogant, cherishes honor
and sympathizes with the humble
1t asks nothing but what it concedesi
it comedies nothing but what it de-
mands. Destructive only to despot-
ism, it is the sole conservator of lib
erty, labor and property. 1t is the
sentiment of freedom, of equal obi
cations. It is the law OF nature per-
vading the law of the land. The
stupid, the selfish, the base in spirit,
may denounce it as o vulgar thing,
but in the history of our race, the
Democratic principle has developed
and illustrated the highest moral and
intellectual attributes of our nature.
Yes, this, noble, magnanimous, a
sublime sentiment which expands oul
affections, enlarges the circle of oul
sympathies, and elevates the soul OF
man until, claiming an equality with
the best, he rejects as unworthy Of
his dignity any political immunitiet
over the humblest of his fellows
Yes, it is an ennobling principle, AND
may that spirit which animated oul
fathers in the Revolutionary contest
for its establishment continue to ami
mate us, their sons, in the impend
ling struggle for its preservation"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

Here is the manner in which the
Boston Post describes socialism:
Socialism is spending what you
have, and then wanting half of what
some other fellow has, and if he
won't give it to you, kill him and
steal it all.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

An examination of English census
statistics shows that in every so, 900
persons there are 6,S19 with Mary as
a given name. This is the highest
average. William comes next, with
6, $50 in every 1000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

The President has the appointment
of 2,S23 postmasters. The Missouri
Republican says it viii be no trouble
at ell 10 find efficient, non-partisan,
civil-service-reiorm Democrats for
that many.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

Although Congress ct the last ses-
sion made no appropriation for rivers
and harbors work win not stop as
there are So, 000, 900 still unexpended.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

Secretary Endicott is a direct de-
scendant of the first colonial Cover
nor of Massachusetts,; and the Endi-
colts were conspicuous q hundred
and fifty years before the Adamses
were heard of.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

More than eighteen thousand dol
lars damages are claimed by settlers
FOR depredatione by the Indians, the
claims going as far back IS 1856
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

We are growing worse rapidly, it
appears. Nearly complete returns
show 3,377 murderers in the United
States m 1884, against 1,494 in 1883.
OF suicides there were 1854, against
$40 the previous year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

Secretary Manning has reduced the
force in the Treasury Department by
Diminishing forty-two persons, effect
ing . saving Of $40, 600 year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

1t IS said the departments are still
besieged By ofice-seekers, but they
obtain rery little encouragement
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

A hotel runner in Omaha shot q
barkeeper dead because refused to
give him a drink
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

-One or two crops Of lSuckwheat win
rid 3 field Of wire worms, as these pests
win not eat the roots Of that plant
" 2. Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19

Keep high vitality. sleep well, eat
wen, enjoy life.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-03-19
We. Ii. R0ggs,

Notary Public, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
~ Business promptly attsndedto. Office at
Red Land, LIS. v23n40
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-11
THE NEWS IN THE CITY.
GOSSIP FROM THE STREET AND
SIDEWALK.

DRshes Here and There by the News
Reporters Yesterday Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs--PtckiHgs at
Police HEADQUARTERS.
Eight arrests were reported at the bar
racks up to u O'Clock last night
The Oglethorpe Gymnasium viii holdits
regular monthly meeting tonight.
The National Bank Of Savannah opened
its doors and began business yesterday.
The November meeting OF the Board OF
County Commissioners Will be held To-
day.
The Pulaski Loan Association will hold
its tiifty-frst regular monthly meeting TO-
night.
A pre-emptory call OF the docket Of
the United states District Court Will be
made to-day.
Two patients were admitted to st.
Joseph's Inirmary and three TO the
savannah Hospital yesterday.
The Merchants and Mechanics Loan
Association will hold its forty-second
meeting at the office Of Jackson u What
ley, No. us Bryan street, tonight.
The grass in the park extension was
covered with frost early yesterday morn
ing. This was the first appearance OF
"JacE' reported in Savannah this fail.
MesSrs. wider ~ 60. cleared yesterday
the British steamship Wellheld for Reveal
with $3.50 bales Of upland cotton. weigh
ing 2,SZ2,379 pounds, valued at S2js, $40.
The committee of ARRANGEMENTS for the
reception OF Rev. DR.. Belts. VINO will lee
ture before the Savannah branch OF the
Irish National League on Nov. 90, will
meet tonight at Catholic Library Hall.
Golden Rule Lodge, l. 0. 0. F., will
hold its regular meeting tonight. To-day
being the anniversary Of the organization
Of the lodge, every member has been
especially invited to be present at the
meeting. An address will be delivered
on the subject, The lodge and it's work
ings since it was instituted"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-11
THE UNITED STATES COURTS.
Abercasis Pleads Guilty to Violation
of the Revenue Laws.

Abercasis Pleads Guilty to Violation
of the Revenue Laws.
The United States District Court was
opened yesterday morning, and for the
rest OF the term both the Circuit and Dis
trict Courts will be open at the same
time.
The grand jury returned no bills, but
probably will today.
Alberto Abercasis, accused of dealing
Illegally in manufactured tobacco, plead
guilty, and upon motion of United States
District Attorney Darnell, Judge Speer
deferred sentence.
The cases OF L. McMahon, Bube, Schroe-
der and Lloyd, charged with carrying on
tobacco and cigar business without pro-
per revenue stamps, were dismissed on
an order taken by the District Attorney.
| The particulars of each case were pub
lished in the NEWS early in June. Nc
| MahOn dealt only in tobacco, and had
made repeated efforts to get the stamps in
| Savannah, but as the Collector allowed
only a small stock to be kept at the office
here. MCMahOn was unable TO get the
stamps when he called. The first Of June
all Of the stamps We're removed from the
savannah Office. The facts in the four
cases were essentially the same, and all
the defendants were held for court.
Judgments were rendered in favor OF
the plaintiffs in the following cases: The
Roisln Fertilizer Company VS.. Powell Il
| Hardy. Action on notes, 81 ,405 70 princl-
pal, $l3l 60 interest and 500 costs.
John TurtCn & Sons VS.. William =. Bus
sey. Comp ain for land judgment for pOr-
ton OF lot No. 2S4, Sixth district, Berrien
county.
The case Of w. d. Sharkey, charged
with handling Improperly stamped cigars,
Sharkey was released from jail yester-
day on his own recognizance, as was also
Ned Tatnall. an old Camden county negro.
Tatnall was committed for selling liquor
without revenue stamps, and since being
imprisoned has been quite sick.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-11
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
Gossip Gathered Along the Tracks and
Crossties.

The latest scheme TO build the long
talked of railroad between Tallahassee
and Th0masEille is to form syndicate
and hire the State cOnYicts to DO the
work.
The Union Pacific earnings for Septem-
Der show decrease OF II per cent, IN the
gross and 81 per cent. In the net as com
pared with September, 1884. From Jan.
to Oct. the gross earnings show a de-
crease OF only q OF per cent, and the
net oil per cent, as compared with the
same period Of 1884.
meeting of the citizens Of Leesburg
to incorporate the Leesburg Fa.) Canal
and Railroad Company, under charter
granted by tine State TO A, StiYender and
others, Jan. "a, 1876. With capital stock
OF 100000, tor the purpose Of building a
canal from Lake Harris to Lake Griffin
and a railroad from Leesburg to Lake
Eustis and westward TO Lake Panasotkee,
has been called for this week.
The land sales of the Northern Pacific
company during the month of October
aggregate 2I.0jG acres for $ll0,6O6. OF
this amount 10, 100 acres were sold in Min
nesOta and Dakota, 1896 in Washington
territory, and 6 900 in Montana. The sales
for the four months from July / 70 oct 81,
1850, were 1861 acres for 5000 63l,
against ll4,2S3 acres for 1872, 240 for the
corresponding period last year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-11

DR.. Ed. II. Nichols took temporary
charge OF the United States Marine Hos
pital Surgeons office yesterday in the abb
sence of DR.. j. III. White, who has been
ordered on trip Of inspection along the
Southern coast.
Among the arrivals at the Pulaski
house yesterday were w. A. Culrier.
Saratoga; O. II. Fersenheim, h. J..
Graver, New York; s. X. Stawson
Charleston; j. =. Gotham, Abbeville, 5.
C.; G. +. Gutzlen, Brooklyn.
Al the Marshall house were W. Paine.
Milledgeville; ). G. Moore ana wife,
Georgia; Miss Emma Lane, Mlllen; j. A.
Cromauc, }. Il. Gowan, Boxley; II.
Nutuza, Henry Hail, New York: r. =.
Mayer, New Orleans; y. Won Gluhn.
jacksonville; j. s. BAN, Atlanta.
At the screyen house were; Ed Manser.
Walter Burnett, John u. Grfen. New
\ FORK; Mr.. NELL and family. Waynesboro:
T.. II. Potter, StatesbOro; J. b. Polk and
wife, Frank G. C0tter, John Parker,
Mixed Pickles Company; A. Ii. Herndon.
Augusta.
Az the Harnett House were A. l..
Hammond, Orlando, Fla: II. l.. Howard.
Norfolk, Va; Col. Houston Ruckor. Sew
York; NJ. A. Bennett and W. w. Giles.
jacksonville, Fla; w. X. Driskell, Burke
county; j. "A, Keene, Nashville, Tenn. :
W. q. Thomas, Atlanta, Ga: NJ. Movers.
Eufaula, Ala; ID. Greenleaf. Jackson
vile, Fla; Frank n. Davis, Manchester.
n. H., and members of the j. d. Polk
Company.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-11
AT THE THEATRE.
.AIixed Pickles" Before Large Au-
dience Lat Night.

"Mixed Pickles." as given By the j. b.
Polk company last night, was extremely
funny. The comedy is as light, whimsi-
cal, aud satirical as it could well be, and
was highly enjoyed by large audience.
Mr.. Polks every appearance with TINS
play seems TO have been the occasion Of
an ovation and last night the comedy
vas laughed 1T until every one almost
wished for a rest. The characters are
well taken, and the male part OF the cast
Is unusually well balanced. Each Is Wen
drawn. and the characters are allowed to
make all thew can out of their parts. The
laughter provoked is not boisterous, but
is continuous. Mr.. j y. Polk as Joseph
Picklen IS the centre OF the play, and he
lays out the plot which entangles all.
As his brothers. double, Joseph"
mixes the 'Pickles," puts up IL job on the
"Rey. Arthur Pickle.V "Hiram Brown"
and Deacon Jordan" and makes love 10
All OF his brothers. flock that chance to
come his way. There are many fine bits
Of acting in Mr. Polks performance that
are as smooth and polished a5 the finished
stone that comes from the skilled artisan
hands. The well-modulated, sanctmoni-
Gus tone initiative Of the everyday cler-
gYman rs a very clever counterfeit Mr..
Alex. Nincenbs "Hiram Brown came
very near halying the applause. "ln-
clined to be fast" is Browns exact incli-
nation, and it Is not restrained in the
least, as neither is the niirth OF the audi
ence.
The make up Of deacon Jordan" Mr..
Milton RainfOrd, caught the house, and
the Deacon" himself though mean IN
disposition. was quite good rs a ''pillar OF
the church"
Mr. Il. Pope Cooke gave creditable
representation Of the quiet, subdued
"Rev. Arthur Pickle"
Miss julia A. Polk introduced pretty
Italian waltz song in the second act, and
sang it well, though the strings in the
were not always in accompani-
ment. AS CHERRY Brown" she was very
pleasing.
The other members of the support did
fairly. mixed Pickles" will be gwen at
the matinee to-day and at the regular
tonight,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-11
Goodness, Graeious Afe.

Mrs. Darlington exclaimed, what fast
age we are living in. Mashinary makes
everything so cheap that we will soon get
clothes for nothing. The "FdmOuS'' keeps
the clotbiers on the ragged edge by con-
tinually cutting into their old-fashiOned
fat profits, and now the "FGm0usn has
started another crusade against high
prices, and smashing ruling prices like
bull in china shop. Just think of it, the
Famous is Offering a good, strong boys
suit for 50, and the finest Corkscrew suit
in Savannah for $22, as fine and as well
made as any merchant tailor will charge
YOU $40 for. Norfolk suits, the latest
novelty, YOU will find Mt the "FdmOuS"
for men, youths and boys. Overcoats IN
great variety, and very low. Hats, Shirts,
Underwear, and all kinds OF gents furnish
ing goods. EUerp purchaser is presented
10Th a iCbiSt broom and holder, Orna-
mental as well as useful. Try the "Fll-
nous" before you buy. 14O Congress
street.-AGU.