The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-01-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Philadelphia man is making
collection of suspenders. The prices
range from twenty-five cents to eleven
dollars PHILADELPHIA Press.
During the last fiscal year over
So, 600, 600 worth of precious stones
were imported BY this country, to say
nothing of what was smuggled.-M T.
Sun.
Paper was king in Denver on the
occasion of grand carnival, when all
the ladies and gentlemen appeared in
clothes made of that article. Some of
the effects were startling.-DenUer Tn
bune..
in France the sale of proprietary
medicines is only permitted after the
formula has been communicated to the
Academy of Medicine. In Germany
the sale of all such articles is strictly
prohibited.
In a cemetery in France one reads:
Here lies Gabrielle, my adored wife.
She was an angel. Never shall be
consoled for her loss" On the same
stone: ''Here lies Henrietta, my second
Owners of race-horses talk of or.
ganizing a mutual protective society to
resist the domineering and bad faith OF
Jockeys. After a jockey rides a few
winning mounts he thinks himself of
more importance than the horse and
owner together Chicago Herald.
"A rather novel episode in the his
tory of the Washington monument was
in serving dinner on the top of the
great pile to the workmen recently.
Three large turkeys were carved at that
dizzy height, and the banqueters enjoyed
the good things set before Them Wash.
ington Star. FtS 81
The pride of Savannah, Ca, is her
beautiful shade trees, but they have
been dying in such large numbers dur
ing the last few years, and particularly
during several months past, as to ex-
cite apprehensions in the minds Of
many citizens that in few years they
will all have entirely disappeared and
the squares and streets will be left with
out protection from the sun.
-Ascurious question of jurisdiction
has risen I'M the ease of the sunken Brit
ish frigate Hussar, which is said to have
gone down somewhere about 1880 il
Long Island Sound with S5,000,000 o
gold on board. Recently the Secretary
of the Treasury transferred the contrac
of raising the wreck from a New Yorl
man to Providence firm, the Govern
ment to receive all relies and ten pc
cent. of the money recovered, and nov
it is clained.tIlan the State of New Yorl
owns the alleged sunken treasure ant
that the National Government has n,
right to NEEDLE with it.-N. Y Mail an
Express.
John A. Glassbrenner, a blacksmith
of Uncasville, Conn, fired the other da,
at an American eagle, which fiuttered t,
the ground and was captured withou
any serious injury. The eagle meas
ured seven and oDe-haIf feet from tip T.
tip, and it is probably one of the larges
American eagles. if not the largest, nov
held in captivity. 1t is said to be large
than any similar bird at Central Par
in New York Mr. Glassbrenner keep
the bird alive in his cellar, and it is no
safe for anyone to approach within
reach of its tremendous wings and full
developed talons, for it shows signs G
vigorous resistance. -Harttord Post.
The great old gushers on Thor
Creek, in Bntler County, have caused
tremendous boom in the prices of rea
estate there. The largest of these well
are located on the Marshall, BARLEY an
Wallace farms. Six months ago tn
owners of the Marshall farm, $50 acres
could not sell it for $1,000; to-day
cannot be bought for $50, 900. TIL
BARLEY farm seventy-fiVe acres. wa
worth six months ago about IS, 900. Ye;
terday its owner, hitherto poor farmer
refused SO, 600 for it, A school poard
owning one acre Of ground among tn
wells, was offered $4,000 for it, whic
they refused. Pittsburgh Dispatch.