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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11
A Grand Railway Project.


An international railroad connect
ing the North American States with
those of Central and South America,
is not new idea, it having been for
some years in the minds of people
who are not by any means visionary
The completion of the Central Mex
lean railroad, connecting with the
railroad system of the United States,
was step in that direction. That
enterprise was prosecuted and COM
pleted without attracting much pub
lie attention. and it may be the case
that railroad extending to Patagonia
will be built before the public is pre-
pared to hear the announcement of
it's completion.
The bill introduced into the House
by Representative Curtin, Of Penn
sylvania, for the encouragement OF
commercial intercourse and the pro-
motion of friendly relations between
the nations of North, Central and
South America proposes an inter-
national railroad traversing the two
continents as the instrument in &C
complishing those desirable objects.
The bill suggests convention OF
representatives of the nations inter
ested, at which plan may be agreed
upon for the construction of such
road through their united efforts.
In this great project, designed to
bring about a commercial union of
the American nations, the United
States, on account of superiority of
wealth and position, will have to take
the initiative. It will not be neces-
sary for this government to subsidize
the road, which can be as easily made
without such assistance as was the
road extending to the Mexican CAPT
tai. The moral encouragement of
the project by such convention as
the Curtin bill proposes, held under
the auspices Of so great power as
the United States, would insure for
it capital sufficient for its completion.
It is unnecessary to enlarge upon
the commercial advantages, to say
nothing about the international ben
efts, of which such work would be
productive. The people Of the United
States, on account of their larger in
terests, would be the principal bene-
ficiaries Of so grand a project, in
comparison with which the projected
Panama canals sink into comparative
insignifcance.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11
Homestead Entry No. 1898.
Land Office at Natchitoohes, Louisiana,

Land Office at Natchitoches, Louisiana, J
February II, 1886. {
Notice is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has filed notice of his inten-
tion to make fnal proof in support of his
claim before the Honorable Judge, or in his
absence the Clerk of the District Court at
Bellevue, Louisiana, on March 9th, 1886,
and secure final entry thereof at the expiration
of thirty days from the date of this notice, viz:
Homestead Entry No. 1993-Andy Law-for
lots l, 2, g. ID, Ia and 49, of section g. township
twenty North, Range eleven West Louisiana
Meridian, and names the following as his wit
esses, viz; L. B. Kelly. L. C. Biggs, R. A. Fox
and G.. w. Durdin, of Bellevue p. o., Bossier
parish, La
WE. RUSSELL, Register.
February l8 1885, march IS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

MIR. S. D. Pearce, editor of the
Ruston Caligraph, is second to none
in Louisiana as the conductor of a
live, earnest Democratic newspaper.
He is smooth, graceful writer and
knows how to conduct weekly
newspaper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

VS..
G.. w. Edwards.
Dy virtue Of a writ of fieri facias issued in
ID the above named suit, and to me directed,
have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at
the Court house, in the town of Bellevue, La,
within the legal hours of sale, on Saturday,
the third day of April, 1886, the following
described property, to-wit
The northeast quarter of seetion7 township
nineteen, range eleven; known as the "Spur-
lin Place."
bales of cotton, more or less, in seed.
Seized as the property of the defendant
C. w. Edwards, and win be sold to pay and
satisfy said writ.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with the benefit of
appraisement
R. E. wYCHE. Sheriff,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

Next Wednesday, 18th instant, will
be ST. Patrick's Day. st. Patricks
Day is the day set apart in the Romish
calender for special religious observ-
ances in honor of the founder Of the
Christian church in Ireland, canoniz
ed by the Church of Rome as st.
Patrick. According to history, more
than 14OO years have passed since the
good st. Patrick visited Ireland
For more than forty years he labored
with the people, establishing schools
and inconsistencies. For the enduring
good wrought through him for the
Emerald Isle, the memory of the
good Saint has been and is still held
in the most enthusiastic love and
veneration by all good Irishmen and
their descendants, while the day ded-
icated to his memory and called by
his name, is always celebrated by the
faithful with peculiar and appropri-
ate ceremonies.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11
LOCAL PASSENGER.


No. 1884. In District Court, Bossier Parish
La.
Hamilton & Co., for use of B. +. Oneal,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

The cities and principal towns in
Pennsylvania have Law and Order
Societies.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

the PRESIDENT ana tnaG ne snail take
care that the laws be faithfully exc
cuted."
Mr.. Cleveland's fight with the SEN
ate is the fight Of the Democracy,
more than this, lis the peoples fight.
The Democratic party gave him the
power which he now claims to exer-
else rightfully and constitutionally,
and those who elevated him to his
high office expect him to exercise the
powers that the people have confer
red. The question is not whether a
few Democrats, more or less, shall
Immediately obtain Offices, but wheth-
er the executive power of the United
States shall be exercised by the man
to whose hands the people confded
it. Once before the people withdrew
that power from the Republican par
ty, but by audacious fraud on one
side and timid leadership on the
other, the Republican politicians set
the popular will at defiance and seized
and held the power denied them
Now the remnant of the revolution
airy party is trying to accomplish by
intrigue and obstruction the thing
that holder rascals and criminals
achieved nine years ago. The OUT
ragged people at last see that their
chosen leader is ready to make their
fight, and it is no time for Demo-
Gratis to falter or fall to the rear.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

Pennsylvania Prohibitions have ar.
ranged for a State Convention in
Harrisburg next june.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

Labor's demand for shorter hours
isvery likely to befollowed by shorter
wages.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

The retirement of Pierre Lorillard
from the turf threw some very valu-
able horse flesh into the market. One
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
were high figures for twenty-seven
horses, and would have been consid-
cred extrayagant if expended for
such : useful purpose as agriculture.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

Il Is said It takes but six minutes
now to send 8 cable message to Lon
don and to got the answer.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-11-11
The dlailg 8nlletin,
THURSDAY. NOV. II, 1886
The MANDARIN SMILED.

When Mrs Blaine was Secretary
of State he learned that the Chinese
Minister had received news of the
death of the Empress of the Celes-
tial Empire, and he went to pay an
official visit of coincidence. He was
received in large room built by
Boss Shepherd for picture gallery,
which was hung in white. At one
end there was an altar, on which
"ioss sticks" of incense were being
burned. The legation wore white
robes and each one bowed solemnly
as the Secretary of State came OPP
posite to him. After the ceremonial
was over Mr.. Blaine told the Inter
prefer to say to the Minister that the
scene reminded him of some of the
ceremonials of the Church of Rome,
which he used to witness in the days
of his childhood and from which
these were probably derived. When
these was Interpreted to the manda-
rim he smiled and quickly remark
ed: essay to his excellency that we
have had these ceremonials in China
for about three thousand years.
Ben: Perley Poorc.
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HOT ARTESiAN WATER,

A remarkable example of the in
crease of temperature in the earth
toward the center has been present
ed at Pesth, where the deepest
artesian well in the world is that
now being bored for the purpose of
supplying the public baths and
other establishments with hot water.
A depth of 95l meters-3, 1870 feet
has already been reached, and it
furnishes 800 cubic meters-l76,-
600 gallons-daily, at a temperature
of 709 C.--l5S . Fab. The NUM-
cipality has recently voted n large
subvention, in order that the boring
may be continued to greater depth,
not only to obtain larger volume
of water, but at temperature of
80 . C.-176 = Fab. 1t is suggest
ed that it is thus within the bounds
of probability that the time may
come when brewer will obtain his
water supply from well of sufficient
depth to yield "liquor" at the mash
ing temperature S. f. Bulletin.
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THE BEEF EATERS or THE WORLD.

If there were any sOundness in
the statistics of p. S. Lamas, who is
stated to be an economist of great
reputc, and who is certainly an in
dustrious compiler of figures, the
English people can no longer boast
to be, or be jeered at as being, the
greatest beef-eaters of the world.
According to the economists compu-
tation, the annual consumption of
beef in Europe amounts to 45 pounds
per head of the population in a
year. The Australians consume $50
pounds man, and the Americans
$50 pounds, while the other great
continent of Argentine (from which
Mr.. Lamas hails) eats level with
Australia, At his rate there must
be very great number of people in
the world who get along without
eating beef at all. But the calcula-
tons are based on one which is yet
more extraordinary namely, that
on the whole globe the total head of
cattle is AZ 800, 900, or about an OK
and a half for every one in Great
Britain, and none at all for any one
else. Still, facts are facts and fl
cures are figures. - St. James
Gazette,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-11-11
SPLIT TEN.DOLLAR NOTES.

A new departure in the matter of
counterfeiting money was brought
to light at the United States Sub
Treasury in Baltimore a few days
ago. A somewhat worn SO Govern
ment bill was presented at the
Cashiers window with a request for
change, which was given. The note
was sent to Washington at mutilated
currency, and was returned with the
information that one side of the note
was good, but the other side was Il
well-eXecuted counterfeit of the
original. 1t was found that a gem
uine S10-dollar bill had been split,
the face being separated from the
back, a seemingly impossible under
taking. The original face with
counterfeit back had been used, and
ii is quite likely that the genuine
back with well-eXecuted counter
felt face has been passed in some
other quarter. More recently another
$40 "front" was presented at the
Cashiers window with a similar re-
quest for change. The clerk at the
window, suspecting the bill, told the
man who handed it in to wait a
moment until he could consult DIR.
Bishop, the Sub-Treasurer. DIR.
Bishop recognized in the note the
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-11-11
DEDICATION OF THE GREAT STATUE
OF LIBERTY.

The big statue of Liberty will be
dedicated on the 2Sth inst. Con-
gress appropriated $4,000 to pay
the expenses of unwilling it, with
the proviso that none of the money
should be used for wines or liquors.
Curiously enough the Government
made no arrangement to invite re-
representatives. of the French people,
and the President himself declined
to act in the matter, so that had not
President Grevy, to whom the matter
was explained, taken the response
bility of sending his brother, Gen.
Grevy, and Senator Lafayette, great
grandson of the General who helped
America to win the battles of free
dom, the nation which presented us
with the statue would have been
unrepresented in the ceremonials of
the day. Gen. Schofeld has form
ulated programme for the occasion.
President Cleveland and his Cabinet,
Governor Hill and his staff, the
Governors of the neighboring States,
and other prominent men have been
invited. A part of the North Allan
tic squadron will be on hand with a
French fleet under Admiral De
Vigne. Senator Evarts will turn
over the statue to the Government
in behalf of the American commit
tee, and Chauncey NJ. Depew will
make the commemorative address,
TROY Times.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-11-11

This is the Only Original Correct and Complete Record
in Book Form of the Business and Debates of the Iegisl-
tive Assembly of 1886.
The Book consists of Revised and Corrected Reprints of
the Reports, published from day day throughout the
Session, in the BULLETIN.
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BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.

Chicago, Sept. 29th.-T'he EDcn-
ing Journal to-day publishes a case
of remarkable resuscitation from
supposed death of young married
woman named Mrs. Frazer, the
daughter of I. ii. Stevens, who
with his family came here from New
York to live some years ago. On
July 30th last Mrs. Frazer gave
birth to child, and in August,
after few days illness, was pro-
nounced dead by the attending
physicians. DR.. Mark II. Laker-
steen, who was also attending Mrs.
Frazer, says: 81 did everything
/ could think of to restore respira-
ton, without effect. Ten minutes,
must have elapsed, though at that
time l was not in position to
watch the passage of time. Then
1t suddenly struck me that l would
like to try hypodermic injection of
this solution of nitro-glycerine. l
took up ten drops of it and let the
corpse have the full benefit of it.
The first minute there was not q
pulsation, but just gasp; that was
all. | looked at my watch and
there were four such gasps distri-
buted over the first sixty seconds,
but that is not life. In the second
minutes there were six respirations
and slight heart pulse could be
heard, but no pulse could be felt.
In the third minute it was $50 and
and upward, so that it could not be
counted. Her face flushed. Her
eyes began to roll in their sockets.
All the muscles relaxed from the
extreme stiffness of death. All the
contraction of the limbs gradually
relaxed. Speculation came back to
her eyes and she became conscious.
In my opinion in all cases of shock
or collapse this thing ought to be
tried before they are given over for
lost. There is nothing peculiar OF
sensational about it at all. The
only thing is, l have been the first
person TO try it. If ever l have
saved life it is this one."
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THE RUSSIAN ARMY.

In the course of the last sixteen
years the Russian infantry has been
nearly doubled and the regular
cavalry has been REINFORCED by 104
sqnadrons. The army of the first
line, inclusive of its Cossack contin-
gent, is composed of $50 batallions,
Cos squadrons, and 352 batteries,
forming total of 1921 900 troops
of all arms. The reserve, with the
first and second ban of Cossacks,
can put into the field 500 battallons,
422 squadrons and ZIG batteries.
Total-664, 900 men. Exclusive of
the territorial militia and inclusive
of the naval forces, the modified
masses of which Russia can dispose
equal 2 ,4SS, 900 combatants.
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familiar game, and said it was worth
just So. When the clerk returned
to the window the man had left with
out waiting for his change. The
Sub-Trcasury, which was out So on
the first transaction, was evened up
by the second. - Baltimore Sun.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-10-29
What Shall NC Do With Cur Bo5s.

4 correspondent asks to what
trade we would recommend him
to apprentice his son. Cur an
swcr IS, to none. In the old days
when men went on foot and IN
stage coaches, it would do to grind
out z few years ID tie manifold
drudgery OF an imposed task, but
in these days of QUICK comnuni-
cation-the news of the Day at al
most every hour, anGsthe oppor-
tunlty for boys to see aud know
what is going on around thea "a
thousand-feid better than thies.
fathers did twenty years ago-we
say emphaticaiIy. give the boy Il
voice ia the matter. Let him
look and choose II he have q
mania Tor robbing birds Ecsts and
iittering up his room with them,
put him in tic way Of becoming .
naturalist. IF he Re forever ex-
perimenting aud whiting, sal
trying to do something Which he
cannot DO for lack Of means, lei
him Visit machine shops of'varlogs
kinds. If he warts TO know How
q thing can happen at midnight,
and descriptions and picturcs 81
the event and It's surroundings ha
given te fifty i;,ll:ions Of people
before seven o'clock IN Ire morn
ing, let h.m visit a woil-organixed
rrinting-o5ce. Il few doses OF
this kind Of s.iGu!ant will show
what Path Of life the young man
will be likely to travel with the
best success. By all mems, give
him the opp ftaaity to select, and,
when he has made his choice, en-
courage his efforts, and do not
grin.i him down BY q servile APP
premiership in which he takes no
interest, aud where niac-seaths OF
his time is spent in making money
for his master without benefit
to hiIaself.-IThe Printing Press.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-10-29
WAT IN WANT 10 s1s.

Our farmers diversity theis
crops, give more attention TO stock
poultry and fruit and become
more successful.
The north and south railroad
running centrally through Biea-
VILE PARISH, which it will do If
our people vote the five mill tax.
The water which flows through
the parish utilized in tui.liag the
wheels OF nails and nanafactofiss.
The pines which cover the hills
of ElsnViile sawed into good mer-
charitable lumber, being sold in
the western markets at good pri-
ces and bringing money into the
country.
Good public roads running IN
eve;y direction through the parish,
good bridges across ali the streams,
and clean neat farms on each side
of these reads, with good CON-
iossa,lc farm houses on the farms
Good comfortable, neat and
numerous churches and school
houses in every neighbor'lood IN
the parish, and bright intelligent
children going every weekday to
these school houses.
The people Of Bicnville pros
porous, conteEted and happy.
which they caula be by improving
the golden opportunity now pre-
scented Of securing a rallrss;ii, with
all its advantages, -diyerslfyiae
their crops, adopting intensive
farming and using the Improved
methods Of agrlcultcrc-(N New |
Era.)
We would like to see all of the |
above in Vim parish, but fear
we never shall; IN fact, we are /
satisfied we never shall. if the |
north and south railroad fail.
81
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-10-29


tai is turning this way for invest
ment. Birmingham, Sheffield
Admission, Chattanooga and Nash
vile are growing, and Blrning-
ham especially IS enjoying a wild
real estate speculation.
Not only are new lines projected
into the South, like that from
Kansas city, through Mem phls to
birmingham, bat all the I'D roads
are building branches, estent,ons
and side tracks, to develop new
business and ID accommodate it, and
the next ten years premise to be
the most active and the most pros
peroi.s II the history OF The s nth
ERR States. The gr3wl:. is genuine
enc il is continuous. TIE con-
centration Of capital N the North,
which is due 10 the tsrifF, viii be
coanteracted. t. 4 certain extent,
BY natural c.-lIpetitioa. Capital
will seek those places where pro-
dscsicn can be carried. IN at the
lowest cost.-[LoaIsYille Courier
journal.
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And That. Too.

A Boston man gss kola Of Wsss-
ssner sae other daJ IA hopes of getting
sosno consolation out OF The look of al
airs toward sardoxn. bu. thu man
promptly replied:
Il tell You. things have just squatscd
out os,r way
Won't wheat look up little. ehp''
Net : ioos-
ANY new en.orr-sesgs
Not SO much as building wood
,hcd.
Bat do the merchants complsinp"
Il should sn:ie. Ihcy even hfro
hlss to help en- growl-"
-isn'f the railroad business q little
moro fevorabie?n
Yes, they manage to run trains, but
hats about ail.
VEL, thero must be some business
o The Vest which holds its own per-
fssed the Bossenian. s.IIow's mstri-
uonyps-
'-Daader'n Joseph's old boets.n vas
he confidential answer. "A year acp
You could have married ANYTHING Ana
anybody and counted on SIX per cent
dividends. but the general depression
las hattened rn2trimeny until q widow
worth 321c00 has got 10 hunt n msa
Town With gunp Fo3 Street Mem,
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-10-29
Ho Dcasi The Dsi.y.

i gentleman residing III Middle
town, who was visiting in Sullivan
county last week was attsctri by
eight hcadstones IN Iittle gssass-
grown ecmetary, near Fsiisisurs.
ri. OF which stood II rev an;.
exactly alike. He got eat Of his
wagon to look at thon, and found
that lhey were all eis,isson es e
wei! known phys.sian, and that
all we're grown wbce stricken
down and that the dates on the
hcaistones showed tl4at the first
one died NoYeasl,e. 9, 1851, an;s
the Other seren between It's. date
and December Is following, or
tlsst the entire f;aalily of eight
children s;ad died lneissst weeks.
When speaking OF the matter to
friends thst day, he was told the
history OF the case, which Is re-.
garded II the neighborlsoo.l IS 4
visitation of providencein punish
mont for Defiance IF the Deity.
The stcry IS told thai IL 1861
there was scourge OF diphtheria
IN the neighboi.sooi, tho physician
VAS kept busy treating patients
suffering fsem that disease. He
was very successful and gained
sFch confidence IN bis skill that he
began to bcast--that be could cure
any case, and he went So far that
ne dciiea God Aliaigh.y to produce
a case cf slipLtheaa he cauI,! net
cure. Ii less dian a week his
youngest child was sslza.l With
the dssease and although he exer-
cised his skill to the utmost, has-
ing not only professional pride |
but fathers love to urge HIM to
DO his best, his boy grew worse |
and died. oEe after another bis
children a.ckened and died, until
all were gore, and laid side BY
side ln:ile little graveyard near
Pittsburgh. But one child was
left,.a married daughter. but IN a
few weeks she, too, was stricken
down and became ! victim 70 the
dreadful disease. Essiadietawnl
Argus.