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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

William G. Burtof Bossier, whose
appointment as ajdutant general was
confirmed By the senate today,
comes of one Of the oldest families
of South Carolina. He was born in
Edgefeld county 10 that state about
forty years ago. Upon the outbreak
of hostilities, he entered the Con-
federate military service and re.
NAMED in the field until the final
surrender of the forces.
His record as soldier is an ex-
cellent one. At the battle of the
Crater, Petersburg, Va, he was pro.
noted on the field to colonel for
gallantry in action. AT the close
of the war he removed to Louisiana
and settled in Bossier parish, where
be has since resided. He is an edu-
Gated gentleman and is in every way
qualified for the Office which the
Governor has selected him to fill
Ne,o Orleans Picayune, 18th.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

"You will have the support of the
party, but you must be prepared for
defeat" is what the Cincinnati En-
quirer says a prominent Indiana Re-
publican said to Gen. Harrison the
other day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

Hon. N. G. Blanchard is the right
man in the right place and he will be
renominated.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

Kansas City claims to have pop
ulation of $4,000. Twenty years
ago Kansas City was little more than
q village. There are few towns in
the United States which are growing
SO rapidly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

Fully 125 families, aggregating
over 500 people. are suffering and in
need of the necessaries of life as q
result of the late floods in Western
Virginia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

The Illinois Stats Zeitung, Re
publican paper having great influence
among the Germans, has declared for
Cleveland and Thurman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

Nine government officials at Seoul,
in Corea, have been beheaded in the
streets by thepopulace. Foreigners
have taken refuge at the consulates.
The outbreak is attributed to Chinese
instigation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

The annual loss to productive in
dustries in the United States caused
by insects, says the Scientific Ameri-
can, is estimated at $15,000,000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

The Washington agricultural re-
port for this month seems to warrant
the expectation Of about 43O, 900, 900
bushels of wheat, 100000 bushels
of corn, and $1,000, 900 bushels of
oats for the crops of the United
States this year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19
This Great State.


DIR. D. M. Clay assumed charge of
the Charity hospital at Shreveport
on last Saturday.
The Shreveport pnmp factory,
Whited Bros proprietors, burned
on the 1Ith inst. Insurance, $2400.
Commissioner Bird says the rice
crop is flourishing, and promises to
be the largest ever raised iu Louisi
ana.
The Caligraph says Lincoln par
ish farmers ship 10000 bales of cot
ton, on which they pay a freight of
$4,000.
Opelousas is to have a new $50,
600 public building, and Baton
Rouge $4,000 public road to the
national cemetery.
The Confederate Veteran Asso-
citation of Central Louisiana will
meet at Robeline, Natcbitoches par.
ish, on Wednesday, August 1.
The next session of the State
Baptist convention will be held at
Lake Charles, beginning on Friday
before the first Sunday in August.
At Diamond island levee, in Ten
sas parish, last week, number of
convicts tried to make their escapa
and three of them were killed by
the guards.
The pastors of the Presbyterian,
Methodist and Baptist churches at
Shreveport have decided to unite
their congregations On Sunday
nights, during the heated term.
A camp meeting will begin on
Wednesday, August 8, at Dubberly
station, in Webster parish, on the
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
railroad Robert Parvin pastor.
Ouachita Telegraph: "The leg.
islature, if it had accomplished
nothing else, would he entitled to
praise, for it has wiped the infamous
Wiltz-McEnery land grab contract
from the statute books"
Opelousas Courier: "From def
mite information received, it is esti.
mated that over 500 families will
move to Acadia, Calcasieu and st.
Landry parishes next fall and win
ter. They will come principally
from the Western States"
The Ouachita Telegraph, of Mon.
roe, says: "The cotton receipts at
the compress for the year just clos
ed were AZ ,965 hales. 21,864 were
compressed here. The aggregated
receipts show an increase of 9,435
bales over the receipts of the season
1867
Ibervillo South: "Mr. [. +. Davis
of Crosse Tete, obtained a yield af
$40 barrels of Irish potatoes off 20
acres-or AZ barrels per acre. The
potatoes were sold for 90 per barrel,
amounting in the aggregate to
$3.50, and the land is in condi-
ton for some other crops. More
truck farms is what we need"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

It is said that there are two million
more acres planted in cotton this
year than last.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

Integrity is an absolutely essential
attribute of the journalism of to-day,
and journalists must recognize the
truth by the highest self-respect for
their profession Philadelphia Times.
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News Nubs.

efed near cleveland, Tenn.
Congressman Grouse, of Ohio, re-
fused denomination last Thursday
The property valuation this year
for the City of New York is $780,
900, 900
Forty one retail merchants in At
lanta, Ga. have decided to abolish
the credit system.
The money used to relieve the poor
in London is said to amount to over
Sl5,00O,O00 year.
The Georgia State Agricultural
Society will convene at Newman on
the 18th of August.
Methodist" is the name of a new
postoffice three miles from Sparta, in
White county, Tenn.
According to Mr.. Cox, of New York,
we are getting $4,000 immigrants per
annum from Italy alone.
Four lumber dealers were drowned
in the Kanawha river at Palkersburg,
West Virginia, last week.
The first sad-iron manufactured in
Birmingham, Ala, was presented to
the editor of the Herald.
Montgomery, Ala, after paying all
the claims against her, has balance
of 100000 in the treasury.
Eight locomotives were destroyed
by fire in a round-house at Ashta-
bula, Ohio, on last Thursday.
A colored man, who confessed to
numbering two women, WAS lynched
last Thursday at Roanoke, Va.
Reports from the Hang Kow and
Kinkiang, China, tea crop show a
deficiency of 100000 half chests.
More than $4,000 people immi-
grated to this country last year; co.
900 in excess of the previous year
There is clump of thirty orange
trees near Lakeland, Florida, that
annually yield over 100000 oranges.
The Banner says new buildings are
constantly going up in every part Of
Nashville, and many of them are ele.
giant and costly.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
thinks that this years corn crop will
be the largest ever produced in the
State of Tennessee.
At Athens, Greece, the heat has
been unparalleled. The temperature
stood at 1O4 degrees last Friday
Many deaths occurred.
| Twenty-four white men and 2OC
natives were killed on the 18th inst.
by mine explosion near Cape Town
Cape of Good Hope, Africa.
The loss by fire in the United States
and Canada for the first six months
of the present year foot up to the
enormous total of SGT, 100000.
| A terrible railroad accident occur
red on the Virginia Midland Railroad
a few days ago. A train fell through
a trestle and many people were killed
and injured.
| A German syndicate has purchased
large tract of land at Etne, on the
Alabama Great Southern and Georgia
Pacific railroads, and colony will be
formed at that place.
Birmingham, Charleston and Sa-
vannah capitalists have decided to
build three large furnaces near Truss
vile, Ala. The capital stock of the
company will be 100000.
There are 81 prisoners in the Full
ton county, Ga, jail. Moore than
half the number are under 81 years
of age. The oldest inmate is 81
years of age, while the youngest is
nine years old.
During the last two or three
months it is estimated that at least
1000 head of cattle have been stolen
in fancy and Christian counties, Mo-,
by Bald Knobbers-" Oplanders,' as
they call themselves.
The rains during June wrought
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

The South Carolina Press Associa-
ton will meet in Greenville, July a.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19
For Congress, 4th District.

Cleveland, Thurman and Morton
are preachers sons.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

END OF THE McENERY LAND Con
TRAcT.-The famous John McEnery
land contract, established by act %
of 1880, is now thing of the past.
The Senate bill repeating this act
finally passed the House last night.
Under this act the Federal land grant
to the State of Louisiana for the pur-
pose of leveeing and draining has
been largely diverted to private own
nership. The contractor for per-
forming merely nominal work, which
was the duty of the Register of the
State Land Office and the Attorney
General, has come into the ownership
of tens of thousands of acres of the
public domain, and is now probably
one of the largest landholders in the
world. The abuses which grew out
OF the contract, such as the issuance
OF scrip for l2tc lands that could be
located on lands valued at Use, and
the use of that scrip to intercept
money at the very door of the treas
ury that had been sent there by set
tiers, have been exposed in the col
umns of the Picayune.
After eight years the law is finally
wiped from the statute books, and
the unjust division of State property
with an unnecessary contractor has
been brought to an end. If the Leg
islature had done nothing more than
this it would not have sat in vain
Nev Orleans Picayune, July II.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-19

The New York Herald of last Fri
day says: In the British Islands
snow fell on Wednesday as far South
as London, the first, it is said, ever
recorded there in July; while the
peaks of Skiddaw and other noun.
talns were white with snow. Our
special telegram from Bethlehem, N.
H, states that the summit of Mount
Washington was covered yesterday
with nearly five inches of snow and
the mercury fell eight degrees below
freezing (the lowest record it has
ever made in july during a hurricane
blowing about ninety miles an hour"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07

1t i, astonishing hov little it takes 70 pro-
woke the gathering Of d crowd Thought ii
this Yesterday when counted couple Of
hundred men aud women blocking the sid9-
walk on lower Fulton street as they watched
a man hosting an iron beam into place oa
the elevated railroad structure \ little
further ON there were nearly fifty people
crowdiug and c.aum- their n-cSs To- ,ec O.
man draw wuxed thread through shoe solos
4 couple Of automatic figures going through
evmnlstic exercise, were enough % hold the
attention of half a hundred persons for sew
eral minutes at another store window, anG
the spectacle OF a man pulling string OIL
mOlasscs candy from "a hook excited the
curious gaze of Il crowd of people "ho fairly
blocked the sidewalk Hardly one OF these
people but had long lived iu the city, and yet
they displayed "a curiosity tiat would have
excited their derision if they had seen 1t
practiced by their country cousins. -" Ram
bier in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07
4 Trcach.rous Teline.

Among the patrons oI an uptown reats.a
rant is one no has lost all faith ia cats 1t
was "A pitiably cold evening, and forlo'n
puss sat on the outside Of the window ledge,
looking pathetically into the warm room
Vow and then She expressed her sorrow IN
the chronatic music Of the feline tribe SeV-
cral customers were tempted 10 open the
window aud let her IN. One Of them, whose
table abutted the ledge where puss sat, iinally
Welded to her cntreaties and raised the sash.
With a gIatified, but not grateful, pur-r-r-r
the cat came III, sprang upon the KIND Gus
toners table, seized in her mouth the half
roast chicken that the waiter had just served,
and, turning, jumped out OF the window onto
the roof Of a shed before the customer coulG
say SCAT much less lower the sash Then
the other customers hid their faces in their
napkins. and the kind hearted man looked
sheepish. New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07
BlxBY WAS CALM
when One of the Children Was seized
with tho Group the other Night.

when One of the Children Was Seized
with the Group the other sight.
One of the Bixby children was seized vita
a fit Of Group the other night Biyby heard
the httlo fellows labored breathing, and
bounding clear over tho footboard OF the bed
yelled Group Ia about the same voice that
the escaped idiot yells Fire" at the theatre.
Then he tried to put his trousers on over
his head, but finally got them on wrong side
out. and tore into his shirt with 1t wrong side
IN front
Jump be screamed t. his wife, there
isn't a second % lose Get the syrup OF
squills. Put on tub OF hot water! Give
him something to drink Ciet hot nanncl on
his chest Instantly Hurry hurry Don't
lie there doing nothing while the child Is
cboEing to death Fig around
Mrs Bixby is one OF those meek but emf
nonty sensible and practical little women
who never get tenth part OF the credit for
tho good they DO in this world While B,xby
was racing up and down stairs, declaring
that nobody was doing anything but himself
Mrs Bixby quietly took the little sufferer III
hand
do something quick 3" screeched BiXby, as
me upset pan Of hot water Ola the bed and
turned a saucer u melted lard over on the
dressing case. Hero, somebody, quick. he
yelled. Cant anybody do a thing but me.
Run for the doctor, some ii you. Give the
chill como more squiils. Is there anything
not at his feet! Giyc him acoaite. Heought
10 have a spoon of oil If he don't get relief
instantly he'll die and here there's nobody
trying to DO a thing bu; mel Bring him some
warm water with little soda ia it Thought
to have boyn put into hit bothm hourugo.
Heat up the bath room WHAT On his cncst!
Great heavens has tho child got TO die be-
cause no one viii do a thing for him"
Mrs Bixby quietly and unaldcl brings tho
child around all right and sits with him until
laylight, after she has quoted BiXby down
.ud got him 20 bed.
And next morning he has the gall 70 say az
the office. zone oi nay little chaps nearly
died With Group le-t uisht AMI had mighty
hard work bringing him around all right,
but / did, after working like Trojan all
night It's terrible disease and scare3
women nearly 10 de,.h. They ily all 10
pieces right oil \ person wants their wits
about them You want h. keep perfectly
cool and not fool away second In mysteries.
That's where "A man has the advantage over
q woman in managing case Of Group. It's
mighty lucky was at home t. take my little
chap ia hand lid Bits.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07
Ihe street, of CAbraItar.

The main street of the ta'qn through which
wc walked 10 the Hotel Royal wa narrow
and crooked All sorts OF people were pass
ing to and fro-SpaniaEis Englshmen, ltal-
ians. Greeks, Jews, MoOrs, sailors and red
coated British soldiers mtermnsled with
horses, donkeys and goats. The smaller
streets leading of from the principal one arc
short and narrow, either running down %
the seaside fOrtitications and runparts Oh up
ward toward the hillside, sometimes being
merely huge stairs, up and down which tho
donkeys tread with secure and careful steps.
Few Of the buildings have any merit la an
architectural sense; houses rise in ranges up
tho steep ACTIVITY, many Of them being col
orod with a blush tint on dirty yellow,
which makes them ugly and unatTactiye.
IN short, the picturesque appearance which
pleased MS 50 much from the bay quite disaP-
pcared when We entered tbs tOwn.-Boston
Transcript
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07
At A FAMILY HOTEL.
An illustration Of New York Lhe-"e'-
ting Out Of a Serape.

How n woman got out OF "A scrnpe Is true
little story and an illustration Of re" ioiA
life Without doubt the worst place. III
which a man can place his wife IS a fanny
hotel 1t breeds iilencss and then hiiSc,i''
In one of these carayansaries dwelled tui
voung' wives-call them Mrs. I, MIS- 1,
and Mrs ID. They were all under ~
and had children, who lived WIN 'ncH
nursernaids and policemen IN inc pun VI"
pleasant days, or tramped about the ho'ei
corridors on rainy ones. All the9e "onie"
We're rive, to Irritation. Down town nus
bands are convenient creatures. Inc houis
WHOM they were OF home were the penalties
the wives paid for being married ia the uo-
sencc of the lords they had splendid liilies
Each had q mildly sentimental AFFAIR To- en-
hven the day Mrs. L was the elde'I
and she had a young slipof an ahinltef VINO
clerkel IL ia nearby bank. She encoufaged
the lad: and. though she was ten years ms
senior. M got desperately enamored lie De
loneed ton wealthy family, and ms iather'
finding "A fine opening in western town for
his som, supposed talents, notified INN that
he had bought out half business ana wanted
him to go Immediately Oh 10 take charge u
il. Leave the lady OF his love- The youth
full swain thought it over and bought a pls-
toll lie put bright and shining cartridges
into ITS six little Threats and went IN pursuit
of Mrs. I. He vowed that II she dad not
leave the two small Is and the large he l
h. would punctuate his own existence AMI
puncture her body with these shining cart
ridges
Mrs. T was half mad with fear She
begged for time to consider ami dew 10 the
other members OF the trio for counsel Mrs
c. the Youngest and cleycrest. asked II
TOdlel;ins had any documentary evidence,
and received an assurance that not 50 much
as an autograph could be produced
Then. said she, 1.-THE way Is plain there's
no knowing how soon we may all need the
others. and so we must stick by the one in
trouble. Twill meet my husband this very
evening and ask protection from yoAns
Todlekins. who has sworn to shoot me unless
run away with him, and you, Maria ed-
dressing Mrs. ID.
Il said that lady, have passed an alter
noon that has almost turned my hair gray.
Youuz Todlekins called on me at T. with a
pistol u swear he wOuld have riy life unless
went to Colorado with HIM next Monday.
That night three husbands proclaimed the
insanity Of Todlckins, Jr., whose father was
promptly on hand to interview the three
matrons The circular story vas issued lie
had made love IN the same terms 10 th- three
women be had urged all three TO lij and he
had threatened the existence 0l all there
was no construction save insanity toput upon
hi5 conduct, and IN put himself in communi-
cation with a specialist at once. Iodickiis
ovuedup be had proposed clopomcnt to Mrs.
+. the eldest OF the bunch. The old man,
who rather admired the lamb of the fock,
Mrs e.. took this Tor new sign u lunacy
and semi bis son oil Tor d tour IN Europe
New \ FORK sun
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07
4 story of Lincoln.

Nh Lincoln persistentiy declined 10 read
the harsh comments OF tho newspaper press
and the fierce mouthings OF platform orators,
and under hls advice as persistently refused
to make any public statement concerning
that i'll Judged affair TO believed with Sir
Walter Scott, that II cause Of action is
good IL needs no vindication from the actors
motives; ii bad it can derive none. Whom
suggested To- him that tn SANDER ought % be
refuted-that a word from him would silence
his lefamers- Mr.. Lincoln replied with great
earncstness: NO, Hill, there has already
been too much said about this lal.ehood Let
the thing alone. If | have not established
character enough 20 give the lac to this
charge / can only say that am mistaken IN
ms own estimate Of myelf In politics every
man must skin his own akunE These fellows
ar welcome t. the uidc II this one. It's body
has already given forth its unsavory odOr
Ward II LamOn
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07
New Dodge in Drinking.

Two men and a woman visited the NM
sticls at Detroit not long ago. entering the
theatre when the programme was about half
over. The trio were very Hastily dressed
The elder man wore a sealskin coat and
the other a magnificent Inverness They
stood up and removed them with ostentation
Finally they became settled down and stared
through big opera glasses at the performance
The pcrsistency with which they leNeieI
their glasses at the stage excited comment
The Glasses were almost as large as those
used for field purposes The woman, with
an issipid smile sat idly sucking the handle
Of her l0rgnette The elder man became I'M
easy. lie began talking IN monotone and
applauded uproariously every situation On
the stage. Finally be joined in with l. VI.
Hall on a banjo solo The younger man
tried 10 suppress his companions oyuberauce,
with partial success. Then the woman COM
monccd to whistle. The party were undo
niably intoxicated Manager Wright finally
silenced their hilariousness by threatening
- remove them.
Il was afraid Of those people tho minute
they entered he said.
why soN
well. YOU can tell By their opera glasses
that they meant trouble. Those arc tho
--latest fad No more going out between acts
You SEQ, there are three cylinders. The cen
Ter one and the outer part Of the two others
are false Four whisky glasses Of liquor can
b. placed in this glass. \ little tim tube cx-
tends into the center cylinder When drawn
partly oat it opens the valve at it. inner end
A. many persons hold an opera glass with
both HANDS, the deception Is perfect, and the
contents of the cylinder can be drunk t. tho
last drop I'm inventive genius IN Washing
ton got up the idea only this fall, and he IS
making a good thing out Of it, although lorg-
n.tte handles that will hold liquor or per
.ume are by no means new thing. Detroit
Tribune
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-07

New York is plagued with big contingent
OF professional philanthropists. There arc
score, upon scores OF wOmen-newly rich
many Of them-with little or nothing 10 10,
h.in-s ON the edges OF society and eager 20
cross the boundary line. The rcadiest way
that occurs TO them Is 20 get their names
written down on boards OF one kind and
another and take up beneyolence as diver
sion. which keeps them IN good company and
Gets their names into the newspapers These
women faint everything they touch with
patronage They spend their money lavish
il. and most of them are thoroughly good
natured al heart, and, in spite Of their selfish
motives and cSiettantc methods, really mean
to do good and think they are
Tho great mass OF working women fight
,ly OF these amateur lady bountifuls They
don't want 10 bc invited into Sunday school
cla,s with cooking school annex They
don't want 10 have their meals supervised,
their way of living criticized and their indie
pendence Of thought controlled. They don't
care a liz about sweetness and hight; they
want some butter on the bread they have
honestly earned and piece OF meat % 80
with IL. all 10 be eaten without Japanese pa
per napkins or deluging anybody with thank
Vous Philadelphia Pres