The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-08-01
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Crops in the Dominion of Canada
promise big yields.
James Mccall, of West Troy, N. Y,
kicked his wife to death.
Rats attacked and fatally bit an
infant at Columbus, Indiana.
Wholesale fruit merchants in New
York are preparing for an orange
trust.
Two little sons of Fred Dwenker
were killed by train near Chicago
Friday.
The valuation of Indiana railroads
for taxation has been raised over
100000.
James Kelly, who assaulted Mrs.
Peter Grow, near Paris, KY, was
lynched Friday.
The death rate of Rio Janeiro,
Brazil, in the beginning of June, aver
aged sixty day.
Seven thousand bales of American
cotton were destroyed by fire in Liv-
erpool on July 20.
Wesley Elkins, aged II years, has
confessed to the murder of his pa
rents near Macon, Iowa.
A mother left her babe on the c.,
w. and B. track near Cincinnati to
be killed, but the engineer saved it.
Chauncey Kruffen, young farmer,
fatally shot his wife and committed
suicide near Lake Maeopal, New York.
The report that the negroes had
received concessions for the purpose
of colonizing negroes in Mexico is
false.
A million quarts of blackberries
will rot on the vines in Maryland and
Delaware, owing to storms and low
prices.
The Columbia River spring salmon
pack is about 288, 900 cases-a short
age in the total of $4,000. Alaska is
also short.
In severe storm at Chicago Sat
urday, a number of people were kill
ed and caused loss probably in ex-
cess of $1,O0O,000.
By a recent fire in Luchow, China,
1,600 lives were lost, 81, 900 dwellings
were burned and 170,O people were
rendered homeless.
One hundred and fifty saloon keep
ers were arrested in Cincinnati last
Sunday for trying to keep open on
that day contrary to law.
Rolla Brown, colored, died at Lou
isville, KY, last Sunday, at the age
of los years. She was born in Vir-
ginia, but has lived in Louisville since
seven years old.
Gov. Francis of Missouri will make
an effort to secure for ST. Louis in
1892 world exposition to common.
crate the discovery of America which
shall surpass all previous expositions.
The Columbia, the new ocean
steamer, broke the record from the
Needles" in the English channel,
to Sandy Hook, Is mills from New
York;, 100 miles-making the dis.
lance in 6 days, q hours and 81
minutes.
The son of Consul NJ. H. Twitehell,
at Kingston, Ontario, was arrested
recently, charged with burglary, and
is believed to be insane. Twitchell
was leading Republican in Red
River parish in reconstruction days,
and had both of his arms shot off al
Coushatta in 1884
A cyclone in Hungary, Transylvan
ia and Bukovia Sunday, July 28th,
swept over several thousand square
miles of territory. Hundreds of per.
sons were killed, crops were destroy
ed and enormous damage was done
to houses. The districts of Gross
WARDEN and Mohacs were completely
ravaged.
The Supreme Secretary of the Su
preme Lodge of American Legion Of
Honor has issued the eighth call in
1889-assessments 158 and 159. The
total receipts since organization from
all sources, account benefit fund, tc
July l, 1889, was $14, 355,715 So
the disbursements to July 10, $14,
1850 81: balance. SI9. 697 az n
which $4,000 is for delayed claims
The Supreme Council will meet il
eighth regular session in Chicago OF
Tuesday, August 81, 1889.
Monopoly and the Money Dew