The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-02-19
This Great State.

d ta1 on u0gs.
The postoff1ce of Missionary, Cad
do parish, has been established.
Messrs. WEIGH & Marye will soon
build a brick aud tile factory at
Alexandria.
Many new and handsome build
ings are in the course OF construe.
ton at Monroe.
The total output of sugar for
1890 IN Assumption parish is about
10000 hogsheads.
A hog weighing over 800 pounds
was killed last week by A. Levert,
IN Iberville parish.
Claiborne Guardian Journal: The
public roads Of this parish are in a
wretched condition.
According TO the last census there
are 1872 Indians in this State-73
males and SO females.
The Police Jury of st. Tammany
has repealed the dog law which had
recentlp been enacted.
A transfer boat, to cost $50, 900,
is being at Dubuque, Iowa, for the
use of the railroads at Baton Rouge.
A Colorado stOckraiser has pur.
chased 10000 acres of land in Tan
gipahOa parish for a mule-breeding
farm.
William Kirby, a veteran of the
Mexican and Confederate wars, died
at Baton Rouge, last week, aged "a
years.
The Town Talk says that Eastern
capitalists are arranging to build a
sugar refinery at Alexandria, to
cost about 100000.
j. D. Whitfield, of Pineville. is
making arrangements to commence
the manufacture of sash, doors and
blinds, at Alexandria.
The election in ward 1, Grant
parish, for prohibition or no prohi.
bition, recently, resulted in the cleo
ton of the prohibition ticket by a
handsome majority.
Baton Rouge Truth: Spank Wag-
goner, who escaped from convict
camp last October, is once more
behind the penitentiary bars. He
now wears a chain on each leg and
henceforth will be kept within the
walls.
The post Office aud store Of G. w.
Braswell, at Simsboro, Lincoln par
lsh, was burglarized Sunday night,
9Th inst, by a negro named Ed.
Gray, who was arrested near Rus
ton. He got about $50 in money
and $75 worth of dry goods, which
were recovered.
Louisiana ranks as the twenty
fifth in the list of States and Terri
tories in point of population, and
the following is the area in sau. -e
miles of the parishes comprising
the Fourth Congressional District
BienviIle, S55; Bossier, 7S0; Caddn,
$50; DeSoto, $50; Grant, GIG; Match
Ifoehes. 1885; Rapides, 1 ,495; Red
River, $50; Sabine, 1,01O; Vernon.
| $40; Webster, 600; VIM, 900.
Total, 1926.
Ex-State Engineer John Smyth
gives the Natchcz Banner some very
interesting plantation statistics Of
ante bellnm days in Tensas parish. |
He said Tensas parish had as many |
legrOes now as it had in 1859-60.
when 100000 bales of cotton was |
This season, not more |
han 10000 bales will be produced. |
being $500 in excess of the previous |
iear, with the same amount of |
abor. In the 100000 bale wear.
lver 100000 year levee tax was |
'aid, and was not then considered |
IS burdensome as the present tax of
'2O,OOO a year Carroll Democrat.
The Ruston Caligraph of the 18th
ives an account Of a tragedy which
occurred in that place that day in
Vhich James A. Baird, foreman of
he Caligraph Office was killed, A. j.
oliver, was dangerously wounded,
nd negro preacher named j. S.
smith was also killed. 1t appears
hat the negro preacher on his arri
al at tho Ruston depot ordered a
Vhite boy to carry bis valise to his
topping place. The indignant bow
eported the matter to some of the
Dung men, and a few days after
rards when the autocratic preacher
Fas at the depot on the point of
saving he expressed himself inso-
emily to some white men, when a
ght ensued, during which the
egro preacher drew his revolver
nd fred two shots, the first striking
IT. James A. Baird in the stomach.
nd the other striking Mr.. Oliver
the right thigh. At this moment
ONE one shot the negro preacher
the brain and he fell dead. Mr.. +
laird died next day; Mr.. Oliver will