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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Horace G. Waldin, Chief of the
Massachusetts, Bureau of Statistics,
reports that from 1866 to 1876, there
was . decline of population in "
townships, called there towns;Eand
from 1880 to 1890 there was decline
in IS townships, or towns. These
latter townships, together with So
others, reported abandoned farms,
the acreage being 126,5OO, which is
81 per cent. of all the farm lands in
the State. The assessed value of
these abandoned lands is 81, O76, 1858.
There has however been an increase
in the value Of the agricultural pro-
ducts of the State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12
Shreveport News.


Theo. Steward was arrested aud
Jailed Monday for larceny of a pair
of shoes from NJ. Weinstock.
Shreveport Caucasian 9th: Early
this morning the offices of the St.
Louis, Arkansas and Texas, and the
Shreveport aud Houston railroads
were broken open by burglars-evi-
IDENTIFY the same gang. The burglars
secured S26 60 from one safe, and
$3.50 from the other.
Caucasian: There is a law in this
State, enacted at the last session of
the Legislature, which prohibits the
sale of liquor and other Intoxicating
beverages to habitual drunkards
and inebriates. All violations are
punishable by fine. District Attor-
ney Shepheld may have an oppor-
tunity of trying a few such cases at
the next term of Court.
The School Board of Caddo par
ish has received the State Treasu-
urers warrant for $4,000, as inter
est due the psrish on the sale of
10Th sections. These sales amour
ted to $4,000, invested school
funds, at four per cent. interest.
About 5000 acres of this land re-
main unsold. The last three quarters
of 1890 have also been paid Treas
urer Thos. @. Barrett, amounting TO
$4,000.
The ceremony of laying the cor
ner stone of the new Court house
in Shreveport, in conformity with
ancient Masonic rites, was held 10
that city last Monday under the
auspices of Shreveport and Caddo
Lodges, assisted by Deputy Grand
Master Packwood, Grand Senior
Warden Bolton and Grand Secre-
tary Richard Lambert. The corner
stone is pure white Vermont marble,
two feet square, two sides of which
are beveled. On the side facing
Marshall street is the Masonic en-
blem, eneircled by raised panel
above which "Chas. F. Bucko is in
scribed in raised letters. Below are
the words "Grand MASTER and the
date, "A. l., 589I." On the side
facing Texas street is the following
inscription: "Caddo Parish Court
House. Erected 1891. L. NJ. Wealth
ers, Architect. Noodle & Ellis,
Builders.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12
Homestead Entry No. ana
Land Office at Natohitoobaa To,,;.,.,

az n tst9uILOCDes, LOuisiana
vTo4i..:. February %, 1891.
otice is hereby, given that the follov;nSS
intention to make final proof IN ansoS. VI az nis
e GA and that said proof will be made hafo ,s
sne honorable Judge or Clerk District Co',rt
g ~ benton, La, on April I3th. 1901 -.
f homestead mes Entry No. 3I16-Milkey I'd wards
ton ~. ~ east nan OF southeast quarter Of Sec
meridian. He names the FOLLOWING vv;tnas -.
- prove hls continuous residence upon an5
euIsiyatlon Of said land, viz: Tsaaa Pa. 's,u
son, Henry Williams. lobe Davis Frs1t-
smith, Haughton P. o., In. NESnk
March 5. 1891 Aal-AA' Aeglsser.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

John Wesley preached 42,4O0 SER
mons, or more than fifteen q week,
rode on an average $500 miles a
year, wrote books, edited magazines,
conducted avast correspondence and
attended even to the details of the
organization and administration of
his societies. At the age Of 81, a few
weeks before his death, he was still
preaching twice a day. He last
preached at Leatherhead from the text
"Seek ye the Lord while He may
yet be found; call ye upon Him while
He is near"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12
A. R. THOMPSON. Sheriff
Homestead Entry No. 9Rs0.

Land Office at Natchitoches, La.
wet. February 3, 1891.
o'loe Is hereby given that the following
! named settler has fled notice Of beS
Intention to make final proof in supnort ofhsr
claim, and that said proof will Be ToafIa bafoSa
T I honorable District Judge or CIerE Of
i9a Court at Benton, La, on 23rd Mareb
I I9Sl VIZ: Homestead Entry No 2689-Na rtha
the east half Of northeast onartar ~ $3.50,
80 township 10 North, range IL West Iopisiana
Merldian. She names the following vTitnaasss
20 prove her continuous residences mon a1J
G1alnyation Of, said land, via: WIN. Croeks
ns4 IF rrazler, Geo: Washington, N. Ogle@bv,
OF HaughtOn P. o., La. s'O'"S
February Il, 1891. ,aa "a
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

A statement prepared at the Cen
sus Bureau shows that the total
population of Louisiana is L, Ills, 587.
Of this number 554,712 are white.
562,98S colOred, 62S Indians, 315
Chinese and 800 Japanese. In
the parish of Orleans there are
166,285 whites and 65,6O3 colored
In 80 parishes the number or colored
persons exceeds that of the whites,
in some cases in the proportion of
10 to 1.
The census of 1860 gave Louisiana
population of 9,443; of which
366,92O were white, aud $50, 523
were colored.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

The second session of the 51st
Congress closed at noon on the 4th
inst All the appropriation bills, in
eluding the general deficiency bill,
with the amendment providing for
the French spoliation claims, were
passed and approved by the Presi-
dent. By a party vote, the House
passed resolution of thanks to
Speaker Reed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12
To Raise Cotton in Russia.

Chicago, Ills, March 4.-Edward
Gouion, master of horse to the Gear
of Russia, is in Chicago en- route to
st. Petersburg. With the approval
of the Gear be came to this country
early last year and purchased a plan
tation near Shreveport, La, for the
purpose of studying the theory and
practice of cotton raising. He be-
lieves that Central Asia offers great
possibilities for the raising of the
cotton plant, and he is now on his
way back to the Russian dominions
to put his knowledge into practice.
He and Prince Dalgorouka already
own large plantations in the Asian
cotton belt, which they will at once
plant in cotton, assisted by some
Louisiana cotton planters as over
seers, and with some negroes, who
will be taken there to teach the ma
tives.
Possessed of the imperial favor and
confidence, they have the promise
that the tariff on American and Indian
cotton viii be made prohibitory and
that transportation facilities between
their plantations and the market, not
only of Russia, but also those of
other European countries. The price
of labor in Central Asia is very low
and M. Goujon believes that in an
open contest he can drive out Amer
lean cotton from European markets
and yet make an immense profit.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

The Savannah News estimates the
yield of last years crop of Sea Island
cotton at $4,000 bales, the largest
crop ever raised. Sea Island cotton
is raised extensively in South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Florida. Although
it is not one-hundreth part of
the whole cotton crop of the South,
it has o worldwide reputation, its
long. silky staple giving it value
of about double that of the common
short staple variety.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Alexandria Times: The Police
Jury of Caddo parish have taken a
move in the right direction: An
ordinance is TO be submitted to a
vote of the people on the question
of levying a special tax for the i'm
prOvement OF the roads. This is
the only possible plan that can be
devised that will afford any assn
rance of good roads, and the people
had as we'll recognize the fact now
as later. Good public highways
are one of the essentials to a high
degree of civilization. People in
this enlightened age are disposed
to look upon those old Romans as
little better than barbarians, and
yet they double-discount MS in the
matter of roads, as we'll as IN other
evidences of enlightenment. After
the subjugation of a province they
at once set to work to building a
magnificent highway connecting it
with the imperial city, and these
highways might be classed as one
of the wonders of the world. 1t
was with them no idle boast that
''all roads lead to Rome"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

This remark is imputed to Gov.
Jones, Of Alabama, when he heard
that the people of Athens, in that
State, had hung him in ef6gy: 'They
should have notified me that they
intended to hang me, and I would
have issued pardon to myself"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12
Sbes'6R's Sale.
E. Jacobs
VS.. No 2A2Q
F.. NJ. Hanks.

In District Court, BOssier Parish, La.
by virtue Of a writ of sale directed to me
~ in the above entitled suit, have seized
and shall offer for sale at public anctis,, 81 ~
last and highest bidder, at the Court Ho yro
IN the town of Benton, Bossier Parish. Ta
within the legal hours of sale, on Saturday
April llth, 1891. the following land seized a.
the property of defendant +. n Hanks. to-wit.
southwest quarter Of section seven RI
west 'N''o tA~i'
Terms of sale-Cash, without the benefit of
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

The recent report of the Oompt-
roller-general of Georgia shows that
within the period of the past eleven
years, the assessed value of property
has increased $780, 00,O0o:-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

A Census bulletin gives the num-
Der of convicts 10 State prisons and
penitentiaries on June L, 1890, as
1928, a ratio of 722 to one million
of population; an increase of Is per
million since 1880.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Idaho, which elected three United
States Senators in one week, should
send the recipe to Illinois, which has
spent about three months in trying
to elect one Senator.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

The Connecticut legislature, like
that OF Illinois has, we believe, done
no work of q legislative nature.
The wheels of government in the
Nutmeg State have ceased to re-
volve because they have two Cover
nors and super1uity of other Off
csrs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Camden (Ark.) Beacon: Judging
from the number of bales of cotton
seen on the streets every day, the
crop lacks great deal of being man
keted.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

st. Landry Clarion: A joint reso-
luton has passed Congress, and been
approved by the President, appro-
priating s1,OOO,OOO for the improve
ment of the Mississippi river. So it
is not necessary to have the Lottery
Doodle for that purpose.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

A Vicksburg paper states that
"every Sunday, for some weeks past,
from 90 to 70 young men and boys,
whites and negroes, have resorted
to the Court House to play 'craps'
and indulge in other forms of gam
bling, besides quarreling and fight
ing. At night, they bring candles
and hold high carnival in the CORR
doris of the building"
The New Orleans Christian Advo-
cate refers to this conduct as q
"huge sarcasm on the sacred pre-
eincts of justice, and ridicule of
the law"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Mrs. Jacob Thompson, of Mem
phis, Tenn. died in Nashville on the
28th ult. She was the widow of
Hen. Jacob Thompson, of Missis-
sippi, once Secretary of the Interior
under President Buchanan. Mr..
Thompson removed to Memphis
after the late war, where he died a
few years ago.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Railroad rumors are to the effect
that in the near future direct line
of railway will be in operation be-
tween Kansas City, Fort Smith,
Texarkana, Shreveport and Match
itoches.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Hon. George Hearst, o. s. sena-
tor from California, died last week.
The Democrats will lose one Sena-
tor, as the California Legislature is
Republican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

1t is said a retail firm in Rome,
Ga, did business of many thousand
dollars last year and lost only So in
bad debts.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

The center of population of the
United States, as shown by the last
census, is in Decatur county, in
southern Indiana.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Gen. Wade Hampton's old cavalry
brigade is to have q reunion at Au-
gusta, Ga, on April ~.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12
BELLEVUE. LA,
THURSDAY, ::::::::::::::::"::GARcH u, 1891.

The only sure way for people to
get good roads il to honestly help
themselves.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

The South has nothing to blush
borsin her spotless and stainless rec
ard-thank God.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

A shipment of cotton goods direct
from Augusta, Ga, to Manchester,
England, was made on the 4th inst.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

The bill for tho relief of the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
which has become law, provides for
a Circuit Court of Appeals in each
of the United States Circuits. There
are nine Circuits, and there will be
nine Courts of Appeal, which will
have final jurisdiction in many cases
that now go to the overburdened
and slow-working Supreme Court.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Therice crop of lssO-s1 in Georgia
and Carolina is one of the smallest
raised in theas States since the war.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

1t is said one effect of the McKin-
ley tariff has been to kill the sewed
muslin trade of Ballyshannon, Ire
land
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12
Early Louisiana History.

Louis XIV who sent him on the voy-
age of discovery. The first settle
ment of importance in this vast ter
ritory, which extended from the Gulf
of Mexico to Canada, was founded
at Biloxi, by Iberville, in 1899. It
was headquarters until 1902, when
moved the Capital to the
west bank of the Mobile river. It
was mooted question whether the
Natchez, Manchac, or New Orleans,
should be the colonial Capital. But,
in 1852, Gov. Bienville removed the
Capital to New Orleans, which city
was founded in 17l8, and so named
in honor of the Duke of Orleans who
was Regent during the minority of
Louis XIV. The Capital city then
@about 100 cabins disposed
with little regularity, a large wooden
warehouse, two or three dwellings,
that would be no ornament to q
French village, and the half of a
sorry warehouse which they were
pleased to lend to the Lord for a
Church"
In 1904 the Territory of Orleans"
was established by Congress; the
United States having taken posses
sion of the Louisiana purchase" on
December 90. 1903.
In 1872 Territorial Convention
was held, a Constitution framed and
and the Territory of Louis
lana was admitted as a State into
the Union on April 80, 1872:
The State Capital was removed
from New Orleans to Donaldsonville
in 1880. In 1881 New Orleans was
again made the seat of government
The first session of the Tenth Legis-
lature, which was begun at Donald
sonville on Monday, Jan. 8, adjourn
ID and met in New Orleans on Jan.
).
The Constitutional Convention of
1914, met at Jackson, on August 5,
70 frame a new Constitution for this
State. The Convention adjourned
20 New Orleans. The Constitution
vas adopted May IA, 1S45-a very
ength session 1t provided for bien-
1ial sessions of the Legislature and
he removal of the State Capital from
New Orleans to Baton Rouge. The
Legislature elected under the new
Constitution met in Baton Rouge
or the first time on January q, 1850.
The new State House had been fin
shed. However, there was dissatis-
action to the Constitution which
lad been brought forth after such
elaboration, and a new Con
yention was called and assembled on
July 5, 1852. Every Office, including
he Judiciary, was made elective, the
legislative sessions were to be yearly
md limited to so days.
In 1892 the streets of New Orleans
we're first lighted, and in 1894 the
irst newspaper, the "Moniteur" was
ssued.
An exciting event of local interest
ook place in New Orleans on Janu-
ry 10, 1912 The entire population
# the city, almost, had rushed down
o the levee to see the first steam
'oat that had ever navigated the
Mississippi River. The Legislature
'ranted to Livingston and Fulton
he exclusive privilege of building |
nd running steamboats, on the Mis-
issippi River and it's tributaries, for
period of Is years.
The Lake Pontchatrain Railroad, |
ncorporated in 1880, was the fifth
abroad incorporated in the United
Itates. Ex-Gov. w. G. Claiborne, |
ohm L. Lewis, Samuel j. Peters,
Edmund Forstall and Geo. Eustis, /
Tere the principal interpreters.
This remark is imputed to Gov.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

Piano keys and billiard balls use
$4,000 elephant tusks year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12

MOrmons are leaving Utah in
large numbers for New Mexico.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-12
y. a. aa

A ttarney as Law. Besl.-
n onaos adjoining Banser = Z, ss1as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-12
Prom the Philadelphia Press.

from tne fnllaQelrh1A freSS.
An athlete, who is also a member OF a society
specially devoted to the encouragement of
physical development, gives some general hints
Is to the cultivation of the physique that are
worth considering He says that members. on
entering the Physical Cultivation Society. are
nrst taught what not to do.
They are told not to stoop, not to breathe
through the mouth or TO breathe air that has a
temperature much above that OF the external
AIR. OF that Is impure, or that contains dust;
not To wear tight-ntting or too heavy clothes
braces, corsets or shoes with high heels and
marrow toes The novice is told to acquire the
habit Of holding the body erect, the shoulders
back and the chest well forward: to breathe
through the nose and TO take inspirations fol-
lowed by full expirations several times daily: to
develop the muscles, especially OF the chest. by
gymnastic exercise on Lings system: to take a
tub bath daily, II he finds il does not impair
his vitality, and TO wear loose clothes. l. e..
such as do not by their weight ~ rhape impede
the movements of the BODY
He must live in rooms that are free and in
direct communication with the external air.
nights and day, summer and winter and to
take care that their temperature is not too
nign; TO spend a. much time as possible daily
In the open air, and to maintain the temper-
ature by muscular exercise Walking is espe-
clAIIy insisted on as a most healthy exercise
and broad toes and low heels tend 10 mo-
mote II, and the practice Of singing should be
cultivated by every one, as il produces results
the benefits Of which can scarcely be oyeres-
timated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-12
FEW FEATHER BEDS LEFT.
An Old-Time Luxury That is Now Little
but "A Memory.
ostrich tips

An Old-Time Luxury That is Now Little
but Memory.
From the Philadelphia Record.
A wagon load of feather beds was removed
from one of the leading hotels yesterday. and
as the wagon drove away the proprietor of the
hotel exclaimed: THAT is the last of the
feather beds, so far as the hotels of Phiadel-
phia are concerned. We had to keep some for
the old people, but now the call has entirely
ceased, as the new generation will have none
Of them"
Inquiry revealed the fact that the feather
bed is now e relic Of antiquity and that few Of
them can be found in the city. The double
action. patent-twist wire bed and the cool
hard hair mattress have usurped its place.
The climate hereabouts. patent heaters and
cheaper beds have practically driven the
feather-stuffed commodity out of the market
The bed of today is the hair article. All
sorts OF mattresses are on the marke-lusk,
spring, cork and fine wire mattresses have
been introduced. Various compositions have
been invented, all calculated to take the
place of the feather bed, and after long years
OF supremacy 1t has at last given way and
save among the older people it has no friends.
VIM. b. Drew. who deals in bedding exclu-
sively says that the sale of feather beds has been
of them are sold every day, the number sold,
when compared with the other kinds on the
market, is very small indeed
Young people won't have feather beds.
Many of them want hair mattresses. hair boil
sters and even hair pillows. In the summer
these are certainly preferable to feather bed
ding, because they are cooler. There is n diyis-
ion of opinion as to the relative merits of
feathers and hair from standpoint of comfort
but hair seems to have the call.
at has been said that feathers are unhealthy
This is a fallacy. They have not been dis
carded for sanitary reasons by any one. 1t is
merely matter of preference. The old folks
want feathers; the young people won't have
them. There being more purchasers Of bed
ding among the latter than the former the sales
are regulated accordingly
Remarkable as it may seem nearly all the
leading dealers in bedding aver that they sell
quite as many feather beds during July and
August as in December and January For
eRners, nearly all Of whom used feather beds
in their native homes, purchase them here
when they first start housekeeping, but after
becoming acclmated and learning our ways
they discard them. as our young people have
done, and take up the harder and cooler bed of
the period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-12

City OF Mexico Special to St. Louis Globe.
Last evening Operator Dan Spencer Of the
Buena Vista Office of the Mexican Central rail-
way In this city, was called by the FL Paso
Office. saying tina; the old-,ime telegraph oper-
ators, who are having reunion in Washington,
ID. G., would like to hear from their brethren
and friends beyond the Bio Grande At 7:IC
pm FL Paso signaled Spencer to call Kansas
City. which he did, and Kansas City in turn
told him TO call Washington. who was evidently
waiting, as the reply came instantly when
Spencer sent the following message:
''r. I. Eckert and the Old Timers: The rail-
way operators and trsinmen in the land of the
Mon.ezumas send warmest greetings"
The circuit made by way Of FL Paso
Kansas City, Chicago. Buffalo and New York &c
Washington from this city, forming the long
est overland circuit in the history Of the tsle
graph
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-12

from the Brandon BucAsaw.
A prominent member Of the German nobility
is very intimate with a well known actress, not
outstanding he is married to a young and
charming wife. Not long since Herr Won Stru-
beltiz, which Is his name, gave his servant q
note and a bouquet to carry to the actress with
his compliments
II rely, Johann, on your secrecy" said the
noblepan.
You may well do So" replied the faithful
servant, for never divulge any disreputable
transactions may manage for my employers
Ask your wife if am not to be relied ON in AZ
fairs Of this character"