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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

The great success have attained
by the use of Odontunder for ex-
tracing teeth without pain, has
caused others to- initiate my methods
of painless dentistry. Don't be mis-
led by such, as no one else can pos
sibly use my celebrated remedies in
Shreveport. There 10 no harm in
Odontunder. / extract hundreds of
teeth every month, with no pain or
harm. l refer to best people in
North Louisiana, aud to any promi-
neht citizen in Shreveport who ia
unprecedented. / will relieve any
body of tooth ache, free, if they are
unable to pay. Yours busily,
DIR. CHAs. G. MCCLOUD,
Dentist, Texas ST., Shreveport, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08
District Court.

The January Term of Bossier Dis
trict Court closed last Saturday even
ing. During the term of two weeks
there were twenty-one pleas of guilty,
seven noble proseques, two convic-
tons and one new trial granted, max
ing total of 80 criminal cases dis
posed of.
As we closed our report last week,
the case of the State VS.. Emanuel
Law, charged with murder, was being
tried. He was tried by jury and &C.
quilted.
Sflas Mcfarland plead guilty to
manslaughter, and was sentenced to
penitentiary for Is years.
JEFF johnson, for larceny, was sem
fenced to penitentiary for two years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

will be at the following named places on the
l. dates given, for the purpose of Assessing
sll Che Taxable Property in BOssier parish
for the year 1894:
Benton. February 10Th and 10th.
Midway, Feb. %.
Ivan, Feb %
Rocky Mount, February %.
Moore's Mill, February "a.
Mott, February %.
Carterville, February 81.
Red Land, February %.
Roberta, March LIST.
Plain Dealing, March2.
COllinsburg, March 3.
Hughes Spur, March S.
Benton, March,.
Willow Chute, March y.
VAUDEVILLE, March 9.
Brownlee, March TO-
Bellevue. March Is.
Sapp's Store, March II.
BOdcau, March Is
HsughtOn, March 18th and 18th,
Allentown, March 10.
Deerwood, March 81.
/. 2. & j. J. Lays Store, March %.
Koran, March "a.
Knox Point, March 26.
Bear Point. March %.
Magenta, March 30.
Curtis, March 81.
Mack's Bayou. April3
Bossier City, April 4.
G. J: Foster d Co.'s Store. April 5.
j. M. & w. L. Forster's, April 6.
w. H. BLEDSOE, Assessor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08
To the Trade.

Having resolved to sell goods
for cash, we beg to state to our
friends and customers that we acilI
duplicate Shreveport prices, acitk the
freight added, on all goods in our line,
for cash, not thirty days. Thirty
days don't mean cash; it means sixty
and ninety days; and such accounts
are usually carried on the sweat book
of time for 365 days.
Trusting that our cash system will
meet the hearty approval of all, we
remain, Yours very respectfully,
VAUGHAN & CREswELL.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08
Notice.

Sarah E. Vance, widow, and1 No. 1882.
M. B. G. Logan. wife of In District
&c. Logan, SCOurt, Bosser
vs.. parish, Louisi-
Their Creditors. ana.
Notice Is hereby given that meeting of the
IN creditors of Sarah E. Vance, widow, and
NJ. d. G. Logan, wife OF J. C.. Logan, insol-
vents, will be held at my office, in the town of
Benton, La, on the 9Th day of March,, A. D.,
cession of the said property of said insolvents,
the election of a syndic, to determine the man.
ner and terms of sale of said property, as we'll
as any other business properly coming before
said meeting.
Witness the Hon. J. T. Watkins, Judge of
said Court, this, the 5sh day of February A.
D., 1891, B.. KELLY, Clerk
and ex-OfficiO Notary Public.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Mrs. Jane Pruitt, wife, No. 1922.
vs. In District Court,
Louis NJ. Pruitt, husband Bossier Par, La
Tn this cause, by reason of the law and the
Il evidence on the trial thereof, being in
favor OF the plaintiff and against the defend
ant, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed that
the plaintiff, Mrs. Jane Pruitt, do have judg.
ment against the defendant, Louis NJ. Pruitt,
dissolviDg the community Of aequets and
gains heretofore existing between her and her
husband, and that there be a separation OF
property between them, and that the plaintiff
be authorized to acquire property in her own
name, and hold same separate from her hus,
band.
Thus done, read and signed in open Court,
on this February 3rd, A. D., 1894.
(Signed) ]. T. WATKINS,
Judge 2nd District.
A true COPY.
Attest: b. A. REILLY,
Clerk District Court.
February 8, 1894. feb %
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Mrs. A. G. Garfield left last Thurs
day for San Antonio, Texas.
Mrs. j. M. BeIcEer spent a few
days in Shreveport last week.
Mrs. A. j. Murf has returned
home from a short visit to Marshall,
Texas.
Mrs. johnson. of Greenwood, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. T. NJ.
Vaughan.
Mrs. |. Fl. Martin and her tsaugh-
tea, Miss Alabel Martin, visited
Benton Tuesday.
Thanks to oar kind friends, Miss
Matte Fox and Nj. r. A. Fox, for
appreciated faveEs.
Miss Mamie Meares, Of Plain
Dealing, Is visiting her sister, Mrs.
j. Ii. Wyche, at Bellevue.
Mr.. WIN. Kinsella is bard at work
painting DIR. w. NJ. Abneyfs new
dwelling house, and expects to CON-
plete the work this week.
Mrs. j. P. Creswe1l, Misses Dollie
Thompson, jamie Cabeen and jamie
Smith were welcome callers at the
Banner Office during the past week.
Messrs. r. L. Gillian, L. G. Smith
and j. A. Vaughan, of this place,
and j. w. Dixon, of Rush Point,
left Monday for New Orleans, to
take in Mardi Gras.
Among the recent graduates of
the State Normal School at Natchi-
toches is Miss Sallie M. Furniss,
worthy and accomplished young
lady of Knox Point, this parish.
Sheriff A. r. Thompson left last
Thursday for GAINESVILLE, Texas,
where he went after a colored pris-
oner from Bossier, who is charged
with hog stealing. Mr.. Thompson
returned Saturday morning with his
prisoner.
Deputy Sheriff r. j. T. Heron
left Monday, taking JEFF johnson
and Silas Mcfarland, colored con-
Vlcted prisoners, to the penitentiary
at Baton Rouge, and WIN. Hamil-
ton, colored, interdicted as insane,
to the asylum at jackson.
MIR. L. NJ. Vaughan is certainly q
happy man. Reason: Mrs. Vaughan
presented him with a fine looking
girl Monday. The Banner begs
leave to express the wish that the
little one may have a long and happy
life, and that she may always be a
Joy and comfort to her parents.
MIR. B. T. Oneal came over from
Bellevue Sunday, returning home
monday evening. He expresses
himself as we'll pleased with Benton
and surroundings, and expects to
go into the mercantile business here
aoout next June, and will move his
iam''y to our town sometime during
the year. The Banner extends a
hearty welcome.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08
Homestead EMtrv No. 1914.
Land Office at Natchitoches. L.

Land Office at Natchitoches. La,
January 30, 1894.
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Honorable Clerk of the District Court, at
Benton, La, on March Is, 1894, viz: Adjoin
ing Farm, No. 3674-John E. Holloway-for
the northwest quarter of southwest quarter
of section Sc, township @ North, range II
West. He names the following witness to
prove his continuous residence upon aud Guilt
walton of, said land, viz j. B. Lynn, b. N.
Floyd, James Albums and Charles MatlOck, of
Mot 2. o. La.
EDWARD PHILLIPS, Register.
February !, 1894. mar Is
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Rev. Father j. Gentifle, of Shreve.
port, will deliver a lecture in the
Court House on next Monday night,
February 18th. Everybody cordial
" invited to attend.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08
. . . q 8 . 9 q

Auc DdukEupt StOck Oh UOOOS or
SAM BENJAMIN
was bought by Mrs. Lena Benjamin,
and the entire stock of Dry Goods,
Clothing, Boots, Shoes, &C., il now
offered at lowest prices. Remem-
Der, the entire stock is offered at
reduced prices. All / ask is to ex-
anime the stock. The goods and
prices will speak for themselves.
SAM BENJAMIN,
Manager, SIG on the Levee, adjoin-
ing FlOrsheim Bros, Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Benton is improving. New homes
are being built, real estate CON-
mands good prices, business is fair,
our school is a success aud We are
enjoying an upward and onward
movement that means much for our
town and people.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08
Price of Subscription, in Advance.
BENTON, LOUISIANA,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1894.
A heavy rain this morning.

There are now sixty-one pupils
attending Benton High School. We
expect to publish q list of their
names next week.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Hello! Well, yes, you can get
anything you want in the fruit line
at the Orchard Home Nursery,
Plain Dealing, La, l.. T. Sanders,
Proprietor. He also grows all kinds
of evergreens, vines and shrubbery.
Try him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Land Office at Natchitoches, Louisiana, !
January 30, 1894.
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Clerk District Court at Benton, La, on
March is. 1894 viz: Homestead Entry No.
35l-JOrdan Mims-fOr the west half of the
quarter of section 81, township IL North,
range ii West Louisiana Meridian. He names
the following witnesses to prove his continu
GUS residence upOn and cultivation of said
land, viz: Harrison Mack, Reuben Minis, j.
p. Ivey and Ike Jefessou, of Haughton p. o.,
La.
EDW'D PHILLIPS, Register.
February |, 1894. mar Is
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Cotton receipts from September
1st up to Tuesday night amounted
to 1862 bales at Benton; 1886 bales
at Plain Dealing; 1856 bales at
Hughes Spur: and 1GS bales at AL
den Bridge.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Tuesday morning about 2 o'clock
the gin house belonging to Jackson
Bros, of Doyline, was accidently de.
stroyed by fire.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Hon. Charles Parlange entered hi
lifetime position as Judge of tn.
United States District Court Friday
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

/ will be absent from the city at
tending the meeting of the Louisiana
State Dental Association from Feb.
9th to 10th, inclusive.
T. nj. COMEGYs,
Office over Zodiag's, Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Gayle & Go. carry a complete line
of dry goods and groceries which
they are selling very cheap for cash.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Mr.. j. M. Belcher has removed to
the corner opposite Messrs. Vaughan
s. Creswell.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

All kinds of fruits, nuts and choice
candies, at Gayle & Co.'s.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

For good goods aud low prices,
60 to Gayle & Co.'s.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08

Shreveport Bridge collections for
month of January, 1894:
c. B. Norman, East end .S456 IS
G. Owens, West end 1890. 457 80
NJ. Spellman, night. ....... &C 80
Total. $3.50 Is
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-08
tn New York
Weekly Herald,
For 1894,
Will be Without Question America
Leading Family Paper.

rVNhe reputation that the WEEKLY HERALD
l. has enjoyed for many years of being the
best home newspaper in the land will be
materially added to during the year 1894. No
pains or expense will be spared to make it in
every department the most reliable, interest
ing and instructive of all weekly newspaper
publications
1t will be improved in many ways.
"a number Of new features and departments
will be added. The latest development in all
fields of contempOraneOus human interest will
be ably discussed from week to week by &C.
cOmplished writer's.
The News Of the World
will be given in a concise but complete form.
Every important or interesting event, eith"r
at home or abroad, will be duly described in
the columns of the WEEKLY HERALD.
In politics the HERALD is absolutely indie
pendent and sound. 1t tells the rights and
wrongs of all sides without fear.
Farmers and stock raisers cannot afford to
be without the WEEKLY HERALD during the
coming year 1t will contain q regular depart
ment each week devoted exclusively to sub
jects of timely interest to them and giving
many valuable suggestions and new ideas.
The women and children of the land will
find in the WEEKLY HERALD welcome vlsi-
tor. The household and children's pages will
be both instructive and entertaining They
will abound in hints and receipts which women
Os much value.
brilliant array of novels and short stOrie
by the best writers in America and England
has been secured, SO that fiction will he one of
the most attractive features in the WEEKLY
HERALD during 1894.
In fact, the WEEKLY HERALD will he a mag
azine of the highest order, combined with a
complete newspaper.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-10
Stones Razor.Back Hog.

FULTON. KY, September l6.-1f the
razor-back hog hereinafter named and
described is not descendant Of the evil
one, there are great many people be-
tween here and Tennessee who are mis-
taken.
This particular SOW is apparently in no
way different from others of her race and
breed-the same thin, pugnacious back,
the same persistent, inquiring nose, feet
or foot and mean Of temper. But many
who know her ways say she is direct
descendant of some Of those hogs that,
possessed of the devil, once ran violently
down into the sea of Galilee. Her ances-
tors swan ashore and live to torment man
and eat mash.
This razor-backed descendant of the
Galilean gang In some way came into
possession of Samuel. Stone, residing
near this place. Sam was never proud OF
her, and at last came to regard her with
dislike. He decided to take her over into
Tennessee and induce some citizen of An
drew Jackson's State to become her gen.
eral manager.
No militia were at hand, and, rather
than attempt to drive the thinback alone,
she was induced to enter small pen,
which was transferred to spring wagon,
and Mr.. Stone started. The SOW COM
planned Increasingly and vigorously.
Receiving no relief, her Indignation
grew so great that, as the vehicle was
crossing the Obion bottom, she managed
to escape from the wagon.
Not satisfied to be tree, it 80 alarmed
the horse that it ran away in terror.
Stone was thrown out and his leg so bad
" broken that DR.. Curtis Lovelace ampu-
tated it and death followed.
The hog wandered about several days
until Mr.. Webb, who resides near Duke
dom, Tenn, took it up under the vagrant
act. Last Thursday Webb wearied of her
presence and induced her to enter his
wagon. It had been determined to dis
pose of her to heartless butcher at
nearby village.
When near the spot where the accident
to Stone occurred Mrs. Hog again escaped
and second time a runaway followed
and Webb had leg crushed. DR..
Lovelace amputated it and Webb died.
While standing by the grave his wife
fell dead and Webb's burial was delayed
day in order that she might be buried
by his side.
The hog is living free and easy life in
the bogs of Obion bottom.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-10
Antiquity of the Human Race.

The Department Of State, Washing
ton, has receiveda a dispatch from Min
lister Terrell, at Constantinople, an
nouncing the results of American
explorations now being conducted at
the ruins of Niffer, near ancient Baby
lon. The expenses of the work are
betrayed by an association of Phila:
delphia gentlemen formed under the
name of the "Babylonian Exploration
Fund"
The work began in 1886, and, ex-
cept at occasional intervals, has been
actively conducted. DR.. Peters and
Prof. Heilpricht, of the University Of
Pennsylvania, began the work, and it
is still continued by DR.. Peters.
From $50 to 250 Arabs have been con-
stantly employed.
In the number of tablets, bricks,
inscribed vases, and in the value OF
cuneiform texts found, this American
enterprise rivals, if it does not excel,
in the opinion Of the minister, the e1,
plorations oG Layard at Nineveh and
Rassam's excavations at Abu-Hatba.
Prof. Heilpricht remains at the
museum in Constantinople, at the re-
quest Of the Turkish government,
translating inscriptions and arranging
tablets, bowls, and vases used from
l 900 to 1000 years before Christ.
Many tons Of tablets, ETC., have
already been procured, and the enter
prise has revealed an antiquity for the
human race nearly ten centuries older
than had before been acknowledged by
Biblical students. The report of the
minister is very long and full OF
details of interest to psychologists.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-10
Ending a Family Row.

The other evening, says the New York
Recorder, as muscular person was pass
ing house, lady, who stood at the
gate, called out to him: "Sr, appeal to
you for protection ~
"What's the matter ?" he asked. as be
stopped short.
"There's man in the bause and he
wouldn't 60 out of doors when I ordered
him to-"
He wouldn't, eh? Well see about
that" Thereupon the man gave the wo-
man his coat to hold and sailed into the
house. He found the man at the supper
table and took him by the neck and re-
marked: "Nice style of a brute you are,
eh Come out of this or I'll break every
bone in your body"
The man fought and it was not until a
chair had been broken and the table up
set, that he was hauled out Of doors by
the legs and given fling through the
gate.
"Now, then, you brass faced old tramp,
you move on, or I'll finish you ~
Tramp! tramp" shouted the victim,
as he got up. "Tm no tramp! own
this property and live in this house!'
"You do?''
eyes, and that's my wife holding your
coat"
"Thunder !" whispered the muscular
man, as he gazed from one to the other
and realized that it was the wife's method
of finishing a row she had been having
with her husband. And then he made a
grab for his coat and disappeared in the
darkness.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-10
A Man Killed at a Prize Drill

PIcKENs, September 29.-At Mount
Carmel, ten miles east of Pickens, j. w
Latham was fatally shot by T.. Il Chill
dress, a lawyer of Pickens. Latham was
shot at close range in the right side and
lived three hours. Childress Immediately
made his escape, came to Pickens, and is
now in jail.
Not word was said before the shoot
ing. There was crowd around and one
witness stated that Latham walked up and
struck Childress with stick. Childress
then shot him with a pistol, and Latham
fell, saying, He has has killed me-
The hill was crowded with people and
the excitement at once was intense. Wo-
men and children screamed /and tainted.
The crowd had ASSENT bledfzo witness a
prize drill of the Pickens /Ruards. The
shooting broke the affair/1p. The cause
of the trouble was said to have been an
old feud. The Jail is guarded.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-10

"a French physician reports a
case of hiccough successfully treated
by taking snuff until sneezing was
provoked.
There is no medicine so often
needed in every homo and SO admira-
bly adapted to the purposes for which
it is intended, as Chambcrlain's Pain
Balm. Hardly a week passes but
some member of the family has need
of it. A toothache or headache may
be cured by it. A touch of rheuma-
tism or neuralgia quieted. The Sc
we're pain of burn or scald promptly
relieved and the sore healed in much
less time than when medicine has to
be sent for. A sprain may be prompt
ly treated before Inflammation sets in,
which insurcs cure in about one
third of the time otherwise required.
Cuts and bruises should receive immc-
date treatment before the parts be-
come swollen, which can only be done
when Pain Balm is kept at hand. A
sore throat may be cured before it be-
comes serious. 4 troublesome corn
may be removed by applying it twice a
day for week or two. \ lame back
may be cured and several days of val
liable time saved or pain in the side
or chest relieved without paying a
doctor bill. Procure so cent bottle
at once and you will never regret it.
For sale by Hill Bros.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-10
An Unfortunate Interruption.

Willie was asleep and Dan was
lonely. Willie is the minister's son
Dan is his dog. 1t was Sunday morn
ing and everyone was at church but
these two friends. 1t was warm and
sunny, and they could hear the
preaching, for their house was next
door to the church.
"Dan," said Willie, cit is better
here than in church, for you can hear
every word.
In some way, while Willie was lis
tening, he fell asleep. Dan kissed
him on the nose; but when Willie
went to sleep he went to sleep to stay
and did not mind triAes. So Dan sat
down with the funniest look Of care
on his wise black face, and with one
ear ready for outside noises.
Now the minister had for his sub
iect. "Daniel." This was the name
he always gave Dan when he was
teaching him to sit up and beg, and
other tricks. While the dog sat
thinking the name "Daniel' fell on
his ear. Dan at once ran into the
church through the vestry door. He
stood on his hind legs, with his fore
paws close beside the minister, who
did not see him, but the congregation
did. When the minister shouted
"Daniel again, the sharp barks said
eyes, sir" as plainly as Dan could
answer.
The minister started back, looking
around, and saw the funny picture.
Then he wondered what he should do
next; but just then through the ves-
try came Willie. His face was rosy
from sleep, and he looked a little
frightened. He walked straight to-
ward the father, and took Dan in his
arms and said:
'sPlease 'scue Dan, papa. l went
asleep, and he ruined away
Then he walked out, with Dan look
ing back on the smiling congregation.
The preacher ended his sermon on
Daniel as best he could, but he made
a resolve if he ever preached again on
the Prophet Daniel he would tie up
that dog.-Our Little Ones.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-10
The Mans Sin.

Stand in the public thoroughfarc
gazing at anything real or imaginary
and the dozens who gather round you
will multiply soon into hundreds, and
if you stick to it, perhaps thousands:
A crowd as big as the street could
hold for block gathered round a sign
painter at One Hundred and Twenty
eighth street and Third avenue the
other day. They rallied in curious
excitement and dispersed in disap-
pointed disgust.
"My Sin" in huge flaming letters
was what the painter had already
printed. If ever a crowd was bent on
anything it was on the discovery OF
what that sin was. They asked each
other what it might be and hazarded
euesses while the man laid by his red
paint pot and brought forth green
instead.
What would the next word be?
The crowd grew so excited they
called to the man, "What is it 2,
"Tell us. $50 on. "Hurry.
"Paint quick if you won't talk" z" until
it seemed he might grow too bothered
to print anything. But he did.
He printed out in small green let
ters, added to the gigantic "Sin," the
syllable "gle," and when the sign was
done it read: "Nly single aim is to
sell at nominal profit. '-Neao York
Herald.