The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1921-02-10

Paris, Feb. ). Intense suffering
prevails, and hundreds are dying daily
of starvation. The food received is
wholly Inadequate"
These few lines read something like
story of the suffering and hardships
that prevail in Middle Europe to-day.
Famine and disease usually follow war.
as history for centuries has recorded.
"a mania to marry seems to have
seized upon our freed people. On one
day lately our Clerk issued nine licen-
ses, and hardly day passes without
one or more being issued. We are glad
to see it. We are glad to know that they
are fast adopting civilized customs.
Moreover, our lawyers may expect to
reap a harvest in future divorce cases."
It's just that way to-day.
Petroleum V. Nasty, a distinguished
Ohio Radical, delivered lecture re-
Gently in Boston on The Sin Of Man.
Among other hard things he said: I
saw cadetships sold for dollars. / met
judges of the courts in the Southern
States who, ten years ago, were host
lers in livery stables in the North, and
whose knowledge of criminal law they
had gathered in the prisoners DOCK
The Radicals at the North unloaded
all types Of adverturers and white
trash" on the South Some of the
South's judges of that day, so we are
told by a friend of this place, never
studied law day in their lives. The
several books written by Thomas Dixon,
jr., we'll tell the reconstruction story.
Berlin, Feb. 5.-Uneasiness is sue
ceeding the exultatiOn caused by the
fall of Paris. Incessant exertions are
being made for the resumption Of war.
the plan being to equip the armies and
overrun the whole of France, and re-
duce it to subordination by savage
and relentless campaign"
The war, fortunately for France. was
not resumed. Aside from the two rich
provinces taken (recently regained)
Germany assessed an immense war in
demnity against the PROSTATE country,
but this was all taken up within a year
by the French people in the shape OF
bonds of small denomination, and the
German troops We're then withdrawn
from France. The French are known
as valiant as well as resourceful
people and it is sometimes said of them
that they fight 50 well because they
never know when they are whipped.
The Rev. DIR. n. NJ. Skipworth has
been appointed by the Louisiana Con-
ference Of the NJ. +. Church, South, to
serve the people Of the south Bossier
Circuit for the year 1871. The respec-
tive appointments will be served as
follows:
Fillmore, two Sabbaths in each
| month-second and fourth.
Bellevue. at candle-lighting of the
fourth Sunday.
Cotton Valley, first Sunday.
Harmony Chapel, third Sunday.
"Gum Springs, Saturday before the
| second Sunday in each month";"
resided near Cotton Valley, where he
had farm of considerable acreage,
which he cultivated. He was well liked,
and served the circuit here mentioned
for some time We are unable to give
the location Of Harmony Chapel and
the Gum Springs Church.
The Postmaster General advertised
for bids for the carrying of Bossier
Parish mails - from July 1, 1871, to
June 80, 1S75-as listed below:
From Bellevue, by Cotton Valley
In. o., Orchard Grove In. o. }, and Dor
cheat In. o., to Magnolia; So miles,
and back, once week.
From Bellevue, by Coleville, Rocky
Mount and Plainville In. o., to Col
linsburg: 50 miles, and back, once a
week.
From Bellevue, by Fillmore In. o.),
to Bossier Point In. o., Is miles, and
back, once a week.
The characters an. o." meant that
there was no post0ffice at the place
named. We are not informed as to the
location Of Orchard Grove Perhaps it
was near the present Hortman commu-
| nifty Of Webster Parish. COleville, a
| road house and stage stand, was Az
miles east of this place, and the home
of the Sibleys. Plainville was Red
Lands postotfice and was somewhat
southwest of that place few miles.
Peace between France and Prussia
seems near at hand. A government
will probably be dictated to France.
and. of coruse. a large body of her
citizens will bitterly oppose it. This
being the case. within the next few
years possibly, there will be consid-
cradle emigration of Frenchmen. many
of whom may be expected to come to
Louisiana. where their language is so
extensively spoken. The French Cana
dams are also leaving their country
in great numbers. These latter speak
both English and French, and know
how to use the axe, and therefore.
would be preferable to natives of
France. But we would freely take
both, and could shortly accristoM them
to our ways. Now, as the Legislature