The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-05-06
STATE NEWS BY PARISHES.
BIENNILLE.

BIENVILIE. y
Tho Rural Times learns that $500 OF the
Peabody fund have been awarded to d
tho schools Of Arcadia. The hail storm
of the 18th ut, visited Sparta. Han +
stones fell there as large as hens eggs. d
Tho Times has the following KIND
word for our Associate:
Allen is a foeman worthy the best OF
steel, and is Il man OF lntcllectual us
we'll as corporeal solidity as Will DC as,
ccrtaincd to the gricVouS damage OF i'ii
ossailants with whom he may choose
| to cross swords.
The good-looking young editor ana
tho not ill-f;,vorcd old editor OF the
Gazette have been called upon by
Misses f.. e. Blount and NJ. A. Shu-
mate, the editors of the Marshall Cas-
ket. Theroupon, tho scribes of the Ga
zettc acknowledge their JOY as follows:
IT would be supcrfluOus for us to say
p that tho visit of these charming and in
Il tellectual young ladies was highly APP
t preciated. They arc we'll aware tN;at
u s. was. The remark in reference to Il
% house-keeper being needed, called fortn
NV the sanctum floor being streWed WIN
8 papers, &C., was duly appreciated, ana
: we arc willing to open negotiations III
y order to secure assistance OF the rc1ui-
1t site capacity. Young ladies' cali again
II and often.
Tho discortlant females of the color
., ed race in Concordia persist in staying
each other. Here is another outrage
!; chroniclcd by the Herald:
-, A c0lored woman by the name o
'.' Rcckv Allen, living on the Plttsiicl,
llo plantation in this parish, while sE'!l''
ing in the door of her house on Sunu:';
last, in apparently good health, 1el
dead. Coroner Randall held an III
~ quest, and from certain 1actS lhic't
IT. there was Il presumption th;!' l'Sr u' ~
nc was caused by a blow received at I'll
i'd hands of one Celia Smith, who is nC\
o,, confined in the parish Jail awaiting In
arrival of witnesses previous to prem
'cll mary examination before Judge Kcbc
for ,, AVN
''ic I,ro,n tho Beacon, of the 29th ult
~. we clip tho following:
There has been II great deal Oh RAJ
cio the past wcck-So much th;'I We IL,
wer our;,uItural operations, that arc alrc;,o
=, check. Last Saturday morning the
was a light frost, but not enough to l.
ing, two >-o%etatiOn. notwithstanding t.
tied frost has not injured the fruit, 1T IS
cnt, detective from being bruised by
b.iI and a great deal has been knoc
cd off the trcSS.
lcss- The same paper says:
oplc Tho OUAcli1rA IEl-H' IA ~ , rolro,
> w has been misinfOrmcd, as rcG;i
o'''o tho death of DR.. Powell. Althou
more there were suspicious of foul play, nc
ugh rested on any certain lndlVlduaiS u
amp we ever heard OF, as IS st''ct Wy
the TELEGEAIii' I w. ~" 1,' ,,ae, 1T II
oil in ln1orlilc. Wv, NTH sonc If the Doct
d re- ncirhbors with whom VIC have not
cring We did not dcvivc our informal
ng of os IN the probable cause of DR.. Pow'
ear. dcoth from irresponsible persons.
ROTOR tho Beacon to Mcssrs. w. J. f'
RIM and Jno. II. Milling.
-, BOsSIEE.
Tho Banner has the following IL
lishcd nation rei'''i-'
will he land district:
Tn this District the United >
-. lands can now be cntcrch u,i'''
Homestead act, DuI III nv WY
upon Lands formerly reserved 10 inc
chant road arc not in market at all,
Homcstcads cannot yet be take
II n'ls'i them.
. Her UNION.
}. We rcpublish with pleasure tn
= mora lowing good words in behalf OF |
, o-b,Ifl from the Record:
We will venture the assertion
Union is the most quiet parish
1aileh State, For weeks there has not
eported even a fisticuff that we have hc'
er Qua It is now the largest parish, cXccl
North of Red river, and yet we D
that it has tho smallest criminal q
n, down We don't know the reason, unlc%'
that nearly all the people arc
Gratis and have the happy faculty
tending to their own buslncs
Fair, the making a living honestly Tor
ght in Il selves.
egrcc.
. But three and Il half miles OF u
cuiI t,,'' bama and Chattanooga Kallro