Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-08-09
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

viyal in SMYRNA, Ind, are not MOrmons
proper. They call themselves 1.-The
Reorganized church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints" and state to inqui-
rers that they do not believe in Brigham
Young's polygsmous doctrine, but are a
s, parate branch, with Joseph Smith as
their president at PIANO, Iii. In regard
TO the other doctrines, such an receiving
the Holy Spirit, healing the sick by
laying-on of hands, prophesying, speak
ing in unknown tongues, etc, there is
very little, if any, difference between
them and Brigham's folks.
Borrowing leaf from the NUM-
cipal wisdom of San Francisco, the
Portland, Oregon, common council lately
made it punishable otfense for any
person or persons to occupy sleeping
apartments which contain less than $50
cubic feet of air. The first police haul
under this ordinance Melted So China
men, two of whom paid the So fine and
the rest are now sleeping on the al-fres-
co pan in the iail-yard.
"A recent visitor to Mrs. Lee at Alex.
andria, Va, found her busily engaged
in coloring a bunch of autumn leaves,
which were destined for a fair to be held
soon, the proceeds Of which are to go
toward erecting memorial chapel to
Gen. Lee. Making fancy work for this
fair and cOloring pictures is Mrs. Lees
favorite occupation, and so eager is she
to contribute to it's success that she
rises at 5 o'clock to begin her work.
Prof. Ella says that Rubinstein,
during his late visit to London, called
upon DIR. BulOw and entreated him to
give some performances in America. He
said "There is little poetry or ro-
nance among the Americans; their all
engrossing object in life seems to be to
make and spend money. Nevertheless,
they are far more impressionable than
the English, the least musical people
upon the face of the earth"
Mrs. John Patterson sued Belle
fountaine liquor dealer for damages
under the Adair (civil damagc) law, and
obtained verdict of $50. The dealer
took second trial, when the plaintiff
obtained S1,1OO Mrs. Jane Wilder
sued the same dealer for like damages,
and on first trial got $500, and on the
second $500.
Hook told story of gentleman
driving his Irish servant in a cab, and
saying to him, half jocularly, half in
anger: "NOw, if the gallows had its
due, Won rascal, where would you be
now?" Faith, then, your honor, it's
riding in the cab, I'd be, all alone by
myself, may be!'
Henry Ruscoe of Wadesboro, N.
c., saved Henry James from drowning,
last week, and the Wy next day James
accidently killed his preserver while
carelessly handling gun. When you
see one of these gun-handlers drowning,
go off somewhere to see man.
Engineer Osborn of the Pittsburg
road, seeing an obstruction on the track
near Bedford, one day last week, stop
ped his train and discovered that his
COW catcher had caught up little girl.
She was but slightly hurt, though not
slightly frightened.
Think of the noble red man rum
ming a saw-mlll i! But this is what some
of the Klamath Indians in Oregon are
doing, and the mill turned $50, 900 feet |
last year. But it is shameful to bring
these sons of the forest down from hair |
to mill-logs.
Hooks street fun was irrepressible.
We read of his walking up to a POM
pous person in the Strand, and saying to
him, beg your pardon, sir, but may /
ask: Are YOU anybody particular but |
he did not wait for the answer of the |
magnifco.
Touching obituaries of the Chicago |
Post were prepared when the other |
papers heard that Mrs. Gilbert's libel |
suit had mulcted it six cents, but the |
editor raised the amount of boot
black on first mortgage of his Sunday |
shirt.
The boys of Winchester, KY, ex-
ercise their Workmanship upon the
and monuments of the
and they can knock ont the
eye of a marble angel, or lamb, or other
craven image, almost every time.
"A farmer in Union county, Ken
lucky, had his fences whitewashed. An
old no-account COW Of his went around
and conscientiously licked all the white
wash off. That COW now gives two gal
ons of milk day. The moral drsws
Itself.
H. T. HelmbOld, the "busted"
druggist, through an advertisement in
Paris paper, invited all his compatriots
n that city to join with him in celebrat-
ng the fourth at his "palatial resi-
lence" in the Champs Elysees.
The sight of very fashionably
attired ChinaH,an having his boots pol
shed by an Itall>a shoe-black in Broad
way, the other day, vas the latest illus
fration of how cosmopolitan New York
has become.
The Utica Herald says hen will
never know what effect it would have
had on Job if IL little girls had cai'sa
on him, one after another, and tried to !
sell him Sunday-school picnic tickets.
Applicants for admissions to Kan
sa grauges must bring full grown
::clinch" bug, captured on his farm.
Some parties who tried to palm off bed
bugs on the examining committee were
kicked out with hOrse-rake.
"A st. Louis man advertises that his
wife has left him without provocation
after two weeks of married life, and that
he shall CONSIDER himself parted
should the same not return within three
days"
The taste runs to stripes, this year,
in every part of women's costume, from
ties to stockings, and one young lady at
Saratoga ordered striped instead of
broiled chicken for breakfast.
-Kalulu, the playful little moke