Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-08-21
News in Brief.

republicans.
Prince Charles Theodore fell from .
his horse at Naples last Monday, aud .
was instantly killed.
Duncan < Sherman propose to pay
80. per cent of lhcr Indebtedness III
different installments.
Coal oil explosions still continue to
occur. People have not yet learned
the danger of the fluid
There is a little irrcgulariiy of 500
900 in the clothing account OF the
Marine Corps at Washington.
Crop reports from Europe are very
discouraging. Bad weather has
damaged the grain very much.
The Erie Railroad was seriously
damaged by heavy rain last We'd
nesday evening near the Su,quchana
depot.
Mr.. John II. Newman was killed
near Bovina, Warren county, Miss,
last "Wednesday cvcaing. No partic-
ularS.
Ballard Smith, for several years
managing editor Of the Courier
journal, has assumed control OF the
Louisville Ledger.
Moody. the great revivaliSt, stopped
last Sunday night in Springfield,
Mass, and promised TO return and
preach to the people.
Commander G. \. Morris. L. S. ",
is dead. Morris commanded the
Cumberland when the Mcrrimac sunk
her in Hampton Roads.
The mail contractor between Cad
do and Fort Sill, Indian Territory,
failed. The defauItcrs bid $4,S9O.
The old rate was $4,000.
The war still goes on in Spain the
Carlists have not vet been Subducd,
and reports from the two con,ending
parties are as conflicting as usual.
The report of yellow fever AT
Pascagoula has been causing con
siderable excitement, but the press
denies there being any cause OF alarm
A Spanish vessel, loading with wal
material at Barcelona, exploded AID
sunk on Wednesday. Fifty men
killed and wounded.
A train on the St. Louis, Kansas
City and Northern Railroad fell
through q tres,le 20 feet high, on
Wednesday, killing one and iujuring
over forty persons.
The cotton operatives of Oldham
England, are still on strike, and il
is supposed that it will seriously
affect the cotton trade Of blackburn
if it continues much longer
The Springfield Republican says
there are two winning politicians, anG
one of them is numiually republic
can; the other is noriinally a demo
GRAFT Their names are Bristow and
Tildcn.
United States steamer Rio Bravo
intended for service on the Rio
Grsnde. which recently sailed from
New Orleans for that river, was
driven ashore near Sabine Light
House on the night of the 18th.
A Matamoras telegram of the 18th
says: 1t is believed that three sloops
of war have been constructed in
England for Mexico, and arc now OH
their way to Vera Cruz. TO bc sent
to the Rio Grande to prolec, Mexican
interests there.
Great eycitemen, prevails in Wash
ington and Jefferson counties, Ga
occasioncd by the rumcr Of q Negro
instruction TO take place yesterday
Fifty negroes were arrested on We'd
ncsday and the militia was under
arms.
A Memphis telegram of the 10th
SAYS: The Ledger learns that an
attempt was made to cut the lcvee
near Napoleon, Arkansas. The levee
police discovered the villains and O
fight eEsued, in which one was killed
two wounded and the fourth captured
A dispatch of the 10th to the
u London Standard reports that ali
the Turkish regiments in the garrison
in Roumelia aud Bulgaria have been
ordered TO march to Herzegovina
"a The insurgents have burned SOME
villages and massacred the whole
Mohammedan population.
A dispatch of the 10th from Agas
son reports that an insurrection has
broken out in Turkish Kron,ia
in the district between kostuiniez;
and Dubrieza, along the Austrian
frontier The insurgents had surprised
guardhouse, killed the guards ant
seized their arms.
A Savannah. Ga, telegram OF th'
18th says: Hon. Solomon Cohei
died this morning, aged q years. liz
was Postmaster of this city under thu
Administration of Pierce and Bach
anan. also during the Coufederacy
and was at one time member of Con
gress from Georgia.
A dispatch from Providence. II: |.
dated August 18th says: TIVE
,,onne called Mt the Man.on House