Richland beacon., 1875-05-22
Local BreVities.


The Ouachlta river has fallen aLou, four
feet.
The fees are abou, tot axe possess on of our
premises.
Can il be possible tina, there are men void
II conscences'
Far better suffer slight injury than the
renorse for crime
he weather is becoming warm enough 20
please even a salamander or a Senagamb.an.
The reader will always find something
worth reading on the fourth page. ID you
hunt for t1
The scarcity of news from abroad is the
cause of the absence of our usual amount Of
news items this week
Those who were not overfiowed and have
not been sick, have no reasonable excuse for
being much behind hand with their work
The duil, lazy season IL upon us, when
most Of us hunt the shady side Of the street,
and wish that the front of every house was
omamented with a broad, heavy canvas
awning.
We thought our people were going TO have
spelling match and had hunted out several
hard words for the occasion, but we believe
!, Is going TO result IN disappointment after
all orr trouble
We learn that L. F. of + Council Of Alto
IS going to have picnic on Saturday, jane
9TH, which will no doub, be veTy pleasant
affair. We contemplate being On hand if we
Ncep our health.
Somebody's stock is gong 10 sutier-we
saw some freedmen blowing in new ground
ON BGuf rver the other day. the enclosure
around which is not more than three feet high
a, the most liberal Estimate.
Taking the average Of the reports received
from well Informed citizens from various
sections Of the country, the Ouacirita Tele-
graph feels disposed to rejoice over the
pro-pcct OF the coming crop.
That fishing excursion Of ours last Saturday
did not pan out very satisfactorily We saw
lnnumerable quantities of buiiaoes. but I'M
fortunately the aiiiX 10 the names Of m 81 Of
ih-m was gna, instead of fish.
The attention of land buyers is called to the
fact hat the price of Toes Bayou place, adver-
t.scd for sale in this paper, has been reduced |
f,om $500 to SllOD cash A good opportu-
nifty for any one wanting good land.
Our Home Journal requests Us 10 state that .
IL chrome was mailed to the address Of all /
who are entitled to it last week, with postage
paid, aud tue pubIiaher desires those who do
not receive it TO notify him of the fact.
That cotton hasn't been scraped YET, and
the weeds and grass are getting the better of
ii We don't know whose duty i, is, but it
needs work. Those who have their crops
u can need not think we refer to them.
The District Conference for the Delhi Dis
,rict of the Louisiana Annual Conference of
the NJ f. Chmch South, will convene in
Trenton on Thursday, June Ord, 1873, and
continue over until the Sunday following
Cannot the members of R. F. McGuire
Lodge No. 900 get up some kind of celebra-
ton in cimmemora,ion of St John the Bap. |
rlsts Day! Ii seems that we are almost for |
getting the day Of the nativity of one of our
most revered patrons.
We are indebted to Edw. Booth, ESQ o.
n n D.
containing plain, correct and exhaustive and
true statement of the legal aspect Of the
Louisiana case, by I. NJ. Cooley, in which
brief history Of the State since the war is gone
over. We hope it will be read all over the
United States
We had two beautiful showers this week
one on Tuesday evening and the other We'd
nesday, tina, came in good time, just as the
rain was needed and revived vegetation very
much Seasons thus far have been very
favorable, and this last rain came without the
usual cold snaps that have accompanied our
spring showe;s.
The Ouachita Telegraph of yesterday
relates a circumstance Of a most singular
iufatuaiion, in which an Irish laborer destroy
eel his own eycsIsht as a penance, while I'M
der the influence of a protracred drnsen
spree; aud pirdIiie diciU. after he got sober
he still seemed to he controlled by the same
delusIon and think he had only discharged a
religious duty.
The Pollard radicals of Madison. in order
TO crafty a mean revenge toward WIN. Muir
rell for having done good act without their
authority, in supporting Capt w. B. Spencer
for Repre- -eniative ia Congress, prosecuted
him for embezzlcmen, !. but when they come
TO try the case last week they failed to pro-
,iuce word of evidence that would convict.
He might have stole all the Government
supplies ever shipped to Madison Parish, and
kept on the good side of III Ase dirty fellows,
and they never would have molested him.
Our friend Col c. II. Morrison, of Monroe,
after remaining in batchelotdom until his
locks have been siIyered over with the frosts
Of many winters. entered into the bissful
state OF matrimony last week, choosing for
his companion through the remaining portion
Of the journey Of life the gifted IN accom-
plished Miss Fannie Farmer, only sister OF
his law partner, Capt. w. W. Farmer. May
the voyage he a pleasan, and prosperous one,
without either dead cailus or storms, until
they finally cast anchor in the peaceful har-
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lawyer Briefs,
We would respectfully inform the members