Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-04-17
News in Brief.

The W0f Bill goes OH 'u SPo'o suu
Cubs.
The spinDers are on a strike at
Lowell.
Seven iuch SNOW in Pennsylvania
on the 18th instant
The demo Gratis gained victory in
the municipal election Of Albany, \.
y. this wr-k.
The Rothschilds have issued a
trospec,us for a new Russian loan of
$4,000 at q per cent.
Assistant Surgeon Elbrey has been
ordered TO report to the Department
Of the Sou'h for duty.
The boiler Of the bingham mill at
Eouth-adan,s, Massachusetts,, cxplod.
ed yesterday. killing three men.
.tlabama il to have q Constitution.
nj Convention, AMI remodel the sUl.
Germ organized by the Radicals.
The Mcxicuns are still raidihg on
the Texas frontier, and We suspect
there is some railing done OIL the
other side too.
Volnry N"llisri- Smith, the late
claimant 10 the (iul,-rns,urisl' Chair
Of Arksn-as. has brsa aYpO.n cd Cou.
-ul to ST. Thomas
4 pleasure Yacht. containing eight
prson-. was ta'-.e in Charleston
harbor on the 18Th instant, and fur
IL the party drowned.
Attorney General Williams has
h-rB notified of the reception ut
Austin, Texas, of The notorious coun.
,rrfei,sr Pete Mccarthy.
Mrs. Densmore and her aged father
kept y grocery store ut Worcester
Massachusetts,. Now they don't
BVib perisbrd in the flames.
Col. John NJ. Powell. once promi
nrnt Missis>ippian. whore grand
father was cousin TO Ge"rge Was.
ingtoD, shielded in New York on the
lob inst. by taking morphine.
4 Shanghai Telegram If the l2,t
,avs: There was q Collision here be
tween the steamers Occant Tasin.
aud Guzaze. in local business. Tn.
latter sunk With great l'ss Of life.
The Louisiana Legislature met il
Id al
Hahn as Speaker Of the House, bu
we have no intelligence Of further ac
,ion. except The passage Of resolu
tion to Investigate contested cases.
4 dispatch from Hazle,on say,
flooding the mines continues in
calculcAble damag" resulting. Tn
fire still rage> in Stock: on mine which
can only l~ cxtingui>hrd by water
which will wash the adjoining mines
Gen. u. II. Msury has written ,
very complimentary letter in rela'icl
TO Rev. John W. Jones persona
"Reminiscences # Gen. Il f.. Lee,
which is published by ID. Appleton 4
Co., of New York, aud sold by sui
scripiun.
James Williams. the colored cont,
trcasurer of Kinds county, Miss.
was killed last Sunday in Jackson b,
Tsz"wrll Jones. another promincn
rolurrd politician. Ii WAS a sort o
Berchrr.T ilron affair, Williams sctinl
,l,.. mart .,f K..rh.r
4 man named Paul Boynton cross
cd the English ChsSn~l, frou, Dover Il
Boulognr. on the 10th inst. in life
saving apparatus which 10 invented
lie was accompanied by q press boa
which laid u cable and trlsgraphc,
progress from time to liue during lh
passage.
Gen ". F. Barry, commander q
the artillery school ut Fortres
Monroe. went out buggy riding viii
his daughter Horses frightened. col
lision with a tree. Gen. and dsugh'r
thrown over dash board. lady severed,
injured about the face aud Gen stun
ueus ous no OOucb OiOkcu. OOtu NV
doing we'll.
4 plsDtrr " Carroll parish names
Aicklcn ws. murdered on Thursduy
the 9Th instant. NJ Providence by
man named Ti,er:ell. who came up liz
hind him and shot him then tried {
nsks bis escape across the MississipI
river in y skif. but was captured WI,
IO4es1 in jail. There was u stroa
feeling IN lynrh him. hu: mere sobe
council ? rvailsd. Sir. Aicklcn Wa
highly esicsNacd ciliz-n and Masoi
A New ORLEANS telegram of III
18th says: iniieS'i"ns are thst III
compromise ~ adjustment will l.
surcrssful tO-,sorrow, but u",hing a
pre- sent ind.caies just how the thin
will lie donr. Ms,sLsrs " the tw
lart,es were in eAecUlivs session I,
d,y, aud il is stated w. Wheclc
esbu arrived last night. was with rac
I,o.ly for a time. hut their lrov~<dng
have DO, been made public.
A Washington telegram of III Fcs
saws: MiH"r parties to the mail rou'
swiudles bad y partial hearing to-tta,,
The s,s,cn,ru,. heretofore ,tlcgraph*
we're sustained. Kettle bid in III
pams Of Lochiun and l,ldlngs. Their