Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-03-25
Among Our State Exchanges.

iucend!ary. Very little Was .aved.
The house was covered by al Iuaur-
ance Of $500.
We lean from the Clarion Of the
same date that Fix prisoners escaped
from the Norchon-e parish Jail Oh the
night Of the lllh Of March.
Union Record Of The Eth. The
spring rains have come, and what Il
blessing they bring Aside from the
wants Of vegetation, VIC appreciate
the rain for its tranquilIhing effects.
We feel 30 happy sitting 10y tic fire
this luccday night listening to the
pit-a pat under the ewes. The sound
is equal to an opium for slccp-Why,
, bless me | have actually gone to
sleep trying to write something about
the rain; So | must wake 10 the tune,
Come put me iii my little bed"
But how did you like the fall JA.e
tlcccy, noisclcSs SHOW last Sunday
night?
/ The Record talks back at one IF its
delinquent subscribers, who are al
ways the fault finders, in his style:
! One Of our subscribers said fcS
DAYS ago that the Record was about
/ as worthless as the Brass Lottery
+ which visited this place several weeks
since. II he cntcrtains such opinion,
he had better save his cJ'edH. (Which
stands for two wears on our suhscrip-
ton book,) and appropriate - for IL
more worthy paper. The Enion
Record pays It's debts, and expects TO
live upon its own merit. and We lear
lilly wish lis enemies would do the
enc and try the other.
That's the way to tax to such
fellows.
The Shreveport Times, 10th: Yes
terday negro man, with his arms
secured 10y rope, though not in such
manuer as to interfere with the guild
ing OF his horse, was brought TO town
under guard of four ncn of lis own
cylor, one If EUm carried shotgun
Upon inquiry We learned ha. be was
guilty vi committing a rape upon
negro woman last SUNDAY on Mr..
Jacob Hn>s's plantation. The party
were in search Of District Attorney
Wise, who, no doubt. had The accused
cOmisittcd to Jail.
FIFTY WINTERS. -Irlhc weather is
guided by its own prccedcnts, it will
/ be long time before there is a paral-
lei to the mild winter just past. In
/ conversation with Mr. \. Lazare and
. Major Brv, both old residents vi this
parish, we found that they both agreed
/ that there had not been such winter
Known in this latitude since 1926,
now hftv wears ago, as the winter
just ended. In that year, however,
! NJ. Lazare SAYS that the list day If
April was made memorable By
heavy snow. The little pines Of tie
forest bending under its weight.
Those who expect ~ be alive fifty
years Lrnrc may file this paper as
remirdrr OHuchitG Tri"gr,}h, iTh.
A. winter S"cMs to have Sc. in Just
! as spring should open, we may not be
surprised if the parallel is followed
out to the last day Of April.
Ouachita Telegraph of March Eth:
Sheriff Broadway, of Caldwell, accom-
panied by his special deputy, Mr.. JAS
Jordan, came up on the Belle to arrest
NJ. 4. Curry, formerly of that parish,
charged with stealing horse near
Mark-ville in Avoyellea Curry had
been in Monroe with the horse, but
left before the officers arrived, in the
direction Of Columbia. The horse
was found in Mr. S Kahn's posses
sion, be having bought the horse from
Curry for $50, in currency and a
watch. Curry shot and killed Il negro
mau in Columbia some time ago, but
was tried and came clear
We are pleased TO state that Mr..
B. G. White, Business Manager OF
the Evening Telegram, returned from
New Orleans last evening, in which
CITY he has been for the last few
weeks. His health has improved
somewhat during the time, but the
wound in bis face is calculated to be
a source Of pain and annoyance for a
long time to come. While in New
Orleans Mr.. White co-opera.ed with
the railroad delegation from Shrevc-
port in efiecling the passage of the
New Orleans Pacific Railroad bill,
with Shreveport designated as the
terminus. and also in the passage Of
the North Louisiana Railroad bill.
The latter road, in Mr.. Whites opin-
ion, can be built without much DELAY,
provided proper parties are placed at
the head of the enterprise, and, if COM
plcted, would revert greatly to the
advancement, growth and general
prosperity Of the entire section of
North Louisiana in general, and
Shreveport in particular, city Of no
mean importance by any means. The
provisions of the North Louisiana
Railroad bill. as passed by both
houses, authorizes road to be built
from Shreveport to Vicksburg, or from
Shreveport to Monroe, and from the
latter point tc connect with, buy out,
lease, Or make satisfactory and mutual