Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-03-25
local fsyeVities.

IITr wont IA jrintr.t dis 'y-c,:
This - rrgul.r l.'.-rru"uit w"arA~r
There - strI p"ni, ct boating wathf.
l!.e Iiot tiJn, E,H ratLagc amt pea.
Gprien.na - not rr"lrr. sirg noch nov.
Spr.n., 4 making up for tie defect ct winter
kays.l.c ,c,m- u Lc .n!~ar-l nah r~ry
Ml"ves.
The cold nap caoth; nearly Al! EnyvIi;e
without - 'oI.
Somebody r,@. are Tying atout the streets
ot ,umc dl-ra=e
We suIi hay" Two steamboats, III .ng the
Erof nyer uade.
Tie lines about the 'B.aur.tG, snow are
not IN favor Io,t now.
Trains VIII perhaps corumrnc" runu.ug
regularly again neat week
Mails are more irregular this week than
they %cTc during the Overflow.
A wagon load OF cation came ia rdnrs
day, ba, no tram To receive II yet
The lrrcz" this wees Killed young corn,
p,'a,oc- ami other tender r.Lutl.
The sloihfI farmer pat. GA Mrs and wrar,
a very knowing Iook SINCE the snow storm.
The iuLl, .dnal who saw - much beauty
ia snow /, rot rrsarird ~ man of g'-'d
taste just Low.
The ovcri,w dat not damage the ra.iIc.ad
To any great cA'clt, little break about La.
iourche IS all We hear i
The Carroll Republican, al tho 18th, con-
plains that the planters are very backward
".,h ,hc.r work this sprnG.
Katie Lynn, in letter from, y, uphog-n
College, Gala;in. Tenn. pays the school quite
a compliner,-says /, i, good school.
Our exchange. are getting old these days
before We receive them, aud some of thciir
wet we have tn dry them before ;hcy GIN be-
read.
Several Of ,ur farmers, wc learn. had corn
up. when the lrrcz. came aud Killed it last
Monday, AMI 1t val! all have To be planted
over, q c"ur-e.
luung man, 4. not arroGn" Ia yourself all
the brains Of the community. lest ynu should
bo made {" feel your own ini"ri"rity some
time ~ hen y,u least expect 1T.
The number Of MARI ages tah.ne plac" in
oar parish rarrntly !wouIt seem To indicate
that the ladies' have not been slow 10 tskc al.
Vantage Of their leap.yea- privileges.
We learn that Mayor W. I Oliver has r.
cclred the appointment Of tax collector Of
Ri,h!and parish, wee ". l.. Jones, removed,
We presume, bat for what cause, if any, we
do not know.
Tho.e WHO hal no, planted corn early
enough to beklIIed by this week cold snap
cannot boast Of any large amount at foresight
for such an occurrence viii not probably take
place again ioI years.
We made a considcrabl" error of time, lost
week, 10y the use of a single letter. In stat
Iny the time Of the meeting OF the Union
SUNDAY school we should have said 3 p. ".
instead Of \. NJ. Our people are not such
early rscrs ~ all that.
OF course, mos, of the frnit that was b"sin.
ming to form - that was in bloom, was Killed
by the frost this week. for We notice that the
leave. on most of the ,rces were frost bitren;
but there may still lie some peaches this year,
as a good many trees have not blooned yet.
Seliishness is low and contemptbri ia e.
Won. aud ungenerous, though It displays
itself in many ionn-, such as presumption,
selfesteem, cnretuou-ness, unkindness toward
others pcvishncss and disposition to speak
evil Of others; all Of which renders person
miserable and a disagreeable companion.
We received large quantity of paper
mail on Thursday, tina, had been atcumula-
ting for Two or three weeks somewhere.
Perhaps the mail carriers know how it is,
bn, we never could understand how work i
lgh,encd or transportation facilitated ~ al
lowing mail matter 10 accumulate until II be-
comes 81 bulky.
Thieving IS becoming so common about
town that j, is not safe to leave anything out
of sight for one moment. negro who was
helping to butcher hog for us last Saturday
20, away with ham RICH, before our eyes
A few nights after, some one stole all tue
mea, out of Mrs. SCOTS store room. few
loads of buck.shot would improve matters
around Rayville wonderfully.
Rayville uscd to be noted .or honesty. IN
the days oil its first settling We heard OF no
stealing, persons would leave their doors
open, their clothing out upon the clothes lines,
and nothing would be stolen; but j, is not so
now. With all the locks and keys, bolts and
bars and close watching things are stolen
nearly every dav There are too many idle,
WORTHLESS negroes about town il What's the
matter.