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Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
TAX SALES.

According to the revenue laws OF the State
,r Lou,sisna, providing for the collection OF
taxes and especially ac, 81 Of the general
assembly. 1873. have seized and will pro
coed TO sell at the cour, house door in the
town Of Rayvllr, on
Saturday. the Oh day Of December, 1876,
the following described lands or such part
thereof as may be necessary TO pay the del'n-
o,eu, and currrn, taxes due the STATE OF Lou
isiaua and parish OF RchIaod and all penal
ties and cots:
Evans, sarah ~ half 5 W ar OF W qr'
sec 27,Tl7SR E. containing IL? acres
more or less. State tax 1913. penalties 10
and,,or, recorder, prin,e and collectors costs
1875; total Si7.7i.
Nov 2s,h, 1861 Tax Col
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
TAN SALE.

According L, tl,a revenue laws oi the state
If Louisiana prov,i,n= GI I've collection "i
taxes aud rsreciaiiy act ~ al lie geter"'
as ub,y, 1872. have sized and viii pro-
coed 20 sell at the court house door IN the
town OF Rayviiie. on
Saturday the Oh day Of December, 1876
the following described lands OF such raf'
thereof as may be necessary To pay t''" ieln-
1ucn, and current taxes due the sae q Lou
is,ana and parish OF Rchiand ant all l'enai-
ties and costs
Haygood Aaron. half Of W qr. sec .,
sEor Of W ar, sec 6, 1 Is n, X L. con.
tanning 100 acres more or less. State tax
&c 81, penalties l2.I, ari,h tax 234', az
d,ror. recor Ter. printer and collectors costs
- rs; total S90l6.
VIZ. 7. OLIVER,
Nov 29th l8T6-3t. Tax Cot
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
HcGain& Bells.

Far Of - oihcr y"ers,
On" iiIwe:y sH;"m'r 'l.nc,
Thee = .a'aG - 10y ',rs
: ,uvuus wri!:u. suIns.
| .i>ivncd TO IL suuni,
A.! r.! !. seem - Nv.
"Fon hearts an3 I", are bound
Ii lJv- this b.cs,-t ray.
Love that sha,i grow through hie
Br.sh;er >. an FURNISHED gold!
Unrarchcd by worldly si:rt"
Till heart ard ilrs arr cold.
"II,- earth such jry;" I Ic,lrd;
"Ti> but por,> rhyme.
Til iove HAT shields Tie bride.
Grow, cola AMI iaiul w.t. uEe.
Fond faith Is TUNED to duuH;
Il lives with bEi "ur y"ntG;
Wien yeur- have ipdni IL nit,
Farew.l. = IT ~ and uu h.
But ,ul! The wedding bells
Rang tlrir ;riJmnlau. strains:
80 n,u'.,inc heart! whrn tit, years
Have pas,r,', zee WHAT s"n'a.a-.
The years baec s,',"d away.
:,pw, s,.t.t ai. Gi,'t anl sal,
Aui u,w ihc 20, "a ,yod..il.= d..y
Makes inyinr i:ra:.s mrrc Siat.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

According to the revenue laws OF the state
of Louisiana providing for the collection oi
taxes and especially act - of 'he general
assembly, 1878, have seized aud Will ,ro>
r-eL 10 sell a, the conr, house door IN the
town Of Rayville. on
Saiwday ire oh day Of December, 1876,
the following described lands or surh part
thereof ss may be necessary 10 pay The de''n
onent an,, cn.rert ,sx"s due the state of L"u-
isana aud parish Of Richland aud all peirai'
ties and costs
hewe,,, F--E half Of W q',s E qr Of sw
ar. sec 80, L l6 :. Il E, combining 20 a't"s
n,n,e ar less State tax - S3,penaii'es i0.1
n.,;.h tax i543, amii;of, recorder, printer aud
collectors costs 1915: ,o'al 81 -.
VIZ. L. OLIVER,
Nov. 20. lS76-3t Tax '"l.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
TAX SALE.

According TO the revenue laws Of the state
of Louisiana, providing for the collection 81
taxes and especially act II OF the general
assembly, 1873, have seized and will pro>
ceed to sell at the cour, house door III tue
town of RayviIIe on
Saturday the osh day of December, 1876
the following described lands or s"ci part
IN. rrof as may he necessary q Iay the taxes
due the state Of Louisiana ana parish OF nc'i-
,apd and all penaIri-- art costs
Dinkius, rs, oI II LIS sec, S W qr oI
Nv AZ aud S T. ar OF Eqr, SEE 2l, 10
NR7E containing ipU acres rore or less
State tax 30 "a, penalties 6 -, parish tax
25. 90. auditor. recorder, printer and collectors
costs 1875; total $40 lS.
WH T. OLIVER,
Tax Cot
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
Wa. /. OLIVER,
~
Tan SALE.

According tl the rrvrnne Lays nf the stale
Of Io,l-iar-. providing for Ihr cn,i"c'!on ol
t,yrs and s.prcIal:, act Il uf rh" @enrT'.
assembly. 1879, | have S-iZe'i ai.d w!ii pr"
c,.ed ID sell at the courthouse Grur in th''
town "f EayviIie on
Sdtmd,y iae 9h day Of DercraLer, 1876.
the folio wing descrbel lands or such par
thereof as may bs neres.a>r I" lay "ehn'
ouert and cmrrent taxes due the state nf Lou
isiana an.i parish OF Ricliiard aud all petal
ties an'! costs
flank, 4 Pc half rf W ar, sec .,
l6n, K 8 p, ,rnutaninlns - ~ e. more ar 'ess.
State tax i2.a7, penalties l.l1. parish tax
029, auditor, rocori"T. printer a"d collector:
costs 1878; total S37.id
WV. T OLIVER.
Nov. 29lh. 1851 lax Col
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

A PHYsIrIAN's FsE. Three persons
were u les! be'orc ClH,!ui-Slunpr " likes
tia On charge. of intimidation.
Two were rrirn-ri, aud one "a c"iUred
m ,n) ncid Ia mi tie white man
was physician, and 'hr Intimidation
~ hi, case vas as follows: a Radi-
cal negro on eirciiun day. dI>l0cated
hi- jaw hurrahing Tor Chamberlain.
lie II. p ed To the physician o. reil'i.
and hen it VAS Obtained, asked
ahat was ria~ged. The phy sirian
aid II charge YOU nothing If YOU
viii vote for Hampton The j"ke
j. that the negroes regarded his accl-
len, ia = VISITATION of Providence.
a,d vurei largely for H'mpi"a.-
Charleston NrrS and Courier.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
TAX SALE.

According 10 th- revenue laws of the s'a'.
Of LcuisiAua, prov iiing tor the collection al
,ax,.s and r,periaIiy act l. oi the @en'rai
assembly,, 1873, have seized and Vii pro
ccr.d 20 sell al the court house door III the
tow Of Rsyviile. nn
Si.uduy Ge 9.h day cf DecsmJeT, 1875,
the following described lands or such part
thereof as may he necessity tn lay the deIn'-
ou,nt aud rurrcui taxes due the Stat Of Lou :
i~iona aud parish OF Richand and all penal
ties and cJ>t.:
G,lla.pie Mari,.-l acre land near DriHi
Stat. tax rs. penaIrrs So, rari.h tax J.23.
,u.!,tnr. recrota,, printer and COLLECTORS cost:
1875; to,a! SO %.
WV. + OLIVER,
~ n, ,o-r q. 'T.x rnI
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
Tax Sale.

According to the rcvcnar la'"s of The state
Of Lnui-iana providing for the coicc'iGn IL
taxes, ani especially act ~ at the seneF",
assembly 1873. have seized a"d wiil proceed
To sell al The court house door IN the iown 0!
RayviIIe on
SATURDAY, the 9ih day Of December 1876.
the following described lands 81 such r"r'
thereof as nI.y Je necessary IN pay 'he i"A"s
due the state OF Louisiana a"d parI>b OF
Rirhlanh and all pcualtie> aud ro-rs
Ca.brrt. Mrs lirtn'sr. aseui-E sec - ,
Tl5 n. r 5 T.; OF 5 qr"t ,"r 10. W
urx or aud " J Of " ar, sec 30. 10 ~
K & F.; containing $50 acres mare or les.
S,,ate tax 72Ss, peiai,le> 22.Hs rari-h tax
44.l3, aaliror. rrcorirr, printer and collector :
costs 1875; total SGi0l
wM. T. OLIVER, Tax C"l
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
Tx !, y Pc

Could one single anaihrn;a from
our lip, avert from our doors these
modern Arabs that come and 90
tkr.ughnut tie land, We would
heartily say DANA en- - and trust
in The Recording Angel 10 do as be
thinks best with the laconc oath.
Were our country very ihickly set
tied, aud all departments oi industry
consequently flied with iahnr"rs, ,ihere
MINT thea be al excuse for able
bodied urcn to beat about from pillar
tc post in Quest OF something To DO
wtrrea; 10 make il ilvlug-to keep
soul aud body grtber. But such Is
not the condition OF our connirv.
Iirre is a broad and uniisputci field.
w!are muscle can WELD lis strength
au,. iccl. .iSeif. Here are our broad
ac;-s, in,.l;ng u.cn Of industry ard
earryv 10 come and gam su>Irnanc"
l.: heir iillage ani here are our
inIcr;,,iEai,r forests Of OAK aad p'ue.
;ha. u'i / wealth 60 ;Lr staiWart arm
tia. aii tl! lhrm. Hli 'hc%r tranpS
-ltrsr huoau l.n"--ra-S ali these
/ i!ee o'''9 va
~ - .'..!. -, l.. ..,, ,.onlv ,,,i
meat '"'-+'., ," L.I, ,n,;n 81
Wv" ''' 49,. ,,,r ,i,,Ia hnv -,
,e's r r.,.n,Iy ,,.I,;r.r
h"n"""' '"., "'e '''." '.',i.,;.. d,nn;I
GA N'o''o" VI" - ,,.,..,
o' ns e''n w. n,. ,h,. '..~ .',,"n',e wa;r
p"HNe"" - '""' IN ,rr,i,
a"u ne ,i,'.
ara; VI I'''''' - va Wv ',' " ..',,I ,.;.L;|
ana '"cs o. ,"''' I,,.,'. r..
P'''o' '',,, '" i,.i .''ir,ia,.,, :. .i,.r
what scan'y ''"i a'' ''''n''' - " 90
'"sin' IL, ou,, J.,
re "'c ~" ~
ste'"a " '"'' $780,,
oe''"s III, '"''" -
CRY ''"i o'e - '0 -, ~ ',i'I "a
~ give 1t 10 nun l.' wv We % ,',I,.'. :
s''e ou' tt"r', ,d " h.r,,,r, NJ,
'ae't c"a'i'1 ''""'I " s,,,,.,,,.,
oue III q 'uou 49, .s,.n rn,,L.
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can oe '"""r "r' WI" NV r,.,.,,
i'oor 'o' nan al
, P'"G - ;u,.rs hsy. o,pov.d II
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
Tax Sale.

According 10 the revenue laws G; the state
Of Louisiona, oioy.tinr fer 'he collection "i
taxes. AID especially act - ot The general
assembly 1873. have seized ami Will proceed
10 sell al the court house door IN the town OF
Rnyvile on
SI!wday, the oh day q December. 1876,
the following described lands ar such past
thereof as may be necessary 10 pay The taxes
din. the state of Euu,iana and parish oi
Richiani aud all penahies aud costs
Daniels, Mrs. II r. il lots IN Dei!n,
Nos. III, lIS, ll9 and 1870. State II 81,
penalties 5 So, par. txa l.. 2.O5,audnor,recor'er.
nrintsr and collectors costs 1873; total
$40 40.
VIZ. L. OLIVER,
nov. 90 1916. Tax Collector.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
4 Turtle story.


The proprietor Of front street So
loon had inc live turtle. witch he
Was going tn have made into soup for
MS gursis. Il was under The ice-boX,
waiting ir lis ii,ne Ia come. We'd
u?siay might NJ. furt,e meandrred
oit iitu he bar-r"utu. and waId,pd
along Ia where iwo : akrr~ We're sit
ta4 jy table taking in a Substance
ui liquid nature. Tue 'urtlr quietly
passed under The table, and found an
obstruction in the shape of Il schooner
made or ieaihcr, with Il mans foot in
he "hoid.r The turtle hadn't no time
10 20 around the foot, 80 he started %
cii,nh over il. The nan who owned
be fopt felt snne'hing ard looked
G,Nn. The turtle saw him an1 looked
up With al appalling l""l. The "sn
,urnr,! pale AMI said: Boys. take
me tom. and send lur doctor. I've
got 'cn."
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

Probably no European navy. except
perhaps that o! England. baseso many
vessels continuously erplo,ved in long
JOURNEYS ~ the most distant seas Ia
the world as the navy Of Germany.
The large screw corvette E'iZlheth,
with a nominal power Of 400 horses.
1876 tons burden. and ii crew OF 3oS
men-,he best aud strongest ship ol
the kind in ihe German fert--is now
being got ready in Kiel liarhoT for a
two -rars' journey round the world.
1t will frst tou"h at NJ ID 'r'a then AT
the Cape Of Goud Hope. Rio Janerlo'
the Du,ch possession in the East In
dies. China. apan, and perhaps Aus.
traia, returning 10y Cape Horn aod
the coas, Of North aad South America
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

"Everything goes wrong said an
Illinois farme::. wiping his EYES :" he
grasshoppers cum, the hired man
broke his leg. wife died. barn burned.
and I've rid for ;hree days aud can't
find woman who wants TO marry
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
TAX SALE.

According to the revenue laws OF Tue e'a'e
of Louisiana, providing for the COLLECTION o.,
taxes and especially act AZ OF the general
assembly, 1873. have seized and VIII pro-
ceed TO sell at tue court house door IN 'he
town Of Rayville, on
Saturday, the 9th day Of December, 1876
the following described iands or snch part
thereof as may be necessary to pay the de'in.
,rcr, and cur,en, taxes due the State Of Lou
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

MARYLAND BIsocIrs.-Tbree parts
-four. %. tablespoonful of lard, one
p;nr of cod atrr. salt TO taste; make
iron stiff dough. and work until the
dough crack, then bake. We have
not tried this. but have ofen heard it,
and are now assured on good au bor.
ity that they are very nice.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

A CINCINNATI Judge wen, in swim
ming and the boys stole BIZ clothes.
which Compelled him 10 walk h""e
through ,hick!y populated street
dressed ouly in an umbrella ana d
chew Of tobacco.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

A weary Old man sat On a foot
bridge Saturday on North Third street
with large bundle Of goldfish in his
Ian and hp held large and patient
old c,w by rope tied around her
Lorus He was sober enough 10 remark
hat it Wa. the Eager" that chained
hi , ,o ,ha, bridge and would not let
hi II 20 TO his home hey nd lie river.
Terre Urue Express.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

A correspondent who signs himself
"Ap.a j.. - asks us, "hOw 10 n"ks
ives" We can't tell him. We never
.,n krd IrrS--nur tobacco cit ber. But
We should ,hink az ol way. It not
the best, would he L. dry lie bee- anu
grind 'en up Ike 6nr-rut hrfore putt
ing 'em in pipe.--Norrtsto,vn Her.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
- sess

Paul N;cart, IA no el mapager OF
minor theatres il Paris generation
since. is dead. lie opened theatre
but To- fail and be imprisoned Tor debt,
and xas almost as speedily di.rharg-
I'd 10 open al o her h-a,re. One day
Dumas wen, 10 the Jail to see him,
He has just been SIT u, Iiberiy." "a d
the keeper. VERY well. laid Dnms:
taking a chair, Il will wal for him.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

A Wisconsin editor having written
of a decreased vcntlctan that "sicS-
pess had imnaired his health" rival
rrioiped, Yes, it often has that
effect"
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09

1t .tsald IL, Eu:"le'n power can
90 to war uulil kO!hschild lets It =
loaa.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
W,.R. PHIPpS,
Land urvey or,

@HARGES FOR WOI,K, $40 per day and
, board. Partes in Rich'and aud adJon-
inv parishes will receive prompt attention hy
addressing him through Editor OF BEACON.
References: II. W. Drake. Waterproof, and
Rey.B. +. Alexander, Delhi. La.
Rayyille, La, April 10, lS76.-3m.
Richland beacon., 1876-12-09
TAX SALE.

Nov. 29th. l8TG-3t.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-21

The New York Times, in referring TO
our recent election, states that there ale
II, 229 taxable polls in the state, and that
there were about sixty-fiyc thousand six
hundred votes polled drawing the inference
that only about fifty-six hundred voters
were absent from the polls on the day of
election. This would be legitimate in
ference if the taxable polls represented
voters, and all the voters, which is not the
case. Tie poll of every inhabltaut of
twenty-onc years old aud upward is sup
posed to go into the list, whether such an
inhabiiant is a voter or not-and our list
contains the names Of a large number Of
unnaturalized foreigners. To Offset these,
however, the listers are authorized to leave
off, and do leave off, the polls of those
from whom, from poverty or other cause,
a tax would not be likely to be collected
and then TO this number are to be added
the names of those who come of age be
tween April and the day of election, and
those who have been overlooked by the
listers SO that there are actually more
voters than taxable polls in the state. The
census of 1870 places the number Of voters
at "a, SCI, and with the same rate of in
crease as from 1860 to 1870, the number
would now be about seventy eight thou
sand, or about thirteen thousand four hun
drci voters who did not vote at the last
election.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-21
A Horrible Murder Story.

The story of q terrible tragedy comes
from Sterling, Rice county, Kan. About
0 o'clock, Monday morning, man named
Patton appeared in Sterling, covered with
blood, with bullot-hole through the back
of his head, ball lodged in his neck, and
another through his upper lip, the ball be-
ing lodged in his check bone. His story is
that he and a companion name Douglass
were arrested for horse stealing, and, en-
route from Wichita to Great Bend in
charge of deputized officers, were lying in
a wagon shackled together, and an officer
riding horseback behind. About sunrise,
Monday morning, enc of the officers rode
up and shot Patton through the back Of the
head. Douglass jumped up, and, while
begging for his life, was shot through the
right temple, and died instantly. The bod
les were then thrown out of the wagon.
Patton being seen to breathe, another shot
was fired at him, the hall passing through
his lip and lodging in the cheek bone. The
bodies were then dragged about 200 yards
from the road, and the murderers took
| their departure westward. When they
had gone out Of sight, Patton waded the
Arkansas river, and made his appearance
at Sterling, where he created quite sensa-
ton. A party of citizens went out and
found tho body of the murdered man. Pat
ton is completely exhausted from loss of
blood and lies in a very critical condition
The authorities at Wichita and Great
Bend have been telegraphed to. Patton's
story is that he belonged to gang of horse
thieves and peached on them and that the
man who shot him was captain of the
band. Great excitement exists in Rice
county over this bloody affair.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-21
a Queer Jury.

There is much comment, say the Wash
ington telegram to the Boston J0uynal at
the organization of the jury in the Babcock
case. 1t is curious circumstance that
three at least of the jurors are persons who
have either held intimate relations with the
District ring, or have been or are now en-
ploycd by Babcocls. One of the jurors was
caterer at the Washington Club House,
where it is alleged the conspiracy origin
atej, and where the conspirators met after
the burglary. Another is said to have been
in the employ of Gen. Babcock in connec-
ton with the public grounds of the city.
While another is discharged treasury
clerk. Suggestions arc freely made that
the composition of the jury will insure a
verde. Of not guilty without leaving their
box. If all tie stories about tho compost
ton of the jury are true it looks very
mnch as if i, was. a jury organized to &C
quit.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-21
MORNING.

This road is really continuation OF the
Central Pacific, and 1t will be completed
through to the Colorado river during the
coming winter. But 10 miles of this sec
ton remains to be built-about half from
Los Angeles. 1t strikes the Colorado at
Yuma, near the junction with the ella
river, which will be followed eastward
through Arizona. 1t is now probable that
Tom Scott and Stanford & Co., are AT
peace again, and that Scott will build west
ward while the Southern Pacific extends
itself eastward till they meet. Could the
Texas Pacific bill haye.passed last winter,
this monopoly could not have come, as the
bill provided security against il and left
the regulating of fares and freights to con-
gress.
Southern California, now opened up by
rail, is the most inviting field for the agri-
cultural seeker for home in America, pro-
vided he has two or three thousand dollars
Of capital. The richest of virgin SOIL in
the most luXuriantly productive climate,
is to be had at S25 and $50 per acre, and
from this upward. An acre of raising
| grapes yields from 500 to 5000 yer year,
at six years old, and the present through
railroad communication to the east, via
| San Francisco, will make the shipping of
all kinds of frcsh fruits profitable This
sunny land of southern California 10 the
most charming country for quiet, beautiful
rural homes, where peace, plenty and con-
tentment shall make happiness as rear
complete as may be. Los Angeles, (thC
city Of the angels, has population of 3d.
600; six years ago its population was 8, 600
If it has grown thus without railroad com
munication, what Will it do now, or after
connection with the south by the Southern
and Texas Pacific railroad is made? Con
nection will, in time, surely be made
through Cajou pass and the mining Tc zion,
of southern Utah with the Union Pacific a
Ogden. Other lesser roads are already be
ing built in various directions, one of then
10 connect with the San Diego And fol
beauty, no city in the Union can compare
with Los Angeles. | have admired thu
trees and ehrubbery which make Spring
field, Massachusetts, so lovely in the sum
mer, but here is city with a population
nearly as large, and whose area comes nea
being the largest in the Unites States. Out
silc Of the main business section stretcl
orchards and vineyards, studded with pref
ty little houses, and the production within
the municipal season is nearl
sufficient to support the entii
population. This may look Xix
gush, but | am not habtual gusher, an
have only stated the plain facts. SiXtee
miles from Los Angeles, on the coast,
Santa Monica, a temperance colony, whic
would probably suit the inhabitant fror
the firm prohbitonist state Of Vermont, a
well as any place on the coast. W. II. W.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-21
SHOCKING MURDER IN MASSACHUSETTS
A Tramp Attacks an Aged Farmer and his
Wife-The Farmers Wife Killed-Attempt
to Lynch the Murderer, etc., ETC.

A Tramp Attacks an Aged Farmer and his
Wife-The Farmers Wife Killed-Attempt
to Lynch the Murderer, etc., etc.
The house of Jeptha Hazard, three miles
from Otis, was, Tuesday, the scene of one
of the most unprovoked and utterly afro
county, the victim being Mrs. Hazard, an
inoifensive old lady of Gj years. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hazard, an old couple, living in a
house by themselves in little trequentcd
locality, have not been accustomed to en-
terrain strangers, but when tramp, who
now calls himself Charles Wood, raped at
their door, On Monday evening last, and
asked for shelter from the rain, they did
not turn him away, although when the
storm was over they requested that he seek
lodging place for the night elsewhere.
No hard words had rassci between the
Hazards and the stranger, and they had no
reason to suppose that he bore them any i'll
will, but, as he started from the house, he
seized club near the door and commenced
violent assault upon Mr.. Hazard who,
being an old man, was no match for the
wretch, especially against the disadvan-
tage Of such weapon.
Mr.. Hazard had noticed his neighbor,
| Mr.. Tilloson, a teamster ald powerful
man, drive by but a short time before, on
his way home, and he obeyed his first i'm
pulse, which was to escape from the scoun-
| drel, and, by obtaining Tllo,sops aid, Sc
| cure the fellows arrest before he should
fee, never thinking for moment that he
would re-enter the house and attack a
harmless old woman, his wife Tillotson, on
| learning from Mr.. Hazard how he had been
beaten, rushed to the house, and there, TO
his ineXpTessible horror, found Mrs. IIaz-
ard upon the floor and the tramp swinging
al TX above her with the energy of a ma
niac, having already probably struck her
four or five blows. Tillotson, at the risk
of his own life, rushed upon the murderer,
md, after receiving himself two blows on
he head with hammer, succeeded in over
| covering and holding him until further as
distance arrived. Mrs Hazard lived but
NO hours.
The tramp was taken by Sheriff Day to
Lee, where the news rapidly spread, and
hewildest excitement prevailed. For some
time it seemed as though the fellow would
)e strung up to the nearest tree, so great
vas the Indignation against him, but the
calmer counsels of officer Day prevailed,
md it was decided to leave the murderer
lnmolested and permit the law to take its
course. Wood was brought Tuesday morn
ng before Judge Pease, of Lee, and plead
ng guilty to complaint of murder in the
irst degree, was committed to jail in Pitts
ie!d, without the privilege of bail, to await
he action of the grand jury in January.
lie says he had no proyocoton, and does
not know what possessed him to commit
be crime. All he can say is that as he
)assed the door he saw the club, and some
hing made him seize it and impeled him
attempt the murder of the old people.
The criminal came from France nine years
,go. lie says he has no friends in this
country, and wishes he was dead.