Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-01-29

Pigeons are not very plentiful.
The cotton IS not all shipped yet
Keep out Of debt and save trouble.
Plant enough corn 10 do you this year.
The season for tramping printers is upon us
Young man, think twice before drinking
once.
1t is predicted we will have a sicsly sum-
mer this year.
We are pleased to learn that "Big Muddy
is on the decline.
Now The creditor comerh and impertuneth
for that little balance
Never tell a falsebood when the truth will
answer your purpose as well.
The birds are singing as though spring was
on US in lis beauty, warmth and glory.
Young lady, does your sweetheart drink
Then tell him to qu, it or you'll quit him.
Young man, throw off your coat and 60 to
work. Don't wal, .onger for something to
turn up.
Some Of our citizens wish tn have cur town
Incorporated, while perhaps a majority are
opposed to it.
Mrs. NJ F. Scott will take few children
70 board, if any persons at distance wish to
pstronize her school.
These are trying times on item snatchers
Nothing doing-not even an occasional dog
fight TO vary the mono,ony.
young man by the name Of Bradley, and
brother to Mrs. Carter of this place, died of
pneumonia in Delhi last Saturday.
Turnips and mustard have been blooming
out all through the winter, according to age,
and there has been no frost to kill them
We learn that Robert Collins. young man
residing few miles north Of this place, died
of congestive chill on Wednesday night,
The new vicksburg weekly, the Sentinel,
claims TO have reached circulation of one
thousand already. That is wuat we call do
irg splendid business.
A man in Vicksburg shot a, burglar the
other day, missed him and killed a good ci,i-
zen. Moral-keep off the streets of Vicks.
burg or ont Of the range Of burglars.
The Donaldsonville Chief terms w. Jasper
Blackburn the selfnominated republican can
didate for governor, nj Blackburn is equally
complimentary TO the editor Of the Chief
The town of Providence, Carroll parish,
was visited by o consider hurricane on Mon
day night, the / 9TH inst; but no considerable
damage was done 50 far as we can learn.
We have no, had enough cold weather Il is
winter to cause the sap to go entirely down
in the trees. Some of them have never she'd
all tier leaves, while other: arc budding out
afresh.
A bundle of manuscript commencing, I'VE
tie committee on Education beg leave to re
port" ETC., was handed in entirely too late to
b. set for this ISSUE Ii will find its way into
our next we presume.
Raining on Thursday morning for awhile,
then the sun shone for awhile and then it
was cloudy again. The weather is as chang
able as olitician-everything by turns and
nothing long at time.
Died, On the 18th day of January. 1876,
in Calhoun county, Ala, little ANNIE IDA, in
FAINT daughter of J. H. and Blanche Read,
aged one year and seventeen days. Blessed
are the pure in heart for they shall see God
An incendiary came very near burning the
town Of Providence about a fortnight since,
by setting fire to the store house occupied by
Ruhman & Co. tits great pity tina, few
of these scoundrels cannot be captured and
suspended to convenient limb.
Morehouse and Ouachita parishes are re.
ceivins their share Of colored Iaborers this
year from Alabama and Georgia. Every few
days train load passes over the road for one
o: those parishes; and if they are no, ,hosouh
~ Africanized in a short time, it will no, be
the fault Of these labor agents.
The Homer Oracle is the title of new
paper, the first number Of which was Issued
Jan. 22d edited by Rev. ]. c. Reed--sub
scription price, Sl.20 per annum. Size nv,
columns to the page. On first seeing the title
and the handle 10 its editors name, W,
thought it was religious paper, but on read
Ing the salutstory we perceived that il was
democratic paper The frat number doe
not presen, very favorable appearance, su
then il is said, "a bad beginning makes soo,
c@liny," aud the editor promises 10 ,c.bcuc
with the next issue.