Richland beacon., 1876-04-29
Local Breyitics.

'oOl USilng III lew DAYS.
Boat riding will soon be over.
Lookout for early mosquitoes.
Not 80 much sunshine this week
Thun'er shower Monday evening.
Next Monday court convenes again.
The water has faileh about six inches.
The water killed all our garden truck.
Cracking will not improve matters any
Cool mornings Tuesday and Wednesday.
See Tax Collectors notice in another place
Rain Wednesday night checked the de-
cline of the water.
The weather clerk hasn't been On such good
behavior tais week.
Never complain at your lot as long as you
see others in as bad condition.
If the water remains up much longer a
grca, deal OF stock will die of s.aivat'on.
As remarked about the rapidly OF the rise,
we have never seen the water fall so slowly.
Who WAITS skill? Ours is for sale when
the wafer gees down---ihe "mus,ang boa,
We mean.
There will be tine TO make q cotlol cIcp
after the waller gees down--J the worms do
not destroy it.
Those who have never lived in the over.
flowed district have no idea Of the inconyen-
fences Of such life.
The Vicksburz Herald says it i. not truo
that so much Of the Deer Creek and iazoo
country wus OVERLOOKED.
Fire.wood is getting scarce about Rnyville,
and If the water remains up much longer VIC
will all have to quit eating or 90 to rafting
iirc.wood 10 make fires our cook.stoves.
We regret 10 learn that Mr. w. J. Martin
Gu, himself accdently with an AK a few days
since, iuficting a severe wound in his leg.
Mr. Callaiin will soon have the building for
the steam mill completed ii the weather con.
,inues favorable and lie works like he has for
the last few days.
We are going to make few suggestions,
one Of these days, about protection against
oyelnows, which will no doubt be acted upon
some tine in the faf OH future.
Rayvlle could be efectualy levied and
drained ~ as TO carry of the ram water, al n
probable cost Of abou, $500, which would be
much cheaper in the end than pirate levees
VIII the people DO it|
We think il is veiy wrong to kill so many
deer during an overflow, particularly a, this
season of the year. In fact, We know it is,
especially when the slaughter is wanion, as
is too often the case with hunters.
The bright sunshine Of last week has been
followed by good deal Of cloudy weather
and considerable rainfall, which has checked
Wednesday night caused the water TO rise a
little at this place.
1t may appear hardship TO many citizens
10 be called upon to pay their taxes at time
when their farms are inundated and while
ihei, prospects for another crop are SO gloomy,
but lie collector has no choice left but to col
lec,, and there is no prospect Of tLeir proiirng
by delay.
Farm operations, and, indeed, almost all
branches Of industry in this parish, may be
SAID to DO almost a, sand still; everybody
watching the waste of water, that hides his
land from view, and wondering when it will
20 down sufficiently TO allow him 10 plant hi:
crop. God help us ALI for we are in piiiable
condition.
The town has been exceedingly dull this
week; no court in session; nearly everybody
loungng around on galleries, doing or brush
ing off the gnats, with an occasional pedes
trian threading his way indoently along one
of the narrow walks, with no apparen, ohjec
in view except 10 reach the next door and
lake seat. No one in town from the com
try, except an occasional arrival in skiti
with venison for sale, and a portion Of the
town out on a camp hunt Oh for more life
and activity. ..-. g...'
Jack 1--WE DO no, know his other entitle), ;
gemman of color. well known about Rayvillt
As "A loa(er, we learn. was detected last Tues
day night by George Rodgers in the act o
stealing a pal. Of shoes from the store: ant
on being made to drop them, became yer,
abusive, daring Rodgers out on the street TO
a light Failing TO draw him out, he ad
vanced upon him in the house. and in dom.
80 he ran his head against pair of bras
knucks, but didn't get hurt 50 bad as to pre-
vent his hasty retreat.
The Franklin Sun is reproducing the hu
morous letters written for that paper severa
wears ago, and signed "Joe Doan." Thes,
letters bring up from the depths Of our memo
nv many incidents which we thought we Ina,
forgotten. The one which appears in tn
Sun Of the 2ond, entitled AMY First Trip tt
Orleans" was originally aset up by US II
that oitic. in the winter ofHS57-s; and thes'
same Old files contain our maiden efforts .
"sdi,ing paper during the absence OF tn
editor, the late Col Lewis Zim.
IF any man thinks he could gather enough
local items around town the size OF Ray
VILE, alter it has been overlooked three o
four weeks, TO fill two Of these columns, ii
this sized type, in one weeks time, withon
getting into fight and with perfect ease, Jus
let him try it once, and we guarantee it vii
take ali the concei, ou, of him, and he viii
admit that il is harder work than he thought