Richland beacon., 1876-03-11

Union Record Our town hears the marks
ot imProveIr rn,, morality j. Increasing AMI
q general spirit cf enterprise seems TO possess
the people of Union parish. There is moth
ing in view TO mar the future happiness or
chrck the prosperity Of our country except
tho unsettled p,.li'ical af,irs. With far
administration Of government, our future VIII
he Curious, and the balmy br--z-s OF the
Sunny Sou,h will once more bi"w where
peace and plenty dwell.
Ou.chi,a Telegraph. Of the 3ri The Post
Or!ire Department ha. increased the mail ser
vice from ,hi. place. ria Ba.,n.p. to Monticello,
Ark. from three to six times week. Mr..
II. & Dobso. has the contract. The new
schedule went into effect on the lst.
Large numbers Of snipe, on their annual
migration north, have called a halt in this
vicinity Dr.. Ably and Mr.. Skipwi,h, in
qui-, hunt on Bris,e Ridge, bagyed even fifty
snipe, and . friend Of ours Dragged Of having
forty the mex, morning for breakfast There
will be good .nips hunting for = month 10
come.
Did they bag them with rack and lighted
candle a, nights
CAprAIx Borrox-Captain Paul Boy,on,
I who has been opening the eyes of Europeans
as well ~ Americans by his feats with his
famous swimming suit, lrft New Orleans for
Bayou Goula last Wednesday, at which place
he entered the river Thursday evening n
clock for . swim to New orleans, calculat-
ing TO make the trip within twenty -four hours.
Hnhnvilans were on the tip toe Of exPecia-
ton, and were favored with a sight Of the
swimmer on Friday morning ~ 1880 o'clock
His movements were watched with interest,"
until the Red Church point hid him from
view. He arrived At the Canal street ferry
Friday evening At 500 O'Clock very much
fatigued and exhausted.
A SHE.DEvrL name il is Ann Bush,
a lady OF color and a fgh'est She smoo'hed
The kinks Of Melinda Persons head, on the
li,h instant, with . bar Of iron, and his
Honor, the Parish Judge, will examine
dose ,lings" He will probably place her
where she can't make Rome howl and
that's what's the matter with Anna ~.
Charles Mirror.
Shreveport Times Of the LIST: The plant.
sTs generally throughout this section have
commenced P'oughing, but those Of them with
whom we have conversed say the freedman
are even more than usually reluctant to enter
upon the years labor The unlocked for and
almost unprecedented fall in cotton has, OF
course, materially diminished their profits and
they, like the planters, are quite disappointed
We fear the planters will have a I" hard row
TO weed this year. A large majority Of them
are in Strengthened circumstances and there is
small prospect Of their getting assistance from
the merchants
We do not propose here to argue the diver
si,y Of crop question, hut would mildly cal
tho attention Of planters to the fact that they
have been getting poorer year by year since
the war and that = large or = small CROP
seems to make bu, little difference with
the u.
Shreveport Times, Of the cnd inst
Two FiRrs-We regret to sta,e that two
fires occurred yesterday. In the Afternoon
the residence Of Mr.. Peter F.,z~r, in thu
suburbs, was completely destroyed We learI
that very little of the furniture was saved.
Al II O'clock last night FIRE was discov
cred OH the opposite bank of the river, which
proved to be a store house near the ferr.
landing. Il was too late for Us 10 learn an!
particulars.
A CuRIosIrY.-Ye.tcrday Nj. J. w. Harri
a citizen Of the Black bayou region, brongil
to our office q squirrel, Of the :" fox specie
which was white as the cotton in tho carpe
bag, where it was The tail was UNUSUAL
, bushy, the eyes . deep pink. II WA Gel
| tainly one Of the most beautiful little animal
We ever saw. We have seen white hare
. white guinea fowl, and in our boyhood ono
saw, pnrsaoxica as it may seem, a perfect
I white black bird. Bv the same token, a
. older brother and ourself ollowed tia, f.'c
: Of blsck birds nearly half a day eid-avorin,
4 like cruel boys, to- kill the white one-h
!, carrying an old f,n,.and..tcel shos gun wit
' the lock broken oil, and we a chunk Of fire I
t 81, her of when he " drew head" Til
o enterprise failed, to our deep chsgrin.
Carroll Republican Of the i,h: Mr. Bucl
D a relative Of Mr. r. HoPpin. was killed o
). Thursday by the falling OF tree. He leave
A II wife and two children to mourn his un,im'
y loss.
+ Concorhia Eagle of the t,h: On Saturda
night last. an affray took place on Morvin
y plantation in this parish, which resulted
the killing Of Daniel Lucas by John Youn,
n We learn that il il had not been for Mr..
r E. Trmbie, Young would have been kil.e
n by the negroes on the place Mr.. Trimbl,
however, arrested Young and brought him
: Jail, where he 10 now.
=. ST. Charles Herald, Of the 4,h; tt
weather during the week has been most &
vorabe to agricultural interests in this secsio
u the clear. bracing days prevailing renderir
d il both pleasant and agreeable for out do,
!. labor. Rice planters commenced sowing IN
:. narrowing on "Wednesday.
% HYMENIAL