Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-17
RAYVILLE. . LOUISIANA,
Saturday, March IL, 1877,
Local Brevities.

Rayviiie 10 perfectly barren OF local news.
Garden truck is beginning to grow of finely
BY an Oversight, the date was not changed
On our 6rst page this week.
The temperance cause is again in flourish
ing condition at Rsyvie.
The first quarterly conference Of the Ray.
vile Circuit, NJ. E. Church South, convenes
in this place to day.
We had a heavy rain on Tuesday, and
strange to say, it cleared off without 4 frost,
though it was quite COO! on Thursday morn.
ing.
They had 4 small blaze in Monroe las,
Sunday, which destroyed a small frame bull.
ding owned by Senator F P. Stubbs. 1t was
the work Of an incendary.
The Union Sunday school Of Rayville re-.
Organized last Sunday, with Mr.. H. w. Nc.
Lsmore as Supcrindent. Parents, bring your
children 20 the Sunday school.
We heard boat whis,ling around on Beuf
river on Thursday morning. We suppose it
didn't find any too much water, though it
weat on up towards Pom, Jeffesson.
Maj. w. 7. Oliver ex-tax collector of this
parish, has very gracefully turned over all the
books belonging to tina, Office to our newly
appointed and efkciens tax collector, Col. e.
H. Moore.
All apprehensions of an overflow this
spring have subsidized. The Mississippi is
rising a little in places, but not enough to
even satisfy the boatmsn, while the Arkansas
and Red rivers are both very low.
Hon. W. R Morrison, chairman of the U.
S. Senate committee to investigate the recent
election and action of the returning board in
this State, has our thanks for copy of the
report of his committee. II 10 IN able, truthful
and exhaustive repor.s ~
The fall TEXT Of MI. Hayes inaugural I'D.
dress will Be iound On the second page of this
paper to-day, and viii doubtless be read with
interest by thoss vho have no, already seen
l. II will be well 10 Gle this humber of the
paper ior future reference.
II you do not want the Beacon, come. for.
wand, settle up your Indebtedness and order
it discontinued; for, slshoush we want oil the
Subscribers re can get we don't propose 10
force the pspsI ssanybody. You certainly
do not expect rs 10 give it 70 you.
Those Subscriber who have settled up their
Arrears and ordered their subscriptions con.
tinued, have our sincere thanks and are ~.
sursd that they will not soon be forgotten by
as; for we were very much in need of the
money, and are still in need Of more.
We can print just as nice bill heads, letter
heads and business and professional cards a.
can be printed anywhere, and will do the
work ~ cheap, TOO, as anybody; and ye, our
people have such work done in New Orleans
IL il because you do not want to see homo in.
'dussy and enterprise prosper, gentlemen, tina.
you do thiss
Ii does seem 70 us that our planters and
farmers ought to have learned long since, that
they were pursuing ruinous policy, in buying
all Of their supplies and morgaging their
crops and property in advance, in order to
procure them. They certainly zee that they
grow poorer and poorer every year, and yet
they still continue the same old system.
We are panied to announce the death of
Mrs L. c McInsosh, which occurred at her
residence, in this parish, last Saturday night
She was buried At Alto on Sunday, large
concourse Of mourning relatives. neighbors
and friends attending the funeral. Her be-
veaved husband and children, who have Loo.
their dearest earthly fels;ion, have our sympa. |
thy in their affection.
The telegraph still brings the news that |
Hayes Is going 10 send another nosing CON-
Pnisses down here, with compromise Wheeler |
q il head, to adjust matters. 1t is to be
&oped that our authorities have been sufi.
Entity schoolsd in experience to not allow
such committee lead them into . sur.
der Of our rights. Give them TO under.
At once that we have no compromise to
, with the Packard fraud.