Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-07-28
AMONG Our ST.4TE EXCH-fNGES-

Moraborse Clarion. An insane man. car
;r, himself Nar.in Constant was lh'e'"Ic
- lac Tploe Norwood on Sat'r'ay a>t- ana
r. 81. II was ordered 10 convey nm % re
A.,,Iur, Constantine i Ia Se, STOUT MA
at.o,,, for,v.6ve or fitv yeas Ci a-e' W."
heavy. black beard, comple''o1 anu ia" "
.,rL He - a sanger Ia lbs Pa sl; ho one
,nowlng whence be ca ne
Ross;er Banner: Zack Mn'on, who broke
rail Ias, weeL. was broush, IN few days a-o'
-, co,s,ab,e Phillips. ct the ist ward. /ack .
To- now 10 answer the addr onai charge OF .
I.rcaov Perry CO horu, colofed, charged .
vi,, ,ape, had a preliminary exap'naton .
le., Monday. and was commIled without
baH On "Wednesday, a woTan- ramed .
Thomas. and her 500. Nelson, charged with ,
larceny. were cOmm,ted, IN default OF balI. :
Vienna Sentinel: Refreshing showers of
rain recently lend more encouraging pros !
pect 10 the agricultural interest Of thus section
An abundant corn crop is secured, and with
occasional showers. from now on, the cotton
yield will be immense.
Shreveport Times July 2lst The steamer
Sandy. living in Cross bayou, was burned to
the water edge last night We did not learn
the cause of the fire. She had been lad Up
| for repairs The boat belonged 10 MessTs.
| Hamilton 4 Co.
We learn from the same paper Of July 22d
| that Charles A. johnson, alias David b. hose
an escaped Arkansas pententiary convi-t,
was arrested in that parish on the 2Oth, and
returned to Arkansas in charge Of Detective
Richardson.
State Register: There are some very sick
people in tue Custom House. The order re-
ducing the force neatly caused an epidemic
New Orleans Democrat. July 2lst: A man
by the name Of Miller, last evening stated TO
Corporal Wilkinson that on the night OF the
Ism inst. twomeu came 10 his residence, on
Pbilip street near Locust, and knocked al his
door. He opened the door TO see who was
| there and found the two men sirtog on the
stems The two men asked him if his name
was Miller and when they were answered
| in the affirmative, they seized hold of him
and dragged him into The street, stabbing him
several times in the face aud head. Miller 5
| screams for assistance caused bis would-be
asssss ms to le, go OF him and beat hasty
retreat. The unfortunate man is acquainted
2 with the two men tnat made the murdrrous
assault upon him, bot does not know Their
names.
A young portrait painter, named bru'ns
Ducommun, suicided in New Orleans last
p Saturday night, by shooting himself while
under the influence of liquor; or was killed
:, by his bro,her-n-law, the only person in the
. room with hi, when the tragedy occurred
for there seems 10 Ue some doubt about it from
the fact that the bro,her-;n-law was arrested
on suspicion and locked up.
George Cohn stabbed and MORALLY wound
ei Jas. Murphy, in New Orleans last Sa'ar
,. day night on very Sigh, provoca'ion.
franklin Sun: Daring the past week on
p,rish has been visited by frequent aud, Il
some places, copious showers OF ram, which
besides ~laying the dust and improving pro;
poets for crops, have so modified the tempera
y ture as 10 reude, the weather quite Pleasan
OF course, some localities have been NOR
fortunate than others, but taken as wnolt
thus far the season has certainly been as favo
able TO planting interests IN THIS community
was ever before known TO the present gene
a,;on HoNIcIpE VIM. Hewitt, G
Tuesday morning last, shot anc KILLED ore
e' J. Johnson. with a shot gun. Mr.. H. is
:, resident of the 4ih ward, and Mr.. Johns6
- was his employee. The quarrel which pr
4 ciptaIed matters in the case was OF comes'
nature. M. Hewitt, in consequence, bi
forbid johnson of his ! rem'ses; the IAN
- complying at the time with the request. b
returned the following day. when the cr''
} occurred. Mr. Hewitt came in town We
l nesday to stand his triel, but the Judge beii
~ out Of town he returned home.
NJ Iberville South: Fine rains visited II
Nv vicinity this week, filling up cisterns a.
doing an immense amount OF good to Y
crops. The Sheriff informs Us that nee
,as named Adler Henderson com.nrted a rape
,la. a white woman on tue east bark Of the ri'
,,rv in this parish on Saturday last. The nei
the has since disappeared.
as Union Record: An alteration took pls
lsb in the Jail building at this place, early Iuesd
for morning between two negroes con6u
therein. named Robt Nunn and Sam Laws
which resulted in the former being knocl
ish, down with a heavy glass tumbler, and VI
An seriously if not fatally, wounded. .----.A A
prolonged spell of extremely hot and
III weather, which caused much uneasin
anne among farmers and esrdners in this vicin
vhat ,r. ,,,e,. Visited ON Sunday evening last. v
get a respectable sprinkle, which was follow
oNE by copious showers on Monday and Wedu
oP' dag evenings.
ton, Sparta Rural Times Gracious rains b
iged allen throughout our parish this week.
six crops are reported average fair. No do
4 up there will be a suffc;ency of corn raised :
'ney We hear of some hog cholera in
parish. II is said here, by those who
"A. tried it, that coperas and black pepper, g.
. in slops. is a preventive and cure------
the interest increases in the direction OF !
ing fine hogs. We believe many amon