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/ \ Spires
i II Tolcr
Committee.

II was our sworn duty TO make The
examination. under the instructions
from the State Committee Of lnve>ti-
CATION: and the Parish school board,
and to make our report when we had
uade The examination and report, our
report became part ct he proceed
inys of lie School Board Of lhi,
Parish, and part Of the proceedings
of The Stale Committee Of lnvostiga-
,ion: and it vas the duty Of the
School Board Of his Parish lopuhli-h
their proceedings, and not TO exclude
said report; as il is the duty Of toe
State Committee Of Investigation u
make heir report to the General ~
srmbly of this State next January.
Tie public school Laws Of this State
a. they existed when " / Oliver was
Treasurer and Secretary are embodied
in act l2l Of 1860 Act No 6 Of 1870
and act No of lS7l Of acts of the
General assembly Of the State of Lou
isiana
Section of Act No of the acts
of 1871 il lbe Statute under which
The school Board of which Wm 7
Oliver was Tres. & Sec. was orgaTized
Sec act No Of ISL That the
State Board Of Education shall, i'm
mcdiately upon The passage OF this
act, appoint board Of school directors
consisting Of at least Eve members for
each parish Of his State lfe State
Beard under this Statute could have
arpoialcl Gr;y IT I'o'e mcmbcls OF
he Paris school board but could not
apnuint less than Eve members The
State Board Of Public Education ap-
pointed seven members on the Parish
board of school directors Viz Irwin
+ Lewis, c Il Balfour, " Day Oliver
James \ Leggett, Wm I Oliver
Thomas Jones and J J Osieen.
Extracts from the minutes of the
School Board Of Richlaud Parisl
August 10Th 1871
"At a meeting held in the Town o
Eavville La. on Saturday August l9lt
4 u 1871 he Board Of School Direc
tors appointed fcr the parish Of Rich
land met and took the oath %. ofic'
and organized by flec,ing Irwin !
Lewis President and William l
Oliver as Secretary and Treasurer
(Signed) | Z Lewis Prest, { Il Ga'
four Jas 4 Leggelt. W Day Oliver
Thomas Jones and William 7 Olive
r Secretary" j Osteen took the oat
of Office October llth 1871 each on
of their oaths Of Office is spread o
h the minutes of the Board on pages /;
l6.l., Is, taken before } Newt Pitt
Clerk of the 18th District Court )
Richlaud Pans.
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OUACHITA COLLEGE,
FOR YGUNG LADIES';
MONROE. Ia.

S.rond annual Session begins September
I7ih, 1877.
Nnmber of Faculty Tea.
Total Expense for Forty lteeSs, iol board
Washing, Lights, Fuel and In'ion IN Enshsh
and Classical Couse, $4,000.
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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-25

Ravville la. August ls'h \ u Isl,
To the Editor Of the EicLland Bca-
con
Nv attention has been called TO the
card Of WA T Oliver, and Your tdIio-
rial comments on il. that appear, IN
the EIchlund Beacon to-day on the
third pare. lake the liberty Of ad-
dressing to YOU, and to the public
through the Richland Beacon, the
following refutaliun of said card, and
vour editorial comments thereon in
defence Of myself and MIR Spicr> who
acted in an official capacity uhder
instructions i-rt tie CuMmlue ui
Iuvcs' i.a,iou of the department OF
Educa,iou of the State Of Louisiana
bv authority conferred on them 10y the
General Assembly Of this State re-
curing Us TO make a thorough eN-
animation Of the books and records oi
tie former School Boards OF EichIand
Parish oe date May 10Th l-71. Also
under resolution Of the School
Board uf Eichland Parish Of dat"
August 4th \ u lS17 Viz "Moved
seconded and carried that I \ Spires
and l. II Toler be appointed com
n,ir,ee TO examine the books Of the
former Trea,urcrs and Secretaries OF
the Board of School Directors Of Rich
LAND Parish" The cummiltec reported
the following language To Wit
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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-25

Collector King appointed Sheldon
one of the commission to examine the
workings Of the Custom House, and
make necessary suggestions for the
benefit Of the civil service 1t turns
out that about the first thing Sheldon
discovered, was that King was not Fit
for the place, and he is therefore
prominent applicant for it hlmself.--
state Register.
AND now what does Collector King
propose to DO? TO Le consistent he
should "s,ep down and out" and sur
render his position TO bis grateful ap-
pOintee but we doubt(;) if Sheldon :
appointment would be the right thing
under the cii cumstances. He ought
not to be so ruthlessly sacrificed upon
the altar OF his country.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-25
Shooting ARRAY Last Nisht-TwO
Men Wounded
One Of the Committc

Last night, about halfpast ten
o'clock, fight occurred at Feiser'5
Saloon, on Jackson road, between
Vim. Price, the bar-keeper, and John
Cowan, who resides in the county,
near the city, in which both men were
wounded, Price being shot in the right
side Of tie head, the ball passing
around the skull and lodging back Of
the ear, and Cowan being shot through
he left arm, and in HE left side, the
ball lodging under the shoulder-blade
Price was removed to bis home, on
Jackson road, opposite the Hospital,
and attended by Dr. Hunt, and Cowan
was taken home by bis friends. The
fight originated in an alteration over
a se,llcmcrt for drinks, Cowan having
been playing cards during the night
with several persons, and his account
being disputed by Price, resulted in
the difiicully-Ij,IsJurg Herald, 10.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-25

The reduction Of the Ger nan iarih on iron
the lir-t of last January ha- been attended by
= large increase Of imports, both q narulic-
tuTcd and raw Irons.
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-12

Dot il--is7 bsles cotton Williams 4 Crane "a ID
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do oil q RSTinlAy Goo-4 bdls mdse Fitzhu0f Ito
bbls rosin W q Howell 2oo kegs nails Rice, Born
a Whitney Aco-iOc boxes starch Lochts ! cerdss--
II boxes mdse Mecraeken n Brewster belio WI 20
bbls oil stauiier Macresdy &so- Ispgar kettles BJ
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SohWsbaoher, Prevented 4 Ptsifer-lo DO ! Il Kent
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ANNAPOLIS Psr stsaupsr Fxsuk. Raysss1~,e71
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-12
MARINM NEWS
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#1lsr bhrk Pomona Jonasssn from Antwerp AhYfs.
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-12

) 1OR " WARRINGTON pgNgAO0LA. AID
HEauLAR BE1fi.HffHk1 fkCxhpB.6 e
$1,000 The following hrstrclasss Al steam
= q ss6IAps VIZ ssil ior ne Apoyc ports =
u ssss ALA 49, VI q,
ns.vs. svss, sspN fsbbk slst a sa a.%
/ b ri Il a. Joseph 4 Boyle, master. .
The sboye steamers viii leave ~ above, oppo-
site JACKSON SQUARE Second Dfsttic u n IN "a
lFof Freight q passsgs spplX 2n board cr %
auls z III 2.s hIs snd @ Unlon stree.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-12
yoR aAvANAs CrDAa ErYsl AND kaY

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st& II
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T.. UNITED STATES MAIL LINA lAs@ss.
.5i HAVING EvERYgwEEK sfssssss
"A 1saaes~BI q Nj Ael ~ a sps $stsspj
sk5 The arst-cIass steamship 80 -, !. y,
! = 80 j u. = "a lst
Z - s&s ~ sas@ Baker commander.
Wall leaye wharf 4Qp oeit6 Jaeks0a Square s,sss.
z IN tWEDNESDAY, October Ms at q. a. m.s.s.n AZ
4 Passaks rAtes y Aayana, ~: Rxcprston tick.
ELS, GO. n IL g9ia gls H.
8 iPsssase rssss; a yacksouyille sae tnciudins
state rooms ana mes5A Az ~ 81 AZ NJ & &
3 THROUGH bills Of lading issued 10 al points In
: For FREIGHT on passage aypiy 10 $50
IN y = ~ =. BOBEHTB. 1sO Common stfest.
Ill M 81 & - Over Louisiana National Bank.
4 The steamshfp EMILY 60UDfH foalow6l
on the . q N ~ Astfaye IYt9
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-12

III + NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
STEAM BETWEEN BREMEN AND NEW Or
vs. LEANS. VIA HAVRE. sQUTH-
s,r aAMPToN AND HAVANA. - Y ~

<FE The steamships Of the North Ger
man LLOYD WIN resume their Resular Trip
next fall. as follows: z Sc B
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-12

"a azsYier street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-04
The Old Burroughs & Prettyman
Prouerty

Over 20 years ago, when Burroughs &
Prettyman were 10 their hey day of pros
perity they built splendid block of five
4-story brick and iron stores, on the levee
in Davenport. The crash of ST carried
them down. The mill and the east store
were destroyed by fire in 1861, and in q
few months thereafter the Northern Line
Packet Company purchased the site of the
mill and the remaining stores for $62, 900.
They occupied the east building as an
Office and warehouse. There was frontage
of $50 feet Oh Front street, with width
of over 300 feet back to the river. The
buildings were 100 feet deep. Two years
ago the west store was sold to MIR. Il. w.
Brady for $4,000. So the vacant lots, the
old Northern Line warehouse, and stores
remained. For more than a year the
property has been in market at SIC, 1000
but could get no takers. Yesterday after
noon it was sold at public auction to
Capt. II. M. Mandeville-it is said for the
Keokuk- Northern Linc-for $l5,500. The
property Is not very valuable for business
purposes now,--on one side is the river,
and on the other narrow street through
which the ID. & N. w. r r. runs. thus
rendering access to the property difficult
and dangerous. IL was sold for all it was
worth. y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-04

Those who witnessed the entertainment
by the Kelly & Leon troupe at the Burtis
Opera House, last evening, pronounce it as
6rst-class in all respects The acts were
all good and were literally applauded.
Particularly worthy of mention was the
inimitable acting of Billy COPYRIGHT, who
is PROFESSIONALLY takes the lead as negro
comedian of unusual ability. He was in
his best humor last evening, and by his
ludicrous positions, original witticisms and
negro delineations brought down the house.
1t is worth the price of admission to see
him. Japanese Tommy is good, as indeed
is the entire troupe. Below we clip from
an exchange in reference to this really ex
ceilent entertainment:
New CHICAGO THEATRE.-This pretty
little theatre was filled to Its utmost Cd,
pacity last evening, by a fashionable audi
ence, Assem- bled to welcome back the pop
ular artists, Messrs. Kelly & Leon, and
their company. The reception accorded
them was 1attering, to say the least. and
clearly proved that they were not forgotten.
The bill which was as fine as it was long,
included all the prominent members of the
troupe in some speciality, and all were
heartily enccred. The end men. Messrs.
Lester and Morton, are immense in their
line Of business, and are bound to become
favorites. The familiar faces Of Edwin
Lester and Jack Surridge were visible sew.
eral times during the evening. Kelly
Leon, Walters and Morton, kept the audi
ence in perfect roar of laughter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-04
lmprovements Ahont row.

A good beginning has been made in
various places, In the way of improvements
all over town. Two fine new houses are
showing up from the top of the bluffs at
the head of Oath (ArsenaD street, on
ground purchased of Mr.. Ben Harper.
And from the boat yard to Moline, from
the top of Bengston's block, one can see
new roofs dotting all the way. More
building is going on now in Rock Island
than ever before, so early in the season.
And it Is also notable fact that some Of
our wealthy citizens are doing much in the
way of adornments of grounds and build
ings.
Mr.. r. r. Cable has added considerably
to his grounds and greatly improved the
surroundings of his elegant place.
Capt. T. j. Robinson has built a two
story brick addition to his fine house, and
otherwise improved the building. His
grounds are high, ample and very elegant.
A connection is to be made with the 2lst
(Adams) street sewer, and bath rooms and
water closets put into the house.
A handsome iron fence is being pre-
pared for Judge Lynde's elegant place.
These and many other improvements
are attracting the attention of our people
and stimulating others to improve their
premises. But the most notable improve.
ment 10 town is that of Mr.. Ben Harper's
private residence, at the head of 18th
street, corner of Seventh avenue. The
work was commenced early last fall and
has been continued every working day
since, and it will be month or six weeks
yet before the house will be ready for his
family. Among other improvements il
new laundry on the rear of the lot, pro
vided with all the new appliances for wash
ing, drying and ironing, thus taking thai
work from the house.
Those of our citizens who take a walk
or drive in that direction will be happily
surprised to see the charming improve
ment made and making We have already
described the interior of the house, with
all the modern improvements for health
comfort and elegance, But the transfer
nation Of the grounds is equally attractive
The removal of the stable, the grading
the elegant fence, new walks, summer
houses, arbors, graperies, lawns, etc.,
with ornamental shrubbery, shade trees
etc., will make it one of the very fines
residences in the vicinity,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-04

The Geneseo Republic is still determin-
ed that the Peoria railroad shall be dis
mantled and discontinued" Instead of
publishing our truthful reply to its idiotic
rumor, it picks up and circulates another
story, viz: that the c. RI. & P R. R. Co..
owns controlling interest in the road, and
then it says:
IF the information is correct the
statement of THE ARGUS may well be
taken with many grains of allowance
The &. r. L & P. company are not in the
habit of building or maintaining branches
to interfere with the business of its trunk
line. nor for the convenience of other people;
and it it owns controlling interest in the
+. & X. l. we prefer to wait and see what
1t does before taking for granted the rose
colored statements of THE ARGUS"
Mr.. R. R. Cable, of Rock Island, owns
two-fifths of the road, Mr.. J. R. billiard
of Peoria. one fifth, and the c. r. /. Il 2.
R. r. Co., two-ffths. Now, inasmuch as
Messrs. Cable and billiard own a control
ling interest in the road, it is not very
likely that it will be "dismanted and dis
continued" even if the c, r. & P.
desired to do so absurd an act-which i
does not. The Republic may therefore
as we'll cease its efforts to iDjure the road
as neither Rock Island or Peoria will con
sent to any process by which it will b
''dismantled and discontinued to pleas
people who hate Cambridge and ever,
other town on the line of the road. Blu
it will, as The ARGUS said last week, b
placed in frst-class condition-probabl
steel rails, new ties, new rolling stock, an,
made aconnecting link in new and fas
and comfortable route to St. Louis via
Peoria. Mr.. Gable has purchased tn
road in order to do business-not to sto
business, The road is a very valuabl
piece of property, both as link in a
eastern line through Indiana. also in
southern line. viz. Peoria and St. Louis
1t is one of the most valuable little piece
of road in Illinois, and absolutely essenti;
to the prosperity of Rock Island, Moline
Davenport and Milan, for it is through an
by means of that road that this locality
enabled to get eastern freights almost a
low as they can in Chicago. And whe
the road is placed in proper condition. an
run under the intelligent and vigorou
management of Mr. Gable, with the COZ
nections that be knows how to make, an
run as he knows how to run railroad,
will be one of the best paying roads
the state.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-04

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