Richland beacon., 1877-05-26
RAYVILLE. LOUISIANA,
Saturday, May 20, 1877,
Local BreVities.

AVCd1A
The gnats are terrible.
Warm weather prevails.
Gardens need rain badly.
Beautiful moonlight nights.
Read all through this paper
Frog concerts every evening.
Oh! those pesSy mosquitoes.
Keep employed at something.
No more hunting after this week.
Go to the Sunday school, children.
No spring chcheus in this market.
Nothing scarcely doing about town.
No local news worth the mentioning.
Somebody ought to bring in some beef
Be sure to read the fourth page to-day.
Reading matter on every page this week
Plenty of time for improving your minis.
Why don't you advertise in the BEACON !
Crops would grow finely il they had little
sain.
A Monroe correspondence is new feature
Of the Beacon.
Chess, checkers, croqaet and marbles are the
fayorte games.
Remember, tomorrow is Mr.. Campbcll's
regular day for preaching.
We are glad to see that the chess board is
in a fair way to supercede the card table IN
Rayvile.
The editor of the Vicksburg Commercial
ought to infsrm his mailing clerk that Rayville
ends with an 9.
If you want to wake up from your business
le,hargy, let the people know that you have
something TO sell.
Mr.. Crawford Selvy is our authorized asen
at Alto. 10 receive and receipt for amounts
due the BEACON. If.
The corn in Wiley P. Manghams garden
has been in silk and tassel about q week.
Who is ahead of hims
The atmoshere was quite cool on Thursday,
and on Friday morning it was alrnost cold
enough to require fires.
The Carroll Conservative has promoted our
Young friend L. w. Zim, of the franklin Sun,
10 the rank Of colonel How does the title fit
yon, Lewie'
The closed dvors and empty shelves Of six
business houses in Rayvile tell the tale Of
the stagnaton of business, at least so far as
Rayville is concerned.
Blu, one man in RayvilIe was troubled with
water during the present overflow, and 1t
covered his yard and garden only about four
inches deep on an average.
The rumor reached Rzyville on Thursday
that Ellison had killed J. W. Womble, sheriff
of Franklin parish; but the rumor lacks con-
frma,ion and we hope will prove to be I'M
true.
The Era No. 10 and Tom Parker colided
on Beuf river last week, we learn, but neither
Of them sustained any serious damage we
presume, as both Of them made their regular
trips to the city and back this week.
We are glad TO note that some Of our young
people seem disposed to devote portion OF
the long afternoons 70 the Improvement OF
their musical talent. If they will persevere
Rayvile can SION boas. a good choir.
There are a few people in the world so
selfimpor,ant that they never discover any
merit in any Of Gods creatures except them
selves and their worshippers. For such
persous we have the most utter contempt
The mornings are quite pleasant. but as the
sun a.cends the sky his rays become scorch-
ing hot, and by the time he reaches his
meridian height the weather assumes a
warmth tina, would do credit to a midsummer
day.
A levee about one mile long and of an
average height Of four feet, would protect
Rayville and five or six large farms from in
undation, but we presume it will never be
built, although the yearly damage to the farms
alone would pay for it.
Mrs Adams, Of Alto and florist Of Rich
land. has our thanks for those exquisite
bouquets she sent us last Monday. We are
sure, from these samples, that her flower gar
den and galleries are perfectly Eden>like
hover. Of beauty, pcrfumed by The most deli
.ous o.'of-