Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-11
RAYVILLE. LOUISIANA,
Saturday, August IL, 1877.
Local IsreVitics.

yesterday WI, dItlNtI l'lti'fs H't huy.
Overseers are working the public road now.
The rain, have intcrfercd somewhat with
Colder pulling.
Rev T. II NcClendon breaches in Rayyille
tomorrow Don't forget II.
Mrs, Potter auI Mrs Mcintosh. spoken Of
in our last as beng dangerously ill., both died.
We are glad 10 learn that D. T. Chapman.
who was dangerously i'll last week, has about
recovered.
II is bad enough to get drunk, but when
persons get drunk, 20 to church and disturb
wor,hippers it is still worse.
The planter who keeps well up with his
business and makes il success, has hi> basket,
oil ready for cotton picking.
IT. W. Mel cmorc, Justice Peace 2nd warl,
will hold regular terms o. court the 2nd and
9TH Saturdays in each month.
The weather moderated 50 much on W ed
nesday that the thermometer didn't reach
higher than 80 on Thursday.
On Friday morning there AN accession
to Mr.. J. C. Pritchards family. 1t is a girl,
and weighs ten pounds.
Our District Attorney, W. n. Pors, has
purchased a residence IA Monroe, with a view
to removing to rha, city.
The Carroll Conservative started lis poeical
machine again last week but it sings no more
of "wee strangers" and "cooing doves"
Right glad we were TO meet, this week. Mr..
Peter Ivy, who la. been absent in Mississippi
since last winter. He appeared to he in tine
health.
We were panied to learn yesterday morn
M that little Jessie Pitts was very III, ana
tha; her suitcrings 50 severe as TO throw her
into spasms.
The doctors are finding some employment,
though we hear Of very few cases of serious
illness in the parish. The cases are mostly
chills and mild forms of fever
Mr.. I. +. Oliver Of Locharbor, Ouachita
parish, was in Rayville this week, looking
quite well and apparently in fine spirits as
when he was candidate for parish Judge Of
cur parish.
The Mississippi river is still claiming its
usual number OF victims from among the boys
who love TO 20 in swimming in warm weather.
which averages about half dozen week in
New Orleans.
IL is useless to notice everything cossippers
say about you; nobody believes them except
those who are Of them and take part in
spreading their reports. Silent contempt often
silences SANDER.
An en'errrising darkey Of Monroe adver.
,tiscs AN excursion from that city to Delta, and
some OF his colored friends of Richiand cons
plain that he has placed their names on his
.comm,tees without their knowledge or con-
sent.
Weather tia, keeps the thermometer up to
months on dead stretch, is enough to make
any average man long for the north side Of AN
iceberg or the cool shades OF Greenland's
icey mountains.
The Telegraph reports only one case OF
smallpox III Monroe, and that the council has
established "A pest mouse. Three hundred
and sity-sx coloIed people have been vaccin-
.ated during the week. All the wooden bull,
dings in the fire district OF the city are being
TORN down.
We had the pleasure of meeting in our
Office yesterday Prof. Joseph f Johnston,
principal OF tie school a, Delhi He informs
ms that he has made arrangements for carrying
on business or commercial! department in
connection with the literary departments Of
his school.
Providence has Chinese Restaurateur
and he advcTtl>es IN tea chest marks, in the
Conservative. This Is only a ruse, perhaps,
10 keep the un.uspec,ins ublic IN ignorance
as 10 the material of which his sausages and
hash are composed. There ; no accounting
for the tricks OF All SIN.
Monroe Evans and Ralph Dunn were ar,
,..,ed and lodged IN Jail last Wednesday,
charge, we presume, with both larceny and
malicious mischief, for they are accused OF
DESTROYING melons and vines as well Is pull
inc and carrying OFT melons from Mr.. Ser.ers
,,,cb one nisht last week.