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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-04

ing glasses. 80 polished and shiny are
they with oil. These gentlemen have
found employment. Let some OF our
young New Workers initiate their exam
pie.
The papers which come to us from the
west and the south have constant and
standing advertisements for money and
men to be employed in various agricul-
tural, manufacturing, mining and COM
mercial undertakings. At time when
capital is drug in our market and pro-
fitable investments were never 80
scarce, when complaints as to
surplus OF skilled and unskilled labor are
heard in all our great ceHtres of the pop
ulatiOn at the north and east, it be-
hOOves our capitalists, and more espec-
tally our young gentlemen in search of
employment" to be at some pains to
ascertain where capital can be advan-
tageously used, and where labor is really
wanted. We believe there is urgent de-
mand in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
and Texas for certain classes of skilled
labor, both in agricultural pursuits and
? in all the various industries, trades, and
occupations requiring degree of intelli-
gence, education, experience, tact, and
energy hardly yet to be expected from
the average colored man of those
states. In Texas, cattle raising
, promises sure and steady returns. In
Louisiana, sugar and rice lands can be
bought for song Now that the south
}. ern states have selfgovernment, and
y troubles between opposing races are no
longer Operative, the south offers q
broader and more profitable field for the
D. advantageous employment OF intelligent
s. labor than any other portion OF thu
y country. We recommend serious ex
II animation of this subject to those young
IL gentlemen hereabout who really wan
=. occupation and are willing to work.
= New York Sun.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-04
aEyERAL B0sOMS WITH A SINGLE
THOUGHT.

An amusing incident happened on a
Kansas City paper the other day. Two
brothers, named Hart, were arrested, some
where in the interior, for obtaining goods
under false pretenses. There was unusual
commotion and mystery among the men,
bers of the editorial staff that evening,
and each said unto the other, GIVE got
a bully thing for eo-morrow's paper
Just you wait and see :" and, being asked
what that bully thing was, declined to
20 into further particulars just then.
Next morning the mystery was solved.
There was an editorial note in the first
column as follows:
The Hart Brothers were arrested yesterday; at.
for defraudng their creditors. They were evidently,
n the poet says, Two Harris thar beat a. one
Halfway down the same page was
another editorial paragraph, IS follows
Two Harris that beat Their creditors like one: or
even more we're arrested yesterday at -. Let us
hope that the righteous Judge viii, in the words oil
| Cicero, Soc ct tuun.
Over on the second column there war
q display heading, in big black type
aTwo Harris That Beat Like One"
away down at the foot of the third col
umn was a little item, surreptitiously
inserted by the advertising clerk, sbou'
two hearts that beat as one; and halt
way down the fourth was a letter from
ct. Y. POI, the acknowledged wit o
the composing-room. addressed to tn
editor of the Kansas City Whangdeodl
snd asking if that wasn't case OF tw
hearts (Harts) that beat as one7 tn
different authors of this exquisite witt
cism spent the morning in paying visit
of coincidence 10 each other, and remarl
ing, with disparaging shifts, that it woul
only be in accordance with fraternal tee
, ing and newspaper-etiquetts to Il
/ another member of the staff know whe
one intended making dumfool OF hin
self in a specific direction.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-04

formed. At one time ne Is seen Win hio
hands in his trousers pockets and his
stockings about his heels. At another
be skulks about, looking on while indus
trious people are at work, but never
thinks of doing anything himself; and
often is he known to go to the poor
house to get money as pauper' saying
that he can obtain no work. He is the
father of a vagabord family and is sup
posed to have been connected with three
fourths of all the felons that ever were
tried at the sessions"
1--WE never heard Of such bad fellow
as that"
"The second of the gang is wretched
looking creature, very thin. with pale
face ana hollow eye. He was brought
I'D under the same roof as the leader,
and goes with him almost everywhere.
Another of them frequehts the gin-shoP,
and is often heard swearing, and seen
rolling about the streets in his cups. l
could tell you OF dozen; but there Is
one daring rascal that l must not pass
by. He prowls about in the night with
picklock keys in his pocket, and a crow
bar, and is As ready to break open a
house, or to commit a murder, rs an
honest man is to do days work. On,
thew are terrible set, boys! Again
say, take care of them"
"Do you know any of their names?'
Yes, indeed do, and bad names they
are. The name of the old rogue, the
leader of the gang, is-Idleness.'
ooh. we know now what you mean
Please to tell usthe names OF the others?
"The name of the pale'faced one
Want; and Idleness and Want, as l saic
before, are never long apart from ON
another. He that goes to the gin-shop
called Intemperance; and the name o
the ruffian with the crowbar is Crime
There are at least score more OF them
y Anger, Malice, Hatred, Slaxder, IL
u yenge, and Violence, among them, but
y if we could get rid of these four-ldl'
I" ness, Want, Intemperance, and Grim
e the whole gang would SOON be broken u
!" altogether"
Thank you for the account you hay
: given US. We shall remember ever
'e word of it. We thought, at first, tn
or you meant a real gang OF thieves, but
OF understand your meaning now"
;" "Be sure, then, that you follow n
advice. Beware of idleness, tor want al
=. intemperance are certain 70 follow
and then crime will come as matter
y. course. But, boys, the heart is dece
full above all things, and desperate
~ wicked (Jer. xvii, 81. May God q
% YOU a clean heart and right spirit, tt
-. you may, through the grace of our Le
- Jesus Christ, be kept from all evil"
" eve knew that you would tell
b. something worth hearing, and 30
have, sir. We will do our beet to foil
your advice, and shall not soon Tor
49," what we have heard of the Desper
" GanS."-LiHle Cleaner.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-04
IOUNG FOLKS.

The RMIers OF the World To-Day.
Com Pedro Second ranks, by worth,
Among the wisest kings OF earth
Ruling with a liberal hand
Der Brazil, well-favored land
Cold Siberia's frozen coasts,
Tran-Caucasia's manly hosts,
Tributary from afar
Unto Alexander are
Of the Russias mighty Car.
Prussia's King extends his swav
DER a mighty realm to-day.
Frederick william First is he,
Emperor oil Germany.
This the scheme Count Bismarck rianned
One united Fatherland.
Austria's Emperor still remains
King Of wide Hungarian plains.
Der Vienna's gardens gay
Francis Joseph's banners sway.
Mailing for their native mountains,
Proudly have the Switzers stood.
Meet the crimson OF their banner
For their patriot brotherhood.
Der the land of William Tell
Now Herr Hersog ruleth well.
Abdul Hamid OthmaR's sword
Wields, as Turkeys present lord.
Athens, eft in song rehearsed,
Owns as ruler George the frs.
Fair Italia's sunny realm
Nevrmore shall tyrants whelm.
On her seven hills enthroned,
Shall again her power be owned.
Gone the sway OF priest and Pope
Victor Emanuel 10 her hope.
Stilled the Carlist's rebel battle
Dumb the cannon, sheathed the steel;
Over Spain, late rent and sundered,
Reigns Alpbonso Of CASTLE.
Louis First maintains his rank
In Lisbon, on the TaRus bank.
France has Marshal Mahon-
Gone the proud Napoleon.
Relgium has Leopold;
Holland, William, Is OF old.
On the ancient ViEiugs' throne
Christian Ninth now reigns alone:
And the Norsemen monarch call
Oscar, crowned in Odin's hall.
On Rritannia's kingdom yet,
10! the sun doth never set.
There Victoria reigns serene
Noble mother, honored Queen.
Here at home the people reign;
Ours no crown, or courtly Tram.
Now the patriot Hayes botn stano
HIGHEST servant Of our Land.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-04
The Desperate Gang.

Here comes old Morris Meanwell; let
us speak to him. Thong b he does not
dress himself up in fine clothes, he is as
neat and as clean a. if he were going to
the worship of God on Sunday. five
had half as much knowlenge as he has in |
that white head of his, we should do.
Stand close for he is coming this way.
See! he has stopped to speak to the
poor girl in the ragged shawl. No poor
lad and no poor girl are too ragged for
him to speak to. Yes, thought how it
would end; he is giving her little pic
ture book; but old Morris Meanwell is
not the man to give away book without
giving with it little good advice.
Now he is really coming, smiling with
COED humor. Whoever may be dull and
down.hearted, old Morris Meanwell is as
happy and as cheerful as morning in
May. We must not let him pass without
a word or two. Now we will sreak to
him.
"will you please sir, tell us what
o'clo X it isr'
"Will 1! yes, that 1 will, boys and
girls, and anything else that will be o.
use to you. see you have been flying
a kite, and fine long ball of string yo'
have, enough to reach above the TALES
tree in the park. Well, now for tn
time of day. 1t is exactly half-pas
four, and now, perhaps, you will tell m
how it was that you should ask me tn
time of day instead of looking up at th
church clock there?"
1--WE did not think of the churc
clock, sir"
$50 expected. We old people kno
pretty we'll what is going on in Il
heads and hearts of young people. 70
cared little about the time of day,
suspect, and only wanted me stop al
talk with you"
"well, sir, that is the very truth"
"And what do you want me to IA
about?"
Anything ysu please, sir. You
sure to say something worth hearing"
"Have you heard of the despera
gang that infests the neighborhood rou
about here? Perhaps l had better t
you of it, and put you on your guard
"a desperate gangl Oh, please to
US all about it! How many are there
the gaDgf"
"That cannot say, there are 80 ma
ofthem; but where one is, you are pref
sure to see some of the Others. I
whole village is in danger. for they st
at nothing-pocket-pickingAi housebre
ing, highway robbery, nor murder"
"what a desperate Get they must b
"Indeed they are. So long as Il
keep to the beer-shops and lodgi
houses, or hide themselves in garrets
cellars, or skulk under the arches OF
bridges, they are bad enough; but VI
they come out into the city, and corr
all the young people they can, and
them over to join them, it is high t
to look about us Set your faces aga
them, boys have nothing to do v
them"
"But how shall we know them? Pl
to describe some of them"
"The head and leader of them
sad old rogue, for, had it not been
him, the gang would never have
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-04

THREE thousand old homesteads In
New Hampshire are deserted, and the
occupants of the others are complaining
that their business does not pay.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-22
a EpeIIiu. Prize.

Desiring to encourage his own chill
dren liz their studies and, believing
that the child that would strive to ex-
cei in one branch would come to excel
in others, the editor OF this paper Of
cred prize to the pupil, not one of his
children, ia Mrs. Rays private schoo!
making the best record in the spelling
lessons, the teacher TO award the prize,
He offered like prize TO the best
among his own children. AS report
will please the children and their par
ents we give it.
Of three hundred nd forty.six words
pronounced Agnes Roberts missed 4
words; Carrie Tompkins 8; kittie Hack
ct, T; Winnie Nichols 6; Nellie Mich
oils 6; Wells Lounsberry, 10; George
Lounsberry II; Hattie Lounsberry -;
and Sadie Tolnpkins IS.
TO the younger pupils 594 words
were pronour ced, George Glass miss
ing 24; Willie King 35; Manic Woods 27.
The prizes were awarded to Aggis
Roberts and Wells Lounsberry.
In relation to these prizes the call
dren write as follows:
We, the failing members Of the class
competing for your first prsze we're glad
it was given to one so deserving, and
We thank you Cor your kindness to our
school. From your young friends,
CAER1E ToAPKISs,
kIT1IE HACKETT,
NELLIE NICHOLS,
WINNIE NICHOLS.
Little Aggie Roberts writes:
.aI thank you very much for your
beautiful prize. TRUST you may never
have cause to regret giving it to me.
Your little friend,
AGGlE ROBERTS.
The children give their entertain
ment at the primary school on I'd St.
this evening.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-22
Black Hills Notes and News.

The Black Hills Ploneor has cancelled
the commission Of w. G.. Hopkins as
travelling agent. The Pioneer now pub
llshes its weekly at Central City.
Lancaster, Springer & Co. cleaned up
$4,000 a few days ago, the result Of one
months run Of ten stamps on Black Hills
quartz.
The Potato Gulch, Black Hills, placers
have been laid over until May 1st.
Dead Broke Lode (B!ack Hills). ore
yields 5000 to the ton.
The Black Hills papers note numerous
transfers of mining property at fair prs-
ces.
The Champion asserts that the pec;sla-
tions and defalcations of the late County
officials of Lawrence county, Black Hills,
will amount to ore hundred thousand
dollars. From two to twelve thousand
dollars Of this the Champion charges to
the late county treasurer, though his
books do not show any receipts tor taxes.
Deadwooi has no children ola school
able age, though the great mass Of liz
population are adults.
The Champion is evidently Oh IT'S ear
and goes for what it terms the ''DcIegatc
Bill" in style truly refreshing to the
locker on.
The Deadwood. Times vs: The Chey-
enne Sun of the 9th, published seasa-
ton article charging the Bismarck stage
company with completely with Blackburn
and Wall in their deprcdations upon the
Cheyenne and Sidney lines. The article
states that the highway;ncn were bribed
b. Supt. Gidley to confne their opera
tons to opposition lines, and declares its
ability to make the allegations good
which they undoubtedly will have an
opportunity Of dong, is Mr.. Hall, agent
O: the Bismarck company here, pro-
nounces the charges utterly and malic-
iou-ly false, and that immediate prosecu-
ton has been ordered. He says tha:
instcs d or being in league with the
his company have made
s:renueu, efforts to rid the country OF
their presence. They have had detect
ives in pursuit: have issued large Ie-
wards for their capture, dead CT alive;
have dispatched outridrrs with, each
coach. and taken every precaution for
the protection of pa-se gers and freight.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-22
lDfSt
HfSEkELASKOCs.

+ Griffin, stable ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2JD
star Brewery ne. c> mouse wants &c.
with former capacity donbIed ., sU
Atkins son soTen.on. blacksmith shop.-- TN
Charley Lewis, saloon ---....-- 4Do
Henry Dioh, carpenter shop.---.- -.-.-.. 800
Peter Brass s.u, aIii.ioa to saloon ..-..... 1S1
o Meyer, stio= shop. .,...-... .....-...-. ZG
School hpuss bG.sIn-nt .-...--.-. 3,s
County building, iHpra7cr1cn..-.- ap7
u Stewart, wagon siiJp---. ---.--.-.-- ia
Yngine observation-disclosures. go
Charles GaIloH-ay. improvement 10 sstooas 6D
j 4 StoyeiI Ia. oiiice- i''
J. Grinin, Improvement ~ building 1U
C,uson Line Office. ----.----------. 1 Vp
" Raymond. sian'c. ~
II fjI:trau!t, r>s:sari1s. ---,,---- 5w
Lewis Larson ss1- .lyt, t,....... 3ls
Adam Mann, Improvements. ~
Sued Lambert, st.bls 1Dj
A POLLOCK photozraplirr .-. IN
C.pt 3farsttz, stable. e.-......-...-...- 1D
ianoiic ci lsca aidiii,.I. -....~--~- <s.s
Il Rl:,lie, blacksmith >ii'D-.----- 2H
:, p .,ogci;y .l,ou 49,. -.. 2sY
K G. rem, .sr r.- -it,,-.-. seq
"I.iitioa to SD
.fsGE C.Hrs:T nriLatxGs,
T.. -;ort1 xr-'rrn :f:--, kyir--, AID TrsEsyor
IatIJu COMPANY:
Stable and yard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. . US
Boa riding roU-=. .-----.--.------.--------- ~
III .cx-;:,ftJ, .:,oo , b.st
oni:. .... 509
Total ....,. 1sO1
Warehouses.
= r . warehouse --...--..---. ssp
! " L., MONT < g., . ~,
Tosu. .oJ
gfcaPiIr-srIrs.
Hotels ~ 1w
Bu .;u.ss ,,oa--. - Bsb
d selIinss . 5.
4y3
stage Co . II H1
che
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-22
b. TELEGRAPH.
No Telegraph.

The wires have been disarraaged for
two days owing to the storm east of us
Therefore, no ne VS. by telegraph could
be received, and the TRIBUNE goes to
press without that important feature Of
its columns.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-22
E1sMARCK's ADVANTAGES.

As Outlined by DR.. Guild. of Rupert,
yermont--A Two Thousand Acre
Investor takes Rosy and Truth
fcl View of Bismarck's Future--
A Summing Up that Every Friend
Should Read and Heed.
The TRIBUNE has received the follow
ing capital letter that ought to be read
by all men. It hits tie nail square on
theS eShead:
To the Bismarck TRIBUNE.
Rupert, Vt, Dec. 18th, 1877. In
your issue of Dec. 5th, notice the fol-
lowing paragraph:
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-22
4 BISMARCK INVESTOR.

CDR. J. Fl. Guild, Of Rupert, Vt, who
purchased the Fisher sixty acres near
Bismarck paying therefor $4,000 cash
owns about eight hundred acres Of land
in the vicinity OF Bismarck and will
10 axe further investments in the vicin
ity. He expresses great faith n the
future Of Bismarck ana believes that
every foot Of land within fve miles of
the city will be wov;h $25 per acre
within three years. DR.. Guild promises
Bismarck an EARLY visit"
It is correct, I believe. with one eZ
ception. instead Of owning 500 acres o:
land 10 your vicinity, have shown
nv faith in the ultimate destiny Of Bis
n,arcz BY purchasing upwards OF 1000
acres, all within from one to four
miles Of your city. And now, 4 woi d
in regard to the ground on which the
faith is founded, may, perhaps, be O.:
interest to your readers, coming, as it
does, from so distant and unpTejudi
cial a standpoint.
In the first place, you are situated on
the line Of grand trunk railroad
which will most assurediy be completed
at an early day, and which will give a
line Of railroad communication direc tly
across the continent to water communi-
cation with the seaboard, at least six
hundred miles shorter than any other
route that can be obtained. Duluth is
as near New York City by water as is
Chicago, and will be six hundred miles
noarer the Pacific cnast hY rail than
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-22

tation. Eastern manufacturers are
already beginning 10 take cognizance
of tsis fact, and by the time your mines
Of cca! are fully accessible You will
find the capitalists ready to avail them
se,7es o. its use in establishing numer
ous manufactures ii your city.
SUMMED Up
With abundant water and railroad
communication, with unparalleled facil
it:es for manufacturing purposes, with
a ccuatTy north and west 0: you whose
agricultural Advantages are just begin
liag to dawn on the astonished vision
Of those individuals who were foolish
enough 10 believe that the Biackfeet
and the Sioux, the most Warlike ard
powerful Indian tribes Of our continent,
would, by choice, possess and hold for
taught by few interested explorers to
call the great desert of the upper Mis-:
souri,, with climate whose parallel of
latitude in the old world passes through
Northern France, Germany, Austria,
Southern Russian and Northern China,
taking ir the most populous belt of the
Eastern Continent, with all these ad
vantages see no reason why Bismarck
should not assume, in the not distant
future, as proud position among the
cities O; this country as its iliustrious
sponsor holds among the giant intel
lecis Of Europe.
Truly Yours,
j Il. GUILD.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-26
Political III otaR

1t is much more important that the ses-
sion of congress should be right than that
it should be short
On strict party vote in the house on
Thursday, the Colorado case was referred
to the election committee.
Oh yesl 1t is now said that the Ohio
republicans remained on their farms,
looking after the crops. Yes, yes; they
take no interest in policyticks.
The conundrum of the day: Why
should there be an objection to Wayne
MacV eigh because be is Simon's son-in.
law, and DO objection to Simon. be being
Wayne's father-in-law?
After the adjournment of the senate or
Thursday there was causus of the demo
cratic senators to determine upon the
names of the three senators from tha
side of the chamber to act upon the com
mittee authorized by the resolution o
Edmunds. adopted last week, to take int
consideration the state of the law respect
ing, ascertaining and declaration OF th'
result of the election of president and vic'
president of the United States. Bayard
Thurman and Merrimon were agreed uI
on as the democratic members of tn
committee. which consist of four repubh
cans and three democrats.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-26
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Some sneak thief stole $3.50 pair of
boots from Wynes' shoe store Wednesday
night.
-Hittie Maginn is a young woman in
Omaha, and some people think she must
be dangerous to the young men. Not it
she strikes them favorably.
1t was Frank Woodruff and not
Frank Randall who knocked Mr.. Winters
form of type into pie" and was arrested
for malicious mis- chief.
The Peoria and Rock Island railroad
having changed its name to the Rock
Island 4 Peoria, it may be looked upon as
R PR R GeaeSeo Adc0cdte d' Nea0S
Mr. S. r. Spofford, the stock dealer
from Geneseo, who was found in his room
at the Galt House, Sterling. last Monday,
in an iusensible condition caused by esca-
ping gas, has since died.
secretary Sherman, ex-Secretary Nc
Culoch, and others, will give their views
10 regard to the resumption Of 81 eoie pay
menls in the Novem ber-December number
OF the North Amer'c In Rerieao
S. NJ. Smith will speak in Turner
| Hall in this city, from Saturday evening at
1880 O clio, K to Sunday morning at o'clock.
His subject will, of course, be The
Finances" A shart recess for a lunch
will be taken at u O'clock
The papers in this vicinity are making
good deal of fuss because Hon. Hiram
Price. member of congress, FROM the dis
trict over the river. occupies a seat next to
Richard II, Cam, full blooded negro mem
Der from South Carolina. Hiram probably
don't mind it much now-it's getting cool.
Gain will be remembered by some of our
old settlers as the pastor of the African
Methodist church in Muscatine twenty
years ago.
Now that Andalusia has assurances Of
an abundant supply of good coal for manu-
featuring purposes, and finds itself also
; well situated for general commercial oper.
atoms on the Mississippi. there ought to be
a railroad built from that point due south
to Aledo. and thence due south to Young
America on the c., B. & Q. railroad. VIII
the G., B. 4 @. build it, or will it allow
Mr.. Gable to take the neglected prize?-
Aledo Banner.
The other day rough boarded the
morning express on the p. Il r. |. R'y, a
Dunlap, and proposed to ride ''by the
strength of his good right arm, that is, OF
his muscle. After a short parley Con-
ductor Sutllff turned to pull the bell rope
which done. upon facing his man again b.
, fouDG a revolver staring him in the face
A quick jump and he had Mr.. Rough by
] the throat, his tongue trying to lick the sol,
J of his feet, and his eye balls trying to turI
J themselves wrong side out. This kind 0
discussion of the fare question was quit
conclusive, and that passenger would hav
paid his fare clean through to the Nortl
| Pole if Sutiiff had taken it,