Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-07-21
RAYVILLE. LOUISIANA
Saturday, July 81, 1877.
Local BreyitieS.

Those fieas are not all dead.
big corn crop for this year
Cotton will soon begin TO open.
The dull season Will soon be over
Subscribe for your parish paper first.
III IS sad idleness will breed mischief
Avoid contracting evil, vicious habits.
The foolish cherish a spirit Of revenge
Don get frightened about cotton worms.
Good time 10 repair fences and buildings.
There is plenty of work for willing hands
Always keep on the side of truth and Justice
Amt you glad you didn't mortgage youl
crop!
Cheering crop reports from all parts of the
country.
Is this not good time to sow turnips, while
the soil is in good fix?
The most unreasonable croaker is withou,
cause of complaint now.
Mrs. f. NJ. Carter has again brought us
under obligations to her for vegetable favors.
Mr.. Campbell proposes to stop the hogs
from under one end of the church Who will
do the rest!
We call particular attention Of those who
have daughters to the advertisement of the
Monroe Schoo! in another place
We have been quite unweIl most of this
week, and il any one sees any defect in this
paper we hope they will bear that fact in
mind.
The list Of jurors drawn for the uext term
Of the District Court for this parish will be
found in another place. 1t is composed of
good material.
We regret to learn that c. P. Balfour lost
his only child this week, aged about three
years. Its mother died when it was only
week old, we believe.
Mr.. A. E. Dotson has our thanks for his
generous offer to keep our table supplied with
roasting ears during the season. We may
have to fall back on that offer yet
This portion Of our parish has been visited
with several heavy showers of rain this week,
which have given the soil thorough soaking
and assured our people of a big corn crop.
Every philosophical man should feel an
interest in the success Of his home paper: and
yet we are not prepared TO believe THAI there
are no public spirited men in Richland.
Rev. d. A. Campbell will commence a
meeting in the Hatch ne,ghoorhood, below
Redmouth, next Friday. The citizens of ,ha,
vicinity will govern themselves accordingly.
w. P. Mangham has presented US with
some very finely favored wa,ermelons, grown
on his lot adjoining this office, this week, for
which he has the thanks of this establishment, |
Mrs. Mary Bickers is having so many add.
tons and Improvements made to her residence |!
that it will have the appearance of being a |
new building when hey are completed; and,
in fact, j, will be as good as new.
The overflow and intensely hot weather we
have had are beginning to produce their fruits,
bilious and malaral complaints. and we hear
of good many cases of chills and other
summer diseases in the neighborhood.
Miss Maggie Hunter: Of Redmouth ward,
has been spending this week with her Raw.
vile friends, as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pitts We would be glad if Miss Maggie
would make her visits oftener and longer.
Miss Lis Graham, who has school at Alto
and Miss Ssllie Phillips, who has one at NJ. J.
LiddeIrs, are bsSfh spending their vacation in
Rayvile. Thy. ,tsrous of both those school.
are fortunate ia securing the services of these
young ladies.
In our nodce Of the Mississippi Baptis,
Record last week, we made a mistake in
stating that Professor NJ. +. Marin was editor.
He is proprietor and Elder ]. B. Gambrell is
editor Business letters shonId be addressed
10 the former and communications intended .
for publication to the latter. ,
We have been requested to call meeting .
# the citizens Of Richland Parish. for the I,
purpose of laying before the proper author. 4
les the request or claims Of the parish to
AVE survey made by the civil engineers of |,
be State, with view to the construction Of !
evees, and we would suggest that the meeting a
,e held a, Rayvlle on Saturday, July 2Sth :
Everybody who feels any interest in the
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