Richland beacon., 1877-03-24
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RAYVILLE. LOUISIANA,
Saturday, March "a, 1877,
Local BrevitieS.

Local Brevities.
Eros, Thursday morning. bu, no, killing
Go 70 church TO- morrow instead Of the card
table.
Corn IS corning up very pretty on some
places.
, The fore., trees are beg ming to don their
spring suits.
Eggs are still selling in kayvi!,e a, twenty
cents per dozen.
Butter is still selling a, two bit, per pound.
That's too much.
Young man, keep on, Of bad company and
don, drink whisky.
There wer. few days of beautiful, balmy
spring weather this week.
See il you have letter in the LIST remain
ing in the Rayvile pos, Office.
l, strikes US tina, this ongh, to be splendid
tilIc IOI HSH-lIIcS anu
Do you like the BEACON in it. new dress
Then come and pay for j, cheerfuly.
The workmen are building a new railroad
bridge across Little creek IN this place.
If yeu have any butter and eggs to sell and
want the Beacon, bring them to this office.
Easter Sunday and AllFools' Day both
come together this ,ime-so the almanac
makers say.
And now the industrious hen stirs up strife
between neighbors, by depreda,ing upon veg
etable gardens.
Don't you wish Packard would send a re-
crui,ing officer up here, 90 you could have
some fun with him.
All the thieves have no, settled down TO
business in our parish, for every few days the
daily Shreveport Times has local headed
"More Stealing"
The business and professional men of Rich
land are coming forward and paying Col. c.
H. Moore, our new tax collector, very prompt.
ly for their licenses.
A heighboring farm has been Ii, up several
nights this week by burning brush heaps,
which formed a beautiful picture on the
dark curtain of night.
The Legislature has passed bill dividing
Carroll parish into Ea.s and West Carroll,
with the sea, of justice of the latter at Floyd
They have a splendid brick cour, house to
begin with.
The scissors man OF the New Orleans
Democra, ough, to be presented with lead
pencil He certainly would use ore, if he
had it, 10 credit his clippings, for he appears
to be very industrious in the use of his scis-
sors.
Just at sunset these evenings our railroad
presents beautiful picture to one standing on
the track and looking towards the golden sun.
Get. The rails look like two threade of gold
stretching from near the beholder's feet into
the bright, glowing western horizon.
Several parties, and among them were
ladies, who always know how to appreciate
that which is good, nave complimented US on
the appearance Of the BEACON, in its new
dress, last Saturday. II gives us great pleas
ure to know that or efforts are appreciated
by few good judges at least.
We learn that several of our lady friends
were picked up on the Arr and Society Mag.
azine" dodge. They paid their four dollars
under the impression that they were patron.
izing a home enterprise, and are receiving in.
stead very inferior and poorly printed con-
Germ, published in Cincinnati, Ohio.
which contains about one-thrd as much
reading matter as Peterson's, which we can
get for them $3.50 To give the agent.
time to get around before the .windle was
detected, q small paper was sen, to the sab
scribers, dated "New Orleans, February l6.
1877