Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-21
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RIA YVILLE. LOUISIANA,
Saturday, April 81, 1877,


NtOPs arc iOOklHg well.
Cool, pleasant evenings.
All peaceable and quiet
Rather blu,tery Thursday
No gnats as yet this season.
Eggs fifteen cents per dozen.
Spring chickens in demand.
Industry is the key to success
April showers instead OF floods
Police Jury meets next Monday
No green peas received by US yet.
We want few pounds of butter.
Eggs ten cents per dozen in Delhi
Butter twenty cents per pound there
Two bits per pound is the price here.
We would like to have a few chickens.
Owed TO Spring-Pleasant, sunny days.
Subscribe for the HIGHLAND BEACON.
Farmers are about done planting their crops.
Boys, don't the kill little birds; it is wrong.
No business will prosper unless it is closely
attended to.
The price of the BEACON is only three dol.
lars q year.
Gentle April showers have succeeded the
drenching storms
May Day will soon be here in all its beau.
~ and 'oveliness.
The cheerful note of the mosquito will soon
be heard in the lsnd.
Strict and prompt attention and honest in.
dustry will insure success.
He who tries to carry on b siness wi,hou,
advertising is sure to fail.
Rayville Council U. F. OF T. is still tattling
against the evils OF in,emperance.
Croque, players are again hsppy-,he wa.
sers have receded from the fairgrounds.
We think an snticardp playing society would
accomplish good in this country. What do
the ladies say'
Can't our young people get up May Day
picnic or ashfry' Il would be "a nice and
pleasant, you know.
Parish Court has been in session all this
week, but we have not procured q transcript,
of the cases disposed Of
The Union Record of the 18th announces
the death Of Dr.. L. Lasche, one Of the pioneer
settlers Of North Louisiana.
The lumber for tho new grand jury room
has besn received by J. W. Simms, who has
the contract for building it. and work will
soon be commenced
Rev. D. A. Campbell has been eating both
green peas and posssoes this week-so John
Summerlin says, and he ought to know, for
he helped TO eat them.
Two boats are now in ne Dcu6 river
trade, and although de cotton has about all
been moved, we learn that they are doing a
very fair bushes: in up freigh,s.
The franklin Sun tells of painter Of its
village who swallows whole bottle of vine.
gar bitsess At q dose. Well take our part of
that with grain Of salt, Lewie.
Rev. D. A. Campbell handed Us, las, Mon.
day, potato out Of his garden, of this years
growth, which measured a inches in circum.
ference-the largest we have seen.
An Alabama exchange inquiries "Shall we
,mprove'" Well yes; we have no objec.
ton, for personally you might improve won.
derfully, although you paper does we'll
enough.
We have felt quite glad that our Floyd
friends had got them new parish, but they
mustn't 60 to taking one Of the best wards nf
our little parish away from Us, or we will
fee. sorry abost il.
Tho True Republican probably does no,
regard Ola - such IN imacua,s patriot and
statesman since he has deserted the Packard
crew and asked 70 be admitted to a seat
among decen, people.
We might ssy something about that las,
batch of lies thai one Sam c. Moore carried
% New Orleans for the benefit Of his master,
S. b Packard, if it were no, that we consider
him % Tar benessa our notice.
We learn from the Ouachita Telegraph tina,
. case Of snsl pox was discovered in Mon
roe this week; and ~ the colored woman
who had il was recovering when it was dis.
covered that she had it, she may have infec.
ted number Of visitoTa
The weather has been beautiful nearly oil
this wsek-probsbly . little too cool for ten
der plants, but delightful for work. The
vind ifted the sand and dust around in q
lively manner all cay Thursday, aid sified .
quantity into the eyes Of pedestrians.
Thurdsys Herald reports fall Of two
inches in the river opposite vicksburg, while
the signal service corps reports the river rs>
ing st some points and falling At others, 20
thu, the rise and 6ll seem 10 be about equally