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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-06-22
RAYVILIE LA. SATURDAY. JUNE r. 1873

Child cried she. as the tall figure
9lided across the floor. and stood in
front OF her, is it you:'
Yes. Mrs. Lynton. it is T. said
Leopa. I've come back to tell you
l am sorry that l ever acted 50 fool
ishly. I've come to say that will
be Felix's wife, if he will overlook
the past
oh, Leona,' said she. 'you are too
late. Felix was married last week.
We tried our best to get your address,
but you had moved away from the
last place, and left no clue behind.
Zoe was heart.broken about it, but
there wos no help. Yes, he was mar
ried last week, aud they have gone to
Philadelphia for their wedding trip.
Aud do believe my poor boy is hap.
py at last
Leona stool pale and silent as o
statue of marble.
But whom did be marrv?' said she
'Didn't l tell you child! Why,
Zoe, of course
Felix Lyn,on and his young wife
are as happy as if there was no such
thing as trouble in the world. So is
old Mrs. Lynton. And Leona is sup
porting herself by giving lessons in
music and doing whatever jobs Of
plain neediewOrk she can obtain.
pride must have fall says the
proverb, and Leona Bracebridgc is
one of its living illustrations.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-06-22
Louisiana Politics.

Under the above caption, We find
the following note from Capt. Farmer
and letter from Mr.. j. b. Holstead,
in the Vicksburg Herald Of June l4th.
The inference to be drawn from Capt
Farmers note is that the papers of
this section refuse to publish commu-
nications in opposition to Constitu-
tional Convention, though be does not
express himselfin exactly those words;
where, as the fact is, We have invited
such communications. We cannot
oppose it editoriaIly, because We are
in favor of it, but We are perfectly
willing for those who differ with US to
have q bearing in our columns. In
fact, we ore anxious for it, and are
open to conviction ourself:
MoSRoE, La, June l2, 1878.
Editor Vicksburg Herald:
DEAR SiR-The question now at issue be
fore the people of North Louisiana is, shall a
Constitutional Convention be called by the
mex, Legislature TO frame new Constitution
for Louisiana? The newspapers in all the
parishes where the Herald chiefly circulates,
are in favor of the Convention, and 10 not
publish articles in opposition to it, lencIose
herein communication to the Vienna Sen,i-
ncl-in opposition 10 COnven,ion-written
by j. B. Holstead, formerly editor Of that pa.
per. !, is an able and interesting Letter, and
worthy Of republication. The Sentinel cir
culates principally west Of that river; the
Herald circula,es principally east Of that river.
anita %,
ton.,s the use of your columns for the dis.
cussion OF this subject. Please publish Mr..
Hols,ead's letter in full in your journal.
Yours, very respectfully.
w. W. FARMER.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-06-22
THE GIRL THAT LOVES YOU so.

The orchard blooms in red and white,
The meadow glows with blossoms fair,
The river runs a stream Of light
Between its banks Of beauty rare;
The home stead seems OF heaven a part
4 little heaven here below,
Where only one is sad at healt-
The little girls tina, loves you so.
For now you roam in far of lands
The distant worlds beyond the sea;
Ger snow crowned Alps, by shining sands,
Amid the dreams Of Italy;
Through valleys Of the Grccian State,
Where heroes rcigned so long ago;
While here for you sadly wait
The little .irl that loves you so.
know you think of me at times,
And long for rest and love and home;
My prayers, like old remembered rhymes,
Must follow you where 'er you roam.
All! dearest, come what may to you
Come grief or bliss, come joy or woe,
There's one whose every thought is true
Tho little girl that loves you so.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-06-22
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

EDIrOR OF THE SENTINEL: Dear SIR
II occurs to me that the Constitutional anne nd
ments which, are TO be submitted to the peo
pie next Fall for adoption or rejection, are
worthy Of public consideration. No man nor
body of men, nor the people, can be justifia-
ble in adopting or rejecting these amends
mcnts without having calmly, deliberately
and honestly considered their merits IL the
change which they propose would >c bene-
fetal to our State, then they should he adopt
ell and If there is only one Of the whole
number of amendments that would operate
10 the bcnefi, of the people Of the State, then
Ic, it he adopted. But If they are all weighed
in the scale of an honest judgment and found
wanting, then let them pA.s-and our only
hope to remedy the defects in our supreme
law will rest in Constitutional Convention
In my opinion, the amendments are good
Wuen say good, speak in the positive
degree. only for think amendments might
have been proposed that would have bettef
satisfied The demands Of the times than some
of those proposed. tel. disappointed whom
these amendments were presented, AMI al.
lowed my expressions io he more severe that
a more considerste Judgment on my part
would have warranted, and now feel tia,
u WOu'u nOt Oniy Oc az liyusVCc W uIc AcSiS'
Iature which enacted them, but a greater III.
justice to our country and body polite, not to
give them the considera to which they are
justly entitled. Let the people make them.
selves familiar with the proposed amendments
and then let each voter put aside prejudice
if any he have-and vote upon them accord.
in. to the Pr0mp,ings Of his nature and hon.
esi Judgment That some, IL no, all, Of these
amendments are good, no intelligent and well
Informed man will deny.
There may lie some Of the advocates Of 4
Constitutional Convention 50 blinded BY ,hcir
zeal for their hobby, and in their fro,hy ire n
| the Legislature for choosing rather to proPoss
amendments than TO call Convention, that
they are unable TO calculate the advantage
and economy that would inevitably accrue
from rhe adoption OF these amendments. Anc
it seems TO be the disposition CT many mem
bers Of the Press in this State to censure ant
cast reflections upon every act and measure
of the last Legislative body. BY this anilnad
version on the part Of the Press toward tn
last General Assembly, . great many person
have been led TO believe that that body di'
no valuable service to the State, and that al
The amendments, like o,heEs ofi,s enactment
80 considered ny them) were devoid Of res
merit and deserving Of no consideration at tli
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-06-22
Messrs. E. T. Eggleston & Co.,

rTkVE REMOVED ACROSS THE
Street from their former stand to -
1Hvee and "A Water Streets,
where they will be pleased TO meet their
friends and patrons who Will md carefully
selected sock Of STAPLE AND FANCi
GROCERIES. as well as full line OF PKO'
DUCE, GRAIN and LIQUORS-ali pur'
chased advantageously for CASH, ard OF
fered a, loves, possible figures, defyins ;oni'
petition.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-06-22
Hamsl Hamsl

ssDOLAND CHINA"-C.nvassed Sugar
cured; cheapest Ham on the market
MAGNOI.IA-Canva.sed Sugar-curcd; nr.-
surpassed for excellence Of cure and delicacy
of fiavor-in stock At
r,chso E.T. EGCLESTON & cos.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-06-22
SIMON FOX,

Formerly Of Delhi, would respectfully inform
his Richland friends that he is with his sister,
MRS. BETTE BAUM,
in an EATING HOUSE on Washington
Street, few doors north Of the Washington
Hotel. vicksburs, Miss, and will be glad to see
them whenever they visit the city.
March =. lS1S.-ly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

First case. Aug, Sd; 1st death,
Aug. 9Th. Two weeks later there
were 100 cases and II deaths.
Up to Sept. 7th there had been
10 deaths.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
BY THE GRAND MASTER
OF NORTH CAROLINA
I'D A H1E

MASTERS OFFICE,
n. G.. STATE GRANGE.
CHARLOTTE, Aug. Sd, 1881
To the f"tro.s Of H"s'o.dry Of y. G
Bros J. r. Winston W. T. Cobb
and J. A. Harris were appointed a
Committee on the Organ under the
above resolution. Said committee
have reported that they have
made satisfactory arrangements
with the FARMER AND MECHANIC,
an Agricultural Journal, published
III the city Of Raleigh, and do re-
commend the FARMER AND Me-
CHANIC s the organ Of our order.
Patrons 1 IS with pleasure |
announce to you that the FARMER
AND MECHANIC is the organ of our
order. In it will be published all
reports and communications from
the Masters office and the office Of
the Executive Committee. that
al be made public. Each patron
should not only subscribe for it.
but should send to the manager all
items that will be Of general in
terest to our order. Masters and
Secretary's Of subol dinate oranges
will have this announcement read
before their respective oranges.
Trusting that each of you will aid
in extending the circulation of u
organ and in building it up.
| am, ~fraternally,
S. B. ALEXANDER,
Master n. c. State Grange.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
BLACK A ! F!
The Shadow Deepening !
Awful Affection.

AS u journal Is read by
many hundreds of persons who
see no other, we deem itour duty
to give a full statement of the
the terrible scourge.-'The Pes
thence that walketh in dark
ness; the Destruction hat vast
eth at Noon-day,"-now over
Swallowing the Mississippi Val
ley, and rapidly spreading
throughout the adjacent States.
We do this that our people may
realize the extent of the calami-
ty, the needs of their afflicted
fellow-countrymen, and the duty
which devolves upon all who
acknowledge the claims of COM
mon humanity, and patriotism
to extend the hand of charity
and kindness. Large as are the
contributions already made they
do not as yet meet the current
wants while all those who know
the character of lower orders of
population in many of the
scourged towns, are aware that
even after the fever is slain by
frost, the deaths from starvation
will shock the country! With
this brief preface, we give a con-
densation of the news by tele-
graph, and other sources.
K. S. A.
MEMPHIS.
This sorely- tFieedd but wonder
fully recuperative city, had
scarcely regained it's absentees
from the former visitation, when
again the shadow fell upon it,
and already the dreaded fever
has stricken above 5000 of it's
citizens! Think of it! Half
the population of Raleigh writhe-
ing in the most wretched of dis
cases, and the worst not yet
We clip here and there from
kilograms of the past three
days =
In one week ending Sept. 9th
there were 529 deaths! 121
deaths on Friday, and it is likely
the two weeks will show one
thousand deaths!
MEMPHIS, Sept. THE long
list of dead and sick which
send you tell plainly enough O
the dreadful onslaught the vel
low fever is making here. Nine
ty-five deaths and one hundred
and twenty-three new cases hav,
been reported since last night
Among the dead is the Rev. c
G. Parsons, of Grace Episcopa
church. MI. Parsons died il
the traces. He was one of on,
most Jealous and earnest work
ers, always ready to answer tn,
calls of the sick and needy.
SEPT. S.-Another sad day ha:
passed and nearly one hundred
fresh mounds are added to GU
cemeteries and the Potter's Field
Our partial reports of new case
have been made to-day. Physi
clans are SO pressed for time tina
the majority of them prefer t
violate the ordinance, requirin
them to report than to negle(
the sick. Six resident phys
clans report n%inety-six ne
cases. Among those reporte
are the Rev. E. G. Slater, ,
the First Methodist Church.
Herbert S. Landrum, city ed
tor of the Avalanche, who h;
had a relapse is again dow
General Charles Adams, l.
Fries, Mrs. DR.. Thwat, MART
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

d Co., and his child; Charles IL.
Seymour.
4 list Of eighty two names
was handed to the Howard As
ISOLATION office flom Frost Hill
suburb (au colored) sick and
destitulS, ah>n,l IN want OF doc.
tors, medicines &c. Immediate
assistance was rendered. An
other incident of the evening
was a terrible cry of distress from
the country asking, "for Gods
sake, to send doctors and nurses
for the sick, collins and men to
bury the dead. The whole
country around is full of fever,
and their only source OF help IS
from this place.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Elder OF
the Catholic church worked
like a common nurse until him
self stricken. Sept. 1Oth-The
mortality is fearful; 46 deaths
Yesterday; "A to-day. Doctors
Robbins, Balfour and OLeary
are convalescent. =
PORT GIBSON, MISS.
First case, Aug, Sd; 1st death,
Aug. 9Th. Two weeks later there
were 100 cases and y deaths.
Up to Sept. 9TH there had been
10 deaths.
HOLLY SPRINGS.
First death Sept. l. Five days
later there were 100 persons
stricken, and 80 corpses hurry
ing to the grave. This town had
acted nobly, refusing to quarran-
tine, or exclude the refugees from
other points. But when the
Yellow Fiend actually reared his
deaths head in their midst a
panic ensued and and all who
possibly could fly deserted the
town within As hours. Too late
for a large number; the fever had
them.
HICKMAN, KENTUCKY.
First case, Aug. t.. Up to
yesterday there about 100 cases
and % deaths. Congressman
blackburn telegraphs to Cairo
There are 60 whites and $50
blacks still down, but the worst
is over. Guard your quarantine
and you will save your people.
OTHER TOWNS.
BATON ROUGE.-15 deaths.
WATER VALLEY.-2 fatal cases.
KEY WEsT.-3 cases. 2 deaths.
PAsCAGOULA.-3 cases.
ST. LOUIs.--5O cases of refugees.
CINCINNATTI.-11 cases, 5
deaths.
Posi- EADs,-(month Of Miss.
FIRST case aug. 5. TO date, Al
cass, 7 deaths.
MORGAN CITY.-22 cases, and
deaths.
LoUsvILLE.--12 cases, 7 deaths.
OCEAN SPRINGS, MIss.--2O cases,
8 deaths.
PLAoUEMINE, LA.-Up to Sept.
s there were 100 cases and 81
deaths. Great suffering and lit
tie aid.
LEIGHTON, ALA.-2 cases, ref
ugees.
CHATTANooGA.-2 cases. l
death. Ten car loads Of Z. S.
troops arrived here flying from
the fever.
GREEvILLE, MIss.-16O cases,
40 deaths. Sad condition OF
things.
NAsHvILLE.-Ac olored student
at irish University died Of vel
low fever, caught while stopping
only one hour in Memphis. John
II. Danforth, of Memphis, was
taken with yellow fever at Sc.
vell's Station, thirty-fve miles
south Of Nashville, while on bis
way here last night, and got of
there and was taken in charge
Of by his nephew and two ply.
sicians. He got up out of a sick
bed to come away from Mem
phis. He remained in the depot
as no one would came near hin
but his attendant.
SENATOBIA.-3O cases. Grear
alarm.
ERIN, TESN.-3 cases, 2 deaths
BROWNSVILLE, TESN.-Largt
number of cases.
Mason. Tenn > cases
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
A DAY OF PRAYER.

Gov. Bishop Of O., has appoint
ed Friday Sept. Is as a day when
"all Christian people in the state
Of Ohio assemble in their respec-
tive houses Of worship and offer
up their united prayers to God
to check the dreadful plague
which is affecting the Southern
States, and that He in His inf
mite goodness will restore health,
peace and prosperity to the
houses and homes which have
been called upon to mourn the
loss Of friends and relatives
The preamble sets forth that
whereas human science and hui
mann effort have proved unavail-
ing to stay the plague, there is
only the hope Of gods ~interven-
ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

On the trip down, at Arkansas
the boat was not allowed
to coal or land. Men stood on
the bank with guns in their
hands threatening TO shoot If an
attempt was made.
At Memphis, which was reach
ed as evening was approaching,
a most depressing scene was pre-
sented. Not a dog, not a mule.
not a negro could be seen. The
houses did not seem to be inhab-
tied, as from no chimney could
be seen smoke ascending. Every
place seemed to be deserted.
Vicksburg was almost as bad
as Memphis. Terror reigned all
along the Mississippi. Ifthe boat
had freight for any town 1t was
taken ON to New Orleans. the
inhabitants refusing to receive 1t
At New Orleans things looked
much better. Men were at work
on the levee; business houses
were open, but little or no bust
ness was transacted.
The return trip vas made by
rail. AT Grenada not a white
was visible, only a
few negroes. At Holly Springs
about two hundred come aboard.
Yellow fever had broken out the
night before. The scenes at the
depots were heartrendeing-
wives leaving husbands, mothers
leaving sons; bidding them fare
we'll, perhaps forever.
At one place a mother, with
three children, got on the train.
Her husband had died half an
hour previously, and before his
death had made her promise to
leave on the next train, to save
the lives of herself and children.
She left her husband uncofiined
-unburicd. The Howard As
ISOLATION is accomplishing great
good.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
A 5 BIBLE.

At Minneapolis Fair, President
Hayes (after Gen. Deveri's had
spoken Of the plague) stepped
to the front, and said he held
a Bible which had been
presented by a Union soldier,
as his only possession; to be
given to day to aid the sutfering''
of some Confederate soldier i
the South, who is his friend, bu.
ence his enemy, to be sold for
what it would bring. He de-
sired also to. state that there was
a box at the end of the hall
where subscriptions would be
received for the sufferers in the
South.
Mayor Rand then took the
Bible and offered it for sale.
Ms. James E. easel was the
purchaser, paying 500 for it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
To. & w. D. HCRNEh
C.sical ( M,.s.::... ::.::"

Will reopen on the 2nd Mondsy ~ v.sa-
next The price OF board ana tuir.e,.. u =
twenty weeks. New and c2mmo4.o-7 ii toc
have been built and suitably llIN'F1r an
the accommodation Of st9uth'tt ha PRIME
additional information, address t5ntswt4w
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

First case Aug u. Total
number of cases, $3.50, about 400
deaths. Among them was c. C.
Floweree, who has acquaintance
in North Carolina. DR.. Gothalf.
the Jewish Rabbi, died at Beach
land.
The new cases for to-day are
20. Prominent among them
are the names ofC. G.. Floweree.
Capt. Charles Kettle, John Biken,
Mrs ). Odell, Westly Crayton,
Mrs. W. J. Katzenmeyer, D. A.
Cullen and his two children,
Mrs. IL. G. Carter, Adolph Ne.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-08
QUICK WORK.
Bread from Standing Wheat in -Four Minutes
and Thirty Seconds.

The last sensation occurred last Thursday,
when about fifty men were present by in
vitation to see Jim Lawton beat his own
time OF two years ago, when his wife had
bread baked in eight and a quarter minutes
after the wheat was standing in the field.
At Al en-. los. o'clock the Buckeye Reaper,
drawn by Cy. Burnett's dun mules, stood at
the corner of the growing wheat, machine in
gear ready for a start. Men were stationed
every few feet along the line of grain
ready to seize IN armful Us it fell from the
reaper, and rush with it to the thresher
close by, which, under the direction Of
veteran drivers, was getting underway for
business. At the mill, Just sixteen rods
away, Lawton stood at the window watch
ing the moment when McCaw, on the
swiftest horse in the country, should start
from the thresher with the grain, while
Mrs. Lawton and her neice, Miss Alice, had
oil the preparations made to make griddle
cakes and biscuits in the shortest possible
time. At the drop of the hat the dun mules
sprang to the work, and in. I'm. los. the
threshed wheat, about q peck, was in the
sack and on the horse and the race com
menced for the mill. There were two
bridges to cross, and the excited spectators
could only see a column of dust, hear q
couple of taps on the plank bridges as the
horse flew over them at lightning speed,
and the wheat was delivered to Lawton in
the mill. In I'm. lis. the -four was de-
livered to Mrs. Lawton, and in 3m. Cos. from
the starting Of the reaper the first griddle-
cake came from the hands of Miss Alice,
was gobbled by q dozen eager hands and
that was the last of it. In Am. 37s. from
the starting of the reaper, according to the
best double timer stop-watch in the country,
n pan of biscuits was delivered to the
hungry crowd by Mrs. Lawton, and that
was the last seenof them. Then other pans
of delicious biscuits were baked more at
leisure, and boiled ham and . one minute
biscuit" formed q sandwich it was right
hard to beat, and then, as it would be i'm
possible for a Western gathering Of any
kind to be worthy the name without q
speech of some kind, Mr.. Smiley proposed
that General Shields make u speech, which
he did, in those i~ncomparably graceful
words of his that fill even SO prosaic q pro
ceeding as grinding wheat with the poetry
of eloquence. Then Lawton, in his modest
way, had to say something and he made Q
little speech, which was heartily applauded
as well as that of General Shields, and the
party separated. -Odtroiton MOI Dem.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-08
A CALIFORNIA MINING STORY.

Not many miles from Shasta City is the
gulch, of which the following mining story
is told: 1t is a pretty deep rayine, with
rocks showing all the way up the sides.
Gold in paying quantities had been found
along the stream, but it seemed to disap-:
pear n few feet from the channel. One
day, while a gam of busy men were toiling
in the stream, q stranger, evidently green
at mining. came along and leaned on ragged
elbows to watch, with protruding eyes, the
results of their toll. The miner nearest
him took out a IS nugget. and anxiety
overcaIne the %greenhorn. S-a-a-y," he
asked, :. where eau | go to diggin' to find
it like that p" The hardy miner stopped
his work, and giving the wink to all the boys,
so that the joke should not be lost, pointed
up on the barren rocks where no gold had
ever been found. "You see tibet rough
lookin' place ?" Yes, yes said the new
hand. Well, thar it is rich. Jes ye stake
out a claim, an go ter work, an when we
finish here we'll come up, too" Then the
new hand thanked the honest miner, and
the boys all grinned appreciation of the
joke. That afternoon there was q solitary
figure picking away on the slope, and every
time the miners looked up they roared with
laughter. But about the next day the
g%reenhorn struck a pocket, and took out
something IKE SoU,UVU In o lew minutes.
Then, innocent to the last, he treated all
around, and thanked the miner who sent
him up there, and took his money and
went down into the valley and bought him
a farm. Then the unhappy miners arose,
leaving their old claims and dotted that
hillside for days. But there were no more
pockets anywhere. The whole thing reads
just like the traditional fairy story. But
then 1 saw the gulch. Much more un-
believable things have happened in the
mines.-Sdn Francisco Bulletin.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-09-08
THE caAnp1oa BuL1FRoa STORY.

The people of this place have accidently
discovered how to utilize bullfrogs by con-
verting them into churners of butter. The
discovery was thus reached A farmer in
the neighborhood having placed o pail of
milk in a spring to cool over night went
there the next morning and found, it Ia
solemnly asserted, instead of the pail Of
milk q large bullfrog sitting in contempla-
tive mood upon a large roll of fresh butter.
The sole explanation is that the frog had
jumped from the water into the pail, and
in trying to extricate himself, had, by dill.
gent and continued strokes Of his long legs,
churned the milk into butter. -Aiddieto,on,
Comm Gdzette lm