Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-09-28
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RAYvILLE.. LOUISIANA,
Saturday, September %, 1873.


Saturday, September %, 1873.
Local Brevities.
Warm and cloudy.
News very scarce.
No business going on.
Politics not very brisk.
Town exceedingly dull.
Cotton picking going on.
Fishing is al! the go yet.
Pretty good mast this years.
Guess is the favori,e game.
Money % awful scarce here
Very little sickness in Rayvie.
The com is nearly all gathered
The merchants are all idle now
Boys, keep out Of bad company
The knocking. birds are with us yet
Squirrels are plentiful in the wook..
Planters are using forced economy.
We have plenty of work, bit little pay.
The devil finds work for idle hand. to do.
Deal justly and hoperably with all men.
A clear conscience is good hing to carry
about with you.
The thermometer was down to 20 degrees
yesterday morning.
II there is airy money in the country we
would like to see some Of it.
Send, in for publication, the proceedings OF
yous ward meetings, gentlemen.
Our planters will come out ahead this year,
because they can't buy anything.
To our surprise, the weather cleared of
wsxm after the heavy rain las, week
We direct the attention of taxpayers to The
collector notice in another column
Or. johnson is kept quite busy answering
tho calls OF his own and DR.. Pe,tiis patrons.
ne sweather has been summerlke again
this week, the thermometer ranging from 76'
900.
There have not We, been as many cases Of
swamp fever in this parish as we had ex-
pected.
We learn that Mr.. Wharton died in the
southern par, OF ,his parish on Thursday of
last week. >ur1.
Attention Of the voter. OF Richland parish
is called to the election proclamation of the
shehd p ths psf.
w tptesore Adlcsof cotton lying a, the
Raysiie depot, solitary and alone awaiting
.L;n,,.r, xvs presune
We present our readers with full sized
paper tbs week, lat can emily give dem a
half shee, ssein next week
We we're sorry to hear that Mrs. Fannie
Manyham was quite i'll the frs, Of this week
bu, glad to learn that she is improving
twill be seen by reference To published
proceedings, that meeting in the third ward
has endorsed the nominations OF the Pasisi
Convenxon.
Il has been rumored here that man wa
Killed on Oak Ridge few days since, but WI
pres,ne that il was false report as W.
have heard no names or particulars.
A little daughter of Mr. J. T. Marshall, nea
mi, Mace, died Thursday and was in,erre'
yesterday a. the Horn Chanel He has has
a GOOD deal oil sickness in bis family recent
E.{IVDEY Iul ~
The attention If our Baptist brethren
directed to the notice Of change Of the tim
for the converting of the Bayou Macon Asso
c;s,iom We hope that all the churches Wi
be represented.
We learn that Dr. D. R. Petti, arrived I
Capt. E. SCOTS yesterday from Delhi. II
fri(.dk hs,e hsd rather moi sec him jus, ye
for tbey are anxious TO avoid all possible dar
ger Of having fever here.
We are very much in need OF ''n
money, aud Il those who owe Us Will on
.pare US a small portion Of the amount It W
s.S.ve us and bring us under many obg
tons to them. Gentlemen, can YOU will 20
do il!
The funeral of Jas. NJ. Bell, killed in Il
pl,ce last Saturday evening, was largely
tended ~ gentlemen Of the town and v'c'"'
Thank you, gentlemen, for this token OF
.n.c, to our poor dead printer. He "
buried a, the Horn Chapel on Sunday AFT
noon.
Some time since the sheriff turned over
four prisoners that were in Jail to Mr. He
Ter, TO pick cotton for him, but three oil IN
preferring liberty to cotton picking, "sk'PE
out :" and now Andrew is securing the co
.ry in search Of bis stray prisoners and WI
ing he had KEEP, them ]" Jail
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