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Richland beacon., 1878-07-13
Penalty for Holding Unculti-
waited Lands.
s.. Louis Republican, !

s. Louis Republican,
Following the California election is
a discussion of propositions that the
convention will probably attempt I"
enbody in the new constitution. The
Kearnevitcs have not yet indicated
the reforms or imagined reforms they
propose; they are apparently so6ered
bv their unexpected victory and the
responsibilities it imposes on them.
|, is not thought they will attempt TO
embodv in the new constitution all
the wild and revolutionary doctrines
thew avowed during the canvass but
they will certainly attempt TO get rid
Of the Chinese and to break up the
system that concentrates large bodies
Of land in the hands Of a few persons.
This latter they will seek to accom-
plish by a scheme of graduated taxa.
tion 1t is proposed that unculi'vated
or unimproved lands shall be rated
for taxation at the same value pei
acre as improved lands OF the same
class THAT the Improvements shall DC
assessed separately from the lands
and that in addition 10 all regular
taxes there shall be added 10 per cent
on every person or corporation own
ing over loco and less than 2,Oo'
acres; ID per cent. on every person
who holds over 1000 and less thal
5000 acres; - per cent. on one WIN
holds over 5000 and less than 5,OO
acres; 80 per cent. on every perso
who holds over 5000 aud less tba
10000. and double taxes on every on
who holds over 10000 acres. Th
manifest object of this system
, Graded taxation is two-fold: first,
make it impossible for one person Q
|, corporation to hold large tracts
unrultivated land; and second,
break up the habit Of employin
Chinese laborers which prevails G
, the large grain ranches of the Stat
=. The Chinaman is as much wOrkln
, man as those who deride and denoun'
hin but he is not recognized as sue
a Those who call tbemselvea "workln
| men" ID the State set all their prime
q piles at defiance by making merciic
: war upon the Mongolian laborers, al
- warning them that they must go ba
h to their native land; and to Tor
them to 90 they strike at the class
who employ them The large Ian
at holders, the Central Pacific raiiro
: and the Chinese will be the first
. iects Of rcpressive legislation IN
pow constitution,
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

Lady Barker recommends airy bedrooms
fer children. She SAYS: "Thc fondest anh
fnssiest parents do not always understand
,l,a, ON the mos, careful artcu'iun aud simple
rides depeud the ,,rai:hrnes- Of children :
,piu,>. the strength of tbeir limbs, iheH iiec>
dom from coughs and colds, aEd in fact. ihc'f
general health Bu, few consider that hail u
youu. clild's lif.. should bc spent IN Its bed.
So that. unless the atmosphere at III" roo,
they sleep in, the quality ot tue bed ti'g tie
on, and tie texture OF the clothes when GOV
er them, are taken into ccnel iera'l'n II /
orly half their existence which Is beng
cared for
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13
ssoss
An American Girl Abroad.
1Londlun Figaro

I J
Sitnnr RuncIn j. handsome man, aud
many opera s0ers Thought, on Saturday !"
lucky man. At any rate, young and 1"''
looking tenor ha> rarely received 20 many
kisses as Alfredo did on the stage OF Her
Ma">,y's Theatre. The Princess Of Wale7
shook wih laughter, bni Miss Minnie llaucS
Ike true ariis,e, would not give IN h"ssin3
her s;sse lover again and again, unit. \ fred"
fairly out Of breath, ran away. Nile. Hare
Thabcrg. who was sitting in Iiiien : Oh box
clappe,, her hands in girlish delight; and Mr.
Napleson has received due notice from three
first tcnors that unless each Is erniiit' L
play Faust 20 the young American lady
Marguerite, he will he expected To choose be
tween swords and pistols.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

The assay department: Of tho New
Orleans Mint, Being at present in c1in-
ple,e condition, the Director OF the
Mint will. in about three weeks. begin
the purchase of Mexican dollars for
coinage purposes. at their bullion val
NC, computed at the equivalent London
rate for silver. These dollars will 10
afterwards melted and reccined into
United State standard silver dollars.
|, is expected that after the Mint
opens for the purchase Of silver. largo
supplies will be received from Mexico.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13
Wri,en for the Beacon.
GLOEI TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST l.

nY LULU sArrEEFIELD.
Glory 10 Col in the highest!
So san. the angels bright,
On the plains Of far Bethlehem,
To the shepherds one night.
Fear not; for behold, brng thee
Good ullng- ot i"y To men,
For thi- day /, born to you
\ SAVIOR to save from all sin.
4 bright li.h, fc,laround hem,
\, they SAM Of the heavenly birth
Ho,annah! nosannah! in the highest!
Peace, good will To incn on earth.
Back from the portals Of heaven,
The heavenly choir -,
Their anthems forever sounding
On mortal ,ars bcIow.
The shepherds in haste To the city,
Their mission ct love 70 find,
The Great High Priest and Master,
The King tia; was Divine.
Then the wise men gave un'o Inn
FranLincer-e, gold and myrrh,
A. subjects true and loyal
Ga one whom they revere.
Glory To Gol in the highest!
Send tie glad ,iIir = atar;
The Prince llla, shall come from j"da
Tie LrigA, and Morning S'ar,
Shall reign in our hearts forever;
Il- kingdom on earth today,
Is progressing onward, >riil onward,
Der darsness shedding iay.
Now earth remo,est u; lions
The joytul sound proc.alm-;
Glory 10 God in the highest.
We are reclaimed. reclaimed.
GIRARD, La July >. ls7S.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

The use of the C0rnet Is becoming more
and more genaral IN connection with chhT'h
choifS No instrument requires more careful
management. When IN the hands of II JiiI-
cious and skiliul player il Is great an 70 TIE
service of song. hen an incompetent uI-
start handles II the result is irlgh'ial am
from which u reasonable congregation na'n'
rally desires to e>cape.-Er.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

Now that Mr.. Tilton is fairly ont Of Ply
mouth church, II is TO be hoped that the n"nl-
bers Of that SANITY congregation VIII breathc
easier. Hcnccforlh it j. to be understood that
nobody confessc> on pain Of excomn"nica'
tion.-Sf Louis Times
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

june 3Oth was the hottest day OF
the season in New England. The
thermometer registered 96 degrees in
the shade at Boston, and lO2 degrees
a, White River Junction, VT; 100
degrees at Lowell, Mass. (; SO degrees
a, Laconia, n. H.; lO2 degrees at
Bangor, Me, and 100 degrees at
Manchester, y. ii.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

The Pinkston had no Sherman let"
ter. She could not write like Mrs.
jerks, but she has made her mark
ptcnyune. But Brewster says she
missed the truth, if she did strike tho
mark. But then, nobody expected
Brewstc to confess his guilt.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13
.ECROSTIC.

Give. said the little brook,
Ia ruIning near a stream;
Render tribute unto me,
And wealth untold | II bring;
Running, running all the day,
Down by the hazel farm;
Laughing, fio.ickins. on my way,
And never dong harm.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

The Picayune thinks that. as moth
ing is heard now Of the Presidents
policy, be may have lost it. IT is
probable that bis policy is to retire to
bis private chamber aud curse Potter
at low breath.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

At the recent greenback convention
in the Eleventh Indiana Congression-
al District one Of the speakers OBJ
served that be had more respect Tor
jeff Davis than for Secretary Sher-
man. and that if Mr.. Sherman bad
his deserts he would he banged to tho
first lamp post.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

There is a popular superstition that
crops will take care Of themselves.
Politics must be carefully nursed.-
Picdyune.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13
RAYVIIE Ia. SATURDAY. JUDY 3. 1873.

such an az, were pardouei, ii' ""''1 -
would he mockrry If law. ''Imr a'frac?
ha> too much license bccau>" 'he statutes are
not cnlorced.-CoimtHs (Ga) EnGofn.
Inne :.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-13

Col. Pitcher. of the army. has been
placed Oh the retired list. lie is too
olJ for playing ba!I.-i'tcay""e.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31
Philadelphia Claimed by English Heirs

Americans with more or less shadowy
claims to vast estates in England are
plentiful enough, but it is rarely an
Englishman imagines himself the in
heritor of an American estate. There
is prospect, however, of the biggest suit
to recover American property by En-
glish heirs, 200 years removed from the
ancestral possessor, ever known in the
annals of common law. A strip of land
upon the Delaware one mile wide, ex-
tending from Chester to Kensington,
and taking a large slice of Philadelphia,
is the rich territory at stake, and the kin
of Amasa Pawlett, a settler antedating
Penn, are the claimants. Mr.. Kendrick
Adams, young Baltimore lawyer,
while delving in the ancient records of
Maryland, discovered this brilliant OPP
portunity for stupendous litigation, and
he claims the Pawlett title to be perfect.
First, there is the charter of Calvert,
lord proprietary of Maryland, made in
1868, to Amasa Pawlett; and, second,
PENIS grant confirming Pawlett's pos
session under his own patent. In ex-
PLANTATION of Penn S cession of the terri
tory upon which his own city was laid
out, it is said that he signed the docu-
ment without precisely knowing the
bounds of Pawlett's original charter
The old man was sick abed in his
cabin, the charter was not readily
accessible, and so the confiding
Penn, persuaded of the fact of the
previous grant, and wishing to preserve
peace with his neighbors, waived his
own conflicting title, and signed away
all right of his own to the land covered
by Paw1ett's patent. And now the orig
inal charter with accurate description
| of bounds and PENIS deeds have turned
up in England, and good basis for le-
| gal operations is thus obtained.
The story of Amasa Pawlett's life,
the original owner of the disputed terri
tory, reads like chapter from Marry
att. Disowned by his well-to-do parents
because of his conversion to Romanisin
while away at school, the young man
| joined a company of gentlemen adj
venturers" for the Spanish Main, who,
when out of sight of land, became
! transformed into crew of arrant pi-
rates. They harried the Spaniards Wig
orously, capturing their treasure ships,
and soon making themselves very rich
with ill-gotten gains. 1t was the final
fate OF these gentlemen adventurers,'
however, to in their turn fall into the
hands of the remerseless Spaniards, and
all save Pawlett speedily swung FROM
the yard-arm. He was such good
Catholic and such handsome fellow
that the Spanish Governors wife took
pity upon him, and Sc
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cured his release. And then
the romance thickens. The piratical
Amasa falls in love with Maria Guzmon,
the Governors niece. The love is re-
ciprocated and their troth plighted, and
he sails away to Maryland to secure a
grant of land upon which to build him
self an independent family castle.
Upon returning to claim his Spanish
bride, he found the tickle Maria had
given herself to another during his alb
sence. Great was Amasa's grief there
at; it saved his life and made of him a
sad misanthrope. Gloomily retracing
his way to the Delaware, he lived ever
afterward a hermit-like, semi-savage
existence, and avoided women as he
would the devil.
| There are between 70 and 80 heirs OF
this antique, communicating hermit OF
the Delaware now living. They are OF
good yeoman stock, and Long Grange
in Kent County, England, has been the
family seat for 700 years. But the pros
pect of this immense American inheri.
lance tickles the fancy of these staid
Kentish farmers, and they are not averse
to making an effort for its requirement
-Sprin gfeld Mass Republican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31
An Audaci0us SMindle Frustrated.

A Memphis dispatch to the st. Louis
Times, goth, says: A few days before
Christmas the jewelry firms of Byrd e.
Co. and Lloyd & Fritz, and the dry
goods firms of B. Lowenstein & Bro,
and Kremer & Kerzog, all of this city,
received heavy orders for Christmas
goods, to be sent per express G.. o. D.,
to stations on railroads leading into Lit
tie Rock; one lot to Austin, another to
Jacksonport and the remainder to
Beebe, all small stations and near to
each other. 1t was stated in the letters
that the goods were intended as bridal
presents at big wedding to come off in
the neighborhood. The goods were
duly selected and packed and promptly
forwarded as directed by the different
firms, the bills aggregating nearly $685.
900. Nothing more was thought of the
matter, the merchants quietly awaiting
the course of events when the return
express was expected to bring in the
greenbacks in return for their goods, but
instead of that comes the news from Lit
| tie Rock of the arrest of q man at Aus
tin tonight in the act of robbing one OF
the packages of the goods, revealing the
unwelcome fact that the whole transac-
ton was a cunningly devised scheme to
place the goods at the small stations
mentioned so that simultaneous raids
could be made upon the express
offices by the Austin man and
his pals, and the valuable
goods be secured with little OF
no resistance. Immediately upon re-
ceiving this information, the Office al
Little Rock was wired and instructed t.
run into Little Rock all those rich anG
handsome goods shipped from Memphis
This was done, and the plot frustrated
In addition to the shipments sent out BY
Memphis merchants, it has been dis
covered that similar orders were filled
both in Little Rock and st. Louis, il
sums of considerable amounts. Th'
man who was arrested at Austin prove
to be one A. w. Henry, who was recog
nized as having represented himself il
Little Rock as Mason in destitute cir
cumstances, upon which representation
he received substantial aid and letters o
recommendation from prominent citi
zens of that place. He also claimed t,
have been at one time a travelling agen
for VIM. Giles & Co., Maynard & Co.
and Wormer & Co., all St. Louis firms
After Henry was arrested, he was takel
to Little Rock by the officer and hi
posse, where he managed to elude then
during the night, and is now at large
In making his escape he carried wit
him the warrant upon which he was al
rested, and also the mittimus for hi
committal to jail, and it is very likel
that he will try to make his way throug
the country personating an officer i
search of a criminal or fugitive.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31
People with Grievances.

Those who have travelled in Europe
must remember the swarm of beggars
around the portals of every church,
palace, and picture gallery, each indi-
vidual bent on exhibiting to the sympa-
thetic stranger his or her wound or NAL
formation, and anxious to descant upon
what to every one else is revolving
subject. We are afflicted here at Wash
ington with an equally annoying class of
visitors, each of whom rivals the Lazarus
of the public doorway in the exhibition
of sores. Their individual grievances
are to them oppressive, and to those
upon whom they infiict accounts of them
perfect nuisances. These are the dis
charged officials, who have become so
soured in narrating their wrongs, that
they regard the Administration and all
connected with it as their personal tor
mentors. There are the lady clerks,
green with jealousy because two or three
of their sisterhood get a few hundred
dollars higher pay, and are thus enabled
to wear seal-skin sacques. There are
the Office seekers, who display an indus
try, an alacrity, and an energy in trying
to fill imaginary vacancies that would
secure them the highest wages in shoe
shop or a hat factory. There are the
army and navy men, who are always in
a chronic state of grumble because they
are not promoted fast enough. There
are the Congressman, who fancy thai
their labors for their country should be
more fully noticed. In short, there are
scores of these people with grievances
here, and it never seems to enter into
the head of one of them that their mar.
rations of wrongs received, instead O
attracting sympathy, only excite dis
gust.--Perley's Wash. Cor. in Boston
Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31
A Colossal Graveyard.


The abstract proposition that the
world in which we live is colossal
graveyard of myriads of generations of
men who have passed away, and of the
animal and vegetable life which proceed
ed and accompanied their existence, is
perhaps instructive, but it is not often
siye. We are all ,in the same box, so to
speak, and the dismal fact is part of
our environment. When, however, the
proposition is brought home to man.
kind, that it has pitched its tent, so to
speak, on a comparatively recent ceme-
terry, the objection to continuance OF
the state of things is natural. For
tunately this continent is large enough
to have escaped the trouble, but Lon
don is so crowded that it's very grave
yards are built over. Imagine the dis
gust of the householder in the very
heart of the city, when, on excavatine
a cellar in his building, he came across
quantities of collins piled thickly above
and beside one another. The stencil
from the one-half decomposed remain;
drove the workmen from the building
and filled the air with noisome gases
and doubtless with profanity. A few
years ago, cholera was raging in Lon
don, the use of well and spring watel
was forbidden, it having been ascertain
ed that nearly all the springs under tn.
city were impregnated with human re
mains.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31
ARGENT wedding in East Canfl

AREcENTwedding in East Canfs!
Mass, was a bitter satire upon !nss
ing nature of the marriage ~
contracting parties were natives 2 !;
ern Maine, and some 10 years sge n
they were scarcely beyond cniaJ,
they were married. They ren0'e
Chicago, but their life was not ~
one, and in the course o. . y!
wears the wife returned to her ffls ;.
Maine, leaving her husband 10 oa I.
He obtained a divorce from per y y
ground of desertion, and soon ~
married again. At about the sa =
his first wife's family removed = !. l
bridge, and there she was supp :
her new acquaintance never =
been married, as she had resu .;ss
maiden name and no intimssl0'
given that she ever changed n -,
Summer her engagement 70 2 Yong ~
| was announced, and at abou' ~
time her former husband obtala a,s
vorce from his second wlie' a..
East during the fall, met his my 81
and on Thanksgiving Day Was -
ed to her.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31
Trans Continental Railroad Schemes.

"A recent w dSHluSSlOH SPCelai " 'iho
San Francisco Chronicle says:
C. P. Huntington, who is here man
aging in person the business OF the |
Southern Pacific Railroad of California,
seems to have made a serious inroad
into the Texas Pacific strength. He has
effected an alliance with Pierce and
Commodore Garrison, who are building
the Galveston, Houston & San Antonio
Railroad of Texas, whereby he will
make connection with their road at Ell
Paso. He has also got a controlling in
terest in the Mobile, New Orleans &
Texas Road, which has 80 miles built
west of New Orleans to Donaldsville,
and so miles more graded, which, when
finished, will unite with the Galveston,
Houston & San Antonio, at Houston.
He has, by these connections, cut right
into the Southern interests, which have
been the chief reliance of Tom Scott.
He now proposes to press his bill, which
was before the Pacific Railroad Com
mittee last Congress, providing for the
right of way and land grant to
the Southern Pacific of California, from
Fort Yuma to the Rio Grande at Ell
Paso. This bill, with some changes,
was introduced in the House few days
since by Mr.. Money, of Mississippi,
hitherto friend of the Texas Pacific.
The bill, in substance, provides that in
asmuch as the act of March q, 1872, re-
lating to the construction of a railroad
between APPOINT in Northeastern Texas
and the Bay of San Diego, Cal, has
not been complied with by the constrlc-
| 4 ,.tl. Al
ner specified, therefore the contingency
has arisen in which Congress should ex-
ercise the reserved right to adopt such
measures as it may deem necessary and
proper to secure its speedy completion /;
and that the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, which was authorized by the
same act to construct line between
San Francisco and Fort Yuma, having
complied with the law by constructing
its railroad to Yuma, Arizona, and now
proposes to extend it further east
ward until it meets and
, connects with the Texas Pacific
or other railroads in Texas, at the
Rio Grande at or near Ell Paso, it is pro.
, vided that the lands heretofore granted
to the Texas Pacific between the Colora-
= do and Rio Grande Rivers shall, for the
purposes of the act, be granted to the
Pacific Railroad Company, for so much
: of the line as it may construct. 1t re
, quires 100 miles to be passed within two
, years after the passage of the act, anc
the whole road to FL Paso within sil
S years. If when the Southern Pacific il
constructed to the Rio Grande, neither
the Texas Pacific nor other roads from
Eastern Texas are there to connect, i
may, with the consent of that State
continue eastward until a junction i
: formed, and in like manner, if the Texa
roads first reach Ell Paso, either of then
: may proceed westward to the junction
? of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Pro
: vision is made for the interchange 0
; traffic facilities, and equality of rate
. with connecting roads, and for the &C
: ceptance of the act within six months
: after its passage. No bonds or othe
! subsidy to be given.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31

In France each inhabitans IN, I'M
an average three-quarters Y d.sshI
spirits annually. Sudden vi !. Is,
consequence of drink, are M III y
in those departments IN wn ~
drunk /; they are rare where 's.s;,s
consumed. Cases Of intoAlc, W.
ficient to bring the drlnks NJ mi
notice of the law, are 49, INV. N
more frequent in the depsr. n 4 NJ
consume much alcohol tnaa = .ls.1
which wine il consumed. g, sssI
respect to alcoholic deliriuln I'M
Der Of cases stands in Amos: y. NJ
lation to the amount q sPl', NM
ed, and particularly to va 81 I
manufactured spirit when IN III
| Vendee and Charente press ss's,s I
exceptions to thisrule, ana W. ,.s',.-
quantity of white wine = 'aA'
as dangerous as brandy
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31

A YOUNG French girl, after q bitter
family quarrel, threw herself into the
Marine at 11:30 p. m. She thought
that she had an excellent chance of be-
ing drowned; but it was not so, for just
at the time M. Mandernache, who had
already fished rs drowning people out OF
the water, and twice earned the Humane
Society's medal, came along and soon
had her ashore. Her ducking brought
her TO her senses and she has been en-
tirely reconciled to papa and mamma.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31

AT Riomagglore, in the province of
Genoa, robbers broke into the rich
church of the Madonna di MONTENEGRO,
and carried away nearly 100000 francs
worth of precious objects made from
early Peruvian gold,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-04-18

hereby notify the Public that I will MT
from and after this date pay any debts contract
cd by my wife. Pauline Rose, as she has Icy my
house without my consent. q. W. ROSE
Donaldsnnvlla Feb H. 1878. fe3