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TO THE HON. Judge OF Probate within and for
the County Of Hancock.
n HE undersigned Sarah +. Gordon OF sullivan,
i respectfully represents that her husband Au.
gustus Gordon = resident OF Sullivan In said
County, at the time OF his dscease died the Slst
Of October A. d. 1870 interstate possessed Of es-
tate In said County, which ought to be admins
tered according to law, and prays that admins.
tration thereof be granted to Eugene simpson Of
said Sullivan NJ . suitable person above u years
of age and suitably qualified for 'ad s trust
Jsbez Simpson.
Sullivan December 24i 1877.
STATE OF MAINE
HANCOCK, ss.-Court Of Probate, Ellsworth.
Jan. Term, A. D.. 1878.
Upon the foregoing Petition, ORDERED THAT
said petitioner give public notice to all persons
interested. by causing copy of the petition and
this order to be published three weeks successive
ly in the Ellsworth American, . newspaper pub
lished in Ellsworth. in said County that they may
appear at = Court OF Probate tor said County, to
be held at Ellsworth. on the lat Wednesday of
Feb next, at ten Of the clock in the forenoon
and show cause If any they have, why the prayer
Of 'a,i petitioner should no, BE- granted ,11 -
Attest CHAs. p. DoRR, Register.
true copy-Atest: CHAs. DoRR. Register
At q Court OF Probate holden at Ellsworth within
and for the County OF Hancock, on the LIST We
nesday OF January A. ID. 1875.
m Z. WOODMAS and Naham T. Pin named
L Executors in a certain insrtumen purporting
to be the last will and testament Of Jabsx II.
Snow late of Bueksport In ssid county deceased.
having pre- sented the same Tor probate:
ORDERED-That the said named Executors give
notice TO all persons interested by causing copy
Of this order to be published three weeks success
sively in the Ellsworth American, printed at Ellis
worth, that they may appear At Probate Court TO
be held AT Ellsworth. in-sAid County, on the frat
ednesday Of Feb. next nj ten Of the clock In the
forenoon. and shew cause, If any they have. why
the said instrument should net be proved, APP
proved. Asd allowed a. the last will and tesla
ment OF said deceased.
PARKER TUCK. Judge.
CHAs. p. DoRR, Register. 3ws
THE SUBSCRIBER hereby gives pu bile notice To
i all concerned. that he has been duly appoint.
ed and hna taken unOn himself the tIuat of n
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Richland beacon., 1878-10-05
Afro, La, Sept. 30, 1873.

Afro, La, Sept. 30, 1873.
Al mass meeting held by tbs 4th ward,
70 elect Delegates to . convention to DO held
in Rsyville on the Second S, turday in Octo-
ber. A. Il Weaver was appointed chairman
and F. {. bcies secretary. The object u the
meeting being explained, 4 motion was made
by II. E. vickers 70 rstify the action Of the
former Convention, bat was lost. On motion,
the meeting proceeded 70 elect Delegates, Viz:
$. S. Boushton, J. Burton Archibald. J. A.
Hembler, ST., H. =. Vickers, y. II. Williams,
w. r. Baird, and e. A. Boies. Alternaies,
Jas. Holdridge, L. S. Mobiey, George Har>
Tison.
The following Resolution was adopted:
Resolved that our delegates be requested
to use oil their efforts towards harmonising
the party. and prevent there being two can
didsses before the people.
On motion, the delegates 70 uninstructed.
On motion, the BEACON was requested to
publish the proceedings.
On motion, adjousned.
A. L. WEAVER,
Chairman.
&c. RoEs.
Secretary.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05
Democratic & Conservative Party.
Ward AeelinE, 0ah Ward.

The meeting was called to order by calling
R. 8. Boughton to the chair and o. w. vii.
iams TO act as temporary secretary.
On motion, r. S. Bough,on explained the
object Of the meeting.
On motion, r. S. Bou.hton and o. W. Viii.
iiams were made permanent chairman aud
secretary.
On motion, T. c. Boies, S. Montgomery and
VIM. II. Frewiu were appointed to draft reso.
lutions, who, after q recess Of ten minutes,
returned with the following, which was read
and unanimously adopted, and the committee
discharged
We, the undersigned committee appointed
by tho chairman Of this meeting, beg leave
to make the following report, so>wii:
We heartily endorse tho Nominees Of the
Baton Rouge aud Monroe Conventions, and
we pledge them Our hearty support We
further pledge ourselves ~ the hearty support
Of the nominees of the Parish Convention to
bs held in RayvilIe Oh the 2"d Saturday in
October next
Therefore, be it resolved, lst, That each
ward be equally represented in the PARISH
Convention.
end, That we will support the no'nies'i"ns
made in this convention.
3rd, That We have primary election in
THE meeting, 10 determine the choice Of the
ward for the various offices.
Respectfully submitted.
VIZ. II. PlEwirr.
TIC. BORIS.
S. MONTGOMERY.
On notion tho vasioas officers were nomi>
mated and elected by ballot. A. B. Cooper
was the unanimous choice sos Representative (;
VIM. H. Trewiu was unanimous choice for
Parish Judge, and L. c. Mcintosh was tho
choice for Sheriff.
On motion, the chairman appointed five
delegates, to.wit: J. J. Adams, p. H. Aus.
tin. O. w. Williams, Sam. Montgomery aud
Charles Ware.
On motion, the delegates were instructed 70
cast the Rrst aud second votes for the choice of
| the ward, in the convention TO be held on the
second Saturday in October to nominate otti.
Gers of the Democratic and Conservative
party; aferward they are to use their own
| discretion. I
On motion, the RIcBLAxD Beacon 10 reques-
| ted to publish the proceedings Of this meeting
il. full.
On motion, the meeting djnmned siss die.
r. s. BOUCHTON,
O. w. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
SecSeUvy
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05

There is nothing 80 sweet as TO be loved.
except loving. BY love we mean, Of course,
the true, pure love which is not o thing Of
the senses but OF the sonl--Iove that is the
outgrow,h of gnndness. What will not on
do 10 win or keep such tenderness? VIVA
will not one risk, or dare, or fossake fnr il
j. any journey long tina, has love kiss Al the
end OF m!-any duty hard that eemen,s the
bonds between two hearts! To be truly
loved 10 the great reward life has TO Offer
And any one who has heart aud dozen ,
mind showing it. who can pnt aside selish
ness and be true to others, can win love. To
have people temporarily in love with you
needs only 5esuty, To b beloved, one
must have truth, tenderness, consnncy and
responsiveness. Be good and do good, and
despite all that 10 said about this worlds in>
gratitude, some one will love you.-.d~dsrss~
Witness.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05

II is enough to make patriot foreswear his
country when he is treated as Gen. Dix was
treated the other day in New York. He ap.
piled for his pension, bat having lost his Ger
iitica,e, it is said ti,at he will have TO spend
months in cscMmiocuiion and red tape before
he can procure another. Gen. Dix was the
author of the noble sentiment, "lf any man
attempt to haul down the American fay shoe,
him on the spot This distinguished Amer
lean soldier he. probably killed more snipe
than any General in the world. II is sha ne
to keep snch q man out Of his pension fos .
dsy.-Nashriiie .Emericon.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05
YELLOW FEVER NEWS.


II yrieves % to have to announce to our
readers that the ravages Of the epidemic still
continue fearful At every place from which
we can hear. The fever a, Delhi has broken
Out with renewed violence. On Sunday las,
there were nine cases, three whites and six
colored. On Monday there wese five new
cases, one white. On Sunday nigh, there
were three deaths. Mr.. Henry Arduin, .
worthy and useful citizen, an Eng!ishmsn by
birth, was one OF the victims; the Two others
were negroes, Ned Hampton and John Dixon,
botl well>known, and the latter highly re.pec.
ted by all classes. On Wednesday night the
new cases were no, given. Mr.. Spencer
Montgomery reported dangerously i'll. The
other sick doing well.
Al Delta on the 2nj there were 81 cases
and three deaths reported within the -
hours preceding-names not given. The
Monday.
Tho disease appears to be spreading
through oil the counties adjacent to IicksburK
and the most horrible accounts Of the saiTer.
ing and distress reach 10. The sick and dead
are alike abandoned by the living to tho mer.
cies Of strangers. Food, medicines and
! nurses are needed, and the most pitable
appeals are made to the vicksuurg Howard
Association for aid. We are grieved the
more because our own people are not in q
condition to relieve these poor sufferers.
Major Creeu and Mayor Edom came ou
from Monroe yesterday, with ice for Delhi
which was forwarded from here by hand,car
To the latter gentleman we are indebted fol
three copies Of yesterdays Telegraph, from
which we condense the following additions
fever new-,he ,elegrams all dated Oct. End
New Orleans-Deaths,. 80; cases reported
1856. Health reports indicate slight increase
Of mortality.
Bay 81. Louis-22 new cases and deaths
Csnion-Fever ,akcn a fresh hold-not q
greater number Of cases, but greater msliy'
nancy-75 cases under treatment
Vicksburg-Twelve deaths yesterday. Fe
yer spreading in the country. Safe to say soc
cases in the country outside Of city. DIR. Fer
ny OF Haynes Bluff says he has over l0C
cases, and tue epidemic spreading. People
terror stricken. Two authenticated cases re-
ported Of parents abandoning two dying
children.
Baton RouFe-Fever increasing-sS new
cases and six death.
| Greenvile-20 new cases and 46 deaths.
| Holly Spring-Fitteen new cases and ten
deaths Every store in town closed.
Since the above was in type Col Moore
has handed Us the following dispatch:
Delhi. Oct. 4.-SPencer Montgomery just
died. His wife down. Wrish, Lilly has the
black vomit. Slarery and myself still up
God know. low long.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Moore & Coleman. Ss.se Of I.ouisisna.
No. 500 vs.. Parish Of Richlsn.I,
ard Husband.
BY virtue Of . writ Of heri fsciss issued
from the Honorable l4,h District Court in end
for the Parish Of Richlsnd, State OF Louisiana,
in the above entitled and numbered emit, and
to ire directed, I have seized and will ODER
for sale nj the door Of the court house, in the
town Of Rayville. said Parish OF Richlsnd, on
Saturday. the 5M doy Of October,
1873,
., public auction, to the Isst and highest bid.
der, the following described properly, 'o-wis:
One square Of ground. together with oil the
buildings and Improvements thereon, having
the dimensions OF three huAdssd feet square,
south Of and fronting on the right Of wsy Of
the Sicksbusg, Shreveport and Texas Rail.
road, being square OF lot one ~ Of Thomss
Williams addition to the town of Rsyville %
per plat fled in Recorders of6cs snnesed -
the front fly leaf Of Mortgage Bnok "A" Of
Richland Parish, which square 10 jnined on
the West by lots 5, 6 and ~ Of square : Of
Rays pla, OF Rayville.
Also, all the rents and revenues Oft Silver
plantation.
Also. III. three promissory notes signed ny
Ira Boriicld, together with the special mort.
gage and vendors privilege securing same -
per act Of sale and mortgage between Mss.
Mary =. Rush sLd Ira Barfeld, passed before
p. Manghans. Recorder. on the 18th Of
March, A. ID. 1875, end Mxe,her With the
personal obligation Of Mrs. Mary E. Rush, ~
| endorsed If said noses, and the clause Of ten
per cent attorneys fees in case Of suit which
| are rs fellows, so-wis:
Three several prom ssovy notes signed ~
Ira Barfield for twenty sir hundred and % vensy
| dollars each, dated March 18th, 1875. due re-.
spectvely on the first day Of Msrh 1876. 1877
1875 hearing eight per cent per snnnm in.
terest rom ds,e payable to the order of ssii
Mrs. Mary F. Rush, and sl endorsed by her
in blank with the authority Of her husband,
which notes are daily paraphcd by the record.
| er Of the Parish d RichIand Of date 18th.
March. 1875; snid noses being secured BY The
vendors privilege and special mortgage on
the property puschassd by said In BarAeli
from Mrs. Mary =. Rush.
Seized rs the property of Mrs. Mary E.
Rush, Defendant, and will be sold TO pay said
debt, interest and all costs.
Terms Of Sale-Twelve rnonths credit
purchaser to give bond with appro, cd secur.
iiy, bearing s per cent. interest from date
and mortgage retained on property sol,l.
IA. LlDDELL. Sheriff.
Sheriff. Office, RayvilIe, L.,
September IA, lS7S.-At.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05
Our Only Hope.

We would ask those who express indifier.
encs - 70 the result, Of the election TO be held
next November, and those who say ~ 6irant-
ly that they had a. soon vote tor RepubIi.
can ~ such and such man, what they have
cen laboring 70 hard for the last fourteen
years 10 accomplish. Has i, no, been TO free
themselves from Republican misruls. corrup.
ton and fraud. Can they hope to enjoy the
frni,s Of their hard earned victory by return.
ing to Republican rule? DO they SEQ no
change for the better since the Democrats
have had control Of our State Government!
II TO, they must he blind To facts,
Let as many new psrsies spring up Is may;
let designing persons labor ~ hard as they
mny to secure their own personal aegrand-
izement even st the expense Of party; still
the principles Of the Democratic party re.
main a. Arm ~ adaman,, and we propose to
adhere to them and battle for them N long ..
men can be found to rally around our old
standard, and demand . government, by the
people, for the people, and the RICH, of local
self government
In doing this, we DO not claim that all men
who adhere to our party are honesty, honor.
able, selfsscrifcins Ps,rots-for to do 90
would be presuming that oil men who do %
are virtuous and good-bu, we DO hold tina,
our principles ere pure, and tina, those who
adhere to them are acsuated Ivy principles oil
right and justice until they prove themselve,
secrsant and unworthy Of public confidence
To doubt mans honor believe giving him q
trial 10 70 PREJUDICE him. which is neither fail
nor just.
Bot, 70 return, can we hope for any good
from the party that ruined our State aud came
nigh mskins il a bowling wilderness and the
strong bold Of knaves and plunderers. Then
bet 40 not entertain the idea of voting for q
RepHblicsr for Office, no matter how much
we may personally dislike the Democrats we
are asked to support Our only hope of saliva.
ton 70 in the Democratic party, ami to il, in
our opinion, We mus, adhere ii we would pre-
serve the liberties OF the people and save ouI
country from merging into centralized dis.
potism.
We may be fanasical-we try not 10 be
but we were born of democratic parents.
raised in densoc'uic country and imL,bel
democratic principles in our very infancy, and
TO them we are bound 10 cling Is firmly as to
our religious belief in the Christian faith.
To abandon them, we would be compelled to
30 to the opposite extreme Of advocating M
oligarchy, and we have too much faith in the
wisdom and virtue Of the American people
TO do that yet. Hence. we will continue to
cling TO the old Democratic ship IS the only
hope for the perpetuity our republican ins,isu-
lions in oil their justice and beauty until NO
hope Of hbery is left ".
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05

BY reference 10 the proceedings Of . meet.
ing OF the Democratic Executive Committee
Of this parish, published to-day, it will he seen
that the candidates nominated Sept l4tl have
Withdrawn their names from the ticket, and
tina, another convention las been called. This
was oil done for the sake Of harmony, and
reflects gres, credit on the candidates, who
could have shown no greater zeal for parry
than 10 this magnanimous, sslfsacri6cing &C, Of
theirs. No reasonable person could ask them
to do more.
Nov net the Democrats Of Rchland 10 10
work in earnest, attend The ward meetings,
e,eea deseg.sss 10 the parish convention, place
. ticket IN the field and then support it,
whether esea, man Or each ward secures the
nomination Of his o. ~ choice or not
Those who Gail 10 sstend the ward meetings
will have no one to biams If their psocesd>
sngs arc unsatisfactory, and will have no righ,
10 object TO anything that may b done. We
will have no time for pulling dowS ssy more
ncke'ss s"o Cs""" s"ofo 70 oe u"toeu
Therefore, let ~ mike up our minds, like
good and true democrats. to supper, the tiche'
whether il suits us or not. Let us have nc
more child's play-no moro kicking out Of the
party ,races-bns let ns pull together ~ one
man, with one object in view, and that objec
the success Of the party.
We are going to support the next ticket pu
in the field whether single name on il 10 ou
personal choice or not. Let every domoera
say the same thing, and then do wha, he says
and 60 il with . will.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05
KELLS on KELLOGG.


We find the following in the Shreveport,
Standard of Sept. 18th:
Commander Kells. Of the United Safes
Navy, Ia. addressed tho following letter to
Kellogg
New ORLEANS, Sept S, 1878.
SIR-Sevcral day. ago the War Department,
through, the exeriion. Of the Hon. Mr.. Eus,is
and others. donated forty thousand Tati0ns to
the destitute Of this city.
Your suggestion to the Hon. Secretary OF
War caused . detention here. and the Gations
are not ye, distributed.
You intirnated that discussions amony., the
benevolent societies here might delay the dis
nibuton.
say you lie.
Within foriy-eight hours Of the inception
Of the Peabody Association, over rive thou
sand rations were di.,ribn'ed.
A commander Of the navy is doing duty
here rs . clerk in the Howard Association.
Creed, race aud politics are not regarded
here in this great calamity, AMI yO0, fifteen
hundred miles away. wish to divers the pal.
try allotment Of the government into political
ci annels.
am writing this to you as a friend. You
know rs well rs that as far as this State j.
concerned, yoa rePresen, nothing OF snyb'dy.
and the most that could lie expected Of you
was, when you did NO, wish W do any good,
was not TO do any harm.
Char your record IL yo.s can. For your
sake have lost friends and family, sDd when
hear you OIL the streets daily called liar
AMI a coward, ! can't disprove il.
When you donaied public money TO ShTevc.
port, you told Clarke, Tell the newspapers. ,
take counsel from your previous actions
because they have succeeded we'll, conse'
quenty write you this open letter.
Should there be anything in the above you
might conssrse rs biIiRerent, you will alwsy.
find my address At the navy department
nave seen Mrs. jerks, and il you scn'
her would advise you To drop il. p. d. z.
very truly, d. &. KELLs,
Lieut., Comd'r. U. S. N.
Hon. VIM. r. Kellogg, at Large:
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05

There 10 one boat that makes weekly trips
from New Orleans to StafTords Landing, At
the mouth Of Bssuf river, which brings sup
plies for ,ha, portion Of the county, and some
OF the people Of the neighborhood speak OF
ordering goods BY IL. We believe w. l.
Jones did order bacon and ties by the last
nip. Il 10 said, but We do not know how
true Il is, that this boat has brought the yell
low isvsr either to Sta6ord's Landing OF
Psasis Landing-soms 10y one and some the
o,her. One thing 10 ceTsain, il it can be car
ried in goods there is danger Of this boat
bringing Il from New Orleans.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05

ELECCION RETALIATION.

TN accordance with Section u Act No.
SO, Of the Extra Session Of 1877, notice 10
hereby given that Cenersl Election will b
held a, the ,Iifieren, polling places OF K.eh'
land parish, on Tuesday, the a'h day OF Mo-
vember, 1878, for the following officers. so'
wit:
One member Of the 45th COnEress;
One member Of the 46sh Congress;
One State Treasurer;
One State Senator fro n the 23rd District;
One Representative;
One Parish Judge
One Sheriff;
One Corner;
Seven Police JuroSs;
Seven Justices Of Il . Peace;
Seven Cons,aLles;
And also to adopt or reject the proposed
Amendments to the Constitution Of the
State Of Louisiana, numbered from ! TO 81 I,
in another column Of this paper.
ia. LIDDELL,
Sheriff L Returning Officer.
Rayvil,e. L.. Sept 2s,h, 1886.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05
Meeting q The DemocFaalc
Executive Committee.

At . meeting Of the Executive Committee
Of the Democratic party Of Richland parish,
held At the Court house, in the town of Ray.
vile, on Tuesday, Oct 3rd, 1875, the chair.
man. having explained that hi. object in cal.
ling the meeting was 10 try to harmonize the
party, then proceeded 10 withdraw hi. name
from the ticket no,ninsted Sept. l4th. Col
Moore then Withdrew the name Of Judge
Montgomery; and Mr.. Scott beng present,
requested that his name also be Withdrawn,
which left the party without a ticket in the
field.
The roll being then called. the following
gentlemen answered the call: lst wsrd-
Col. c. H. Moore; End ward-Thos. J,
Mangham aud H. w. McI.enore; 3rd ward
Capt c. H. Brashear, Ben. Myrick and
Joseph Rushing 4,h ward-John A. Hemler
and l.. Mcdonald; 5,h ward-I. W. Choa,
9Th ward-John L. Lobdell, J. II Rhymes
and A. B. Alexander: 7th ward-J. J. Thorn.
ason, F.. H. Nelson and J. D. Cooper
The resignation of H. Belden was read and
accepted, and, on motion, Capt. F. Conner
was elected to fill thr. vacancy; his name
was enrolled and he, to- i, his sea, on the COM
mi,tee.
On motion, the resolution of an informal
meeting Of the citizens held to-day was read
On motion, comr1ittee Of six was Up,
i pointed to draft resolutions, towi,: F. Conner
C. H. Bra.lear, John A. Hemler, l. w. Choat
4. B. Alexander and f. H. Nelson.
On motion, . recess Of FIVE minute. wa.
taken to allow the Committee time to prepare
a report.
| Committee returned and made the follow
ing report, which, on motion, was adopted
| Whereas, The candidates nominated for til
different offices in the parish ef R,chiand, or
Sept. 18th, 1873. have Withdrawn their name.
to barmOnize the party, then be it
Resolved, That the various wards Of the
parish be requested to assemble in mass meet.
ing on Saturday, the l2th Of October, 1878, to
cteSt ocicBdtce, W hoWitidtluS COu>
ven,ion, to be held in the town Of Rayville
on Thursday, the 18th day Of October, 1878,
to nominate the parish ticket. (Signed)
{. II. BRAeHEAR.
JOSH A. HEnLER.
A. B ALEXANDER.
F. CoxRR.
+. II. NsLsox.
Nv. CBoAr
On motion, p. Why was recommended
for the appointment, of United States super.
wiser Of registration, and the following gen.
ilemen As Deputy United States Marshal. 70,
| the different wards: P. B. Feenan, NJ. w.
Kelly, r. r. Justice, H. F. Vickers, John
Lacroix, J, Harvey Rhymes and Jas Stoke.
On motion, 100 posters, calling the ward
meetings and parish convention, were ordered
printed and circulated.
On motion, Colo. H. Moore We, requested
to suggest the most convenient place for the
meeting OF the first ward.
On motion. the Committee adjourned, sub.
| jet to the call Of the President
| MI. LIDDELL,
President.
THos. J. MAXenAx,
Richland beacon., 1878-10-05

We received the following special telegram
the first Of this week, but ~ il may be Of
interest to our readers even n this iste date.
we give it place in our columns; and wish
we could say as much for our parish ~ It
says for Ouachi,a
MONROE, La, Sept Goth.
RishIamd Beacon, Rdyrille, La.
Large snd enthusiastic meetings here
during the week. The colored voters ale
kee, ing faith with the parry, and our m"jori>
" will reach fifteen hundred The utmost
good feeling prevails. Gen. J. Floyd King
candidate for congress, has been here during
the week He la. been untring in his ener.
gies, and his presence has effected much
good. He will make thorough canvass OF
the river parishes. He is confident Of carry
ing the District by a large msjoriry.
S ID MCEtERY.