Richland beacon., 1880-01-10
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GAYVILLE. LOUISIANA.


Sunnge weather tor January.
Weather turned cool yesterday.
Tho peach trees are in bloom again.
People say overflow. follow mild or warm
winters. That was not the case in 1878.
Captain Tra.k, route agent on the railroad,
rhas our thanks for bundle Of Chicago papers.
To morrow is the day for Methodist service
I'm RsyvilIe. but We are not informed whether
che new preacher has arrived or not
If you want a frst.class Sewing
Machine at reduced prices call on or
address j. f. Beben, Monroe, La.
Remember tina, you cat get the BEACON
aud God-y's or Petersons Magazine one year
sfor 81 ~ cash. and the BEAcoS and the De-
soi, Free Press for 1925.
Needles, oil, sbut,les and attach
u.ents for all sewing machines kept
constantly on hand at J. f. Behen's
Machine Emporium. Monroe, La.
We are sorely perpexed /; we get more
good papers than We can read and attend to
the other duties that are pressing upon US just
now. and yet we wan, TO read them very
much.
Buy the White sewing machine. the
most durable, cheapest. best and lar,
gest in the world TO be found at J. +.
Behen's Sewing Machine Emporium
Monroe.
We want to swell our list 10 unc thousand
subscribers this year. Why can i, not be dcne'
There are certainly that many reading people
in the parish; and bu, few people find any
faul, with the paper.
We he'd the pleasure Of meeting for few
snomcnts las, Monday afternoon our honored
Representative in Congress. Gen !. Floyd
King and he seemed to be in .pend,d con,
1liiion for active service.
None Of that severely cold winter weather
has reached our section vt country yet For
the la, two weeks the weather. ha, been as
warm as May; in fact, there has been no
cold weather this winter. -.
We ar. indebted to Gen. r L. Gibson for
.p-cisl report No II Of the Agricultural Re.
yor for 1879, Handsomely bound, neatly
printed and beautifully illustrated book, rela,
tive To the disease of swine and other do,nes.
TIC matters.
The sermons Of tie aged evangelical min
lister, Rev. A. |. Hardy, who preached here on
Thursday, Friday, Saturday AID Sunday nights
last, were very forcible, logical and pointed
s"i appear TO have made a deep impression
an the minds Of his hearers.
We hear considerable complaint of loss of
,neas-sPoiled by the warm weather in fac,
we presume all that has been killed has been
lost, for there has zen no weather for saving
mest this winter. There has been two spells
cold enough, but they did not last long enough
Cotton sold in vicksI,urg on Wednesday at
the following figures Midding, -: low
n,iidlirg llt. good ordinary, ut. In New
Orleans Ordinary, ia good ordinary, ~
low mid,liing,ll1; NiddIing, l2t cool mid,
~ NJ, ia middling fair, l3i Good prices,
are they not,
Mr.. I. n. McCown died at his residence in
this parish last Tueday, Of pulmonary con-
sumption, after protracted illness OF several
months. Deceased was a good citizen and
christian gentleman. He leaves several chill
dren in almost or quite destitute circnm>
stances God help them.
Dr.. T. W. McLeroy, om Representative in
the Legislature, left Rayvillc for New Orleans
on Thursdays train, in orde. tn be on hand
promptly mex, Monday when the assembly
meets. The doctor will no doubt make an
sciive aud efficient memter, and will be
ionnd regularly At his post, duly sober and
ready fOS business.
flour people make as good crops this year
as they did last year, they will get out of deb,
and have some money besides, provided they
start On the road to prosperity are very prom.
ising, but we should be very careful not TO
cucumber ourselves with debt just as we begin
to emerge from the cloud Of adversely.
The Baptist Church at this place paid MP
the pastor Q salary for last year this week, and
we beIssve paid little on this years salary
and besides this, with the assistance of the
congregation last Sunday, by public collection,
raised Sl7.a0 for Rev. A. /. H.rIy. We
wish the members of the other denomination
would inform us Of what they do, for we are
satisfied tina, Rsyville will always make a
good show for literally.
Pe,erson's Magazine for February, which is
already on our table is very attractive. Its
principal engra wing, Feeding the Motherless,"
is exquisis. while its fashion plates. designs
and patterns are Of the latest styles and very
pretty. Iu illustrations Of the Introductory
sa<,rv ara neat tasty and appropriate The