Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-08-20
Among our State Exchanges.

ihc ci.s papers boast of New ORR, ans a,
a place of hcaiil and co.afort Pheyv, Won
certainly canno, feel comfortable will. the
ihrr.non1e;cr ranging from - to iU5' in the
-haie--we don't.
The Madison journal complain, Of The
rnrua.encAt Of the water work, a, Delta.
Torn ;!.e ma, h.ne loose :nd let !; run lis IT,
nri-,ih"r; i!ia' Is iIc way We RAy,iilc people
IL" and !. see'n, IL work n. night, Il any OF
u b.'i.e anything wrong we set it right ana
% a',,'d oar business
rlr ,o'or.i people Lave organ zed Lodge
No. = Of 'hc United Brothers OF Friendship a,
Mr!en. Lodge NJ. il at Rayv.le, the
order Aa;.i.g originated Le-c.
AmI'c City lndcpenient Willie freight
trajI WAS ruun.ng ,ou:h Of Bo.ue CLiro.
Miss on tie ~: INST. inrr cars olhci " .,h
cate, and the cahoosa. Jumped Tie track.
lac car, "ere drmO.I-ied, killing Il cate.
and wpuu Ing seven Passengers aud tn, con-
du,trr. Geo. w. MATHEWS, Of Summit.
braH"m IN, was also wo'udej his right leg
hcirI shattered and 4 spike driven through
Ia, eft leg, Loti. wound, below the kuees
omd.t-Thar II that on dit writer tor the
DunaldsouviIc Chiri lived IN our town he
would be- in continual slirmish will: sens
>iiivc people, or be eter.aly hiding from
them.
\ committee of Public Saf.y has been
organized IN New Orleans for tie protection
OF The citizens from the ou;,agcs Of the hoods
inln>, no lav- become an iutolcrabie nui.
sance, disgrace and curse 20 the city.
4 stranger was found dead in the water
closet Of a coffee honse Il: Plaquemine les.
week. The South describes him as a,,9ut
fifty years of age, ANDY hair and WHISPERS,
the two first fingers OF his !isht hand cut cit.
There is a grea; dir,h Of news of general
intefeo, in about all Of our exchanges.
The track layers on the New Orleans Pa
cife road cached the r,t'ie;h nile from
Shreveport, last week
Two Shreveport darkies a-cusel each o,her
Of s'eaii Z, and one Of them under ook to win.
dicale himself with a club ani succeeded in
giving his antagonist such blow as was
thought would prove fatal ana landing him,
self in j,;l
The representatives, Of tie Baton Rouge !
Advocate, CapItoian ami Sugar Planter held
meeting last week 10 arrange for the reccp, /
ton OF the members Of the Press who attend
the meeting OF the Press Association Sep,em>
Der 5th
Vienna Sentinel There is a grea: deal of .
sickness in his section Of country since the /
recent 70. III" So ~ ph~sicians are going /
night aid day and the only way orc ca:, ret
TO talk with he n Is by taking them on the .
wig
Theodore Stall. New Orleans baker, met
with horrible death on Sunday norrins
lat. by being buried lcnea,l the brick and
mortar Of his fallen bake cven, in which he
was attempting - make some changes when
i, fill
Mr.. Campbell, veteran Of the war of
1912. died in Concordia Parish luly 3lst,
aged as years.
Robert Hill was returned 10 Terrebonne
parish la, week from Wick burg. TO answer
the grave charge Of. numbering his brother.
y"ung man las jus, returned TO Terrc.
bcnne parish from the gold and silver mines
Of Arizona. of which he gives glowing ac>
count, bu, he prefers TO re,nsin in Terrcb ,nne
ior all that
Minden Democrat As proof Of The ex-
'reme d4y weather in and around the vicinity
Of Nlnaen, the tender ,prig> of the pines gre
al! lying, thing which rs,ely occurs il this
country.
We have noticed ihat not only the sprgs
aud leaves 1ut trees in Richlani parish have
HE'D.
DeSo,o Democrat: \ negro by the name
IF Fmrgerson on Monday last shot his brother
with "A shot gun in warl two. He was aires.
led by Constable Ra'llh and lodsrd in jail
Joe Davis, cn!Orei, was killed al Grand
T1ue City this week by being struck on the
Iead by the handle OF a hard car while IN
no'io'h Crops are very short this year
n DeSoto. About a fourth OF crop o. corn
IaS been made, and the PROSPECTS, fo cotton
Indicate that about one-ihird of a crop will be
,atherel. MT. John simon, one OF
most successful planters assures us that the
,rops IN his vicinity, (ihlrd ward) may be
considered a flat failure.
Gretna Courier: Rain is no scarce com,
Modify with Us IN the right, We are
Had 10 note no change in the existing epidemic
# health. both here and across the river.
Not "A single case OF yellow Fever has yet
made lis appearance and rs we are now in
he middle of August, that we will not be
'isfed by Bronze John this season, looks J
New Orleans States: Last night t.hou, {
| o'clock, George Bender. grocer, whvse
'lace Of business is located al the corner Of
;iysiln Fields and Derbigny streets, returned
o the above place after attending meeting ,
4 some kind all his efforts 20 awaken his s
wife or children proved 'frui:isss, unit lie
lmred over the fence and, soizng an axe, ,
hopped open one Of the back windows. ,
lie then disco verei that hi~ wife and chill ;
rem were under the influence Of chloroform
lie succeeded in awaking his wife, when he
Il et her IL ste. waS III AMI "a. LA