Richland beacon., 1881-08-27

Anderson Bates, cucr-h, was walking along
The road by .Ic side OF 4 fence. with hs vile
on Payou Discard, O,iac.i,a ar.sh, OH Ia,
n.hi of August 9Th, when he was struck on
the back Of the neck with piece OF timber
by Il parry -,sn!,ny inside the fence, whcl
brose M. neck and resulted in instant death
Ferry Mun,on and Aaron Anderson, color, Il
were arrested on s',picion.
4 skei,on suppose 10 be tina, ofa dan negro
boy, who disappeared last winner and >nrlo>'
ed To have got lost and frozen In a thcket
near ColiaX, was found recently.
The Claiborne Guardian. one Of our mosr
valued and ably conducted State Exchanges
entered upon It's 9Th volume Angus, 18th
May it long look after the interests Of CIai-
borne, brighten the homes of It's patrons and
battle for t.,e righ; in the affair. cf the State
Tie Morcicu go Citation wants the R'chland
deg killers to extend their operations 10 ba>-
Top.
The jovial editor Of the Clarion, who has
been spending part Of the summer in
Alabama, is expected home at,cu, the frs, of
September.
On Monday night of last week Riley Tur
ner, WAS assassinated, at his home in More
honse parish. The Clarion calls loudly for
the enforcement Of law.
We learn by postal card from its editor tina,
the Baptist Messenger will be removed to
Arcadia about the first of September. Cor
respondents ami others will govern them
selves accordingly.
Columbia Herald: The Steamer Laura
Lee struck a snag close to Baton Rouge, and
SUM; in ii feet Of water.
The Herald reports hail storm on Buuf
river, in Caldwell, las, week.
The Cotton Plant makes mp lie crop report,
for Morehousc parish abou, az follows Six
OF eight bushels Of corn per acre, six hundred
pounds seed cotton per acre and no, enough
sweet potatoes in the parish TO garnish one
big fat po>sum. This report will about
answer for Richland parish also.
Alexandra Central Express. Cotton is
opening rapidly throughout the parish, and
picking will commence in earnest next week
The crop promises to be fair one.
Franklin Sun: The cotton crop in the par
ish will, from what we can lea IN, prove al
mos, failure. Scarcely T. ,hird of a crop
vii! be made In some few favored local.
tiles, the yield may he better, but as an aver
age. the amount we have named will be quite
as much as can be relied upon.
VIENNA Sentinel: The weather is still
dry, hot and dusty, with no prospect. Of rain
soon. Nearly aud in many localities. quite
half of III, cotton is open. and the chances
are indeed slim or a half crop. Peas, pota-
toes and corn are absolutely ruined. Cotton
is opening rapidly in this parish, and we ex.
pect to hear Of several new bales before our
next issue appeals The general opinion is
that an exceedingly short crop will be the
wind up, but the quality will be good and the
price also.
The Minden Democrat, progressive, well
conducted and useful parish paper, entered
upon its fourteenth volume last week.
The enterpr>ing citizens Of Minden are
trying to induce the ", s. & p. Railroad Com
pany to run the road through tina, place thev
are willing to pay literally for it, and we
hope they will succeed.
A negro brute attempted 10 outrage Ms.
Crow, in Webster parish, last week, but her
husband arrived in time to rescue her and
ares, the scoundrel Neighbors were called
in, and they gave him a sound ,hra.hing and
ordered him to leave the country. They
oash, to have broken his neck.
The vicinity of Minden was visited last
week by a severe hail, rain and wind storm,
The Ami:e Independent publishes Prof.
Guimetie's French Liver Pad as a humbug
and the advertising agent A J. Bcbou, as a
swindler. We will know in a few days
whether we have been swindled by them or
NOT.
lafayette Adve,.i..r: We learn that quite
a tragedy occurred at Abbevillc, las, Friday
the 18th inst, in which three lives were
brought to an end. One George Ab.ner, a
young negro, it appears outraged a negro wo.
man and then killed her. A second was also
who attempted to Illustrate his de-
sign or, who was witness to his assault ups
on the other. The perpe traitor OF this crime
npon crime was arrested and jailed, and on
was taken out and hung by an as
sembly composed of his own color