Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-08-01
From State Exchanges.

W. IL l'lh 'hltlN His IttI III
dorScl by the LouiSiana delegation
in Congress for the position Of FCon-
sul 10 Callao.
Our community was thrown into
Il fever Of excitement last SATURDAY
hv the report that ruiianlv and cow
ardlv attempt hal been nude tn all
! minister 'chlurnfuru 10 Mrs. j. II.
I MrNuecicv and her Younger eistcr,
Miss Anna Mcknight, about mid
/ mat on Frilav night 1O;h i,.s..
/ They We're unprotected aud alone,
= VI IS Anna having zone ov-ras com
pany To her SISTER during the might ;
, absence II Nr Nckucclv on Il fish
Ing excursion. Fortunat.ly the fumes
Of the drug awoko Mrs Mcknrclv be
fore the intruder hal IN opportunity
10 accomplish wiIatever dark dcsien
he NAV have had i'll view. and upon
her raising an outcrv he fled. From
the peculiar characters on a bottle of
chloroform found by the side of the
bed on which the ladies were Sleep
ing, as well as a number of other
corobOrating circumstances, suspi-
cion was SO strongly ccntcrcd upon
Gus Scackelford aS the guilty par'v
on Sunlav evening n nnmher of our
citizens interviewed the lai in ques-
tion who i, about Is ycals Of age,
aud ordered him to leave for parts
unknown, if he wished to escape
rough treatment at their hands.
Taking them at their word he'left
i'll short order.-Colfax Chronicle.
On Tuesday morning about four
o'clock the household of Mr.. Victor
Blanchard, residing on the corner Of
Bayou Road and Feei.'s alley. We're
aroused from their slumbeI 10y the
bursting of a lamp, which was sit
ting on n shelf Immediately over the
lounge Of which Sidney V. Blanch.
ard, aged about sixteen years was
sleeping. The mother and sister
were the first to reach the scene of
danger. They found that the burn
ing oil had spread all over the bed
and The sleeping and unconscious
boy. They succeeded III pulling the
boy from his perilous position before
he was seriously burned, and then
turned their attention to subduing
thetlames which threatened 70 destroy
the house. No sooner had they re-
leased their hold on the bewildered
boy than he rushed back to the burn
ing bed. 1t was then he received the
injuries that resulted in his death.
He was horribly burned from his
feet to his neck, his face only escap-
ing. His sufferings during the day
were terrible, were relieved by death
at 1920 p. III. the same day -Iber-
vile South.
Capt Hotard has arrived at Grand
Bayou bridge with his dredge boat,
having cleared out all distractions
that interfered with the passage of
the water through that outlet. The
surplus water now in that basin can
now pass off rapidly when once it
falls into that stream. In two or
three years more, this stream can be
cleaned up as far as Bayou lOnion
and that Bayou dredged out. as well
as several smaller drains that carry
the rain water into the Grand Bay
on, when the entire swamps on the
east side of the Bayou LatOurche will
become dry and cultivable land, adj
ding thousands of acres IF fine land
to the area of cultivation -Thibo-
deu Sentinel.
Last Tuesday week in the neigh
borhood of Aarnaulville, during
heavy shower of rain, the lightning
struck and killed heifer and twelve
hogs that had taken shelter under
thorn tree. On Thursday last light
ming struck and set fire to the gin
house of Mr.. Napoleon Robin near
Leonville. The mill and its contents,
with the exception of three bales of
cotton were entirely destroyed.-S
T Tonlry Democrat