Richland beacon., 1885-05-09
Railroad Lands.

Some valuable lands for sale al tax sale on
the 10Th inst, which IS to-day week ~"
fnrr., the time. Remember Tat the present
revenue law a amended has been passed on
by the Court, and decided 10 be good. II yo"
Inn, under these sales AMI the a--e>>'n' NJ .
notices, a. are regular your tt'e Wal De so"'
after the lapse Of twelve months al" -
deemed yon Wi. get Per cent PER mo"'
on The Investment.
Some 10000 acres " land IN tins TaFI~h are
the properly of the NIrSsbur=, shreveport fH'
Pac,lt. Railroad. The largest part l. WEI ~
the Uuacha river. prucipai'y h'>n'''' "'''
lands winch large amount OF excecdInSl' r"h
BAYOU bottoms. Ihr gran; east Of The H'er
is of ai,uv,al nature. an capable OF producing
enormous crops. The recent construction ana
reminding of ,he Mississippi river iev"e- VIII
fully reclaim he lands OF Tins AMI ADJOINING
uari,la, On the east, and nn better opportunity
10 settlers on small tracts, VIII ne bow aud The
;rr,ut ca.y. The cypre,, timber on these ian.'-
! - very valuable an. the establishment OF Jaw
mills womld be of great profit To investors.
The Raiiroad Company has in Nor"hou-e
rari,h G.ouu acres. Ia Rrhaud l5.uno. IN
Fra,klin % 600. and West Carroll 5000,
cubra ,ing tine grades of alnviai >"li ana me
hes, class of the lands known "a the Macon
hi!l'-EX.
Som. If ,h, fines, lands in the world could
be found in Richland parish belonsin. 10 'he
Railroad and if the titles could lie made s'od
IN those lands, sales could be- effected IN Tins
ra,i,b. As i, is, under the deei OF Trust e;"r>
dri ia all the parishes through which the foad
rms. the property is encumberet with same
In the pension o,h,e WORK i beng so raf'"'
X pushed that in April 1,31p ori2inal cases
were disposed OF, which beats any previous
record Commissioner Black believes tha' 'he
force i TOO large, and wImL a m'h'h " l.
,,oii,hi that two or three hnnired snHeln'l"">
clerks. put in by Mr.. Teller lnst before me
civil service law went in'o eit'ri' VIII oe "">',
a.. Com Bl,ck j, an ardent Democrat, and
Ia. been looking around 10 find some pla"r
vb..re room couli he ma ie for Democrats.
There are two hundred and my sPe'H''
, ..v,,,;,..r. recently auhprczcl by special ac'
f,t.,,,,ass who reci.ve = 700 salary and
- -, ,.av for holei bills, who are Stationed al
,,..- ,ha country investigating pension cases
, These are the class of men who are charseu
v,,h having worked 20 eilic.-nt'y for the
3 p.,,,hl;.an. in Ohio last fall. Black thinks
y they are no, department clerks, ana 'he'e
fore DO not come under the evil servlce Jaw
: An official opinion has been asked OF 'h'
4, attorney renaral. whether Beck : view OF ne
question is correct II so. the latter VIII pro
,..ed y, all speed 10 discharge these 800 he
n publican poliiwians over the country an'
substitute that number Otacuve Democrats
n. has also asked for an opinion concrrhih.
+ the status Of H. $4,000 year men; whom IA
= believes not to be protected by the reform
, ,w Tn. Democrats claim that th'
h o5O sprcials examined were selected soie'l
h on polirical grounds. used in that line dunn!
the las, campaign. and If the law VIII ALLOW
:. they are perfectly justified in cleaning men
Il out. >.
Appointed Clerk Hugs has prepared II'
Z OF 800 people in the IT .sury less IMAM :'u
q a wear who do moi come uni thS reioi'
ruIes He has asked Secretary Naming
l. d;r.,, tina, changes be made giving those pla
v ces TO Democrats.
~ The foregoing is taken from the special
the Commercial Herald 1t is these office
scattered over the country that do more
mould public opinion Than ANYTHING els
IL They are expected 10 work for the patty mi
lie gives them position, which j. nothin-, mot
i'll than natural ahd we DO not know that II i 1
If from right, but the parry in power shon
Ii have have an eye TO efficiency as well
-. party service.