Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-21
MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
NOTABLE EVENTS THOUGHT
WORTHY OF A RECORD.
The Three Year Old-He Was From
Kansas-A Boston Spendt hrift-
Said He Was Not Dead. &c, &c.

the wealth of q certain aged but shrewd
maiden aunt. She had helped him out
of more than one hole, and when he
went to her the other day with a long
face and an air of penitence she knew
what it meant. :Been gambling again,
Ell 2" she said. ''Well, I'm willing to
pay your gambling debts again on one
condition. You must marry, and I've
got Just the wife for you" "Who is
she r. asked the nephew. "My nurse.
She's 40 years old, strong, able to take
care of you, and if you marry her, III
do something handsome for YOU" The
tpshot of the talk was that young spend
thrift agreed to marry the woman If oil
his debts were paid and an income OF
sc, 900 year guaranteed to him. Then
the old aunt invited another nephew,
No. Is rival, to dinner, told him of tho
compact. and said that she had made the
proposal merely as test, and that she
should refuse to receive in her house
man who would marry servant for
money.
WHEN in Colorado shooting. the end of
last year, my friend had a very bad at
tack of snow blindness, caused by long
march on snow with bright sun. My
eyes also were very bad the next day and
caused much pain. Some days after l
was under similar circumstances, when
my guide stopped and taking some
burned wood from stump, blackehed
his nose and under the eyes we'll down
to the cheek bone. On asking him the
reason he told me it stopped snow blind
ness, and as the glare was very strong
l did the same and found Immediate re-
lief. did this all the time / was out
and never found the snow affect my eyes
in any way. Every one spoke to about
it could give no reason for it, but all
used it on the march. Some use glasses,
but, as my man remarked, "glasses cost
dollars, dirt nothing"
GEORGE PORTS, of Head County, Ga,
had reason to think that the revenue
officers would be glad to find him, and
he determined to circumvent them. One
morning several months ago his bed was
found empty, and pinned to the wall
was this note: "When Il rede this /
will be ded. Under the river will be my
home" His friends searched for him.
They found tracks leading to the river
and then disappearing. A mile down
the stream they found Potts coat caught
by an overhanging branch. They de-
cided that he was dead, and his family
mourned duly. Three months later
Potts appeared and said that he wasn't
dead; but his friends won't believe him.
They say that the original Potts is in
deed dead; and now Potts is trying to
find proof to show that he is really alive.
He was from Arkansas. He was talk
ing with Decatur friend, and in dis
cussing municipal affairs the latter com.
planned that the Mayor was very severe
and strict on transgressors, and recited
an instance or two where he thought
that official was too hard on delinquents.
'Pshaw! that's nothing" said the Ar
kansian. "Down in Arkansas town a
man was found dead one morning. On
his body they found revolver and $50
In money, aud the Mayor of the town
had the body brought in, assessed fine
against the dead man of $25 for carrying
concealed weapons, and directed that
the other S25 be used in paying funeral
expenses
If THIS STORY, which comes from New
Hampshire, is true, the Post Office de-
partment has chance to investigate
On the day after the big blizzard of
March, Mail Carrier Gage of HOpkinton
started from the village on foot with his
mail bag on his back. The drifts were
30 deep that he had to crawl on hands
and knees much Of the way until he
reached the Concord line, four miles
away, where he found team that took
him to that city. The Washington
authorities are said to have fined him
S1.4O for the delay which occurred to
the mails.
JOSEPH DERILLEUx was recently bur
led in well at DOurdan, not far from
Paris. The we'll had been sunk to the
depth of sixty-six metres when the side
fell in, carrying the man to the bottom.
BY inserting pipes through the fallen
earth the grOans of the man could be
heard. He was in cavity, and they
supplied food to him through the pipes
while they began digging a shaft at
short distance from the well from which
to make lateral passage, it being found
that to continue digging directly at the
we'll was causing further falling in.
The man died, however, before he was
reached.
A RESTAURANT keeper of ROckland,
Me. noticing that two of his customers
were evidently trying to eat their suppers
in the shortest possible time, lest they
should miss the Boston boat, which was
Whiting at the wharf, thought it would
be very funny to brighten them a little.
Accordingly he went into back room
and gave remarkably perfect imitation
of the steamboats, whistle. The joke
worked we'll; the men heard the sound
and rushed for the beat, and the Joker
laughed long and loud, until suddenly
it occurred to him that the men had
gone off without paying for their sup
pers. Then he stopped laughing.
The general jollity at a wedding in
Aiaccio, Corsica, was disturbed the other
day by the appearance of two gendarmes
who stopped dance and insisted upon
arresting one of the dancers, young
woman. She tried to escape and then
drew q pistol, but one of the officers
shot her, and then it was found out that
she was Camille Nicolai, noted bandit,
and no woman at all.
A SURPRISE party" was recently held
ct the residence Of one of Saratoga's
society bellies, and invitations were is
sued. 1t was rightly named, as many
of the delighted guests were thoroughly
surprised by the imposition OF tax OF
which the invitations gave no hint.
And few were mortified as well, rs they
we're not prepared, and had no idea it
was q gathering for revenue only.