Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07

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didn't get his face in the water,
and the earth he loosened in his
struggles absorbed it soon; so danger
from that source was taken away. There
the young man remained, upside down,
for three-quarters Of an hour, when his
aunt saw his feet sticking out of the hole
and promptly yanked him out. He was
nearly exhausted. "Aunty," he said: Il
heard You every time you called, but !
could not make you hear me.
The Excelsior geyser in the Yellow
stone Park is in operation. The geyser
is the form of an immense pit 800 feet
in length and 100 feet wide, and the
aperture through which it discharges its
volume of water is nearly 200 feet in
diameter. Its general appearance is
that of a huge boiling spring, and for
many years its true character was not
suspected. Its first eruption occurred in
1880. when it revealed itself as a stup-
endous geyser. The power of its erup-
lions was almost incredible, sending an
immense column of water to heights of
from 100 to 800 feet, and hurting with it
rocks and powders of from ] to 100
pounds in weight. Its present eruption
is said to be repetition of that of 1850.
1t is throwing its volumes of water 300
feet into the air.
MAYOR LATRoBE of Baltimore was APP
pealed to Saturday by woman to de-
eide whether she should do a certain
thing or not. She had tossed up cent
intending to engage in the undertaking
If heads came up twice out of three
times, but the coin got lost the last
trial, 30 that she could not tell whether
heads or tails won. She then appealed
to the mayor to decide her doubt by ans
wering yesterday. The mayor is not
himself devoid of all belief in luck, and
he answered that the lady should toss
up again and let chance decide for her.
He has not heard the result.
The unusual spectacle of woman
imprisoned for debt is seen in Bangor,
Me-, for the first time in twenty years.
Thomas G. Stevens, a lawyer at New.
port, had a lady client with whom he
failed to settle, and he therefore took an
execution out against her, and on Fri
day morning imprisoned her in Bangor
Jail, putting up cash for several weeks
board for her. The woman is n widow,
comes from Etna, and declares that she
is being wronged and swindled and will
live in her present abode for years if
necessary rather than pay more.
The funniest thing in town is the
mishap of a gentleman whose wife runs
the store bill. He has been in the habit
of having his cigar bill charged up as
potatoes, and the other day his wife
took her pencil and began to figure up.
She finally found that they had eaten
over 10 carloads of potatoes the past
year, and she Just didn't believe that
the account was right. The grocer and
the smoker are now between the upper
and neither millstones, and it is hard to
tell who will be pulverized the finest
at the close.
1T is announced that after settling all
outstanding debts the estate CT the late
Roscoe Conkling will amount to between
300, 600 and 100000. This sum was
accumulated during about seven years
of close attention On the part of Mr..
Conkling to his legal practice. During
that time he paid off a security indebt-
edness in Utica of S15O,000. His will,
which was made about twenty years SGD,
leaves his entire fortune to his wife. Mr..
Conkling of late years had received some
of the largest fees ever paid lawyer in
this or any other country.
T. II. GARRETT, of Baltimore, Md,
who was drowned last Thursday night,
was an enthusiastic student of literature
and art. He was diligent collector of
rare books, costly pictures and valuable
articles of rertu. Hisspecial delight lay
in gaining possession of some curious
volume dear to the hearts of rival biblio-
philcs. He had many missals and other
antique illuminated books. He owned
one of the few good collections extant of
Confederate war poetry, song, etc. His
knowledge of engravings was remarkable
and his taste was exquisite.
Mr.. RICHARD RAY, in company with
Coroner Mcdowell, pnid a visit to the
morgue in Pittsburgh, and, after in
specting the two dead rooms, they re-
turned to the little chapel in the rear of
The Office. Mr.. Ray was loud in his
praise Of the surroundings. and, turn