Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1889-03-16
ACADIA.

| are TAXING advantage OF tne mt
weather. Corn planting is all the g
now
Donaldsonville Chief The amount
of money destroyed in the Sheriff
safe BY the conrt house fire was only
$40.
| CALCaSEU.
Welsh Crescent: We are glad to
note the interest taken bv our farmers
in the planting Of sugar cane this
spring.
If you've capital Won want to invest
put it in a rice mill at Welsh. 1t will
pay big.
The rice shipment from Welsh,
from January to February 81. was
thirty cars. This is an excellent
showing for this season of the year.
The Agricultural Society Of South
west Louisiana met at Jennings last
Saturday for the purpose of electing
officers for the ensuing year.
Shreveport Democrat: The different
members of the police jury have been
requested to see the people of their
respective wards and ascertain their
wants as regards fence law. There
seems to be disposition on the part
Of some citizens in the country to
amend the fence law now existing and
have a fence that will not keep out
hogs, sheep or goats.
EAST B,ToS ROUGE
Mr.. Sam Sims has been awarded
the contract to clean out Bayou Foun-
tain.
Item: The attention of the doubt
ing Thomases is called to the fact that
the Baton Rouge Street Railroad
Company will hold their first meeting
here on the 18th of the present month.
and that inside of thirty days work
will begin on the tracks.
Weekly Truth Baton Rouge): The
State fair is being worked up with
considerable interest
The old Mississippi was our only
outlet to the world in years past,
when magnificent steamers plowed
her length, and the people along her
banks have that inherent love of
steamboating that cannot be super
ceded by the more rapid transit of
railroads.
Our enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr..
R. H. Burke, has purchased the diff
fusion machinery in the Sugar Re-
tinery building and is having 1t taken
down preparatory to removal to
Westover. his magnificent sugar estate
in Wet Baton Rouge.
The Daily Advocate (Baton Rouge)
publishes the names and former COM
mands of some thirty-6ve surviving
confederate cavalrymen now living in |
and about Baton Rouge. But of
those asked, it SAYS, very few will be
able to attend the reunion in this
city in March.
EAST CARROLL
The Carroll Democrat: There is a
cheerful, buoyant energy visible in
Dur people that indicates "a good
lime coming"
An increased kindliness of feeling
s evident, between the planter and
ais feld-hands in East Carroll.
The river bank in front of the Ash
on levee continues to drop in. On
Wednesday the distance from the
evee had become reduced to fftv
'ards, and no start made on the new
inc by Scott & Sons, SO reports the
evee guard.
The sheriff will sell, March 23rd,
,rox., several tracts of land contain
ng in the aggregate 1877 acres, with
improvements.
Carrall Banner: 1t is small mat
er but worthy of consideration.
There ara.no onions in town" West
I'm gardners get rich off of this one
wA;ch our people buy.
With the mild Winters we have, there
8 no reason whyH.aur people should
lot have such Vegetables the year
ound in their gardeEa.
Carroll Democrat Lake. Providence):
Sherwood plantation on bunch bend,
vas sold on Monday last y adver-
ised in the Democrat, foN$S, 100.
dessrs. Stewart & Gwyn wake the
Franklin Sun (Winusboro): The
'ourt house square is now nicely T
enced in, with styles at the promi-
lent crossing.
The weather through the week
hough cold has been pleasant. a