Richland beacon., 1889-08-03
DELFT PARAGRAPHS.

the Charades which came If last
Tuesday night. Every eAe pro-
nounced them a decided zfcess. The
drama was Among " Breakers"
the actors in it were Eessrs. DOller-
hide, Allen, simms Garpe, Miles and
Travis. The ladiyof the play were
the Misses Barny, Miss Emma Doller-
hide and Miss Hattie Hawley. Each
gentleman AGED his part so well they
seemed to l5e all Booths in embryo,
while thsfladies could well be COM
pared o the Jersey Lilly or Mary
And, rson. One OF the actors was
ena;;red while performing a very pa
t!tetic part, and Mr.. Ed. Travis as
tScud' could not be excelled. They
also gave farce: The Little Senti
mel" which made the audience roar
with laughter. Receipts Of the even
inc, s4S for benefit of the Methodist
church in Delhi. Miss Minnie Bish-
op had charge of the ice cream tables
Delhi has new depot agent, Mr..
Moore.
The Young and handsome Nh. Willie
Wells is back home after an absence
of several months.
Mr.. Hunt and Mr.. Harris, of Al
toona, spent few hours in town the
past week. They are most excellent
young men and of fine business ca
pacity.
Miss Pritchett, a cousin of Mr.. W.
II. Gibson, spent several days with
his family this week.
Miss Maggie Trezevant is the guest
of Miss George Trezevant.
MIR. and Mrs. Orr, from Dallas, were
in town this week, also Capt. Mckee,
from Lum place in the swamp.
Mr.. Joe WHY, from West Carroll
spent the day and night in town
Tuesday.
Mr.. Tom Jones was quite sick This
week; he leaves next week for Ala
with his two little boys to recruit tn,
health of each.
Mrs. f. w. Thomson is so sick as t.
be confined to her bed. We hope fol
her speedy recovery.
Delhi boasts of quite an accom-
plished choir. Miss Susie Barnes il
the most accomplished organist. Mrs
Owen and Miss Emma Dollerhide ar,
sopronos, while Miss Halle Barne
and Miss Minnie Thomson have ;
sweet contrdUo, and our most charm
ing Dr. Ragland renders a fine tenor
and Peter sometimes sings bass.
DR.. C. B. Johnston, of Monroe, i
spending the week in Delhi still look
ing acknowledgements.
Mr.. Sam Richardson (our John L..
is seen occasionally on the streets; h
is an energetic, practical and acien
tifc farmer and consequently a she
cessful one.
Mrs. Ratliif, wife of our forme
depot agent, is visiting Mrs. Watts.
The young gentlemen of Delhi CAV
most enjoyable hop on Wednesda
:: night at the Murphy Hall.
Misses Read, McCord and Baker
with Mr.. p. G.. Berry as chaperor
left Thursday for Oak Ridge. W
hope to have Misses McCord an
Baker visit us soon again.
Capt. Walter Davis, of the U.
? snag boat, is in town for few day
looking as happy as big sunhower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hornberger are tn
happy parents of fine boy; may h
> live long and prosper.
Mr. Bonnie Karpe, that yer
agreeable clerk of Blum and Stein
g leaves Sunday for visit to his pal
rents in Canton; pleasant trip t
l him.
We hope there may be no errors i
this weeks paragraphs; some thin
Peter bad speller and also not goo
in diction from his many errors, .bu
: we know Mr.. Mangham cannot hel
!, it for Peter does write such scraw
however, he may improve being yt
. but country lad.
Mrs. Armstrong, wife of the Meth'
dist minister, has been quite sick; 81
is somewhat better now.
PETER PARAGRAPH.
GNote:-The editor cannot kno
! everything at once.-ED.