Richland beacon., 1889-01-19
CALDWELL.

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Caldwell Watchman (Columbia)
Quite number Of persons are film,
t their homesteads and securing home
Y for themselves and families. Slnwl
=. but surely the hubble land is bein!
taken up.
, CoSCORDIA.
: Nidalia Sentinel: The survey O
the New Orleans, Natchez and For
Scott Railroad is progressing mos
fsvorabl.. and General John II. Rice
the President, SAWS the contracts vii
be let and the work Of grading b,
commenced before the first Of Feb
rnary next. May this be SO, but i'll
asmuch at the time is somewLa,
short now to organize n working
force and place it in the field thi.
month, we think the General should
have placed his pegs month or two
III the future.
CATAHoULA.
Trinity Herald: The steamer John
Howard passed down Thursday
mornirg with over 1000 bales of
cotton.
The river is rising fast and is full
OF big boats.
EAST RATION ROI-Gr
Baton Rouge Advocate: We nn-
derstand that the Cuban plantation
in West Baton Rouge is still grind
ing. 1t will probably finish before
the close Of spring.
Weekly Truth: Mr. King Kuox
! proposes erecting, on his tract of
land between Government stree, and
Boulevard, number of cottages AMI
eight are in prucess Of construction
at presrut They will be quite AN
improvement to that part Of town.
EAST FELiCnSA.
The prize of $40, offered by th,
Wilson Sun for the production of the
ost corn in one acre of land in the
parish of East Feliciana, has been
awarded TO Thos. W. Thompson.
who produced from one acre 50 81
barrels.
The Te"he Pilot (Jeannerette) con-
tains the following:
Quite number ofimmigrants have
arrived here lately AMI many more
are expected next month.
Gretna Courier: The Union Oil
Z npany is perhaps the most i'm
p 'rtant factor in the progress of our
town. Within the past two years
this company has made such vast
lnprov, ments in the cotton seed oil
industry that it has been found
necessary to erect numerous build
lngs and purchase thousands of dol
lars worth of property on which to
extend their work. They are Mt
present erecting an oil r-finer,
when completed, will rival
any Of Its kind III The Uuited States.
LINCOLN.
Ruston Caligraph: Never since {
he rush to Ruston shortly after the
of the town has there
'een such demand for residence ,
property. A dozen residences couln :
)e rented or sold and between this !
late and the middle of January, if !
hat number was to be had. A bind .
nan can see that it is our school that !
las put the town Oh the boom. {
LAFOURCHE.
The Thibodaux Star has the fol-
owing to say about business in that {
own: y
Business here, during the HOLIDAYS @
AS been unprecedented. We know r
1 no merchant who has had reason T
D complain. Every storekeeper in II
his town Seems to have reaped n d
"lden harvest and only regrets thai
u>lness does not continue to be a, p
risk the year round as 1t vas for Il
Ouple OF weeks past. C,
ouacHrr. IL
Ouachita Telegraph: There has 6,
zen deadlock in the cotton market
r the past month, very little of the n
recy staple having been moved. IL
mere are now about 60O0 bales oi. a.
ia yards in Monroe and Wcsi si
[onrOe. :,
The attention of the immigrant has
last been attracted TO this beau,i- RI
II and fertile Ouachita country. We fl
iould improve the opportunity. IN
pOINTE cOUpEE. 81 -
The Points Coupee Banner saws &c
lat it seems as if one-half of the al
boring population of the parish are II
'moving from one locality to another.
kAPIDES. 81
The Town Talk, has this item on u
'e subject OF apple culture in Rapl- u
-s: .'
Mr. /. Spence Smith, Of Bayou
fIld. g. read about Mr. McT,.uriue',