Richland beacon., 1889-06-15

The track ont to Prudhomme IL being
put in such condition By Mr.. Childs
the champion section boss, that viii
be, in very few weeks. a safe 30
mile-an-hour road. As it is, there i.
none better in the State.
PLAouEMlNEs
The drouth will make the sugar
and rice crops of Plaqucmines very
short this season.
Plaquemine Protector: We are in
formed that a large number of plan.
ters who are unable to procure pump.
are bargaining to sell their rice crops
to those who have the good fortune
of possessing pumps and engines
Some few have already done so.
Po1NTE coupEE.
Pointc Coupee Banner: The Lake
land Building Association limited
are rapidly rushing up their hall and
opera house, which when completed
will be the first public building in
the parish.
The honey yield of Pointe Coupee
will be unusually good this year. In
speaking of the apiarists the Banner
says: At the present writing, Thurs
day, Mr.. Seibert has extracted twelve
hundred pounds of honey from twenty
four colonies; and has one hundred
colonies left which he has not yet
visited. He expects to obtain within
the next few days, in the neighbor.
hood of twenty-four hundred pounds
of honey, equal to the finest ever
produced in Louisiana.
The oat crop in Red River parish
is reported to be very good.
RApIDEs.
The citizens of Cheneyviile ward
have held a recent meeting to con.
slider the best means of securing trans.
portation of freights, cotton, sugar
molasses, etc.
Alexandria Town Talk: TheAlexan.
dria Public Library Association has
sent after some new books.
Sheriff Stafford informs the Town
Talk that he thinks he will have
enough left, from the $500 appropriate
ed by the police jury to fix up the
courthouse, after making the needed
improvements, to nicely carpet the
entire court room.
The sheriff will sell certain tracts
of land on June 22d and Goth. and on
July 9Th.
A new and neatly painted fence
has been put on the front of the
Catholic church yard in Franklin.
The corn and cane crop in St. Mary
has suffered serious damage from the
drouth.
st. Mary Banner: Suit has been
entered by Messrs. Pecot, WAC Mel
and others against the police jury to
force it to lay off and open a public
road on the east side Of the bayou
from Charenton to the upper line Of
the parish.
Through the energy of several Of
our citizens, notably Mr.. w. X. vii.
son, Franklin is to have Homestead
Loan and Building Association. One
hundred and seventy-fve shares, at
two hundred dollars each have been
subscribed for, and a call for a meet.
ing of the stockholders on Saturday
June %, has been made. The asso-
citation will then organize and make
ready to begin operations.
ST. rAMMANY.
St. Tammany Farmer: A large
quantity of wool came in again thi:
week.
There are hundreds of artesian we'll,
in Covington, and more being bored
every day, Good clear water is found
at depth of from 20 to 100 feet
They are much better and cheaper
than wooden cisterns.
ST. LANDRY.
Cattle and crops both are suffering
for want of rain in st. Landry.
Opelousas Courier: Steps are being
taken to organize Law and Order
associations throughout the parisl
similar to the one which exists in ouI
town.
A certain tract of land will be dis
posed of at succession sale in the towr
of Many On June 26th.
Sabine Southron: The crops we arr
glad to say are in Aourishing con
dition, and from the present outlool
the crop Of corn will be immense, anC
the mast will be in abundance.
ST. HELENA.
Work was begun last Monday OF
the new Jail. 1t will be erected upor
the old site. The work is now unde