The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-12-09

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An account of the fight between
Mace and Coburn will be found Oh
first page.
We had colo, freezing weather, the
first partof this week; since Wed
nesday at noon, ithas been clear and
pleasant.
The LESSEE Taylor leaves Wash
ington for New Orleans, to-day at
10 o'clock, A. NJ; and the Selma to-
morrow at the same hour.
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A dispatch dated November 2Sth,
says the storm at Salt Lake City was
undated, and that the sui had not
been seen there since the 18th.
Read the advertisement of Mr.. w.
r.. Cochran. His store is well sup
piled, and he will have a special sup
ply for the Christmas festivities.
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Gold closed inANew Orleans, on
the 9th inst, at 110s to 110s, mid
ding cotton 1SB to 10, sugar 6 to u
according to quality, and molasses
40 to AZ.
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Mr.. VIM. Prather has transferred
the Lake Charles Echo to it's former
owner, Mr.. j. w. Bryant, who has
employed Mr.. Bryan Hutchins to
publish it. f.- 1914"
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The Prince of Wales and the Earl
of Chesterfield both caught the ty-
plus fever at the same time and place.
The Earl has died, and the condition
of the Prince is very critical.
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We have received Godey's Lady's
Book for January, 1872, the forty
second year of it's existence. Send a
Post Office Order on Philadelphia,
to L. A. Cooley, and youwill get the
Lady's Book for II year.
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MAsoNIc.-At the next regular
communication of Orphans Friend
Lodge, No. 185, Big Cane, La, the
election for officers to serve the en-
suing year, 1872, will be holden. The
membership are requested to take
notice tllereofand govern themselves
accordingly.
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DISTRICT CoURT.-The last Grim
inal trial, at this term Of the court,
came off last Monday and Tuesday
the State VS.. Charles p. Gordon, in
dicted for manslaughter, for killing
Omer Poiret. The jury rendered a
verdict of not guilty. The court has
since been occupied in the trial of
civil cases.
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Gen. Emory has issued an order
taking command of the Department
of the Gulf, tdwhich he was recently
appointed, consisting Of the States of
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi,
and the Gulf Posts as far eastward
as and embracing Fort Jefferson and
Key West, and excluding the Mill
tary Posts in Mobile Bay.
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Mr.. Munzesheimer has recently re-
eeived q lot of excellent flour, and
all other kinds of groceries. Being /,
an Inexperienced flour dealer, and hay-
ing considerable reputation in that
line, we have no hesitation i'm recon-
mending him as such to our readers. /
We have tried several barrels of his
flour, and always found it as repre-
sented. :
The cane in this parish is yielding ,
q hogsllead to a hogshead and a half :
of sugar per acre, according to cir ,
eumstances. We give one instance !
where a little over two arpents gave !
FIVE hogsheads. The cane was SO very !
late maturing this season, that many !
planters, for fear Of losing their cane !;
by a freeze, commenced grinding it
while green, and the yield was only
half Of what is has since been. J
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A GOOD YELD.-We are reliably t
informed that Mr.. DORIS Noel, on Bay G
III Teche, seven or eight miles from 1
leEe, got q yield of five hogsheads of "
'ugar from about two and one-ifth a
lrpents of cane. For the informa- b
ion Of those not acquainted with Z
measurements in Southwestern Lou in
we viii state that an arpent fl
less than an acre-six acres makes W
bout seven arpents. to