The Opelousas courier., 1883-06-02
Opelousas, Parish Of St. Landry, La, June g. 1888
A Big Land Sale.
N. o. City Hem.

N. o. City Item.
A Baton Rouge special to the Picayune
reports "a cash sale of S02,3 acres OF
swamp lands in Calcasleu parish to q
Mr.. j. B. Watkins, of Lawrence county.
Kansas" This is the largest tract OF
land ever sold to one party, for cash, OF
which we have any record in this State.
The reported amount of cash received
by the State Treasurer is 800 ,294. .l6,
which is ut the rate of twelve and u halt
cents an acre. And in correspondence
which ensued between the State Treas
urer and the purchaser, the price paid
is assumed to be the government rate,
and there seems to have been no ques-
tion raised upon that point. The Treas
urer, however, obtained from Mr.. Wat
kins II promise to relinquish to any ac-
tual settlers he may end upon the lauds
included in his purchase, the right to buy
them, not exceeding one hundred and
sixty acres to each head of family, at
the government price.
Aside from any loss or Inconvenience
to actual settlers, growing cut of dispos-
session, by this large purchase of Leu
isiana land by q live Western man, we
regard it as a favorable symptom. 1t
is the declared intention Of the purcha-
ser to settle upon and improve his land,
though he does not indicate the uses to
which it is to be put-whethsr farming,
grazing, mining or getting ont lumber
Calcasieu is we'll adapted to all these in
dustries, and with better facilities of
transportation and travel than the pee
pie there have enjoyed heretofore, it is
capable Of being made one of the rich
est, as it is by far the largest parish in
the State. This addition of more than
eight hundred thousand acres of land to
the assessment rolls will furnish an i'm
portant item to the resources of the pa
rochial authorities, and also to the State
Capitolian Advocate, &c: The amount
of money in the State Treasury to the
credit of the Lesee and Drainage Fund
is Si20,OU7 80 payments being made,
$46,3ll.3a; total, Sl66, 1897. The in
dications are that this amount will be
swelled to $200, 900 before the close of
the year; and, as the money is applica-
BILE to levee purposes, the State will be
able to repair the ieyess all along the
Louisiana line next year. Since our last
report of sales by the Land Office, $50,
759 27IlO0 acres have been sold. The
received for this land, $46, ,3ll,
has been turned into the State Treas
ury, and is included in the amount men
toned of the funds at credit of the Le-
wee and Drainage Fund.
Monroe Bulletin: A street sprinkler
from the lst of June is almost assured.
For comfort and profit it is the very
best summer investment that csuld be
made. Just think of the thermometer
in the nineties and the dust approach
ing a sand-storm Give us the sprink-
Ter, and let the holes ba large and the
horses go slow.
Ouachua Telegraph, Goth: Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines has offered to compromise
her Judgment against the city of New
Orleans, amounting co some two million
dollars, for $l,3Iz ,00O Mrs. Gaines has
Two suits. pending in the U. s. District
Court here claiming thousand or so
acres of land I'M this parish.
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Capitolian Advocate, 26tl: Hon. Z. A.
Burke, State Treasurer, has informed
. reporter nf the CA. that since the
that the Treasurer would
pay State warrants in cash, warrants
o the amount of $4,000 have been
presented and paid for the years 1890
81 80 -s3.
Alexandria Express, Goth: Trains will
'hortly commence running on the Texas
Ind Pacific Railway from Cheney yville to
New Orleans, as the water in the Atcha-
alaya swamp is falling rapidly, and the
rack viii soon be in good condition, as
i large force is now engaged in repair
ng damages done by the food.
There have bean two executions of the
Of Lord CaTendisll and Secre-
ary Burke. Joe Brady was hanged at
Dublin on May 18th and Dan Curley on
he 18th. Several ethsr persons, charg-
ID with completely in the murders, are
n custody, and other convictions viii
follow.
A PRESENT A finemap Of the United
states will be given free Of charge to
,very purchaser of a dollar bottle er
package of NE. A. Thedford & Co.'S
liver Medicine or Black Draught. at |
". O. Posey's. The map alone is worth !
more than one dollar.
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