The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-13
General Notes.

No less than forty families have been
thrown ont Of homes by the recent fire
in Shreveport aml the losses in general
will be much greater than at first cal
cnfatt.d.
Lake Charles Echo: The increasing
demand for Louisiana bonds in New
York is good evidence that Gov Me
Enery's administration of the States fl
nanccs has restored public confidence
and capitalists are anxious 10 invest III
Louisiana securities.
Alexandria Democrat: As soon as
the water and freights will justify, the
a Farmers Alliance Steamboat Line,o
of which Mr. B. w. Marston is Presi-
dent and J. Fl. Jones is Secretary, will
commence the navigation of Red river,
in competition to the RED River and
Coast Linen of steamboats,.
Baton Rouge Truth: Gen. Will A.
Srong, who was indicted at the last
term of court for embezzling money de-
rived from the sale of election tickets
while Secretary of State, arrived in
Baton Rouge last Monday and surren-
dered at the sheriff's office. Judge
Burgess fixed his bond MT $4,000.
New Iberia Enterprise, Nov. g: The
last act of the political drama of the
season was performed last Saturday
night in this place, being the mock po
litieal funerals of Theodore Fontelieu
and C. b. Darrall It was accompanied
by a torch light procession and dis
play of fireworks aud caused consider
able merriment. The weather being
cold and inclement, the procession was
not MS numerous as previous ones.
Mr.. Samuel H. Pearcy, of Franklin.
Tenn, has invented sugar cane and
corn harvester, which he expects will
revolutionize and cheaper the produc,
tion of sugar. The machine will cut, top
and strip the blades off of sorghum and
cane and leave it in piles ready to load
on a wagon II is claimed the machine
will do the work of forty men, 1t has
been practically tested and a company
for IFS manufacture started i'm Nashville.
Louisiana Farmer: We received a
very pleasant visit few days ago from
Mr. T Jay Lacy. tlle well known pro-
prietor of the Mount Hope Nursery,
near Washington, La. This enterprise,
the only one nf its kind in Southwest
ern Louisiana, is proving an immense
success, and. through the experiments
of its proprietor, we are placed in pos
session Of many varieties of fruit trees
hitherto incapable of growth in this
climate. The Mount Hope Nursery
deserves every encouragement. Send
for catalogue.
Marksville Review, Noy.6: On last
Tuesday the Court House question was
decided by the vote of the people.
The returns of the election will be
found in another column. Never in the
annals Of the parish has there been
more exciting or more hotly contested
campaign. The Removalists carried
the day by large majority The de-
cision will work great injury TO prop
erty owners in Marksville, particularly
to those. the character of whose bust
ness. will necessarily compel them to
locate at OF near the new parish seat.
The returns alluded to show n major
ity of 695 for the adoption of Act No.
l04 of the General Assembly removing
the parish seat from Marksyille to a
point on the right descending bank of
Bayou Rouge or des Glaises within a
distance of nat more than one mile
above Or below the junction of said
Bayou Rougt, and dcs Glasses, and 2998
majority for e. W. Robertson for MEM
Der Of Congress for the Sixth Congress
sional District