The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-18

Lake CilafleS COMMefciaI :: All Tue
boring machinery of the C:Icasitn Artc
sian Well aud Oil Company has arrived
at Lake Charles. The company will be
ready to begin operations in a few days
and W. wish them all succrss in their
commendable and useful enterprise
st. Mary Review: Cane is growing,
but the stand is by no means near what
it was last year, and from, present mdi
cations the yield of sugar will be short
considerable this season.
Sharks are very numerous in the bay,
and are destructive to the fish. On look
ing at the lines in the morning nothing
but tisI, hc,,ls are found on the hooks
by the fisherman.
Lake Charles Echo: Florida is land
of sand, while Louisiana's lands are the
most fertile to be found in the South !;
then, too, the railroad facilities of Lou
isana cannot he surpassed by any State
for direct shipments of all produce and
fruits to the Northern markets. Yet, a
little boom in advertising the sand flats
of Florida has scattered and is still
scattering millions of dollars in that
State.
We hear great many talk about
the Dear Old Mother; but to be good
mother she ought to be generous
enongl to set her daughter up 10 the
world and give her a good send OFT,
such that daughter expects and hopes
for. To the promises of true men, to
tile honor of gentlemen, to the reason
of thinking men, and TO all parties.
the majority Of Southwestern st. Ian
dry appeal fnl a division of the parish
Let it not be postponed, for it will ere
ate y slissensinn which will not be heal
ed. Rayne Signal.
Iberia Farmer: Mr.. Harmon, of the
firm uf HanRon e. Voss, architects ant
builders, Baton Rouge, into whose hands
have bcetl entrusted the building of thE
new Courthouse at Opelopsas. was il
town last Sunday and Monda.. and wi
were pleased tn meet him. He visitet
Rev. Jaeqnet in relation to the erection
!, of the nr,,,tasc,l new Catholic Church a
some indefinite period in the future
I, His object in our town was to obtalI
l the wares of some ,nf onr industries, bu
this he found ,iisadvantageous owing t
! tia. higI. rattsnf transportation charge'
IiS tia, li,ilIuad
Lake. Charles Echo: Mr9 Carl P
S..sip,i. li,ttiIi1.u. informs lis 10y lette
: a y,..i II Gil list that orders hav
: /, -. 81. ittd f.n headquarters a
. Ne, .l.t, as i..s-inp all further apera
i,..., IT hs sulphur mines in this par
J. iSi,, and 10 I,separe the machinery =
5 once for shipment elsewhere. We hops
! however, that the suspension of Wor
! al these mines will only prove of ten
porary duration, and that in Il sllol
!, while another company will take h0l
and prosecute their development, q
few are entertained by knowing one
as to there being large deposits "f sui
J pIur in That section of Calcaslen.
], Lafayette Advertiser: The proceed
!, iilgs of the Police Jury and tue Scho'
Board show that the amounts to be a
counted for ly the sureties of j n, Jr
!, dice, the absconding Treasurer OF tn
!, parish and school funds, are respectivel
Il $352. 90 and $263000, aggregating t.
= tai Of $2992. 90.
These bodies have authorized I'll
committees charged with the duty
IS examining his accounts to effect settl
m ments with them the sureties -upt
/, the basis of the reports made and pa
o. lished in the proceedings. Il is not q
10 pretended that there viii he my tfonb
!, in accomplishing this. At all events
!, appears to lis that there is hut litt
i. loom for misunderstanding.
4 -
/. From the agricultural report for T
Il year 1884, the following facts a
es cleaned
Louisiana grew on s65, ,450 acres
ground II ,007 900 bushels of corn;
1860 acres, 5000 bus. Of rye on a5, ]
acres, A04, 900 bus of oats !; on 60
!, acres, 472, 900 bus. potatoes; on 30, z
! acres, ~, $40 tons of hay on 922,5
:, 7 acres, 485,2O0 bales of cotton. e
= tutal 1867 .242 acres producing Gro
\. q worth S2a, ,967, ,432 90, being $6.O5
- acre.
q q Twenty four States and Territor
Il, i, surpass the above, whilst 81 fall bel
III it.
= !, In the quantity Of corn grown, Lol
= 9 si;lna stands No. 20; in oats, No, 4
- rye, 80 potatoes, SO cotton, 2 sug
| horses, 20 mules, 13; mich COZ
IS sheep, SO hogs, %.