The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-02-09
Items of Interest.

Marksville Bulletin: Fat hogs we're brought
to our market this week selling from five to
FIVE aud half cents pound.
The steamers Mersed and KellochaR collid-
ed in the English channel, off Dungallis
Light, last Sunday night. Both went down,
and 6ysenty-fonr lives were lost.
she New York law firm with which Mr..
Cleveland will connect himself on March 5,
is strong at least in numbers, its present style
being Bangs, Stettson. Tracy 81 McVeigh.
JenR;nss Reulrter The committee appoint
ed to select site for a bridge across bayou
Nezpique, have selected the place at or near
the free ferry on the road from Jennings to
Eyangeline on Mamoath prairie.
A boy who has learned that it Is manly TO
be tender to the weak, is rarely COW ara, Tor
the strength and courage OF his nature are
developed by teaching him to protect those
who cannot defend themselves.
N. o, City Item: The DeSoto Democrat is
backing Mr.. Kicks, evidently good citizen,
in an effort TO organize cotton mill company.
Mermentau and Welsh ars to erect rice mills,
and the latter also canning factory.
N. o. City Item One OF the novel trans
formation scenes (which, however, are not
uncommon) ia politics, is presented IN letters
from office holders under Cleveland to Gov.
Warnoth soliciting the iatter's influence to
retain them in place under Harrison.
The agony is almost over. 1t is now defl-
nitely announced that Blaine will be Secre-
tary of State; Allison. Secretary of the Treas
ury; Alger, Secretary OF war; and wanna
maker, Postmaster General. 1t is not known
where Dudley and the California letter writer
will come IN.
n, @, City Item: The negligent officials of
pointe Coupee parish are said to have permit
tedr-the cray-fsh TO honeycomb Morganza
leyee-tliat great bulWark against the rivers
food. finally built after such enormous loss
and cost, and which protects SO vast an area
of fertile and cultivated country. What
shame!
Major E. A. Burke, formerly Of New Or
leans. has succeeded in forming syndicate
fer the developing of the concession recently
granted TO him by the PresiieA OF Spanish
honduras. The concession is large tract OF
land drained by gold bearing stream, large
quantities OF gold already having been wash
ed ont of the sand taken from the bed of the
! river.
w. B. r. Sugar Planter: Ten wagon loads
oI immigrants from Georgia recently arrived
I iii Union parish, where they vii locate. a
I neculiar fact in connection with the immi-
4 grants who are Bow locating in this State is
4 that those from the North settle IN South
I western Louisiana, while immigrants from
Y other Southern States seek the northern par
I ishes.
"a States: The national debt of the
Uuifea States on February !. less cash IN the
Treasury, amounted to $l,l2l, 81, ,912 Dur
inc the mouth Of January il had been rednced
Nv nt, r1 less sum than SI2,2I6,285, and during
tho savep months beginning July / it was re
II 1uced S43. 50, ,,553. At the pace at which the
" dabt is now being liqnidated, and with ordi
nary good luck, it would be wiped on entirely
=, eleven or twelve years.
r. sIr blanchard has introduced II bill preVid
mo for the holding of semi-annnal sessions 9
tlie United States District5and Circuit Courts
". at each of the following places AT Opeion
II sss. on the first Mondays OF january anu June
at Alexandria, on the foarth Mehaays OF : :ll gu