The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-19

Business to-day was not extraordinary
The few people in town from tho country
report mo bottom TO tho roads" That II
what Mr.. Cochran sold, and whit
Mr.. Parks, from the other side
of tho Trinity affirmed, OF course
wo had no visitors from beyond tho corpo-
rate limits to speak Of and mono other than
few who had business In town Of the most
urgent importance, A few orders were TO-
ceivod for shipments by rail, and tho rest was
made up from the regular and irregular city
trade.
Tho Associated Breakers reports from
New York and Liverpool gave betlor tone
10 each of those markets. II was ilrmcr for
spots In New York, md In Now York futures
were up several points. Tho Dallas spot
market WINS dead. No sales reported nj any
price, and no lots were offered
that we heard Of The stock in town Is eth
or held for shipment or speculation and the
holders of the latter generally paid what
they can get for II and therefore prefer hold.
ing until there Is margin. This they seem
TO be confident Of getting and the news TO-
day confirmed their conviction ofa reaction
coming. This market will not reopen until
tho roads once moro become hard.
Corn advanced this morning ono cont pr
bushe and closed this afternoon strong and
closed with nm upward tendency, Dealers
say this advance was necessary in
order to give them any profit at
all between Dallas and Kansas. Sacs were
light and the stock in the city not exceedinga
few days supply.
There was nothing doing in oats or wheat,
and but precious little of either on the mar
ket.
Meats ore dull of sale and unchanged in
price.
General groceries were quiet and easy.
Butter Is still very scarce and n good nrti-
Gle hard to find, but when found II readily
brings 80 cents, and rotails from counter nj
SO cents.
Eggs are firm at lGa20 cents, and in mod
crate supply.
down our gardens, wo need not entertain
any hope for fresh vegetables until they are
planted again and have time TO grow from
seed up.
The Effect of the Late Polar Wave on
the Crops OF North Texas.
From various farmers in the city to-day
from this and other counties, and from other
sources the following information was
gained as TO the effect Of Sunday nights |
sleet, freeze and snow storm upon the grow
ing crops
They unite in saying that all corn which
was up is killed. that corn seed
which had sprouted and not up, is damaged
more or less but not all dead, and that seed
which had not terminated is not hurt. And !
they all say there is ample time ahead to re- |
plant every slain hill and make good crop.
As to wheat, opinions differ, They arc
afraid that all which had jointed has |
been Frustrated, but whether it will sprout
again and fully recover, some say yes and
Others no. That below the joining stage
has not been materially hurt The reports in
the aggregate ARE that there will be agood
crop secured if no other misfortune overtakes
it.
Oats have been seriously injured
and many farmers say they think
their crop ruined. And still Others say they
will get a good yield fall sowing.
In garden truck, onions, lettuce raddishes,
turnips, peas, etc., are not hurt. Beets,
beans and many other articles of the tender
kind are as dead as Hector.
The plum trees we're nearly all in bloom,
and now look like they had been on fire.
Peaches which had budded or bloomed arc
gone, but not more than ten per cent. of the
trees had SO put forth. Apple buds had just
began to swell and are not hurt.
Upon the whole we are not so badly hurt
as all thought. 1t was big scare,
but fortunately one week too soon to play
that universal havoc SO gravely apprehend-
ed. Had it appeared ten days later the dam
age would have been impossible to compute.