The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-25

OVERLAND MOVEMENT DIRECT 70 Ming
SSept inber. .......l9,c39 % l29 ,72
Ootobec..... .,...~SS28g ISi-, 90
No'eAoer''.'..'. "iO!,Sil 1874 5Iig1
Total Smsnths. ..l7s,lo 1915 10. o-@
The San Francisco Nerch.nt saws. Tho
Cahiornla wine crop Of 1880, as our wheat
crop has done, has outran the bolde,t est
mates, When we placed tho total a II 200
0O0gallons Of (which say 100000 wopld 20
Tor brandy, some Of our vino man. in tbis
city thought vs had oyershot the mari, from,
100000 to 1903 600 gallons. We aro nnw
satisfied we uudontaIed the figures and that
the total yield will SO considerably ovor 70
OOO,OOO, and coma very neSr reaching mat
figure after deducting that used for brandy
Los Angeles county alone reports 1,S8O0OO
gallons In the hands Of known wipemaksrs.
and IN our first estimate we only aIlowed q i.
100000 for all counties south of Alameda.
Contra Costra and San Joaquin. Santa
CLARA, which we cassod With tbs bay coustes.
and Santa Cruz at 20000O0 gallons. e.tima-
ted by local Judger to have 1000 900. Ssno.
ma wall be Hesrer 100000 tsas LEO 00O
and Nspa $500, 900 than .. $50 900; and So sn
III every wiae-msking district. The brandy
estimate also must be increased to 100000
gallons.
CRinamen have been tried on The sugar
and cotton plantations Of Louisiana Wits A
view to employing them permanently in place
OF the colorod laborers wka left tha couatrv.
Tie experiment has not proved Success "a
the Cdestials cannot stand the heat. Aauu.
Der Of Spsnisrds ard Portuguese nave been
introduced with better success, rs tkey stsnd
tho climate well. Tho agency Whic6 oriri
nslly introduced those labersrs mss IN order
for ten thoasEAd more Of them, and cgn Get
one hundred thousand If work cal DO found
for them.
The Wall Street. News gives currency TO
the statement chat Mr.. VAndorbllPs holding
of Union Pacific aMouRts to 10000 shares. .
Dyes Government Counterfeit Botcctor
says: The double eagla Of trs United
StataGis large, thick csin, and hns there
fore boon tsupsred With to sake false
piece, which troasury eKp'rts dacars "the
worst fraud we have to deal with. Tho kAlf.
oagle hRs bean extensively counterfoited. TIE
quarter eagle, although too thia and small
for saving and filing, has, however, bean mu.
tilatei bored and stuffed by sanher pio.
ces; also eoEn!erfeited in vaIioud wsvs
There is dangerous white metal counterfeit
Of tho silver dollsr Of 1878, having the sizo
of the genuine cola, an excellent inprsss,
coed color, md fine general Appearance when
new from the die; but it assumes leaden
spotted color after being handled, aRd is 1l5
grains too light. Another counterfeit OF the
silver dollar Of 1878 10 of German silver, and
so heavily plated thst il rsssts tho chemical
test, sulaIs- previously cut iAt0 sr scraped;
though presenting M appearance CAL
culAted to deceive, this piece may DO
detected by the scsio or an expert haAd,
on account Of its iightnsSg. la reproducing
dies for coinage of tho silver dellar of 1876,
the artist made some slight tsucheA Of alters
ton, causisg ~ appearance Of variety is the
coin; these smsll devistions shsuld5 nat DO
regarded as in ications Of counterfeit pisce
The silver half dollar has been feGrful'y
eounterfetad; false hsif-dollars Of every kind
may ba found OF almost any date since they
were first csined. The most dA1gerou, false
hslf-dolIGrs aro those Of 1871, 1912, 1913
1860 1872, and 1876. The silver quarter
dollar hss been coun.Orteiisd, almost every
date since it hss bean coined. Tho NEST
dangerous false quSrter.dollari Ore dated
1858 or 1860. Coustorfeit dmel arS numsr-
Gus and of various dates. False dimes Of
compousd metal or bfais, silver washed or
plated. dated l848. have Peen passed freely.
False dines dated 1858, 1875 1876 and 1877
have been extensively circulated. Even the
cent has besn oount9ri6ittd, and tho small
copper aEd broHze curroscy extensively
corfuptod. The cousterieit cents are excel
lent copper limitations Of tho lswtul coinage
OF tho Usitsd States mint, and were struck
from diaa originally aado for thoparpose Of
manufacturing copies of unique asd rlro
cents of such dates as comasEdsI high pro-
miunI among collectors, aumimstelogists,
and antiqlariass.
Tho B-stos Commercial List, in roviswlng
the wosl trade at that p'IET ssY'; The
market has besn comparatively qulst TINS
week. although tho sAlSs foe. up fair aver
age for the season, comDri,inS 2 G6S 800 los
of Nh Kinds. against 2.l0S, 800 lbs for the
corresponding week OF 1879. Asuuise'uFeTl
are buiily engaged ia taking an 'ocouAt oil
stock, and tho first thrsa weeks IN DscaHoer
areusually very quiet. II avery generally
understood thai ths stock " wosl Ia mann,
factursrs' hands is nparativsy snail, asd
that they can not kesp out OF market Tor
any leasth Of timo, and we would NOS DO
surprised if an active composition FOR Ooln
fine and ,saliua flesca would start up eo'
fore the clsse tha year. Last ysM a' th's
time wa noticed tlat soma 10000 balsa or
100000 lbs, Au.tralia had been bought Tor
this market, and thee we're al'o large pur-
chases of Montevido. These voc"
supplied tbo wants OF Msnu-
iacturers from January TO July, 70 that thoy
had a largo stock Of tlne wsols 70 fail back
upon, besides the balance of tho domestic
clip. Of tho Australian taera Is Vsry, I!te
left. but of tho Montevideo there is still ii'r
stock on hand. This year there is scarcely
any fine foreign on the way or expected Tor
the next six months, snd if the con'uap'lon
ia anything like tbs consumption OF LAST year
IL is evident thst available suppliii Of me
woos for the next six months oro snall IA
comparison with the supplies OF last year "a
other word. ,he extraordinary fuppils' OF
fine foreign woois received hcArst SIX months
Of the yosr have besn largely CONSUMED ana
1t is doubtful ii there is more nue. comesuc
wool now on hand than at this !l'ae i.s'
year. Iu taking an account OF stock ana Ia
looking sbroal for future wants,. j would %
we'll far manufacturers to take this fact. inte
II the consumption OF me
woods il as large as represented, oursupphss,
y A "a aartainlV sr1 All