The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-12
TIE DAILY HER5lrr steady wheat
.ssSsIVe and FirmICoantry free
duce Active with Some Arti'
cIes Bearer and Some
Cheaper, Etc, Etc.
DALLAS, Wednesday Afternoon
August IL, 1880.


The course c ( trede for the week euding to-
day, has been eminen!ly satisfactory Truly
can il be said thst the fell trade has opened In
earnest and under the most propitious omen
Everything augers that 1t will rapidly Increase
In volume and eliminate in the largest aggre-
pate business that over fell 10 the lot OF our
city.
The weather beirg favorable, the roads dry
and the a,rcool, business has progressed with
out interruption from any source since last
W,dnesday, and with a Slight scarcity in
meats, ample ste OK Is have been held TO meet
the trade.
On Monday, Tuesday and to-day the city
was flooded with Strangers, delegates to the
Democratic state convention Ihey nave
expended thousands OF dollars while here, ana
we are grstified TO know that not one word OF
tcmplaipt of extorton has been made from
any source whatever and 1t is nearly certain
that each and every delegate will return home
with no thing but pleasant impressions OF
Dallas. ,rr, NJ ~ for short clear
sides ard "a less for dry, salt, dispatches
ca,oe in later that smok, d were scarce IN tle
,roat and Intlmatirg an advance On FRIDAY
Mee Satnrday orders to Ill at once were re-
%sad and "Wednesday named 40 the earliest
day shipments could J, ave hshsas onS, ~, o ~
WSsday one or two houses hele ran out OF
st3rH End patched along as bet they could
mil To. day, when they found they Gould eei
No more in town at u margin, hrn .hey ne,u
up their oIders and so haSmeu vii viii IN. ami,
stock ,o in TIE FROM Guy st. Us Louis and
Wop,as Civ. too. This is an interruption as
annoy ing as 1t was uneApe Sort clear s.des ~
to s lo Ss 'G lung, do va 10 ~; and dry salts,
'' iIams have ruled strong and higher Fr m
III RI Ia% thss have jumped to lSH 10 IA
I IA W ~ ore scarce ana iirin with indiea-
ti1ns that they may go sti higher.
Lard has held the even tenor OF ita way
throughout. 1t is worth now aoont NE same
it has been oil along fghting on me same
F,onr has ruled steady and with ample
stocks Of i'm Dor ed and city manui ctnIeto
freely supply every dernshH' All ue n'
ali thev can handle aud more tco, Ihey now
hold ampla stocks to meet ihe trsae, Inc
city mills are iul .hauded and promptly sup
ply their customers, ooo,,u,, l., ,r.o,,
Xii nr,ered was freely taken, and 1t has upon
The whole, been at least stronger, II ho' lew
rents higher for lower and meu UNI grades
Prices still run from 90 10 W oents, "i h 20 as
abc mi the average. The country SHOWS no
signs Of exhaustion as YET - ,.,,
Oats are strong at % to % cents per bushel,
with the iupply not equal TO the demand
There are many orders still In town Tor ship
ments which are not being filled.
HAY ia higher. Millet ~ ana sonhd prai-
rie so uer ton for loose from wagon.
q neral groceries have been active and
frm and present a strong 'front.' aiong the
whole line. Coffee adv apced "a or "a cent our
ing The week and closed with an upward ten
Iency sugars are Arm but unchanged, Syr
ms and mol asses are quiet,
han Ia
20 cents for &C. ntry There Is little on the
market. n. ,s ,o,ts nos
dozen from irst hands. ,,,,
Chickens se usual are dead scarce ana high
anywhere between 20 and 30 cents apiece.
Northern Irish potatoes appeared on the
marI, ", sterdey and brought ~ 25 per bar
rel Weauote Texas 81 per bushel.
Northern onions are also In town, and are
selling at 1915 per barrel. Texas IS cents per
bushel. a.. ,u,h
apples S. per Darrell Texas 81 per 6ushsl;
tomatoes so cents per bushel; grapes 10 cents
per hound; prairie chickens % cents apiece
northern oabbages3 per crate, and Texas 40
cents per dozen; sweet potatoes 10 cents Per
bushel.