The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-04
Commercial Notes,

Inc chicago Bulletln says the greater por-
ton of Southern vegetables arriving there
are in rotten condition, owing to the badly
ventilated cars in which they are shipped.
The Boston Economist suggests that if
Vanderbilt keeps on buying government
4 per cents. the name of these bonds will
soon have to DO changed 70 Vanderbilt per
cents.
The Washington university, at st. Louis,
Missouri, has received in its history gifts ex-
ceeding 81 100000 besides more than $780,
900 received for scholarship endowments.
The largest amount credited to one name is
5000, 900 and the next is $l70,500.
Five steamers arrived at New York on last
Thursday, with 4,268 immigrants, of which
the steamer from Hamburg brought 1878,
being the largest number ever before carried
by n Hamburg steamer, Among those who
came by the Wyoming were another batch
of 100 Mormons, who started at once for
their Salt Lake home The total arrivals
thus far for this month number 2S,l53.
The resources of the national banks of the
United States are as follows: Capital stock,
$i5i, 000, 900; reserves, $ll60OO,000; private
deposits, $720,000,000 greenbacks, $4,000
600; specie, $40 100000 while their loans
$S2S, 100000. The deposits in the savings
banks OF the United States exceed 100000.
900, although $93,000,000 have been with
drawn from them to invest in the national 4
per cents. The whole Investment OF these
banks and of their stockholders in the last
government loan is close upon $500, 900 900.
st. Louis Republican.
Wool-The now clip conner in slowly, yet
steady if slight increase in receipts is no.
ticeable, and with the larger offerings has
come II weakening in price, while receivers
have had no little difficulty in finding buyers
at anything like satisfactory figures, so very
dull has the demand bcen-the lower grades
seemingly not sought at all, and when in
CURED for not wanted at anything over the
latest current quotations We quote: Tub
choice, 58(Gb6 medium, i0G150c; dingy
sad low, A0tGi5c. Unwashed-- medium
Combing, 33W25c; coarse and common do,
3s@3llc; medium, 33@3Slo; coarse and
low, 28G30c; light line, 26(G21c; heavy fine
22G23c, Bury black, and cotted, &c to l5c
per pound less Chicago Times. A weak
and unsettled feeling prevails. Asking rates
from store for Eastern Iowa, Wisconsin and
Illinois wool range as follows; Tub-washed
bright 5SGG60c per pound; do, dingy and
coarse, 50@5je; ileece'washed, medium,
58G956c; do, line, I7G152c; do, coarse, 47Cl52c:
unwashed, medium, 3SGi0c; do, coarse,
Se033c; do, fine bright 2oCG32c; do, heavy
&3GG21c; bucks fleece, 20(622c.
The Boston Economist saws: The returns
Cor the COL and silver mines in the western
portion Of this continent are as follows: Out
Of 95 miles the amount of assessments to date
has been little over S60,0O0O0O. or these
45 have never paid dividends, and have lev
cd assessments to the amount of S29,39 $50.
OF this number, however but IL have levied
in assessments over 100000, and but II
over Sl,000,000 The remaining 81 mines
have been dividend-paying ones, the assess
ments of which have aggregated but $780,
100000, while the dividends they have de-
elared have reached the grand ,tal of $780,
s23,6S0. OF these, Is have paid dividends
ranging above $l000,000 one having dis
borsed over S42,c00000, another over $751;.
100000, and a third over $l5,000000 Thir-
ty-iive Of the 81 dividend-paying mines have
never assessed their stock, and these have
declared S50,0SS,2 05 in dividends, or nearly
twice the amount Of assessments levied by
the 40 non-dividend..psying mines, and nearly
as much as the total assessments of the whole
9S mines. OF these mines, % in number.
which have both levied assessments and Maid
dividends, the amount of the assessments i
Ss26, 006, S8l, and the dividends SOC, 400
IL will thus be seen that but comparatively
few Of these mines have been bonanzas, vet
making allowances for undeveloped pros.
poets, most Of them have yielded good in.
ogmes.