The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-22

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places ~ mari Tor tho county surrounding
them All ~ these towns IRE tributary w
the Texas 4 Pacific Railroad receiving
their supplies generally from Dallas, and
either receive their goods NJ their own GO
pots or NJ points nearest 20 them ON The
fnlrOad and haul them by wagons TO their
destination. The population IN these two
years In the section named has increased
fully ten.fod, and generally Of wcll.to-d, y,
| industrious, energetic citizens, who are rap
idly developing the country, opening up
farms and plantations, rs well rs mineral
resources, and are laying the foundations
for one oftbe most wealthy and prosperous
portions of Texas, and In fact, OF Tho, whole
country. These people look TO Dallas rs
their commercial point, and II Is here they
make their purchases Of merchandise ami
other necessaries of life which the short
time they have occupied the country has
not enabled them to provide at home
This section of the country Of itself will in
a year or two support the wholesale trade
Of city with thrice the capacity Dallas
possesses to-day to supply them, and as 1t
is to this city all these people will turn. Tor
their wants and requirements, it being
the commercial centre Of North
Texas, the necessity of more whole
sale houses here must be apparent
to the mind of every one. Dallas to-day is
deficient in many branches OF the whole
sale trade. We should have exclusively
wholesale clothing houses, hat and cap,
1 knn nd oh and Othar establishments
| that will supply the demand already made
upon us for goods in these lines, and which
all our merchants and business men feel
the need of to-day These will all come in
time, no doubt, but there should be an ef-
| fort made to have them established here,
and the sooner the better it will be for all
those lines of trade that are now repre-
sented in the wholesale way.
NoTw1THsrAYDINa the bad condition OF
the streets and sidewalks there
out shopping, and Christmas goods
we're in demand. The advertising columns
of the HERALD will indicate where the
incest and most attractive presents can be
purchased. Those who have really desira-
BILE goods advertise them, and by consult
| ing the columns of this paper. you can't
| go amiss in making suitable selections.
iHe ISIaii uauo, 20 10 Usual q lew uayS pc-
fore Christmas: is active, and the pleasure
which the merchant now experiences, is an
index Of WI. at happy homes will enjoy dur
inss lie holiday week.
/ The wholesale trade continues heavy be-
yond precedent, and is far above the expect
atoms of the most sanguine dealer.
| We are reliably informed that
| the orders by mail this month
| for goods from country dealers is greatly in
l \ H. ri fall nc
| when merchants generally purchase more
largely than at any other season of the year.
| There have been complaints of delays in
shipments at the railroad depots, but the
4 officers here are using their utmost dill
gence to forward goods on the day they are
received.
We have little to notice in change, OF
prices The stock of apples is small, but
this is owing to detention on the roads be-
tween here and the Northern cities. There
will be several carloads arriving here to-
tday. A fancy article is now worth six dol
lars per barrel, while choice sells for
five dollars. Oranges are scarce and
higher, and the market is not as as
at this season. Other fruits are plentiful
4 and at low prices. Onions have declined
slightly and the market is well supplied.
California pears and grapes are abundant,
and are selling at reduced prices. There is
no change in staple groceries. Flour is
firm at our quotations, and meats and lard
are steady. Chickens, eggs and turkeys
are ih.demand. Game ard fish are coming
in freely, and are as freely taken at low
prices.
AN extraordinary amount of capital is be-
ing invested in sheep and cattle raising in
lCuba. Including the horses and mules
owned by the planters, il is calculated that
the value of the cattle of all sorts in the
Trinidad valley amounts to S2,OoO00O.
| Great care is being bestowed upon the
breeding, and the importation of sheep,
COWS and bulls is increasing largely, no less
than a thousand head having been delivered
from England and the United States at
| Cienfuegos alone in single week.
Taken all in all, says a Colorado paper,
the prospects were never better at this sea-
son for a favorable winter in Colorado for
stock on the range. With stock fatand feed
lplentiful, cattle and sheep growers must
certainly feel quite comfortable. Another
announcement is found in the fact that
prices are very good. All the wool pro-
duced in Colorado has been disposed of at
good figures, and beef now commands
good price. ,c.
manufacture about 1900 every week.
About one-half of them are used at home
and the other half are shipped abroad,
mostly to Panama and South America.
The Board of Trade of New York has
adopted resolutions favoring an approprla-
ton by Congress for the Hennepin Canal.
This project is commanding considerable
attention. 1t is contemplated that canal
can be made from Hennepin, on the Illinois
river to the Mississippi river, near Rock
Island. a distance of about 65 miles, at a
cost of 81 10000, which will enable traffic
to be prosecuted from Chicago and other int
risr points to tide-water by way OF the Mis-
All bright, light-bodied leaf and Burnley
Istock.tobacco is actively sought after for
American manufacture, and recently we
learn chat 500 hogSheads suitable iol ilileIs
were bought in England and shipped back
to this country at an Expense OF Ia cents 10
IL cents per pound, wnen the same tobacco
was offered on the New York market before
being shipped at 81 cents. There Is no
other article of American production that is
subjected to such tyranny Of manipulation
The tobacco crop of the United States
brings about s30,000,0OO only to its pro:
dncers. while the several governments OF
Europe and our own derive about $l6O.VOo,-
900 OF revenue from it annually.
l An Iowa gentleman who has recently ex-
amined at Washington the returns Of the
new census as to domestic animals, finds
1.-The result very complimentary to Iowa
The returns show that Iowa is ahead OF all
1.-THE States in the Union by nearly miliion
head on swine. IL is second to Illinois In
cows. IL is first, next TO Texas, in horses
and first, next 20 Texas, in cattle. This Is
| a grand showing for young State.
Two carloads, containing twenty-four
live elk. from the farm Of Judge Cation, OF
tawa. Ill, passed through Chicago Friday.
en- route to Europe. via New York.
During the fiscal year ending June 30,
1881 there were 1 90 head Of cattle fed al
Des Moines distilleries resulting in an aver
age increase Of weight per head OF Nv
mounds. the aggregate being 2i0, 02O pounds.
No hogs were FED.
Iowa Soes ahead on the butter question,
"a the following from the Fort Dodge Times
shows. .The Storm Lake Creamery has