The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-01

The total catch Of mnckcrol nj all the
New England ports, including Boston, for
tho season ending November /, was 32l ,l3G
barrels, against I0,Di last year.
The currant harvest in Greece this year
Is very large-ono Of the best ever known
for quantity and quality. Altogether, the
crop will weigh about 10000 tons.
The Department Of Agriculture reports
the potato crop of the United States this
year TO be only about twe-thirds of the av-
erage annual yield
The potato crop of Utah is excellent.
The yield was large and the quality very
superior.
Boston is receiving potatoes from New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ireland.
There are more dogs than sheep in Massa-
chusetts.
Four new Bessemer steel plants will be in
operation during the year-one in Colorado,
one at Scranton, Pennsylvania, one near
Pittsburg, and the South Chicago works.
Besides this, the old plants are materially
increasing their capacity by introducing
larger converters, and several mills are
putting in rail trains to roll foreign blooms.
Commissioner Baird is going to furnish
Tennessee with all the German carp she
wants.
There are fifteen sardine factories now
running in PASSPORT, Maine, employing
from eight hundred to one thousand hands
The home product of cheese in the Uni
ted States per annum is abont 400, 100000
pounds. Ofthis we export about 125, OO0.-
600 pounds, which leaves 275, 900, 900 pounds
as the quantity consumed ut home. Eng
land has a population of about 25,000,0O,
and her annual consumption of cheese is
over 500000,000 pounds. or 0pounds per
capita. five consumed our whole annual
product it would only be at the rate OF
az
lard is authority for saying that if we used
cheese as freely In this country as it is eaten
in England our annual consumption would
require l,000,000,000.
The latest review of the French wine
trade estimates the yield this year at about
100000 hectolitres (the hectolitre is twen-
ty-two gallons) This is less than the aver
deficit will be made up by Italian wines
and those made in France from dried raj
sins. Ofthese latter we shall doubtless re-
ceive liberal supply here. The scarcity of
cheap wines at Paris has made beer-drink-
ing fashionable. There are $1,000 beer
houses of all grades anS sizes in the French
capital, and the consumption during the
summer was estimated at 100000 glasses
per diem.
The activity in railroad building has
caused boom in locomotives; prices have
advanced and all shops are kept busy. An
engine built for 5000 two years ago will
now sell for $4,000 or $4,000, and the de-
mand for Immediate use is so great that
complete machine brings from 81 600 to
$1,000 moro than one to be delivered in the
future.
Coffee was introduced into England about
652. A Turkey merchant, by the name
of Daniel Edwards, had Greek servant
who understood roasting the coffee berry
and preparing the drink. This man is
thought to have been the first who sold
coffee publicly in England.
The water used by the New York Fire
Department last year was 81, l02 900 gallons,
or little more than one-third of one days
'HRRR Btyre ar. II, As papers and magazine,
published in the United States, $50 being
published daily.
A few days ago there were collected at
Bouse's Point, duties on 10000 bushels of
potatoes, amounting to $4,000. 1t is re-
markable feature of the seasons potato
trade that an enormous amount has been
imported from Canada.
The number of original patents issued at
Washington during the past nine months
of 2.262 over last year.
The directory gives Memphis popula
ton of $3.50.
Bear meat is selling in Little Rock at five
cents pound
The mercantile agencies report fewer fail
ures in the United States during the last
quarter than for any similar period in the
past seven years, which may fairly be con-
strued to show o really prosperous condi-
ton of the trade and commerce of the coun-
try.
The largest transactions in Sisal hemp
that have ever taken place at New York
were made last Friday, the total sales
to 10000 bales, which were sold
at higher prices.
at $4,000, 900, all of which but
about 100000 will be shipped out Of the
State.
Dehanshaw Ward, who is largely inter-
ested in the Onderdonk contract on the
Canadian Pacific Railway, says he is going
to China to procure 1000 or more Cinnamon
to work on the railroad.
The amount of wool purchased at Abilene
in the past year was $1,000 pounds.
Most of the young cattle in Dewitt county
have been engaged for the spring drive at
$40 for yearlings and $3.50 for two-year-
Odds.
There are 500, 600 men employed in the
railroad business in this country. Is it any
wonder the girl of the period haunts the
railway stations!
1t is estimated that 100000 worth of
logs and lumber will be floated down the |
Cumberland river 10 Nash lie, Tenn, This |
winter.
Boston advlces state that great scarcity |
Of glue prevails, owing TO the weather not /
having been adapted to its manufacture |
md prices are nearly 100 per cent. higher
han in 1879.
England's blind.Postmaster-General, who
wins golden opinions even from Tories, has
mas scored another success. You can now |
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