The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-17

ty, has the largest stock Of Angora goats in
Texas. He engaged in the business eight
years ago. He has imported from Asia
Minor three head of the finest specimens
ever brought to this country, and has bred
them on his original stock until now he has
a herd Of l 100 goats, 80 ofwhich are pure
bred and the remainder are 63,6i thorough
bred. Mr., Parish says Southwest Texas is
fully as good for breeding and raising An
CORA goats as Asia Minor, and is superior to
South Africa where the English Govern
ment has been engaged in breeding them
for number of years.
Fourfifths of all the companies in the
United States formed for the manufacture
Of butterine have gone to the wall, making
total loss of almost S2,0O0,000 OF capital,
and those who have not failed have not made
much show ofprosperity.
About twenty-five thousand head of cat
tie will be fed at Peoria distilleries during
the winter
The city of Springfield derives over
$1,000 revenue from liquor and other Ii
Censes.
Texas contains over five million head Of
cattle, over one million of horses and about
six million sheep. In cattle-raising it
stands first among the States of the Union,
in horse-raising second and in sheep-raising
third, il not second
1t is calculated that 100000 hogs were
raised in the West for market last year.
They consumed not less than l25W0,0OO
bushels of corn.
A company has been formed in London
with a capital of 100000 for the prosecution
of the fisheries in British Columbia. They
will build and run steamers of their own
and intend commencing operations early in
the spring,
The travelling expenses the 10000 drum
mers employed by the merchants of the
United States are $4,000, 900 year, excla-
sivc of salaries.
COTTON.
The receipts of cotton to-day reached
about three hundred bales. The market
was very quiet and buyers were not at all
anxious at present quotations. There were
n number OF bales stored in the elevator,
in anticipation of higher figures, and upon
the whole the market might be quoted dull
and inactive. Our report of the market be-
low is as nearly correct as it can possibly be
made and shows fully all the planter re-
ceived from wagons on the street.
Good ordinary. Observation-Disclosures, 9sS
Low mlddllng......,, .,........,,........ 10
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Good middling ..,.......,.,,....,...... lO4
Mlu0,lng inlr ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL
In New York the market opened and
closed steady middlings ll5. Sales, 20SI.
The market opened quiet in New Orleans
and closed steady at former quotations.
Middlngs, III. Sales, 1900.
Galveston closed firm for spots, mid
dlings ~, Receipts, 900. Sales, 1850.
st. Louis spots closed firm, middlngs
ia receipts, 300; sales, 2,37O. Stock on
hand 3G,2Sl.
The movemcnt of cotton shows the nett
receipts at all the ports, for five days, to be
| li2SSS, against lGl, l05 for the same time
last year, n deficit of 1857 bales. Exports
to Great Britain, 55,437 France, 1891
continet, 2S0i9 channel, 1910. Stock on
hand, S0i ,lS5, against S6l 600 on the 10Th OF
November, 1880 There yet remain three
days to make up this deficit.
| The Liverpool market remains without
change. Receipts fair.
The following is compiled from the Ma
| tional Cotton Exchange report for Novem-
/ Der. The overland movement to mills di-
rect for the past two months is the largest
ON record for any similar period footing ny
| ll3,0S3, an excess of 1868 bales over the
large shipments to the close of October last
season. American spnners have operated
freely in st. Louis, Memphis and the into.
rior of Texas, the increase in their takings
direct coming mainly from those sections
The details are shown as follows. Ship.
mcnts by rail to mills direct;