The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-30
miscellaneous Matters.

\ Che American hog 10 In bad credit In Eu.
=. pc. The importation OF swine. pork, ba
con, or ssusages from tho United states Ia
prohibited by Austsia.
A farmer thinks tina. b.tter corn and long
ears can be raised by planting four feet rows
B and two foot hills than any other way,--N. Y.
Herald.
In orler that our readers may form an idea
( OF how hungry our northern frlends are Tor
some "grt en- track We append the follow
Ing from the New York sun, of last week
The sun says; Strawberries are In MAKE
They are not Of best quality, large, iipe, red
ann iuscnns, but they are ,emptng aud cost
seventy.iive cents the little basket, known IA a
quart retail. They como from Florida
20 also the retailers OF washington market
talk ahout green pens, but about green poas
hangs a my stery. the truth is that n loi of
green peas did come into market some days
ago, and they Were cold for forty cents, the
half peck In the pod. These peas were raised
all right In South Cnrolina, but they were
frozen In the pod, at losst so say those whole
salers who dii not sell them. The llrst crop of
peas aud beans IN til south was frozen ont,
"A few boxes of green peas and besns are now
IN the market I ON Florida. six-quart box
fred ripo tomatoes from Nassau and tue Der
muda, can be bought for 81 90. A quart OF
them costs thirty cents. They have been In
the market for SIX weeks. so \ lot of new po-
tatoes came from the Bermudas on the last
trip aud arc selling for 1itaen oelts u quart,
but their characters mr. assailed by tho
wholesalers who did not purchase them. IL IL,
said that they are not this year potatoes u, ALI
but late Top OF last years potatoes
much newer and b,tter than last
years p0la,oea grown In this stats. Very
nice English breakfast radishes have been on
sale for three weeka atsl doz n lunches
They come from Blston, whore more astep-
tiOn isriyon to thor hot-houss Gu turo than
on Long Island or In \ W Jersey. So, also,
the lrst early lettuce CONS from Boston ho,-
houses. IL 10 h very arpetlslng aud costs
only "a % dozen he ,ds " alter crefs,s have
4 been pulled ont ofStaten Island streams for
two weets. They are first - hered win RI
the water runs too rapidly TO II e2c. They
Z \don't mind the Temperature OF the water
\ They were broughtt TO markot from PennsS Iva.
MIA several weeks ago, spinach Ia sellin ioi
Thirty cent? per half peck. A few barrels WEI,
y brought from Nor ok last week, but II was ne
better than Long Island's hot-house p oduct,
4 Other retail prices are rs follows; Sweet po-
tatoes, % centsa haf pnct; pie plant, two
hutches for 20 cents; parsley,, cents bunch;
leeks, cents bunch; onions, 10 cents Q
quart; white turnips, IL cents a hat peck
head. '''''' ''"''
Cotton.
Receipts OF tho staple Were very light to-day
lin fact, we might say almost nothing, aud
there were very few spot transactions. Pri'
xate Advices Indicate \ stesd,or msrkct.
The future market opened six points ,ver than
tho 81 sing quotations OF the previous day
but after the second GALL the market
close At "a so%swhS mss S ss.li ''
The stock on hand Ia about three
tthousa I'D bales. Commencing on Fri lay II, At
comparative statement OF the weeks business
Will be published and continued weekly.
To.day's prices ruled as follows
Low Miidling -, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 81
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