The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-18
TRADE ITEMS.
season.

TRADE lThMS.
THR hop crop of OtSego county, New York.
will bring about S. 40, W, this year
| Coal oil has been discovered at Virginia Cass
county, at depth of $50 feet
The Davenport telephone exchange circuit Is
| Iowa and Illinois.
The recent storm damage to the corn crop In
Laurens county, central Georgia, is estimated at
1t is estimated that at least 2OOp men are
engaged In the matrimonial benefit business
In Mississippi.
A Florida youth has discovered that strong
SOFT flexible rope can be made from the fiber OF
the common cocklebur bush.
The Peoria distilleTs usod $4,000 bushels of
grain IN September and produced l,S7G952 gal.
Ions Of proof spirits
The Wholesale trade Of Charleston, South Car
olnD the past year was nearly S15O,O,OOO an
Increase Of nearly A,0O0,Ot0 over the previous
year.
A vein OF fine coal, over four foe, thick, was
found at Wenona, Illinois, NJ depth OF 1873 feet
INC longest span Of telegraph wire in the
world is about 600 feet 1t untes two hills
one on each side of the river kisnsh, In India.
a satisfactory, the products of which, II IL
claimed, VIII rival the foreign manufactures, is
being erected in Guadalajara, Mexico
A report that the channel tunnel IL dangerous
70 England mas been made by General Sir Archi-
bald Alison, and General wOlselcy and the duke
OF cambridge have riso entered objections.
me city assessors of Pitlsburg Pennsy lvania,
nave completed their work. and announce the
following AS the amount of business done In the
city Tor the year ending April |, 1889: Iron and
steel, SAS2S,SOG glass e5,5O5,GoO: sundry
manufacturers mn S3,9SSl2e, general business,
SAG, ISL $40.
The receipts aud exports of cheese At and
from New York since May 1. compare as FOL.
lows
Receipts, Exports.
For week ending Oct. TO-. 75,S1 ISL go
Same week in Ssh. iO's96 90oSSi
since May ], lSS2 ,,".....l 1856 lI Gi,S2O7IO
same mo last year..,.... 202g7S0 8g,6Gl giS
The insurance commissioner of Kentucky has
issued circular warning people against
speculative matrimonial, birthday and endow
ment insurance companies, and giving notice
that persons acting as agents for such concerns
vii be prosecuted for violating the Insurance
laws OF the state,
The ruins OF Ophir, Nevada, where 81, COO, 900
was spent IN grist.mills aud reduction works
viii now be utilized for u cheese factory. Tbs
grass of the WashOo valley is said to he good for
cheese making, and already there arc $50 cows
on the 0phr ranch.
The Western & Atlantic railroad shipped from
Atlanta, Georgia, during the season just past,
S0O carloads OF watcrmelOns, or moro than twIco
the shipment ofany previous season. The cars
averaged $50 melons each, or over l.Ool0l0
melons, They also brought better prices and cost
less freight than ever before netting the grower
1t Is claimed, 500 II car.
An establishment for making putty IL about to
be started ut Emira, New York The putty will
BIO made out of II substance called American
whiting, of which there are immense beds In
that vicinity, the most important beiug nonr
Sayona, Sleubon county. Other kinds OF putty
are msde out OF foreign substance, and this
can be made ut less expense
Peanuts are raised In immense quantities IN
the west cohst Of Africa, In South America and
IN the southern United states The vines nre
jug with pronged hoes or forks, dried fora few
Atupga1 far t1yA
The pois are picked by hand from the vines.
cleaned In tanning mill. and sometimes
blcached with sulphur and packed In bags for
market.
Regarding the petroleum situation, ,he Pitts.
hurgh Commercial Gaaettc contains the follow
Ing The general situation continues favor
able 10 the producing interest. although there
are those who claim that the decreased produc-
ton has been pretty well discounted, an ad.
vance OF from 80 cents Ia 81 cents per barrel
having heen established within the lust couple
OF months. Reports, apparently pretty well
authenticated reach us that u largo number of
tho deiunct wells In the Cherry Grove district
have by means ef packing been rcsus0itated.
aud tho production thereby increased from Al nl
To 500 barrels per day. Moreover. there ara
reports OF additional new wells In the Forest
county field, which, has created the belief that
possibly there may be something In that field
yet. Then again, while u large falling on In
production In admitted. It IL still In excess OF tho
consumption, and the visible supply Is stu in
creaslug.'
Tho Germantown Telegraph knows of no bet.
ter way TO preserve cabbages through tho win.
ter than that which II has recommended for a
number OF years, IL Is 10 plant or set them nm
In rows ~ thoy grOw-thnt Is. with the roofs
down-iill In with soil pretty freely, thon make
covering by planting two posts where there is
fence 10 rest on, or four where is not, allowing
fnr pitch TO carry II the water, lay boau. poles
opposite the way Of the ditch and cover with
corn fodder or straw or boards. In using through
IL Ius ~