The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-09
DRY GOODS.

JupoISG from the immense quantities II goods
which daily incumber the sidewalks in front Of
our leading jobbing houses, the preparations
Tor our fall trade In dry goods, boots and shoes
and Kindred lines must be in excess Of that OF
prev ious years, and an inquir yamongst the
wholesale merchants OF the difreren, lines leads
us To believe that the business Of the coming
season Will be very satisfactory II nslhing hap
pens 10 iniure the prospects, now before us. Slim
ulated by the glowing prospects OF the cotton
crop, the merchants OF the surrounding towns
are already sending In their orders briskly and
Tor class OF goods not generally. sold in the
market until The middle or latter end Of An
gust Owing TO the active ,emand for the lead
ing lines of staple goods, prices in the eastern
market continue very firm and in number OF
instances have advanced slightly. Our mer-
chants, with an eye 10 the benefit their custom.
ers, have In but very few instances, advanced
their prices and these only when the advance
in the east has rendered 1t necessary. Below
are given quotations OF leading lines which in
ciuue some seGs0nable goods not quoiated lately:
ro-DAY's QUOTATIONS
PRINrs-rreeman'A 8; Lodi 5; Gloucester
O. Harmony, 5; Cocheco 6x; Merriman OK
Greenwich, 5k; Allen, 6; Albion solid, 5k; Pea
body solid, 81; Peabody black. 81 Simpson
black, on; simpson mourning, 6&; Gloucester
HEAVY Brown DoxRsTlos-Augusts. a, TX;
Indian Head, 81; Swift Creek, A, 6x; Etns-
"a. SH; Edgeheld, A. IN; Cabot "A, ~
Rsroy ~ ~ d,s SS Glendale 81 aS N 6
- "; Great Western, ~ 5; International
FINN Brown DoMksrro-Lako George ~;
harvest 81; focahonts, y Great Fails. ~,
Peerless S-i Plum Island, s; Atlantic, sA;
Greenbrier, s.
BIEACHBD DoMEsrIcs-sociI, TO- Sunny
Side, g. Holmesyille,. ~; Forest s. Big Bon.
ANA ~ 6h; Auburn. 81; Lonsdale, 10
Mills, 10; Diamond Hill. cambric, D. Knights,
| cambria, 9; Hero, A. .; Hero, 10 g. Ballard.
vale, 7; Cambridge, IS Z: Peerless, "a, 6n.
DucKs.Arkwright 49, Ettrick, SOC, u; Stark,
den, brown and drab, 90, 10; Hamden XXX, do, il;
Boston, l0-oz. brown and drab TX; Montauk, 10
| inch. Y; No. 8 40 inch, 42h; No. g. 81 inch n,
57h: Gold Medal Blue, 14k Lion, brown and
drab, Is.
PLAID 0sNABuRes-Delts,7 TX; Economy. 12H
Ottawa, 81; Michigan, SS; Belle, ~; Wood
| lawn, os Ca,awba, "a.
T1cKING-Amoskeag AGA, 1sh Hmilton Il;
| Hollywood, plaid, Il; Standard q 10; Erston b,
| 9h omega. 164.
| CHAMDRAY-lH@16c.
| CoTToNSADE-NewI York Camlet l7c; Bay City,
l516c Royal, l4c Oxmead, lie; Kansas lS,.c.
HIcKoRY-Rock River, GO; Blue and Brown,
| 9hc; India, l0sc Arlington. sac; Thorndike,
| l2bc: Hamilton. u.
KENTUcKY JEANS Pacific X r., q; Columbia,
40; Kansas, lSS; Humboldt, 49, Palaris 2lH,
| Table RocS, l6ii; Bonanza. 2!i.; Pride of the
| West S4}s; Bang Up, 90; Deer Island, 42}. Kco.
Badger 2lh: Golden Fleece, %; 81 Cloud 81
| LiNsErs-Dexter, pa. Justice, ~ Waverly Is;
Green Briar, 1874; Rob Roy, II; United States, II.
The census statistics of wooden manufactures
shows 2,6Si establishments OF all kinds, giving
employment to l6OY2S hands. who receive IN
| wages during the year s47, lS06lS. The value oil
materials used was sl6i llt,7g9, and the value OF
the products was S2G7 Ggg 50l Classified tho
products were Wooden good, including blank,
cts, all sorts OF wooden dress goods wooden
yarn, and wooden rolls, $3.50, GG,72l; carpets,
other than rag tSl,7O2s92 felt goods, 5000 53;
worsed goods s33, 549, 942; wool hats, tS5l6, 5sy
| hosiery and knit goods, including those mixed
| with cotton 32S.6lS727
| A Boston dispatch says: Agents say that their
accounts have not been In such good condition
for years. No more changes In prices have
been announced but there IL a firm feeling and
II trade comes mp to expectation an attempt will
be made to establish higher rates. Cotton ilannels
are still meeting with large sale, and the pro-
ducioH III SONS instances is sold ahead for the ~.
mandor of the year. Rue denims and ducks
have been selling remarkably well, and the re-
cent advance in denims is firmly maintained.
Other kinds of colored goods are moving
| fairly, but by no means actively For
printing cloths the demand has been rather
| light Manufacturers, however, hold hrmy
and there is no indication that they viii make
any further concessions. The demand for dark
prints is steadily increasing, and the season
promises TO be the most satisfactory one for sew
ernl years, The prices of regular "fances' /,
extra and white cloths run from &c to Zoe q
yard The polka dot prints, for which there h,t
been an unprecedented demaAd all through tha
| summer are coming ont in new effects and viii
probably meet with good sale during the fall
| 1inGhsmS have been selling moro freely sine,
the decline To Sc. per yard for standard makes
but the market cannot be reported in Il SatsiuC.
tory condition; Lancaster and Amoskcag regular
| style are quoted nj Sc yard; other brands arC
quoted as follows; Glasgow staple checks and
| staple fnncies ne; SatcrSvllc do. do Sc
| Whittendon do, do. Sc; White Manufacturing
company's 60 do Sc; Manchester do. do &C.;
there is now large variety Of cotton and wool
| dress goods on the market and the business foI
the two weeks just past has run largely ahead
| of the opening weeks last year. Prices open
very low, iu some instances under the rates OF
| last year. Wooden goods for mems wear ole
| selling little more freely from iobbers' hands,
but the fall trade in this line has not fairly open
ed flannels are selling moderately at steady
| prices. Blankets are all Sold and engaged
ahead. Orders for clothing have begun to come
in from the west Tho demand IL for q pretty
| high class OF goods.