The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-12
TRADE ITEMS.

OvrR20i0 gallons per day is the capacity OF
| Bra2eltOn's Geneva ice. cream factory.
| VIM. Girardeau, OF Monticello, Arkansas has
| shipped 5000 pounds Of watetmelOns so far the
present season.
One firm in st. Louis sold $4,000 orc fire
crackers to be exploded on the Fourth Of
! July.
/ Queen bees are sent from the north to Florida
In winter to enjoy our mild climate and when
| spring opens they are sent home again
| The silk trade in MaCcleSteld England ~
more depressed than 1t has been for u quar- ter OF
century. Hundreds Of weavers have emf
grated To America
There are, In woodson county. Kentucky,
about thirty fruit trees TO each inhabitant Of
| the county ma1, woman and child or n grand
total OF $4,000 trecI. Not much Of u bowling
| wilderness
More attention Is now given To bee keeping in
| the south than ever before The OIL fashioned
| "bee.gum" has generally given place To mprOv-
ed hives, and large increase in honey is the
| result
| Four steamship lines are about 10 be establish
ed from Mexican ports to other cities In Ameri-
| ca aud countries abroad The vessels ARE to tlv
| the Mexican nag 10 be commanded by Mexican
captains, and To be manned by Mexican crews
| II i, stated that the latest enterprise of the
| standard OIL monopoly is 10 run out the whole
sale trade in the handling of oils II has prepar.
ed sample cases which is to furnish to drtimmcrs
in all lines of trade, with instructions to drum
the retail trade OF the country, nnd send all or
|
| The Cape of Good Hope exported last ycardi
| monds to The value OF go 500. 600 The bulk went
| to Holland, TO be cut and subsequently were
mainly distributed in Paris, Vienna and New
| YORK 1t is but twelve years since Cane din
monds were first exported
A French statistican has calculated that If all
| telegraph wires were tackled ON end to end they
would reach fOrty-siN times round the world.
| Belgium has greater telegraph mileage In PRO
| portion to It's superficial area than any Other
| country in Europe, switzerland comes second
and Great Britain third Russia has the least
The Los Angeles Press and lIOricuMrist saw.
me grape crop was never heavier, and MS
many vineyards are bearing for the first time
| the total yield Will be much heavier than ever
| before. The raisln crop In Riverside last wear
was about .IsO boxes ana this year II 1. usti
mated nj 5000 boIeS-ncarly double Most Of
| Me grapes raised there are for ralSln PURPOSES
| The prospects for good yield I'm Souoma Mana
Sacramento and the foOlhill counties is also
| good
The Cincinnati Price Current states AS follow,
the comparative stocks OF peanuts in Cincinnati
| July |, oct /,
1852, 1881
Tennessee, white, bags,...".... l5,52i IS rs
| Virginia, bags ..........,,. ..... 40 600
| Total bags ..........,...... 3iOgD 5o Onn
| Equivalent In bushels ........ ldg, ilS .i3.O6O
They do some things In Sweden that cannot
| be done In this country. A new dcyelonment nf
| the timber industries has recently been made
near the town of Narkoding, IN middle Sweden
| II consists In manufacturing thread for crochet
| and sewing purposes from pine timber Tho
process is not made pablic, but the products are
'nld To he ilho In quality, and the price is low.
| The thread is wound on balls by mnrhiurry
and packed in boxes for export Tie new busi
ness ii is said is likely to be IL successful one
| iuT the orders from all parts of the country are
SO numerous that the new factory is unable TO
| I'LL them.
The Passport (Mc.) Sentinel says: There has
| lately occurred u decided change in the snrdmo
| business The fish have suddenly and unar.
counahly disappeared from the coast and in
| consequence thereof all the factories ARE stnul
| ing idle, and the operatives are found on the
streets looking for work. Lack OF fish makes n
| vast difference In the business of the town To
most OF the inhabitants 1t is their living, their
all. scarcity of fish also affects very spusihly
the StorckccpCtS, us when the factories are run.
ming trade is good, hut when they are closed the
stores present almost rs deserted nm appearance
| MS the factories. As this same condition of Af.
fairs prevails all along the coast tits mpos,ihla
! 10 torclell when we shall see u revival IN the
| sarline business
New York state has Q,7G5 growers Of hops, who
cultivate Sg,O72 acres In the CROP with product
in 1879 of 2ld2S,9N pounds. Next comes Wis.
crop, and apruduct Ol l,g6,4l7 pounds, then
| California, with 50 growers, Liz acres, and
| l,AlO5i pounds production: Washington
territory, with 30 growers, 5}l acres In hops,
NNllENll,
10 growers, 100 acres In the crop and n
product of 2d6,Ol0 pounds, Oregon, 10 growers
Sfi acres in the crop, and 2N,Bil pounds product
OF the New England states Vermont ultvs the
| lead, with 2li growers Ut hops, lo,Rcrcs under
crop, aud yield Of l0g3hU pounds, Maine
comes next with IN growers, 9lq acre. In
hops and crop of ls,2li pounds; then New
Hampshire, with 81 growers Cultiyatiur sc ncrcs
aud securing 23,9t5 pounds; and Massachusetts
with 50 growers, % acres in hops, and yield u
Q.Sgj pounds Only eighteen states raise hon,
for the market, and of these, five raise less thar
lOu00 pounds each.
i WASHINGTON, July GA. c. Landry nnt
Charles Lauga, of New orleans, received aSSur
ances to-day that their process for manufarur
Ing glucose was new, and could therefore b,
patented. Their process increases the yield u
glucose about une-third over the processes nov
In uSa. These gentlemen leave for New Norl
tomorrow, TO Inspect the latest improvements II
machinery for manufacturiug glucose Thri
company will erect glucose factory IN New Or
, leans
, The following method OF preserving meat 1
proposed: The animal is stunned by u blow OF
the head, aud blond being drawn from the lei
lugular vein, suolg solution of borNcic acid
kept NJ blood heat Is injected into the system
The heart ot III, still living animal pumps tn
i antiScpuc iuid into NIL parts of the body, an,
, thu auinm Is then killed by the butcher In IN
l uSusl way. The cost is mere tribe, and mCn
. treated In this way will keep several weeks 4
the heat Of summer
" FRUITS AND NUTS.