The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-16
TRADE ITEMS.

WELLsRuRG, West Virginia, claims to have the
biggest well In the Ulitcd States.
One million trout are to be planted IN the small
lakes In northern Michigan this spring.
During 1881 Detroit brewed 1920 barrels of
beer, the revenue tax being sl67 CSC.
John Zea, of Gil man. Iowa. with eight men,
planted over four thousand trees one day ro'
Gently.
tirely destroyed at Eutaw, Alabama by II severe
hail-storm.
Three hundred thousand young cottonwood
trees have been shipped this spring from Whit
Ing. Iowa, 10 Watertown, Dakota,
American art Is gaining a strong footbold In
Paris, says the Register, OF that city and the de
mand for paintings by American artists Is con
stantly increasing
There Is much excitement ut tho petroleum
center, tho sales at the Bradford exchange yes
terday being 263S, 900 barrels.
Over two hundred manufacturing firms of
Rochester. New York have formed an Employ.
ors Protective association for corporation in
case of strikes
The American silk Growers association. of
Philadelphia, have produced u rieCc of black
silk from American c0coons which Is said 10 be
superior To anything offoTelgn manufacture.
II Is stated that sparrows have become SO nu.
merous In the eastern counties of Pennsylvania
that other birds are faSt being driven from their
Old haunts
Indiana is the fourth coal-producng state In
the Union. There are In all eighty six mines In
operation, In 1881 $50 tons were mined,
and the capital invested is 81, Az. 10,
The arrival Mt Boston OF a cargo of IT, tons of
Liverpool salt, last week, Is the first for many
months. High freights have prevented The
Commercial Bulletin says. This vessel, which
was obtained at an unusually low rate, comes to
this port to join the San Francisco line. The
arrival Of two cargocs of Trapani Is shortly e1'
Pensacola, Florida will soon have an cstab
llshment for crcosoting timber. All timber Of
this kind now used In that city comes from Pas.
cagoua, Mississippi, and as much as $50 apiece
has been paid for creosoting pilings,
An attempt was made To breed German pleas.
ants In confinement but without success, and
they were let loose on Angel island last year. A
letter recently received from there states that
no traces of the phessants have been found,
and that In all probability, they have fallen u
prey TO cats and hawks,
Over -, 1000 cabbage heads were sold In tho
philadelphia markets last year. In New York,
In 1884, there was sold of vegetables raised In
tho south, sS,ooovOO worth. This year the
amount will doubtless reach $4,000 900
The American Free Trade league counsols tho
prompt organisation of clubs In every congress.
sional district to act uniedly and inteligently In
favor OF tariff for revenue only, and against
tho burdcnsoinc aud Ubiquitous system of taxa.
ton embodied In the present tariff
There has been discovered In San Bcnito
county, California, ledge of sandy, soapy clay
In u soft state, which, after being nodded In the
desired shape and exposed to the actien of the
air. becomes hardened and makes an excellent
soap, either for washing tho hands and face or
for polishing OF, securing silverware, Those
who have tried II recommend IL rs u superior
article for either purpose
I'm consequence of the extraordinary prices
obtained for. rosebuds during the past two or
three years says writer In the Gardener $
Monthly, mot only have the regular florists
used thclr large profits In extending tho green
house structures for that purpose, but the
fabulous reports OF the profits OF rose growing
nave excited the oupidity of many capitalists In
a. az Mas .NlH GlAN un II. lAa
AND, In all probability In the other large cities
OF the un'on These men have an abundance of
means, ana begin on n scale usually NJ which
the ordinary florist who had TO climb his way
up enus 80 mat there are already In the vicinity
OF New YORK NJ least dozen establishments for
tho forcing Of roscbuds In winter owned by men
who count their capital by millions"
New YORK Is troubled because two metal OK.
changes havc been organized there recently for
II Is claimed with som,c truth, that there IN not
room for both. One of these institutions is de,
signed to establish dealings In futures In pig.
Hon. much us are warrants In Glasgow, aud
the other IN opposed To such speculative deal.
ings One Is known as the Iron and Metal
Exchange company land the other Ms the New
York Iron and Metal exchange" There hav,
bccn already madcovcr 100 applcations,for Nom
change. and the Institution has been duly or
ganixed The other institution has largS
membership and has rented rooms with n renta
ofsS0o The New York Bulletin wisely sug
ton 10 the fact Tat the great cotton and provls
lou trades are served by one exchange each.
Mr.. Rsinals, British consul ut Brest attribute
the recent decline Of trade In that port partly 4
tho remarkable failure bftho catch OF sardincs
branch OF trade of great Importance, more par
urularly TO the department OF Morblhan, whcr
until last year great quantities Of the bette
qualities were annually caught and preserved II
tins for export For the present, at least thi
delicious little fish has, Il seems, mysterlousl,
disappeared from that roast In consequence
We arc told. tho local fisherman have OF lat
Joined larger yesscls and proceeded TO the coas
ofspain. aud even Portugal, aud there purchas
cd from nshing boats various kinds OF fish. n
well ~ Holsters and shrimps but instead n
bringing these 10 ports In brittany, they hav
taken them ~ other French scaports, whenc
they have been forwarded for sale 10 Paris an,
large inland towns. Tho result has been tina
the better class Of nsh. Holsters, etc, hay
eecoAe scarce, aud are sold In Dfcst At very hiel
!, The largest job Of printing ever undertake,
y,yhe Kvvcfudcpt printing ONCE Is now slowi
E0ltx through lhe press II Il tho printing .
the uuN 4eo>lllon Records" The o1Acer Il
charge o. this WQsk d tho war departments csll
m4los that u Will mako nlnely-rlk large Octav
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