The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-18

o t,.pp and nncf the thirteenth of(ocontt
nll. ts only one forth M ohc.nlt az maxi
TRor" aie 2.t7n farms To illinois. which leads /
uar ID nstlio ch utnpion rgrlculinrol state ol we
ItIDn tiuc Ehody bus the smallest number, /
slowing grand total NJ ono, being u timing
iU,,,,,i ,,r.r,,sr, of Cllntn are making
tia record. The Herald Ofthutc.ty the Clil'
un Lumber compaUy's saw mil, WIN one sue
nuniug. sawed u,uciy.lwo lhuu'ahd lertul uU- /
her the other day, the WORK OF one RnuS n'iu ",JI
rotary saw me ~ lllca To mako Il a fnu1H
hundred thou md, but fen snort OF tnu hBult
| IFS counted big days work In lumberc@'-
"Hh'bo indications are that cruit.cannl1g win IN
! Cu,gr, Uccoiuc great industry IN California, u
! ls said that the dIigd lrult Produced IRON soEpu
! acres OF land near NH'nIlle was SOLD To- q Sa
! Francisco merchant for the snug sum Oh tl,ou
| The same merchant paid another grower clFO
for he product from 1--WE ncres, ana .ilu,ne
loading firm bought the dried fruit raised o.
I'm yi"w of the troubles In Ireland the crop
stu Isle. of that country, Just publishel are ~
tnresting, If not remarkable INC sl4 ,ai a,1
show that IN the year 1851 there were ., lvi,"li
IIa,g57 acres acres over 1850. In 1sS, The ex-
cent returned und"r grass was III,
250,l0S acres. This year NE lntal acreage Vi
grnss lands Is given ~ lhU9l0sS arres. &C.
, | crease of 1917 100 The same figures snow oe-
crease of the extent covered by woods or i3IGSls
7, OF about 10 goo acres, which, combined WIN INC
I B
crease of croppage. There was an increase OF
5Sn acres Of wheat 10 1877 OF oats, ana ~ Sl3 OF
potatoes; but the returns show a decrease OF
1855 acres of barley laGaG acres oi '"''pS' 1870
[ of cabbage and 10, 400 OF lax. e.
! The san Francisco Chronicle says: some
I three years ago there was Il serious quhrfei De-
tween the cannercs on tge 'aHrainei,so il tha
: and fishermen who supplied Them MS 10 INC
n price to be paid for salmon The fishermen IN
q sisted upon the payment Of 40 cents ior enum
salmon, the eanneries refusing 10 pay an!
tln luti ~
= The result was that deadlock followed
!, during which an exceedingly large run o.
Il salmon was noticed iurlhet reSu
= was thai the Cannerics were Obliged 10 Shu'
i down in consequence of the refusal of the ilsh
!. e men to accede to the 35cent limit and N.
# close season of six weeks was SUI iurtngl
= / Heightened by the strike, Fresh salmon coulu
n easily be had in this city at p cents, ana ever
!. mdcr tleSe circumstances large quantities o
ti,h had to be thrown away III consequence
- The supply far exceeding the demand Inc ei
n feet tthe headquarters, the spawning ground
= | In the Pitt and McClOud rive was that more
4 fish was spawning than wa ever or since beel
= | known At the time, the fish commissioner
"a predicted that this addition to the close seas1l
- | would be shown in about three years, when TN
a | catch would be the largest known. The predle
lion is about to be Teazga aSc Of IL
: has kept pace to the increase of the cannereS
&, and the fish are numerous ana III prime couGl
: ton. The natural increase OF salmon aurihg , tm
~ extension was, of course augmented by the wv
=, ! aud one half million salmon when the eommls
n sioners annually place in the Sacramento
u There are nineteen Chinese ports open for for
l. eirn commerce. without including Hong Kong
N which is, III fact b. itsh port outside OF In
supervision of the Chinese customs. OF thest
rorts the chicf are Ningpo Wenchow, Foochow
Tumsin, Takow, Annoy, Twatow, anton. PAX
hoi, Kuingchew, Cheloo, Ichung, Tien-tsin, an'
e Ncwohang. The total value OF the foreign trad a
re through these ports amounted in 1850 TO s2Jl'
e sol Sj5 the exports amounting TO sll2 81, 765 tn
e imports reaching l,S.l:OO9O OF this trade IA IA
70 Tendencies The value of British trade aggre
!, gat, Sl77 1850, while that of the continent
Il urupe is s22 OBJ 29j and the United States get
n only paltry sl4, 95G $50. This country iurnshe
v an abundance of the articles China most need
!: and imports most heavily. Three-quarters Q
4. the shecings imported by China are OF Amer
!, can manufacture. American drills and linen
i, figure on The list Among the imports are tim
T. Der flour, coal. watches, kerosene oil, window
, glass clocks, opera glasses, cutlery, and ever
l. condensed milk. In fact, excepting opium, o
which SO, GIG, 555 worth was Imported, this coun
: try supplies almost every article China buys a
;, clieaply as England can do SO, and, strange t
n saw u lars er amount of these goods taken iron
:. these ports by British traders are sold II
&c America.