The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-19

rINANoIAL.

ing is prevalent that some big calamity Is ~.
mlneni and while Us nature Is not ekacsy
known the rumors aloat are not o. an oncOut-
aqine nature II is simply Impossible that sucn
vast shrinkAges rs have been going on III various
specialties should continue without causing
some strand In the financial fabric 70 give way
wall street X row teemlng with vast balloon on,
terpriscs which cannot continue ulsVenueu u
hubble confidence is shaken, and some big con-
Germ goes - the wal. 100 many " I, ' no,,res
have no sound supersuueture, ana tne
downfall Of one of them WIZ re-
suit inthe wreck OF the others. Inc change IN
the nolitical situation bodies no good TO prices,
and the attitude Of one Of our greatest railroad
kings toward the people will surely be avenged
at the ballot box and In coming legislation. Inc
future Is not bright ana y now LOOKS W " street
before many days. The large time loans when
Mr. Jay Gould has been making recently woulu
evidence that he appreciated the danger ana Is
putting himself in a position TO proteci those
propeIties i'm which he takes an especial interest
while others are being weeded out
FINANCIAL ITEMS.
Twelve mining companies of Colorado paid
dividends aggregating sl4'S,550 between Jan
uary and September of this year, -.
A few shares of the famous Chemical bank OF
New York we're sold at auction the olher gay
and brought So, 1O5 share, par. value 500
During the month Of July the pubic sehoois
of Tiaxcala, the smallest state OF me MeXical
republic were attended by S.jlS chlldren, anu
The cost to the state amounted TO s2,0i5.
The revenue of the Milwaukee post-otiice fol
the year ending January WILL " Is NOV ON ISI
mated aggregate the enormous sum OF s2oO' y
against $4,000 for last year. an increase IL
twelve months of $4,000. a.. l.,
The mercantile stock exchange, the hrst III
the republic of Mexico, has been opened. ~ nss
been organized with native capital, and stars
with twenty active members OF Mexican pro e
and fifty outside subscribers All classes OF Sc
curities will be dealt in -,,..., oro. old
Fifty pounds of high-grade SILVER orc IRE salu
TO have been taken from the bed OF Panthel
creek, in Woodford county, Illinois; ana Wneh
the freshet subsidies the stream is TO be dlVerteu
Gold mining has for years beeh cdrrleu vi III
the hills twenty miles away. . &c ono.
THE Rothschilds are virtual owners OF one
fifth OF the fertile land i'll the delta oil the Mic
Their share in Egyptian DonIS Is anti semite
calculates that the income of Baron Wlihelin
Rothschild Is about cps per hour, or . shillings
The Bank of England during the six months
ending with August made s., sos, 405 profit and
the directors declared semi annual dlviae ono
of So per cent. on the capital OF S,2aoSOVTSs,
which absorbs slightly more than the hall-
YEARLY profit The bank has declared lO1a per
cent for the past year, rate per cent. gre!lier
than had been paid for several years previously
Bank of England shares are quoted III 200 cA-
The mining interests of north Georgia and
east Tennessee are of fer more importance than
Is supposed and new So MINES Ul rSpd
There are seventy gold mines now in successful
operation and pay well. Five thousand acres
have been purchased by one company Tor goia o.
mining purposes. The veins of gold are SAID 10
be very promising. One county IN North caro-
lima produces !, GIG 900 pounds OF copper annual
w. The mining interest in this section is YET
There m are s52 90 invested in mining oper
tons on the Menominee and Marquette iron
ranges. and about IA, COO miners are employed.
Take this industry with the lumber interests
0nite ms big a business record as the lower sec
ton of the state south of Mackinac Straits.
E. b. Elliott the government actuary; mas
computed the weight of s19OO,OO0 IN g0ld anu
silver coin af follows me F ara oS nine
tenths fneness, 425.5 grains. In round numbers
the following table represents the weight .,
81 COO 600 In the coins named: STANDARD golu
coin. % tons; standard silver com, So ton ,;
: subsidy silver coins, 20 tons; MINOR coih o-ceh'
nickel, 100 tons. H. .a;
The books of the treasury show that the ordl-
nary expenditures of the government during the
first quarter Of the current hscal year were Oves
during the first quarter of last year rms result
is attri butable to the extravaganza OF congress
at the last session. The increase Will grow rap.
idly larger during the remainder OF the present
year and especially after the large additional
force of pension clerks become acquainted with
their work. ,,, ,e
finally reached the conclusion that II is not ne
Qessary to have the name of Mr. Acton, written
by himself and not by his most intimate
friend" on every one fthe new gold certificates
A telegram from the seat of government an
nounces that Acting Secretary. New has giyeI
orders for the printing Of certificates OF the DE
nominations OF 500, 500 and Sl00, with engraved
signatures, like egal.tender notes, These
tits stated, will be styled department se Wss
inpton All the higher Denominations, however
arctic be signed by Mr.. Acton, and issued iron
the New York sub-treasury.