The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-23
TRADE ITEMS.


tlngs 10 Europe.
An instalment of 10000 lake trout has Just
been nut into Green lake o.. =
During the last fiscal year 1874 tons OF ma
hogany were exported nom the s'ito oi ~"
il Is estimated TINT $4,000 Cinnamon WIN land
ut. Victoria, Is. G., from Hong Kong before "u'
gust lst o, ,or,norv FIR sill
culture and nas absorbed the silk interest here
tolore carried on at Corlnth, ..,... ,o,,,.
The arteslan well at Calvary cemetery, Long
Island, lust completed has cost 100000 Is 500 ieet
deep, but the walsris 30 muddy 'n"' II u u""'
for nse m .,.,
The Kearn County Californian states That hay
making will, not commence as early ms season
as usual, but the quantity OF nay that VIII pecu'
and stacked will be enormous,
The Hodie Evening Miner says N u. Hume
we'll brought from stockton 100 carp for his hsh
pond, and IN due time hewill be able To supply
tho rivers creeks aud lakes Of Mono county,
The Colisa Sun reads the farmers oil Colusn
county a lesson, and points out 10 them that II
they ind n few acres Of their ranches laid out In
fruit trees and vineyards they would not DO no
bad Off now that the wheat crop IL failure
A Telegram has been received by tho cluzcns
committee of Vicksburg from General Randall
l. Gibbons, in which he says he VIII lake great
pleasure In using his influence In securing M
appropriation sufficiently large Tor the improve
ment of the Vlcksburg harbor
The London Builder attributes the marvellous
durability of mortar In Italy 10 the thct that the
lime remains In pit covered win water Tor TWO
years before II il used whereas In England umo
IL slaked aud used the same day Most bnllu
ing specifications even require new slnked lime
II IL said that In the years 1917, 1873 and 1874
over 100000 bullaloes were slaughtered ior
their hides alone, aud that subsequently The
smaller animals such rs elk deer and an,clopeS
were killed by the thousand every year for the
same purpose. The hunting goes on IN season
and out of season, leaving The poor creatures no
rest nor opportunity, for reproduction. spch
ruthlessnessis not only cruel aud wnstelul, but
IN impolitlc In It's effect ON the Indian Tribes,
perpctuating In them spirit OF hostility.
Upland rice has so often proved II success N
the Gulf states that II seams strange That moe
farmers do not cultivate It, ~ least TO the extent
of an acre or two yearly. Where rice mills are
not too distant from the farm ~ can DC cleaned
at cent u pound, or less, or II can he sold NJ
the rice mill for cash At paying prices, or FED To
chickens and pigs, or pounded IN = cheap home.
made mortar for home table supplies ltcomes
In conveniently In mixed farming with other
crops on small farms, aud requires but mod.
crate amount OF labor To plant and make and
harvest the crop.
Institute Of science, Colonel lllcnx spoke OF
having been IN anil not many miles distant
where cosoanut shells We're being ground In
was m demand for the adultcralon of pepper
and probably other spices. Dr. Smith
said that years ago he had seen the
preparation OF pstatoes, which he believes was
for sm anS oNh TSrS ' ss
that when u boy IN II grocery store In England,
Apowdcr was In common use for such purposes.
TWAS called 'peedec but he did not know
whatit was made Of Probably !, was the pow
der OF post which used 10 no spoken OF,
The San Francisco Commercial Herald says o
the salmon fishery and canning;
The run OF salmon has thus far disappointed
all expectations on the part Of fishermen here ~
well as In northern rivers New canncrics ha,
been erected and extensive Arrangements hn,
been made for large pack OF salmon, but tnu
far In the season comparatively lew hsh have
been caught or canned ON the sacramento or th'
Columbia river Not more than onc.,hird of III,
f, salmon caught last year have yet been secured
and as the season is waning rapidly II looks nov
as though. the total pack lis year would NO
exceed 6Oouoo cases, against l,po0oi IN ISL
With this view Of the situation. II Is not sufpus
Ing that the two conflicting Interests, bulls nm,
BEARS should have tussle In their several or
gans. buyers and consumers of canned Kood
have this TO console themselves that II tho sal
mon pack should prove us light us now irn0cd
that the fruit canning business Of the raciA
coast viii this year more than atone for the dc
iielency Ia salmon The fruit pack here will b,
Immense.
A dispatch from Louisville says; The cours
OF the leaf topacco market during the week ha
been absolutely barren OF interest, Sales hay
been OF moderate dimensions and prices hav
shown no variation, The only special feature u
the week was the sale Of Ito hogsh,ads OF Clarks
VILE tobacco NJ the boouc warehouse. The TO
bacco was rather dry and did not realize as goo,
prices as was anilclpatcd hence there wen
many rclccions Tho best prices paid was 81
for Todd county per hogshcad. The receipt
for the week were So hogshcads, against 5Gl las
week. and i6ig hogsheeds last year. Their
have been 2A2li hogshcads Of tho crop Of lSs
sold 10 date, against lgOl3 hogshcads OF the ,to
OF 1850 sold to date In ISL, and iA.2gS hogshcad
or the crop OF isip sold ~ date IN 1850.
ST. Lows, May 1.-THE period Of deprc,
sion which was recognized rs incviiahl
for ~ Louis during the high water has come 1
null fore. The inunda,lon parnlys cd souihct
trade, aud In every limo the Consequences nj
being felt now, Several concerns have quiet
nyuidatcd ani gone out OF business RI
wholesale clSthing trade seems peculiarly su
ceptiblc aud there has commenced hcgir
William H. Kellogg 4 Go. have lust closed on
noufing all customers that they will be sui
Piled trum Chicago. J II. Plant Of Iocu
street has wound up entirely. Mack n e.
tnntfer thcir business to New York J.
Mycn n Co, OF Washington avenue, will reno,
In partto Chicago, keeping y house onen her
These are all wholesale clothiers there al
reports that Others In their line viii take slmlip
action. This Il no, BY any means cuuanpd
ono line o. trade, nor must these lie lopksd limo
~ failures They sw ptosperous concprt
which zee only a very dull season ahead. and 4
not lind attraction enough IN 81 Louis IL RENAL
Chase A Cobalt one of the largest wholpsa
dry goods houses. have gone Into liauidstin,
and two or tliree smaller cstahiis hmpnts In N
boot and shoe line have taken steps IL wind ul
The dcnusslon IL yety general and onl, M
strong hopc of abundant crops IL ayprtins
condition which would he much worse than h