The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-01

Quincy
farmer In England raises 1900 ducks eacl
year for the London market. Many OF then ar,
Matched In the winter and are kept under cove
I'LL the approach of warm weather
fians for the establishment OF a watch factory
| at Bloomington, lllsnois, are being matured Il
Is PROPOSED 10 organize company with a CAPT
The Portland. (Oregon,) board of trade is ma
Aing efforts TO compel the salmon Gamers to re
spsct the fishing laws Of the state The season
mas been very poor and they are fishing after
The season The Gamers say that the law 4.
not valid having been held SO in the Burgess
case
farmer living on the Duarte near Los An.
geies, brings to town apricots, some of which
wlll run three to the pound, The trees are i've
years Old, lie has sold his crop to cannery,
| and the yield nets him 1875 to tho acre
About one hundred miles above Phoenix, Arl.
zcna, on Salt river there is high blum. com.
posed almost entirely, of salt FROM this blum
several springs, highly impregnated ~i,h saline
matter flow into the stream. The river above
this point Is pure and clear.
new use for glass has recently been deyel.
oped N Its substitution for marble tops Of tables
ana dressing cases; A Pittsburgh firm has
turned out slabs of glass that are said to be a
perfect imitation of the latter material. whilo
they admit OF decorations Of various designs.
both In form and color.
:, clock on exhibition IN Uuca n. Y, marks
the time OF day In all parts OF the world at tho
same time. 1t Is globe with Transparent dial
Ior local time, and in running the globe reyolyes
nBures on the ring representing the equator, In.
uicnlng the time In different countries at that
at Canajoharie.
The watermelon traffic has been unusually
large THIS season. 800 carloads of melons hay.
Ing passed through Nashville via the Nashville.
chattanooga st. Louis railway since the LIST
liist Ench CARLOAD of melons was worth 81 n, O.
so mat the income 10 the producer was s90O 600
Just when the culture OF silk Is being revived
IN the south, and everything is looking hopeful
,9r tne iulure of this important industry, n ca
plegram from MacClesield, in EnglunG states
mat the SILK trade there IL more depressed than
IL mas been for quarter Of century and that
hundreds OF weavers have cmgrated to Amer
lea. rms emigration may possibly increase silk
manufacture in this country
Assessor Badlam OF Sau Francisco. has sinh.
United TO the surveyor general of the state his
annual report of the mechanical and Ganufac
turing industries Of that city and county From
IT. lappears That there are about /, 20J factories
OF all kinds. employing over &c, 0jD persons and
manufacturing In the aggregate over SIS 000 ooi
OF materials annually, TO this must be added
1he proceeds OF TO- 81 600 cigars aud Ia $50 OCO
cigarettes the profits from the dry-docks electric
maehinery works, the eight flour and feed mills
when turu out $1,000 barrels Of flour and 1850
barrels OF graham flour in addilionto 80 sol tons
OF other meal, the profits from the gas.works
with Its s2l,V 1000 OF capital the gold reGneries
nearly $40 laundries, the l.nseed Uil-works, and
Exports are beginning to exhibit the antlci
pated enlargement Last week the to'al ,hip.
ments OF domestic produce from New York were
vaiueo al SHO26, hoo compared with o. i63 40 for
.ne corresponding week OF last year. Tho tn
crease was chiefly due to larger shipments of
wheat, stimulated by the reports of an album.
dailt harvest and the fall in prices Other bread.
stuiis are yet moving outward In small qu.ntle,
only, ana me shipments Of provisions and cot.
Ton continue light while neLroleum is still being
exported In large quantities Since January /
the exports from New York aggregate SlSO ISL.
$50 against s2lS 1O7, $50 for II lkn period of lSsi
anu o2.i. $50 1SS the year preceding.
The temper of the petroleum market las I'm
proved, The new district is not thought 10 TO
yielding. as largely Us was expo ted several
wells OF great promse-or great pa,-hayinu
tnrned out small affairs, while failure to reach
OIL IN many new borings has greatly 70.
striciod the region supposed 10 be productive
and Increased doubts AZ 10 the staying puL
lily OF wells that urc still Welding These circum.
stances have not changed the ruling fact of The
market--ihntlhe prediction enormously exceeds
Known or probable consumption. Exports for
the week ending the 18th were GgSi 052 gallons
ana for the yenr 10 thnt date 2iS SOC Cos gallons
against 29o,9I2,3l6 III 1851, the largest previous
year But the increase of exports, great US Is
nus been, has not Kept pace with the increase
of yield
significant feature of the enormous inmi.
grafton into this county is the amount OF skilled
labor that II brings. II is estimated that of Tho
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS landed at Castle Garden dur.
ing inc past hve months, not less than half were
trained mechanics and artisans This shows
That the European mechanic seos little encour.
ageinent In the outlook Mt home. The support
OF royalty aud enormous armies, with every
prospect OF increased expenditures, both in.
creases taxes ana cfipples the consuming power
OF the Old World. 1t Is evident that a people
Whoare ovcrburdeucd with taxation can have
lillle money to spend for the products of skilled
labor; II lakes all they can earn to support the
II fh. s..t.
that the skilled nrti.an, who is generally a man
ofsupcrier intelligence, with the wants which
intelligence brings, is forced TO see himself and
ms family sink III the scale OF social eNiSteuce,
or seek better conditions elsewhere So he
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