The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-06
TRADE ITEMS.

Ah4tisf
COAL soils nj Trinidad for 81 50 per ton
Another large packing house Is TO be cita,
lished In Dubuque. "
Watermelon seed properly washed and dried
are worth s. per bushel
mil at Clinton, Oneida county, New Iofk.
has produced ., 900 casks Of cider thls season,
Hunting Is IL profitable sport In Montana,
Two hunters of GlendlVe shot sl,2u worth OF
meat last month.
lsh line of steamers 10 run from that city up
TunncSScc river.
Chicago has organized an underground cllc
tric company with capital of 100000.
Cedar Rapids is sali 10 have SR50l0o In
vested In manufacturing, and To pc advertising
In caste II papers for more.
The Detroit Record says vcniS0n continues
abundant IN that market IL was reported that
u party of Indians slaughtered fifty deer on u
drive near Rock Lake last week.
A itch vein of copper has been struck Mt
WHynesbDro, Pennsylvania, It's thought to he
the long .lookcd-tur copper ridge which geulo.
gists have maintained would be found in that
section
party OF Turks aud Arnenlans have arrived
at Palestine, Texas looking for favorable To-
cation for the cultivation of silkworms, and
more W VI follow them jf their experiments prove
successful,
Great Britain has 10 $50 registered chemists
and druggists aud 5000 registered medical
practitioners. Patent medicine tax realized in
1880 100000.
The Ludington mine, in the Mcnomlnee Coun-
try, has turned out $4,000 tons of ore this year.
and the mine was opened last January. AT rs a
ton this output liz very encouraging To the lum
bernens syndicate that owns H.
On Long island the sand industry has grows
o. extraordinary proportions. Only four firms
whose invested capital did not exceed $50, 900
existed five years ago The capital invested in
the business at the present time exceeds S., Goa,
600 An average Of 1900 tons, of sand arc
shipped In boats to Now York daily.
Thirteen acres Of rice cut by Mr.. John Rich.
ardson, In Georgetown county, South Carolina
In the later part of August yielded gt6 bushels
being M average OF 5l5l bushels per acre
ten.acre field on Richmond plantation yielded
So bushels or an average of u little over 81
bushels per acre.
II the rubber factories close next month. as
agreed upon by the recent conventions In New
York city. 20 ,0l people viii be thrown out OF
employment IN New York, Massachusetts, Rhode
Three dozen eggs nj Chicago cost the price OF
one bushel of No. wheat two pounds of butter
nearly the same, and two gOod.Sizcd hams cost
about ~ much us barrel of export flour. Some
might feel like going short on ham aud eggs and
going long on wheat There are too few hens OF
too much wheat-ono of the two,
cold storage company Of Boston have now
nearly completed the largest roirigerating build
INK III tho world. IL ~ OF stone aud brick, leo by
50 fee, In size aud 10 feet high. The capacity Il
$1,000 cubic feet the cost 200, GOO, and the Ice.
chamber holds 600 900 tons of leo. II will be
used for storing dressed beef and mutton, and
the Chicago ielrigcra,ing cars unload ut the
door.
From recent census bulletin are gath red the
following facts and figures relating 10 the manu-.
iaoturo of petroleum during tho census
year ending May 81, 1850 The number
OF firms mud corporations having
scparato establishments Is cghty-slx, hay,
Ing u total invested capital of S27, SQl TAG, and
employing 9s69 hands, To whom wages were
paid amounting tn Sl,SSl,b'2 per nnnum. The
number of gallons of crude oil used during the
year was Isl, 63S, ~, valued at SlGSiO,jSl The
value OF manuiarurcd products amounted alto.
gcther 10 Sl3, 10i,2lS
Matchmaking along the Hudson river Is one
Of the big industries of the state There are
about leo yards, varying In capacity from - 900
10 liOOW bricks per day, Tho daily make IL
about 100000 or for the season of six months
l,OGWOOM. Counting brick eight inches In
length, this production would lay walk six
bricks Wide around The earth, For labor these
yards pay nearly sAO00O0 In the course of the
season, wages ranging from II. % for small boys
TO 81 10 per day for best men, Four cords of
wood burn $1,000 bricks, and 1t is estimated that
100 iOl cords OF wood at s. per cord will he used
this year, In case all the bricks made this sea.
son shall no marketed, the production will
Yield In gross 81, 900.
Tho 1hibodauN CLoplslana) Sentinel SAYS,
Never during thiriy:siN years residence In tho
sugar'growiug district have we seen such mon
stcr sugar'caucs US are daily exhibited this fall
anos nine 10 ten fcel long, for the mill wclsh.
Ing eight 10 ten pounds, are no longer v novelty.
Just think OF ao sugar-canes that weigh one
ton which will give from 100 to l25 pounds vt
sugar onc.half pound of sugar TO the
cane. OF course, such canes nro
not found IN body, hut many planters say that
they are cutting canes that average eight feet In
Recon, slatistlcs show that during the ycar
ending on the alSt Of August last the state of
Texas produced no less than S1S,Stl baloS of cot.
ton valued ut over 200, OOOOM II also produced
2SgNe 600 pounds of wool worth sN,leSeoo, and
l3bi200l pounds of hides, worth Il, GSSOOE
besides having cattle of the estimated value OF
1890 200, and over sloVO.OO worth Of
horses aud mules, The total product
OF tho state, including lumber praiu cotton
seed, sugar, mol0,scs and other articles, was
over sgh0oO,uo0. Within the year also there
were completed ,Gil miles of railroad, ut an oS.
umnted cost for construction ana equipment OF
siL52A0O0. The state OF Texas, which Is by far
coo miles OF csunletcd railroads, the cost Of
building and 90 Jpn ont Of the whole being o..
tmatcd at tltb, s1GoOl
Tho entire hop crop OF the United States IL cs.
llmaled nj 1880 bales, much loss than enough
for homo consumption, over $1,000 bales have
already been exported this year. and Il Is
argued that American consumers or sell.
ers must be buyers In England or Ger.
many, perhaps before Chlstmas. The amour,
OF hops raised In tho New York region this
year Is po,O0o bales, or more than i6,OcC Oio
pounds, This IN about one.thlrd smaller than
the crop OF last year. Tho growers have 70.
ceived upon au average about 6O cents per
pound for tho crop. or over sp.1O0otp Tho
profits on hops are greater than on any other
farm product. II costs only from 10 10 10 cents
10 cultivate and raise pound ofhops
The honey Is, as rule, very sweet and fra.
grant but II Is sometimes Injurious TO human
beings Here ! may mention that no bee can
suck honey out OF flowers, as Ia popularity sup.
posed She 1icks II out with her tongue, the end
OF which L. covered with hairs, so as TO convert,
Into brush, scrapes II between the Jaws, and
80 passes into the crop, wherc IL Il changed Into
honey. what property may be In the crop
which converts flower Juice Into honey we do
crop IL nothing. hui q bag OF exceedingly Inc
membrane. and ret after remaining fct little
time In the crop Ne flower juice. underyoes a
change In consls0hcc. flavor and scent and
whether the Insect be = Wild or domestic bee