The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-26
TRADE ITEMS.

Seventeen thousand dollars worth of
sponges was sold in Key West one day
recently.
exhibited at the meeting Of the Iowa State
Horticultural Society.
The Coal Trade Journal estimates the
output of anthracite i'll 1881 at 2o,20O,OUO
tons, the largest quantity ever mined,
Already agricultural machinery is being
introduced into some parts or Mexico,
where the peCuliarities Of the seasons re-
quire quick blowing, seeding and harvest
The other day $1,000 was bid for full
mem ership of the New York Cotton EX-
change.
The rice crop of the Gulf States, it is
said, will reach 100000 bushels.
A syndicate of Minneapolis capita lists
has purchased fifteen of the principal ele-
vators there, having an aggregate capacity
of 537 600 bushels.
Over twenty-eight tons of bones have
been sold in Kaufman within the last two
weeks at eight dollars per ton, amounting
to the nice little sum of 1924.
w. NJ. Nelson, of Daviess county, Ken
lucky, has killed during the past year, ], ia
squirrels, 100 raccoons, twenty wild turkeys,
in the small space of about LOCO acres In
Panther Creek Flats.
April 0ti. will be the two hundredth ami
versary of the discovery OF the mouth OF the
Mississippi, by La Sale. aud it is proposed
to celebrate il at New Orleans.
Mr.. Henry Stafford Northcote, member
of Parliament, whe recently returned from
America, addressing his constituency at
Exeter, said he did not believe in decrease
of American competition in the food mar
ket. 1t was, he said, idle to talk of the
exhaustion Of American lands. The sup
ply OF land for many years to come, in the
great Northwest, will be boundless. .
The National Board of Trade met in
Washington and have had placed before
them by their Executive Council whole
raft of subjects, including taxes of all sorts
and the revision of the tariff, and such APP
parently extraneous topics as disputed
Presidential elections, the frequency OF
elections and the japanese indemnity fund.
The effect of this attempt to do too much is
naturally to make the convention mere
social gathering.
The London Economist remarks that it is
characteristic of the length of time it takes
to set the government of India in motion
on a new line of action, that the proposal
to grow tea in India was made fifty years
before it was carried out. Sir Joseph Banks
suggested it in 1888, and in 1888 the first
India tea reached London. The importa-
ton now exceeds AZ, 00O,0 OO. pounds,
The British steamship Riyersdale Cap
tain j. G.. Sharp commanding, has nearly
completed discharging her immense cargo
of fruit in New Orleans from Messlna and
Palermo, the wharf-head of Calliope street
| being thickly piled, tier on tier, with thou
sands of boxes of oranges and lem
ons, for shipment by rail TO the
North, East AND, West 1t is estimated
that the cargo, which is said to be the
largest of the kind ever imported on a
sinple vessel into the United States, will
| fiji between 30 and 300 box cars.
| 1.-The lumber exports from Washington
| Territory to foreign countries in 1881
amounted to fl ,76O, 100 feet, valued at S39l,-
OG8. The coastwisc traffic is unknown, but
is estimated from one districtto equal 3,O0O,-
900 feet. The aggregate value of foreign
and domestic exports is Sl,7lS,226. Nine
teen vessels were built on Puget Sound last
wear. of 1891 tons, at a cost OF S214, 800
Since November /, 1863, 100000 900 feet of
lumber, 100000 laths and pickets, 1000
600 shingles, and spars to the amount oil
s25, 900, have been sent to foreign ports from
the Puget Sound mills. Coal exports in
1881 aggregated, from Seattle and Tacoma,
ia, 600 tons, and since the inception of the
Puget Sound coal trade in 1850 have ex-
ceedcd 100000 tons.
Returns from the internal revenue in Cal
ifornia exhibit the statement that no
less than SsDj, % has been paid as taxes
on local productions OF cigars alone during
]
an increase of SlS5, GOSH. This increase is
due especially TO the number Of Chinese
engaged i'm the business, 10 the exclusion Of
whites. The total number OF persons cm-
ploycd making cigars is 493 white men, 10
white females, and I,jl9 Chinese. The
average number Of cigars made by these
Chinese is 300 a day, and a. the Monaghan
works nearly every day IN the year, with
the exception of during his New Year holt
days, the estimated production for the year
1851 may be safely set down as being nearly
BOD OO. O0O-an increase over 1880 Of no.
100000. This augmentation has been
caused by a demand which has sprung mp
I'M the Eastern markets, to which points
immense quantities Of Chinese-made cigars
are forwarded overland. Several factories,
although trading under Chinese names, are
In reality owned by American firms, who
purchase the leaf tobacco and pay the
Chinese for their York.
A Gentleman who has recently passed
over the Texas a Pacific road says that
one of the most noticeable features J. the
rfpiditv with which towns are springine up
"a tiie routes ;raversed. He mentions
Tlyah. uow q thriving little town; was a
y ccc uf uubruEcn ground no later thnn
is.t July. Colorado City, less than a year
old fortafus lUl inl ifauts and 10 D.
said OF Biz Springs that -' lat spring D. was
q solitude inhabited olly ny prairie dogs.
nHfF.nUDs GfI fNNnIc-- 1T MS DIV unuNA
5I1 inhabitants. aud more are coming,
The production Of rails during TIE Tast
wear is c-iimite1 nt 1.7IIu00 rrlss tons.
Next o. fhe enormous consumption. he
rarfd Development 81 production b. one ui
fls n.osI striking features Oi tie year. Ine
OUTPUT rln o. larscly increased, % ntcls-
srrr. during fssZ. several Of tle leaning
milk Ia-.ng made ct 1isire additions. be-
sides r.a az three eHfireir rev concerns
uhitli have lieen. or VII BE- shortly, pat in
me trade returns q large number q
Southern cities are ai hand. ard they al
show prosperity. Iiicimond. VITA tara
~ r.-rr.erfv 81 5000 .p0 turns out 81
30 10 81 manufacture. an increase %
Oh over the urUli0us year tolun1us,
Georgia. with e population pi only 80,
fr.s-rr1rd IT, husinass over l7-1 ~ siHltte
Augusta. with a population II -.pp, h1s
a 10 90 invested On cutfuu mills, Ulirl
--rrnreI dividends II d. per cent Fr1u
errrr rlrrfion Of the south similar reports
c1fne. shrrinr q large inc-uass In Houthern
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