The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-11
FINANCIAL AND COTTON.
FINANCIAL.

vo,k Commercial Bulletin SAYS:
rHI Nv w. rrcord makes mention OF lS6 dis
III! ny in the United states and Canada
nDd uss ios. has been SlOOcO Rnd over. the
vh,' loss by these lso Ites te1 ot @4uS
GgsieE hon, an average OF fhOo. ior each'
pa OF eVou ,r,e Nv analyzs these l36 lres. We
When M. were 81 where tho loss was To-
and iha ~ ~ snd NOO0 % between 70 90 and
neen ~ iSSNS,'xeen N 900 and $1,000 II between
s,@ ~ = cn0 ? between 1900 and loo o. IL.
0~Sa 'iiN0o aud 2MOE between 2uO 10
beins,wSare, and over 5Non, lhat July. lss!,
and &Sv sn exceptional month In this matter OF
hs eeen a. /, seen from tho fact that the cor
ssss n, month for the previous live years
Nspohuint u 6re record averlng only 6,37l,-
he le,ul' i've each years figures for July rs
W w he standard publication the Chron.
sappsst,a, ishe: 1881, SO6l, iOO: 1850, b,S15,SN
de IN an 40 1875 5,3S5SOG 1877, I5T, WO-giv-
M S,oiai for those five July OF 3l,e'9dOO, aver;
ing aue wa on. In not one of these ycars did
sslTg N,Sn,i,b a fire record rs high by several
July ~ ,bouSnnd dollars rs has July, lSS1,
buni1ysu, ,a include last months s, 100000, and
kveu ,r,rn.e of July fires for six years past,
aSe w All The six years average TO be only
wsnsnn as against the $40 eco destroyed by
e'gnSo,onal curse Of carelessness last month.
~, ,umor that Jay Gould had sold his hold
Nv, Mutual Union telegraph stock to tho
.t.rul
Nr'"ia ,rbect of comment among spcculators
bsshiar"stnrs In the absence of Mr. Gould from
ala ~, ,bcrp has been no positive confirmation
mevS.snsartiOn No doubt of it. however, is
dai.s,aTed by well informed operators ny
thN' i, is moi regarded rs of great importance,
SSanbe reason that Mr.. GouldS interest is be-
M w 10 thpm TO be smaller than he public
MSea have supposed Mr.. John e.. Moore
seuy,1a@nt nj The Mutual Union company, said
Fss,1G5ssrr, ~ have heard the report about the
S'1ntsur Gould of his stock, and hRvo no
Wy ' W N believe that ii is not true, 1t has not
lt,%san recorded on the books of the company,
!s,,Sst is A fact OF no significance. Mr. GOuld's
aiding was comparatively small-something
HiuS S5no, shares, | think. He did not
NV s'Sa control Of the company, and the transfer
li mai affect our policy in any way We are
WI ,inslr independent of the Western Union Gnd
ssaa,,1Sn;iness is daily developing as we extend
w. w., ,s.lDtI.s for transmitting messages"
INC cross appropriations for the post-oillce
,,' yeir were SIS 80, 7o3. The receipts slightly
-ai;!r 100000. The appropriations OF the
s1rnut fiscal year SiiGi3 700. The receipts will
..,aS Ia 10000 possibly $50 900 900 The post
M inns becomes source of revenue, and
,nS a 70 900 to s. 600 900 will be added TO the
TiSelapeouS revenues Of the year.
Tbaestimatc of the revenue OF the Dutch East
-,5es for the current year shows deficit of 49,
sGNHM least Last year the deficit was est.
ns,sla 100000 but proved TO lie E500O0OO.
Ertbe six years ending with lSS2, the minis.
ssof1pauce put it at S!2,iO1,0U0. The Acheen
tNgbes, not over even now. have been 10 joke
irIoland, where living is very dear and taxa
me assessors OF Boston have placed upon that
dly A valuation Of S672, 400, iOl The itate,
county, and city taxes aggregate Sl5 10 per ST.
The coinage executed ut the various United
s.tes mlntS during the month OF July was as
huogs Gold pieces, ~. $50. value, S9S1 400 STAN
dn silver dollars, =, l6g UUO minor coins 6l3,W0,
uge $50 total number OF pieces, 2,722, 800,
nGs sSlB,Si0
The impOratens of specie aud bullion at New
Ylkdurlng the week ending August /, were
,slQ9i consisting Of iGj7 in gold and Sl32 As in
,ver, as against u total of S2iS,li0 for the week
ending August 6, last year
The foreign bank. hold very large reserves,
Eaglsnd enc. 72O,2Oj France, Slv5,l3S 2OJ gold,
sad Germany slis OG5, 900 gold and silver the
nNs having lost since July 1 only about alV,-
OOivl
Egypt has national debt OF S4D .Oo0, 600 and a
Nvelne Of about slj O0j 00O, with an annual OK
NniiMre Of more than $50, 01O0Ol.
Duting the lrst SIX months of this year the
lestyile mining companies paid az aggregate
dsLlG,GJiu dividends. Much of this largo
rnOust went TO the east.
DALLAS EXCHANGE AND COIN.
:, Buying, Selling. Buying. Selling.
Ne. TX, h@ktar@s Ct Louis ,i0N Para 4
eglelso, "hgspar@h \, .....h@Hr arcg x
Giiyes'on 4 Par@A Honston..k ParpA
kiohaage, points y to. discount. Sterling
ssal - $ Francs, iGj 10, Marks, %.
rrfite dollars ...Ncts, Mexican dollars so
Mexican huve' .4lGtg. Mexican quarters Is
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