The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-27
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DURING one day last week 6sS loads of Min.
ncapolis products were shipped.
The culture of carp Is receiving more attention
In Iowa than In any sta c In the Union,
Georgia has $500 tlsh-ponds stocked with
carp.
Florldians are eating corn dodgers made from
this years corn.
Northern capitalists will build large cotton
mill at Dadeville, Alabama,
Rome, Georgia, Is shipping immense quaint
ties OF tan bark to Cincinnati
larger number Of eastern commercial trav-
clcrs are on the Pacific coast al present than ev-
or known before.
The Carson river Nevada. was recently stock
cd with 20 900 McCloud river salmon
The culture of dwarf orange trees Is receiving
considerable attention in Florida The trees are
highly ornamental and produce very fine fruit.
In New York alone. S26, SOC, 0O0 cigars are made
annually besides ZOOS 5000 cigarettes, and 25,.
600 persons are employed
Weakley county, Tennessee, has shipped 81. 400
worth Of catalpa seeds That timber IL much APP
proved where trees are cultivated.
Lebanon, Kentucky distillery has Just ship
ped 200 barrels of sour mash whisky TO Liver
pool, England.
Popping up peach trees to prevent them from
breaking down under the weight OF fruit Is the
news from all parts of North Carolina.
Some very large turtles are being caught Mt
this season on the gulf coast Ono weighing
fire hundred pounds wasreccntly captured near
Tampa
Cranberry boys In many OF the great cram
ported to have been seriously injured by the late
frosts
A local company's bid to build watcr-works
for Knoxville, Tennessee, has been accepted
by the city council, and ut last after fifteen
years discussion, that city Is TO have water
works,
Florida butterfly hunters get an average of
five cents apiece for their captures. Some rare
specimens bring much morci and one kind, that
Is worry scarce, brings $40 a pair.
Five important firms In Moscow have organ.
lied TO promote the cultivation OF cotton In CEN
trial Asia, and will engage American superin-
A COW at Jackson, Mississippi, gives twenty
two and n half quarts OF milk AT one milking
Its reported that mountain Of ochre, OF II
rich dark yellow color, and very soft, has been
discovered a short distance from Prince Arthur's
landing, Lake Superior. II can be easily mined.
The fire commissioners Of Boston have made
arrangements 10 that hereafter each hook and
ladder truck In the department will be provided
with surgical instruments, lint bandagcs, etc n,
10 be used In case OF injury to flremen.
There are, says DR.. Hoskins, at least two thou.
sand varieties OF apples In Name alone, some
very good and many good, not known milo
away from where they grow.
Tho new cotton compress TO be erected In
Vicksburg soon, Is 10 be one of the finest and
most costly In the United States, or the world
for that matter. There Is only ono like II In ex-
Stcnce, and that Is now being placed In position
al New Orleans,
Macon ga man has invented u water.
wheel that can be placed In q river and will run
rs well under twenty feet OF water Us when half
way out aud can also be run In any sized
stream. lilo expects to revolutionize the water.
wheel business with his invention.
The people Of Tavans Florida eat alligator
tough beef obtainablo there. The meat when
par-bolled aud fried presents the fair appear.
anre OF the brcastof fowl aud possesses flavor
almost as delicate and appeuSing
Carl Sprecklcs, OF San Francisco, has been
looking amer his magnificent plantation on Maui
Sandwich IslaHds II Is now clearly estimated
that the largest production OF sugar OF this ar.
chipelagn. under the most favorable conditions
OF ample capital aud labor could not much cx.
coed 10000 tons. Gross exaggeratons OF the
production OF these islands have been dissent.
mated.
The fear Is expressed by scvera, eastern news.
papers that the stock OF petroleum Is rapidly be-
coming too unwieldy During the last few
weeks several new wells have been discovered
w Pennsylvania which together yield rs much
M 10 800 barrels day. The stock accumulated
IN tho oil regions amounts to over $50 900 bar.
rcli, which Is moro than the consumption OF the
entire world for q year,
Those who still put their hath In lightning
rods may be interested IN knowing that England
has last had lightning.rud convention, which
formulated the qualifications Of n hrst.cla pro
tcctor thus The rod should not DO sharply
pointed. hut preserve It's si,s very near 10 ths
end, which may DO Ncyel,d or ,bout fo
below the top, however there should be at
Ached copper ring. with thrrc or four copper
needles 10 draw on silent discharges OF cleo
trtctv, All vancs or other iron.work upon
building should be connected with tho con
ductor. The rod should be Of copper and per
iectly Insulated, with an earth connection.