The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-19
TRADE ITEMS.

Coal oil has been discovered at Virginia, Cass
county at a depth of $50 feet
now composed of fOrty-one towns ana cues III
Iowa and Illinois.
The recent storm damage to the corn crop in
Laurens county, central Georgia, is estimated at
It is estimated that at least 10000 men are
engaged in the matrimonial beneht business
A Florida youth has discovered that strong.
soft, flexible rope can be made from the fiber of
the common cOcklebur bush:
The Peoria distillers used 3d., COY bushels OF
grain in September and produced 1,S79,952 gal
The wholesale trade of Charleston. South Car
DINA the past year was nearly S15,0tO,OOO an
increase of nearly 100000 over the previous
year, 49,.
found at Wenona, Illinois, az depth OF 900 ieeL
The longest span of telegraph Wire IN the
world is about 60t0 feet. II unites Two mis-,
one on each side of the river Kisnah, in India.
A satisfactory the products OF which, II Is
claimed will rival the foreign manufactures, is
| being erected 10 Guadalajara, Mexico.
A report that the channel tunnel is dangerous
to England hiss been made by General Sir Archi-
| bald Alison and General Wolseley ana the duke
| of Cambridge have also entered objections.
| The city assessors of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
have completed their work. and announce the
following as the amount OF business Sso zone IN .s
steel, S24,S2S, 500 glass, S55O5,6ou sundry
manufacturers, $685. l2e; general business
The receipts and exports of cheese at and
from New York since May !, compare as fol-
| lows: ,..
For week ending Oct. TO-. 75'S9s ISL, $50
Same week in 1881. ......".. 1886 999, 99l
Since May /, 1882. $50, l02 GA, 80 1lV
The insurance commissioner Of Kentucky has
issued circular warning people against
speculative matrimonial. birthday and endow-
| ment insurance companies. and giving notice
that persons acting as agents for such concerns
will be prosecuted for violating the insurance
laws of the state. -, ooo ooo
was spent in grist-mills and reduction works,
| will now be utilized for cheese factory Inc
grass of the Washoe valley is said to be good for
cheese making, and already there are $50 cows
The W estern 4 Atlantic railroad shipped from
Atlanta, Georgia, during the season Just past,
S 10 r-loads Of watermelons, or more than twice
the shipment of any previous season. The cars
| averaged 1,250 melons each, or over 90 ,OOt
melons. They also brought better prices and cost
less freight than ever before netting the grower,
Il Is claimed 800 a car.
An establishment for making putty is about q
be started at Elmira, New York. The putty Will
be made out of n substance called American
whiting, q which there are immense peos ~
that vicinity, the most important being near
Savona, Steuben county. Other KINDS OF putty
are made out Of foreign substance, and this
can be made at less expense. 49,
the west coast OF Africa in South America and
IN she southern United states. the vines arc
dug with pronged hoes OF forks, dried fora few
DAYS and then stacked for two weeks 10 cure
The pods are picked by hand from the vines
cleaned in q tanning mill. and sometimes
bleached with sulphur, and packed In bags FOL
Regarding the petroleum situation the Pitts
burgh commandments contains the follow
Ing. THE general situation continues favor
able to the producing Interest, although there
are those who claim that the decreased produc-
ton has been pretty well discounted, an ad.
vance OF from 80 cents 10 81 cents per barre
having heen established within the last couple I,
Of months. Reports. apparently pretty vel
authenticated, reach US that large number OF
the defunct wells in the Cherry Grove district
have by means IF packing been resnsei i coy
70 800 barrels per day. Moreover, there arr
reports Of additional new wells In the foresl
county field. which, has created the belief thai
possibly there may be something in that field
vet. Then again, while large falling of in
production IA admitted Il IL stil in excess Of the
consumption aud the visible supply is stll In
The Germantown Telegraph knows Of no bet.
ter way 20 preserve eabbages through the win
ter than that which Il has recommended for a
number Of years. Il IL 70 plant or set them up
in rows a. they grow-thst Is. with the root
dOwn-fll in with soil pretty fretly, then make
a covering BY planting two posts where there II
fence e r e on OF wss pos :
opposite the way Of the ritch and cover With
com fodder OF straw or boards In using through
the winter avoid as much as possible the sun
side and close up egain. We have not found
that setting the cabbage upfide-down IN the
rows as many do Of any advantage, ~ We have
kept ours for twenty seasons In the way men
TONED I'm a sound, perfect cgndiiier, into ths
spring and could even up 70 the lst OF Nay II
desirable.
The kansas Farmer say.: The report Of ~
Commissioner Of internal revenue shows The
quantity Of spiriu, wines and beer made and
imported in The United STATES In tbs year endine
June 3o 1852, 10 be. spirits. e60oo.0oo gallons
wfues 10 10000 Rallnns. beer, ale, etc, a. 500.
90 barrsls OF 52.O0Qfol gallons. This would
fna canal ten feet wide, feet deep and 20
miles loae. Taking TITS as the average enuua
/ quantity drunk. and putting the cost - W.
drinker a. si0 gallon for The whisky, - 81
vine and - cents Tor the beer The total 90
/ 10 the drinker would b. f9l6 90 This
] 81 g11oo 20 the mile. would build ~
I - niles N railroad. Al 800 each. 4 won
] iuiil 4 Al 90 churches Atfl 90 each. Il would
] buIld "a 600 school houses. AZ 80 90 spice
Il would pay- f0r 1etf .slea1nshlus. ~ " 81
scre Il would purchase 100 farms o. 100 acre,
each II would pay q yeariT salary % 80 =
/ each o. 20 90 teachers for nearly - yeara j
would feef anf clothe Ell TIE children un1e'
/ Eve Vears % are IN The rriied States fof 80
l rrars aIlouinr-One dollar week for ench - l1-
hll 0l Of chllfrer. u would faT fuf Al ne rrul,
erfr q ever Kind IN EsuEat IN 49, - he statt
hnsrf rsiuEtiun and leEvs er1urh - pay near J
0ne-han 81 the bo1dsd dsbi o. the Unlie1
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