The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-11
TRADE ITEMS,


The following patents have been issued
to Texas inventors: +. q. Zanetti, BRYAN
combined toy and bottle stopper; l., En-
sisner, Little Elm, baling press.
The fact has been figured out that Kan
sas City pays $500 daily for drunks.
Hot Springs is to have water works, al
| the cost of $4,000.
A mountain which is almost solid mas.
OF anthony is located near Lovelocks sta
ton, Nevada.
The cotton-seed oil-mill at Huntsville
Alabama, is under full headway with q
permanent force of forty hands.
The Mississippi legislature has pas sed q
blll appropriating $4,000 towards inmigra
ton.
The superintendent of streets in San
Francisco reports that during the month
Oh January li9mlles OF public streets were
swept at a cost Of $6,4O7.2l.
The receipts of wool in Boston the past
week have been 5,36S bales domestic and
2iO bales foreign, against &, $50 bales domes-
tic and 1853 bales foreign for the cores
ponding week OF last year.
The extensive draw of the new bridge in
Albany is the largest in the world. 1t con-
tains over two million pounds of iron. In
the test by steam, Wednesday, il was
turned by the iorty-horse pow err engine in
three minutes.
PITTsBuRG, February Sat the regular
monthly meeting of the Western Nail asso-
citation to-day the card rate of 50 10 was re.
ahmed. The stocks are light and the de-
mand heavy, but further advance at pres
ent was not deemed advisable,
The raising and selling of flowers is now
one OF the big and tlourishing enterprises
OF CINCINNATI, 1t is estimated that the CAPT
tai OF the various florists combined in that
city and neighborhood invested in iloricul-
ture will reach the sum of 100000.
The can makers ~ San Francisco met in
secret conclave in Ixora hall Wednesday
evening. There was u delegation present
from the trades assembly, who attended for
the purpose OF advising with the workers in
TN as to the best course to pursue to protect
themselves against the inroads of Chinese
labor.
Another great engineering project is con-
templated-the closing OF the northerly
outlet of the valley of the Mckenzie river
at the line of Is degrees north, and storing
up the water of ,260,0O0 miles square; To
this could be added the water of other large
areas, and thus lake would be formed OF
about 1000 miles in length and some 20 ay-
crage width.
A company for the purpose of canning
fruits ana salmon Is new and important
industry just established ut Sacramento.
The establishment is very extensive one,
with facilities for using hundreds of tons OF
fruits and furnishing employment to Il
great number OF men aud women. The
company has already contracted with par.
ties up and down the river tor the delivery
OF large quantities of salmon.
The value OF potash for the grape has
been recognized by cultivators. A curious
proof has been reported to one of the French
journals. variety OF the black muscat
has been found defective in color where
potash is deficient in the soil, aud the
writer recommends that one vine of this
grape be placed in every grape.house, to
show by its full or by its deficient color
whether the border for the root has sufli.
cient supply OF potash.
The port OF Falmouth, which is the first
approached by Australian and Cape vessels
nearing England, is remarkable Tor vessels
built Tor speed and owned by Falmouth
clothtcrs. They sometimes are met one
hundred miles west of the Settles, cruising
about, aud when u ship is sighted they
board her and make sales. The sailors do
not pay cash. Their purchases are deducted
from their pay by their captains, A penny
paper often ietches sixty cents.
Boston wool circular says the week $
business has been pretty well distributed
among all grades OF domestic woods, but
there have been but few sales of foreign.
Among the latter noted below is one OF lUO,
wv pounds Montcvideo In New York at a
price equivalent To SIC. secured. With an
estimated shrinkago OF sixty per cent. this
would be equal TO u little less than SJc. In
the grease
The Dominion government appears to be
uolng something IN the matter of the in.
inspection OF hulls OF vessels, In the intercs.
OF life and property, An official has Jus,
been visiting the principal ports aud reports
an alarming state of affairs OF certain
vessels under construction, he SAYS that
vessels aud steamers, numbering about
my, OF all sizes up 10 900 tons, are built
and put together IN the poorest manner,
aud that nearly all of them were collins, ~
lie further alleges that he examined 100
vessels lying at different ports, aud found
them neither staunch nor seaworthy.
Mr. j. III, Shropshire, of Lexington, Ken.
lucky, has been appointed agent In
that city Tor the American Colonization
company OF ii. h. Shearman Il Co., Lon.
don, The object OF this company ia TO
place the sons of English gentry with Grst.
class American farmers aud siock.raisc
as pupils, for term OF twelve months, IN
order that they may acquire the necessary
knowledge 10 purchase and conduct farms
OF their own according 10 the American
system. These young men are being placed
oy Mr. shropshire with only the best Ken.
lucky farmers, with bonus 10 the farmer,
which saves him any cost for the time, ex.
oept board and washing. Mr. :. has appli.
cations Tor fifteen young men, aud live nave
already arrived.
:. Iron piles are being shipped from SAN
Francisco TO Masatlan, Mexico. to be used
IN the construction VI government wharf
At that place. They are from fourteen to
sixteen leet long, about seven inches In al.
ameter, the lower part solid, tapcting, aud
covered at the poi nj with steel. the upper
half being hollow. Midway In the pie L !.