The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-30

FINANCIAL ITEMS
THE total yield of silver from Mexico for the
fiscal year 1882 is officially given at 81 .%s,'
- 429 OF.
The savings banks of New York report depos
Is to the amount of SAB e0,000
The syndicate controlling O., ,0c0 of the AT
1antic y Pacific subscriptions is said to have re-
fused 10 per cent premium for the amount.
Increase of specie in the Bank of France Tor
the past week, ~ O25, 200 francs in gold ana no.
600 francs in silver.
Connecticut, on October last has just been com
pleted by the ASSESSORS. The total amount tax
abb within the town limits is Si9,OOS l9i, an IN
ere sc of 81, 956 $40 over the list last year.
Il ie amount of business at the New York STOCK
exsangpfOr last week included Sel3,OeO gov
<arrent bonds, $685., 900 state bonds. and g. SO9
600 railroad bonds. The aggregate sales OF
Eto KS were 1889 0 shares.
z nee Bismarck is preparing bill Tor IN
ere sing the tobacco tax, to be submitted 10 the
Re hstag simultaneously with the tobacco mo
no Ily bill. If the latter be rejected the former
wi be proceeded with.
On Saturday at the treasurers Office IN Ausun
first payments were made on over 3OOOO acres OF
public school lands sold. OF This quantity 2o,0oo
acres are in La Sale county.
There are some things that the government
doesn't do with the greatest degree OF economy
in the world. It's mint at Carson City is striking
off ten-cent pieces, each of which costs Y ceuts
Happily, things are managed better at the P9lia
delphia mint where the striking etcoins Is done
at the cost of lest than one cent each.
The Philadelphia mint received on saturday
S5UUU,U0U IN DulllOn oil the S3b,UUU,OUU OIueItu
from the New York assay office. Just at this
time the bullion receipts at the mint are more
than balanced by the daily shipment of coin;
& For the last eleven days 100000 in eagles and
half eagles have been daily sent to the sub
treasury ct New York, and this outflow Will be
kept up till the s17 600 CO., ordered for that repos
itory have been supplied.
The United States treasurer now holds in
United States bonds to secure national bank cir
culation, $500 259, 700. as follows: Currency 6s,
Ss So PEE per Cents cents gs AS S5o per cents
S2i0 95l 900. United States bonds held by the
treasurer to secure public moneys in national
bank repositories amount to SIG AIS, 50O as fol-
lows Currency 6s $1,000; G per cents, $3.50 O.
4l-2 per cents, eS4S 000 per cents, &C. 75i, 900
3 1-2 per cents, $500 800.
The Chemical National bank Of New York has
q surplus of S9,6000O0, being twelve times as
much as its capital, which is only $50 200, The
share holders are paid dividend of p per cent.
quarterly, or more than 7l-2 per cent per an
mum on 1873 o., 90 of capital and surplus. The
stock is held at 5000 for each share of
800. being equivalent to twenty times the origi-
nal par value of the shares. The shares OF this
bank are probably the most valuable of any
bank in existence, not excepting those OF the
Bank of France, each franc 100 par value, but
marketable at 5000 francs or those of the Bank
of England, each El0O par value, but marketable
at f2S6
comptroller office at Austin, for the year end
ing September 80, 1881, the following counties
take the lead: Bexar, s22,27g; Galveston, SD
934oi; Travis, slS,24s 30; Grayson, sll,4l9O5;
90 II; Rsil s6.2S5.sE Collin. .s7' ia: Lamar
~ 2.;t1Fayette. COS Har-s ti.i" %;
Tockm> ZION county fuots .4s lei WIN s 10
SshGre-Were lis mr. rs 'l .I. United states
" Is, ed To Bradstree 3Gliagtb" past week. .
Vl4elt-lse Of ~ from ~. preceding rrUE ana 10
less than during the Iue,r1HlinE week iA,t
year This is the 81 Ie.t number reported Tor
any one week since p''lu"I The .All.e'
generally were thOs %. -l|.. traders. I'M
middle states had 26, decrease OF 0; new Eng
land states 10, a decrease Of H. southern states
% a decrease Of s. western states 81 a decrease
f6 California and the territories u, an increase
of IL; Canada TO- an increase Of D. In the princi-
pal trades they were as follows:
General traders.......2l MaTdwarc. 800, ,.''d
Grocers. ..............l 10 Tobacco and cigars. 3
Dry goods Miiiers, :'"''''''''''''SS
Liquors ........."...' Bupchers.''.'''s .'''''z
Manufacturers. ....... s Drugs. ...........2
Millinery. ....;:.....4 SHOES .,..,,','...i..'.S
tables showing the imports and exports for ten
years, say from 1871 to 1850, for Great Britain,
France, Italy, Belgium, Russia United States,
and the South American considerations. The
Principal deduction is shown in the fact of NIL
Aese counties being sympathetic with each
other in their prosperity, one being dependent
upAp the other, and, as a matter Of course, what
affeNs one affects all The averages for the ten
years>pre as follows; -,
Great 81 tain. ......... siESSsoSS 2z5saSSSS
France. A........'..''. w .Va " l,1lSVVoy9
1.4ly ....s. ....'''...''' $1,000, asgsssoo sS
Belgium .s,..........'. yo5SsVOO ~ sS9 IVY
Russia .....a ........... 144SOO IZS9VVO
Chill .............-..+... E5VOuJV d<l3VyV
Argentine Confedsra-- ... .,....
tion................... l02is0lO 920lo0O
Uruguay. a4V'tOU azoHVV
DALLAS ExcH,NaE AND COIN.
Buying. 8, ing Buying. Selling
NY. Ex. KgKParak 'l louis hakPar@k
Chicago. kekrarmk 1 = 20 ..h9k Par@A
Galveston K Psrsa ! Ell.Tr.R Parak
Exchange, all PC y stH mt. Sterling
sight a. IS Franc, COS .H Aa.kS Is.
Trade dollars. ...elcu Nt~lra7 3. lars. .SoctJ
Mexican halves. .4lots. Ncz'rlr guaf era. l5cts
COTTON
THE receipts oi '. Wa7 .rI"TH
sixty Ave and seven rs Id uF wagon
Should the roads cont &. rUY r1r. .' .. .u '.
hoped that planters vii. . .taf''I a
their cotton, for even bale ids
Just that much more money Dr. .H .I-. 4on Of
the country. The shipments ned 80
bales, leaving at the city Coz ~ bales,
besides what n I'm the other itors and in
warehouses Prices are steady ana trm and are
on a parity with other markets. Our quotations
are a. follows
Good Ordinary ...s.....s. "
Low middnnR.......s .ss...s...s.sss...sss Va
Mlddunf ..s..s-..sss. .s.sss s.ss.sssss.-...s IVA
Good middllng ...........s...s llu
Hiddllng fair II -
The Liverpool cotton market was reported
ouief and not quotnbly lower, middlings s..
Orlsaus 1915 The receipts were % so bales,
OF which 1870 were American. The sales were