The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-21

greater than the average Syracuse wells,
and the supply seems to be exhaustless.
No deleterious substance can be discovered,
and the assurance of permanence of the
salt deposit is fixed.
Georgia papers are now full of the adver.
tiscments of dealers in guano and other
fertilizers, which the farmers of that state
use on their lands every year, to the extent
Of from $3.50 to $500 per acre.
From the wheat growing parts Of Texas
come the reports that the prospects are
splendid for that crop.
General Hazen, chief OF the signal ser.
vice, has written a letter to Senator John.
ston recommending an appropriation to de
Tray the expenses of establishing and main
tanning system of frost warnings for the
benefit of farmers. The idea is that the
signal bureau shall publish indications OF
coming froSts, and it is claimed that this
would be especially valuable to tobacco
f,rrnerS.
The Irgest elevator in the world is about
beng constructed at Weehawken, near the
spot where the duel between Aaron Burr
and Alexander Hamilton was fought in
1901, at the terminus of the New York, On
tario and Western tunnel through the Pail.
sades.
The seemingly incredible statement that
amounts to considerably more than the Ma.
tional debt is given color by the bureau Of
statistics of Indiana, which says that the
fences of that State, if extended in single
line, would go around the world nearly
fourteen times. Their aggregate length is
put down at over 3il 900 miles, and their
total cost not less than 5000 10000
Leading citizens of Cincinnati talk OF
forming Il company with $lO,OO0,0 600 capital
to purchase the water-wOrks from the city,
giving guarantees that the rates will never
exceed those charged at present,
II is estimated that there are no less than
l,oU silk looms, hand and power, standing
IDLE III Paterson, New Jersey, at present.
But 1t is hoped that most of them will be set
IN motion within the next four weeks. Dur
ing the temporary depression of the silk
trade some OF the commission dealers in New
York are getting tighter grip on the
smaller and the weaker manufacturers, and
it is feared that II number cannot pos.
siby pull through, The business of silk
throwing has evidently been overdone, for
there are thousands OF spindles idle at pres
ent-as many as 10000 in one mill. 1t is
thought that as soon rs the spring trade
shall larry open and the looms be set in
motion i'll producing new goods, the stock
OF yarns will be worked up and demand foa
more be created
The Tribune says there will probably not
be stick of dead cypress timber lett in the
lower swamps when the water goes down,
but there will be forty or fifty thousand do
lars more money i'll the pockets of Orange
people. A number Of our citizens put their
money in this timber six or seven Years ago,
expecting TO get it out again within few
months. They must feel better now that
the long looked for rise has come, and come
in earnest.
The Terrell Star says Major S. L. Was.
ko.m, the general superintendent, is busy
adjusting and arranging the multiplex ma
chinery, and keeping an eye over all the
details. The engine is in perfect order ana
one oil the finest specimens ever brought to
the state. only n small amount of cotton
has been purchased and that of rather
low grade, since much of it had to be used
in experimental trial and teaching the raw
hands. The full benefits of this institution
VIII not bo fully realized for some time, as
1t Will give aid and encouragement to many
persons whose obscure positions and quiet
lives in our society leave their struggles for
u livelihood unknown. To such as these,
the factory will prove boon of comfort,
and supply those wants which heretofore
have been obtained by abiect slavery to the
needle