The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-28
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country not many years ago, have been in use
in China over 900 years Double-headcd Jacks,
too. have been used there many centuries.
During the month of october the following en-
tries were made In the Wa Ia Walln ANA oiilce;
Homegtcnds 3 4li acres; prescriptions, 32uO
acres; cash entries, r. lis acres; final homesieads,
1881 acres: timber culture PASS acre 5, making
grand total of 1866 acres, represented py I2'
entries,
The receipts and exports of cheese at and
from New York since May Che beginning OF
49,. Receipts, Exports,
For week ending Nov 2l., iO,6s3 7S2so2
since May /, 1882 .......... SOL 1876 20 3330l7
Same time last year .... 2,3l9o.1 9',1.'INo
over coo sugar houses through twenty-seven
parishes III Louisiana are now in operation
The welfare of NJ least $50 0Jl labOrers depends
upon the result of the present work, and SiO,-
0O' 90 of capital are awaiting the returns ontho
investment
Tho Grst large iron works in oregon are TO be
established AT place called OsWcgo IN tnat
state. Tx en,ivc smelling works ana rolling
mills Will be in operation perhaps within GyeAr
Ii successful, this enterprise will be the begin
ming of u very important industrial movement
III the great northwest
The exports Of domestic produce from New
York the past week were of more satisfactory
proportions, the total being tAlO9. Sd against
81, 2od, 40 for the same week last year. The out
ward movement Of provisions was Quite lair,
and the export of cotton, petroleum ana bread
stuiiS moderate since January l. the oNports
from Tint port amount to S3Oj, 2j9 SIS compared
with s336 ST., SaG for the corresponding period Of
1851
A Boston paper says: "lIops have continued
to advance and are now Zoe higher thnp u week
ngo. or el2O against 81 10 then Holders arc
very finn, but the foreign demand has slnckenod
OIL. ZONE OF the brewers Nre indignant at
the. reports that they are making GN-
perimenls with certain drugs IN order
To find some substitute Tor hops, but importers
OF ,hiretta, quassiu chips camomile iowers
aud colombo root have marked M prices of
such. Brewers claim that the supply Of the
articles referred to is quite small and utterly In
capable of meeting the necessities of SO vast an
interest rs that of the manufacture of beer"
An exchange says; The electric light Is not
the onIy rival which invention has raised up
against coal gas company, with 100000
capital. has Just been organized TO make gas. by
the decomposition of steam and liquid hydro
carbon on highly. heated lime. The operation,
IL Is said, produces almost pure hydrogen, which,
being GHrburcted, results in gas OF between
thirty ana nifty candle-power This process
which was discovered by u French chemist and
improved by II Polish one is said to be econom
ical, and 1t is expected that the gas will super
sede coal for running engines, and possibly In
domestic heating and cookery II is made with.
out coal oil being used in It's preparation.
DR.. Wight OF Whitesboro, New York, has
just manufactured three large cheeses each
weighing 1000 pounds, or equal to about 33
boxes of GO pounds each The unusual con
slgnment was expressly made for the finn of
J \. Martin & CO., of this city this firm having
received the order from Thomas Upton, of
Glasgow, who Intends To exhibit these tlno
American productions In the cities of Glasgow
aud Edinburgh. They are intended 10 bo used
for the Christmas trade
Among the coal fields of Nova Scotia the first
to be noticed Is Sydney coad field, on the east
shore Of Cape Breton. Its area of available coal
Ia estimated ut 80 square miles. II contains ten
coal seams, from TO II feet In thickness besides
numerous smaller beds. The GOALS are highly
bituminous and coking. Coal In also found At
other lints in Cape Brenton but little attention
, has been paid to these localities The Pictou
coal Mold covers An area of about 10 square
miles, and y noted for the unusual development
of some OF the beds. There are l6 seams known,
! from TO 10 feet in thickness The coal IL not as
titumnous AS that from the Sydney district but
IL SIN ooking cosl. except In the case of few
seams Tho Cumberland coal field has not yet
been tully explored: but its area has been esu-
mated at 500 square niles The coal is similar
To that of the Piotou district and is largely used
for steam and domestic purposes.
New York state Is the fourth in the list of Ash.
producing states. and the products are worth
N3Sh565, Her oyster fisheries represent alone
lb'1Oh. She employs 1896 persons. has 81
boats, with capital OF g., 6295S5, and her total
product was worth H,3SO665. PENNSYLVANIA,
, though consuming large quantities OF fish, does
| not take 4 first rank In fishing. She smployc ed
522 persons, had II fishing vessels, and the CAPT
| tnl dependent on fishery Industries is sll9, SO
| the total value of the products being $500 05O
Delaware presented n total value Of fish worth
SV9I Cos, with capital of s26S 81, which was NJ
exceptionally large return for capital invested
! TaRing shad Il. one OF the most important of tn,
| fish products In 1870. New York marketed .,
1SSG0O pounds; Ncu Jersey, $50 600 Pcnnsylva
MIA, $500, and Delaware l,05O,oOO, the tota
value OF which In hrst hands was $50, l6L Tn,
| total number of bushels of oysters tnkpu I'm thi
middle states in 1850 was 33lS, 500 worth to III,
fishermen sS3iS300 OF edible sea fish In New
Jersey hluensh represented in 1881, the larges
ealch some 36S>,OOO pounds, worth sS2, 10,