The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-12

with llfp.bfosefvets, preparatory 10 hnnei
/ IND the waters, Everything was soon qui
| oied, however, and AFTER asceftainlng TIM
| The damages we're not too serious boil
steamers proceeded on tlieir respective yoy
ages
.AMrsBunY, Mass. October I'-,ueorR'
Huntington, his wife and four children
were capslzed In n sailbOat In Plum Island
river this forenoon and all drowned. They
resided In Amesbury.
WRECKED.
New ORLEANS, October THE Times
Democrat Crystal Springs special says. A
north-bound freight train this morning ran
over mule near hear, causing tho wreck oil
fourteen cars on the Jackson road. Riley
Hawkins was killed, being buried under the
ruins. Road.master Deaton is on the
ground with large force, clearing of the
wreck.
coNvICTED-REsPITED.
PITTsBURG, VA, October Usage Booth,
on trial in the county court Of Brunswick
for the murder of his son, whom he stamped
to death, has been convicted of murder In
the first degree. Counsel for the defense
moved for n new trial, which the court
granted, and the Novemb err term OF the
court has been fixed as the time for the re-
hearing of the case.
THROUGH THE HEAD.
RICHMOND, o., October .-Geo. Thomas,
colored, went to the shop of one William
Howell, another colored man, this morn
ing, and fired two shots at him. lie then
turned and ran, but Howell fired at nm
and shot him through the head, Killing
him instantly.
LoNeFoRD Mills ONT, October IA
boiler in saw mill at this place exploded
this morning, killing a man by the name
of Ellis, fireman, and Gray, an assistant.
Several persons were badly injured. The
mill was total wreck.
ANOTHER EXPLOSION.
ATLANTA, October THE boiler at j. L.
Espey's saw-mill, at Buford, exploded to.
day, seriously injuring Captain Espey and
fatally ipjuring II. ID. Hopkins.
The Tariff Commission.
PART OF 'EM AT NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, October 4.-Before men,
bers of the tariff commission, Mr.. Samuel
Muller, in behalf of Louisiana rice farmers
and representing the rice and produce ex-
changes, delivered an address, in which he
stated that the annually increased produc-
ton of rice in Louisiana and the very ex-
lstence of the industry is solely due to the
protection accorded by the. tariff. Up to
Ule ClOSC Vi Uut luLC wal piiO ~
rice in Louisiana was on very small scale,
chiefly confined to the parishes OF Plaque
mine and st. Bernard, and on lands en-
tirely unsuited for any other purpose. The
annual production was insignificant. Dur
ing the past year there were 023 farms de-
voted to rice culture, producing NO,966
barrels of cleaned rice, and the cultivation
has extended to sixteen parishes. Ofabout
553 farms, which produced less than 100 bar.
rels each, there were $4,000 acres of land
under cultivation in rice in Louisiana this
year The amount invested exceeds $5,-
600, OO0-an industry directly sustaining up
wards of50,000 people. The average. pro.
duction per acre, is ten, barrels OF
rough rice, worth, on the basis OF
last years values, $3.50 per barrel.
The cost of the product is $50 per acre;
add milling expenses, making the minimum
cost of production 44 cents per pound. The
production in seventeen years has increased
fully 1000 per cent and is rapidly approach
ing the figures of the annual consumption
of the country. 1t is apparent that this in
crease is due to the protection afforded by
the tariff The market value of last years
crop was SO, 100000. Louisiana lands unfit
for any other purpose are capable of
producing considerably more than enough
rice to meet the entire consumption de-
mand of the United States, and with the
continuance of protection such result is
only question of a few years. This state
now produces more than one-half of the
total domestic product, as shown by the
statistics,