The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-26
TRADE ITEMS.

The sales of wool in Boston last week
amounted to 2,30O,05i pounds.
The Merrimac has been stocked with sal
mon, but has lost nearly all its shad.
Such is the stagnation in ocean frelghts
at New York that not charter was made
last week.
There is n movement afoot to start an
other sugar factory in Leavenworth.
The exports of butter from New York
last week included 1,099 packages for Great
Britain, and 533 packages for the Cont
nent.
Large quantities of Irish potatoes are be-
ing exported to America.
The exports of cheese from New ork last
week were g, 500 packages.
A two-inch carp put in pond near At
lanta, two years ago, was caught few days
since and weighed seven pounds.
Among the arrivals at New York recently
were twenty parts of cargoes of pota,-
toes from foreign countries. One firm adj
vertises 900 bags from Germany, and 200
tons from Scotland.
The entries of United States lands at
Grand Forks and Crookston, in the Red
River land districts, aggregated i'll 1881
about $780, 900 acres.
Boston parties have bought the hemlock
timber and bark on about 5000 acres OF
wild lands in the Adirondack region for
900 cash,
The present winter is very favorable to
orchards and small fruits, and 1t is pre-
dicted that the harvest OF apples, peaches,
etc, will be very large the coming season,
1t is the fruit raiser of California, and not
the Gamer, who makes the large profits.
The United States in 1881 consumed three
times as much canned salmon as they did
in 1850.
An enterprising Pennsylvania proposes
to lay thirty miles of cight-inch pipe from
some natural gas wells in Butler county TO
Pittsburgh and Alle-heny.
A Pennsylvania firm is manufacturing
paper at Savannah from what is called "the
saw palmetto" a material heretofore re.
garded as nearly useless, The paper is said
to be of superior quality, and especially
useful as transfer paper, which has hereto
fore been imported.
An English mechanic has invented a
horse shoe composed of three thicknesses OF
cowhide, compressed into steel mould ana
subjected 20 q chemical preparation. Ii
will last longer than the common shoe,
weighs only one-fourth as much, does not
split the hoois, requires no caulks, and Is
very elastic.
Texas is going TO be the great wool State
of the Union, and ten years from now VIII,
at the present increase, produce as much as
Is produced IN the entire United states 70
day.
II is estimated that 1000 persons nightly
attend the various theatres and places OF
amusement in San Francisco. Ofthis num-
Der 10 per cent. are free tickets, or say
700 each night, or about 1000 for the
month.
A bin is pending in the Kentucky Legisla
ture which makes il felony for any merchant
or bther person TO make false statements 70
any other merchant or manufacturer in or
der 10 obtain credit, goods, wares or mer
chandise on credit.
ID is said a number Of capitalists have
purchased the steamship Naderland, witt
the idea Of making an experiment in thu
transportation of petroleum in bulk.
The rivers in East Texas are reported c
be very high. especially the Neches, which
/ ; higher than for years past. The mills n
Beaumont are now receiving cypress Jog
from swamps not inundated before FOR sew
eral years.
The New York Commercial Bulletin says
A large sale Of prime oleOmargarine stearins
was made yesterday the parties 10 the trade
positively forbidding the brokers to diYulgs
the particulars, bat the quantity leaked
ont last evening, and the price to-day, viz
10000 barrels at lie, delivered at stated
times up 10 next July.
The committee unanimously condemn
William y. RobinsOn's proposition 20 re-
duce the pos.aee Of single Letters 10 ! cent.
taking The ground that il is impracticablt
aud unreasonable. There is a feeling IN the
committee IN favor Of q 2-ccnt rate Of post
age. and il LAY be that by the next Congress
such a measure will be adopted.
The Mississippi press alarmed o. ne
recent heavy sales Of land % spectators in
that State. D. urging that the State lands
should Be withdrawn from the market until
fhev are EXPLORED. classified and appraised,
and thea lhey should be sold In such way
A. o. swell the school revenues ~ the state.
The modern refrigerator has been put %
rurh usss that ID il said o. b. almost lmpos-
.ibie 10 procure freshly game On The
New fGrk markei Supplies arriving are
uruuuflv frozen and held I'LL the market a.
av1-ihle. Tnen the Oldest on hand are
fra disf0sed o. The lone keeIiing on ice
leaves the birds tender and t00tlIs0me, but
grenfir imrairs the rarne flavor.
The nun Iler Of vfUrkrnen employed In iron
srid sieei making IN the I nited states in
fs71 was 77.555. Who's wages pr ye.f
AMOUNTED o. sf0.5l4.0.l- In ls5i. accgrd-
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