The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-09
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| streets in Greenylle, Alabama.
The immense oyster-bcds in the vicinity
OF st. Augustine, Florida, if properly man
aged, would prove great industry,
Mr.. Il. II. Greer, who lives in Anderson
county South Carolina, makes Il clear
profit of $40 year on one of his cows.
The United States has 2,G0i counties; ..
e72 support Il newspaper, and each county
north Of Mason and DiXon's line and east OF
Missouri has one.
Mr.. Lawrence Chambliss, near Montgom.
cry, Alabama, made 400 gallons of syrup on
less than one acre
The income enjoyed by the state of New
York from ice cut on the canal this year in
Rochester is considerable, $50 per acre be-
ing charged for the privilege of cutting from
state waters.
Northern Virginia has foot of snow,
Washington city fourteen inches, and parts
OF Pennsylvania three feet. Trains have
been abandoned on some OF the New York
roads.
One firm in Kentucky, with houses at
Paris and Flammiugburg, have dressed and
shipped this season 100000 turkeys.
France is purchasing large number ofre
pcatiGg rifles from Austrian small.arms
mandatory.
Mr.. Hill introduced bill into the house
reducing postage on letters and sealed
packages to two cents per half an ounce,
lour cents under two ounces, and two cents
Tor each additional two ounces. II was re-
ierred.
The subcommittee of ways and means
favor the bill providing for the bottling of
wcs beer on the premises of brewers and
Tor It's removal in boxes containing twenty
four bottles, upon payment of u tax of three
cents per gallon. The committee also favor
q repeal of the tcn.cent export tax on to-
baCCO.
Coal was struck at fourteen feet one-half
mile north of Cisco, and about 800 yards
from the Central railroad.
Charles Alexander, of I.owndes county
Alabama, made last year, with one horse,
- bales of cotton, $50 bushels of corn, IL, 600
stalks OF cane, 100 bushels of potatoes, and
stacks ot fodder.
The Texas Building association has been
Incorporated at Columbus, Ohio. What are
they going to build2
There is chance for some of the farmers
to make money. Last years crop of white
beans is exhausted, and dealers are now lm-
porting them, paying 10 per cent. duty.
T. Britt, of Jacksonville, Oregon, has an
orange tree in iull bloom at his conserya.
tory, ON which are also about thirty oranges
OF good size and quality tina, will ripen in
due time. This is, perhaps, the only tree of
the kind growing successfully in Oregon.
., The preserve factory at st. Augustine,
FLORIDA, is doing so large n business that IL
has to he enlarged.
Baltimore is threatened with an impnir.
mcnt of its large and profitable oyster trade
through the diminution OF the oyster sup.
ply on which 1t is founded. From 1865 to
1871 the beds IN the nCighhOrlng creeks and
rivers were 80 well stocked that they seemed
ineNhaustiblc, aud the oysters we're large
and well Favored; now they arr so nearly
exhausted that they hardly furnish enough
oysters for planting purposes and the hun.
dieds OF persons once engaged In oyster.
taking have been reduced in number to
dozens.
MIR. joseph Glawson, of Jones county.
Georgia, on onc'horsc farm, gathered loo
bushels of wheat, 100 bushels OF oats and IA
bushels of barley, 500 bushels of corn, /. lO6
pounds of fodder, bales of cotton, and pcns
enough to ihttcn 80 hogs.
The sugarplanlers IN the West Indies are
appealing to American inventors for ma.
chime TO cut the Sugar.canc. AZ present
the cutting isdono by the use of the cane.
bill, something like butchers clcavcr. and
the introduction ofa machine To cut tho
cane near or below the surface of the soil
would greatly lessen the cost of gathering
the crop, Such u machine would be an
epoch In the history OF the sugar belts IN
the United States aud West Indies equal In
Importance TO the harvesting machlnc IN
the home grain industry.
The Reporter says the sale the past senso,
OF i've buckley mowers, one carload of
plows, number OF sulky.plows and M,
miles OF fence wire, by one hardware firm
IN Abilene, indicates arapid Progress In ihe
development OF the county,
An exchange says; There are said IN hc
stored IN Philadelphia some 81. 600 Oll har.
rvls OF crude petroleum enouRh to las,
the world live years-and still the over pro.
uuction Is being constantly Increased and
new storage tanks built. With the sunniy
Tar IN excess Of the consumption, there l.
little hope Tor any material Improvement
IN the price, at least while the production
continues, rs at present, large-over SlpD
barrels crude oil per day.
Mining began In Utah In $50. The out.
put has been t50,0c,0oo, lead, silver and
sold. The yearly product averages s0,cOn,.
w The mining AREA Is co.extensive with
the mountains. Mines have been tound In
every county. There are eighty uinins
districts, embracing 5oo.0pp acres. MANY
are nov. abandoned, but with better taciI.
tiles OF intercommunication and morr ex.
perience In reducing ores they will be 70.
visited and work resumed, not again 10
cease.
rhc English National Tro,,inr s.soc,a.
ton has adopted the American plan of