The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-08
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The commissioners OF the public parks IN Eng |
anu make distribution of bulbs and bedding |
pae's 10 poor persons who keep up gardens ur
Ease plants In their houses
IN west Bay City about three hundred men
lre employed in catching fish for market aud
.ne aggregate catch daily reaches one hundred
TONS IN good season
Lowell, Massachusetts has machine shop
Mn.en employs l,5CO persons. Improvements
now In progress when completed viii give room
'of 4tO additional employees
Mr. Chafles kolSO. of the Eolso farm on the
Manitoba railroad, Minnesota, had COCO acres
M N, Wneatthis year, and realized Il profit OF So
Lord lloughton, of England has purchased
oo,uuO acres ofland in southern Florida and in.
tehus going extensively into sugar culture, in
Vesting nj least - COO 100.
/ There are now five cOmpanies In Minneapolis
engaged In the ice traffic. and they all expect to-
Jay IN a good supply during the winter because
two PAD seasons rarely CONF in succession, and
lhe last was II bad season
IL Is estimated in California that land planted
az vineyards pay ten times as much as il suwu
with wheat. It's estimated that the yield this
season vii reach 10 800 % pounds Of grapes rep
stooSSean INV ABOUT 3,OlOOJ gallons of wine and
IoO1,O0o gallons Of brandy
belgium has the largest iron and steel works
III Inc world. 1t covers 267 acres of land, and
employs $500 men, whose wages amount to
go, 600 600 yearly
The chestnut crop Ia being gathered IN MnssR-
chusetts. These nuts bring high prices in the
market, and are II source of increasing Income
TO Nose who gather them. one very prominent
pupilc man OF the state has sold $500 worth out
oil lis WOODS thus Tar
Walnut tree limos, fnl OF nuts IN excellent
condition, have been brought IN by tho
dredgers from the bottom of Sionington, Con
nectieut harbor, IL is thought the trees were
blown INTO me horbor during the great Seplcm-
Der gale oflSl
Sporting shot has heretofore been made from
lend but II lis claimed that II can bG made from
iron and stock company has been organized
~ Council Bluffs Iowa. for the manufacture Of
| Iron shot.
Chicago annually sells sl2O.Oc0COO of dry
goods, s25 900 00O of clothiug and $40 tO0 90 Of
BOOTS nnd shoes which Is good showing for II
place that forty years ago was village
Recent storms have proved very destructive to
oyster buoys on Long Island sound, and II large
number have been swept away on Milford and
Stratiord many have been lost. Nearly all of
the oysters on 800 acres near the brcaRwater
have been ruined.
| There is II demand in Chicago for mlstetoo
! FOR decorating houses during the Christmas fes-
uival, Some florists import it from England, Ns
they do willow b0ughs. It's likely that persons
| living In the south could do well in collecting
them and sending them TO northern cities
Boston, November Am approximate result
OF the New England mackercl fleet for the sea-
son ls 'S2, 05 bNrrels.,an increase of 1900 bar
/
ply is much smaller than at tho close of last
! season.
! The pawpaw tree is hardy aud produces well
| in many paris Of Canada II is likely That II
could be cultivated 10 advantage In all the west
ern states and, territories Most persons prefer
| paWpnw to bananas
The system Of cooperation in France IL rapid.
| ~ extending among farmers for the purchase of
| seeds, manureS, and implements of the first
quality. The members OF The society bind them.
selves individually to guarantee the payment OF
all orders given.
The apple crop of Missouri isunusually large
this season, and will do much toward supplying
the scarcity produced by the partial failure III
New York and other large applo.producing
states. Large quantities of apples ARE being
shipped from Missouri TO Texas and the western
territories
one Of the curious consequences of the con
struction of the Suc2 canal has been the iutro-
duction into the Mediterranean sen of sharks
which were formerly almost unknown there
Tho sharks have proved very destructive to the
edible fish. and II Is now difficult for fishermen
10 supply the demand.
n The DOuntiul potato crop in Ireland last year
and the chcapnoss of that tuhCr seems to have
greatly stimulated hog raising on that island
A recent Belfast correspondent Of the Cincn-
natl Price Current furnishes the following fig
ures showing the crop of hogs there the past
three years; 1850, ShO2GG 1881, 1895 $50. aud
lSS2, l,l.A93O nm increase of 2ih,5 in 1851 over
| the year previous and i3l, 100 this year over
| last
sawdust is said by someone TO be better than
hair In protecting roughCast from pecliug and
scaling under the influence of frost and weather
| The sawduSt should be first dried and then
| Thoroughly Sil1cd, In order to remove the
coarscr particles, A mixture is then made Of
TWO parts sNwdust five parts sharp sand and
| one part cement which should be thoroughly
stirred together and then incorporated with two
parts of lime.
When the supply of coOl gets short elsewhere.
the world can turn TO China for black dia-
| monds," Baron RiChthoien shows that in tina.
country the supply of anthracite Coni is not less
| than 6jOOO'WoOOO OF tons, aud the hitumiuouS
coal area Is Just ms large Tho baron thiuls
that, taking what is left in other parts of the
| world with the Chinese coal area, We need not
ieara fuel famine, lie thinks that tho supply
| in the Chinese province of Shansi alone will last
| the world about 1 100 years.
| Kimberley correspondent OF the Natal Mcr,
cury, speaking of financial affairs there says Il
| iomposstble to describe the deNrth ofmOnCy nj
i tho diamond fields, Scarcely amy COMPANY Is
paying dividends, Shatcs that were worth CT
last year iotch only S. or los now: Coz share,
are quoted ut a. and ESQ shares Mt Gao This
is the result of over-Speculatlon, Illicit diamond
buying, and catastophcs in the mines pia
mOnds are still found, however.
Mr.. Joseph Baker of Lancaster, PENNSYLVANIA
has tomato TINT measures seventeen inches In
circumference, five and one-half inches In al
amotcr aud weighcs two and onc.iour,h pounds
Four tomatoes very near MS large MS this one
have grown on the same stalk, and the uni,ct
weight of the five is ten aud one fourth pounds
They are of the Paterson variety.
Spun'glass napkins are recent addition I,
the supply of Injuries which pcoplc who In
dulge u taste for oddities will probably not con
slider too high priced at 800 n dozen. The nrs
ono brought 10 81, Louis Is on exhibition In
Fourth street store. II is pearl shade, the ST.,
Dian ordinary breakfast napkin, aud almost u
pliable as silk. The filling consists of minute
glass threads crossed by u silk chain, and IN
fringe OF glass fibre is about two inches long,