The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-17
TRADE ITEMS.


PAoEA has a gas well that produces gas enough
TO light the CITY, . f.. .,a,,
1t is said mat there are 5LOW bearing peach
trees on the Maumee peninsula,
It Is said that the barbed-wire trade OF tne
United States amounts TO 10,oO0 OOo per aiinum
A geologist predicts that Montana VIII become
the greatest coal producing state IN the mon
In the Lexington, Kentucky district there are
over l5 OUO 200 gallons of whisky IN bona.
The city of Lawrence has, by popular vote OF
three to one, refused 10 vote an issue Oh bones
for waterworks n.
weed far superior to oakum has been dis
covered in Putnam county, Florida, ana stock
company is being formed for the purpose ol
utilizing It, The w, ed is found in abundance.
Snirits of turpentine is now made from saw.
dust and refuse of the saw mill 1t is extracted
by sweating process, and ylelds lourteeh gai,
Ions of spirits, three TO four gallons OF rosl anu
n quantity OF tar. per cord. The spirits proouced
| has a different odor from that produced by dis
rTbe American vines which have been set out
in France in place OF those Whicn ;ne Py dis
has destroyed, are said to be causing much us
appointment by their susceptibility 70 mlldeW, a
disease which they brought win mem, anu
which has been hitherto unknown III France,
1t is said to have worked havoc already III the
southwestern part Of the country, ana TO be
spreading everywhere among French vineyards
The receipts and exports of cheese at New
York since May ! uhe beginning Vi VIC u"ue
s'"i' 'o--p"'N Receipts. Exports.
Pigs. Pounds.
For weel, ending August s.. S3l5 5l$L' az
S since Mar l. lss3 ..,.....,.. 092395 ~ 1G6O57
smme time last i9 1S87,577 G2763563
1t is probable that we shall have potatoes
enough this season to export largely, the crop at
ali points in the north and west being enormous
The scarcity of supplies anu high prices OF the
past season induced heavy planting ms rs year year
and 1t is stated that at many points IN me west
they are freely offered at % cents per Dushei ior
foil dplivprv with buyers
The fishing season in the rivers of southern
Oregon will soon begin. The product OF me
Umpaua and Simsaw last season was ABOUT u :
GOO cases. The fish, while not equal TO the
Chinook" or Columbia river salmon, is of good
quality and sells readily in European markets.
on the west coast of Newfoundland tne hshery
ptospects are very discouraging. Fresh c0mpll,
cations have arisen between the Newfoundland
and the Frer oh fishermen, the latter insisting
upon the exclusive right to fish there, whie me
ocnnrding 10 the treaty. The French are very
arbitrary in their conduct, ana serious uiS'ufD-
and is feared. - c.,.. ,,.,o,
4 letter from Nuremberg Germany, dated dated
| tatons in Germany are supposed 10 produce
little less than last year say one nall OF luil
| crop. or 400 600 to 5000 cwt, against con,
! sunni ion of 400 600 to 10OO cwt Stocks OF
| isSi and Odds are small: perhaps 10 t01i cwt
NAV 'orm the whole supply, most OF when are
very old stock. you cannot help England for
least as much as last ye1IIj say 0Oo'o D"ieS o
! u
The hot dry weather has been unusually try-
| 10 10 the crops on Long Island. Corn, which
promised we'll early in the season, VIII DC ma
| terially injured in consequence OF the drought.
In snn'c sections the cabbage is dying, ana there
| is poor promise of a crop tomatoes are riipeh-
| ing slowly and many OF the vines arc uSlng
| from blight Cucumbers have succumDed 10
the drought Pole and bush beans show the Ell
fccts of the weather Beets, carrots and parsnips
are at a standstlll. ,r ,,.,s,,r,
New York well managed apple orchards uecune
at about 60 years OF age-some live longer, aIio
many not so long At meeting OF the ILLINOIS
Horticultural society a. Bryant plheeu INC HhcI.
age age in that state at % year, ana MT. NELSON
at Is years Others knew OF some me- oIS gs arS
n was generally admitted tsat II is better 70 cut
them down at 20, and plant on new grouhd. ,,s
IL must be that central New York is taking lts
Mace among the important sections oil the coun-
iry for car ned corn Making reasonable esu-
mates for factories from when uelalleu s.a ~
! ,aSnl, have no, heen obtained, 1t appears that
in the twenty factories ~ Vn1 ,he one In
! Newport, Herkimcr county, there are oO2tO
cans now in store waiting TO be hiled win eoi,ll
as soon as that product can be Elcked; Snoulu
| the crop turn out large enough 70 MI tneil,
/ witch rs on the whole unlikely, the canned
corn would be worth nearly $1,000 90, RECKONING
| II $3.50 case. The tomato output VIII also
" REGARDING the hop trade, the New York Com
| mereial Bulletin contains the following: Inc
weeks exports Of hops from TINS port VIII lV 90
up loo or LOO bales-ii all me hops 10, "ricn
! frtieht has been engaged can be secured This
| fact should be enough to satisfy brewers thal
| they have been slightly mised In suppo.ing that
no export trade has been effected OF late Al &C
sging aud make IL very certaia that estimates
OF three or four weeks ago iuliy sthteu tne PIoD
| able WELD The latest adyices state that thert
Is less doing in speculative way IN Lonoo l
but more buying by brewers; Reports come
4 ffom several sections Of New York state 70 we
effect that lice are increasing and threatening
damage " the burr. The most liberal estlin Az !.
place the yield from the growing crop ~ Only
] NJ per cent of last seasons. ,,.
The London Financial Journal says: ~ can
No longer be disguised that the electric heht IN
its present form does not answer coInli,ef.ia
The last report Of the tity surveyor proves con.
clu.fVelv that the cost Of street lighting u ~
least four 10 ten times the cost OF gas Whlie -
! systaIn does not give 50 satisfactory hght De-
/ cause waning in the necessary elual elsstIyu'
] don oft This report was effective IN bringing
I Inc commissioners Of sewers to decision not =
proceed s1rlher with the process 'Of the present
| Noreover. ID il r,cOguized that apart from tnt
question Of litigation, existing patents are likely
| 10 be- eciipsed BY new inventions Inc GAY
therefore fer selling concessions has ne bys
and the prJhis Of these operations, SUN - they
were have already been reape1.
IN mas been estimated BY Bredstreets tnht
there are 6OO0OOO miles OF fence In the niied
states fhe cost Of which has been more then =
O0L O0OJl or about - a mile. forineIly lae
f,r,ees al farms were built Of WOOD ana the an
uual repairs put a heavy tax upon tne ietlntfA
The last census shows that The cpsl OF tue p re-
rairs in 1s77 was SIS 60 90 Most ierm ienets
srs now built OF wire, and O. COZ miles % sucn
ffnee were bull in ISL II cot q SO ~ 90
on about half ihe cost per mile o. ne old VOL
fences. The dusy on the tieei rols oli ~ ~
ne wire fencing i made u % ner cent ana ~
islati0n has been rruposed which Ngsia sfthul
Increase the cost % farmers Of wire lente -
eufh action would b. uuwfse ana unjust ne
new settlers uron the distant pfairies are struE-
80 81 rrrrIrar rfrir land guu The nLll-
,i01si al would bear heavily upon them The
Invention % wire fence has rns1e u feA.lDt u
inriose vast tracts of land for rasturnre ~. n
hsre heretuf0re been waste. one lrcip-uft ~
reur Werin9 contains seven Thousand aEres. ana
III - 80 al vire fence rsrnnins low ~ the an
fenced land Of he cuunfiy VII IN -. -, -,
- f--r1osad aiding greatly % the national
vesIft Noihing should BE- Done % -tierl ne
lr7-rrers 81 the work q prurerlT fenclnE NE
Whole country
GRoCEEIEs.