The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18

several years past, caused principally by
the continued low price obtained Tor oil.
Holders name Sl.O5 as the price of sperm
oil, but none seem inclined to part with
anything but small, inferior parcels at this
price when called upon to sell They evil
IDENTIFY anticipate a higher price,"
The Canadian ice harvesters are now in
the middle of their work. In Ontario it is
estimated that over 10000 tons of ice are
consumed in season, the value of this be-
ing over 100000. The prospects for an ice
boom" appear as good now as in Febru-
airy, 1880. There is said to be no ice in the
western states, so that the exports next
spring will probably equal the exports of
1850, which reached 100000 worth. Dur
ing that year over 1000 carloads. were
shipped from Lake Simcoe alone. A To-
rOnto telegram says: Operations for next
seasons export are particularly brisk just
now. The dealers here will lay in about
$1,000 tons, 10000 tons OF which will be
stored for export"
From 1869 TO 1881 the population of St.
| Petersburg has increased by 926lS, the
number now being nearly 100000 but dur
ing the same period the deaths have been
20, 100 more than the births, so that if the
same excess of deaths We're to continue for
another "A years, st. Petersburg would
be entirely depopulated; while, on the
other hand, If the above proportion of IL
crease OF inhabitants, presumably from
without, were to be maintained until 1891
there would be over ,02l, 900 souls.
=, There is reason for the belief that n we'll
selected and well-tended vineyard OF rasin
grapes in California after the seventh wear
is good for net profit of $l00 TO $500 per
acre per year. Five acres of this sort Of
property would be worth mere to the owner
| than 100 acres of the best wheat land in the
state in the course Of five years cultiya-
ton.
1t is asserted that the nutritiousness of
apples hasnever been properly appreciated
and that they are far more nourishng than
potatoes. Cornish workmen say that they
can work better on baked apples than on
potatoes.
A census of the city of Toledo, Ohio, has
Just been completed under the direction of
Chief of Police Il. T.. Morse, which shows
the following: Public buildings, 50; places
OF worship, 81 places of amusement, s !;
hotels, % banks, IL cemeteries, 4; large
manufactures, 10; small manufactures,
1876; business blocks, 1926 wholesale deal.
ers, 1SG retail dealers, S25 railroad de-
pots, S vessels in harbor, IS; dwellings,
0,l53 population, 56,0l5. The population
by the census of 1880 was 80, 1877
The San Francisco Commercial Herald
gives large array of information relating
TO the industries of the Pacific coast. The
wheat product of 1881 is placed at 100000
bushels, and the exports Of wheat during
the year Gncluding Hour reached the enor-
nous quantity of 1896 800 bushels. The
barley crep of 1881 was 100000 centals,
beet-root sugar, l,4l0,000 pounds; wool
clip, 1924, 100 pounds; wine product,
9,5UO.OOO gallons, etc. Imports Of sugar in
1851 were l5l 800 pounds of coffee, To-
3,O3i pounds; OF rice, 56022 ,96S pounds,
and of tea, 1885, 507 pounds The gold
and silver product Tor the year was NJ
900, GOO, and the coinage at San Francisco
reached S43 100000. Value of manufactures
in San Francisco in 1851 $00,0O0,0OO.
The value of the butter product of the
country is about five times that of cheese,
but only per cent Of it is as yet shipped
abroad, while 80 per cent. of the cheese goes
there. American dairymon have unouestion-
ably succeeded remarkably in pleasing the
palates of the English with their cheese,
and in continental countries, even in noted
dairy districts like Holland and Belgium,
American cheese is offered the traye.er. No
packing of butter has as yet been able to
bring the American maker into really seri-
GUS competition with the French and other
continental makers. The English like fresh
butter, The shipments from New York
mainly to ports in Great Britain, from Nav
|, 1881, to January II, 1852, were lGS9S, 4S2
pounds to 230O6,205 for the correspond
ing period last year
The Pennsylvania iron market has re-
manned quiet all the week." says Phia.
adelphia letter. THE activity which char
acteriEed it in December prom
ises to return in short time, in view OF
which the manufacturers are avcrse to ac-
commodating buyers beyond immediate
necessities, except ut the highest market
prices: a few large transactions
IN pig-iron for summer consumption
at S26 to S2I for No. |; $2i.50 TO $25 for No.
: SD to S25 for gray forge. Poundries are
moderately abundant for future delivery,
but scarce for prompt delivery. Mill irons
are not TO be had for prompt delivery exccpt
ut fancy figures, while remote deliveries are
obtalnable at current rates more easily than
n few weeks ago. The future of the iron
market hangs on the course of pig. Late
Geographic adyices point to greater ease in
western markets, growing out of tempo
rary decline and demand, which NAV
change into an active demand at any time.
In view of this, the heavy consumers here
and there have begun negotiations for the
purpose of covering requirements at an
early day. To.day's cable shows foreign
markets unchanged excepting the usual lluc-
tuations within narrow limits. Negotia.
tlons for foreign imports have fallen through
until ocean ireights decline. The finished
iron market is firm and unchanged"