The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-29

THE Total ylelu OF silver from MEXICO Tor the
fiscal year lS1S-i9 is officially given ut S2l,903,
The savings banks Of New York report depos.
lis 10 the amount of Sii3,0s000O
The syndicate controlling ~, 20O, go of the At
lantic 4 Pacific subscriptions is said TO have re-
fused 10 per cent. premium for the amount
Increase of specie in the Bank of France for
the past week. 1905, 100 francs in gold and i,l75-
OOO francs in silver,
The list of taxpayers in the town of Hartford,
Connecticut on October lasthas just been com
uleted by the assessors. The total amount tax
able within the town limits is $40 COS, 49, an in
crease of 81, GIG over the list last year,
The amount of business at the New York stock
exchange for last week included SSl3,0e0 gov
eminent bonds, $685. 900 state bonds and 80, 309,-
900 railroad bonds. The aggregate sales of
stocks were ., 959, O shares.
Prince Bismarck is preparing bill for in
creasng the tobacco tax, to be submitted to the
Reichstag simultaneously with the tobacco mo-
nOpOly bill If the latter be rejected, the former
will be proceeded with.
On Saturday at the treasureTS office In Austin
first payments Were made on over &c, 00D acres Of
public school lands sold. OF This quantity % 600
acres are in La Sale county.
There are some things that the government
doesn't do with the greatest degree of economy
in the world, It's mint at Carson City is striking
oil tenCent pieces, each of which costs % ceuts
Happily, things are managed better at the Phila-
dephia mint where the striking sfcoins is done
at the cost OF lest than one cent each.
The Philadelphia mint received on Saturday
sjOO0O0J in bullion of the sSo 90 900 ordered
from the New York assay office, Just ut this
time the bullion receipts at the mint are more
than balanced by the daily shipment of coin
For the last eleven days Sl000,000 in eagles and
half eagles have been daily sent to the sub
kept up till the Sl7 600 9OJ ordered for that repos
itOry have been supplied.
The United States treasurer now holds in
United states bonds to secure national bank cir
culaton, $3.50 $50, 200. as follows: Currency G's
S6N,Ot; per cents, $4,000; AZ per cents ,
So 263 $50; per cents Sg3, i35 $50 IL per cents
$40 1854 800. United States bonds held by the
treasurer to secure public moneys in national
bank repositories amount to SIG, 500, as fol
lows: Currency Gs, $500; per cents, $3.50 o.;
Az per cents, SSiSO per cents, &C. 75i 300
Sl-2 per cents, SS,762 300.
The Chemical National bank of New York has
a surplus of $4,000 being twelve times as
much us its capital which Is only 500 900 The
shareholders are paid dividend OF p per cent
quarterly, or more than 7l.2 per cent per an
mum on $50 o. 90 Of capital and surplus. The
stock is held at $1,000 for each share of
500 being equivalent TO twenty times the origi
nal par value of the shares. The shares Of this
bank are probably the most valuable of any
bank In existence, not excepting those of the
Bank of France, each franc LOO par value. but
marketable at 5000 francs or those OF the Bank
OF England, each floo par value, but marketable
at E2S6.
On the list of occupation taxes paid into the
comptroler's Office at Austin, for the year end.
ing September 80 1881, the following counties
take the lead: Bexsr, s22 279. Galveston, SIS o..
93L0i Travis sl3,2i3 30; Grayson, 81. 4l9.05;
McLennan, .slo.S5s; Tarrant $3.50; Robertson,
S7lill; Bell, 81. 2Sj.Sg: Collin s5,67SlS Lamar
sj,359.2g; Faycite. $685.; Harris. si6l2 rs:
Throckmorton county foots the list with Sj3 10
There were IFS failures In the United States
reported To Bradstreets during the past week. q
decrease of - from the preceding week, and 10
less than during the corresponding week last
year, This Is the smallest number reported for
any one week since October s. The failures
generally ware those OF small traders. The
middle states had &c, decrease of s. New Eng.
land states Ii, decrease of H. southern state,
~, u decrease of :; western states 81 n decrease
of6; California and the territories H. nm increase
OF II; Canada III. All increase offs In the prlnci.
pal trades they were rs follows:
General traders. IA Hardware. .....,.. go. 1
Grocers. ,..,",.,,,....l3 Tobacco and cigars 3
Dry goods ...,.,...,. . Millcrs, ..,............S
Liquors .,.,.,.,,.,.,, s Butchers. ......2
Manufacturers, .,,.,.. Drugs ...,, ...........2
Millinery. .,...,...., 1 Shoes .................a
The London Economist has issued Il series OF
tables showing the imports and exports for ten
years, say from 1871 to 1850, for Great Britain,
France, Italy, Belgium, Russia. United States,
and the South American considerations The
principal deduction Is shown In the fact of all
these countries being sympathetic with each
other In their prosperity, one being dcpendcn,
upon the other, and, rs n matter of course, what