The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-12

glue stock material have been expecting higher
prices. The importations of foreign CLUES. es-
pecRlly frem France. Is such. however, that an
advance cannot be maintained ON domestic
As an Illustration of the increase Of trade with
| the city of New York at Sayantlla United States
| of Columbia, Mr. Martinez stated that fifteen
| years ago the annual exports nom the latter
amounted TO &76,00 while the exports To New
! York for the three months ending June 30th of
this year amounted TO a. 075, 596, or more than
four millions of dollars annually.
Some of the lutte mills ia Bengal, India, are
said to be making extraordinary profits eclipS-
Ing even the special industry Of Dundee. Rope
making, silk works, aud paper mills have also
become successful branches Of Indian manu-
facture.
At the meeting ofthe Kansas state horticulm-
raj society one large apple grower from Leaven,
worth county, stated that he had an orchard OF
5000 Missouri pippins that ON the NTH year from
planting yielded |, 800 bushels aud that the past
year-lSsl. the sixth--he had gathered 5000
bushels aud had sold them for enough to pay
for the cost of the entire orchard, The above
variety is the only one that bore iull crop the
past season In Kansas and Missouri
The secretary of the Michigan horticultural
society gives in substance the following report
Of the fruit this year in that great ffu.t state:
Seventy five reports place the apple crop less
| than three-i0urthS he average; fifty less than
| one half and thirty-four less than fourth.
Pears are nearly a iull yield. peaches half n
crop grapes abundant; plums good average.
| OF apples the heaviest bearers are Baldwin and
golden russell northern spy very few; autumn
| apples Il failure.
The secretary of the interior has decided to
reopen for settlement the large tract of agricul-
| turnl land about 10 0Ol, 600 acres in northern
Dakota, which was withdrawn from settlement
| several years ago by schur2. The tract once
| formed part of the great reservation but ID was
purchased by the government Portions of II
have for some years been occupied by the
Turtle Mountain Indians, rowing band of the
Chippewas. Several years ago these Indians
presented n claim urging their right To the oCcn.
paIoy OF the land in question, aad schurz
| withdrew tho lands from settlement pending
| consideration OF the claim, Teller now decides
that the claim of the Chppewas is invalid, and
reonens the land TO settlement
| The New York shipping List says that "Our
trade with British India is too oue.sided to be
| healthful. While we purchase largely of India
products we send to that country scarcely
| anything except petroleum. in which we have
| virtually monopoly of the East India trade
| our oil has almost supplsnted tho native oils,
| aud is, with American lamps, even used in many
| OF the temples But while India imports aggre.
| gate more than $500 900 II year. the United
states sends her mere nothing In comparison
with other countries. Our consul Mt Calcutta
| believes That with proper effort II market could
readily be established for American canned
fruits, watches and clocks, sewing machines, To.
| baccO, pianos ana organs and many of the hun.
dreds of our patented little cOntrynuCcs for com,
| fort and convenience "
An OIL City, Pennsylvania special to the Pitts
| burgh Commercial Gazette says The business
transacted ut the Oil City exchanges during the
past mouth is unequallcd in tho history of this
or amy other oil exchange For the first two
days OF the month tl'riday and Saturday, the
business was = ga. 001 bbls for the week eulnl
september 9, 2b,9i5 900 bbs. were sold A. ga OOt
bbls, were sold. during the next week, and the
nexl saw 1870, 600 bbs change hands During
The last week of TIE month 20 S75, 600 bbls wer,
sold, The entire sales of the month were l52,
| $4,000 bbls. This oil was sold in the open OK
change, and II is certain enough changed hand.
privately to make the amount not less than 200
100000 bbls. The LARGEST sales for any day wor,
on Monday, September Isl. $50 900 bbls Nc
Gays were sales less than l00O,0OO bbls. or
the LIST of September the market opened ut sec
and closed on the a0th ut 9ic. The lowest price
| Tor the month was 5Sisc on September T. and
tho highest M'4c, 10 minutes before tho clos,
on Saturday.