The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
DRY GOODS.

| JUDGING nom the immense quantities II goods
| which daily incumber the sidewalks in front of
our leading Jobbing houses, the preparations
ior our iaii trade IN dry goods, boots and shoes
ana kindred lines must be In excess OF that of
| prev ious years. and an inquir yamongst Tho
| wholesale merchants Of the different lines leads
us to believe that the business of the coming
season VIII De very satisfactory IL nothing hap.
pens 70 ihJure the prospects now before us. Slim
ulated by the glowing prospects of the cotton
crop the merchants OF the surrounding towns
are already sending In their orders briskly and
ios class o, goods not generally. sold IN the
market until the middle or latter end of Ai.
gust Owing to the active emand for the lead.
ing lines of staple goods, prices In the eastern
market continue very firm and in number Of
instances have advanced slightly. our mer-
chans, with an eye to the benefit of their custom
ers, have in but very few instances, advanced
| their prices, and these only when the advance
In the east has rendered II necessary. Below
are gwen quotations of leading lines which in
cluue some seasonable goods not quOtated lately:
To-DAYs QUOTATIONS.
fRiNrs-ffeeman's, 5; Lodi. 5; Glouceste1
| q Harmony, D; Cocheco ca Merriman, g..
Greenwich, So; Allen, 6; Albion solid, 81; Pea
pouy SOLO, ~; Peabody black, 81; Simpson
black, 6h: Simpson mourning, 6a; Gloucester
mourning 6k
HEAVY BROWN Observation-Disclosures, "A. TX:
indian Head, sAi Swift; Creek, "A, 6X; If,tna.
beruy ~ ~ LdS Sgi Gea a & Cabot a. X
50, 81 Charter Oak, A. An; Lake George
- ~ Great Western a., s. International
FIss BROWN DoMEsr,c-Late George *
Harvest 6H Pocahontas, 9; Great Falls ~
areenbrier 81 N
BLEAcHED DoAEsrlcs-socisl, 10: Sunny
Side, bonneville, TX; Forest. 8; Big Bon.
Lonsdale, cambria. 10; Wamsutts. la}s: New YORK
Mills, IS; Diamond Hill, cambria, D. KNIGHTS.
cambric, y Hero Al, O Hero, 70, S; Ballard.
vale, = Cambridge, 7.S z: Peerless "a. 81.
SOC, l2h; Stark, l0oz IL Savage, s.oz, l2H; Hamp
den, brown and drab 90, 10; Hamden Xxx. do, IL
Boston, 1902. brown and drab, TX; Montaui. I'd
inch, ~ No. 10. lnoh 42l.; No. 8, So inch.
drab, 10. AN
PLAID osNApuRas-Delta, N; Economy, tx
Ottawa, 81; Michigan, 81; Belle, TX; Wood
lawn, Ss Catawba, IN,
Hollywood piaid a. AdA ~ To- hP F,sSn y
w :Omcga, l6S.
CHAMBRAY-ih@
CorToNNADE-Ne York Camlet 17c Bay City,
l3nc; Royal, dc oxmead, lie; Kansas lSnc.
HIcKoRY-Rock River, 6-3 Blue and Brown.
9Hc; India, l0Sc; Arlington. SIC; Thorndike'
l2hc: Hamilton. IL.
KENTucKY JEANs-Paci1c Il R., q; Columbia,
ao Kansas, ish; Humboldt 80; ialars, ga,
Inole kock, l6ia; Bonanza, 92ls; Pride of the
West, S2s; Bang Up 20; Deer Island, l2,i; Kco.
kuk, 80. Mississippi N, AZ; RoXborough, lglI.
Badger, ~. Golden Fleece, 26; ST Cloud 81
LlNsElS--DeAt.r, 22is; Justice q; Waverly, Is;
Green Brar, 49,; Rob Roy IA, United States, II.
Inc Sonrnml ct Commerce says: We have sew.
eral times alluded TO the fact that in the impor
iations the proportion of dry goods to general
merchandise has been gradually decreasing
For the current year this decrease has been
arrested Thirty years ago tho dry goods were
about halt tho merchandise IMPORTS last year
The receipts of general merchandise were three
times as large us the total of dry goods; but this
year the proportion OF dry goods has increased
about 10 per cent. over the previous year. The
change In the receipts OF specie Is especially no.
ucenble as the imports for coin bullion for the
past seven months OF last year were larger
with but single exception, than for any former
year In our history.