The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-20
THE DALLAS HERALD, FRIDAY MORNINGS OCTOBER 90 1sse

70 generaliEe the growth OF cinchona trees for
which some OF the mountain regions OF the re-
public are enineniy adapted.
Engravers are finding Il difficult 70 procure
good lockwood. Tho box-foresls Of turkey.
upon which the bulk OF the supply depends, are
planted.
The Russian Machinists' company, which has
now acquired important mines on the News, Ii
about To abandon the construction OF locom0-
tiyes and 20 engage In the building of ir0nclad
men. of.war for the government.
The superintendent OF lamps st Boston reports
To the aldermtn that 1903 electric lights now used
In the city are kept up at the rate OF s3, l07 a
year, displaclng $50 gaslights, which cost ~ 19g
year, making the cost of the electric lights
S3, sos more than that OF gas.
A Philadelphia magistrate recently announced
The law as saying that the ownership OF swarm
Ing bees Is vested in the orisinal pOssessor only
so long as he can keep them In sight
sant> Rosa can lay some claim to being II
manufacturing town. Near the depot are the
WOODEN mills, the grist mills the fruit-drying
establishment planning mills, the wine tank
manuiactory, several tannerics, carriage fac
tory and winery. In other parts of town are
several minor factories.
The fact that the limit Of the Boston water
works has almost been reached Is causing much
discussion there AS 10 the best means of eulars-
lnS the supply. Tho fact has been brought out
that the average daily consumption Of water in
me part OF Boston lying to the south of Charles
.''Ni NNS hAl'Ny-HN btlluuS per thplkd, With
is held 10 be wasteful, and the authorities are
urged TO take measures for restricting the use OF
water unnecessarily.
A Boston paper says gentleman who has
llst returned from the bean-growing section In
New YORK state, informs MS he found In HIS tray
OILS among the farmers there that the beans
were largely in the fields on the ground; that
recent rains had prevented the farmers from,iak-
lhg them IN, aud some OF them bad actually
sprOutCd right In the pods While the indicn-
HOBS some six weeks TINT n
crop would he secured 1t LOOKS only like half
crop now, and farmers are generally holding
Their pea beans ON their farms ut o. per bushe.
shd VIII not take any thing less In New York
to-day beans were firm, aud here some holders
OF mediums were asking higher prices
Inc shoo'lnhnlincturiBg and c0Opering busl
ness mas been discontinued ut tho state prison
JACKSON, the contracts having been worked out
christopher shatcr of TuCkcrtOwn Pennsyl.
wanna, uve miles from Reading, owns farm of
one hundred acres on which he clears tl2 900 a
year. q"
The dominion government will next summer
lay cable under Lake Superior, connecting
win The telegraph system OF Ontario
Lager beer IS now shipped ~ Mexico in chr.
load lots, and the MoXicans are taking 10 beer as
naturally MS ducks take 10 water.
III the township OF Bangor. Maine there are
AT present on the stocks building five Sims of
ool tons ana upwards each, two bnrks' two
tour-masled SchuOneIs of 900 tons each eipht
'lnasled schoOners, and one small schooner.
lne Uauc'lnhrk treaty between the United
states and Spain, just proclaimed, relates chiefly
70 we cuban cigar trade 1t has long been u
matter OF complaint to the manufacturers or
cigars In Cuba that American makers have nj.
raled every popular Havana brand. whilemuch
suopas been made on the other hand because
cheap American cigars have been sent 10 Cuhn
~ osSpacked' labeled and rc-impOried Us choice
k'ndspf The weed, Under the new agreement
Cuban manufacturers and american smokers
VIII nave some degree Of protection against The
lat'er irapd, and NJ the same time the Cubsus
nrc g,iarded IN the use Of their boxes, labels,
pranis ana styles Certain American lines have
been initiated abroad, SO that the treaty ACQUIRES
mutual advantages
Inc number OF post-ui1iCcs in France is G l1S
theie being Ol2) parishes destitute Of posi-
o,lc"so 81 Their own, The total numDer of art
cies Wh NJ passed through the post last year
was l'I1eO 700, asc0mpared with SO5, 600 900 I'm
iS1. Prepaid letters increase ed from S5i, 900 900
10 ooSWnOOh newspapers from 2lgtOOLOJ TO
sai 100 'ot0nd books aud sther printed matter
rom i,S,WNOOo to S7iOoO,Ooo. Upon tho other
maui, the number OF postcards declined from
i!,SOe 600 to ~ 2St COO Altogether, there was nm
Increase equivalent to Sc per cent IN the work OF
me poStoilitc, but the increase IN the telegraph
'epariment was very much greater, amounting
To no less than 1873 por cent
A report To the English foreign Offices viycs n
description OF the mining district OF linares. in
SPAN, the most important lead.producing dis.
ttlct III spain, aud ono of the largest i'm the
Wotln Thcre nre Nj mines registered In tho
iis'tlct, and they yield about 1000 tons of
lead each year. few years ago the total was
several thousand tons larger, bnt IL lower price
mas reduced tho production Nearly n ,ixih Of
me yield IL exported 10 England hight OF the
mines are operated by English companies and
Last year the market value of tho
hnSllsn mining interests wss estimated at rJfl.
wv, England sends the machinery and stsaui.
Mgines used the Cornish pumping. engine In.
.ng ~ demand especially. English engineers,
n ',l iotemen, 700, SUPERVISE, IN a large extent
The operations The city OF Linnrcs. which
gives the name h the district, has a population
pf i5,Wo. twice rs large as IL was fifteen years
ago. '''''
The manufacture Of silk In this country Is M
onger an experiment as IN shown by the fact
mai the Industry has gained rapidly In dimen.
'lous nnu IL Today one Of tho principal indus.
Ifiee OF tho state vi New Jersey. Ia which duc
,reuil shouli be given for the cnierprising man.
iuI III Which inc many obstacles IL successful |
pursuit nave been met aud overcome The
'leal utaW bacN To true success, however, has |
loeh mat our manufacturers have been Obliged
o import nearly the on,lrc quantity of Tho raw
material necessary from China, tho chcnp labor
mere aud the favorable cond tiuns of tho oil |
nate making successful competition clsowhoro
matter OF great difficulty.
experiments have frequently been made hero
u SIX culture. but m 10 within n recent date
no enterprise has proved rather un.ucccssful
VOW, however. II IL likely to develop into i'm
'or'nnt proportions, as In Tennessee Missi,sipni
ma adjoining states individuals are embarking
opllhl IN II, while companies are being formed
establish II on firm basis.