The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-04


According 70 published returns the mines of
Montana paid SOD go in dividends during the
first six months of this year
Ex-Governor Pennington, collector of inland
revenues fur Dakota, states that the receipts for
lSgwiu be nearly 100000 whilc four years ago
they were scarcely $4,000.
The silver output of the Ontario mine, OF
Utah, will make brick about Is feet long, o.,
feet wide and 4 feet9G inches high 1t repre-
sents silver valuation Of over Sll,O0OOO0
The committee appointed To consider the
question of substituting nickel coinage for the
bronze coinage now circulating IN France has
decided in favor of nickel, which has already
been adopted in Germany and Belgium.
Mexican government bonds have risen in
London FROM Il e cent last month to &c, with
unusual activity, upon the reported increase Of
the cOuntry's revenue to $4,000 GOO; of which
sHjOl000 was from customs receipts during the
fiscal year. These bonds tlucMated in 1881 be-
tween 10. and % 4 cent being ut the close of
that period about the average OF those prices.
Berlin the German capital, has grown with
extraordinary rapidity during the last forty
years In 1850 1t had 900 inhabitants; in l7Sj.
1900, and in 1850. after the lapse of another
century, it numbered 100000, Fifty years ago
the population was 2i2,00j; in 1860 twas 1891 OO
and in 1875 was 5000. These figures are
fairly comparable with the records presented by
some OF our American cities. The number of
inhabitants Is believed to be now not under L.,
ljOOOO IL takes a vast expense to run such a
capital seat o. great empire. The budget
ofBerlin Is larger than that of the grand duChy
Of llesse, and only short of that uf the grand
duchy of Baden and the kingdom OF Wurtem-
burg, including all the expenses of the local adj.
mnistatiOn, of whatever kind. Berlin costs
hardly less than the kingdom of Bavaria.
klngeAbergor-on Main Is in m exceptionally
prosperous condition financially. 1t derives SO
large all income from its property in quarrio,
that 1t is not only enabled to dispense with
eyyng any taxes upon its inhabitants, but To
present every one of its free burghers, at each
succeeding ChristmaS.tide with the equivalent
in German currency OF e25 apiece. This yeal
the Sedan festival was celebrated by distrib
utng money gifts to its hOusehoders and child
rem OF all ages actually attending school. Eacl
head Of family received marks, every sChoo
boy aud girl 20 ptennige, or about cents. OF
The occasion, moreover a few months ago, o
Openlnga bridge across the Main, built by tn,
municipality Mt cost of sl000,t-pota cent o
which was contributed by the tOwnSmen-i
bonus OF s. 80 per head was handed to eacl
surgher, and all the school children got Il cent
apiece,
The philadelphia Record says: THE Unite,
states mint of this city has Just received owe
TWO tons Of three-Ceat silver pieces which, b.
acl OF congress, have been abolished from tn
national coinage, This il, however, only abOu
O9e'4fh Of the quantity of these small coin
MRIcnare TO be brought here from tho yariou
suo,tenprleS IN the country, there having a.
ready been redeemed more than ten tons. Thes
ihfeeCent pieces now in the mint would 4
.hieo large wagons they are to be reCoined int
leh'cent pieces, "a the three.cent nickel piece
NIH VI Iake the place Of the old silver threc-CCt
CONS The treasury department IL rcdeemin
lne small coins as fast as possible, and in II fe
SeSN they will entirely disappear, and only IN
nlVAeS VIII DO In circulation. The coins hay
..Hlayery considerable per cent, of their intril
Nv value by usage, in some cases amounting
~ iaueh as twenty per cent II fact, they al
.sspiuy wearing out This is ono reason VIII
Aey were abolished and the harder and mo-
convenient nickel substituted