The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-02
TRADE ITEMS.

PosTs for the electric lights are being
paced IN position on the line at New Or
leans.
It's understood that over Il. 600 Oo0 voppo
llsh have been Matched and are ready TO he
placed in the streams Of the state Of Ohio
Inc value OF the present orange crop in
Florida is estimated ut about 81 COCOON
against s6I2, lT6 for last year, an increase of
nearly 40 per cent.
French official returns show dimini shed
vintage this season.
a new gas company is seeking to obtain
the right to supply Chicago with gas at 81. ~
per ,OOO to private families, and 81 80 TO
heavy consumers.
The managers of the Mississippi river
commission intend TO organize an active
lobby at Washington in the interest of their
scheme.
The new product of condensed grape Juice
Is now manufactured to some extent
IN Italy, being cvaporated in vacuum
pan until reduced to one-tenth of its
bulk. 40
Lemon water and. barley water are now
10 be seen on the tables OF most great houses
IA Eng lana, while at the London clubs
lately the run on the iced barley water was
very great.
The imitation gems now produced in
iarlS by chemical means so nearly resem-
Bile the genuine article that even connois-
seurs cannot readily distinguish them with
ont the use of scales or files.
The tobacco monopoly of France last wear
yielded a net profit TO the state of about
$G0,OO0O0O.
1t is said that 81 800 has been offered for
a seat III the San Francisco produce ex.
change, which is $500 more than tbc nricn
fixed by the directors,
Since the establishment of the Southern
manufacturing aud exporting company.
last summer that company has made
i,SOO,OOO pounds of butterine, all of which
has gone into consumption,
The Grand Central, No. ., Building and
Loan association, of Cincinnati, with a can.
ital OF 81 ,OOO,OOO, and the Texas Building
association oil Cincinnati, with q capital of
S2,5oONO, have been incorporated.
\ boat eighteen feet long and five feet
wide, is in course of construction in n Paris
shipynrd, which is to be propelled entirely
by electric motive power. Its proprietor
Intended, rs soon rs ii is completed, TO
essay trip across the British channel from
Boulogne to Folkestone.
Potatoes are found growing wild in
Nayapai county, Arizona, north of Wins.
low. They are in natural state and not
quite as palatable rs the domesticatcd article.
The returns show total production for
gB,iS99o, very handsome showing indeed. |
ofthis, thrce-iourths came from field pro. !
ducts, and the other fourth from cattle and |
dairy products. The sorghum crop was |
!, SH,4lO gallons, worth 81, 5iS,S7l.
The largest printing establishment in |
America, ana doubtless in the world, is the |
government printing Office at Washington, |
Between 1000 and 5000 persons are EN-. !
ployed in it.
4 contract has been awarded at Montreal |
for tunncling the st. Lawrence, at q cost of /
S350l,OOO the work to he completed within |
four years.
The Kansas wool growers association
met IN Topeka last week, and its president !
Mr.. Coddlng, formerly from Butler county |
Ohio, claimed that the wool |
clip in the state for the current wear |
would reach l0,0OO,000 pounds; |
In 1881 was out little over 100000 pounds |
in 1850 about 100000, and in 1879, 100000 |
pounds This shows what strides have
been making in this industry, md what nm
Importance In the production and manu-. |
featuring interests OF the country 1t must
assume.
A recent report shows that during the
past year errors have been made in tho dis.
tribution of mail in the various large cities
as follows: st. Louis. 1884: Cincinnati.
li.oSl Philadelphia, 2O,6i0; Boston, Is.
W. tnlVaSO, ss,vuo, New York, lO3,Si,
In California the prejudice against home.
made raisins is being overcome by the adop.
ton of the same methods employed In over.
coming the prejudice against native wines
namely, branding the packages with high.
sounding foreign names and attractive
foreign labels. AS matter of fact the
quantity of foreign wines consumed In Cali.
iorna at present Is comparatively small.
Even much of which Is still sold under for.
eisn labels Is reasonably suspected of being
the native product. Raislns are going
through the same process. and Il has already
happened that native raisins under a for
eign disguise have been laudcd to the skies
Tor their excellence In size, quality and ap.
pcarance.
French gutta.percha Is the name ap.
Piled To gutta-percha substitute OBJ
tanned from the outer portion of the
birch bark by boiling II In water over am
open fire and then evaporating this ex.
tract when a black, fluid substance re
mains, which soon becomes hard and very
compact by contact with the air. Il x
Nd r han ~ tho hest uualitias Of eniiss