The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-23

eont Tho t.qOt.ooo pounis ~ ltory used by
Fneland In y year fcQuiio the stcfhce ~ dO0N
NJ the beasts .,..--,
4 steain plow from gnainnd is now Rclne g,
np IN Mlnge9poll. .d Es,'.,.naa ns, ' AND a
cable n will be- tested somewhere 10 lhe Vl'lh
lty Of Minneapolis. q.
A dispatch from Laredo to-day. confirms w,
reported discovery Of cOul oil, " was hrnck
willie digging vel through 'c' cfN sthtn OF me
btumlnus coal Persons arriving from Laredo
on the evening train say the cFc.tmrht oSci
die discovery Is intense. and Cyrybody who has
money enough 10 buy IN acre Of ground near
the locality Is doing so. a.,
An experiment has been made hctwtcn Mel
bourne and Nlbury, which shows mat ORDINARY
telegraph wires Viii, for distance OF 20 miles
serve 10 convey telephone messages 81,
New York handled clghty'tyc tons OF NAL man
matter every day during the year past In Is"
| the amount was six y.Onc tons.
During the months OF January and February
| the state immigration agency ut JHckson'ille
received and answered az letters and postal
earle distributed 1875 pamphlets ana 4oo STATE
''.A Jackson man who thought ne Knew good
! horse paid some gypSics 5000 for u nag that
handled herself beautifully. Two days iater sne
| blew couple Of 'ponges ont o. her hoslIlls mo
! which they Ind been crhnlmeu 10 DISGUISE her
defective breathing, She being wind, broken,
The Alma Independent says: The prospects
! have no late frOsts the yield Will he abundant,
| The wheat crop of our county never looked so
| well at this season of the year. A. much larger
acreage would have been sown had our planters
| been able to secure the seed The prospects
| are splendid for good yield.
When YOU 20 10 Il town always seek out the
men who advertise They are the ones who
know how to do business, and 1t is they who can
| give yOu the worth of your money. FARMERS
| and others please take notice
Candy manufacturers in Buffalo are alarmed
| at the demand of the National Confectionery
| company for indemnity in regard to the use OF
| glucose and royalty in future. Henry Hearne,
n leading confectioner declares himself aDle 10
| prove the use glucose in American candies
! prior to the issue of the patent. Zoo,
| The business of the New York canals Tor 1881
shows loss over the year before in tolls OF So2S,
H2g or over ~ per cent, and loss in tonnage OF
l,27S +GI, or nearly 20 per cent The aggregate
| tonnage of the New York Central and Erie raul
ways amounted to %, 67S,202 tons, being gam
over the previous year of 1870 72 tons, or over
| II per cent The combined tonnage of the canals
| and the Central and Eric railways amounted 10
q, S57 394 tons, the highest aggregate yet
| reached, being net gam oil = 10y oOo IONS oneI
| the prey ious year, and gain of nearly TO per
| cent over the tonnage of 1876, when the aggre-
| gate was 1928 627 tons
| There are four great industries on the southern
shores of Lake Superior They are the mining
| of iron and copper, the quarrying OF slate ana
the manufacturing of lumber, The iron mines
! give support and employment to about 3O'O0
| people the copper mines sustain population OF
| abou' 10000: the lumber interests of this whole
| north RI re gon give employment and support to
about 70, 0ty in the winter months. the remainder
| Oh inc year INC pSiiS
| less in number. The Slate quarries at l. Anse
were opened last season, and at present give
| employment to limited number of persons.
! These four industries not only give employment
| to about 100 coo people, but require the trans
portation facilities of four lines of railways:
| three steamship lines, and host OF sail ana
| steam vessels.
The receipts ana exports of butter at New
| York since May l the beginning of the trade
year. compare as follows: 49,
Receipts Exports
pkgs lbs
! For vnaL on,Iing March II JLa7o 1886
Same week in 1881. ........ 1882 22i, sly
Since May ]. 1881. .......... 2g5 SGs do's9S 90
Same time last year. .......1, 25ISl2 2o,olyolo
The receipts and exports Of cheese at New
York since May compare as follows:
Receipts nesIp Exports Ss
For week ending March IA LIN GALLO
Same week in 1851. ll26? LV2o iU5
Same time last year, .2,661, i63 Nv looS 80
The extensive surveying. going on IN. the
southern counties of Missouri for projected rsll.
roads has brought into notice immense tracts OF
fine timber the existence of which was hardlE
suspected before, and, says the 81. Louis Repub-
lican, we hear Of large purchases OF lands i'll
those counties ny parties who will turn their
resour, es to account There is more fine timber,
oak, pine, walnut, ash, and hickory IN southern
in the west it has not been chopped over and
:hinned out - in othel regions, but exists III
its ancient and unmarried symmetry, In little
while saw-mils will be erected for controverting
the trees into lumber and din ension timber, and
as soon as the railroads are built the product of
these mills will be sent TO market IN large guam
titles"