The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-24
TRADE ITEMS

DlOShOininp.
Kerosene was first used for lighting purposes
In 1926.
or late number Of sales of hogs have been
made at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, at 50 per
sil0o
man In Livingston county, New York, has
bough! and shipped over two tons OF skunk
skins this winter
The first steamer piled the Hudson in 1907.
The Grand Haven (Miohgan) lumber com.
pnny has sold TO Chicago buyers 0,0OO0OO feet OF
lumber for delivery during 10 the season.
a Fort Ogden, Florida, man has Il contract 10
deliver q 90 alligator hides TO St. Louis firm
by May LIST
The irst newspaper advertisement, appeared
IN 1852.
A large elevator, TO DO erected In the lower
part OF Peoria, Will have u capacity of 100000
bushels, and will be mined the Monarch clc'
vntor
Tho region south of Memphis is swnrmlng
with buffalo gnais, who are killing what little
stock was saved from drowning.
Thcre is talk at Spring Lake Of organizing n
company To bore for salt aud there IL every
reason 10 believe that brine In paying quantities
could be reached Mt no great expense,
damaged IN Pleasant Valley, III Dorado county,
california, By the late irosts, but lower down IN
tho valley the prospect Is very ilatcrng.
Tho sewing dirclc of Benton intends TO raise
money to furnish the town with sidewalks, The
ladies say they are determined to have side
walks IN the town II they have TO do the WORK
themselves.
A nursorymnn ut Riverside has just planted
twelve tons of peach pits and two and one-half
tons OF apricot pits, and will have probably lho
largest dcciduous fruit nursery In Southern Cal
ifornp.
The house committee on agriculture favorO-
bly, considered the bill appropriating $4,000 for
seeds ior. people OF tho submerged sections OF
The Indications are that there will be good deal
ofprospecting the coming season along the Car
son 4 Colorado railroad In Nevada, for deposits
ofnIter borax and the like,
There are 100, 90 cedar ties and 100, 900 posts
banked a. Tawas, Mich, us well az large guam
titles Of telegraph poles Large operating Il also
done IN cedar paying.block timber, which Is
hauled TO the several shipping points along the
shore,
Several new hop fields will be set out this
spring In Dry Creek and Russian river.vallcys
ncev iicaldsburg. and old hop raisers ore pie
parting 10 enlarge their fields
There arc ninety halls in Michigan owned by
the oranges. One OF them Is valued at $1,000
another ut $1,000, and several at $3.50 each
thirty-eight ut 3, 900 and over. the remainder
ranging from $500 To sou each.
A line OF Bremen steamers has been chartered
10 bring 10000 emgrants from that port 10
baltimore at the rate OF 1000 week.
AZ saltwater MINI, logs are held at sli TO
Sl5. Dubuque parties recently bought logs on NE
upper Mississippi ut 81. 80, the same quality
that last year brough, $40. One man contracted
for logs at sia to sl' and for lumber ut sl7 u
Inerc WcfCb, loI,Df EullOuAOi kc1uSVUc nNInVu
In Michigan last year, aud the only loss of life
I so far rs known was that of Mrs Curiiss, of la
pccr and even In that case II Is not yet clear 10
all whether she was killed by carclcssncss, Gus
xcdncss or kerosene,
Senator Flints bill to provide tax for saw.
logs IN Wisconsin has been perfected. II pro.
vidcs that all saw.logs timber railroad ties or
telegraph poles cut In that state, hut owned by
any person or corporation not residing In that
state. or having no agent In that state, shall be
I assessed In the district whore they are banked
or piled for transportation or shipment either by
\ river or railroad. The bill provides In It's last
section that the assessor In The district referred to
shall ascertain ut any time during the month OF
April In each year the amount of such property
In his assessment district by actual view and us
1 far rs practicable TO TX upon the value and MS
! scss the same to the said nonresident owners IA
4 other personal property 10 assessed.
The Indications nrc that fruit canning VIII In
+. future become q great industry IN California
1 The Napa Reporter urges tho establishment of n
Sannery At thnt place ano,hns,r Is talked OF a,
+. Healsburg, 0roville and other places. Esiab'
lishments OF this Kind will encourage fruit grow.
ing, rs our market for fresh fruit is as yet some
4 what limited, aud there isa wide and growing
1 demand for canned goods, II Is said that the
1 dried fruit produced nom seven acres Of land
I near Vacavillc was sold TO San Francisco mcr-
\ chant for the snug sum OF sl,SO The same
merchant paid another grower 81, for the pro.
duct OF Ave acres and another leading firm
1 bought the dried fruit raised ON seven acres for
Y Gangs Of miners arc being taken from the
n,"o cN SSns n MsS as 10 w0, Man a IN
4 Honorn, four miles east of the Sonora river lSs
\ miles south OF Benson, Arizona, aud LIS miles
4 nwiri ninc miles dis,e,, rro,n p,,s,r '' ~,
,n~n Ara taken Ia Tho mncs nv ,he camnsn wy '
4 fcssns The ledge n n,ilv fons miles LAM wl,,,
Cfopplngs Of varying width, al one point 0 feet
wide Several spurs branch out from the main
veins IA hui I'D feet ThclcJrc eon,ains rvs,a y
sc.mininE silver orc with about - pcr cent csS q,
SS co nn I noW PROPOSE S