The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-18

twelve mining companies of Colorado paid
dividends aggregatng sl,4NS,5 $50 between jan
rary and September of this year
Afew shares of the famous Chemical bank of
New York were sold AT auction the other day,
and brought g., los share, par value 500,
During the month of July the public schools
of Tiaxcnla the smallest state of the Mexican
,annblic. were attended by S5lS children and
ina cost TO the state amounted 10 S2Ci5.
The revenue of the Milwaukee post-ofice for
ihe year ending January l will, 1t IL now esti-
mated, aggregate the enormous sum OF s2500tO,
against $4,000 for last year, an increase in
twelve months of $4,000.
The mercantile stock exchange, the first In
tho republic OF Mexico, has been opened. 1t has
been organized with native capital, and starts
with twenty active members of Mexican brokers
and flity outside subscribers. All classes of Sc
clrities will be dealt in.
Fifty pounds of high-grade silvercre are said
to have been taken from the bed OF Panther
creek, in Woodford county, Illinois, and whea
the froshet subsidies the stream is To be diverted
Gold.mining has for years been carried on in
the hills twenty miles away.
The ROthschilds are virtual owners of one
fifth of the fertile land In the delta of the Nile
Their share in Egyptian bonds is populsrly esti.
mated at El2 600. Au envious anti Semitic
calculates that the income of RGron Wilhelm
Rohsohild is about EOS per hour, or Q shillings
per minute.
the Bank of England during the six months
ending with August made s3,S05 sO5 profit and
the directors declared Il semi annual dividend
as. per cent on the capital of S72, 765 COO
which absOrbs slightly more than the half
yearly profit The bank has declared TO-. per
cent for the past year, Il rate per cent. greater
than had been paid for several years previously,
Bank Of England shares are quoted at 2SS eI.
dividend, par 100.
The mining interests OF north Georgia aud
east Tennessee are of far more Importance than
Is supposed, and new mines of gold, copper
iron, coal, etc. are being developed rapidly,
There are seventy gold mines now in successful
operation, and pay well. Five thousand acres
have been purchased by one company for gold
mining purposes The veins of gold are said tC
be very promising. One county in North Caro-
lima produces l,Gi60N0 pounds of copper annual
", The mining interest. in this section is ye
In It's infancy
There are S., COO, 30 invested in mining oper
tons on the Aenominee and Marquette ir0r
ranges and about li,0O0 miners are employed
Take this industry with the lumber interests
and the upper peninsula will show nearly, ifno
quite Us big business record as the lower see.
ton of the state south Of Macknac Straits.
f. b. Elliott the government aCtuary, hai
computed the weight of ~ ,DOONO i'll gold ant
silver coin AT follows: The standard gold dolla
otthe United States contains of gold of nine
tenths iineness, 42j5 grains In round number
the following table represents the weight o
slO00,000 in the coins named. Standard golC
coin, % tons; standard silver cou, s6a tons
subsidy silver coins, % tons. minor coin, j-cen
HVhtl, luU tOus,
The books of the treasury show that the Ordl
nary expenditures of the government during tn
first quarter of the current fiscal year were owe
sl,0OOteo in excess of ordinary expenditure
during the first quarter of last year. This resul
is attributable to the extravaganza of cOngres
at the last session. The increase will grow rap
idly larger during the remainder OF the presen
year, and especially after the large additions
force OF pension clerks become acquainted wit
their work.
The treasury officials At Washington hay
hpally reached the conclusion that Il IL not ne
Cessary 10 have the name of Mr., Actor, write
By himself and not by his most intimst
friend" on every one ofthe new gold certificates
Telegram from the seat of government All
n0unCes that Acting Secretary New has give
orders for the printing of certificates OF the dc
nominations of $50, $50 and 500 with cngrsvs
signatures. like legai-tender notes, Thes,
It's stated will be styled department, series.
and will be issued from the treasury At Wast
inglou, All the higher denominations, howeve
are TO be signed by Mr.. Acton, and issued frol
TIE New York sub.treasliry,