The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-14
Industrial Breyities.

1881, to April 30, 1882, the interior mills
Of California sent 2,750,273 quarter
sacks of flour TO San Francisco, and tho
farmers of California sent IL, i07,5lS
ccntnls of wheat, This is u larger ouan,
tity of flour than was ever received at
San Francisco during any corresponding
period, showing great activity on tho
part of the country mills, all of which
are believed TO be doing we'll. These
mills are scattered all over the interior,
the more prominent ones being at VaS
lciO, Sacramento, and Stockton. Some
Of these mills ill large orders for en-
port Adding the Hour thus received to
The wheat deliveries gives total of 90
AIS, Al centals, or upwards of 100000
short TONS the largest quantity received
in any ten months in the history OF San
Francisco, The shipments of wheatand
-four for the ten months ending April
80, 1882. were equivalent to l,075,27G
tons, against Gl3,5 800 tons for the same
time in 1880 81, and 566, 400 tons for
the same time in 1879 $50.
Some extensive shipments of young
shad and herring were recent " made by
the fish commission from Washington
One million Shad and two million her
ring were sent To Austin, Tex, where
they We're placed in the Colorado river;
300,000 shad to Famvillc, Va, TO stock
the waters of the AppomattoX; 100000
10 South Carolina; 500, 900 TO the Rap
pahannock river and 800. GOO To the up
per Potomac, at Harper'S Ferry. The
young fish were transported in closed
Tin pals, each holding from 1000 to D.
500 fish. The Quantico fishery, which
has Just been discontinued, the shad
having moved further up the river, net
ted alone over 100000 shad and co.
100000 herring, The Fish Hawk, the
government vessel stationed at Quanti-
GO, under the command OF Capt Tan
ncr, goes TO the Susquehanna fishery,
Just below llayre de Grace. Up to the
present time there have been shipped
this year and deposited about 100000
shad The work Of the entire season
will probably embrace the distribution
Of nearly 100000 shad and countless
million, of behring's,
The Bucuos Ayres Hfr0ld in a recent
number says word on behalf of the
Argentine republic as field where the
surplus population and the unoccupied
capital of Europe may readily find
happy and prosperous habitation and
profitable Investment. There are lands.
it says, of untold extent within two hun
dred or three hundred miles of the cap
ital, which require noprcparatory work;
they are already cleared and ready for
grazing through the entire year; they
require no barns for the storage of hay,
and these lands can be had at the rate
of Is. an English acre Railway extern
sionS are progressing, and there is no
more danger to person and property
than in any other young country"
Then the climate is matchle>s,' and
the people are "ho>pilable, generous, and
impulsiye in their welcome to all peace
able comer~'
The preliminary Surveys for the pro-
posed reclamation of the Xuyder Zee
have been finished, a Il the work Of
building the wall, will soon begin. 4
dixie about u ! miles in length will be |
constructed of sand and faced with clay,
reaching Ii feet above the level of the |
sea, which will make it about 81 feet
above the highest tide The thickness
of the dixie will be ,pch ms to enable it |
to resist the heaviest seas. Operations
will begin at four different points, and
the calculation is to have II completed |
in from seven TO ten years, at cost of |
$40, 600, 600
The Spanish government urged by |
the scarcity Of wheat in southern Spain, !
has issued memorandum setting forth |
the high prices of grain in the districts |
most affected, and stimulating Hunga-
rian exporters to pay attention TO this |
outlet for their products.
1t is stated that the railroad freight |
rate on California WOOL from San Fran
cisco To Boston, is , cents per pound |
while the same railroads contract to |
bring woods from Australia to Boston,
via San Francisco, for cents "A pound. |
II is now stated that the stalks Of the |
cotton plant can be converted into val |
liable stock food hy cutting them into |
small pieces or grinding them.