The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-15
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During the Nashville food bags filled
with sand were laid us crossings to some of
! the streets.
The Nebraska City transfer company
| cleared S62,U1i i'll two years ferrying pas
| sengerS at 90 cents head.
SIX culture promises to become an i'm
portant industry in North Carolina.
California quail are to be sent to Maine TO
stock the woods
The Lake Shore q Michigan Southern
railway company is taking from forty to
sixty carloads Of ice daily from Baw Beese
lake.
New Mexico is put down as one of the
largest copper fields Of the world.
The total cost OF the public and incor-
porated charities in the state of New York
last year was nearly $4,000 ,0C0 The total
number of individuals benefited was 49,, O65.
orange, lemon and lime trees are in
blossom, roses abundant and vegetables
plenty on Drayton Island Florida.
An immense bed of sulphur has been dis.
covered at San Pedro, eighteen miles from
Wallace, on the Atchison, Topeka Il Santa
Fe railroad.
A new colonization company, with can
ital of S2500,000 has been formed at Mon
treal, with Sir Hugh Allan as president. II
Is lntended- to purchase million acres of
land in the northwest and introduce settlers
ilolli NItul Drltuln.
The fire commissioners of Boston have
ordered rope fire escapes to be supplied by
all manufacturers employing five or more
hands.
little spirits Of turpentine added to the
water with which floors are washed prevents
tbs ravages of moths.
One hundred and twenty thousand
American grapevines have been planted on
the island of Monte Cristo, rendered so fa-
nous by Dumas novel, and are growing
finely.
The average production of Spanish vine
yards is estimated at $50, 100000 gallons,
and the annual consumption of wine in
spain is reckoned nj ten gallons per head
OF the population, or less than half the CON
sumption of France.
The 1eoman says there are from 10000 to
$4,000 logs atloat and tied up between
Frankfort and Kentucky river bridge.
According to recent official statements.
the land in the United States appropriated
to the fruit industry is 100000 acres. on
this grow and flourish 1l2,0O0,0O0 apple
trees, 2SQOoCW pear trees, ll2,2700O0 peach
| trees, and al, 260 900 grape vines.
Ice harvesting in Toronto, Canada saws
the Globe, is now at its height, and is be-
ing prosecuted with unusual energy,
owing to the lateness Of the time
OF commencement, the uncertainty
of frosty weather continuing, and the
prospects of large demand from
| the western states, where the cold wave of
the 22d ult,-which formed nine or ten
inches OF ice on many of the quieter bays
and shallow lakes OF Ontario--was not felt
The process of tanning with bichromate
OF potash has recently been discovered, and
accompany, which includes number ofcapi-
talists in New York and some Boston leather
dealers, says the Springfield Republican,
have bought chrome mines in California,
and will manufacture the bichromate and
carry on a tanning business.
The city council of Terrc Haute has
adopted resolution to instruct the city ut.
torney TO draw up contract with the Brush
electric light and power company to light
the place ON the tower plan. The company
VIII put up five towers, four to sixteen
thousand-candle power each, and one of
twenty thousand. The consideration Is SlO-
900 per annum, including repairs.
Montana paper says that on December
10th an army ofbuilaloes, estimated to have
been q million in number, debouched into
the Yellowstone valley. Numbers of PEG.
pie went from Miles City 10 lock at the
wonderful sight and to hunt One brought
back the rare trophy of the skin of a white
buffalo,,
Montana has nm area of 10000 SQUARE
4
the six New England states Ii has 10 900, :.
600 acres OF fertile farming land, $500 900
acres Of fine grazing land, and ii coo, O,O
acres of forest A Fort keogh correspondent
of the st. Paul Pioneer Press claims that the
forests OF Montana cover more territory than
those OF Michigan, aud are worth more
money, although the lumber product OF
Michigan now reaches SiO,Oo0,0oo per an-
| mum.
A large smelling machine, costing $40, 900,
has recently been taken no miles west OF
Henrietta, Clay county, to be operated In
the copper regions, bya New York firm.
The Northwestern Lumberman gives
some colossal figures covering the shingle
product of the country. Il works out the
intricate problem that 500, 10000 to 4 600.
0oo,0Oo feet of logs are yearly made into
shingles and, allowing 5000 shingles for
each l,000 feet OF logs, its mathematical de.
partnient ciphers down to q dot that the
output for eight years ending with 1850 was
exactly u 20 9l 1856 shingles.
The exports OF domestic produce from
New York during the past week were fair,