The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-12
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DALLAS, January O.-Busness to-day has
been brisk In oil departments ,Ql trade'
The mail orders have been unhsudlly hcuVy'
Several small bills were shipped 10 VI fnsn
which we take II Is the lorerunncr OF a
heavy trade with that city. u is true, III
PasO rs on the line Of the Atkinson, IOpeh4
~ Santa Fc Road, but goods can be ordered
and received from Dallas in much shorter
time, and be laid down there at less price
than from st. Louis, and when this iacl Is
fully realized by merchants there, they VIII
take advantage of it, md it is not asserting
too much by saying that a very heavy por-
ton Of all that trade is destined soon To
come to Dallas.
DALLAS, January 10.-On Thursday, the
18th, il is expected the passenger coaches
for the Chicapo. Texas d Mexican Central
Road will reach this city, and travel VIII
at once be opened over this road between
here and Cleburne. 1t is understood the
officers of this road would be glad to tender
a free excursion from Cleburne to this city
and return, If our people would extend an
| invitation to the citizens OF that town, as
| well as those Of Alvarado and other towns
on the line to visit us. The close business
/ relations, as well as social intercourse. that
will soon unite us in strong bonds with the
| people of all that section, should prompt
our citizens to an act OF courtesy which this
/ generous offer of the road enables them TO
| extend, and which would be highly appre,
! ciated by those whom we now may well
| regard us neighborS and friends. 1t Is Q
matter worthy the attention of our business
men and citizens generally, and it is to be
hoped that such an excursion may be lnau'
/ guratcd, and that our guests may be hand
I somely entertained on the occasion.
J THE rain, as well as the condition OF our
streets to-day, has greatly intertered with
retail business, and retarded shipments by
( wholesale dealers. Still, trade was far from
being dull in the iobbing line, and our mer-
chants were well supplied with orders from
| abroad. There is no change to- note III
prices. but in the hardware line there may
soon be an advance in many staple articles,
owing to the rise in Eastern markets and at
all the manufactures. Mr.. holland, OF the
firm Of holland, Price y Co, OF tins
city, has Just returned from the
! Eastern markets, and he reports everything
! in the hardware line as very firn and adj
vancing in price. There has been no change
| in any of the staples here, but in nearly
every other wholesale city in the country
merchants have marked their goods up,
even as high as two per cent. on such artl-
cles as are in demand and scarce in the
markets.
WE have received the following commu
nicatiGn, which explains itself:
TO THE EDIToE: How would it do to dig O
canal from Red river to the Trinity river
and let the water run from Red river to the
| Trinity river2 Then Dallas would be stu
ated on big river. ID. Il. ID.
There can be no doubt that it would dc
well, if for nothing else, it would make 9
good fish pond, in which enough carp could
be raised TO supply Texas. We, therefore
say to our correspondent, dig your ditch; il
beats Eads' mountain railroad enterprise al
hollow.
The year opens with the
smallest stocks of tobacco in Louisville
since 1873, amounting to only 1882 hogs
heads and the highest prices prevailing
since she same year, with one or Two unim-
eattant exceptions. To show more fully
lthe present position Of the market, the fol
lowing table is appended, giving the eX'
treme range of prices on all grades during
the month Just ended, rs compared with