The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-08

Ludng'on, Eau Claire county, the consideration
beiug $4,000
Gold has been discovered In paying quantities
In Bedford county, Virginia. Assayers reports
as tn the yield ore very encouraging. Much iu-
tcrcst is felt IN the results Of deeper sinking of
the shafts
A glucose factory of 1000 bushels daily capaci-
ty Is to he established ut Wichita, Kansas Tho
citizens took So O0l stock and the board of trade
donated n bonus of siC0O. aud the county com
misSioncrs added slOUu
Forestry bulletins recently published place the
amount Of spruce standing in New Hampshire
ut $40 90 % feet aud in Vermont at 1j5, 100000
feet. In Maine the standing pine is estimated
ut i7j 900 feet, and the spruce At 100000 100
feet
STOCK sales in Kentucky for the past months
of fine stock at auction 2OS race horses. SIS.
Cos, 90 troters, sl7O,GOj isj shorthorns, yllG7i
total Si3Iyjj The private sales added will
make the total 10000.
The imports of hides into the United States arc
about three times the value of the English ini-
ports. Our exports of leather are about double
the value of the English exports and our OK.
ports of boots and shoes are only about one
tenth the number OF pairs exported from Eng
land.
Chicago parties have purchased 10 acres of
land bordering on the south hlUH of Devils
lake containing an ineNhaustible supply OF hard
rock, which they propose 10 quarry bud ship to
Chicago, where II Will be used Tor paving pa. =
poses.
The La Crosse city council by a vote OF 3 to II
has decided to adopt the oeGuic lights for
streets, Four ljO.fOOt towers will be erect, d,
| each carrying three lamps, and seven lamps will
| be placed on masts ia the business part Of the
city. The contract Is for five years. and the
price $500 per nlinum
During the month of July there were delivered
In Detroit 3IN registered letters, $1,000 mall let
tors, 3D. 2jS local letters, and 2G12i2 newspapers.
There were collected 40 $50 letter 217 i9j pos
| tai cards, ana 2OlG3 newspapers. The postage
on local matter delivered was q, J3i o.
lr..a1 -
| lcgc, makes the astonishing calculation that
tree Spurrows IN that state alone, destroy l.120
| 00l pounds of nONiOuS weed seeds every year,
| and II is 10 be remembered that this IL only one
OF the dozen or more kinds OF birds that eat such
| seeds.
| Lieutenant Winsow OF tho United States navy
| has planted, as an experiment IN the artificial
| propagation OF oysters, ten million young oyS
| tiers III Long Island sound The oysters planted
| were only two days old, and could be discovered
| only by the aid Of n strong magnify ing glass.
Blackberrlcs, large and luscious grow wild on
| the Mcndocno, California. coast At this season
whole families go IN colonies TO gather
| them, i0utneying forty ana nifty miles and camp
ing out The annual blackbeIrying in Monde
emo is mn event of great local Importance, and
IL looked forward to and enjoyed by hundreds
ofpooplc.
| The Utica "a Y } Herald says Of the hop crop
We hearof ut least two offers that have been
| made TO contract the new crop at 20 cents, both
of which were refused Ny the growers. 1t Is
| beginning TO he acknowledged that tho crop Oi
this section will not he short much more than
20 per cent, But6, cents is talked Of as the prc,
ut which some growers expect TO sell
A chemist of Vienna has Invented u glass
which contains no slick, potash, soda lime Of
boraX, In appearance 1t is equal to the com
mon crystal but more brilliant: IL is trans
parent, white and ClUnr, aud can be cut and pol
shed. II is insoluhe In water, and is not at
tackled by iluoriC acid, but 1t can he corrodcd b!
hydro chloric and nitric acid When in n Stat,
of fusion II adhcrcs To iron bronze and zinc.
The report of the commissioner OF publ,
works of Chicago shows that during 1881 Is mile
of pavement were laid and l37 Of sidewalk Tn,
COS OF street repairs and cleaning was s7lHoi
aud of lighting with gus s2Sl. i9j The receipts
of the water department were Il no, 5Z1, and ia,
expenses sSO,GSL Twenty three aud " third
billion gallons of water were pumped. TIL,
cost OF the system Is nearly 81 OOlOOO. Twenty
five miles Of sewers were built at IN expense o
over s33aWu.