The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-30
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| One and half million young shad have
been placed in the James river at Vinita,
Virginia.
leading dry goods house in Buffalo has
imported nine trained clerks from Glasgow,
S, otland.
Az recent contest in Mobile for the
twelve largest and heaviest heads of cab
bage the winner produced twelve heads
weighing 2 2..pounds.
| The fruit ciUp around Starkville will be
short. Other crops are likely to suffer for
wait OF work, great many laborers being
at work on the railroads.
| The Savanna News says the famous
Florida Ship Canal company is smoothing less
than an organization tor a raid upon the
Florida lands and the public treasury.
Hunting aligators in the river and
bayous around Orange, Texas, il an i'm
portant industry. Three Italian luggers
are employed, and the skins are shipped in
thousands.
Nebraska claims the largest apple ever
| grown IN America, 1t weighed 80 % ounces.
A model of this production IS at present in
the Smithsonian institution at Washing.
| ton.
| Small herring, from which American
sardines are made, formerly brought 80
cents per hogshead. New, factories at
Eastport' Maine, are compelled to pay 500
PEI hogshead.
Frehcn SILK manufacturers are reported
| 10 be very hopeful rs to the capabilities OF
| u big spider lately discovered in Africa.
which weavesa yellow web of great strength
and elasticity.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter says the
resumption of work in the rubber factories
gives employment to At. least IL. 600 persons.
The Candee, Woonsocket, Boston, and New
Jersey, each employ 1900, and seven Others
from $40 to LOCO hands each.
| Five thousand barrels of whisky are now
A. Bermuda awaiting shipment, and New
York firms expect to ship whisky to Der.
muda at the rate of from 6, 1000 to 10000 bar.
| rels per month.
| 1t Is estimated that California will pro.
duce Il, 0OOOO gallons OF wine this season.
AT the vineyard OF San Gabriel, the largest
In the state, 500, 600 gallons of wine and
| 100, COO gallons of brandy will be made from
this years crop of grapes.
An electric light for deep sea fishing
adorns the new steamer Aibatross of the
fish commission. When sunk beneath the
water 1T attracts the fishes, and they are
caught by net which is drawn up from
beneath 1t. ~
The hop crop OF western Washington
territory promises to be enormous this
n;ckiry w;l, "n,', WY iorwaru' ana
Than spai 'o"'Aehoe 'hree weeks earlier
Thar ware GA nos,ono l.,
AnriI RI 1850 ~ , Posooinces IN Dakota
marck, are Of the condclass, making in
all ~ where the postmasters are appointed
by the president, and ga are Of the fourth
class. There are a. money order offices.
-Four Carloads of sirawberries-2,2 200
crateS-were shipped from Gadsden. Ton.
nessee, one uay last week. Over 81 200 was
pNa TO plcRers for that one days work
anu u Is SAID that the shippers realized an
average OF more than SO q crate, which
brought INTO Gadsden in one day nearly or
quite $',VW.
,, About 10 per cent. of the land of the
United States, nearly 10000, 600 acres in
al, remains unsuryeyed. OF this amount
there are S09 OOO 600 acres in Indian Terri
Dakota, and IL, 1000 600 in Minnesota,
A plan Is afoot for lighting the whole
canton of Vaud by electricity derived from
turbines OF 5000 horse power. Gas is ex-
pensive, but water-power costs nothing in
switzerland, and 1t thought that the pro.
ject will be economical.
A rope OF refined cast steel has lust been
sent by the Roeblings from their mills in
Trenton, to San Francisco. 1t is %, liO feet
long, its diamater is II inch, and its weight
81 900 pounds. 1t was put in two box.cars
each open at one end, half the rome in one
car and hall In another, but in continuous
coil. The ropeis for use on street traction
railway in San Francisco,
II the evaporation of sweet corn canno,
at present be called an important Industry
1t bids fair to become one, One bushel ~,
sweet corn will make twelve ponnds n,
evaporatea product, selling at 10 to 25 Gems
per pound. Great care must be taken moi
to get the corn TOO old, because that which
is too ripe to be used green becomes tonsi
ard dry after evaporation.
Dakota has more post Offices than A rixona
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida
Idaho, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Mon
tana, Nevada, New Hampshere, Nav Mexi
Washington Territory and Wyominr. Nor,