The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-15

d .hN inc Z ..arA 20 7a''r
ah-.-rt. rul assets ON ihe Isl ot NSreh,
ei la' .r.tl .HlWu thHn was % haNe pei %
maN--..4f.u JLt 1lli statement, fll W
sAu'i l..rl .ar.sou of gold items ON tAe i5t ~
!st-,T., sai Ole ls. oi Mar h- ST.,
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Las g5r'ica1s out -,--.,., -.s.,-,.
staDt,uA ..-''.-.' - -
..,,,,r.l ......... l2l6iSl9l SlS5l no. l6l
e,t,. shows d gain OF about S9,5O0OO0 IN gold
- by The government during the month OF
own" Tins increase arises largely trOm the
t.,e, ,ropor,i0n If gold certificates in the
!MsS, no amount issued less the amount in
um,.'",af;l,s having fallen from N7,t69tl0 70 Si2-
u ~ An dining the month. This iaet indicates
~, NE uubiic demand for certificates is less
w he drcrcase of business in the city of New
". Atthe same time the immediate demand
,ifHiies ON account Of interest and matued
LA called bonds are about S2VONOOO less than
M were uI.the lst Of February, and 'he de-
mi liabilities ON other accounts are about s. e
to5NO less IL would seem, therefore that the
.ySNrve AGAINST greeu6aCks ami fractional coin
rr'SU,arri,aIly about SlaUuUl coo stronger tnau /
vas on the .stot FuhWsry,
NSSbc s-'.bving S u0mpuruo on Of silver items;
s IN gy sai.is......... sd55ao90 s,G096i. Ia
fractional silYer.....-.s -"l9l-l9 - 5U"-lo
Silver bullion. ....... utfuIf'A ",9'L ia
Silver CeT,ltca'ya...-t.r. AsV1,0V h,los 80
a,................, sis2,aLSs a31ou3si
if iag.l..,..,'.,.', 727j5lD 7s295,gU
silver owned ....... s5QyS9.S52 sG8.7l5,4l4
IKE shows 100 increase Of about 81, .C0O0j in
q ..Ff B, fla limos On, e. D - ,rs...
In silver dollars lhis increase in dollars was
a6ou, tS,OU,0m excess Of thc cottage for the
month ..,.., -
has hCeu devised ana recent act of congress
hasrudltpd it valid The devise is q new
StyIe Of money order Tor all sums less than S.
which may be obtained ut any pOSt-OlliC5 for
meof three cents IN ddiuOn 10 the amount To be
SEMI tits printed blank much after the style
ofsu overland railroad ticket with figures indi-
eating the amount transmitted, that may be
punched out thus preventing ''raising' These
igurgs are on the right hanu side of the blank
With column for dollars running from ! TO !, Il
column for dimes from 10 2 ana column for
cents running from o to- Suppose the amount
IN be sent is S276. The postmaster punches the
"tyo' ont of the dollar column tue seven out
Of the dime column, and the six" cut OF the
cent column The purchaser then pays the
postmaster 50 ~, and is given the slip, which
IS in realty an order on the postmaster in
tlt CITY W lCiN tllt NlNNANtl lives 1 NC uNbkDI
places the blank in n letter addressed TO the
creditor and SENDS 1t on 10 New York, Boston or
Oshkosh, as The COse may be; the creditor pre-
sents ID Ia his own postmaster and receives in re-
turn S27O A stub showing the date Of iSsu-
SuCe. the number of the order and the amount
transmitted is retained by The postmaster isSu-
Ing the order, which acts as a perfect check
against loss by theft, lle, accident or otherwise
The present money orders cost ten cents, and it
is beneyed that the new ones will be received
with much favor by thepublic
The New York Commercial Bulletin says: 1T
begins to look rs II the waste of property by fro
this year would he AZ least us great as in 1852
For taxing January and February together the
destFucuOnh2s already reached figure which,
ifkcpt up will easily round out an ash-heap OF
over tiOlOt0OOl tor the twelve months. Going
through our own files, we find our February
record mentions no less than lig fires in this
country aud Canada where the loss was $4,000
and upward, These li9 fires alone cost the Coun-
Try All aggregate OF S6SO0UOu, or an average
O. over $4,000 each their range being from
$1,000 40 20 $4,000 Adding 81, 900 000 as fair
estimate OF The loss by fires OF smaller loss than
SWiOO ana by fires not recorded or escaping our
notice. brings up The total loss by Ares III FchrtI.
airy 10 tSaOtUOO This is Sl,0O00'0 more than
IN the same month In 1882 and the heaviest loss
in February 70 six years past With 81 fire
record VI 5JUOul, against January, and aS 800
W AGAINST February, we have $3.50 600 less
capital as nation taon we had when this year
pcs"li, AuuII lhc SurlukhBe goes on NJ the same
rate the country viii have reason 10 beushamcd
otis CarciessneSs olOG OOe,COO woIth and the
insurance companies viii enjoy luxury OF woe
1.-THE amount Of S6Q0lG0l0 by the end of tlc
year
The commissioner Of internal revenue now
says that the banks, bankers, and natlonll bank
associations will not be required to pay the tax
on capital and deposits under the new law after
jan last as that was the date upon which the
seml'annua report was r9Ceivdd, and not No.
lemhet. MS has been quite generally stated All
taxes Que ana unpaid oman will be collected.