The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-31
TRADE ITEMS.


fish pond at South Bend are dying off.
One and half million young shad have
been placed in the James river at Vinita
Virginia.
A leading dry goods house in Buffalo has
imported nine trained clerks from Glasgow
Scotland.
At a recent contest in Mobile for the
twelve largest and heaviest heads of cab.
bage the winner produced twelve heads
weighing 2l2.pounds.
The fruit crop around Starkville will be
short. Other crops are likely to suffer fol
want of work, great many laborers being
at work on the railroads.
The Savannah News says the famous
Florida Ship Canal company is nothing less
than an organization for q raid upon the
Hunting alligators in the river and
bayous around Orange, Texas, is an i'm
portant Industry. Three Italian lugger.
are employed, and the skins are shipped II
thousands.
Nebraska claims the largest apple evel
grown in America. 1t weighed 291-2 ounces
A model of this production is at present il
the Smithsonian institution at Washing
ton.
Small herring, from which American
sardines are made, formerly brought 81
cents per hogshead. New, factories a.
Eastport. Maine, are compelled to pay 81.
per hogshead.
French silk manufacturers are reported
to be very hopeful as to the capabilities oil
big spider lately discovered in Africa
which weaves 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 10, 900 persons.
The Candee, Woonsocket, Boston, and New
Jersey, each employ 500, and seven Others
from 500 to 1000 hands each.
Five thousand barrels of whisky are now
at Bermuda awaiting shipment, and New
York firms expect to ship whisky to Ber-
muda at the rate of from 5000 to 10000 bar
rels per month.
1t is estimated that California will pro.
duce u 100000 gallons of wine this season.
| At the vineyard of San Gabriel, the largest
in the state, 500, 900 gallons of wine and
100, 600 gallons of brandy will be made from
this years crop OF grapes.
An electric light for deep sea fishing
adorns the new steamer Albatross of the
fish commission. When sunk beneath the
caught by net which is drawn up from
beneath it.
The hop crop of western Washington
Territory promises to be enormous this
year. The season is very forward, and
picking will commence three weeks earlier
than sual.
There were 654 postof1lces in Dakota
April 30, 1882. OF these 8, including Bis
marck. are of the second-class, making in
all 20 where the postmasters are appointed
by the president, and 6S4 are of the fourth
class. There are as money order offices.
-Four carloads of strawberries-2, 200
crates-were shipped from Gadsdep, Ten
nessee, one day last week. Over 81, 200 was
paid to pickers for that one days work,
and it is said that the shippers realized an
average of more than So crate, which
brought into Gadsden in one day nearly or
quite 1000.
About As per cent. of the land of the
United States, nearly 1,0o0, 0O0, 900 acres in
all, remains unsurveyed. OF this amount
| there are Us, OOO,OVO acres in Indian Terri
tory, $1,000 900 in Montana, q, 0O0. 600 in
Dakota, and II, 900, 900 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 it thought that the pro-
ject will be economical.
A rope of refined cast steel has Just been
sent by the Roeblings from their mills in
Trenton, to San Francisco. 1t IL 22,440 feet
long, its diamater Is II inch. and its weight
81, 600 pounds. 1t was put in two box-cars,
each open at one end, half the rope in one
u
coil. The ropeis for use on street-traction
railway in San Francisco.
II the evaporation OF sweet corn cannot
at present be called an important industry
| IL bids fair to become one. One bushel OF
sweet corn will make twelve pounds oil
eyaporsted product, selling at Is TO Is cents
per pound. Great care must be taken not
TO get the corn too old, because that which
is too ripe 10 be used green becomes tough
nd dry amer pVanorat1OD.
Dakota has more post-offces than Arizona,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida
Idaho, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Mon.
tana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexi.
co, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Utah.
Washington Territory and Wyoming. More
than Delaware, Nevada, Rhode Island and
Montana combined, with all but fourteen
OF Wyoming added.
"Tne best feature Of the business situa.
ton, says the Public, lis the absence Of
'booms.' Nor does the demand seem 10 Be
much in excess Of the supply. Nearly
every body appears 10 have prepared him.
self Tor about an average trade, with time
enough TO do il In, and perhaps q few weeks
vacation In the summer. With the general
sentiment in 20 comfortable . state, Il II
folly TO predict panics. but Il is not wise q
look for startling activity"
A German technical paper SAYS. The
increasing population and decrease In the
number Of cattle In civilized countries In
crease the dems7d for butter 70 such ar
extent that II Il simply question Of time
when all the tsll0u viii be converted into
sham butter. As The makers Of this article
can always pay higher prioetbsn the SOAP
manufacturers, the latter viii soon hsye q
renouDcs the use Of tall0w entirely
Another paper adds 10 the foregoing The
commeni. Most OF them Did renouncs Il
long before OleomHrgarins was beard 81
The ordinary soap Of trade has about ns IL
tie talioW In Il - possible, the grease beinf
chiefly sosp fat and vegetable oils"