Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-28
FINANCE AND COMMERCE

The total receipts of cotton IN thts,,.,.
terday were i6s bales of which poas q V y ~ e,
got 20, Bondes 40 and the coinn,ess -, Nv,
prices are ruling rs follows Good nj ese
Strict low middling at ~, There Is - r nma
very lively. ''S N'"fNe'is
The Minneapolis No,ga,restra nm. =.
That rom the report OF the receIpts ID ys,
nenis from that city during .be nast Val. \,
II may be seen that four bushels fhirfy'pI,n
i' ~, ilid POUNDS are required TO prod &c
parrel OF hour. Tbs Is the average oI grind
Ing over lS0no,n01 bushels ofv heat az, ,,,
be taken as q fair figure on spri u'ayheai ~
nnsn,utn quality as y ran during the year
Inc Immigration returns to the secra, az,
OF the .reasnry for August. from New Yorks.
showed s E,,sy1 arrivals.against3 ',5G in August
in 1881. Baltimore had gained, the nnrobce
heing JOS, against 2 "a IN August iost va.
philadelphia and Boston had declined fhc
former reporting LAC and this latter e.s9I.
against respectively, 80 and g. 2SD In Atiyt,s,
1872 New Orleans had bot lu6 arriveIs
against IN August 1882, and san Fran isco
had li1, against ii6. isNo
The british Tidde Journal of SeDte har
records he fact that in tho last w.elt A., a =
gust the steamship Ionic belongings Ia ths
New Zealand shipping company. ana fitt,.S
M.s sde a'asla ury air irec2ing machinery,
cargo OF frozen meat and fish In splendid
condition. This VIII be followed in pecefn.
per next by The further shipments OF frozen
United Kingdom. In the mea time, how
ever, this British colonial Industry win nnt
ielnaln id,e, as the New Ieal@Dd aud Aus
traltan land company have chn tered Two
sailing ships for three voyages each
1nys TIE Chicago Tribune: The reports re-
gRrdlng the damage dome the growing corn
crop IN the western states difler wildly III
is asserted by some that the damage in nj.
nolA and Iowa viii not exceed 10 per cent.
whiie Others insist that IL VIII not fall sholt
ESQ per cent. In Northern Illinois Wisrons
w.. Aiinnpsntp IL u.lt.,
tpat great injury has been done. and that
most OF the corn In those states VIII not be
merchant 'ble. The reports received AT the
Alton ONCE state that ia Missouri the fros
was not serious enough 10 do any damage.
IN Illinois, however, particularly north of
Springfield, there were heavy fr0sts, which
greatly injured the corn on low lands. On
nigh grounds, however, not much damage
was done. Adviccs received at the office of
The Chicago, Burlington and quincy show
mat much damage was done IN Northern
Illinois and southern Wisconsin. u d also in
the low lands of Eastern and Northern Iowa.
Nothing as to the extent OF the damage
people claim that corn along their
line in Town wa, but little hurt, but con
siderable damage was done in Wisconsin.
The report received ~ the Rock Island Office
Northern Illinois, and slight damage in
Iowa y gentleman who came in from
Iowa over this road. however, states that the
damage done 10 corn in Iowa low lands is
considerable aud viii reduce the crop Int at
state about % per cent. A sample stalk Of
corn was brought IN from sheffield, Ind he
leaves are frost bitten and the ears show the
effect OF the cold. Along the lines of the
Illinois Central in Illinois and Iowaalso con-
siderable damage is reported particularly to
the corn planted ON low q ounds. or where
Nebraska or Kansas seed was used. From
tn reports received yesterday at the various
railroad offices, 1t Is quite certain that the
damage done by the late frost viii reduce the
crops in Iowa from 10 To 10 per cent. ana in
| Illinois from 10 to 20 per cent. In WIS Onsin
the damage has been still greater Yet if no
other bad frosts occur between now and the
| end of this month fair corn cop in those
| states VIII nevertheless be secured,