The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-07
GEORGE-J. HEATING,
Kansas CITY, Special Partner
ing over seven hundred pounds, and the

ing over seven hundred pounds, and the
liy-wheel alone nearly two tons.
The number Of migrants landed at Cas-
tie Garden for the week ending March 81
was 556S. In March, 1889, there was 40
6Jl Immigrants, and for The same month
this year % ,0S9 showing a decrease of -,
692. From January TO March 81, 1882, the
books show that 6S,0S5 came to this coun.
try. For the same period this year there
were only 20 G52, n falling of of 1908.
The Lindsay Land q Mining company
lately received patent for 1910 acres
Arkansas state land, situated in Columbia
county, on the line of the st. Louis, Arkan.
sas u Texas railroad. The tract is covered
with fine growth of pine.
1t is claimed that New Orleans formerly
took $1,000, 900 of Pittsburg coal annually
Now she receives less than half that
amount, the remainder coming from the
coal-ields near Birmingham, Alabama
The Pittsburg miners continue to demand
four cents, and one OF the large operators
has made mp his mind to go the mountain.
lie has already taken up 5000 acres In Ala
bama.
The biggest scheme now coming to n
head is the draining of the valley in which
the City OF Mexico is situated. For the
work of draining the valley the Mexican
government is to pay the drainage com.
pany $0,OO0,0O0, Among the American in
corporatora are five United States senators,
two or three congressman and the commits.
sioner of agriculture.
The population of Mexico Ia 10000 600,
there are lag cities, 372 towns, 4 1876 vii
lnges, missions, 8 $50 haciendas, and H.
GO5 ranches, besides 2,233 collections or
groups of houses, denominated "congrega-
tions," "barios, "rancherios," etc. Value
of private real estate, rural, S7S3, 900; pr-
vate real estate in cities, S., SOS, 0S6 900; cat.
tie of all kinds belonging to individuals,
$lB,O 100000; property belonging to The ma.
ton. $40, 900, 600; total real estate not iI-
Guiding mines, coasts, bays, lakes, rivers,
ETC., $3,50l 100000; annual crop OF Indian
corn, $2l2, ia ,5H Total agricultural pro-
ducts, sly ,i5l ,0SG; industrial products,
$li 900 600.
The Montgomery Advertiser says: Two
miles south of the city limits is tho null
berry orchard of MIR. Charles Glass, jr.,
upon which he realized last year. for the
first time, success in silk culture. There
are 20 mulberry trees on the place, and not
less than 600 worms are at work in the
first and second steps which terminate In
| the CANDY silk. Mr.. Glass has orders for
all the silk material he can raise, ana ex-
poets to realize profit this year of $1,000.
The imports of foreign merchandise at
New York during the past week were quite
moderate, their total being 50 27l ,50G; the
receipts of dry goods (S2775, 2S5) were about
the same as for the previous week, but
| here has been falling off in the movement
Of general merchandise, tho total being but
SB,iB2 81. The decrease in the imports Is
| due TO lesser receipts of miscellaneous arti-
Giles, as most of the leading items exhibit
an increase, except coffee Sugar, il may
be noted, continues to arrive in large guam
Titles, the imports the past week Isl ,i35, 00S)
being considerably more than one-iiith of
the entire total. Since January / the i'm.
ports at New York aggregate $l20, IN $50,
against SIPS GG6 1856 for the corresponding
period OF 1882, and 10000, 1872 for 1881.
The Boston Transcript says Reliable
statistics give the number OF sailing vessels
owned In the United States, engaged in in
ternal and external commerce, June 80
| lSS2, as 1853, and their amount of tonnage
notwithstanding the decadence OF our mer-
camille marne-lersely caused by British
hostility during tho civil war--as 1851 ,25l
tons. AT that time our steamers of ali classes
numbered D l0l, with II burthen of 1875 500
tons. VI the sailing vessels, II 500, having
a tonnage of ,S7613 tons, aud ., So steam.
ers, with tonnage of CO., $50 tons, belong
ing to the Atlantic and guli coasts. During
the year, 1852 there were built on the Allan
tic and guilt coasts 5hS sailing
vessels and 30 steamers. Respecting
the merchant shipping of the world, Great
Britain, of course, leads the van, with A
a-going tonnage of vessels in lSSOSl foot
ing up 4 ,95 $50; tho United States came
next with total OF 2,0is 075; Norway third,
It's tonnage amounting to 1871 ,72l, and
Canada the fourth, its shipning being de
noted by the figures ,l9l or 1t is u sig
nillcant circumstance that while Canada, at
the time this inventory was compiled, had
sol more sea'going vessels than the United
States, the latter had almost. twice the ton.
mage, Tho same holds true respecting
steamers. The Canadian fleet of this class
OF steamers contained SO more vessels than
American, yet the tonnage of the two
| Canadian lnO IlpN