The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-31

Manistee. He reached the end of his jour
ney safely, having seen but one white maj
on the way. To-day, on the same journey
man would hardly be out Of sight OF cult
waited lands and OF dwellings,
The total output of coal from the Frencl
mines last year was 20, 332 tolls, this be
ing ! ,037 $40 tons more than in 1881. TIL,
quantity OF iron made was g. l0I 1853 tons, Of
about 2O0,066 tons more than in the previ
GUS year, while the increased demand fol
steel rams will account for the total having
risen from 3C3, ODD to 332, l2l tons.
| The quantity of old WHISTLES in bond il
estimated at S00O0,000 gallons. This is moi
what is called the whisky of commerce. II
| Is expected to be used as beverage. The
average number Of drinks in gallon
| OF whisky is placed at sixty-four. The
number of drinks, therefore, in bond is
5,l2OW0,OJO, or l02 drinks for every man,
woman and child in the United States.
Second Assistant Postmaster-General Ell
mer to-day ordered the establishment of "a
postal route in the territory of Alaska, to
extend from Haines to Janeau, a distance
OF lO5 miles. The service will be monthly.
The mail will probably be carried by canoe.
The contract was awarded to Sheldon Jack
son, of the New York Presbyterian Mis-
sionary society. This is the first mail
route established between points within the
territory Of ALASKA.
The imports OF foreign merchandise at
New York during the past week were some,
wi Mt above the usual average, their total
being 80 ,5o1 392. The receipts of dry goods
(S26S2, $40 are less than for the previous
week but there has been considerable
increase in the movement of general mer-
chandise, the total being $69A,5i3, The
imports OF sugar were unusually heavy,
amounting in value to 81 ,3035l0; coffee,
tea, india.ruober, and tin also showed
an increase. Since January | the I'M
ports aggregate $ll0,9O3,3h, against
lI,W7957 Tor the corresponding pc
Rod of 1882, and $09,3o6,62l for 1881
The New York Commercial Bulletin SAYS:
General trade on all hands is displaying in.
creased animation, though in no depart
ment is there anything that can be called
an excitement. The intervention of half.
monday, along with stringent money mar
ket last week, were to some extent draw
backs; but as regards the latter, the out
look now Is improving, and with few days
OF steady weather and the promise OF an
early resumption OF inland navigation the
situation must necessarily undergo visi
bic Improvement
An English paper says at is wonderful
how most OF the American land companies,
'''ShNy oot"piohtu WIFI DTltlSu CHpllNl,
pay. l know of three whose offices are
under one roof in London, one of which
pays IL per cent. to the shareholders, while
the other two pay 10 per cent, The young.
est OF the three has an immense tract of
land, acquired on astoundingly easy terms,
to dispose OF or use for embarrassing. The
man OF whom the company bought large
portion OF the land went out few years
ago with $4,000. He sold his estate to the
company for $4,000, after living out of IL
during his occupancy. He was engaged
largely in embarrassing"
The London Economist says The inn
portant growth of the receipts OF foreign
1000 products cam in the main, be traced TO
hve items-ilour, maize, oats, fish and live
ana dead beei-and in each case IL Is the
United States which supply the additional
quantities and values, The decrease in the
wheat and the increase in the flour imports
are entirely due to the fact that the United
states send us such u large proportion OF
their grain already converted into flour,
While lndla only sends us unground wheat.
IN February we received only sos, 600 cwts.o of
wheat from India, MS against 06l 900 cwis.
in February, 1882. In this respect cheap
grain in the United States paralyzes the OK.
port OF India, shippers from thence being
compelled to turn their attention to pro-
ducts like rice and tea, which do not suffer
from tho effects of United States COMPETE
ton. Fish is u curious item. In February,
lso2, our fish imports from the United
States were valued at II 100 pounds, while
IN February, 1888, they represented no less
than ll1 600 pounds. There Is also a minor
article Of import, showing the extraordi-
nary contrast OF u decrease OF Go per cent.
In the quantities, side by side with an in
crease OF z per cent. in the values imported.
Hops constitute the article in question, and
inc almost total failure of last years crop
has run prices up to a iamine Lowell.