The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-06-21

IERY. STATE AoEd'-fon'
g Company.
and Sulky pakes.
4 Works.
Boilers and Saw Mills.
,io Steel Barb Fence Company.
Power Threshing Machinery.
and Spring::Wagons:
( ing and grain-groving are in good condi'
The total Imports of foreign hops into
Ell gland from October /, 1882, to May ~,
1883, were 81, 1G5 bales; fro m October l, 1881
to May q, 1882, 1895 bales.
An Alton man has discovered new
illumination which combines the chespness
| of the tallow dip with the brilliancy OF the
the electric. A company has been formed
to develop the invention.
Florida has $50 ctories, working 2,749
hands, with capital invested of 81 SO 93O,
paying annually in wages $9s9; S9z 100 ana
Welding annually in products 81, 6S5, 4O3.
The production of gunny bagging in the
United States is about 50.000,000 yards per
year, which will cover 100000 bales, and
worth 60 cents to 70 cents bale. The jute
butts from which the commodity is made is
now suffering from overproduction.
The natural gas wells are to be bored this
month in the vicinity of Martins Ferry,
Virginia. 1t is thought that natural gas
will soon be used as fuel in that region.
Madison county, Kentucky, produced last
year $50 800 pounds of tobacco, 10000
pounds of hemp, 355 tons of hay, l, l89, 995
bushels OF corn, 172, 900 bushels of wheat
and 2,S20 bushels of barley. -,
BosToN, June 1.-THE first direct rail
| -. Sc ra1sf in nxynr U
ed in this city arrived to-day, consigned to
Snow & Co. The fruit arrived in satisfac-
tory condition, having made the journey
from Los Angeles in thirteen days.
A big mining excitement, says the
Greenville (Cal) Bulletin, is reported in
northern Mexico. Business men are said
to be closing their stores and rushing Oft to
to the mines. Guaymas is the nearest port
to the place where the discoveries have
| been made.
An exchange says: mo nation needs
an industrial survey and careful enumera-
ton of resources more than Mexico. No
nation more needs to know what she has
latent awaiting development, and when she
knows il the whole nation should be at
work for its development.
Think of importing eggs from Europe |!
And yet it is gravely reported that l,90O
cases have been received at New York.
and that arrangements have been made Tor
weekly consignments. The eggs are packed
| $50 dozen in each case and are forwarded
from all parts of Europe.
Professor John w. Clark. OF the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural college. will set out
1000 apple, 200 pear, and 5000 peach trees
| in his North Hadley orchard this year. He
has 1000 peach trees which he expects 10
bear this season, and 600 bushels is his
lowest estimate of the crop.
| Over 415, 900 quarts of strawberries were
shipped to Philadelphia on Tuesday and
disposed of without completely breaking
down the market. or this enormous
amount of small fruit fully 340, 900 quarts
| came from the Delaware and Maryland
| Peninsula.
Speaking of the subject of wool-drying,
some of the best authorities in the United
States agree that wool cannot be harmed
in an atmosphere Of 100 degrees. But one
| of the largest mills in the United States
employs heat of $50 degrees in drying its
wool 1t takes more than twice as long to
dry cotton as it does to dry wool.
Beer brewers are believed to be using Q
large amount of hop substitutes larger
amount in fact than IL was at first believed
that they could use, and this together with
present weakness in the hop market. The
hot weather will prove the value of the
substitutes, over which there is some con-
troversy.
1t was thought altogether absurd, says
The Public, that 81 ,000, 0C0 barrels of oil
were sold in one month last year at New
York, Oil City. and Bradford. But the
alone were 235, 094 900 barrels, and there
were besides sales at Bradford and Pitts
burgh probably. exceeding 100000 bar
! rels more. In comparison with May, 1882,
the sales were 235, 900 900 barrels at two
cities this year, against 81. OOO, 900 barrels at
three cities last year.
While in this country the consumption
of wines is increasing, IL has fallen off in
England from Is, 10000 gallons in 1876 TO
IA 600 600 gallons in 1882. This is attributed
to the deterioration of wines and also to a
change in the social habits OF the weather.
classes, among whom mineral waters are
replacing champagne and other wines.
The May report Of the Silk Association
Of America, giving values OF importations
of silk at New York, shows that the total
for May last, 81 ,6Sl 1888. was less than in
any like month since 1879, in which year it
was 81 49,, $3.50. Silk piece goods continue
TO represent one-half the receipts. Silk and
cotton fabrics amount 10 about one-fifth of
the whole.
The New York Journal OF Commerce Of
June ~ says: I'VE learn on what we deem
to be good authority that company has
been organized in this city for the purpose
of laying two new ocean cables between
this country and Europe. We are not at
liberty as yet TO give the details Of the pro-
ject, but, as far as we can judge from the
Information we have received. it is in
strong hands and has within it's grasp the
elements OF success. We are very glad TO
make the announcement, and we know il
will be received with delight by the entire
business community, who are more than
disguised with the illiberality and over
bearing temper Of the present greedy mo-
nopoly."
In ordinary times there is landed at New
York about twothirds OF the entire imports
Of the country, and the port ships about 46
per cent. Of the exports, but the huctua-
tions in the trade Of other ports fonthe cur.
rent year have been greater than usual,
and IL IL, therefore, more difficult TO esti.
mate the true total for the whole country.
For the ten months ending with April the
comparative imports and exports OF the
whole country stood AZ follow:
Ten months. 1882 1854
Total exports. ...... .s677, 416770 sTS77s 67s
Total imports .........t3t, ls9,OE t6z6fsA625.
Excess Of exports. q a. 257. 67s t10e 2toO4s.
The returns in April, says our authority,
were Disappointing, the ercess OF exports
having been only a. 034 73l. when nearer
SO 10000 were expected. The May inn
ports have been % small that an excess Of
tlO. OO0, 900 10 $1,000 600 Of exp0rts ought
70 have been secured, bringing the balance
Of trade In our fsy q on June lst up 70 $40,