The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-20

!, OOll6TS anu paw WILLIS.
lio Steel Barb Fence Company
Power Threshing Machinery
and Spring::Wagons:
ing and grain-growing are in good condi
tion fin ancially.
The total imports OF foreig hops into
England from October /, 1882, to May 26
1888, were g.. l65 bales; fro m October /, 1881
10 May q, 1882, 1905 bales.
An Alton man has discovered q 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 factories, working 2749
hands, with capital invested of ST. $40 $50,
paying annually in wages $3.50, 592, and
yielding annually in products 81, 6S5, i0S
The production Of gunny bagging in the
| United States Is about $4,000 900 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 ID
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 oOOu w ubCu 10 iuCi III tudt ItRlOu.
Madison county, Kentucky, produced last
year 2S08O pounds OF tobacco, $50
pounds Of hemp, 355 tons of hay, /, lS9, 995
bushels OF corn, liz, 90 bushels of wheat
and 9 $40 bushels of barley.
BosToN June 1.-THE first direct rail
shipment of California oranges ever receiv.
ed in this city arrived to-day, consigned to
Snow IL Co. The fruit arrived in satisfac.
tory condition, having made the Journey
IRON Los Angeles in thirteen days.
A big mining excitement, says the
Greenvile (Cal.) Bulletin, is reported in
northern Mexico. Business men are said
to be closing their stores and rushing Off to
to the mines. Guaymas is the nearest port
to the place where the discoveries have
been made
An exchange says; "No nation needs
an indusriol 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 II the whole nation should be at
work for its development.
rink OF importing eggs from Europe !!
And yet it is gravely reported that 800
cases have been received at New York.
ana that arrangements have been made for
weekly consignments. The eggs are packed
100 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
lOOO apple. 200 pear, and 5000 peach trees
In his North Hadley orchard this year. He
mas 2,0OO peach trees which he expects to
bear this season, and ZOO bushels is his
lowest estimate OF the crop.
over 4l5,OO0 quarts OF strawberries were
snlpped 10 fhiladelphia on Tuesday and
disposed OF without completely breaking
down the market. or this enormous
amount Of small fruit fully $40, 900 quarts
Peninsula. ''"N
Speaking Of the subject OF wool-drying,
some of the best authorities In the Ii nited
States agree that wool cannot BIO harmed
in an atmosphere of 1870 degrees. But ono
OF the largest mills in the United states
emplo g heat of 1870 degrees in driving lis
WOOL IL takes more than twice as long 10
ury COTTON as 1t does to dry wool.
Deer brewers are believed to be using A
large amount OF hop substitutes-a larger
amount IN TACT than II was at first believed
that they could use, and this together with
great economy In use of hops creates the
present weakness in the hop market, The
not weather will prove the value of The
substitutes, over which there is some con.
trOversy. WA
II was thought altogether absurd, saws
me fuDlic, that 3ll 200, 0C0 barrels OF oil
were sold in one month last year at New
YORK, Oil City, and Bradford But the
safes last month at New York and Oil CITY
alone were 235,0i 600 barrels, aud there
we're besides sales at Bradford and Pitts
Durgn PROBABLY exceeding 100000, 600 bar,
teis MORE. IA comparison wi III May, 1882
the sales were 235, 900 900 barrels mt twr
cities this year, against OF, 900 600 barrels al
three cities last year. '"
While In this country the consumptior
o, wines IL increasing it has fallen off in
England from Is, 100000 gallons in 1876 I,
iiooV,ooO gallons in 1882. This is attribute,
70 the deterioration OF wines and also to ,
change IN the social habits OF the wealthie
GLASSES, among whom mineral waters ar
replacing champagne and other wines.
Inc May report of the Silk Association
OF America, giving values of Importation
OF SILK at New York, shows that the tota
Tor May last, 81 ,6Sl ,0SS, was less than il
any Ike month since 1879 in which wear /
was III ,S52,3S9, Silk piece goods continu
10 represent one'half the receipts. Silk an,
, cotton labrlcs amount to about one-lifth q
The New York journal of Commerce =
."'o - say D. we learn on what We deer
! TO be good authority that a company I'm
: been organized in this city for the purpos
OF laying two new ocean cables betwee
. this country and Europe. We are not a
liberty as yet to give the details of the prC
lect, Dut as lar as We can Judge from Tia
, information we have received. IL ia /
y strong hands and has within its rrasp tn
elements OF success. We are very glad
make the announcement, and we know
, will DO received with delight by the emit,
business community, who are more tina
disgusted with the illiberality and over
!, bearing temper OF the present greedy me
I, In ordinary times there is landed at Ne,
York about twothirds Of the entire import
!, oil the country, and the port ships about
per cent. of the exports, but the luctu,
n tions in the trade Of other ports for the GU
rent year have been greater than usua
/; ana 1t Is, therefore, more difficult to est
d mate the true total for the whole countr,
b For the ten months ending with April III
!. comparative imports and exports of ID
|; whole country stood as follows:
|; Ton months. 1852. 1854
y Total exports. .n,,. .e677, il6770 S7s7, 7Ss e.
/, ro'al imports. 1851, lS9,097 s6?S q.
n Excess OF exports, IS is 2s7.67s siOo. $40 o,
= The returns In April, saws our authorit,