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

localities deemins II not worth gathering on nc
count Of the low prices.
a Mississippi man has discovered that an cx
cellenI quality OF sugar eau be made from swcc
pUtaioeS. II this proves rue, rev Use hR
been found for one or the best and most prolii
Of American products
By II recent supreme court decision In Wiscon
| sin II was held lhst whenever one party 10 II con
ubci for the sale Of properly tor future delivery
declares mat he hal no intention of either II
ceiying or delivering the properly thus dealt IN
4 hut was dealing simply for the marquis the con
| tract should be declared void
| Up date $1,000 has been EXPENDED on th'
| works fOf improving the hurbUr of Vera Cruz. (
dyke OF nearly 7O0cubc feet has been coustruc.
| ed and neurl 1850 tons OF stone have beer
ordered for further prosecution Of lhe work
| Inc author OF Il Jealous ami imm0derate pam
phlut against tobacco SAYS inst The United
states uses half of the quantity consumed by The
| $3.50 100000
A Springfield man has bcc' yperm"r ting
with u new device In elect wrcA he
claims Will remove many l'CliOuN hO
features In the old lamps inr, ar
rangement of complicated .i pre-.
venus the carbon points from 40, SEQ. , TOO rap
ldiy, and thus produces brilliant, 81, ady light
Already In London there are 500 miles OF
wire Underground within four miles Ut the post.
Office. The telegraph wires between MaIseilles
ahd PaflS are being put underground at n cost
OF sS,0OOCO0. Tho Lines mentioned are claimed
TO AFFORD the best Geographic service III tho
world.
The returns Of the suez Canal company IL
december II, 1852, show that the past yoar has
Dreh re most prosperous ono the canal hao
ever seen. the number of vessels making the
transit being 3,lgS, as against M in 1851, the
lohhase being Gtll,dGl, us against 5,79l i0i. aud
tne receipts being CO. 50i,Ss france. us against
0l,2H 35a irnncs, 1hu excess u.s. therefore, AL
vessels l,Ol7,i2o tons, and 92305e6 francs
some thirty citizens of Chicago and vicinity
"a E.t H.at.al Ia.
organize the Texas Land company of Chicago
The capital IL 10 be 100000 It's purpose is TO
purchase timber and grazing lands for coloni-
SSalion purposes The report Of Captain |. NJ.
Num- who recently visited Texas, was heard
Another meeting viii be held soon
1t IL suggested by the Freemau's Journal that
a canal from Dublin u Galway, Ireland 0milos
III length, would shorten the passage to America
by day and reclaim l,OOO0Oj acres Of land. 1t
Is added that the surplus labor of the island
might thus beprohtably employed for years, aud
iiterwald settled on the reclaimed lind. The
'ost OF the undertaking IL placed nj ESQ 600 0OO
The agricultural productions of Mexico In 1856
we're. estimated TO amount to over 900 90 o. 0; |
ney WIZ now far exceed that amount. The
principal productions are corn, wheat, cotton. |
uSar, colee, maguey tobacco, anise, COChineal, |
Ihd ail kinds OF fruit. Peaches, oranges lem. |
hs, lines, hgS pomegranates, guinness grapes |
ma pears are prolific Two crops Of grain per |
ear are raised on the same ground, frat corn |
nd then wheat Frijols DEANS are 10 the Mex |
AN pcople what potatoes are to the llish. lrri |
alton for all crops is always required. Their |
hammer OF farming md their tools and nipple. |
ionls used are generally very rude aud far be.
ind the times
The state of Georgia shows over 200 per cent. |
pcrease In corn, GOO per cent in oats. 200 In .
wheat, 10 In rye, 100 ~ IRISH potatoes, SEQ In |
ane and sorghum, 100 in sweet pota-
peg. and II similar increase in the
led of other farm and garden pro-
ucts. In 1870 Georgia raised l73,QSi bales of
otlon. In 1880 the state raised Sliill bales,
lesrly 100 per cent increase In ten years. rank
ny as the second producing state, In 1852 the
0llon production grew TO 9l5.il3 bales, the in
tease being accomplished with diminished
creage. The crop of 1850 was raised on 2,6l7,-
3S acres. while that OF 1852 was raised on 9 $685.
70 acres Horses have increased 20 per cent,
lules 81 per cent, milk cows 50, other cattle 80,
heep 20, and swine ~ per cent In 1870 Geor.
la had 70,0e0 farms; In 1850 she had $4,000 !
he estimated value of farm products In 1870
'as use, OoOOOO In 1880 1t sweled to el25 GOO O0O
Three mammoth cheese were shipped from
lew York to England lately. An English lour.
al says OF them; "One of them IL 400 pounds
! weight, and the other two ., 100 pounds each.
hey measure five feet IN diameter by two feet
NO Inches deep, the total circumference being
Ixteen feet They ate said IN lie OF splendid
nallty, and are the. product Of six days milk OF
herd of 800 cows