The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-06

ured by receipts at San Francisco, has risen
from 1851 6O1 gallons In 1879 TO ,OVO,OW In
lsS2.
There is an immense wild-pigeon roost in
Elk county, Pennsy lvania, where the pig
cons in the Matching season are murdered
by thousands.
A law has been made in New Jersey to
prohibit the sale OF tobacco to minors. A
line of $40 is imposed upon the sellers who
disregard IL.
There are four hundred cheese factories
in the province of Quebec, and IL is ex'
pected that numerous Creameries Will De
established the coming season.
The commissioner OF agriculture has ar
ranged for the distribution OF 10000 silk
worm eggs TO parties In Kentucky who de-
sire to make experiments In sericulture.
The diamond mines in Brazil were first
opened In 1877. Ii Is estimated that since
that hme they have produced at least two
tons of diamonds.
Between February and May II is I'm.
lawful to catch fish in the waters OF Dakota
or to expose them for sale. The penalty
runs all the way from s. to 500 and thirty
days imprisonment.
A judicial decision has been rendered at
Louisville, Kentucky, sustaining the West
ern Union Telegraph company In reiusil K
market reports to bucket shops.
The Ocala Banner. Lacon estimates that
Marion county shipped during the past
season 81, 900 boxes of oranges that netted
at least 81 per box.
At recent sales In London 100 tons of
ivory were sold ut an average OF $3.50 per
ton. A large proportion were small tusks,
showing that many young elephants are
destroyed.
Fifty thousand bushels Of corn are used
daily In the manufacture Of glucose In the
United States, II Is chiefly used TO adul-
terate sugar, candies, syrup and beer.
There were shipped from Rochester from
one firm. ia 306 pounds OF pork. During
the year 1882 over eco, 600 pounds Of cheese
were shipped from that city also.
The Westchester Arms company, OF
New Haven, Connecticut, are NJ work upon
contract for 80 900 Hotchkiss rifles for
the Chinese government.
Evansville Is ~ have a factory that will
make both tacks and matches. II will
have capital stock OF $4,000. The match
department will turn out two hundred
gross of friction splinters per day, anu
will employ thirty hands.
| Not more than half tho usual supply OF
maple strip has been made in Maine this
season, owing to uniavorable conditions OF
/ iIuub anu buOW uulluE tht NlIiVI, WultI
prevented II copious flow OF sap ut tho us
ual time.
Albany, N. Y, has the only cclluloit
billiard ball factory in the world. 1t al
ready does u large business, and the owner,
are confident that IN little time their pro
duct will drive the ivory article quite ou
of the market. The inventor has another
composition called bonisliate which Is ever
better, and II IL said that balls made of i
are often mistaken for ivory by experts
while the cost Is much less, and there is II,
shrinking and change of shape. The fac
tory works from 20 TO % men, and has ,
capacity of $50 to iC) balls day.
The value of the sardne catch of Franc,
for 1882 is said to be 81 10000 in excess
that of 1881, amounting to 10000 cases O
100 boxes each. Over 1900 fishermen ar,
employed In catching, and the work OF
shore In preparing ticm for market give
employment 10 as many more persons, o
whom 10, 600 arc women.
Tho foreign commerce statistics OF tn,
port OF New York are Just now more favor
able than In 1882 The exports of domes
TIC produce. exclusive of spccie) for Tn,
past week, $GC6,073, against $6,t3, III las
year; imports OF general merchandise 50,
567 6l0, against 10, l0S 0Si last year; exports
of specie, $25l, $50, against $250,CJ0 las
Il year, ana imports OF specie, bU,tSS, agains
$3lS,l2i last year. The total exports Tex
elusive OF spscie) since January to date
were $ll2, 2s2 800, against 800 ion, i0l last
year; imports oigeneral merchandise, $l55
235, S21, against $40 7S5,0S3 last year; ey
ports OF specie, $5,i7i ,037, against $4,000,
35i last year, and imports OF specie. $6,il9,
30S, against 81 ,lG7 ,070 last year.
Salmon are packed in one-pound cans
and forty-eight cans make u case, tho aver
, age price of case beng So or So 20 Tn,
: product of the thirty six canneries on thu
Columbia river last year was $685. 600 cases
worth 81, 7S2 900, Ills estimated that tn
, capital invested in these thirtysix Gamer
, los is about 81, 900. When II Is known tina
ilshing-boats cost $500 or 5000 each, an,
that some of the fishing firms have 10
boats, and that total of about 1000 mel
: are employed, the cost can readily be up
derstood About one third of the salmon
product Is shipped to San Frncisco for re
shipment to Australia, the eastern states
and islands In the Pacific ocean The RI
mainder is shipped direct from Astoria L
: Liverpool or London. Ono vessel recentI
left with 10000 cases, worth over $3.50 O0t
tho most valuable cargo of salmon eve
shipped from the Pacific coast.