The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-06

oil with last year. the average pie. o. the
qnsniiiy shipped ihis yer layUg been
1905 uer 10 egairsi 1910 l.st yer when
w. consider that the price ~ which We cr-
port surplus product determine. the sell
inp value oi such commodity for coRtump.
ton, % becomes psteut mat ~ prrsrl the
prod ~ butter Manufactured have Il, =
cliutu thin q yeN very oousicersbly 10
favor ,, cheese. A. there N considefabi.
option as tO whether mix shnll b. us'd In
the manufacture OF cheese, u may he well
for dnirynon To have he "a. i've exporiif x
value OF but'er and oht,s. ~ mind Ia de.
termining which vsy they fhall use ihrir
milk. and Hls1 II possible, have the feoi'i-
tiles At their command for rescrting 10
either method.
The anthrnotic.csrryinR railroads OF the
country had % tonnage Of 3 los t03 tons In
November. an increase II 4OV,7sl tons over
November, lss2. Tn. Rradiig h Jrrsey
Central carried !, 2<2 800 tons, an lucfesie al
1877 go tons; Lemlt Valley Tbilfoad, 023,
si2 tor s-iucfeuss, 55,O13 Deia' arr, Lack
awanA & Western taifoad, ts9,U6s tons-
increase, 73,lli, Delaware Hud Hudson
Canal company, 37s634 tons increase, IS,
COS. PennsylvsniA railroad. 26s,s3S tone
increase, ~ 565: Pennsy wanna n-l COM
pspy, I5h,iSS tous--incre1se, IL 1867; New
York Lsko Erie & Wcsfern railroads, &c.
III tons--iuorensr, 1852 Ton. The stock OF
coal on hand o. lid water shipping points
November 30 1888. was CSC $50 tous; on
October 81, 1883, 6oi, ss5 toIs-inereGs,, Oh
SIS tons.
A new lottery In 81. Stephen. New
Bruins ick, which hhs been swindng many
enierpri-ing New England people OF late, Is
an OutgroVth OF an cd lottery concern IN
81. stephen. whose owners hoasied that
they realized from $50 900 to $40 900 before
they were denied access to the u lied
States mails. The Brunswick paper that Is
is their pay ssyt: The money doesn't
come on; of us. Il comes out Of the DID
Yankees, who swindled us out of SIS go.
900 In the Alabama claims" The prospec.
tns has n tempting array Of prizes, but
nobody has yet got prize.
There is u Gentleman in Winnagance,
Me-, who is q great fowl fancer. He has
twenty four Brahmes, and every morning
at 4 o'clock he takes a lantern and, lighting
II, puts II in the hennery, so they can SEQ 10
Jump from their roos,s and hnd their nests.
One morning last week he got SIX eggs be-
fore daylight.
Efforts are making ut the east end NJ
Loag island, New York, to promote the ex'
leDsive culture OF oysters. A company has
been incorporated to foster oyster culture
in Pecouic AMI Gardinews BAYS. and
another company Las been formed and
MecoX bay has been bought for the purpose
OF growing oysters.
LAST year was The most disastrous ever
known In the history Of the American in
surancs business. The losses will exceed
Sl00, 0O0. 900. Many Of the agents Of the
large foreign alG home companies repre-
iented in this city express the utmost INK
iety regarding the future of tho insurance.
business. They say that the losses have
increased to such NJ alarming ex NJ that
n thorough rcvrion Of the rates has been
deemed necessary. An association com
posed of the Philadelphia representatives.
Of oil. tho companies doing business here
met Thursday to consider means for
increasing premiums. The agent Of one
OF the largest foreign companies said: The
number Of fires that have occurred in this
country Within the past year would sur.
prise you. The losses have been constant
aud increasing. They will aggregate SlO0,
OOO, 900. i 10 true there has not been any
great conhApration like that at Chicago or
Portland or those at Boston, but the vast
total has been made by the gradual
oyovth nf comnaratiyely small lOpsesl