The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-26
TRADE ITEMS.

AZ electric tricycle. is being imported from
England.
New York's Attorney General decides
parsonage Is not exempt from taxation.
Sixteen ostrich chicks have been Matched
al the Anaheim farm, California.
Mushrooms have pushed up the asphalt
pavement In Reading, England.
Most of the Mexican daily papers have
patches over the cable.
Canadian codfishlng has been very poor
This month. The salmon catch Is one-thrd
over average.
Can a bank own grain? has been decided in
the Affirmative by South Carolina court.
The first car load of beer ever shipped east
nom san Francisco Is en- route 10 Chicago.
Twenty-one Thousand widows of soldiers
Of the war of 1872 are stated TO be still draw
ing pensions from the Government.
During the first six months Of the current
year the sum of 500 ,22l 600 has been invested
In new industries in the South.
The stoppage of work on the capitol at AL
hany for lack Of an appropriation deprlves
so men Of employment.
Thousands of cattle are perlshing In the
state ofQueretaro for want of water. They
never had worse drought
There are 22,2OO pensioners on the rolls who
draw their annuities from the Syracuse IN.
~ agency.
Deer are more plentiful near the settle.
ments of California this year than for several
years past-due in great part to the enforce
ment ofthe protective law.
The project set on foot some years ago, OF
numing lumber and wood down the Santa
Ana canyon from the san BeTnardino mount
ain, California, has lain dormant a long time.
Now, however, eastern capital has taken
hold OF the enterprise, and II promises TO bo
pushed To n completion.
American corn will be welcomed In Italy
khis year, since the crops have suffered from
cold and unreasonable weather. Both the
wheat and vines have suffered severely.
THERE'S every Indication of n large rasp-
berry crop In the Penobscot valley, Maine
and blueberries Will also be quite plentiful
Sunshine and rain now alternate with eacl
other, Just the condition needed for lots o.
berries. q
Epicures are fee.ting on an UNUSUAL,
large supply Of sOit-Shell crabs this season
The chief Maryland fisheries have been NOR,
productive than ever before known, ant
Sscrapors" are making fine incomes.
There are thirty -four rich mineral and agrl
cultural counties In TcnnesSte without foo
Of railroad The state has granted charter
for flfty.three railroads which have neye
been begun.
A peculiar and not very gratifying dlscov
sry has been made nj some Of the flshinl
ponds in the vicinity OF Bangor Maine, re
sarding the black bass. one OF the most pal
atahO and gamcy of all fish, Numbers q
them have after being taken found TO be ful
nj worms and entirely UNIT topat.
well known tobacco manufacturing nru
In Louisville, Kentucky, hns purchase
5000 admission tickets from the manage
ment the Louisville exposition, which the
propose 10 distribute with their tobacco,
ticket being inclOsed In tin box In certai
plugs oftobaccO.
A manufacturer OF plaster OF paris image
IN philadelphia, says that busts OF CARTEL
have been 80 popular that firm In German
town has decided upon u large supply
soap husts To place In drug store Window
There ARE Instances In which popularity b,
eomes senseless.
AZ the office Of the American Bank Not
eompany in New York there Is used n STAN
with clock attachment, 80 arranged ns
stamp ON any paper or package u dial ind
eating the exact time of day when the In
preston wns made. This precise record
the time of any given transaction. made
connection with other memoranda. while
arc recorded by the stamp ut the same thu
Is found great aid In accuracy and clea
nees In the companyis accounts.
The bog peat % Mexico is now being us,
ON considerable scale rs fuel for LOGON,
uvee, stationary engines, smelling purpose
smiths fires, and household use. The PEI
is mixed with n proper proportion OF bltl
men, and IN said not only to burn freely, az
without smoke In much quantity, hut
give higher dynamic equivalent OF he
man the same amount OF wood.