The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-05
BrevitIcs.


Buttocnis. have tabdioated in favor Of
bows for dresses. ,-.
There are torty.nino railroads il
Illinois, Of which only seven pay divi-
dends.
Three thousand acres of cotton have
been planted in palifornia this year.
The crop Looks vSry |whlI.
sob bEAoil blowing has enabled a
Michigan farmer to produce twenty
two dead Indians fr,m'a single field.
P,yinoo i,eopold; .V.otoc,rllsa's ,oaok SS
est Soy, has reseIyei from ,rarlia-
mcusa yiaut Of S75,9o6.a a yeur which
is very good pay ior doing nothing.
At "a. .InwelB Massachusetts :,
slaughter house, IA party Of six co.,
rumptivss are experimenting with
the blood cure with dec,dedfy satis-
tactoti1y results.
Au alumnus.of Harvard College
prep 'ses unique plan. for the. ell
duwment Of his alma mater. 1t is
that each graduate insure his life, to
the am, u 1t of $500, in the name Vt
the Univc. sity.
Lady,, Amberley, shortly before
her death, F'>poHe. of the great scope
crematicn would give fur the love
Of her survivors to show Itself in e..
quisitcl cly, gtmmed urns.''' But alas
tor poverty and caitheuware !!
Tie public debt, Of Mexico, ac-
owledecd by the Government, and
ihciding the amount thus far awarded
blythe he&i'an Commission, amounts
to 81 ,A63,273, whi,t, divIed II mong
10000 Of Inhabitants, would be
put Sl.l3 per Q ID.
The iIuHtsti'lc, Ala,, Board of
A derutn have, passed an ordinance
t. Civ. $2U,Oo0 to any and every
manufacturing company which would
establish facsorits there, with. 500,
600 capiitaI. This offer is open to
any man, o. st of men, anywhere.
!, Gcnefao Nelson, Elk Minister to
Mexico, empl'ntical|y denies the new
rumor thrt any negotiations are now
pc"ding With tie United States for
,he cession of Any ortion Of Mcxic,n
,;err'tory. lie sYHys the suggestion Of
such movement iu Mexico would
cause ano her revolut.on.
Mrs. so,' try B is,ow has; become NJ {
| heir t. a quarter If a. milli,n of dol
lars by the death of an UNCLE ip Kon.
ucky. She and qnother. married
sister were heirs to the whole estate,
which twas. very. large, Secretary
Bristow b S tecently made a trip to
Kentucky to make arrangements
tor .tefiAg upon his duties as cxeou-
tor.
! Two Philadelphia girls are said to
| tue finest bAthers ut Il ,ug Branch.
They 60 out great distance in the
SUI and attract attention by their
" inning. One of them is famous
for "headors," SIie Can. brirg up a
five-cent piece nine times out, of ten.
The gents give her lots to- bring up,
and ~he g YES it all to charity.
| C"ncha receitcd in the be.t of the
hattie a wonpd in the face, and dis
amounted to have the bleeding stop
ped. lie l'aa pnt his hand on tho
p ddIe apd liftsd bis foot into the
o 'rrup to rcmoun Mt when he received
MS fatal wound, the ball piercing
him through and through. III spoke
only once afterward, saying, "KiIlcd
in IA guerilla war"
From the copplete reports Of tho
Ute insurance companies and of In
'urance Copmissiopers Of the vari:.
'us States, i; is. found that during
the J jea. 20l 3C6 policies, were
issued, and l5o,oG3 po' ci,s terminal.
ed as follows: by d' ath, S,766; by
exp'ry, 1926 by. cIange, 1883 by
d'sccntinnance an NON payment Of
premiums, 1881
1t is bad to Lc bitten and not know
what bites you. Austin, Texas, is
immenrely ennGyed. by n gnat. =,
8 IA Il us TO be inyi ih.e to the naked
o,e all iosect with Il bill 8, delicate
aud gent lc that The bitten knows not
his wound until be-. finds himsel {
pimnly all oyer. Then lio . sends,
S'o"''y ,seh'eq} iIor. q Doctor, and
'h':'ks le las the smallpox.
There arc in France. tiles Of Is.
600 ihhaIitan'a, which have not one o
:: single physician. There are cities,
OF 10000 hatitants which have but
one physician, anj be not n graduate
of "a medical school Theroo is al.
ways posted ia the arcade Of Tie
Paris medical sci Dol tie names of
htt en- or twenty towns or Villages
which have no physician, and wi. .,h
one. Lille iy a city with q popula-
tion, of 100000 souls it contains
oniy forty.three, physiciainiia.. Rou-
ba'H Is city of 7G 900 souls :; it CON
tains only eight physicians.
r The M M"dis'ingolahed !. cop!fFdsrra}le