The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-09-18
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A Palatka, Florida, preacher was
driven out Of his pulpit recently,
during Il sermon, by mosquitoes.
The foreman of Texas jury which
lately granted divorce to q woman
her the samo day.
Six thousand children havo boon.
taught to swim in two years by the,
London Health Society.
A man in Chamborsburg, ILL.,, has
been sued for destroying property
by splitting tobacco juice on tho
floor OF Il church.
Some Europeans think that Eu~
ropo can take 100000 American
cattle every year, because some. of
the old countries havo reached the,
limit of cattle-raising.
A post-mortem examination on,
the body of a New York man who.
had died of consumption showed
that tho heart was on the right sido,
and the liver on, the left.
Many of the wagons going to, tho
Black Hills arc drawn. by COWS,
which furnish sufficient milk to pay
the tolls.
Three good-looking young ladies
the other day stood beside grocer's
sign which road: Don't squeeze
these peaches.
Turkish soldiers are taller than
tho Russian, and will average at
least five feet and ten inches. They
wear full boards, but have their
heads shaved, or the hair cut very
short.
Gcn. Tom Thumbs house has
lately been raided by thieves, who
took away al his shirts under the
impression that they wcro making q
haul of handkcrchiefs.
Judge buchanan, Of Georgia, re-
fused to take his per diem as a mem-
Der of the constitutional conven'
ton because he was drawing from
the State his salary as Judge Of the
supreme court
James G.nn, prisoner in the
Tennessee pcnitcntiary, received
twenty FIVE lashcs, in the presence
Of tie assembled convicts, for coin-
ing counterfeit money in his cell.
The cot on-seed oil trade has
increased greatly of late years. Tho
article is largely shipped to Europe,
whence it is reshippcd to, this
country in the guise of ''pure olivo,
| Oil"
Harper & Brothers, who publish
George Eliots books in this country,
have sold over $4,000 copies Of.
Daniel Dcronda" The sales of the
editions i'll England are estimated at
twice. that numbor.
JOSH BILLINGS says: ""Paupers
suffer less than mixers do; the man
who don't kno WHARF he is going to
git his next dinner suffers less than
the one who is anxious to know how
mutch it IL going to kost him."
In the United States in 1776 there
were only nine public libraries, with
l5,G23 volumes in 1876 there wero
1862 public libraries, containing
12,O76,9G4 volumes and 100000
pamphlets. Of these libraries, near
y 5000 have been organized since
1850.
A bridegroom in Payton, lowe,
refused to provide refreshments for
a screnading party, whareupon they
pulled him out of bed and carried
him through tho village astride o.
rail. The bride hurriedly dressed
herself, aroused a sheriff, and effect
ed tho rescue Of her husband as we'll
as the arrest of several of the mob.
A Scranton, Pa, business house,
which was asked by miners con-.
m'ttce to contribute to their relic
fund, generously offered to assign
to the fund $4,000 in accounts duo
them by miners, which accounts
they have been for years unable to
collect. The subscription was do
clined with thanks.
Fifty young barbera recently loft
Copenhagen for Russia, where they
are appointed medical assistants
Every barber in Denmark has to
pass an examination in the elements
of Surnerv Thnv xyoro o,on,,,,