The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-20
n EWS IN BRIEF.

| of six Paris clubs.
| "A Wilmington steam fire engine
uses petroleum for fuel.
In France naval officers play chess;
| doctors and cures play whist.
"A number of Swiss colonists have
just purchased Il, 900 ares in Nebraska.
There are 5000 papers In North
and South America. The number in
the whole world is $1,000. .,
"A Vermontcr at q scance kicked q
spirit ia the nose and the medium could
not go out for Il week,
The American 500 gold piece has
succeeded the English sovereign as the
gold standard of the world. ~
The Government has ordered the
SAN Francisco Mint to coin $5,000,000
in eagles and half eagles.
Wales was united to England in
The year 1854. First House Of Commons
in 1868,
The Romans destroyed $4,000
Jews and hanishcd the rest from udea
in the year 1856.
The Scotcn historians claim q line
of 10 kings, who rcigned for period
Of 1000 years.
In Alabama 0G, 900 white and 53, 900
colorod children have been enrolled In
the public schools.
In the whole United States there
are 4,400 banks, with $505, 1877 1892 capt.
tai and $l,242 ,773,003 deposits.
at-A scven-toot fence has been built
around the Carlisle (Pn) barracks to
keep in tho lrisky young Indians.
Tho town of Bridgewater, VT, was
named adviscdly, for it has seYenty-flve
bridges within its borders.
There Is single farm In Kansas
which Is reported to have river 'front.'
age OF over thirty miles.
-Thcre arc OF American account ut
the Cleveland, England, furnace or
ders to the amount of so, 900 tons.
In 1878 the people Of this world
exchanged !, 1900, 900 900 letters, and III
1866 they sent l30, 900, 900 kilograms.
Great Britcin's debt is now E778,-
07S, $40 an increase Of E5 400, ,OCO in two
years. II comes Of too much Colonial
var.
during the past year six million
acres of public lands have been taken
up by settlers uuder tho homestead
law.
New car and carpenter shops are
being erected at Johnstown, Pa, in
connection with tho Cambria Iron
Works.
"A bronze statue of the late Bishop
Whitttngham, to occupy space near
Mount Calvary Church, is proposed In
Baltimore.
"A Californian has seven acres of
81 @hSatl' hhl' tse ba1 Hb tbeS
for pcrfumcry.
There Is only ono horse railroad in
New Hampshire. 1t is in Manchester,
is a little over tw miles long, and earn.
cd last year $3.50.
A Lehigh county, Pa. hen now
clucks to. six chickens and twenty
quails-the latter birds Of her own dis
coycry and adoption.
The bullion yield Of Colorado up to
1879 amounted to nearly 80 tons of pure
gold, 77O tons of pure silver, 2,110 tons
OF copper, and $3.50 tons Of lead.
-Ceylon, with its population of O.
5000 covers 1000 square miles of
OF area. Its revenue is ], 5000 and it
has trade Of II 900, 900 to 12,00O,O00.
The people Of Burlington, N. j.,
continue In all seasons to keep cut flow
ers on the tomb Of the late Rt, Rey.
Bishop Doanc, of tho Episcopal Church.
Horace Grceley's daughters have
an offer Of $40, 900 for the tract Of land
In Virginia, once supposed to be worth
less, for which tho great journalist paid
$4,000.
The Lchigh car manufacturing
company at Stemton, Pa, has closed q
contract for eleven hundred cars,
which will keep the works going at
their full capacity for long while.
The total amount of iron rolled In
Allegheny county, Pa, last year, In
Guiding nails, was 2S2 1888 tons, against
2GS, ,4SG tons in 1877, 247,843 in 1916,
230, ,060 IN 1876 and PA ,625 In 1874.
The commerce of tho United States
with Japan Is increasing. During tlle
past yoar the imports from this country
to Japan amounted to $3,500,000 and .
the exports from Japan TO the United
States TO $7,5C0,0O0.
The total coinage of gold and silver
coins executed at the United States
mlnts during the month of August was
$780,, 1923 pieces, value Sc, SOC .2o2. so
The total coinage Of standard silver
dollars to date is 40,237 ,050. u
Five young ladies of Padstow,
Cornwall, Miss Norah O'Shaughnessy
and the Misses Prideaux Bruno, have
been awarded silver medals and vellums
certificates by the NATIONAL Liteboat
Association for saving sailors life.
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The president OF tho California
State Vinicultural Society has reported 4
10000 acres covered with vineyards,
number ring 45 ,000,0 900 vines and ropre-
senting, with tho land, a capital Of &c,
100000.
The cultivation of the sugar beet
in Mainc Is considered a success, though
farmers are not yet thoroughly up on
the best methods of culture. CONNER
cial fertilizers are found to be the best.
All increased outlay is predicted for{S
next year, q 5t3:5
The young sons Of the Prince Off
Wales take an equal share of the duties
on board the Bacohante with the other
officers. A cricket team has been form
ed on board to play any English eleven
encountered at the ports touched at
by the vessel. ~
"A part Of the roof Of the young
ladies' seminarya at Bethlehem, Pa, res
quiring repairs, the Workmon upon res
moyinga q board recently, found a ham
xf~l.