The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-12
N EWS IN BRIEF.

1878, Louisiana paid $9,3Gl ,006 as IN
tercst on Its public debt.
In the year 1878 there were only 3
men killed by Apaches in ARIZONA.
against 1917 in 1868.
In tie ten years ending June. 1851
the chiet English railroads had to nav
81. 900, ,ooO compensation tor injuries re-
ceived by railroad accidents.
Geneva will hold, in 1881, an I'M
ternatlonal exhibition exclusively con-
lined to watches, jewclry, snuff boxes,
and musicul-boXes.
Mr.. Barry Sullivan, the English
actor, prides himself on having pinycd
IL inlet more than 2,80O times in all
quarters OF the globe.
Iowa has 20 savings banks. with
deposits aggregating $2,447 ,1G0, and
33 general banks. whose total assets
amount to s3,7s3,9G5.
The Philadelphia mint coined dur
Ing April $50, 500 OF haIf-caglcs; l, l,30O.-
ooo silver dollars; $l3 $50 OF base coins
(cents)-total : ,3G4 .4S0.
The daily circulation Of the most
popular newspaper in the city of Mex
leo. with a population of zoo 900. does
not cx :ccd 1000 copies,
"A lady near Pedricktown, N. J.,a
! ~
finger nail, and has since diod of lock-
jaw.
! The Hotel tic Vile, In Paris. tho
old seat OF the Municipal Government.
which was destroyed in 1871. is far adj
vanced in rebuilding, and will be com.
| pieted IN 1881, at a total cost OF about
81 100000. 100
-George Fordham, tho jockey, un-
uer tho term Of Baron Lionel Roths-
chlld's Will, receives q present of $lO.-
0O0 and an annuity Of $500 year for
| life.
The English Factories act requires
mat no woman shall be employed con-
| tlnu0usly for more than four hours and
half. After working that length of
time she must have Il rest. g.. n
In the south, tho centre and the
west of France the grape crop will, It
is said, suffer seriously. In consequence
the importation of wines from s balm
and Italy into France is increasing.
Mrs. Frank II. Delano, of New
York city, has given $1,000 to St. Paul's
American Church, in ROME, with
which to finish the aisle walls and put
railing around the church lot. =
Secretary McCrary will retire from
the Cabinet about the 1sL OF September
next and accept tho United States
JudgshD for the Eighth Circuit, in
place of Judge Dillon, who has decided
10 resign. .nNt
The rate Of taxation in Buffalo was
reduced last year SO on the S., 900 Of
real and personal estate. Tho assessed
valuation of Buffalo for tie current
year is $Ss ,+02, ,4l5 against SS,e7U,545
in 1873. ~ =
-'Tlie seco"d sale ofQrcrn Christmas
orond g|HneUl"sippil..b 810 600. One
sold Tor $500. and II magnificent neck
l"c. containing go pearls, brought
$14, 500. 80
Mrs. Hannah Cox, Of, Holdcrness,
N D., celebrated her l03d birthday re-
Gently. The venerable lady Is In full
possession OF all her faculties, with tho
exception Of her hearing, which Is i'm
paired.
during the first year of the reci-
procity treaty between the United States
aud the Sandwich Islands, our imports
from tho Islands show an increase OF
tifty-scvcn per cent. over the preceding
year and our exports to tho Islands Of
l25 per cent.
-Milley Williams, miser Of Easton
Cross Roads, N. c., was accustomed to
| invest her earnings In gold, 81 at
! time. Her dwelling was recently de-
| stroyed by fire, and Jumps of melted
gold, worth about 10000, wcrc taken
from the ruins.
| "A watch lost two years ago in q
| barnyard, near Lebanon, Pa, was
found the other day by grandson Of
tho loser In a meadow hard by while
blowing. The face was broken, but
otherwise the watch was complete but
very rusty.
There are twenty-five Mennonite
villages In Menitoba, with 480 dwell
iings and 2,841 residents. The ilnmi-
grant. from Russia have 1O,470 acres
under cultivation, 302 horses aud some
$500 cows and oxen. and have already
large stores OF grain and other products.
"A return as to the religious pcrsua-
sions Of the nOn-commissiOned officers
and men Of the British army shows
that OF Il total OF 1912 men, G2. 800 be-
long to the Church OF England, 2O,S72
are Roman Catholics, 7125 arc Presby-
tcrians, and 1886 are Protestants Of
other denominations.
--Elmira, N. Y, is making extensive
preparations 10 celebrate tho hundredth
anniversary OF the battle OF Newtown
(LOx Elnira). which was fought Au-
gust 10, 1910, by Federal troops under
General Sullivan. Towns along the
route of General Sullivan's maj ch will
contribute to the celebration.
The next electoral college will not
be based on the census Of 1880, The
clcctoral votes Of che states IN the next
presidential election, will stand as they
did In 1876, the whole number being
three hundred and sixty-nine, with one
hundred and eighty-five necessary for
a choice.
The exports Of Egypt in 1878 were
about $4,000, 900; IN 1877 about $780,
000,00c, and III 1879 about $90,0O0, 900.
rhebe figures, says y correspondent Of
the London Times, are worthy Of study
by every one who holds Egypt a. rich
country and able 70 pay her debt. The
reason Of the falling of Is the falling
oil Of the crops.
--One million dollars In gold weighs
1886 6.6 pounds avor.lupols; i ,00S, 100
Trade dollars weigh G0,O00; ST. 100000
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