The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-29
VOL. III.-NO. '38.
BRIEFS.


$780, 900 pounds of sugar which it made
last autumn.
July will henceforth be tho Ser
bian Fourth of July, as Prince Milan
then issued a proclamation declaring
the independence of Serbia.
Mary Louisa Andre Grellier, q kins-
woman of Major Andre, recently died
at ClaptOn, near London. Major
Andre was native of that place.
A return issued shows that the
number Of paupers In England and
Wales Mt the end of 1878 was 738, $40,
against 6S5,2l9 In the previous year.
The farmers on the line Of one Of
the Canadian railroads have sent a
train of ten car loads Of wood to Quebec
for the poor of that city. The railroad
carried 1t free.
On New Years Day 7,459,O0O cards
were mailed at Paris, as compared with
$3.50, 900 in 1878. The card is enclosed
in an envelop, to which Is affixed a
fiyc-centime stamp.
The amount of last years taxes still
remaining uncollectcd at Fall River,
Mass, is about $4,000. Many of
these taxes are in quite large sums, and
about 500, 900 will be collected.
"A number Of shells received very
recently by the British Field Artillery
in Afghanistan, wero found to be a Iied
with brick dust, Instead Of gunpow,l3r.
just where the substitution was efle ct-
cd is unknown.
Prof. Erasmus Wilson, F.. r. g..
has handed to Mr.. John Dixon, G. E.,
a .chcque for $4,000, In redemption of
his mtlniitcent pledge to pay him that
sum on the erection of Cleopatra 3
Needle on the banks Of the Thames In
London. ~
Nathaniel Whitehousc, of Tufton-
borough, N. H., who is almost 90 years
old. last winter chopped and haule d
with his team his summer supply Of
wood. lie also takes the entire care of
ten mead Of cattle.
"A cockpit was raidcd Mt Pittsburg
one night last week, and two hundred
men anu boys were arrested as partici-
pants. Six ceuncflmcn and one alder
man, who were present, escaped.
An inquisitive tramp picked up a
signaling torpedo on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, near Coatesville, put it be-
tween his knees and hammered away
with a stone. The torpedo exploded,
severely wounding him.
The total receipts into the British
EXchcquer from 1st April, 1873, to 1st
February, 1870, amount to E63 ,O74, ,0O4. 3.
IN the corresponding period of last
year. Customs were ZIG, 794 900; Ex-
else, G22 $3.50 600, against E22 ,217 600 {;
post-oflicc, C4, ,lGs, 200, against s3, ,202, =
600
Tho National Library Of France
contains 2,000, 200 printed books, and is
tho largest library In the world. Both
| the British Museum, London, and the
| Imperial Library at st Petersburg have
over one million Of volumes. The Roy
III Library, Munich, comes next, with
SOC, 900 volumes.
The five leading English railways
paid the great aggregate sum of
ClOl ,507 ($507, $3.50 during the last half
year for personal injuries and loss and
damage Of goods by accidents on their
| lines. Large as this sum is, it is small
Ter than the amount for the correspond
| ing period last year.
The battle flags of the Connecticut
regiments will be removed from the
| State Arsenal, at Hartford, to the new
| Capitol building as soon as practicable,
resolution having been passed by the
state Legislature authorizing them to
| be kept at the Capitol hereafter.
"A picture Of Donnybrook Fair,
valued at $4,000, was stolen about a
month ago from the saloon Of Thomas
Jones, on Market street, Newark, N. j.,
and no clew to the thieves could be dis
covered. Last Sunday police officer
found the missing picture wrapped up
| In oilcloth and carpet and hidden In an
old sewer Pipe.
| The Holly system Of heating hous>a
| with steam sent through street mains
| has just been established in Springfield,
Mass, where gas company has bought
| the right. Springfield Is the second
| city to try it, Lockp0rt, N. Y, having
been the first.
| "A miner was riding up on an ele-
vator in n Nevada shaft. One Of his
| hands caught IN the framework of the
| side, and he was left dangling 1000 feet
from the bottom. His plight was not
| discovered until the elevator reached
/ the surface without him. He was so
weak, after being rescued, that he
| could not stand.
Michigan University reports a
faculty of 81 members, and 1872 stu
dents. OF the latter, AL are in the
| literary or academic Department. 329 in
| the medical, and 400 In the law schools.
The attendance now is larger than at
any former period in the history Of
the University.
| Mr.. William T.. Dodge, of New
| York, and others of his name, have
called a convention Of the Dodge family
| to meet In Salem on the 10th Of next
July. That will be the 260th anniver-
sary Of the landing Of VIM. Dodge, Of
Salem. All the Dodges in the country
are invited.
In ordinary winter weather in
Paris the services Of $500 publicly paid
street sweepers are employed, with
1000 auxiliary hands at half wages.
In very bad weather 1000 sweepers, be-
sides inspectors and chiefs, are ready
at a moments notice to ply their brooms
In all the streets Of the city. They be-
gin at three in tho morning and end at
four in the afternoon. Sometimes,
however, they work for twenty hours.
The annual report of tho Secretary
Of the Connecticut State Board Of Edu-
cation has just been published. From
it 1t appears that the amount expended
for the public schools last year was
81 500, ,150,85, beinga decrease Of loss
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