The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Gardner Colby, Of Boston, has pre-
scntcd case of valuable books to Colby
University, Watervllle, Me. ..,
The great fire Of London occurred
September 2. 1866. 1t destroyed nearly
the whole city.
The Mansion House Uondon) Hun
garlan floods relief fund amounts to
$4,000 ..
Mrs. John G. Northrop, Of Bur-
lington, VT, has just given birth to her
seventeenth child.
-Gad's Hill Place, the late residence
Of Charles Dickens, Is to be sold by
auction. v..
The State quarries of Northampton
county, Pa, have nearly all resumed
operation.
1t is proposed to celebrate, at Pom
peii, this summer, the 1800th anniver-
sary of the destruction of that city by
ah eruption Of Vesuvius.
Only three murdcrers have been
hanged in Connecticut during the last
twenty years, but there are now three
under sentence Of death.
-Bobie is town in California. Six
months ago 1t had 500 or 600 buildings
and population Of 1400. Now it has
some 1000 buildings and population
Of 1000
The American Consul at Florence
Informs Mr.. Evarts that American
manufacturers could successfully fur
nish steel wheels for the Italian rail
ways.
During February, ID vessels of
total of Is, 200 tons were launched on
the Clyde, Scotland. OF these six were
ocean steamers, ranging from 1000 to
5000 tons.
"A large number Of heavy, broad
tired wheels were made In West Chcs-
ter and shipped to England, whence
they will be sent to Southean Africa,
where they will be used for heavy haul
ing.
Sheriff IIogcncamr, OF Paterson,
New Jersey, who died recently
left exactly one hundred descendants
children, grandchildren, ,great-grand-
children and grcat-grcat-grandchildren
nearly all of whom were ut the funeral.
The rays Of the sun, shining
through a stercoscopc, set fire to Il
table In the house of George w. West
In Chichester, N. H., few days ago.
and tho building narrowly escaped
burning.
The amount Of logs cut on the west
branch ofthe Penobscot river, in Maine,
during the winter, Is estimated at 49,
600, 900 feet, OH the East branch, IL, ,000,-
900, and OH the Mattawamkeag, &c, ,O00,-
900 feet.
A swarm OF bees took possession Of
the chimney of Middlctlcld (Conn.)
Methodist Church during the summer,
and when fire was ktndlcd In the
stove on recent Sunday the floor OF
the church basement literally flowed
with honey.
The foundation for a Jesuit COL
lege TO cost $500, 900 has been begun in
San Francisco. il will comprise col
Iege, with all the requirements Of mod
ern education, such as laboratories,
libraries, studies and rooms for the stu
dents and professors, a church and a
theatre capable Of seating 5000 persons.
Cyrus Deglcr, of Marion township,
Bcrks county. Pa, awoke OH the morn
ing Of his wedding to find the snow
drifted SO high n distance of several
hundred yards that his sleigh could not
be driven through 1t. He shovelled
the BRIDES house Mt the appointed hour.
chusctts Bank Commissioners has just
been published. From it it appears
that tho total deposits In tho savings
banks doing business In that State on
October 81, 1878, were $200, 800, ,63l. .l8,
being decrease for the year Of 1884,
735, 1888. This decrease includes $7.283,-
90 90 in the banks In the hands Of re-
ceivcrs.
Thomas .Millerchip, a surgeon at
Coventry, England, has been sentenced
by Lord Coleridge to four months i'm
prisonment, with hard labor, for failing
to attend Il sick child in the district OF
which he was medical oflicor. Tho
charge against him was that of man
slaughter by culpable negligence, and
tho jury found him guilty, and strong
ly recommended him to mercy.
The first Marquis of Franco has
just died, the Count Of Mailly, Ptince
Of Lisle and Marquis Of Nesle. He
was the son Of Marshal do Mailly, who
so hero,cally defended Louis XVI, on
the 10th Of August, and great-grands0n
of Louis de Mailly,. Prince Of Orange,
Of France. The title Is as old rs tho
eleventh century. .8.y NJ .8a
When Queen Victoria sailed on the
royal yacht for France 1t, was on one Of
the stormiest and most disagreeable
saturdays VI IilO WHOlc .yCuIs "A WIlLCI
In London paper. commenting on this
shows that Saturday is an unlucky day
for the royal house. William Ill,
Queen Anne, the four Georges, the
Duchess Of Kent, the Prince. Consort
and the Princess Alice all died OH a
Saturday. rg st.at,H ea4 ;sSts
The California Woodpeoker's hab-
| 1t of dropping acorns and other nuts
into knot holes and hollow trees, as a
source OF future supply, is well'known,
and an Ingenious Napa farmer has
turned 1t into good account by sknock-
ing out q knot In the sido Of ahis barn
and placing trough underneath, As
the birds drop theii' acorns III his hogs
seize them, and are thus fattened at no
expense to himself. a 3aktsg{ls akSi it&
There are twenty-five Mennonite
villages in Manitoba, with 480 Ydwel-
lings and 2S41 residents. The imlnl-
| grants from Russia have 1870 acres
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