The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.

! 81 ,4uO III collecting rare china cups.
They sold at auction for $3.50.
Legislators in Missouri are paid
only 81 day Oh the theory that poor
pay will shorten sessions. 1 lu.n
| "A ball was recently given in mine
atGold Hill, Nevada, at depth OIL ,040
feet under ground.
| THE late Prince Henry, of Holland,
left an estate Of at least forty-one mil
lion dollars. ..f
The largest steel rail mill in the
United States Is to be erected at Bald
win, near Hnrrisburg, Pa.
| Reuben r. Springer, Of Cincinnati,
is said to be the wealtlicsI Catholic in
America. .. st.. .H. .sI.t
The grain receipts at New York last
year show an Increase of 4U,5l9, 1888
bushels over the prevlons year.
An elegant and palatial residence
| ut Newport, Il. j., which cost 400, 900
was sold recently Tor $20l 900.
Iowa has 20 savings banks, with
deposits aggregating $2,447, ,1GG; and 33
general banks, whose total assets
amount to $3,7S3 ,0G5. ....
Twelve thousand prizes remain un-
| claimed, and 500, 900 francs still re-
main in the hands OF the administra-
tion Of the French Lottery.
In 1861 Great Britain imported H.
47G, ,42l pounds OF tea, While III 1876 the
| total imports Of tea reached the cnor-
NOUS aggregate of 1S5, sos, 100 pounds.
There arc about 1900 articles taxed
In our tariff, and the whole product Of
domestic manufactures in this country
Is ovci 81 LOCO ,OOO,O 900 per annum.
The bycicle mania docs not seem in
| the least to have diminished in England
N IL anu 49, ,r,pt rl,.
machines has Just been organized with
a capital OF $l75,UOO rI2t'7
Maryland has $3.50 schools and3, ,071
teachers, instructlng 15U,274 pupils.
The average attendance last year was
81 1923. The expenditures tor, the
schools amounted to 81 ,503 .259, &C..
The payments for duties ut the BoS-
ton Custom House for the month Of
Avril amounted to 81 ,42S S,35S.44, ii gain
Of $500, ,3O7 ,O7 as compared with the
corresponding month Of last year.
This has been good season for tho
Newfoundland seal fishing. 1t is
roughly estimated that 100000 seals
have been taken, giving about l0G, 900
cwts. of oil. H... uana
DR.. j. II. Heath, of Boston, dis
| tinguishcd student OF American anti
quilies and relics, Is in Dallas, Texas,
| with the skeletons of 80 famous Indian
| warriors.
MIR. II. Houghton, the oldest editor
| In Illinois, died at Galenn recently. He
| was appointed American Consul 70 the
Sandwich Islanus iii 1869 by General
Grant. Ea' "' @hH"'
-Senator Jones owns Santa Monica,
which is to be the fashionable seaside
resort Of California this summer. 1t
has $4,000 acres, tor which he paid
quarter of u million dollars five years
ugo. .'. ." t't lat#t
A peg-leg walking match Of fifty
hours Is the latest novelty Of pcdtstri-
auism. A one-legged man In Elmira
has issued achalenge to all residents of
Pennsylvania who have lost u leg by
umputation. ,i-j" lsi!g&)
The sales Of tobacco stamps at Rich
mond. VA, on May 1st, aggregated
$200,O00; at LynchDnrg, $1S1 900; at
Danviile, $l42 ,2O7; ut Petersburg. 800,
0OO. From Lynchburg over 1,00O.0OO
pounds of manufactured tobacco were
recently shipped IN one day.
The area OF gold mines In tho Rus
Sian empire occupies about 2, lou, 900
square miles, and now yields yearly
about 80, 900 lbs. Of gold, In value up
wards uf E3 1000, 900 sterling. The to-
| tai amount OF gold produced III Russia
since 1752 has been upwards Of 2,50o,-
600 pounds.
A curious incident occurred In the
course Of the recent run on the Aluers-
gate street branch of the London and
County Bank. An enlightened butcher
came into the bank Ollie when the run
was ut high tide and rarelessly threw
down G8U0 $4,000 us something to 60
oD with" ,n y. 3.tss..l
TO judge from the San Francisco
papers lnere would seem to be an extra
| ordinary Mining development OH the
Pacific Coyst. They abound with am
nouncemcnts of new companies with
80. .0UO. 900, $10,O00,000 or $2O,0O0,O0O
capital, Blu; then. 1t only costs about
five dollars to start twenty millions
capital In California. aH"al@!SF afiE
Last year /, ,525 births were re-
gisterel in the United Kingdom, Or 81
per 1000 Of the estimated population,
80, 1891 ,OG5. The deaths registered were
76, ,lG5, ,yor 81 per Thousand Of fatpopula-
tion, showing an excess OF birthsspver
deaths of 436 AGO, or DC, ,242 less than the
.xcess In 1877. :t'o ''ah''4
4 --rLe report Of the American Bible
society for 1873 show recel pts, $l62;274.
OF this amount$1l2,2 900 were from lega-
cies. During the year. at the Bible
house, there were 1,065761 copies Of
the Bible manufactured; printed abroad
l45, 500 copies; purchased abroad .66,637,
total, ], ,268, ,053 copies. Issued at home,
049, ,814; abroad, ,238, ,040 copies.
The 2633d anniversary Of the fOun-
dalton OF Rome was celebrated on the
2lst OF A pril with more than q custom
ary soleminily by the German Archpol-8
Ogical Institute, inasmucll M 1t was the /
| flftietli anniversary Of tile ostabl bli3hment
Of the Institutes. A number OF the most
ltdistlngaished German sayaIs went to
Rome, ,i0r the occasion. ID :, sa8 u /. Il.
"a email boy belonging 10 % Mrs
Stafford, who lives near Cory md, 4
placed lier tw elye-y year-oll daughter in
The well bucket, lowered beri into the
we'll, ollt OF which the. girl fshel the 4
child, and, putting 1T Into the bucket