The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-13
NEWS IN BRIEF. d,

49,, There are 100000 lmarriageable
During the month of July the New
York police captured sixteen runaway
boys. from Boston and vicinity.
The consumption of coffee through
out the world has increased during the
past forty years from 100 900 900 TO S5O,-
coo, 900 pounds. '''t7'. .I@hlR
Daniel Lawrence, rich distfller,
who died at Medford, Mass., recently
left $1,000 to the town of rTyngsboro,
Mass loflatpoor fund, snd 3it>r
be- TSSsf1sn osr. s"ps sf ehna viii
War Office to the societies of carrier
pigeon breeders. r"rg uutG2lr tR
1t Is estimated that the Minnesota
wheat crop will yield an average of ff-
Teen bushsls to the acre, or altogether
44, ,0O0,0O bushels IN the State.
-There'afe' four hundred and fifty
lady dentists'in the United States, and
three times as1many 'learning the busi-
ness. &, ,,,,
The numbseir$ Of Gco1nviocts in 1878 in
all the State prisons ;of the UnioT was
0,lo7, of whom 13; 1876 were em Jg,yed
IN mechanical Industries. +, .... =,
The amount Of lumber on hand at
the different points OH the Susquehanna
| 80 oP' S'oh'ot "S AalSST tHlS year. at
this season, than for years past at the
| same time. 'ru ,,.c,,
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
ercc'ed gas works near the Union De-
pot, Pittsburg, for the Manufacture of
gas to be used in the depot and OH the
| cars. .p $500,
-Gadshtll Place, Higham, the resi-
dence Of the late Charles Dickens, and
which has been for q long time in the
market, has at length found purchaser
In Captain Austin Budden, of the
Twelfth Kent Artillery.
The export of American beer was
valued at $l50,(00 last year, against
$4,000 in 1874. The lmportations, on
tho contrary, have fallen off very large
ly, being 2,167,251 gallons in 1876,
| against 767 200 gallons in 1878.
In recognition of the labors of Fro-
Berlin, President Hayes has transmitted
to the Professor, through Mr.. Everett,
collection Of volumes on the history
Of Jurisprudence.
"A woman was drinking milk from
a cup in Paris on the 2Sth of June, at
u O'Clock in the morning. Tho light
ming knocked ,ho cup from hor hands,
but left her unhurC. The cup could
not be found. ...
Three Of the surviving descendants
of MassasOit, the noted Indian, Mrs.
Mitchell and her two daughters, are
passing tho summer in camp at tBetty's
Neck, tract, Of land up tile shores Of
AssawampsettI Pond, nyMassachusetts.
Tho national debt Is now about $2,-
X@19p FoaS pep Hsass cs1t, in{ESSBB55St 1885, $685.
~ per cent, $3.50, 900, 900; per cent,
$500, 900; per cent, $3.50, 900 1000; no
interest. $4O0, ,000, 900, , ,,.,. ru
Ten years ago the. expectation Of
leather to Europe was first stalt ted as
an experiment. Since then the trade
has grown to 25 100000 pounds (valued
at 81 900 ,000) per annum,l with an in
crease for the first six months of this
year Of ZOO, 900 pounds
The Chicago elevators contain at
the present time 2,535,273 bushels Ut
wheat, 2,05s, ,576 bushels of corn, 164 ,2l9
bushels Of oats. 5000 bushels OF rye,
grand total of 5,775 ,09S bushels, against
l ,570, ,06b bushels at this period last year.
In Paris and its suburbs there are
more than 18 900 people who live by
rag-picking or rag-selling. Thore are
10000 chiffonniers whogo about collec-
ting scraps Of rags or paper, and 5000
old clothes dealers who buy rags, and
who again employ 1900 worlspen.
In New South Wales last year the
sum Of 81 ,708, 1886 was expended upon
primary education. Teachers' salaries
absorbed $7a0,320. There wsrein oper-
alton l,l87 schools, attended lni the az.
gregate by 1881 pupils. Since 1877
there has beDn an increase of seventy
schools. Ten years ago there were only
642 schools. ~ An.n@
W. cl, l,oo tao
completed statistics of the, catch Of
mackerel, the receipts and imports from
January l to August !, The New
England catch Of mackerel for that
time is 81 ,763 barrels, Of which lS,414
barrels have been packed out at Boston,
II 400 barrels ut Gloucester and 29,941
at all other New England ports.
| "A mile Is $3.50 feet, or 1890 yards
In length. A fatliohl '1s six feet. A
league Is three miles. b A Sabbath Days
journey is 1,l65 yards less than two
thirds of u mile. A days journey Is
3213 miles. A cubit is two feet. A
A palm is three inches. A span IL 10T
inches. A space Is three feet.
OF II, 900 guns constructed by Herr
Krupp ut his works at Essen during
tho last twenty-three years only sixteen
have burst, and nearly all of these we're
destroyed during trials undertaken to
test their power of resistance or endur-
ance, and when, consequently, they
were loaded with charges heavier than
they were designed to fire. a.,a
--Thirty-two American horsesarrlv-
ed at HaYre recently for the French
cavalry. They were inspected by
French officers detailed for the purpose,
and were all accepted at prices ranging
from $220 to $270, which are the top
prices tor French remounts. The h0r-
SOS were in splendid condition after
their voyage, no accidents whatever
having occurred on board ship.
The immigration statistics at Cas-.
tic Garden, New York, give the number
Of arrivals Of migrants during July at
l3,4Os, against 1922 in July, 1873. The
total arrivals since January are 6S 300,
an increase of 81 $50 over the same per-
iod last year. The records Of each
month show an increase, that In May