The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.


! for gathering the nuts.
"a coleny of Swiss peasants has pur-
chased IS 900 acres Of land In Nebraska.
and they will soon settle thereon.
The standard of gold and silver at
The United States mint is 500 parts pure
metal, 100 alloy.
standing silver dollars stored in the
vaults OF the Treasury Department.
-Estimatcs made from the most re-
liable sources show that there are about
900 Indians still living.
1T Is estimated that the accident on
he Michigan Central railroad will cost
the Compa.ay at least 500 00G.
--Minnesota IL Fix times as large as
the state OF Massachusetts In point Of
territory. 1~
The Egyptian army is limited by
the new lir,nan to Is 900 men. as in the
frnian Of 1911.
The valuo OF imports Of eggs and
poultry into Great Britain In one wear
amounts to $40 ,000, 900. y1If
Governor Mcclellan, of New Jer-
scy, Is improving, but Is not ct able to
bo At the Executive Chamber.
Mise Travis, a relative Of Mr.. John
Bright, has just reached the venerable
ago Of 1oU gears.
The Late Prince Imparlal's will
mas been proved, tho personal estate
being sworn under S50O,000. =
"A sum OF ETA 400. ESQ It's. 8ad., or
about 2,033 ,46o, was realized In Eng
l"hd last year by "duty ou Spirits"
Eight coach horses, costing $500
each, were sent last week from Licking
ton, KY, to Alfred Withers in London.
Tho furnace proprictors in the Le-
banon Valley, OF Pennsylvania, are In
crtaslng the wages OF their laboring
mon.
"A seat In tho Now York Stock Ex-
change wns sold Saturday for SIC, 900,
being $26OO higher than a seat ever
brought before.
The money expended in the Indian
service since tho beginning. Of tho
Government Is shswn by otiioial records
to $lSl ,0OU,000. h, ...'...
st. Anlhony's Catholic Church at
Lancaster, Pa, was broken iuto recent
~ and robbed ofa gllded chalico valued
Nv $40. ri '0-u3 Hur
"A now Bessemer steel company has
been organized in Pittsburg under the
name OF "fle Pitt>burg Bessemer
Steel Company, LtmlIed."
Billiard playing by minors, In tho
publi1rooms vi Wilkesbarro, Pa. has
been prohibited by All order from May
or Loomis.
AT Drummondtown, Nd, the cor
ncr-stone OF rho Masonic Hall was TAX
on out and the gold and silver coins
ana other relics ubstraotod.
"A rumor Is current in st. Peters
onrg that Nj. Makoif intends to punish
tHpMk9fXv newsRapers by forbidding
Over 1000 persons are employed In
the iron and steel business ut Troy. N.
y, and the annual disbursement OF
wages and salaries to them 81 900 900.
There Is II colorcd man In Dorches-
ter county, Nd, lO4 years OF age, who
was registered for the purpose OF depos-
iting Ills ilrst ballot at tho last election.
"A copy Of Baxter's "Call to tho
UnconverLcd," printed In 1867, was
found in II bale OF rags from London In
one or the Lee (Mass.) papur mills the
other day.
-shnvlngs from u planning mill in
Chicago are, by an alr-blast, blown
700 teet, TIN ougn n l5-lnch sheet-iron
pipe, to distillery, where they arc
burned for fuel.
The population ofleading countries
In Europe Is rs follows: Great Britain
and Ireland QS7D, 81 ,02S ,33S: Franco
(lS7G), &c, 800, 1883; Austro-Hungary,
(h6), 31.35O,OOO; Germany (lS75),
IA, ,727 $50. . Ia,
Gov. Van Zandt, Of Rhode Island,
has been presented with tho cane that
Daniel Webster used to carry In the
latter part Ot his llfo. The cane Is made
OF lanuewood, and has u large ivory
knob,
Account sales of the first shipments
CT apples TO Liverpool and Glasgow
have buem received, and arc eminelltly
satisfactory, AS they nottcu large profile,
sales being Effected at from $6.75 to $3.50
per barrel Tor sound fruit.
Tho sap strcngth h of different woods
Is as follows: ash, 3.2UO pounds per
square inch; elm, l,2OO pounds; hick-
Ory, 2,2UO; maple, 2,OOO; white oak,
2,UOO; pine, 2,OOO; walnut, 1000; and
poplar, ,4CO.
An electric clook giving the hour
at tho Paris Observatory has been
placed outside the Conservatoire des
Arts ct Metisrs.. This IL the hrst Of the
series OF similar Instruments to be es-
tubisled III Cheyarious surrOndls5emeilts
Of Paris. 4e,@s as @.s
--~Al HOAG DOStHHo SUbmp
Of u new design Is to be Issued In Great
Britain. ltWlll bear. u portrait OF the
Queen as she appears III mature age,
and not. as now, a likeness OF her Ma
jesty wien she had just entered woman
mood.
: Alderman Sir Francis Wyatt Trus-
colt iius been unanllnOusly elected
Lord Mayor OF London Tor tile ensuing
year. IL will be remembered that he ]
was successful defendant In q recent
unjustifiable prosecution for libel
which attracted much attention.
Hereafter 20 per cent. Of salaries
and other c0rrenG obligations are to be-
paid in coin J. III equal parts OF gold and
SILVER. Holders Of Obligations Will be-
required TO fake Thus much coin, with \
the option Of taking all In, either gold
or silver or rGeriihcaIes, q
---lhe death is announced OF the
Rev. Gideon B. Perry, u. ID. LII. ID, at
IInnk ii,Avii iiIa II q. 81 ia & yAa the lasks