The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-01
WIZ III
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Tho bones Of a supposed inastodon
have been unearthedI in Wellsboro,
Tioga county, Pa.
| -IThe cotton factories n and around
Augusta, Ga. use $l,500,000 worth Of
! raw cotton per annum. lirg.s Ipu 81
About 120, 900 pounds of fish were
! caught on one tide in the Great Pond
Inlet, Long Branch, recently: -
-Chutahsohtih, Il North Carolina In
dian chief, died the other day, aged
somewhere from 120 years up
a Murfreesboro, Tenl., negro is
103 years old Hc has just married his
seventh wife, who is 80. '''.'"n
The price atwhich Gounod has sold
the score of his,neW opera, 'STribut de
Zomora," Is said to be, $4,000, g..
Mr.. james Gordon. Bennett paid
$50, 600 for the Sydney Brooks villa at
The harbor Of Melbourne is to be
| improved at q cost iof &6, ,000, , ,O00, ,lso as to
admit of ships~of any burden coming
right up to the city. IL% ."Hr ~
Tho Railroad Goxetc ssys that ,47G
miles Of railroad have been made in the
United States 50 ffar, this year, against
!-Nebrhska is filling Up and growing.
a late census shows n population of
34G, 400, bcipg an increase Of 2G3, AT
since 1870. r,.,,.,,,,. ...,.:.
The taxable valuation of property
falling off of 81 SOC, 600 from last year.
The. tax rate 1854 on $1,000.
1t is estimated that there we're at
Saratoga during the summer just end
ed 10000 moro vleitors, than during any
summer before. iitir-: g.. lr...h
The valuation, of l5S cities and
towns in Massachusetts for 1S79is $780,
S35 COS, as compared with $306,432 ,3G7
| last year. .r@ .r'. W.
Quail imported from Europe last
fall, according to the Watsontown (Pa.)
uerald, are multiplying rapidly In
Northumberland county.
During the twenty years from 1867
to 1877, Russia gained in population by
the excess of arrivals over departures q
total of 036, $40 persons. :, .,c-.. ..lt
In ninety years the number of post
| offices III the United States has increas-
ed from rs to 10, ,S1G. The number has
| doubled since 1862" =. ~ af .l!tE
philadelphia registers 1o3, ,477voters.
There are in India 200, 900 Chris
tians, of which 1000, 900 are 100000 are
Protestants ofall denominations.
--One of the most wonderful results
In speculation is the appreciation of
railroad stocks within the year, the ag-
gregate Increase being over $l21, ,OOO, 900.
Great Britain holds at present
bonds not exceeding $l3O, 900 of United
States bonds, and Germany, France,
and the rest Of Europe about $40 200, 900.
Since 1859 the average duration of
life In Paris has increased by L years.
The mean annual mortality is but 20
IN 1000, against ~ in 1000 in New
| York.
| The American Iron Works, at Pitts
burg, Pa, are about to erect additional
pudding furnaces. They now have
| seventy five, seventy-two of them are
being operated double turn.
| = The Rev. Newman Hall's new
church In London cost $320,600, all of
which except $22, 800 has been paid.
The church has 1926 members, and car
ries OH much benevolent work. ..,
John NJ, Laird, editor of the
| Greensburg argus, is veteran among
the editors Of Pennsylvania. He has
been connected with newspapers, in
one way or anorller for sixty-sfx years.
-rhero are at present only y'1s6 YES
sells engagedin whale fishery, as against
6S8 in lS64.l New Bedford, Mass, still
leads In the business, only twenty-five
Of the vessels employed not Being from
that port. - ''"-?'''"' ''A10
An Illinois farmer astonished Deca
tur by going into that place with n
train of six wagons, laden with 375
bushels OF Darley, and drawn by
steam road locomotive of his own in
ventiOn H, '. .At .'ls.' ~
John Bright's son, Mr.. William
Leatham Bright, who is in this country,
( ivon nt
Stafford Sessions for neglecting to ap-
| pear against a prisoner arrested for
swindling.| .sG'" w i ~iwt
| '-Wadsworth Rollins is on his way
from Now York to Chicago on bicy-
Gle. He left the former place. on July
Sd, and spent some time at Saratoga.
He is II VI 'hurfying, as the trip is for
pleasure and not a task.l 3ii
A-Down to the close of 1873, the Uni
| ted States hadSproduced a total of o.
| l45, 1856, net tontof Bessemer Steel Rails.
! In 1868, when the States first imported
'Bessemer Steel Rails from thiscountry,
they paid Ns. iat the rate Of hh5O per ton,
The excess Off receipts Of, tho Pat
| ent Onice for the fiscal year ending
| June 30th, Over expenditures, was
$3.50, ,4O5. This amount is the largest in
tho history Of the otlice,rWith the excep-
~ So0o 1G6Y' jsrNiGSSS'
: From odc q !, ! .AlprA t. August .Ilsst over
try for Fur6pe.l l6lwoIld 9bei'a low
| average to estimate that these passen-
gers spend 81 900 apiece in Europe, and
ah t6is hfssS mSans I'll the sEPHndit@are @ Of $4,000
| 1'1ihe sc. I9uis School Board in re-
solving to- employ 'nohe But colored
teachers in' the colored schools here
after, have sproyided for ,Afty-six Of
these teachers, The ettee3pp}dlance,is said
to havo Increased, ana 1cblored parents
are taking greater ihtereat IN the
schools,Dd "ii ui bpYH4u Gpln
3f--Prussiai has eighteen. prisons for
trsnpse eps As54 ths tns1e
tntiohs, but the number has Increased
i every HtY6afi and ifOrI 1875. .Wasg0. 900. or