The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-27
VOL. III.-NO. lob 4,
NEWS IN BRIEF

ing with last September, the
amount of over 800,U0O,OOO
Deet-root sugar. ~
The indianapolis Sentiaee
an estimate, by counties, Of,
crop OF Indiana, and makes
total $4,000, 900 bushels. gisSa
A Canadian feet inches
weighing 2S0 pounds, and
81 inches around the chest
his brother In Hydetown,P
Every silk mill In Paterst
is running to its fullest capt
some Of the manufacturers
to take all the work that fs OF
There were eighty-six
San Francisco during the yea.
cd Oh the Both Of june. Oft
Der twenty-seven were Germ
ten ware natives of New Yor!
"A block Of marble quarrie
mont the other day measured,
inches In length, 3 feet 81 ,iiic..
width, and feet 3 inches IN thickness, :,
and weighed about q, COO pounds. sS
,-Bismarck's salary as }Ghancell or Of 4
ne Empire and Prussiah Miniater Is &
Ti3,oo0. DR.. Falk, on retiring after s
sion of $4,000. I 4! & ~
Major General Clifford, of the Eng4
lish army in Zululnnd, has become the
owner Of the horse Fate, which the late
Louis Napoleon unsuccessfully tried to 4
mount when fleeing from tho Zulus. l
-Erastus Corning, Of Albany, MI
mas made arrangements for cuttingI$
about 200, 100000 feet of,pineN amberlS
from tract Of land belonging to himk5
on the western shore of Lake hLitTiTan.N =
Some earth and chips Of stone from
the Iuileries, the gift OF the daughter
Oh an official Of the Empire, who se-
cured them while passing through, Paris2 J
on her way to Chiselhurst,w were buried}A
IN the Prince lmperial's coffin.
"A French dollar of a. weight of al
Zlo granmes, and equivalent In valuE
now being issued from the mint IN Pal
Is. 1t Is intended for circulationgf 4
Cochin, China
"A late resident Of North Carolina.
Mr.. Jesse II. D. Reed, has giyenSby
VII his whole property, arnoGntinglt0
$2O,OOO, to three old slaves sas a3reWartt
Tor their care of him In his declining
years. %sSsSS. a 8; B
"A memorial chapel tothe late Prince
imperial Is about to be erected In Parts.
The prime movers In the matter are
Joachim Murat, president of the COM
mittce; General Fleury, baroif Ha,lss-
The watch which General Wash Z
ington had made In Londona for Widow IA
Martha Custis. and preseh htad@to her z
JUST Defore their marriage, has been
added to the collection Of relics at WASH
ington's Headquarters in Newburg.
1t Is stated in Boston that Mrs.
Monroe, the widow of the dean of the
School of Oratory of Boston University,
Will occupy her late husbands chair at {
the autumn term. 1t Is 5aid, further,
that sho is perfectly capable of doing ),
the work we'll. I
The Iowa State Board of Equaliza- i
ton reports that there ore 34,57O,89s /
acres Of land in that Stat4, of an aver
age value Of SILL per actea The total
e4nalized value Of lands and lots is
$303, ,715, GAG; of personally, $iO2. .O48. .535. q
Grand total, $405, 1884, G'S5. 81
Joseph Temple, of Webster, Me-,
aged % years months, and Betsey. ft
MS wife, aged d, were married. on tfieY i
10th of February, 1907, and have lived #
together on the same farm they now Ss ~
own ~ years. Their children !nsimb ber ,SE.
sixteen. ten Of whom are living -seY ven 9s
sons and three daughters. sSss;
Our milling industry ranks Aext S
to that OF iron. The number OF mills ls sS
over 25 900, affording employment to M
mere than 10000 mon, whDse annual, DIS
wages are about $40 0,0OO, ,00O, and turn Iis
ing out yearly $4,000, 900 barrels of9 fioiir s9
Of which 4o,o0o,oO0 are exported to fors
cign countries. #ssst&SsSS ~ g vs.
Tho Narrow gauge railroad & from as
point on tho Virginia and Tsnnessee sss
Railroad to the Altoona coalsmines. ms
southwestern Virginia, has been Soins N.
pleted and is now ready for traffic SA ~
mine OF coal, inexhaustlble IN quality n 81.
and, 1t Is claimed, Of a quality equal to ~
the Pennsylvania anthracite, has been aSs
opened. n
In tearing down the old Boston al d
Albany depot at North Adams. Mass.
plane laying on a beam, whore sit Shad f
been placed over thirty years ago, wllen sisl
the depot was first built. Itswas 2ss
good condition and bore the brand Of
~. Webb, Pittsfleld, Mass, who Il
still living, and to whom the esprVpertySz
will be returned. * VAN X
School teaching in Massscfiuseft ts N NS'
Is not without It's dangers. A1 feRal le K.
teacher In Franklin county NasS At sS
tempting to correct one Of her spMptl le
the other day, when three ofsths hoy MI
about fourteen years old, attacked her seS
throwing her down and klokinR her
She got up and left the SCHOOL OlkB6fGHg1l
but tainted OIL the road home, and n0ye ~
proves to have been ,eriously injured IS n n
Mr.. James Sitter having fe8iKn :sSS
his position as principal of tie
water (renna.) Soldiers Qrphafih & a
School, the school was closed on q Ri 81
of August, and the pupils trAHSt tSrf " I
to one or more Of the following SOho II u
viz: Uniontown, Fayette G01nt
Mercer, Mercer county; Day TOM snS
strong county; Mansfield, Ti0f 81
ty; Hartford, busquehannasc1 County
- oDaring the year ending J1ns 3 & a.
Boston custom-h house has been S M
81 over those Of the previous m fla3S 5es
total receipts being $l3, 800, ,s7
expenses for this year were s. q