The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-22
:" NEWS IN BRIEF.

burned by the English In 1917, after
standing over 400 years. .N''
The Valentine iron works iat Will
Transport, Pa, will soon start up, Civ
ing employment to 100 men.
1t Is estimated that the tobacco crop
OF Iennsylvania may reach CT, 900 cases,
OF which $4,000 will come from I.ancas-
ter county. a. $685.. .us, '-H.9
The scmi-annual dividends payable
IN Boston, In October, aggregate So ,1GS,-
0?o. OF which the national banks pay
81 100000. ,,... ...r
Sweden imports annually about
l,o0O,00O tons of coal. The yield of the
Swedish coal pits Tor 1876 was aoout
80, 900 tons. ... =
Over 10000 quartz mines have
Dcen recorded in Montana,2 and some
OF the mountain ranges have, not vet
been prospcctcd.
Pour Of the principal labor unions in
last year In extending relief to their
members. ... q g.. 0,.f... .rn
Two domesticatcd goats which left
Harpcr's Ferry in 1864 and took refuge
on Maryland Heights, now number
over thrco hundred descendants.
For superior education Germany
hos II universities, with 1922 professors
and 2O,2S2 students; 43l1 Of tho latter
arc In the University of Berlin.
The University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, which will celebrate its
fourth centennial June |, 1880, reports
W professors and 1850 students, of
whom ~ are female. rsi@
Less than half the officers in the
stall OF our army, or 231 out Of $50, and
about onc-third OF those in the line,
o97 out of 1854, arc graduates Of Wcst
Point. 80
"A joint stock company has been
organized in England, with u capital
OF $4,000, 900 In shares Of $5 each, for
the establishment Of temperance houses
all over the kingdom
In the Southern States tho eolorcd
people have 1892 public schools, 27'
normal schools, high schools 23, uni
versitles and colleges IL, schools Of
theology II, of law 2, of medicine 3.
The extent of land under the diff
terent crops In Great Britain IL us fol.
lows: :"-Wheat, $500. 1877 acres; barley,
2,G67, 1903; outs, 2,G5G,575 potatoes,
540,842; hops, G7,7l5 ...,.'l.f
Tho length of tho sewers in Phila-
delPhla aggregates 80 miles, connec-
ted with which are moro than 1000
miles OF soil and waste pipes, commun-
icatingwith more than II, 900 dwellings.
MIR. dc Lesseps is going to Athens
TO study project Of Il canal across the
isthmus OF Corinth, between the CULTS
OF Salonica and Corinth. The cost Is
estimated at from ~, ,S00,000 to 81, ,2OO,-
600. .... : ....'. :.
The whole number of, Chinese who
have cmtgratcd into tho United, states
M hrl ln Sf az,
~ exceeds 200 900, and il is said that
full y one-half of these have returned to
their native country, i rs
The Temperance Alliance of Loui-
siana assert that, in that State last wear
spirits worth $42 ,00C 900 were drunk,
or $2,o00,000 worth more than tho COM
piicu Yalue OF the sDgar, cotton and
rice crops Of the State. .,.,4
The gold current still sets toward
the United States. From July lst to
September 2cth tho gold received at
New York from Europe exceeded that
sent out ny tho snug sum OF $25, ,306. .3l4.
There arc SAID to be fully 200, 900
Deggars irnmping about the German
Empire, and they arc estimated to get
as aims not less than $lS,g00, 900 annu-
all III money, without considering the
Val"e OF 1oou and clothing given'them.
-During the past year the American
lbiDle Society has printed an average
or l ,00O copies u day Of its ten cont
with disorders. About 500 copies of It's
twenty-five cont Bible nave been prin-
ted daily, ..ti. ,.... ~. t,.,
.--Boston shipped 1,705,793 cases
o. }1G Do9ts and 1neo shoes for the year ending
l73,226 cases; st. Louis, II $685. New
tYork, 1851; Philadelphia, 81 400,
and Cincinnati, 03, ,450 casos7-making a
total OF COO, ,S3l cases.
A farmer attempted to cut into a
premium pnmpkin'ut d fair ut Council
Grove, Kansas. to get few of tho
sSccgs, nut found it made of, wood. 1t
nag taken many prizes at fairs for its
weight, 230 pounds, and It's circumfer-
encc, 2 fcct. tH r@'l 1hj q "a
There being but about sc, 100000 Of
gold In smaller denominations than 2Os
now IN tho Treasury, the Philadelphia
Mint Will RECON- most of the foreign
golu INTO five and ten dollar gold pieces,
me 65 and 1851 being coined by tho
San Francisco Mint will be sent East.
AT u rccet1tauctlOn sale OF ostriches
In Cape Land the 1low6stp-ice paid for
q pair was 5000, and the highest 81 .425.
Slnce the developments Of ostrich farm
Ing as an industry, the value OF the
birds has risen enormously, and u bunch
or choice feathers was lately sold at
Port Elizabeth for 1897 a pound.
In 1873, 2,7O8 medical students were
graduated from the 80 colleges OF the
United States. AS the statistics show
that n this, country an average Of 500
people support one physician, there
lnustbe a constantsupDly Of ovef,1 900
patients, who must pay tho handsome
cum Of $l07G, 900 a year, in order to
alloy allow each Sh Doctor only 81 q day.
"A hog scraping machine which has
Just been tcstol IN Chichgo worked
very satisfactorily. a hog Was Killed,
placed in the machine, and almost In
ga, instant came out with only d few odd
hairs on his head iand legs! Seven
hogs Wers passed. through the machine
In iifty-stivcn seconds, and EACH came
out as hairless as could be desired.
With O. adewimproyemen the nachiae