The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-15
VOL. III.-NO. l24.
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lima in 1890.
In 1877 $500 machine made doors
were W re shipped to England, last year
, The state of Ohio stand fourth In
manufactures, the value Of the annual
products being $270,00O,0 900. i ts
An ice-manufacturing company Of
Boston Is turning out $4,000 pounds q
day. 1t Is sold at $40 ton.
-England's national dobt on April
l, 1879, was G77s, ,O7s, $40, or about 3d.
800, 1874 200. -. :, N
There are 100, 900 miles of iron road
IN the world. Of which more than half
are in the United States. -
From statistics prepared in Chica-
go, the log crop of the Northwest this
year Will be about 000,O0O,000 feet.
Over 1000 persons in Clark aud
Ing by the turpenttne industry
The experimental cotton factory at
Atlanta, Ca, Is getting along, with
orders ahead for GOO, 900 yards Of cloth.
Many Lancaster county farmers
have not provided sufficient storing ac-
cancellations for their tobacco and much
of 1t is spelling. MI
The British war steamer Mercury,
lately completed and tested, Is said to
be the swittest vessel in the world.
She makes 20 miles an hour.
In 1880 the new organization Of the
French army will attain It's full devcl-
opment. The active army will consist
Of 497, ,793 men.
1t Is estimated that bad weather
this season In Great Britain has infllc-
ted loss of 5000, ,000, 900 upon the agrl-
cultural districts. ,' .s
"A sum of over $1,000 francs has
been collected to build memorial
chapel IN honor of the Prince Imperial
In Paris. 'a' ',@.l"HG
The largest sum ever paid for a
horse In England was 2,0O0, given
Tor Doncaster by the Duke of West
minister. t
From 1873 to 1879 inclusive. the /.
United States m1nts coined 373,641 $40
pieces OF money, aggregating in value
$4l9,o71, 1880. &
Chicago packers have slaughtered
,4Sl 900 hogs since March l to date.
against ,543,000 for the corresponding
period year ago. =,
1t Is said that the entire population
of the world could be provided for IN
the United States by allowing each
person one and half acres of land.
-Ihree Exeter gentlemen recently
walked up Mt. Washington, stepping
over the 1858 sleepers which are four 4
teen inches apart, on the cog railway.
"A careful political economist close--
ly calculates that women in this coun-
Try might annually save $14 500, 900 in
cigars.
During the past three years 1872
American railroads, covering nearly
$4,000 miles, and representing on In
vested capital of $72s.463, 900, have been
sold under foreclosure. 34%s
| Although tho exodus to Europe
during the past simmer was very large,
1t fell behind that of 1878 by nearly
4,0OO-tEe respective numbers being
about 10000 and 10000. Il
The total valuation of real and per-
sonal property In Vermont for this
year shows q decrease Of $11 1856 as
compared with the valuation of last
year. E1I7I -;
On the 31st Of July 13,626 metres,
or IN round numbers, about IN miles,
of the st. Gothard Tunnel through the 3.
Alps had been bored. The tunnel will
not bc finished this year, .I''
1t Is announced that wells have
Doen bored upon the lands in South j
Australia subject to drought, and 10 900 4
gallons of good water a day been obs
famed. s-#
The annual rate of mortality In
England and Wales was 1926 from
22.61 from 1860 to 1870; 81 81 from 1870
to 1877.
M. Theirs is said to have left no
writings, except the 1000 pages OF
notes which were to form his great
philosophical work. These were de- 4
posted with the Bank of England iii Il
November, 1870, and are still there, ,$s s \
MIR. Asa Pavne, of Scott county. &
KY, the son of General Payne, tof tho
War oil 1872, is said to be the Oldest liv-;s
Ing graduate Of West Point He is OF d
years old, and was member Of the first
class. ,.,f f & x s q
Two Indians from Hampton are 4
to serve as teachers for the $50 young
Indian pupils whom Captain FL. O.
Pratt Is collecting in the Indian coun-
try Tor the new Industrial school at \
Carlisle, Pa. &,
Canadian high protective tariff does
not seem to put money into the Domin-t
OF August, 1873. was $2,059, ,438. .63 IS
This year the receipts were only $l,-
070, ,088.38. 3,s s.
Chicago is the great cattle market
Of the Western world. A fair quotasisss
81 900 per week, but during August
the supplies were about 1900 daily, or
between $4,000 and 20, 900 per week, u, i.
and they broke down the market.
The cotton year ended with tho
month Of August. And the summation
Of receipts OF bales Is unpreced dentedly
large, the yield for the year being
5,073, ,63l bales, against 4.81l 1895 bales
for 1873. In 1859 the yield was a, ,88a,
no bales. N l! II E;s s4ss
The remark that Bismarck receives
81, 500 Tor his Chancellorship elicits tfleHs
fact that the German Embassador ut
London has a salary Of $4b 900 alld one 6
of the finest houses In Lond on. 4 .0rti 4
Beacc hsfie1d has the $2b, 900 81 year Rit
used to receive. s'} ss IN 81 ss
The Texas cattle d rive has nearly
attained the proportions of that Of lsatS