The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-13
OIL. :II.Il.--NO. 1856.
BBIE T. FS

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Oxford has this year 3l5 students. :,
-Ihe English duty on tobacco
amounts to some $45, 900 900 q wear.
y -Chicago, kills six hogs for every
minute Of every hour Of every day In
tile year. ~ = : ~ >
1t Ia said that VIM. Astor proposes
to build $3.50, 900 hotel In Jacksonville.
Florida. =.
-Pork-packcrs Of Chicago require
25,0Oo, ,oC0 feet of lumber this year i'm
the shape Of boxes. 5tt. -fr''nGb :
Last years. wheat crop in Califor-
MIA yielded $l7,07G,944, and the wool
crop 7,000,000.
The net income from tho Enolish
Crown lands last year was E4GO. 900, Or
about 81 100000. n -
-Kansas has now q school ponula-
ton OF 30O, 900; the incrense since last
year Is 10 ,532. '@'''
The island of Manhattan, upon
which New York Is built, was dlscov.
erod by the'Dutch in 1909. ',11'> i
There arc 10000 deaf mutes IN the
United States. and fifty places OF wor-
sup where services are conducted In
the sign language.
AT I1olyoke, Mass, Il factory makes
between three and four tons of raper
pulp daily from seven and half cords
OF poplar wood. Gfs 4...,..... t1. =.
-.Mme. Christine Nilsson will take
part IN the musical festivities at Mad
flu IN honor OF the King >of Spain's
wedding. - r. '''n
Miss Isabel Waldo has received sit-
tings from Chief Justice Waite, and
mas finished portrait which is highly
praised by good judges.
In the postal savings bank of italy
$b,o0o,00O have been deposited so far
Ctis year In very small sums. These
banks give great satisfaction. a,..sy
The Both Of September was obsery-
el by the royal family Of Austria as
the 0uoth anniversary Of the foundation
OF the klHgly power of their house.
The School Board of Covington,
hy., Is trying to stop draw poker
among the pupils; but the public lot
terry drawings continue without oppo-
sition. ''rI
-Thes latest estimate of the wheat
yield of the United States for 1876. Is
AL 300, 900 bushels. 1t Is estimated
that 2s3 .Oo0, 900 bushels will be required
In Europe,
The Reading Railroad Company
arc building two new pea. coal engines
Tor the Bound Brook Railroad which
are c1pable of running seventy miles
an hour.
MIR. Thomas Ball is reported to
nave just received Il commission to exc
cute statue Of tho late Rear, Admiral
Alden folNthe city Of Portland, which
was the Admiral's native place.
In the old Botanical Garden at
kcme Is now building a new etlifce,l to
be called tho Mnsco Itberino, in order
III the river and on Its banks.
= The active metropolitan police of
Paris Is composed Of 5000 men, chosen
from the ranks Of tile army Their
qualifications are tested during gone
year prior to being put on the force.
tn up to date, d. ,453, $50, standard sill
YER dollars have, been coined. 12,221,-
Ol0 are supposed to be put III circcula-
tioh, being outside tho TREASURY vaults;
while 80, ,232, $40 remainln those vaults. !
The erection of buildings undertake
en- In New. York City during the past
nine, months exceeds in number even
that for tho sanie period in 1879, before
the crash, being l,57G against !. .413in
totA. N&H9IFnp Gt"Njci - .fG.'
are forty female physieians
~, practice IN PhiladeIphia,o ten ARTISTS
whom the State has lately selectGd to
exeGute,in marble the statue of M uhlen-
burg.r !alsn,iihIA ,ncfiyyly tti
india ranks fourth among, the
,countries Of tho world for the. extent
Of coal deposits. She has 10000 SQUARE
miles Of coal fields: the United States,
500, 900; China; 400, 900, and Australia,
240, ,000,;r bYt only SOC, 900, tons are an (
nuaIly mined lii India,
The Paterson ,(N.,JJ Sayings In
In Its deposits during thes last six
monthsfor more than 3b per cent? The
deposits are now 100000 more than
ever before. This Is regarded in Pater-s
son rs all indication of. ''good 'tines."
Tile Sisters Of the EST. Augustine
Conventy in Florida, are raising silk
worms and are very successful In their
project; the, silk comparing ,favorably
with that of France. This enterprise
commenced in 1854, and they have
since carried'rCf several gold medals
from sthe eindustrial exhibitions. ofA >sA
) t-The STANDARD OIL Company have
Goptracted for. the construction .ot a 4
Observation-Disclosures pipe limo from. the
oil C6hiltry,,Via Sharon, Pa, and War .
ron, OhloIto Cleveland, to be'comple-
ted ibyS February lst.tEThel Hneais, to
have. q capacity, Of 900 barrels. daily
skod sa FIX dSS pumping stations AID AID 2 cost
'G--Mme. rhioqs iiyeaa very iaaaisttiand
busyollfe ;if' London.a she bfeakfdsts
with the French Ambassador,ath 81 then 81
takes shoEt drive at. seven Ysho dimes ~
All the rest OF the time she emp loys In
worKihg With Her Secretary ,in' q Small.
room nearly filled With 'papers, which
papers arc supposed to bd secret 4docu-
mepts deposited ins London s several
Years n4s sago, by her husband.
;High,t th9ssena tX9 ) hpnassa b end
in BfiJisfp india! Dining the present.
year theovery important 1ndits Valley
line, eonneeling the port Of KurrachliS
In Scinde with the. Punjaqb RAILROAD o
1T Moaltan, has been compile etsd and
thIs, with the exception Of the crossing
theis Indus at,lSukyKat, aaGontlntious
conIml9!g1nicatlon nIml9 " by gall way via ailogs
Delhi, Agra, and Benares to- Qalcutta,
about 9,120 mffeS. is esta ed g, Z.