The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-24
VOL. IV.-NO. so.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

| ctty 9i9,ooo.
-.'rhere arc 1904 600 hogs in the
United States.
,--England paid $4,000, ,o0e for for
eign eggs In 1878.
| Tho American half dime of 1902 la
deemed bargain at 800.
Wild ducks have been known to
ny over ninety miles an honr.
-One Boston firm has cleared $780,
ooo III leather since September.
| Nearly 800, 600 persons are emplov.
ed OIL British and Irish railroads..
"A botanist says that there are ~
0OO kinds Of weeds in the United States.
I-lnsurance was III general use In
Italy In ll04, and in England in 1860.
OF English farmers, AT were bank
ropt III 1877, BIG in rs and ,43l IN 10.
MI me. de Lesseps speaks English
huontly. She Is NJ. dc Lcsseps' second
wife.
.--Arizona contains "a, ,00O, 900 acres
OF land, 100000 of which are sur
vcyed.
During the rear 1879 twelve million
dollars worth Of wines were exported
to France.
Tho western Indians still fear the
telegraph poles, which they can not un-
About 10000 900 pounds of sugar
were exported in 1879 from the Sand
wich Islands.
There are 81 silk mills In New Jer-
sey, with an annual product of $l4.-
o00,00o In value.
There are In round II umbers, $780,
600 900 on deposit in tho New York
State savings bank.
A number Of prehistoric bronzes,
round In ancient Siberian graves. ara
pciieVed to be from 1000 to {, 1000 years
10 give state dinner in st. Pet
crsburg, United States Minister must
| pay from $50 to $50 plate, and even
| more.
| rho Germans in Paris, who are es-
| Emated at 0,000 to $4,000, have estab-
ilshed weekly paper In their own
language. T
-Chicago has 5000 liquor saloons.
at which $ll ,0C0,0 600 Is spent, and iii.
nos 10, ,osi, the annual expenditure at
which is $52, ,O00, 900.
Cholera swept away over 100, ,OOo
Japanese In 1870, yet in 1873 the United
otates were Mortified at a yellow fover
mortality of only IL 900.
| Ho CHiHeSe dOYefnmCnc has de-
tcrmlned to establish consulates in Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, and New York for
the protection Of Its 81 bject.
1T is estimated that nearly 500 ,OO0,.
ooo,ooo were paid during the year 1879
through the Twenty-Five clearino
horses OF the United States. ...
| The value Of imports of eggs and
poultry Into Great Britain amounts 10
Ho ,o00, 900 year. These products are
sillu TO como largely from France.
The mon In trainining for th,
Harvard crew show tho Following nv
erages: age, ALA; weight, 1888:
he&ht, 69.7 inches; upper arm, - 3.
Spain, IN imitation of France, has
just started an. art academy In Rom.
for Government pupils desiring to per
feet themselves In scul pture aud paint-
Ing.
dates were not affixed to grants
ana assignments until the wear 1888.
before which tim0 1t was usual to pass
INC property, he 1t what 1t might, with
out date. ~
| The military and naval expondi-
t!lre OF Europe in 1870 amounted to
tl0O, ,000, 900. Russia spent $50 900. 600.
England t3l 100000. France E270O0..
ooo and Germany Ell ,OOO, 900. .,.'
The 1879 "cattlc drive represents
about $18,C00,000, ana will number
420,OOO head-TeXas 25O, 900, and Mon
tana and Oregon 100000 each, besides
large aggregate Of smaller fry, from
various localities. ''h
! The value Of church ,propertv In
the Uuited States In 1870 is given ut
$4,000. 900, and should it continue to
increase IN the same proportion as in
tho past, Its value In 1900 will reach tho
sum of $4,000, 100000. @!""yEe
Tho importation of forcjpa' md
colonial wool for 1878 into Britain
amounted IN the aggregate to 4O6 6,3l8,-
20 IDS. or this quantity, 287, ,478, ,l8e
IDS. was Australian ; 31,03l ,4G6 lbs.
Cape OF Good Hope; 26.606, 1926 lbs.
The highest inhabited place in the
world is Galera, railway. village In
teru, lo.640 feet above the sea. Near
1t a tunnel 3S47 feet long is beng Bored
through the peak of the mountain, 600
feet above the perpetual snow line.
The English people in ten months
in 1870 drank the following number Of
gallons Of wine: Sherry, 500: 90;
port, 1892 900; olaret, 8, ,463, 900; cham
pagne, ILL., ,000; Spanish rcd wine.
s6a,0 600; other kinds, 1,l93 900 gallons.
Oshkosh, Wis.,, has the largest
match factory In the world. It cut up
2,0O0, 900 teet Of logs into matches, and
used $500. 900 worth OF revenue stamps
during 1870. Besides, it manufactured
one fourth OF all the merchant work.
sash, blinds, and doors made In the
United States.
In the year 1875 there were 1874
acres OF oane In Minnesota, producing
7o,479 gallons Of syrup; IN 1870 there
1877, 2,200 acres and 140, ,l8S gallons: in
1873. 3,207 acres and 420, 600 gallons; In
1879, 1921 acres, with the number Of
gallons not yet returned, but probably
zoo, 600. :.
There are 1877 shoddy factories in
| England, Scotland and Wales. There
are no shoddle factories In Ireland. In
England the number is 1874, and Soot-
land only 8. The number OF spinning
! spind!es is $1,000. In 1870 the number
was 1884, ,2l1. The number of doubling
! spindles ls 0.282. which ia q ralnarEa ahie