The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Senator Bruce, OF Mississippi. is a
COO.
1.-The orange trees in Florida are
rot growing as rapidly as usual this
season.
I'm Ireland last year 50, SOC, 900 less
were spent for drink than in the pre-
ceding year.
Rice is becoming one Of the most
importanJ grain crops planted in
southwest Georgia.
The Treasurer Of Erie county, Pa,
pays out annually about $4,000 for
sheep killed by dogs.
| Out Of 250 applicants for admission
to Harvard at the June examination,
205 have been admitted.
The census of California indicates
an increase OF 250, 900 in the aggregate
population of the State.
--Prarie Wolf, an Indian chief, has
just died ut the age of lI9, from the
excessive use of tobacco
General Hancock is a twin. His
twin brother, Hilary Hancock, is
lawyer ut Minneapolis, MINI.
Oak timber Is now being shipped
from Somerset county, Pa, to Eng
land, to DE used In ship building.
The municipality of Rome has
placed a statue OF Father Secchi, the
astronomer, on the promenade Of the
Pincio.
THE Lycoming Tannery, at Will
Transport, Pa, turns out 26, 900 hides a
year, and uses in that time 1000 tons
of bark.
were mined, washed and shipped to
England IN one week, from Augusta
County, Va.
The old Colonial church at Hall
fax, N. c., Is over century old. In
the church-yard there is d tomb stone
erected in l772.
The orange grove Of Mrs. Harriet
Bcccher Stowe, at Mandarin, on the
st. Johns, Florida, yielded last year
81, 600 to the acre.
-Commissioner lie DUO is inspect
ing the vicinity OF Columbia, 8. c..
with view to selecting a suitable place
for cultivating tea.
There are $50 hands employed In
the Erie Railway shops at Susuue-
hanna, Pa, whose monthly nav
amounts to $4,000.
The total number of persons killed
by tho steam cars on the railroads III
Pennsylvania in 1870 was 553. and the
number injured 1881.
Over seven million bushels of grain
of all kinds was shipped from the
eight principal ports OF the West dur
Ing the week ending juno 9th last.
The population of New Jersey ia
estimated at 100000. In 1876. with
estimates for few places that failed to
make returns, 1t was l,028, ,502, and In
1870, 007 ,149.
Ohio now employs 12,248 men in
the manufacture OF agricultural imple-
ments alone. This State leuds every
other State In the Union, in this branch
Of manufacture.
In New York city there are eighty
five Episcopal churches and chapels,
the number having doubled in twenty
live years, and $4,000 children In the
Episcopal Sunday schools.
Thus far 4G delegates, the great
majority of whom are ministers, have
been appointed from the Presbyterian
Church Of Scotland to tho Pan-Presby-
terian Council ut Philadelphia.
Tho Lutheran Home for Deacon
esses In Darmstadt has become an I'M
DOrtant sisterhOOd, having los deacon
esses, novices, and probationers. Nine
of Its members are ut work III the Ger
man Hospital, London.
The amount of lager and aIo
brewed in tho United States in 1870
was 10,000,0O0 barrels, Of which New
York produced one-third. The above
amount Is equal to 833, 900 barrels a
month, which Is nearly 2S,000 barrels
day.
AT dinner given in Pont street,
in London, the other day, the dccora-
lions of the table and dining room con-
| ljQfa1 nf rnp1 frl,jt n, FIJI n,{r
peaches, nectarines, and cherries.
The guests could eat their desert from
the trees.
Queen Victoria is said to pride her
self exceedingly upon her beautiful
collection Of miniatures, and she Is ac-
customed to boast, with a laugh, that
In this respect she has only one rival
in Great Britain, and that is tho Duke
of Buccleuch.
Lady Anne Isabella Blunt, grand
daughter Of Lord Byron, and sister OF
Baron Wentworth, has Just been con-
verted to Roman Catholicism. Should
Baron Wentworth not marry the
Barony will pass to Lady Anne In case
she survives him.
I'm London 58, 400 women are en-
ployed as Milliners and dressmakers,
26, ,375 as shirtmakers and senmstresses,
~, 1oo hS GhlOCcSScS3 ~, fzf hS ulACnlIl.
ists, 6,272 as bOokbinderS, 900 rs boot
makers, 4 1850 as artificial florists, 3,7l8
as boxmakers, 2 .852 as upholsteresses
Lord Anglesey's example of gen.
erous behavior to his nearest relations
has been followed by the, young Duke
Of Portland, who, Immediately on COM
ing into possession Of his vast fortune,
settled 100000 on each Of his half
brothers and a jointure OF E60C0 year
on his stopmother, Lady Bolsover.
During the fiscal year ending June
&c, 1880, California has shipped about
$50, 900 tons of wheat Cincluding flour)
anu $4,000 Of other grain. AS a larger
area has been devoted to cereals this
year ,.and good crops are now assured,
the surplus for the coming year will
doubtless be larger than last years.
An immense raft, consisting prln-
clpally of walnut logs, has reached New
Orlerns. There are $500 walnut logs,
some of which are six feet In diameter,