The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Empress Eugenie remained
alone all night at tho scene Of her sons
death.
-Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
mas less population than fifty years
ago.
AT Manassas, Va, one oat seed
produced stalks which yielding 1000
perfect grains.
The tobacco crop of Lancaster,
Lebanon and York counties is in a fine
growing condition.
The Marquis Of Ripon has Issued
an oroer abolishiDg official work on
Sundays in India.
-Ex-Empress Eugene has arrived
NJ plymouth, Eng, from her South
African trip.
The excess of American exports
over imports for the year ending Juno
80 was $1G7, ,90s,359.
American residents In London pur-
pose erecting an Episcopal church ut u
cost OF $75, 600.
| About one hundred millions of
roubles are yearly spent by Russia for
improved works Of art.
| The census returns give the nop,-
latlon OF San Francisco at 233 ,OG8. in
Guiding 2O,549 Chinese.
The receipts of nails at Cincinnati
since September 1st, 1870, to july "a.
1880, were 465, $40 kegs against 4e2, 1922
for the same time last year.
There are two million hives of bees
IN the United States, and the annual
product is estimated as worth $l4, ,OOO,-
The Adams express company alone
receives and disburses In New York
CITY Ia 600 packages daily, employing
9l8 horses.
The earnings Of the New York
Central railroad for the nine montha
ended June tho 30th show an increase of
over $3 $4,000 over tho same period
the previous year.
The United pipe lines are building
IN the oil region of Pa. tanks large
enough to hold 2,7O0,000 barrels Of oil,
at Il cost Of $l,0O0.OOO.
As many as $4,000 emigrants left
Hamburg during the first six month of
ioeo. me number for the correspond
ing period of 1879 was $4,000.
The official returns give the value
CT diamonds exported from the South
African diamond fields In 1870 as E3,-
6S6, ,Gl0, the value OF those III 1878 being
f3. 3.U84,7l1.
Last years ejectments in ireland
for non-payment Of rent are ofliciaiiv
given as 2677--923 more than the vear
before.
| The chestnut crop in New Jersey
VIII DC larger this season than it has
been for several years past. The trees
are very heavily loaded.
The Tresury Department has puy-
| chased United States bonds to the am
mount OF $237 200 for tho sinking fund
OF the Union and Pacific railroads.
The planting OF the eucalyptus tree
In the Malarious districts of Algiers.
italy anu the south of France has ren.
dered the ncighborhood healthy In
every case.
-Brooklyn's population by the new
census Is 666,030, a gain Of 81, ,493 since
1870, and Of l70,S3l since 1870. The
population OF Kings county is COS, ,790,
q gain Of 12o.ST5 since 1870.
Chicago had but 1L9, ,260 inhabitants
IN 1854. and was then the eighth citv
In the Union. 1t had 209,077 in 1870,
and was fifth IN rank. 1t now has 1885,
600 and is fourth.
-Kansas has population Of over L.
0Oo,ooO. Ten years ago she had 3G4,-
800. On the same ratio rs the last an.
porSionmont, she will have eight mem.
Ders OF Congress-.
Receipts of grain in Chicago an.
ounted to 476, ,7G8 bushels of wheat.
3,o56, ,0I3 bushels of corn, 27S' '59a bush.
els of oats, 50,G95 bushels of rye. and
5,99S bushels OF barley In the week end.
ing on the 24Lh of July.
-. Memorial window to Sir Walter
Raleigh Is about to be erected In Cam
on Fararr's church-St. Margaret's.
Westminster. Americans, London
IRU I'll asserts, have contributed large
ly to the fund.
Professor Haas, the renowned
church historian, has just celebrated
the hftieth anniversary OF his nomina-
tion to his professorship at Jena, The
letter appointed him was signed by
Goethe az Minister Of Art and Science
Of Saxc-Wtemar.
The Mowbray Nitro Glycertne
works at North Adams. Mass. have been
been blown up tree times, or the ten
successive supertnte?dcnts, eight have
been killed by explosions, one is blind,
ana the other Is now in charge.
The California Magnatcs are credi.
ted with an amount Of wealth which
country. Mr.. Charles Crocker is stat
ed to be worth $34, ,495 ,458. Mr.. Le-
land Stanford $34 ,G43, 3OS. and Mrs. Ma
ry F. s. Hopkins $25, ,2s0,972.
Bishop Schersche wsky, of tho Pro-
testant Episcopal Mission in China,
has held the first ordination Of natives.
Three Chinese were admitted to the Of
fee of deacon and one to that Of priest
On the 18th, Houston received the
first bale Of new cotton Of the season
1t was sold at the Houston Cotton Ex.
change to Mr.. w. D. Cleveland, tho
well known cotton factor for the hand
some sum OF $305,00.
Mr.. Oliver Dalrymple, the great
Minnesota farmer, intends to cultivate
10000 acres of wheat In 1880. He will
have twenty steam threshers in opera
ton with 1876 reaping machines. In
1879 he employed 600 laborers and in
1880 increased the number to 700.
Herr lrminger, OF St. Gallen, witz-
erland, has medal which belonged to
| his Qroat-Qranl uncle Henry Irminpcr