The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-09
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Out of 7,456 pupils In Charleston
public schools 6,444 are colored. ~
The Wesleyans Of England have
lost 80 900 members by removals and
backslidings alone. o "stIs
The average age OF Massachusetts
minister's during the last thirty years
was ffty-ntno years. G,. ,it71tni
| The amount OF gold in the, United
States ut the present time Is In round
numbers $575, 900, 900. '''87i'7 no
Tho immigration into the Tilted
Strtes during the year whtctG sehded
June Goth was 457, ,257.u, 3yy.asa
| The Baptist now have 1S, ,92o, meln-
bers In Sweden, OF whom 1884 were
baptized the past year. - .t
The University of Halifax. II. g.,
recently established, is modelled after
the University Of London. t&Ar
| 1t is believed that the number Of
Christians in India, Ceylon and Burmall
Increased 200 900 last year.
| One hundred and eighty-two build
ingss were erected in Altoona, Pa,
during the season just closed. -
Germany annually consumes 300
wv tons of rye; the staple food of the
working classes being rye bread.r
O.. the aggre9ate, cost of, the United
ended Juno so lasf was $s5, ,5eS ,aaS. 90
The amount OF Bullion In TIE Bank
OF England Increased .G347, 900 during
the week ending the G29th of October.
! IA recent reportuslows that,the in
crease In the consumption aot, horse and
ass ,hesh ,1s Large aud steady in France.
| : .TTreasury y oflioialsa estimate the
amount Of foreign gold that has arrived
m, >thisaoountrys since,J uly ate3bs sOOO,-
OOOs7& ra.rsV& ksNi.ssunts$ioss rSi
Over $4,000, ,0UOs bushels dof grain
were shipped 'to Europe from New
Of Hlh this aSsang y.,ap ths mpntn sof September
The late Mfr!. Sanford dI1R r. cd {ilnffSoTr;a ilnfST;a left
inshis studio at the time of5 his 'de ath
pictures, sketches and studies Valued
at $3O, 900. ,oi nj .<,,.itya., ,i.,,2ns.y
The Presbyterians, as the result Of
eight years work In Mexico, have g..
VIZ o communicates. They have also
| l,OSS In South America. - t>"t
| Gold Is found in tifty-slx countIes
IN Georgia, copper in thirteen, ana
silver IN three, iron III 1ifty-tnres. and
diamonds In twenty-six.
! 1t Is estimated that the sea swol.
lows up about "a yards year Of part
OF the Yorkshire coast, and about 3
1eet year Of part Of Lent. su.suE
! -Within the last eighteen years the
CatholioB OF Ireland expended? Sc, 300
lNO on churches, SIG ,OO0, 600 oh1 oon-
vents, and 81 500, 900 on colleges.t
| , Italian army offioers are noe axer.
olsed IN the practical running ~ rail.
ioau Trains, so that In time OF war thew
may know all about moving troOps by
--rrince G Gortschakoff is said to feel
the heipleesness Of his condition 40
much that he has asked to be dofinite-
f,,anoS,,osl,i ~ reIisyed from the duties 81 tho
"A military guard accoImbanies
every train OIL the Mexico aha Vara
Cruz railroad, and at eyery atatton -
guard Is drawn up under ,arnis, On the
arrival of every train. oaNIab8 'O
The Recorder of Dublin. rfFiissland
says that of 300 dwellings foCi tene,
ments IN that city, 1900 houses. ocnn.
pied by about 10000 people are unfit
tor human habitation. 80. =
Three thousand five hundred
square miles of timber wete sold ot
Quebec recently for $500 600 the
largest sale OF timber llmlta that over
TOOK place In Canada. JET" '"f
Its gratifying to know that the
peanut crop of the United States 10 a
success, and 2,220,o00 bushels have
oeS oeen nnn harvested, an increase Of about
ooo'o0O bushels ovec 1870. ."A ,FI'Y
The Crown Princess Of Germany
WAS so much pleased last winter with
Iegll, near Genoa, that she viii return
<1rpsSo -l...g
her he Iass nnsba Sne ,d coming a TiLter therS with
Two Roman Catholic COLLEGES are
70 pS established. by the direction of
Inc Inc rope, IN the island Of Malta under
t,I Inc conerol OF the Bishop aef iAiglers.
They are to educate tnlssioharias Tor
Africa. ,''"A'S' ior
The Chief Justice of Enuplaand IA
paid sac, 900 a year, tie ChIaf .fms,,os a
OF the Common Pleas and tha Chief
Baron $86, 900 each, and fhe Ma.ter of
$4,000. . lF eNNt :" '"Ao"'|'
edwin Booth has given DR.. Dnrant
OF New York, a 81 900 CUP o7 solid
SILVER, as testimonial Of his pratitnde
lor the DOCTORS suecessful treatmant nf
y dangerous malady' that throntened
The great actor's voice. a5s u
Great Britain ana Treianf, .,rodnooa
s33O, 900, 600 worth ofi fminorafs and
q petals 't ~ 1872 smelling 'e,oOo, ,60o tons
Of Of pig p: iron and mining l4, ,006,00o tons
81 coal. There are 1917 coal mines in
me United Ktngd0ia,. 0yw which only 47
aro In IrelandIIo ia ia sis3MfT IL
A,'he Rowland '1Iill memorial fund
amounts 70 $50, 900, of t:whlohFS 900
WI be apphed' TO the iers6tl6n ofa
!sa.ne ! a.,ae or the late British Postmaster
Royal Exchange; IIohdofii iaafidoalso n
,ust OF him, iniWestminster iAbb6y.
c--lvorya SIMPSON, ageed 81 wears. of
York, Maine, ailas tbeen thel father of
,welve ohildreny,slr boys and SIX girls,
'ight of1whomsare nowgiiyiiIgYin var
ous parts of the United' Starse. He
las ilwen ntyrnine grandchildren and
we've great Grand9hil ldrep 8 anu reads
using aglasses.aess v1sEa
df--Bolton House Hampstead, for many
ears tho residence jofl the twosiamons
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