The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-16
BRIEFS.


The first duel In the United States
was fought at Plymouth, Mass, in 1861.
Victor Emmanuel was born in 1890.
Hnmpert, the present king of Italy, in
1874.
Capt. Kidd, the pirate, was arres-
ted In foston and sent to England In
1899.
The air we breathe contains five
grains Of water to every cubic foot of
bulk.
Russia has csc, 600 hereditary mobiles
and 3S0,0OO whose titles expire with
them.
-Dore has finished "Moses before
Pharaoh," one OF his greatest produc-
tions.
The health Of the Empress of Ger
many causes renewed anxiety to her
family.
Theodore of Samos invented keys
and first used them about 73O before
Christ.
The Krcmlin was built ut Moscow
in 1876, burnt down in 1912, and re-
built in 1916.
"A Scot tish fisherman has found a
faultless pearl, which weighs twenty
three grains.
Tho Egyptians made glass and
colored 1t beautifully, 5000 years
before Christ,
The number Of optic nerve fibres is
lbs, 900, and of rctinal cones In each
human eye $500, 900.
Gold fish were first brought from
China to England in 1901, and were
then great curiosity.
1T Is estimated the shipment of
peaches from Delaware this year Will
reach 1882 800 baskets,
The present is the twenty fourth
Presidential election since the organi-
zation of the government.
The reduction of the public debt
during August was $l2 ,027, 189 so, and
during July So. ,053,41.
II &c wheat acreage along the North
ern Pacific Railroad Is about IL, ,000, 900
against G,0OO,6 last year..
1t Is estimated that Michigan has
l10,o4O farms, and produces $4,000, 600
bushels of wheat per annum.
The honey crop of 1879 was reck-
oned light one, although 1t has been
estimated at $4,000, 900 pounds.
The province of Bucnos Ayrcs
possesses 54 600, 900 sheep of which
$4,000, 600 belong to Irish settlers.
There are G000 fugitivcs from JUS
tice In Texas, 1000 of whom have had
the misfortune to commit murder.
-Nebraska's population in 1866 was
4494; In 1860, 2S,S4l; In 1870. 1872, 1893;
In 1876, 24G,2So; and in 1880. 452 ,542.
The French revenue Of $80O,0OO,-
QUO is asserted to be the largest ever
received from Il population Of thirty-six
millions.
In France the children attending
~ 000 primary schools, in the rural
districts receive instruction In the ouI-
ture Of the soil.
1t will take $3,OOO,O0O worth of
bags to prepare CalitOrnia's wheat for
shipment this year, and $1,000, 600
more to carry 1t to market.
--Although paper collars have to a
great extent gone out OF use within the
last ten years zoo, 100000 OF them are
now manufactured annually.
Princess Louise, it Is finally stated
does not dislike Canada, and after her
stay ut Marienbad, and her visit to
Scotland, she will return to America.
The Department of Agriculture
reports the number of hogs in the
United States this year as i}5 ,036, ,1OO; last
year, 81, 200 200, and In 1873 at 81 ,2G2,-
500.
up to July 20, 1880, the United
States Government has issued 23O, 1886
patents for Inventions, not including
Reissues, designs, trade marks, or
labols.
Mrs. Susan J. Henry, widow of the
late Captain Patrick Henry, last survi-
wing grandson of Patrick Henry, of
fame, died few days
ago in Washington.
The North Chicago rolling mill, in
the year ending July l, earned $6,172,.
6S3, which left net surplus of 81 ,342,-
So7. The company employs 5000 mon,
and paid out for labor last year $1,745,-
S27.
the crop Of the present year 100000
tons of wheat. Oregon calculates on
surplus of 10000 tons over last year.
or surplus tor expectation of 275, 900
tons.
The London Society Of Civil Engi-
neers have awarded the Talford prize
to Mr.. Joseph NJ. Wilson Of this city.
The thesis which secured the prize was
on the subject Of the "Monongahela
Bridge"
"A steamer has left Bayonne with a
commission Of English and French
who are to explore the depths
OF the Bay OF Biscay and investigate
the great submarine valley along the
Spanish coast.
The number Of hogs slaughtered at
Cleveland since March l, is 49, 1854,
nearly three times the number which
have been slaughtered in Cincinnati in
tho same time. The number in the
latter city is 60,500.
-Four thousand dollars worth Of
liquors, syrups, soda water, sugar, ioe,
soap, and perfumes were used
In behalf of the Chamber Of Deputies,
at Rome, during 1870, and duly charged
In the budget. The soap cost only s..
Women and children are employed
In tolerably large numbers in the Eng
ltsh mines. Out Of 1895 persons
engaged above ground about the metal
literous mines, 2193 are women and
girls, and In addition there are 317
males Of the tender ages OF between 8
and 13.
The late Miss Neilson was not very