The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-24
VOL. IV.-NO. 80.
BRIEFS.

| England has nearly 10000 gvpsies.
and most OF them cannot read or wr,te
| Fannie Blue, a black woman from
| Virginia, died In New Orleans The
other day at the alleged age of 125
years.
Abel, Of the Baltimore Sun, has an
annual income OF $120, 600. He recent
Gently paid $450,OO0 tor country resi-
dence.
George Francis Trains villa at
Newport, Il. l. has been let to Mr..
kemsen OF Paris for $4,000 for three
months.
During 1870 the American Bible
Society dlsbursed $244, ,233 in the home
field and $685. 1868 abroad, "a total of
1888, 1876.
| 1T is said that about twelve hun
dred OF the colOred men who emixrated
from Alabama to Northern States have
returned.
! The Lords Of the Treasury have re-
fused to lend the municipality of Dub
IN more money. 1t already owes over
Contributions amounting to little
more tEan $4,000 have been distrib-
| uted among the sufferers by tho recent
fire In Hull, Canada.
OhnhSSAAoA \tao" DlSuO d haven l8
| said to have added 500, 900 to the en-
dowment fund Of Syracuse University
| by his personal efforts.
Utica. N. Y, was ten months sub.
scribing $4,000 TO finish church build
| Ing, and only four days raising $50, 900
TO establish new brewery.
-T'he Earl of Ashburnham. now in
his thtrty-ninth year, ls engaged to
marry young lady whose name has
not yet been publicly announced.
Rome sticks to it's project OF q
| worlds fair tor 1856. AN English
company has offered for twelve millions
or dollars to guarantee It's success.
Mrs. Daggett of Greenbush, Mich.
ts ~ years Old; yet, rather than lot her
blind husband 60 to the poorhouse. she
chopped six acres Of timber for $26.
In 1877 two.thirds of the persons
who fell sick in the Russian Empire
went into the hospital for treatment.
ana only One-third remained at home.
| The first steamer was seen on the
Thames In 1915; the first steam voyage
TO India was accomplished III 1925; the
| hrst English railway was opened In the
same year.
The question Is to bo settled in
conrt at Enfield, Conn.,, whether a
father can legally burden a bequest to
his daughter with the condition that
she shall never marry.
The second competition for the
great statue Of the French republic
| that Is to be erected by the Municipal
counsel of Paris has resulted In tho
monel of M. Morice being chosen.
between 1876 and 1870 Lord Fail
mouths turf winnings were $633 1886.
| tie never bettod, yet he has retired
from the turf, possibly thinking that
such good fortune could not last longer.
Secretary Evarts and Ramsey have
accepted Invitations to be present at
the celebration or the two hundred and
hftielh anniversary of the settleme
OF Boston on tho 18th OF next Scptem-
ber.
-"Longfellow's Psalm OF Life" was
Written on a sumIner's morning in 1888.
"The Wreck Of the Hesperus" was
written at midnight in lS49. A vio-
!eht storm had occurred the night be-
tore.
MIR. Gladstone entered Parliament
at rs, year after leaving the uni
verstty. Two years later Sir Robert
Peel made him lord of the Treasury,
and within year Under Secretary of
State ior the Colonies.
1t Is proposed by Mr.. Ruskin's
friends to raise subscription for a
magnificent statue of that author to be
placed in tho School Of Drawing at
OxfOrd-the school which owes It's ex.
istence to his generosity.
The Car is the only crowned Wild
over and Victoria the only crowned
widow among the European poten.
tates. Alfonso and Christine of Spain
arc the youngest welded couple; vii.
liam and Augusta Of Germany the eld.
est.
Rome spends two hundred thou.
sand dollars on Its public schools, Of
which ten years ago It had none at all.
The Romans now evinee great alacrity
In attending the schools, and the latter
are entirely inadequate to the demand
of the population.
The report Of the English Board of
Trade on the subject of marine disas.
ters shows that, In spite Of the Improve
ments that have been made in naval
architecture, tho ratio Uf loss is by no
means reduced, but, If anything, Is
somewhat on the increase.
Mrs. Eleanor Williams. a colored
woman of Syracuse, New York, is one
hundred and two years old. She was
born In Maryland. Her hair is white
ds snow. one Iell ABOUT year ago,
and has been crippled since, but other
wise she is as we'll as ever
IF. II. Hart, who has won the
championship among pedestrians In
America, is anxious to meet Charles
Rowell agair in u six-day race, and has
accordingly challenged tho English
champion to a race for $50OOa side, the
contest TO take place in New York,
Boston or Chicago within three months
after signing articles.
One Of the richest and most famous
monasteries in Italy is that of Monte
Casino on the line Of railway between
Rome and Naples; 1t was founded In
$40, and has continuously existed ever
since. It's library is wonderfully rich
In written and printed documents, and
the rents Of the domain are adequate to "
maintain the institution.
More than 100 years ago Harrison
Gray Otis, Of Boston, owned large