The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.

.--Ihe collection of Chinese works in
the British Museum includes &c, 900
volumes.
.-Nine.tenths of the emigrants from
Canada to the United States 90 to man
ufacturing towns.
There are 3l,63l blind persons in
France, and provision Is made for the
care Of only 5000.
In the height of the season a queen
bee lays from 1000 to 5000 eggs In
tWenty-fOur hours.
Louisiana was settled by the
French and was purchased by the
United States in 1903.
1.-Two thousand coal ears, or nine
thousand tons Of coal, are received at
Honesdale, Pa, daily
| The total product of precious
metals on the Pacific coast since 1S48 is
stated at 81, l3S ,061, ,l80.
| OF the Chinese slaves in California
i4S, ,4o0 are owned by six companies
living in San Francisco.
A Berlin inventor has produced a
new kind of cloth, consisting prlnci-
palfy or entirely of sponge.
1t is estimated that the money paid
for Texas cattle during the past five
years amounts to $3.50, ,00O, 900.
-Dromicr has discovered that bronze
Is rendered malleabie by adding to it
from 4, TO per cent, OF mercury.
Magellan sailed round South Amer
lea, discovered the southwest passage.
and clrcumnavigatcd the globe, in 1870.
The wheat crop Of Australia har-
vested In January, 1880, was at first
estimated ut 200 tons, then at 4OO,-
600 tons.
The living members Of the English
royal family, exclusive of the Queen,
received down to 1877 $G2, ,790, 900 from
the British treasury.
Florida gardeners get $500. 900 this
year from the early vegetables they
have sent north, and next year will see
tho business increase.
Under the auspices Of the King of
the Belgians an establishment Is to be
formed in Eastern Africa tor the Gull
ture and training Of elephants.
-Vasco de Cana was a sort of Sec
ond Columbus. He sailed round the
Cape OF Good Hope and discovered a
passage to India in the year 1893.
NO fewer than 1000 officers and
men OF the French army, with II, 900
horses, sought refuge In Switzerland
during the late Franco German war.
-Londencrs who, six years ago,
looked upon Ice water as an unhealthy
beverage, and stared when Americans
ordered 1t, now find 1t indispensable.
Andrew Stctson, of Dunbury,
Mass, Is ninety two years old, and
steadily works ut shOemakinp in the
shop he has occupied for seventy years.
Mrs. James Bradner, an eminent
English teacher, has been appointed by
the British Government to the high po-
s1tion of lnspcctress of Schools for
Madras.
The report Of the librarian Of Con-
gress for last year shows that in 1870
only $500 copyrights were issued in
the United States, while in 1879 over
5000 were issued.
Nearly 1000, 900 cwt. of palm oil,
valued at $7,60O, 900, Is yearly exported
from tho west coast Of Africa to Eng
land. 1t is chiefly used in candle-mak-
Ing and soap manufacture.
Colorado has 1O0,0 900 acres under
irrigation, and 0,000 more of hay land,
much of which Is irrigated. In 1879
the irrigated land produced $3,l5O,OOO
worth Of cereals and other products.
The capacity of the largest Euro
pean churches is stated az follows: St.
Peters 81 900; Milan cathedral, 81, 900;
st. Paul's, $4,000; st. Sophia, $4,000:
Notro Dame, 2l ,0C0; and St. Marks,
1000.
The products Of the gold mines of
California last year, aggregated only
$l7, 100000 whilst the agricultural
staples produced in that state during
the same period, aggregated over $00,-
100000.
"A Bishop Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church receives $4,000 as salary,
and 81 900 or 81 500 to pay the rental of
Il house, according to whether rents are
moderate or high In the place where he
Is located.
The Patterson Mills of New Jersey
employ ten thousand hands, besides
about thrce thousand who work at
their own homes. The annual pro-
duction of these mills reach hes the total
Of SD 100000.
The United States had but SO, ,77G
enlisted mon engaged in the Mexican
war, of whom 10000 died IN Mexico,
II 900 have boon pensioned and 1926
deserted, leaving 1851 who came out
of the war whole.
Earl Cowper, the new Viceroy of
Ireland, Is the lineal descendant and
heir-gcneral Of one Of the ablest Lord
1Iteutenants Ireland ever had-Jamea.
Duke of Ormondc, tho cavalier states
man and commander.
In France In the twelfth century,
noblcmen alone were permitted to have
vanes on their houses; and at one time
this privilege was only accorded to
those who first planted their standard
on the walls Of town when stormed.
There will probably be no statue
erected in Westminster Abbey to tho
memory Of Napoleon w. Dean STAN
Icy has admitted that he mlstook a
temporary outburst Of sympathy in
England for permanent and settled
state Of feeling.
-Breadstuffs to the value Of $21 ,670,-
115 were exported from this country in
April, against Sid, ,168, $50 for April,
1873. For the ten months ending
April 80, last, the value of exported
breadstuifs was $207, SOC, ,8l5, against
$l49, ,086, ,266 for the Same period year
ago.
California averages higher rates