The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
VOL. IV.-NO. II.
BRIEFS.

An exploration of Great Sale Lake
shows that its greatest depth is thirty
six feet.
-CoIorcd people in Georgia own
property OF an aggregate value of
$5, lS2,3 ,39S.
There arc 0,000, 900 " orth of gold
Dr'cks IN single vault in the mint at
Philadelphia.
-Good powder averages a range from
aoo TO SUI yards. Small grain frem 300
the Rothschilds have lately paid in
England $l05 900 probate, and $l2O. 900
legacy duty.
-, The croton glass factory at Newcas-
Tie, IA, is to be put into operation
very soon.
| "A project is on foot for the cstab-
| ilshment Of large WOODEN mill at Fort
| Worth, Texas.
Mary OConncl, flfty-two years old,
OF on City, Pa, had three teoth pulled
and blcd to death.
"A fugitive murderer in Kentucky
was pursued, captured and taken to
jail by his own father.
Three hundred thousand Moham-
meunn pilgrims worship in the Kaaba
OF Mecca every year.
"A memorial is to be erected at Now
ton, Mass to John Eliot, tho famous
! apostles 10 ti.e ;n.iiuns.
-Ihe Commissioners Of Lancaster
county, Pa, have resolved not to pay
COSTS IN eases not prosecuted.
The private collection Of paintings
belonging to Mr.. John IL Shoenberger.
OF Ilttsbnrg, is valued Mt $3.50, 200.
"A statistician computes that ,5OO,-
ooo watches and 1000, 900 clocks are
annually turned out In different parts
Of tho world.
IA hat factory that will have pro-
'uclnS capacity of l26 to 100 dozen hats
day was put in operation in Reading,
Pa, recently.
Prince Leopold, 1t is sa,d, will
shortly be made Il Duke and, like his
graudiather, take his ducal title from
the county of Kent.
The pianofortc was invented 1y n
German named Amcricus Backers, and
was hEst used In public at Covent Gar
den Theatre in 1867.
The University OF Leipsic has an
income Of Sl00, 200, and Its expenses are
T27o,oO0. The difference is paid from
thc national treasury ut Saxony.
The onc-centpicccs are in great de-
mana, ana during November the Phil
adelpnia mint turned out more than
3,C0O,0o Of them-$3O, 900 worth.
ARTILLERY was used by tho Moors rs
early rs 1913 and Mt the battle Of Crecy
IN 43lG, when Edward III. had four
pieces OF cannon which gained HIM the
battle.
-Profcssor VIM. Cook, of Harvard
Coilcgc, who was graduated from Yale
college III 1861 has declined an invita-
De- r.
Princeton.
M. VIM. Astor, of New York, who
has IN the winter time identified him
self with Florida, pays this year a large
amount toward premiums for the Flor
Ida State fair.
Many English tenant farmers with
capitals Of from 81 900 to So 900 are
writing to this country, jnquiring
about the dcsirabiity Of their settling
in Oregon.
"A scythe which Prince Bismarck
once took from the hands Of a peasant
IN meadow and swung with vigor for
half hour was purchased by tho His
torlcal Museum of Berlin for $500.
Tho memorial block-house ordered
by the Legislature Of Pennsylvania to
DC erected to the momory Of the Revo-
luttonary hero, Anthony Wayne, at
Erle, IS steadily approaching compile
ton,
An examination of the assessment
roll of Kern county, Cal >, shows mis-
take In the footings of fancven 81 600, 900.
The leyying Of $2.75 tax on the 800
instead of 81. 10 caused the investiga-
tion which disclosed this fact.
An English woman, now in this
country, has ordered nj Tiifany's a
bangle bracelet Which is to cost the com
Portable sum Of SIC, 900. 1t Is made like
the bangles Of the harcm, OF beaten
gold, and Is set with every known low
el.
In the silk factories of Italy 120,4 ,42S
women arc employed, besides 20, ,07G in
| cotton and 1907 In tobacco factories.
There are 0,l77 manufacturing estab-
lishments OF all kinds in the kingdom,
employing 302 ,04S laborcrs, 199, ,48G Of
wnom are women.
The city Of Philadelphia alone pro-
| duccs annually G,000,000 yards of car
peting moro than does Great Britain,
ana tho manufacture Of carpets in the
United States moro than doubles that
Of tho United Kingdom. The impor-
tation Of foreign carpets declined from
$6,oO0,0o In 1878 to $S0s, 1884 IN 1870.
The total production Of rubber
manufactures IN the United States dur
| Ing the present year. 1t is estimated,
will reach noarly $20, ,000,0 in amount.
OF this amount Now England will pro-
| duce about wo-thirds, or from $13 ,000,-
COO to 100000 worth, nearly one
half Of which Is represented by the ar
ticlcs of boots and shoes alone.
Mrs. Lcgge is an old lady now liv-
ing at Martha's Vineyard, who, as a
native Of st. Helena, remembers going
to tho school-room door to see Napol-
con rs he went on his way to Long
wood. Mrs. Legge's daughter mar
rled one Of the crew Of an American
whaler, who brought his wife and her
mother to live at tho Vineyard.
ga Health Village" is to be estab-
lishcd just outside the Bois dc Boulogne,
In Paris. 1t is proposed to erect sever.
al cottages In healthy locality, which
will accommodate four invalids each,
who will be attended by tho best doc