The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-02
BRIEFS.

"A small colony of settlers for Utah
Territory left Washington county last
week. ".
Until 177G, cotton spinning was
performed by the hand spinning
Italy imported, during the first six
months OF 1880, 100000 TONS Of cereals
Of all kinds.
Mr.. Jay Gould, has donated $780,
600 to be used for the relief Of distressed
farmers In Kansas.
"A tablet with the names of nine
Teen Princes Of Wales has been placed
In CarnarvOn Castle.
--Protestants constitute sixty-two
and half per cent, OF the population
OF the German Empire.
MIR: John q. Hamilton. son Of Alex
ander Hamilton, is in vigorous health,
despite his elghty-six years.
PARLIAMENT in England has in
creased the grant for scientific expert
ments from 5000 to $25 200.
There were over l0O, ,0GO, 900 tons of
freight carried over the various rail-
roads In Penns ylvania In 1879.
From 1874 to 1880 Chicago had 139
murders, % Of them occurring on July
days and only seven in February.
"A leading ecclesiastical property
agent In England estimates that about
200 lfvlngs are yearly offered Tor sale.
., Ulysses Grant, jr., is said to have
made $500 900 for himself in mining
speculations and $40, 900 for his father.
The Rev. Phillips Brooks is said to
be the first American who has preached
IN Westminster Abbey, before tho
Queen. 07''-
1T is said that 1000 mountains that
are defined and named on the maps can
be seen from the summit of Mount
Washington. ill.,. =,
"A statue of Christ, cut out of a
block of ivory, the work Of the eleventh
century, has lately been found in An
dalusia, Spain. -. co.. ~,
This years yield of tea in India is
estimat ~ at 100000 pounds, nearly
double that OF 1873. Ten years ago it
was under Id 100000. en-, ..~,..
The new house at Marsh field which
occupies the site Of Webster's cid home,
whlch was burned, is nearly completed,
at cost of about SIC, 1000. ',..l,.>.,
Last year the South produced 60O,-
oo0,OOO pounds Of tobacco, which ex-
ceeds the production of any previous
' ASSoSO1OcO
Odd Fellowship is strongest in
pennsylvania, which has 85 900 men,
bers. Ohio comes next with $4,000.
and New York next with 10000.
In the tenth century the nations Of
the Baltic used ropes of twisted raw
hide thongs. They are etill used in
western Scotland for boats and draft.
From an official return it appears
that In June last there were 3,0l1 fires
10 RHssiss apd. Of these AL were ptoYed
Coffee in France Is now mixed
with beet-root instead of chlcory,
which is more agreeable to the taste,
and does not require half the quantity
Of sugar.
Pope Leo XIII, has been slightly
Ill owing to the unusual heat Of the
Roman summer and ndIover-application
In preparing the Enoyoltval3 on the
Belgian troubles. :bsr, I'LL. ,si,o
--California millionnaires are rated
In the tax lists there as follows: Char:
les Crocker, $34 ,495 ,458; LELAND STAN
ford, $34 ,643, ,3O8, and Mrs. Mary F.
8. Hopkins, $25, ,a80, ,972. SIT
The mines in Great Britain and
Ireland employed 523, 3,8H PERSONS last
year, S4B' fatal accidents causing 1887
deaths among the number, or 453 deaths
less than the year before.
Mrs. G.. Leasure died near Chilli
cothe, o., recently, aged 100 years.
She has been counted in every census.
Her widowhood has lasted sixty, years,
and she leaves a son aged eighty,
San Francisco during the year en-
ding July l, 1880, spent $8,973, 900 on
Its city government; the heaviest expen-
diture In proportion to its size Of any
Of the larger cities In the United States.
1T is announced that Salvini, the
Italian tragedian, has signed a contrac
whereby he engages to play five months
In this country, beginning November
20. He will be supported by an Ameri-
can company. a', 'I1'
About one hundred men are now
employed at the Watervlict IN, "
Arsenal in the manufacture Of army
equipments. Twenty seven Gatling
guns are to be furnished by the middle
of September. ..,a
Native Christians on the islands Of
New Hebrides recently shipped to Lon
don some 300 pounds of arrowroot to
pay for an edition Of the Old Testament
how being printed for them in their
native tongue. ...i. ,.}. gg
"A gentleman writing of the tobac-
GO crop in Lanr aster county, Pa, says
1t will be the largest and nj ost valuable
this year ever cut in that region. In
Berks county the value of the crop is
put at 81, 100000. ua, ta,gef
-Ilhmtgratlon at the port Of, New
York for the first six months Of 1880,
shows a larger total by 10000 than the
same period In 1872, which until now
had stood Ae tho hiohaat tluura for tho
past twenty-five years. a .nFr,i
The late M. Pereire, the flnapcter,
left fortune amounting to SO 400 600.
OF this sum Madame Pereire inherits
SO, 500, ,000--half of this absolutely and
the other half for life; while, each Of
the three children receives 81 100000
Crop reports from the West con-
tinue to indicate the largest wheat har-
vest known. Wisconsin expects TO har-
vest 1S,008,o00 ibushelsl ~ Minnesota
A 600, 900 bushels, Dakota will, multi
ply her best former yield by three or
by four, and so forth.
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