The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-25
BRIEFS.


oal Congress will be held at Bologna
In September, 1881. !
:, Bell, the telephone man. has bean
elected professor in Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore. ,,r',I
i John Il. Owens, the actor. has
gwen up the stage tor mining specu-
latton In San Francisco. TtF
The British Parliament has in-
creased the grant for scientific exneri.
ments from $4,000 to $4,000.
1.-The Testament has been printed in
elghty-four languages, and the Old
Testament in ls7 languages.
Official records show that in 1870
the railroads of New York state killed
aos persons and injured s26.
IN 1915 there was a heavy frost in
July all through the New England
STATES anu the corn crop failed.
AN amount Of blood equal to the
whole quantity Of the body passes
through the heart every minute.
or the 30. 900, 900 acres embraced
within tho limits Of Iowa, only Il. 600
ooo acres are under cultivation.
! An estate near Hampton, Va, for
which $40, 900 was refused before the
war, was recently sold for 4s5, 900.
"A new comet. with tail fifty min
utes long, has just been discovered bv
professor Harrington, of Ann Arbor.
Another lake village, assigned bv
| experts to the age of bronze, LAS been
discovered Mt Auventer, hear Neuoha-
tel.
Thus far tins year there have been
built g. 1888 miles Of railroad against 8
o2S miles reported at the same time IN
1879. ' '.0 4"
bob Toombs, Of Georgia, proposes
at last to do something practical by
building 100000 cotton factory in
that State. ~ - I;
France sent 300 ,2ss soldiers To the
Crimean war, Of which 10, $40 were
kiiled In battle and 85,375 died from,
other causes. .,0.
Tie Synod Of the Russian Church
osendinR a Greek priest with some
Sao'U TO purchase site for a church In
San Francisco. 40
Hrrovidence, r. T., has twenty-five
nauonal 1s1 banks. with capital Of SIS,
iao, o,Ooo ana 50 26l ,20s surplus and un-,
divided profits. 49,
In one German city, Breslau there
are SoOo people who do no, receive their
a'nined by the police. .-.~. ''o'',.. -,
dismiss his "Swlas 4uardsn He viii I,
still have his Noble Guard'' ard the
"Palatine Guard Of Honor"
"A joint stock com panv. with a cont
tai OF 81, 600 900, has been organized At :,
toronto for the purpose of developing
inc timDer resources of the Dominion.
The Postal Savings Banks in italy
take IN twice as much money asCthev
pay out, the Institution being consid-
ered safe and convenient by the people.
The earnings Of the Manhattan
elevated railroad company during the
nrst six days of October, amounted to q
$o4,2o4.lo, an average Of 16,O42 ,35 per /,
The Chicago fruit trade amounts to
$o,OoO, ,000 yearly. About $500, 900 re-
presents the value Of the California
city. ~ '-"'
During the year 1879 the earnings Of
the railroads In tho United states ware
over $b0O.000 900, or nearly double the
entire revenue OF the national govern
ment. .
There is said to be 10000 bufyaloes
between the end of tho Northern Pa
citc track and Deadwood, D. r., driven
within tho limits of civilization by the
.
Judah +. Benjamin recently suffer.
Ell fall from y carriage which injured
MIN seriously. He lives in Paris with
n.s family ana goes back to London
whenever wanted. 81
of sixty.seven queens Of France.
only thirteen have died without leaving
their histories a record Of misery and
ain. Eleven were divorced, two exc
cuted, nine died young.
A boy was carrying two pounds OF
powder and fuse in cigar-box, at
Gibraltar, Pa. The end Of the fuse
protruded and a practical Joker was at
hand to light 1t. The explosion killeJ
the boy.
The smallest newspaper in the world
is the Aodoc Star, a weekly published
In Canada. The size is royal "a no..
each page being 3x21 inches. 1t bears
the apt motto, '"TWinkle, twinkle, lit
tie star"
The ancient English Church Of St.
Michael's, Winchester, is about to be
restored. The base Of the tower was
built very early in the rain Of King
John, ffteen years before the signing
Of Magma Charta, -
The observatory founded in Cali. /.
fornia by James Lick is III GOOD work.
fog. range, and altogether 1900 feet
high, on Mount Hamilton. sixty miles
south of dan Francisco. f ~ lsIs.ssa .ly
Salmon have been so abundant in
San Francisco sinoe the expiration OF
"close time" September 10Th. that
they have sold In large numbers &C
eight to flfteen cents apiece. The sup.
ply for one day was twenty-six thou
sand.
There are five men to one woman
In 1,eadville, Cororado; at Silver Cliff
the ratio Is seven to 'ne; at P!tkin.
seventeen to one. The older cities!oIi
Coloraho, such as Denver, Colorado,
Springs, Pueblo, Georgetown, Boulder,
Central and Golden, show fair pro-
portion Of women. i~a rs ETMGaa
The one-hundred-ton gun at Wool
wich was tested by one discharge, on
the 13th Of September. This gun
weighs l01 tons. is 81 rect long, witfi 4
breech diameter Of six feet. The