The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-20
NEWS IN HklEF.

will amount to SO .88b, 600 bushels,
"A horse shoe manufacturer is max
ing horse shoe Of iron and hemp.
There are 200 miles Of oyster beds
on the gulf coast OF the Mississippi.
The public debt stattment for Sop
tember shows reduction Of $8, 97A SOL.
| Eighty thousand bushels Of onions
annually find market At Poughkepsle.
Castor beans are now selling In st.
Louis at from $l.35 to $l.45 per bushel.
The bogus medical colleges Of
Philadelphia have been wiped out by
law.
| Detroit gains now industry in q
ltnseed.oll mill with " daily capacity
Of 80 barrels.
| -Westmoreland county, Pa, this
year produced about 175 ,OOo pounds Of
tobacco.
There are 434 churches In Philadel.
phis, 354 In New York City, and 240 In
Brooklyn.
--Vassar college opened with al in
creased attendance Of seventy-fv
students.
-Sioily has larger crop Of oranges
and lemons this year than for many
years past.
| The French pay President Grew
lso, 900 salary, with 100000 additional
allowances.
The value Of tho entire taxable
property OF the United States Is valued
at SIC, 900. 900 900.
| The town Of Bristol, r. l., celebra-
ted the 20Oth anniversary OF its settle
ment, Sept. 24.h.
-Newark, N. T., produces eight
tenths of all the patent leather made In
the United States,
-California expects to produce d.
o00 200 gallons OF wine this year-the
largest crop ever made.
A leading New Orleans authority
estimates the cotton crop for the our
rent year at $500, 900 bales.
Ten thousand children are crowded
out of schools in New York city, on
account OF lack Of Accommodations.
The old farm Of Henry CLAW. IN
Kentucky, has jusi been leased at the
rate Of eight dollars per acre.
.-Winona, Miss. shipped 995 bstes
OF cotton during the month of Septem-
ber.
Con. Gilmore estimates that the
FLORIDA ship canal will cost $5O,0OO.-
The arabic land of the Unithd
states Is estimated at ,600,0O0 square
miles.
Seventeen women have been ex-
amtned for the Harvard annex this
year.
1t is estimated that California,s
crop of wheat, barley. wool, So, this
year will aggregate SO ,00O, 600 in value.
"A Paris dry goods house was visit
ed by $1,000 people In one day. and on
one day goods to the value Of $3.50. 600
were sold.
The greater portion Of Vissago. q
large village in the canton Of VILLAS.
Switzerlaad, was destroyed by fire
According to the figures Of Fail
River man, the capacity Of the cotton
factroes of that city Is l8O, 900 pieces
per week.
Thirteen daily political newspapers
are published in Paris, OF which the
total circulation is over ,O00, 900 coples
evory day.
Germany has got rid of nearly
$l2O ,O0O,0 In gold, chiefly to the
United States and France, within the.
last sixteen months.
The cardinals appointed by Pope
to his memory in the basillca Of St.
MaIia Maggiore, at q cost of $4,000.
The Wisconsin hop Drop has been
virtually = failure this year. The
usual Drop Is from 8 900 to lO, 900 bales:
whereas this year 1t will barely reach
5000
The estimated cost OF the New
York underground railway is $l.250..
600 per mile, and $3.50, 200 adlitioHai.
making the total cost $1,000, 900 per ,
mile.
There Is creamery ut Deborah.
Ia, which averages daily l 200 pounds.
which sells In the Philadelphia market
at 70 cents per pound, as fast as It can
be delivered.
Five or six Boston firms ind em-
ployment packing $500, 900 pounds Of
boneless fish yGarly, mostly cod, in
paper boxes coated insiue with resin
and paraffine.
The manufacture Of agricultural
implements has doubled in the last ton
years In 1860 it gave employment to
only 530l hands; now it gives employ
nent to 40,88O.
The U. s. mints during Septam-
ber coiaed s, l58. .058 pieces OF various
denominations, vrluei at 50, o,59A.
This includes z, ,30l 600 standards silver
dollars and 2, ,3S 700 cents.
In spite Of the increased grain acre
age Of the country tributary to MIL
waukee, her grain receipts have fallen
off from 80, Ole, ,493 to 81, ,638, 1924 bushels
for the crop year just closed.
The apple crop is immense this
year, and It Is estimated that l26, ,OO0.-
900 trees are bearing and will yield
20O, 900 900 bushels. This years crop
ought to bu worth 500, ,000, 900 or $70,-
100000.
Texas cattle men are more than
satisfied with the seasons business, as
their stock brought 81 hundred more
than was expected. The drive for the
season aggregates over 300, 900.
The tobacco crop in Pennsylvaaia
in 1870 amounted to 81, ,O00, 900 pounds,
at that time the largest Drop ever grown
IN tho Stat0. The Oregent CrOD will