The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-13
BRIEFS.

their religious professions in boston In
1867. >'M
--Sivty thousand acres of fruit trees
were planted In Iowa during the past
year. a.....
Prof. B. f, Nudge thinks the anti
guilty Of men cannot be less than 200 900
years. go ''.'
George Elliot Is now ffty-nine
years old, and has earned $250, 600 with
! her pen. ........ H..
| The value of church property Of AN
| kinds In New York state is estimated at
| $ll7,Gl0,000 .. ., "a t.. -
The cotton crop of America this
year will be fully 10000 bales more
than ever before. ,-Ef W ..H
MIR. James Russell Lowell's house
Cambridge, Mass., has been rented for
the winter by Ole Bull.
Tho brewers of Cincinnati propose
to unite all interests in one great COM
pany, with a capital of So 100000.
The average salary Of certlfcated
school-master In England Is now 1903;
that Of school-mistress is 1856.
R. Weber, the German chemist, has
| shown chat vinegar will attack pure
TIN, rs well as alloys Of tin and leal.
When the United States becomes
q.
Will contain 837, ,433, ,0l9 Inhabitants.
"A cotton broker of New York
claims that his commissions on one DAYS
business recently amounted to over
$1,000. ,-. ~...',0..
.-Charleston, s. c., has had Its first
| 1all OF snow In ten years. Hundreds
| of school children had never seen snow
| before. .. -0I
! EVERY kind of leather of oak and
sumac tannage is produced in Cincin-
natl, there being 30 tanning, establish
monts there. '" d" ''0
| The sixty-five thousand dogs of
| st. Petersburg bring to the city treas
ury $l3o, ,000 per year, 81 being the tax
| upon each dog. .....
MIR. Claude Bernard shows by ex-
pertinent that plants, like animals, may
| be placed under tho influence of ether
and chloroform. 1855.
Rev. George Randall, of Yancy
county, N. c., has killed. $50 ground
hogs this season, and preached two
sermons every Sunday.
Mexico was colonizcd lust one hun
drod years before Massachusetts. The
former was settled by Spanish knights,
The latter by English Pilgrims.
The number OF recruits to be levied
next year for the Russian army has
been fixed at 322, ,500-a larger quota
than has boon raised In war time.
On the surface of the earth but lit
TIC more than one-quarter is land, the
rest bcing water, The area Of the land
surface Is 64 1000, 900 square miles.
| -Aenry Lava Selwyn, a full blood
ed Sioux Indian and a son Of a leading
| chief Of the YanktOn tribe, has been
| ordained pastor of the church at Yank-
! ton.
| General Sheridan, who was i'll for
two weeks with a severe cold, border
Ing OH pneumonia, has almost recover
ed, and Is again busy at his military
headquarters.
! Tho damage caused by fires In Rus
sin III the month Of August Is comput-
ed at no less sum than nearly $l5, ,4l4,-
| 900, Urkutsk alone having suffered to
the amount Of $11 ,744 900.
The exports OF domestic provisions
and tallow from the United States for
the month Of October, 1879, footed up
$3.50, ,627 In value, against $6,797 ,0G5
for the same month last year.
The TiChborne claimant, as a pris-
oner. has asked the use of the Bible,
Macaulry's History of England, anu
oADooA 1ltStOlS vi 1tOlnS, OuG the all.
thorities have denied his petition.
In splitting open a log hauled on
land from tho Susquehanna River at
ono Weighing five pounds, were found
In cavity In the centre Of the log.
Tho new Pullman palace cars arc
very luxurious, costing each $4,000.
Ordinary passenger cars cost $4,000;
" n or il
baggage cars, 81, 900; box cars $4O0.
The total production Of honey In
the United States for some years past
has averaged about $4,000, 900, pounds
annually. 1t is estimated that the pro-
duction this year will not exceed 25,-
00O, 600 pounds "a "!g@H tas sNig
Austria has l 1880 1928 horses 7,425,-
2l2 oxen and COWS; 5,0b8, 1903 sheep;
079, ,104 goats; 2,551 ,473 swine, aud 013,-
743 hives Of bees. These figures are
from the latest statlstical returns Just
made public. F'.'a' ~ 'lR
indiana has the largest school fund
Of any State in the Union. Ithas$11,-
600, 600 Ia school property and 8,O00,-
wy ~ the State Treasury, a total of
| $40, 600 900, or $40, to every child at
tending the public schools ~
-Shipbuilding on the Clyde was
never so active asHnowJ 20 vessels be-
ing on the stocks In the thirty-five
yards. Twenty-three new keels we're
laid in October. The French Transat-
lantic Company Is having eight new
steamers constructed. uSstGjg 9&l4j
| The grave Of Rob Roy, in the lone-
ly churchyard at Balguhidder, Scot
land, is marked by q flat stone about a
century ole, on which is carved 4 fir