The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
NEWS IN BRlEF.

Slo ooo.WV curing the month OF May.
Or the 8l3 parishes foi ming the
diocese Of Cologne, l79 at present are
prlestiless.
The Harvard Divinity School Fund
for New Professorships reached the
sum Of $ll3,7Ge.
"A cave OF large dimensions has been
discovered on Loyalsock creek, Lycom-
Ing county, Pa.
--Pennaylvania has forty-two flint.
ewen'y-,hree window and thirteen bot
tie glass factories.
The cost Of passenger locomotives
OF ordinary size IL about $l2. .OOO: heav.
ier cost as high as $2O,C0O.
only two cotton factories are in
operation in Louisiana, both of which
are located in New Orleans.
"A vein Of gold four inches thick. It
is al eyed, has been opened in one Of
the streets ct Dael0nega, Ga.
the estimated expenses OF the Jer-
sey City BOaTd Of Education for tile
next school year are $237, $50
The Tidewater Pipe Line sprang a
leak In LycomIng county, Pa, the other
day, and lost 1000 barrels Of oil,
| Col. Gordon is supposed to intend
taking command of the Chinese troops.
should war break out with RUSSIA.
On the l9,ho June. 1885, the death
OF Nathaniel Green, NJ jur. General Of
the Army Of the ReYulution occurred,
The cattle drive Of Texas will be
larger this year than for apveral wears
past, rniounting to at least 800. 900 head.
"A tract Of fifty thousand acres on
the Northtr4 Pacific Railroad has been
ho"ght for colony from Belfast, Ire
land.
| The Hon. Rufus w. Frost IL the
trustee OF Wellesley College, Massa-
chusetts, who, has iuse established a
new ve-thohsand-dollar scholarship
there.
| An Osceola (Pa.) mill Is making
three hundred thousand shingles per
month; and yet cannot keep up with
| The manufacture Of pape~ from
the a!ce nore In india. which was pat
ented In England in 1888, Is now again
suggested.
| "A mandatory at Indiauapolis
turns out daily LOG, 900 OF the neat little
| wooden dishes III which butter ia 40
generally sold.
| --Maxlmilian, Emperor ct Mexico.
was shot, along With two Of hta Gen.
erals, thirteen years ago on the 10Th Of
June.
Richard III. was proclaimed King
June. 20, II 3. He raised himself to
the throne by u series OF the most in
human murders.
| "A small cherry-wood cabinet made
by President Lincoln dity years ago,
and used ny him a. u desk, la owned by
a gentleman IN Indiana.
| The Prince Of Wales used at Truro
the other dny the nallet with which
Charles II. laid the foundation stone Of
st. Paul's Cathedral.
American exports to China for the
years 1877 and 1873 were valued at
nearly $1,000 900, and the increase in
1870 was rapid and heavy
james A. Garfield was born In
Orauge, Cuyaho2a county, Ohio, No
vcmber 10, 1881, and Is therefore 40
years old on his next birthday.
In tho next fifteen years almost all
| the Russian railroads now in opera
tlon will undergo tho process OF re-
denIption and b0cOme Government
property.
james vi. Of Scotland and I. OF
EL gland was born June 10, 1863. He
caused the brave Sir Walter Raleigh TO
bo put to death for his succ sssful expe.
ditions against the Spanlards.
! john G. Powell, SR., Of East Fall
lowield, Chester county, Pa, has liv d
| under every President Of this country.
He was born thirteen months before
tho expiration OF Washington's first
| term.
1t Is said that America makes one
! third OF the entiro paper product Of the
world. There are 027 mills In the
country, representing 100000, 900,
employing $4,000 persons and paying
$1,000, 600 In wages every year.
Train No. 4 Of the Pennsylvania
Rtilroad, consisting Of locomotive
and two oars, started from Philadel-
phla st 1851 +. NJ, recently, and
reached Jersey City at 2.?4P. NJ, maxi
ing ninety miles In ninety-three min
utes.
Prince william, eldest son of the
Prussian Crown Prince, has just been
solemnly betrothed TO Princess VIC
torIa. The aged Emperor brought in
the bride, and beamed with gratlfica-
| tion as he presented Bismarck and
| other guests to her.
MFR. imes Colgate, Of New York,
has given $4,000 TO the Madison Uni
versity at Hamilton. N. Y, and like
amount TO the Colgate Academy. This
makes 5000, 600 he has given the Uni
versity, anu he increased the endow-
ment of the institution to $4,000.
The NJ .rquis OF Ripon will be The
greatest peer IL point Of rank who has
ever filed the office Of Viceroy. No
Knight Of the 4trter has ever be-
fore served tho Crown In India, and
there has never before been a VloerOy
Of the rank Of Cabinet Minister except
Lord Canning.
The Countess }Lambertini has OBJ
tatned a fresh hearing in her attempt
| 10 prove that she is the legal hrtress Of
the laCo Cardinal AntOnelli. The Su-
pre'ne Court Of Appeals had dismiss ed
her case on tho ground that the official
church registers OF st. Vincenzo de
Anastasio accounted for her Iarentage.
--Prlncess Louise was shopping In
Chicago. A lady approached her and
said: 'There is lady present who
was bOrn within the dominion Of your
mother, and she would like 10 speak to
you.o The Princess shook hands with
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