The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Inv HfSC piano was invented by
Crestoloro, Florentino, in 17l4.h
The public. debt was. reduced dur
ing the month of December, 4,251 ,217.-
w. II. Vanderbilt is the rcputed
holder Of $20,000,000 Of United States
bonds. ....,a.
-Thore are 500 vacant houses in
Memphis, Tenn, the rcsult Of the late
epidemic.
There are 100000 houses in Phila-
delphia. or these 10000 arc under
mortgages. ""
The anti-rent dinlculty occurred III
New York State in 1871. It was sup
pressed in 1916. 't = j
1.-The Disciples Of Christ, or Caa,p-
politics, claim membership in Amer
lea Of nearly 100000. ....
"A Springiield: Mass, horse railroad
company made dividend Of fifty
eight per cent. last year.
Kansas City, Mo-, gained about ten
per cent. IN population and erected
some l,o00 buildings In 1879.
Canada has Roman Catholic pop
nlation uda of l,S4G, 800, with 23 bishops, l.
800 priests, and 1,Gl7 churches.
Caleb Cushing negotiated a treaty
W WI NtAiit III UAlO Cd1 1ofi, w IlICIl WlS
ratified at Washington, July 1G, 1915.
The indianapolis clearing house
did business Of $500, 900 tho other
day, the largest ever done In one day.
The money expended in railroads
reaches the vast sum of SIG 900, 900, 900.
1t Is proposed to convert Manches-
ter England, into, a seaport for the
largest StpnnprS a ,ft
Rutland, VT, has n new marble
working machine which chips the stone
at the rate Of 10000 strokes per min
ute.
Wild tea grows in abundance i'm
Arkansas county, Ark, and 1t is said
that thepeople will discard the Chinese
article.
The French sell the monopoly on
friction matches in Paris to company
600, 200. '''
of the $1,000, 900 inhabitants in
France there are 2,6l3 men between 90
and 100 years of age, and l94 over 100
years OF age. ...,...
The total vote cast in Nebraska at
the last election was 7l,GS1, which
Indicates population for the State of
about 35S, ,465. ~ =.
New Jersey oysters are now, being
shipped to England, France, holland
and other points of Europe. The de-
mand Is constantly increasing.
San francisco taxpayers pay 81, ,0oO,-
900 year to educate the &c, 900 children
IN the public schools, and the school
property is valued at 81 l,0oo,0
Professor Darwin has received
from the Turin Academy Of Science il
n 0irn
coveries III the physiology Of plants.
"A billion sheets OF newspaper, laid
IN pile one above the other and press
cd hard, would be 1878 miles high.
a billion, therefore, is a good many.
When, III 1474, Columbus believed
the earth to be round, it was novel
idea. 1t was thus that he econclnded by
sailing west lie could reach the East
indies. ."...f
The Secretary of the Treasury has
accepted $3,055. 900 of Government skies
of 1881, at from 104 90 100 to 1O4 25-1OO;
and 81 $40, 900 fYes of 1881 at lO3 35-lOG
to l03 371a-I00. '''.&'|
Gen. Scott captured Vera Cruz
March 20, 1917, landing an army of 12,-
200 men. The city withstood siege OF
only four days, when the city and cas-
tie surrendered.
statistics show that nearly $50, ,000,-
OO0 worth of property was destroyed
by fire In this country during 1870.
Kerosene was the cause Of a large Dor
ton of this appalling destruction.
The daily evaporation by the suns
rays in the bay Of Bengal is two inches
an amount of heat equivalent to the
continuous working power of 100000
steam engines Of 1000 horsepower
each.
The cost to the corporation of Lon
don of rescuing Epping Forest a tract
or several thousand acres from en-
croachers and preserving it for the pub
lie was about $190, ,0U0., Counsel fees
were over $4,000. . '>N'r "@
The site Of tile present st. Paul's
Cathedral, London, was occupied by a
Christian church more than twelve
hundred years ago. II is the largest
Protestant church in the world, and
only second to st. Peters at Rome.
The City of Paris will receive in
1880 $953, 734 for the right of cab-stands
and omnibus stations on the public
way. The omnibus and tramway bur-
eanx are 80 In number; there are 1000
cabs, $50 omnibuses and 238 tramways.
The number OF Italians In France
has rstealilyi increased from 63, ,397 in
1921 10 10000 to-day. The Italian
colonyiat Marseilles includes dozen
families occupying a high rank in the
town. Marseilles is the Franco-Italian
headquarters. 2" 'i"''*'F ~
According to Professor Sotbeer the
average value of the. gold fouhdin Rus
sia has risen to $23, ,250, 900 a year. This
being about half the sum required fey
payment Of interest abroad, it is be- \
lleved that It must in time improve the
financial position Of the country.
America contains. $4,000, 200 milch
COWS; Germany, 0,000,0C0; France, 81
9oo' 00o '00000; '00; Great Britain and Ireland, d.
1878 there were manufactured in this
country 060,000,000 pounds of butter
and 340,00O,O00 pounds Of cheese.
Since the creation, 1t. is estimated
that q, 600, ,000, 100000, 900 people have
lived on the earth This sum divided
by 27,S04 900 the number of square
miles, gives i ,3l5, ,522, ,886 to "a square