The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Five hundred tons OF American
newspapers are annually sent TO Eu-
rope.
| Mr.. Millais. the English painter,
peturhed his Income last year at $685.
The military reserve Of the United
states reaches 100000 able-bodied
men.
California vintage this year is es-
timated at from II ,000, 900 to II, ,O0O, 900
gallons.
The famous copper mine of Fab
lun, IN Sweden. has been worked for
a thousand years.
The Baptist now have ls, ,02s mem.
pers IN Sweden, Of whom 1884 were
Daptlxed the pasc year.
Brazil owns, it Is said 2O,O00, 900
horned cattle and exports hides Of the
annual value OF El ,400,OO
1t l, believed that the number lof
NAH increased 200, 1000 last year.
-The best sugar works at Portland.
Me-, made $ll0,0u0 worth Of sugar and
molasses, last year, at some profit.
MIR. Albert Spencer, on his recent
paintings which cost him $1lO 900.
| A., ~ q! y AiVy Iuou6aHu acres Gull
ttvated in rice in Louisiana, and the
crop is estimated at 250,00 bushels.
The colporteurs Of the American
biDie society distributed O,253 Bibles
III Iexas during the past four months.
| james w. Hale, Of Springfield.
Mass, has left $32, ,443 for Furnishing
stoves, flour and fuel for the worthy
poor.
The Russian Society of Architects
intend establishing permanent
museum o1 Architecture at st. Peters,
burg. =
The trade between Japan and the
United States Ola San Francisco this
history. .'.,. .'.'., =, e.
"A German physician asserts that
runway employees are more liable to
anec'loils OF the spinal cord than other
man. ...
,oo 1t is estimated about 500, ,ooo, ,ooo.-
o0O tons of sediment are yearlv oarriad
to the Gulf Of Mexico by the Missis-
sippi river. =
The marriage of the Crown Prince
or Austria and the Princess Stephanie.
OF belgium, is fixed for the 18th Of
February, 1881. .. ...Gf'0a - =.
"A new American Episcopal Church
in Paris, to COST $l5O, 900, is projected.
ana 1t Is said much of the money has
already been subscribed.
The forty-one cotton seed m,,,a of
the South turn out 90, ,O00. 900 gallons of
oil annually, l,300, 900 tons Of oil cake.
and about l,5O0, 900 tons Of hulls. III =.
h9 Xl9kss6bWargs ss6bW SMJafht4hsYicaf SMJaht4hsic travs,-
!ers are compelled to pay license OF
$3.50 for week or portion of q week.
Georgia has tho largest peach
orchard IN the world, 1t Is IN Troun
county, covers 250 acres of land. and
yielded $4,000 worth of fruit this sea- +,
son. =, i. ...n."
There is In the State of Texas 522
counties. Of these, at this time 1913 are
organized and sixty-tWo unorganized.
At the last election, in 1878 l54 ooun-
ties voted for governor.
The United States railroads have
| been largely benefited by the return
of commercial prosperity. Their gross
earnings for 1879 amounted to $500
ooO,OOO IN incrase Of $50, ZOO, 900 over
the preceding year.
Juvenile crimes Is on the increase
IN Paris. During the past twelve
months no fewer than 2,068 children
under IL years Of age were arrested In
the capital for vagrancy and mendiclty.
The number Of cattle driven from
Texas TO Kansas this season, crossing
Red river Ut Doan's Store, is 23I, ,8l2.
ABOUT 6o,OOo head passed. up into tho
Fan uanule country.
Three .Petlluma mon lwere re.
comfy hunting on Plute Creek. Lake
county, Call, and killed thirty.two
deer. They took 100 pounds of honey
from crevice In IL Cliff.
The manufacture Of bottle corks Is
u considerable source Of wealth in
France. The annual produotion
amounts to 1888, ,OOO, 900, valued at
abont 3,lO0, ,0OU. The value OF the raw
material Is about $6OO,UO0.
In the United States there ara
l,747 Republicans newspapers, 1885
DemOcratic and 1872 Qreeuback. TEara
are 0uly ~ Republican papers publish
| Ell In tho southern states, to 647 Demo.
cratic papers. - !,
The son Of General Rawlins has
placed monument over the grave Of
| his father, who IL buried In the Con-
| gressional Cemetery at Washington.
For over ten years the grave has been
unmarked. Ri I'>-
"A private letter received in Quebec
| denies tnaC the Duke OF Argyll IN com.
Ing to Canada for tho purpose OF ascer-
tanning whether there is a feeling in
the Dominion in favor Of annexation.
-Mr. Edward Whymper has return-
ed to London from his expedition In
| South America, In course OF which ne
! ascended many OF the lotGiest noun
tains IN Ecuador, and Is now engaged
In preparing an account Of his exper-
ienCes. t3au.t}f2I.88 h . .-..i>. ig.,E
The Oldest house III the United
States is supposed TO be at Pembroke,
Mass. In 1922 Mr.: Peleg Barker's an.
cestors built u tort OF stone and mortar
as Il defence against the Indians, and
it has been used as dining room for
years. ..@#.i
Ole Bull by his last will, bequeath.
ed TO the Museum of Bergen, !, N orway,
y number Of bis Jewels, metals and
decorations, given MIN In the course Of
his long professional career BY kings,
emperors, and other titled personages.
The Manufacturing CENSUS of MIL
Waukee shows that the total cash IN nj