The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-24
NEWS IN RRIEF.

: III ls saM that the wine cron nj
!, Caiitorn Ia this year Will be lO. .OO0. O0C
gallons. ''0'''oo'
,-The loss by fire III New Orleans
$l2l ,74O. '"iS
The Plttsburg pension agency paws
OUT ewo million dollars annually In
pensions. ~ AA'
thirty thousand square miles Of
p.ne TIMBER are now awaiting the saws
J, at beaumont, Texas.
: -Ihe statement of the Imperial
nahk ol Germany shows a decrease In
specie OF $4,000 marks. ~ II -
-Charles O'Conor aged 70, has be-
Go"io 10 "t ci"heh or Nantucket, where ho
- "t work on law treatise.
s,, ~ dtn rs osd stated that 1t will cost over
$3l 100000 to run tho New York Div
government the coming wear, -
General Walker has alrendv est,
mated that in 1900 this eountrv will
nave population of IS ,OOO, 900.
The duke of Westminster tho r;o,,
est man In England, was raisad to Hia
present Title by Mr.. Gladstone. -
The Washington banker Corcoran
mas given away 81 600 900 and has onlv
aoout 81, ,o0O,0U0 left for hlmsolf.
mere are 40, 900 negroes in Wa ,b-
nngton, OF whom not moro than 5000
|re steady at work during the year.
-le is estimated that the Indian
river country OF Florida will alone nrn-
ooce this year 10000 boxes of oranges.
"A farmer in Chiffon county, A1.-
pama, raised 40S bushels of velIow
S"his on half acre of common Dina
land. p1ho
Missouri, Kentucky and Tennesseo
are the three most populous states Of
the oouth. Georgia ranks next to Ten.
nessce. W Aeii'
-lhc wife Of Con. Sherman ia In
suGn uncomfortable health that she
VIII NOT perform any social duties th,s
season. 'n''
-Lno -Lonnoo Colorado bullion production
ior looV' Is estimated Mt $22 ,0O0, 900. of
Non Wilcn Lcadyille is credited with Sis
"A silver dollar of 179S, Sin exccl-
,EnC ,EsnC condition." is worth about 81 10
iiail. collars Of 1912 are worth abnut
sixty cents. '''''
,-Commlssioner Ln Due has located
. .ile experimental tea farm 20 miles
from ,, charleston on the South Caro-
Han railroad.
r-hansas harvested 25 1000 acres of
n.syPtiau or rice corn last year. the
a,votage a,n yield being twenty five BUSH
~ takes two and n halfmIllion dol
~ imfS son TO pay the annual expenses Of tn,
1o'ooo mounds said to he owned I'm
Great Britain. ="
-, C,During the past seven years tho
mines or the United States nave nro
ducod $2So, 900, 900 of pold nnI sa7i ~
100000 OF silver. "0'''
., The I'm, total coinage ofall coins gold
'""h e1!rvo'f nov JiTcsr,,ff,n, 60, &C.,, RGH",
Dacks, $3G2 5S8 42l national bank
notes, $3l3,2l9,o33 total, $s05, sos 3G7
IN paper currency.
-The first turnpike ever made in the
United States was that constructed be-
tween Philadelphia and Lancaster in
1903, costing $500,000. ..O
The first time tho White House. at
washing on, was thrown open to tho
public was ut the Now Years leyec of
President Adams, in 1901. ..'.
-Ihe Russian Army has 25 900 ohl-
GERS, which lusC.cquuls the whole army
OF the United States, counting in hos
pltal stewards and the rest.
Nearly $4,000 has been contributed
In Cincinnati for the benefit of tie
families Of five ilremen who lost their
lives at recent fire in that city.
-The number of croquet sets sold IN
this country during the past five years,
is estimated at 100000. and still we
continue to send missionaries to Africa.
--Vanderbilt draws $4,000 from
the government every ninety DAYS,
that amount being the quarterly inter
est ON the per cent. bonds held by
him.
Tho gross earnings cf tho NTssourl
Pacfhc railway for the year ending
December 81, 1880, were $2b, ,4O4, loo. .0S,
an increase OF 1881 ,40l 81 over those
Of 1879.
An English writcr places the num-
Der OF horses III the world at 40, ,OO0,-
OOO, OF which the United States anu
Canada have l1,gO0,00O, and Russia
II ,0O0, 900.
--Eastport, Me-, exported $4,000
cases or sardinos last year, worth $780,
600, against $4,000 In 1870. Seven new
iacCorles were erected, making thirteen
now IN operation. . .....,.,..
1T Is estimated that the railroads
or the country have required this year
l,ooo new locomotives and SO ,420 cars,
worth $65,G73, 900, and $7l, la, 900
worth OF now ties and rails.
Tho exports Of grain from tho port
of Now York during the year 1880
reached 1O7, ,00O,0O bushels, an excess
OF nearly l3,O00,000 bushels over tho
exports OF any previous year.
The most careful estimates, allow
ing for the losses by bad weather and
the scarcity Of labor, puts the cotton
crop Of 1881 at G,0l7, .1Gl bales, an in
crease over 1879 OF 25G, 900 bales.
The Personnel Of tho German Navy
comprises 10000 men, OF which mum
Der during the twelve months ending
on the lst of April last, on an average,
5,lJ7 were afloar and 1902 on shore.
The Maharajah Dhuioep Singh,
! the well-known East Indian prince
who lives In England. advertises 5000
} pheasants and 900 hares for sale, all
on the Eiyedon estate, near Thettord.
The Moccasins, necklace and other
barbarous personal property Of "Don't
} KnOw-HoW," a member Of the Yank-
Lonnais tribe Of Sioux, have been re-
, ccivcd by Secretary Schurz by mail, :,
, | ~ n n, "a -. 9.