The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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p 900 French troups are occupying
Biserta, in Tunis.
Queen VicCoria's gold and plate is
valued at $l6, 10000
Some Of the sheep p-raisers of Ans
tralla own oyer 5000 head Of sheep.
-Ihree or four ounces of oil can be
extracted from one hundred pounds Of
water.
Queen Victoria received last wear
$1oo, o,ooO clear cash from her duchv of
Lancaster. 0N
"A dealer In Vermont has an order
from the West for 100000 pounds Of
maple sugar.
-Millais, the English painter. has
to 5000, 900.
"A new puzzle is to find the letter
silver dollar.
The statue of Gen. McPberso, +. 70
DC unveiled July 20, the annlyorsarv
| Of his death.
Tho records of immigration at Now
York shows 10000 arrivals during thu
month of April. WV
"A thousand workingmen are want.
ca IN Iowa this spring. 1t is rood
| state to work into.
-Employment Is given by the rail.
ways OF Great Britain and ireland TO
about 100000 persons. W
The velocity OF the electric wavoa
throughthe Atlantic cables Is from .00O
10 o .ooo miles per second.
Japan has 4 1887 postoffices. andt tha
aggregate length of It's mail routea In
operation Is ~ ,203 miles. ="
| "A Maine woman has mado q M,
ora Cract with Boston firm to supply Is
ooo dozen pairs of mittens,
Cincinnati has 1000 liouor aoloo,o
which pay neither licence nor tax ar
cept to the general government.
The business of the Supreme (,ourt
OF the United States has Increased hn1
per cent. in the last twenty pears.
France spends $1lO. 900 OOO o,,u
ally to maintain her military svstan
ana vi $780, 600 for free primary eduoa.
ton. o""o"-
| The shipment of corn s,ncs son-
tember lst, total tor 1881, is s. 200 0i1,K,.
against 53,6oO,o 900 last year from Il VI !,
points.
A magnet weighing two oun&es
sustalns weight Of three poundsJEwo
weight. .T '"A
Col. Thomas Scott, ex-brestt,ent
Oh the pennsylvania Railroad. ia said
doo 60 oe eo% worth from $4,000, 900 to 500
! The total acreage under cerea1e
potatoes. tobacco. hay and cotton in
tne United States In 1879 was l49. III
700 acres.
The jewelry trade in England
reVlving, and Birmingham is turnIna
ona ouG silver bracelets at tho rate of TO-
600 per week.
The Maryland Historical Society
| mas nearly complete files OF eyory i'm
portant newspap per published in Balti-
more since 1878.
The National Industrial Exh,h,-
ton at TOXIC, Japan, was opened bv
the Mlkado March l. The attendance
Is said to be large.
The Sultan writes to the powers
that he accepts, without reserve, the
proposed settlement Of the Greek
Frontier question.
Three firms are now eupaped in
canning Boston baked beans, and their
annual production Is not less than
100000 to {, 1000, 900 cans.
-The lumber cut upon the Wiscon-
SIN shore of Lake Superior has in.
creased from 100000 feet in 1874 to
| over 22,UUO, ,O00 feet In 1881.
| -Alligator-s boots and shoes
nave bccome so popular that $4,000
hides were consumed in their manu-
iacture last year in this country.
| -Ihe two colossal bronze sphinxes
which are to be placed at the foot of
Clcopatra's needle on the Thames EN-.
bankmeht, will be finished by August
| next.
The exports Of flour are l.5OO. 900
barrels creator since September 1st
this ycar than last, being s 100000 bar
rels from the ports against 4 Loo, 900 for
1880.
The total loss by fire in Chicago
during the year 1880 was 81, ,138, ,9l6.
The report OF the fire marshal places
tho number OF buildings In the city at
1872 ,942.
There were o,so0,0o0 bushels less
wheat exported to May lst, this year,
than tor the same time in 1880, the ag-
gregate being 73,60O,0O0 and 81, $40, 900
respectively,
The Empress of Austria recently
sent to reporter a dressing case, en-
bossed In silver, as mark Of her plea
sure at his account of some of her ex-
ploits in the tielQV uN,
receipts OF the ----"-----------' ~ '"n
is naturally .1oreas c,-.
joicing BEAUTIFUL, prailways In isS0
merj ,.,.oject Of sincere re-.
I'D IA t ,>newspapors. The aug
nrify Itatlon for that year reached no lesa
T. sum than Id, 100000 francs.
The ratio of vote to population in
New York, at the Presidential eli otIon,
was about one to five; in Philadelphia
ana Chicago, one to six; Boston and
81: Louis, one to seven; in New
Orleans, one to nina, and in Provi-
dence, one to eleven.
the consumption OF opium is
rapidly Increasing in San Francisco
There are 900 places where opium ia
sold, and each one of them receives an
income averaging $75 day from the
tra1lic: The religious and secular press
are calling attention to the mattor.
The death Of Lord Beaconsfield