The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-11
BRIEFS.

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The finger rings Of this country
are worth sos, ,0o0, 900,
Canada will send regiment to tho
yorktown celebration.
In Paris post office Is to be annexed
10 every telegraph bureau.
The Jews talk Of erecting a nation.
al synagogue in Washington
-MemphIs was built by Mizraim
2,ooo years and more before Christ.
"A mink has killed nearly 500 front
IN pond In West Cumberland, Me.
-Flfteen hundred miles of RAILWAYS
"io III c"'rse OF construction in Italy
The Prince OF Wales has sent two
1,eEnahts , to the Geological Society of
The library Of the late DR.. Chanin
wa vas o"n s0ld at auction, for $1,000; 1t cost
At Bildah, Algeria, NAV be seer
cucaiypti, only five years old. sixtv
-Clncinnati Is preparing to cole
pirate, IN 1888, the Tooth annivsrsarv NJ
Its settlement. VI
,-Ihe first iron vessel built in tba
Chlted states was launched Mt pittoo
ourSn In 1859.
omoa1I Is estimated that there are ovar
Iioit iioJt 1rSotting horses training in the
LORD Derby Is childless, of inex.
pcnstve habits, and has an incomo a.
$760,000 a year, " '"o''n' VI
| :-Iho Chester (EAgland) Comma.
slons find 1000 out Of 1 800 electors
guilty Of bribery. 0''oiS
Paris has IL 900 tobacco sbo,s +,,
| times that number of drlnkIn~ hnotha oi
ana few churches. ''''AS'
-Bcssemcr stoel was frat mail, T.,
the u nlted States at Wyandotte. NTich
I'D the autumn Of 1864. -''
seth Green afflrms that an acro ot
water s can be made to produce as mnch
food as an acre Of land. N'uon
On the third Anniversary ~ h,o
coronation, Pope Leo XllI i,snensaI
nearly $4,000 In charity. p''t'eo
There were 124 persona r,n ouo,
ana killed in London in 1880 Vvoi w.
2.'oO persons injured. anu
-Moro than 10000 persons u,,,o
KILLED In India, in 1880, by wild beasts @
ana Venonous snakes. "0"S'S
Inc butter, cheese, egg, and m,lk
BUSINESS OF the country are est,mataG
~ W worCh $8lO ,000, 900.
There was in Germany in 1879 ..
paper npe mil mills which together praS,N
3.ooo,ooO cwt. of papor. ouri
-Eiephants have been knoT4n r.
i've 400 years, and it Is slxHnooa9 ~
whales may live ], 200 years. Vppo'0o
SILK culture. which wasXntroduoed
IN Louisiana In l7lS has taken q frost' oou
start within the past few Years.
of the AitegthtesnGyp sst tsGp mSanTsaIns was 81,
In Fayette county, Pa, in 1880. "0'
In the last fifteen years the stata
OF louisiana mas expend I'd for Ieyees
ana repairs tho sum Of $ll ,G65, 500.
Iron was first made in America IN
ic2o, at point on Falling creek.
branch of The James river, in virginia.
There are $1,000 locomotives run.
n1ng over the railroads of the United
States, and over 100000 cars Of aIi
kinds. OH
The London Religious Tract Soot-
ely has circulated nearly 10000. 900
books and tracks In l30 different ian.
guages.
The population Of Chicago has In
creased ~ per cent. In 10 Years. and
membership In the churches only 12
| por cent.
1t is estimated that the immIerants
pouring Into tins country Will bring
during the summer ut least $4,000, 900
hard money.
"A dog stopped pair of runaway
horses IN Clinton, Canada, by taking
the railing lines In his teeth and cling
The first Bessemer steel rails rolled
IN this country were rolled at the
Noreh Ch1cago rolling-mill on tile 24th
of May, 1866.
According to the official report OF
| the United States local inspector of
steam vessels, not life was lost on
Lake Superior last year.
Sir Bartle Frere lately state that
In single year more than E3, 5000
worth OF diamonds have passed through
the Cape Town Post Onlce.
The new census estimates the
amount OF standing pine In the three
States Of Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota at 81, $50. 600, 900 fe,t,
| Over 80, 900 buffalo have been kill
months, all but some &c, 900 being slain
for their hides alone, which bring
from 81, ,25 to $2,75 each.
The total immigration to this conn
try In 1880 was 457,243. This is the
LARGEST immigration ex2ept that Of
1878 when 400 ,803 foreigners landed In
the several ports OF the United States.
On the great battle plains Of Lom-
hardy there are upward Of twenty
houses preserved rs haylng been the
headquarters Of the great Napoleon
during his campaigns with the Aus
TRANS.
The farm housos near Lille occu-
pied by Louis XIV, during his siege
of that city, in 1867, is about to be
RACED to the ground. The capitulation
by which Lille became French terri
tory was signed there.
The railroads In New York state !,
the report made by the state engineer
shows, represent an aggregate Of stock
and debts Of $602 1851 ,488, on which the
earnings In 1880 wore $78 ,044 ,754, of
which SAC, AS, ,202 was profit.
The average receipts Of tho United
| Statp9 TREASURY for thn laat nina