The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-27
NEWS. IN BRIEF.

There are at least 100 900 idle young
men iu New York city.
There are about 5000 Indians in
extreme southern California.
The earl of Beaeonsfield is visit
Ing the Queen at Windsor castle.
The Reading Railroad rolling mill
is turning out 90 tons Of rails per day.
-Durlng the fiscal year ended Juno
30, 1880, 76,430 Canadians cIme to the
United States.
-Buenos Ayres has been selected as
the definite capital of the Argentine
Confederation. +.
In England there are l 800 science
aud art schools, with an attendance Of
6O,O0O students.
Mary Anderson purchased $4,000
worth OF diamonds during recent
visit to st. Louis.
There are In the Uuitcd States 727
paper mills, making 1,S00 tons day of
all kinds of paper.
The Government Of tho Argentine
Republic offers to make land-Yrant
for an Irish colony.
: Nearly one-eighth Of tho CONNER
cial population OF the city of Boston Is
composed Of shop girls.
Washington Territory possesses
20 100000 acres "of the finest timber
land on the face Of the earth.'
The total value OF the prop crty oc-
cuptcd by tho religious orders In Paris
amounts in all to 1l6, 100000 francs.
The Boston m d Providence Rail-
road made 1922, l79 the past year above
expenses, and paid per cent, III
dividends.
The first settlement Of Mennonites
IN Minnesota was made in 1876. Three
years latter the community numbered
2,S4l members,
buddhism Is rapidly losing It's hold
IN Japan. Since 1878, in single
district, II temples have been diverted
to secular uses.
senator Thurman, 1t Is reported,
intends to live permanently in Wash
lngton and practlco at the bar Of tho
Supreme Court.
There are In the United Stales 3l3.-
SSs miles of postal routes, which, In
c!uulng az expenses, cost annually
about $22 ,00O,0OO.
The geographical center Of the
Onitea States Is at 05 deg. 47X min.
west longitude, which is about the
vicinity OF Omaha.
Carriage building has become one
trade employs 1000 men and thcy
hold an annual convention.
Tiffany & Co., of New York, have
just received yellow diamond valued
at $50, 900. 1t is beautifully cut. and
Is ~ fseEFRs afS affSSfysE 5% than Hst fh h
land 5000 reaping machines, and more
than 1000 thrashing machines, of
which 37i are worked by steam-power.
Oshkosh has the largest match
factory In the world. In one year o.
oO0, 600 feet Of logs were consumed snd
$780, worth of revenue stamps
used,
The number Of yearly thorough
breds from tho great breeding estab-
llshment OF England sold during tho
past year aggregated 451, the progeny
OF l II sires.
1t Is said that the British foreign
Office has ordered Colonel Synge to re.
fund tho El2, advanced to him ma
his ransom from the brigands who had
captured him.
The remains of Simon Snyder, who
was governor of Pennsylvania from
1913 10 1917, lie in n church-yard In
Scllngsgroye, In that State, unmarked
by monument or tablet.
Tho Mormon temple at Salt Lake
CITY has been in course of fcOnstruction
lor twenty years, and Is not yet finish
ca. 1t 1t built of Utah granite and Its
total cost will be over $2S,0OO,0OO.
The Nuns IN the convent at Manila
spent one year in tho making of a
piece of lace from tie fibrcs of the
pineapple, and their work is on exhi-.
bition at tho Art Loan in Washington.
The Patent Oflice has a surplus
revenue Of $200, QUO annually. 70 Lnis
extent there Is Il tax Oh Inventions. AS
the number Of patents taken out last
year was 10000, tho average tax was
$40.
In the last week of October the
wrecks In Europe were almost unpre-
ccdented In number. The approximate
value OF tho property lost is put at
$2o,o 900, OF which $15, 5,000,00O was
Brush.
The Emperor William Of Germany
has been during the past year earning
the gratitude OF the archie ologists. He
has betrayed from his own private
purse tho expenses OF the excavations
at Olympia.
"A silver vault, to be 18 by 10 feet,
and to cost $1,000, Is to be built n tho
Baltimore Custom House. There are at
present In tho Sub-Irea ,ury there ST.
VA 1923 in fractional silver, ana but
$l70, 0,6l6 gold coin.
Tho Prince Of Wales rides about
great deal in private hanson cab
which has many comfortable lmprove-
ments. Among these Is u travelling
clock with a luminous dial face set In
the centre of the splash-board.
baltimore is to have a direct line
or SIX steamers to Liverpool for the
development Of her cattle trade, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad agreeing
TO furnish the freight, while English
capitalists will provide the steamers.
The registration OF women auali-
lied to vote for a school committee at
the Boston municipal election shows
that interest In tho suffrage qustlon Is
declining. The number this year is
772, falling of of 2l7 from tho rcgls-
Try OF 1870.
According to statistics made by one
who has an opportunity OF knowing,
there are IL, 3,OOU,OOO milk COWS In the
IJnitau Stutea ~ O()fl OOD onraa of I Ia ,,S