The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.

tendents Of schools.
"A sloep'nq-c car costs, on an aver
age, about $l2 900 and earns about ST.
600 a month.
-Harriet Beenher Stowe Ia sixty-
hine years old and her husband seven
ty-one.
PROM 1913 to January l, 1881. CAL
,t"rn,a turned out la gold and silver
50, l39, ,25S 600.
--Ex Governor Walker. of Virginia.
~ about to become a citizen OF New
York.
Tho flrsG cen aus Of the United States
was taken In l70J. The population was
3 3929,32S
Ohio has 23,3Gs pensioners. of
whom 026 are widows Of soldiers of
the war OF 1912.
-Fhe Masonic fraternity, according
TO tho latest figures, has A, 500 men,
6ers In Germany.
.-Virglna claims five of the TWENTY
"1ght new iron furnaces built in the
United States last year,
,-Mezzo-tihto engraving was invent
ed ny the celebrated soldier and Ad-
mirai, Prince Rupert, in 1850.
,-Canadian papers report an unasu-
ally large demand for horses, particu-
iary for export to this country and to
Manitoba.
The population Of the German En-
pre-, according to the census iuet COM
pleted, Is 45, ,l94.l7
The report OF the New York saw
ing banks for 1880 shows an increase
III savings of $45 100000.
-'HIn annnnt nc 49,
manufacturing enterprises IN Nav
Jersey is about $50 0,00O,OGO.
The net earnings Of Sing Sing,
New York, Peeitentiary for Tho mnnth
of Dccomber were 50 2,205.
The total namber of German i'm.
migrants to this country daring the
past year WAS 1900.
Over $50 new butter and chease
factories Will be erec led in Iowa this
year, making 400 in all.
Two hundred ana fifty thousand
dollars worth Of California fruit was
"old IN Chicago last year.
queen Clroline, widow OF KING
Christian VIII. Of Denmark. Ia dead
~ the age OF So. She was married I'm
-Mllle. L'tta IS engaged to be mar
rle" 10 Air. Cleveland. the tenor Of the
otrakosch Concert Troupe and mana
ger as we'll.
The amount of money authorized to
be expended by the appropriation b. Ii,
which Congress has passed Is $10l ,2sO,-
1863.
1T Is estimated that the Insurance
companies of This country are nov oar
rying risks to the amount oil $7,OUU,-
-Ihere arc two and a Quarter MIL
tlohs OF horses in England and Scot
'ahu. Their worth is averaged a. $l6J
zach,
There were laid in tho United
states during the past year 1907 miles
VI new railroad track on 23l diff, ,rent
llncs. 0'-'
The receipts Of tho Patent Onloe
'or The year ending Deconlber 81, 1880.
we're 149, ,0S5, and the expenditures
S,SG5.
The yearly value of the London
smoke which 1t is proposed to convert
INTO u-elul products IL rookoned at
$l0,G25 900. ~
Daring tho last ten years tho rovaI
lottery mas yielded the Italian gov.rn.
ment $'24 100000 from 1,7SG, 1912
IlckeJs issued.
-ip France the damage caused bv
Ihe raVases Of wolves h Is Dsen rouyhly
esIlilaIcd TO rcaoh sum Of 5000, ZOO
oi francs a year.
Senator Blaine pays taxes In Au-
Susta, Maine, on $40 900 W ,rth Of pro.
perty. lie also owns $GO, 900 worth of
Maine SGnlc bonds.
-NInc-tenths of the fxod capItal of
all the civilized people in the world is
oihDarkeu III asricuICure, which en-
ploJs 1000 ,OUO OF men.
lie Illinois Senate passed a bill
approprlatlnS 81 ,0JO to erect monu-
hchC over The grave OF Shauruck Bond
tLle Hrst Governor oi InaC Site.
The estimated value Of school pro-
perry III the o.alc. outs de p .,ilad Il ,ih;a.
Is $to, ,s33 702. LII til" cILy named Ghe
Value IL Set down ut 50, ,035, $40.
1t takes one hour anu a half To
WIND up Lne clock III Trinity church.
N. \. The wire is $50 fJeG long and
'usLalns weight u 900 pounIs
--General G. NJ. Dodge says that at
least S,UOO n,lcs VI new railroad track
"lu Dc LAID III tho United otaCes and
-"SAiSo Will. II IIlc lleAC Twelve months.
Secretary Eyarts Is said to have
spent $2J,OUJ Il year above his salary
"hi.e ne was at Washington, much Of
'G beng for enter taiumcuts properly
onargeablo 70 The PRESIDENT.
Upward Of 1920 young girls are at
present attending the painting and
drawing classes In State and nun Iolpal
schools in France, while 1850 arc
studying music In various colleges.
Two allopathio physiciaus, ono
homo Dopathic, and one eclectic are SER
wing amicably together as a commlttee
appointed by the G 1nnecticuG Legisla-
ture to drafG medical practico act.
The Unltel States possessed only
forty nine public ItOraries In the year
1880. The number has now risen to
almost $500, and the number OF vol
umes contained In them exueods thir-
,een mil .ons.
NEWMAN Hall, tho lady's college
at Cambridge, England, has six resi-
lent Lecturers and ninety students.
Miss Minturn, daughter OF tue late