The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-26
BRIEFS.

rive thousand tons Of ice are to be
shlppcd from Maine to India thus sum.
mer. '''' '"'i
-fhere Is deficiency Of about S0O
gtnia. 'r-
-Dolgourouki, widow of the 1o+o
GHaI mas $3e,000,000 to her credit In
rory cords of oak wood will Weld
JUS ABOUT ten cords of merchantabJs
charcoal. '''""'s'o'e
ten. John A. Gordon is renorted
100000. ~ !" 'o"' mine for
-ihe last census in this country
every 1000 men. "0'''''' 10
The new census in Germany ohou,
total population of IS. 1874 I7a ann Tws :'
crease Of 2,4GG,sl ""' '''~
Over twenty-five Thousand +o,.,.
have visited the Yosemite jT V,I1ou o"ur!sCs a,.
lts discovery In 1866. ''''o
MColonel Jerome N. Bonaparte. Of
himself at Washington. LUZ
nNow ooo Nov York last year spent $7. ono
| wy 1or amusemonts and 500 O0O ooo Sn.
Intoxicating beverages. ''''' LUZ
In the English univo,o;t,, ,
race race Oxford defeated CamDridse bv
fully four lengths. s'' w
! The Chicago Packing anu Prov,
SION House kills 10000 hogs everv day. Sou
day being ten hours. ''0'S o"y'
- udgc Choatc is rapidlv reoouo,,,
ms health. To has been snand'ng
some time at Wallingford, ,Conp' 'o''g
-lnC Cl0VAtol m II ,,,,,o c~,
carried 03,0U0, 900 last year witbo,t un t,,n
'oss ol passenger, it Is claimed, 'o
Or the cities Of Uolland A,r,.
aam has a population of 280 ono :. Tt
Ceroam' $4,000; the Hague. so 0o1 y ~
The Mexican Goyernmnnt i,a
81 l,aoo,ooo Oh account OF suhvo,,s, Pa''
TO sections Of railway thus far ctv,,s coms
"A lady about to remove from, 11o..
loro, Conn, to st. Louis had four nata
days ago. p' ''s 'ow
within tho last ton wear, Q am ,.
couplers and druw-bars have hoo'' hr' ~ H,'
entea' yet but flvo patterns are in dan-
The Gutenberg Bible. about t,o
nrst Dook published with movcohio
.ypes. was was recently sold In Now York
for IS, 900. Nv" A'rA
90 o0odDourlng odo the war 5,22l Off ,ers and
yo,eoe Privntce brlonglng to tho ITnion
Army were killed in action or dial ~
thoir wounds. "''o u
-Ihe portrait Of Milton, which waa
once owned ky Charles Lamb. hoa ;,,at
Deen bought In London by Mr.. O1ar.
itch for $l,775. '' S'"f-
Inc annual report Of the Ameri-
can steamship G ,mpany, OF Phlladai-
pn,a, shows deficit on tho business of
1880 of $57,5l0 Is. '''0S' o'
Since March 1st, 1880. the De,vor
and Rio Grande company has laid 3G7
miles OF track, and will lay many more
tnis season. ''Aoio
1t Is estimated that during tbc last
year over 100 miles of tefegranhic
Hnu M teiephonic , wires were placed ovor
The best time for visltinp tbo
holy Lana Is IN March, April AMI NAV.
hsIer IN the season there Is danger Of
malarial fevers. '0' -
The managers Of the State Aori-
cultural Society have decided to offer
the coming fair. "O'''' 80
over four hundred men and boats
anu pfopa0ly over 10000 pots, are on
gagged on the Massachusetts coaat oIono
In the lobster fishery.
-Inero were 1,9SG failures In tho
United States during the first quarter
OF The current year, against 394 In
tho corresponding perlod of 1880.
Mrs. Eljz lLeth Gtvens, who wos
the first girl baby born in Iiouisv1Ile
Ky., died on Sunday, aged 103 years
She has never ridden in, a steam car.
Capt. Mayne Reid, the famous ro-
nance writer, has small estate IN
llertfordshire, England, where he
taxes great interest In sheep breeding.
Tho Brandy lana, in Rockbridge
comfy, ,ooo acres of mountain land.
assessed Mt ten cents per acre. has been
Solo 10 IennsVlvania firm for $23, 600.
.e-Mrs. Amelia Lewis asserts in Food
and Heath that nearly SIC, 900, 900 is In
vested IN oleomargarlne factories, and
that they have added nearly ST. to the
value OF every OK killed. 'al
In 1880 the number of miles Of ra,l-
road In the United States was onlv
tWenty-three; we have now more than
81 900 miles, and by the end Of the wear
wo will have over. t00,O w.
Bishop j. l.. Spaulding, of Peoria,
| kLi'3 10 al IA hhhoiS lOUhlu IOr q Stllc0-
BILE location for a Catholic COLONY.
Funds are ready to purchase 2OO, 900
acres of land for the purpose.
"A box containing SID 900 in bonds
and other securities. and belonging to
private depositor, has mysteriolisly
disappeared from tho vault Of tho Fay
ette National Bank, Lexington, KY.
Tho average age of members of tho
Garfield Cabinet is 81. Mr.. Gladstone's
Cabinet averages 5S. There arc two
scptuagonarians In the English Cabinet
but the majority are between 81 and
70.
The Marquis Of Lorne will 20 to
Quebec early In My. o. the Arrival
OF the Princess Louise and party two
weeks will be spent In salmon fishing,
after which they will proc 'ed to Hall
fax to witness the military review on
July lst. S
When the Austrian Empress goes
to England or Ireland, she carries her
own bed with her--a plain little bed
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