The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-19
NEWS IN BRIEF

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Nosgorod We're destroyed by Ivan VAST
livitch I.
The Prince of Wales has accepied
the chairmanship of the Lmpfeilow
Memorial Committee.
"A resident of Woodbury.. Tenn.
put thlrty years of age, has just married
for the fourth time.
|Ihe petrifaction called agate was
named from the river Achates, in Sicily.
where it was first found.
--Ricll gold mines have been discover
ed IN Guatamala, Central America.
causing much excitement.
,-The Paris Academy of Medicine
oiters q prize of S5,Q00for the finding
OF remedy for diphtheria. -aS|
Valuable coal discoveries continue
|" ne made ON the east coast of Vancou-
vrr'S Island, British Columbia.
The different leagues of German
cit'cS were united into one by tie treaty
OF Heidelberg, signed in 1884. i
IN the greater part of the East,
wh'stllng is looked d'upon with ill-favor
as a practice full of evil omen.
-Ihe contract for the Yorktown
monument has been awarded to the
''o'lc"cll Granite Co., for SO, ,000
---Ihe BcrncSc (SwitzcrlantU Govern
ment has Forbidden amy meeting of the
SalNallnn Army within the canton.
~ resident of Holland, who died
III 1872, was said to have smoked over
i""r tons of tobacco in his life of eighty
years.
Bonnat, the artist, his secured. nj
the price of S240O, a beautiful portrait
OF Erasmus. drawn hv Albert Duror In
1520. ''> ~
One hundred and fourteen thousand
small trout have been recently distrihu-
ted in the streams of Eastern Pcnnsyl-
vamia.
--PorlmiScs are often known to form
ring about sloal of small fish. and
by driving them into a mass obtain n
hearty meal
Tile largest circular saw in the
world is at Blakoly, Washington terri
tory. 1t cuts 10000 feet in twenty.
four hours.
On hearing of his having won 100.
Oo0 florlns in one of the national lottery
drawings, a poor starving devil was
struck dead.
The ice harvest from the Kennebec
river is now estimated at 674 900 tons.
and there were 200, 900 tons left over
from last year.
There are now only thirty-six es-
adjustments in Cologne that profess to
sell the true and only genuine eau. In
1872 there were sixty.
"A method has been discovered l,y
which the pine needles of the Silcsian
forests can be cured, fcltcd and woven
into Serviccabc cloth.
'lhn NTnl;ln n,,,l NI,;o ,,,,
miles long, has been in operation twenty
seven years, and not Il single passenger
has ever been killed ON it
The Pcruvians buried all the wealth
of their IncaS with them, and so great
was the amount thus Inferred that the
SimnialtS took $93l 600 from Il single
tomb
The reason why the tOmbs of the
Egyptian m0narchS were built in the
desert was that in this place they occu-
pied no land which might have been
used for agriculture.
during the twelve months which
ended on January :}lst, 1888, our I'M
ports OF merchandise amounted in value
to S762, ,727, 367. and our exports for
the same period were S7S3, ,29S, ,400.
The Marquis Of I.ome while in
ped from that state to the head keeper
on the Invcraly moors, with a view to
having them acclimatcd in Scotland,
The production Of books and maps
in Germany, including new editions.
during 1892 reached l4,794, as against
10, ,l0l in 1881. Natural science. law,
and theology are all more weakly repre-
Scntcd. Mathematics, philosophy, and
modern languages increase.
Judge jeremiah Black, referring to
the rumors Of the Prcsidcnt's s marriage,
says that when he was Il member of
Buclanan'S Cabinet he was continually
solicited to lrc the medium Of matrimm-
ial Ovcrtmrcs To Buchanan.
Mr.. Frederick Archer, who in the
last 10 years has Won "Nrnc 1900 races.
| and who was married . fortnight ago,
possesses fortune rsCimated to be CON
siderable over $50 900. Mrs. Archer
is the eldest daughter OF MI John Daw-
son, of Warren House, Newmarket.
Louisville, Ky., is busily making
preparations for II great industrial eX-
liihitiOn next August. The citizens
have subscribed $3.50 900, ask for no out
side help, and are putting up the main
building, which will cover thirteen
acres. The show will open August !.
and win continue 100 days.
In the town Of Woodbridge, Ct,
| about six miles from New Haven, there
is an oak tree said to be from 1000 to
| 800 years old, tho Oldest of it's kind
known in America. 1t is thirty feet in
circumference at the base, and some OF
its branches spread sixty feet beyond
the trunk. 1t is yet vigorous.
Beyond The Mississippi River there
arc ,2O0, 900 square miles not settled
~ white men, and of this area 100000
square miles, embracing much Of the
best land, are included within Indian
reservations, while much of the remain
der consists of mountainous tracts,
lands inaccessible or sterile and arid re-
regions which cannot be irrigated.
"A few years ago associations known
as "I}ands Of Mercy" were formed in
England, tho object of which was to
inculcate and promote kindness to ami
mails. They have achieved a great sue
cess, especially in teaching children to
show kindness to the dumb creation.
The Earl Of Shaftesbury is at the head
Of tho organizations. l,
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