The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-20
NEWS IN BRIEF
III 1868 acres in London parks.

III ,36S acres III London parks.
-Caterpillars have ruined the foi.
age of the ''grand old elms" on Boston
Common.
The oldest grave in the Frankfort
on-the-Main jewish cemetery dates
back to 1872.
From $4,000 to $15, 900 it ls said,
will cover the deficit left by the SWnger-
fest in Buffalo.
| The umbrella trade will feel cheered
at tho intelligence thnt Vennor predicts
q dry August.
The Nashville iron furnaces have
an been making money, many Of them
handsome profits.
The latest estimate Of the corn
crop IN Kansas this year puts it at 1OO,-
100000 bushels.
| There Is said to be sc, 1000, 900 acres
of land in California admirably adapted
to grape growing.
-Charlestown, Mass, originated the
system of town government in New
England, in 1884.
1.-The grape yield along the Hudson
valley will be unprecedentedlv large
Judging from present indications.
The stay-at-homes enjoy the rest
ing spells Of cool weather much more
than the summer hotel keepers do.
"A soda-water fountain in Brook
lyn candy store exploded q few DAYS
ago and broke the proprietor's arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Northcote, nee Fish.
daughter Of the ex-Secretary OF State.
are in England OH their bridal tour
| The pneumatic plan of clearing the
Paris sewers is said to have been at
tended with excellent result to health.
In 1876 there were but 1870 thco.
logical students in Germany; now there
are 2,1O7 PrOtestants and 1853 Catholics.
| The French press Is'animatedlv dis
cussing the vivsection question. and
the anti-vivisection side appears to be
gaining ground.
-Iexas, on whose ranges over $l5,-
oo0,OOO worth of cattle are running,
has this year 900 900 acres planted In
sugar.
| Exclusive of lunatics in asylums
and vagrants, London's roster of pau
pers during the last week in June num-
bered 1856.
| Evansville, Ind, is getting rid of
large number of English sparrows by
virtue of bounty Of Il cent for each
one killed.
| AT the age Of 83, the mother of
General Phil. Sheridan is still living in
The house in which the General was
born, at Perry, O.
Three young men of Utah, con-
VerCS from Dl0rmonism, are candidates
Tor the ministry under the care Of the
Presbytery of Utah.
The receipts of the Patent Office
for tho current year will exceed 3D.
2oo,oo0, according to the estimates of
Commissioner Marble.
The Duke of Newcastle recently re-
turned to his tenants one-tifth Of their
rent for the year, in order to relieve the
depression in agriculture.
MIR. Sergeant Ballantine, who visit.
ed Utah, is credited with the opinion
that polygamy is All institution emf
nently suited to new country.
Arrangements have been made to
bring out Wagner's last opera, "Parsi-
fal,'' for the first time in England, next
winter, at the Royal Albert Hali.
"A Swede, 10 or 45 years old, has
been sent to the Lazaretto, at San Fran
CISCO, Cal, suffering with genuine le-
prosy. lie absorbed the taint in China.
The salaries of the clergymen of
the United States are ahont 5000. 900
a year, and the Commission of Apri-
culture says it costs $50, 600, 900 to feed
them.
"A man whose beard is already 27!
inches long and steadily lengthening, Is
living III Todd county, KY, and has
not yet given up farming to 20 with
a side show.
Valentine Yeske, Pole, tried to
commit suicide recently in the Colum-
bus 70 } Jail by partially swallowing
large, iron spoon, which broke when
being taken out.
M. Gustave Aimerd, the WE'LL
known writer of tales OF adventure.
who died recently, was STYLED the
French Fenimore Cooper. He had
travelled the world over.
The Sultan has conferred on the
emperor OF Germany the Grand Cor
don of the Order of Chefeat. Kaiser
Wilhelm will probably have it put on
ice until cool weather sets in.
Sir Linthorn Simmons, speaking of
the British army, says: "The non-cOm-
misslOncd officers have also deteriorated
in the last ten years, the record Of cases
of reduction to the ranks and imprison-
ment having nearly trebled.n
"A cave on the Colorado river, over
one mile in length, and in some places
thirty feet in width, is attracting con-
siderable attention at Lampasas, Texas.
This cave is about 16 miles from the
town, and has two small streams run
ming through it, which are about two
feet deep.
The highest salary paid by the
French Government to any Of its Di.
plomatic officers is that Of $4,000
francs to The Ambassador ut st. Peters
burg. Envoys and ministers of the
second class, as at Washington, for ex-
ample, receive 10000 francs, or less
than $4,000 per annum.
An agitation for q farthing stamp
for printed matter under an ounce is
going on in England led by Mr..
Graves, who took all active part in OBJ
tanning the half-penny stamp in 1859.
The rate in Holland is one-quarter
pence, in France one-fifth ponce, and
in Belgium one-tenth pence.
The sweeping Of the Paris streets,
according to the latest official returns,
1 ln