The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-27
NEWS In BI;lEF,

1t takes $15 to buy one hnndred
pounds OF flour in the Baker MINING
district of Montana.
Mrs. Langtry spent much time in
Chicago at roller-skatiDg, pastimo OF
which she is very fond.
Among the perfumes greatly ,,sed
In London society are white rose. frnn-
glpanni anu ihlang ihlang.
New York and Brooklyn have s.
ooo people who earn their liyinp be.
ween surdown and sunrise.
Last yoar Great Britain made nearly
| 2,700.O00 tons OF puddled iron. and i'm.
ported 90,0O0 tons besides.
Nine new cotton factories. Y In mn
aggregated capital of 81, 1925, 500, have
just been chartered in South Carolina.
While butter is only 10 cents nound
Ill Marshficld, Mo-, the dealers asr, 75
ooh's " pound for 1t at Butte, Montana.
The mother of President Garfield
| spends several hours every day readino
| the published works of her lllustrious
son.
The Rev. DR.. A, r.. Baird, of Syra-
cuse, N. T., Is to succeed the Rev. DR..
hitchcock III the American church in
Paris.
IMessrs. Moody and Sankey intend
holding series of meetings in London
next fall, beginning at about tho 1st Of
October.
In GENOA mounted tablet has
been placed OIL thehouse in which. q cen
Jury ago, Oh Octob.. 27, 1882, Plganinl
WAS born.
--Mr. Ghdstono's popular axe is not
regarded Ill all quarters rs the very
pest instrument OF exercise for him to
use i'll his old ago.
-The Rcv. W. Ell. Milburn is still
telhng before country lyceums his in
teresting story OF "What Blind Man
Saw III England.
-Mr. James kussoll Lowell is to havo
the honor of unveiling tho bust of
Fielding, which is to be erected III tho
novellsts native country.
-Thcre were twcnty-four stormy
Sundays last year. Tho average during
the past fifteen years has been l6l
stormy Sundays n year.
The Britishers who recently bought
27,O00 acres of Florida land of the Dlss-
ton Company have taken $4,000 acres
| hloAo' PhJlHB S1. OU an acre.
| -Yokohama merchants have sent to
Nsg aSfh 2S HS4 S99 sk kSag
cans Interested in silk culture.
The bell used Mt Wellesley Colleee
Massachusetts. IL from an ancient Bud
dhlst temple, in Japan, and was pre-
schtcd ny MIR. j. l.. Graves, OF Boston.
The institutions in Now York sub.
Ject to tho bank department of the
State represent nearly $780, .OOO, 900 in
thor resources, and probably over g.
600, 600 dcpositors.
During the year just closed in Eng
land there were reported % mining ex-
| plosions, Is of which were fatal, tho
number of deaths reaching 241, exactly
| tho average for the past 32 years.
Tho crops of Texas for last season
arc estimated ut 1,40O,O bales of cot
ton and 160,O00,00O bushels OF corn.
| Texas now stands first on the list of
| Southern States in tho production OF
cotton and corn.
! OF MI tho mon-of war in Europe
| Italy has tho most heavily iron-plntcd
| and possessed with the most formidable
guns. Tho ':Duilio" and tho "Dando-
IL,
and they eacll carry 100-ton guns.
Gov. Ordway, Of Dakota, says i'll
| his Message to the Legislature that tho
population of tho Territory hus doubled
in two years; and now rcncncs 300, 900,
and that the amount of taxable proper
ty is $50,000,000.
| Tho City of Montreal has made Il
claim for taxes Oh a church OH tho
ground that fair was lately held in
the building for profit, whereas, to DO
exempt from taxation. buildings must
be used exclusively for divine purposes.
Teachers in the public schools of
Franco are very seldom paid more than
&5 q week. and ns the expense for sal
aries is now q little over $l5, 100000
the Minister Of Public Instructions re-
crease taxation.
The Secretary of War has been di-
rected to spend $4,000 in erecting q
monument ut the h-place of General
| Gouverneur X. Warren at Cold Spring,
near West Point, N. Y, provided tho
ground, rectangular place on the Pai-
rot estate, shall be gwen to the Govern
ment Tor that purpose.
Czar Alexander Ill max es hobby of
police and military uniforms. He has
changed the costume of the st. Peters.
burg police three times since his acces-
sion. and carefully examines the minutest
details OF all new styles sometimes talk
ing hours to decide upon the pattern of
of buttou.
The annual report of the New York
Custom House shows that the tonnage
receipts for 1882 were 81, ,346, ,O45, divi-
ded among 6327 sailing vessels and 951
steam vessels. OF the former, 24G1
wore British. 1904 American, Gil Nor
weglan, 339 German and 261 Italian.
Of the latter, 643 were British, 1852
American, At German and Italian.
Official returns still show that
wolves exist in large numbers in Franco.
Last yer the number that were killed
by persons who received the State
awards amounted to 1926. The amount
annually voted for these awards and fol
other expenses attendant on the State
campaign against the beasts is $50, 600.
The theatres Of Europe are now 1457
in number, and Italy heads the list OF
nations in point Of the largest share.
She has 348. as against 337 in France,
1914 in Germany, 100 In Spain, 150 in
! Great Britain. 1872 in Austria and Hun.