The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-20
NEWS IN BRIEF

| The first copper cent was cOiued in
New Haven in 1857.
Tho first printing press in the Upi-
ted States was worked in 1920.
GLASS windows were first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
The first attempt to manufacture
| pins was made soon after the war OF
1916.
Tho first COMPLETE sewing machine
was patented by Elias Howe, Jr., in
1846.
-.-An exhibition of the works OF the
late Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz') is to
be held at Liverpool.
MIR. Blaine intends to sail southwark
in the yacht Blaine, with her Boston
owner, III the spring.
Professor Virchow, OF Berlin. owns
nearly 5000 human skulls of all ages
aud natlonalities.
The Marquis of IIorne has beeh re-
elected commodore of the Royal Nova
Scotia Yecht Squadron.
The consumption of thread of the
best grades i'll the United States is 21,-
UoO,0UO spools per annum.
"A bottle of so gallons capacity. the
| largest ever blown iu this country, was
lately made at Millvllle, NJ.
The police of Berlin will no LONGER
permit public performances of tanners
| OF lions and other wild animals.
john Cabot received the magnificent
sum of g10 from Henry VII. by way of
reward Tor discovering Amerioa.
The strength Of 120 pounds is re-
vulred to tear asunder all iron wiro one-
twenty-fifth Of M inch III diameter.
England paid about $17, 900. 600 for
convincing Arabi Bey that he ought not
to rebel against his own government.
Tho total cost of the new Capitol
III Albany up to January /, 1883, is sta.
| TED by the Capitol Commissions ut S14,-
| 1893, 1868.
-The Prince of Wales has at Sand
rlngham 100 short-horn COWS and 20
short-horn bulls, which are kept in two
! distinct herds.
Tho debt of the United States prior
debt Of the Australian colonies is a.
ready fivefold that.
Tho famous chestnut troe on Mt,
A1tna measures 210 feet at its base. It's
nge is at least 800 years. Italy has
many renowned trees of this spoc.es.
| The next exhibition of works by
Prusslan and foreign artists will take
place in May and juno, at the Polyteoh-
mic School ut Charlotteburg, near Ber-
lin.
"A mover 60 years Of age is re-
ported: by British paper, to have made
LOO miles III "a hours Oh tricycle.. A
| younger rival did 1876 miles in the same
time.
The whole number of letters mailed
IN this country during tho year 1880
was l,O68 ,252, ,876, or an average of 81
to each man, woman and child in the
country.
Sarah Bernhardt- y ..u,.la has CLOSELY
trimmed off the big frizzss of halr that
used to ovorshadow her brow, to tho
great Improvement, it Is said, Of her
appearance.
"A cargo Of pig iron, sunk in Long
Island Sound, Oft Saybrook, twenty
seven years ago, now being recovered
by divers, comes out from under the
sand in good condition,
The hazing for which five Sopho.
mores of Bowdoin College have been
suspended consisted in cutting off VIC.
lently onc-half of the slow-appearing
mustaohe of reluctant Freshman.
From the deposit discovered in
1872 on tho Appomattox River at Ber-
muda, w., there are now taken 1000
tons annually or about third of the
fine oohres used in the United States.
Artificial eggs arc now manufaot-
ured in Germany. A woman who bought
dozen OF poddler found them filed
with water, the yolk having been ex-
tidoto1 and the hole covered with paste.
Tho schools of Portland, Me-, re-
cently hold "Longfellow hour" on
which occasion interesting exercises
wore held in all the schools, and hand.
some sum was realized for tho memorial
fund.
Hannibal Hamlin has given to Col
by University copy Of the Christopher
| Columbus OIL portrait in the Naval
| Museum ut Madrid, supposed to be the
only authentic likeness OF tho great dis
| oOvefer.
Tho Hon. Alexander II. H. Stuart
has been requested by tho Historical
Society OF Virginia to prepare history
Of the events Of 1869 (which led to tho
restoration of the State TO her place In
tho Union.
Albert Victor, son of the Prince of
| Wales, is to be educated ut Christ
Church, Oxford. Like his uncle, Prince
| Leopold, he will wear cap and gown
only on occasions where they are re-
qnired by law.
Custer County, Montana. is the
largest county in the United States. It's
area is SO, 600 square miles. Itis larger
than the States of Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Delaware
and Rhode Island, all combined.
The real estate subject to city tax
in Philadelphia is $562, G87, 555: furni-
ture, $5,608,280; horses, $4,000, ,966
cattle, $139,25O; pleasure carriages,
1868. .205. The increase over 1882 Is
SIT, 708, ,026.
The Japanese Department Of Agri-
culture is planting oyster beds near
Yokohama, The Japapese oysters are
considered among the finest in the world,
and hopes are enter 1tained Of exporting
them largely in preserved state.
---Workmen are already engaged ON
the removal OF tho central tower OF