The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.

meat, and s45, 600. 900 bushels Of grain
abroad this year.
The potato crop OF Europe Is r..
ported forty per cent. below that Of last
season.
Out Of the o1s, 900 people Of West
Virginia there are 5000 who cannot
write.
baltimore is endeavor,pg to take
the school commission out OF the do.
main Of ward politics.
The Washington monument grew
W feet during this year. Another
quarter OF a million is asked for to
continue the work.
Among the new drugs in use are
pear seeds, oorn silk, elephants foot.
and chewstick, in the form Of fluid ex.
| tracts,
1.-Two years ago Wesson, Miss. was
only q Pine forest. It has now a cotton
mill employing 1000 hands, and nearly
5000 inhabitants.
The youngest inventor on the re-.
cords in Washington is Walter NeyegoId.
lad 10 years Of age, of Bristol. Pa
who has patented important improve
ments III rolling mill machinery.
"That want OF general courtesy and
universal graciousness, which is q very
real want among the English middle clas-
ses, is phrase taken from London
Queen.
The exports of provisions from tho
United States during the eleven months
which ended OH November Both last
amounted in value to $8A, S63, ,0Oa against
$40, ,3A5, ,C62 during the corresponding
period of 1881.
"A short winter 10 predicted In
Montana by hunters and trappers, who
base their predictions on the fact that
the hair on the buffaloes is short this
year. .
Two ninety.fo lathes, said to be
among the largest in the world. have
been made by the South BoYton Iron
Works. Rach lathe contains 600. 900
pounds of iron. They arc to be used
| to bore out cannon.
- Manufacturer Of linseed cake IN
the north OF france are alleged to ad-
ulterate their products with spent maias
from distilleries, and that, of course.
the usual percentage Of oily matter Is
not present.
Suit was brought by the city OF San
Francisco against y. y. Flood to 70.
cover taxes on $1,000 worth OF min.
ing stock in Nevaua. He proved that
the mines are situated in California mud
won the suit.
"A diver, at 600 yards distance from
the persons communicating with him,
can converse with case with persons
above water by means of tho telephone,
~ was recently proved by Mr.. Ware, OF
the River Meare Commissioners.
The hcad-dresses of the ladies III
177G were remarkable for their enor-
nous height. The coi6ure OF a belle
OF fashion was described as "amountain
of wool, hair, powder, lawn, muslin,
net, lace, ganze, ribbon. flowers,
feathers and wire"
Among the trees which grow in
Alaska is one called the yellow cedar,
which has fragrance somewhat like
that of sandal wood and nearly as
marked. It is grninless wood, of
straw color, and the Russians formerly
built many ships OF it, for which pur-
pose it is admirably adapted.
New Jersey has 343, ,526 children of
school age. The average attendance
upon the public schools is 113 ,5I2 a.
56Ochildren are IN the private Schools
The school receipts of the State during
the past year were 50. 14O, 7O4 81. OF
the 3,5U8 teuchers 1854 are women.
The value OF New jerseys school pro-
perty is sc, 270,778.
In the year 1884 eight bales OF cot
ton glown IL, the United States were
sent to England. whele, upon arrival, it
was seized aud condemned by order OF
the PIivy Couucil, Oh tue ground that
SO large al amount of cotton could not
possibly have been raised III America,
Ihls year the cotton crop of the United
States will he not tar from 7,oUU. 900
baleg.
Mark Twain failed to answer letter
written to him by Seriennt B.lInntine,
After waiting reasonable time the lat
ter was 30 exasperuted at not receiving
OIL answer that he mailed Twain sheet
ot paper and postage stamp ns gen.
tie reminder. Mr.. Clemens wrote baok
Oil apostai : paper and stamp received:
please send Cd envelope"
"A Gridley (Cal. farmer hunts geese
with COW. It is stated that he has
trained the animal to walk out to whele
u flock Of geese have tettled down on
the grain, browsing all the way along,
he walking alongside OH the Off side
from the geese, and when near enough
the COW lies down and he shoots into
ths flock,
Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour
has given to the Clinton collection of
MSS. in the New York State Library n
manuscript deed of land from George
Washington and George Clinton, OF the
City OF New York, Esquires," to Ma
thaniel Griffin, Of Whitestown, Mont
gomery county. 1t bears date of July
70, 1900. 'a ...
AT Rome q bronze votive lamp, three
feet high, has been found with the
names of four pious gentiemen, to wit I:
5. Tettius, Il. Annius, T.. Tuttius and
P. Tettienus. 1t is shaped like O oornu,
copia. with thee wicks, is tluted, and
has large hole on top for pouring in
the pcrfamed oil. The sharp end of
the cornucopia fits into kiud of scab-
bard, to which 1t Is fastened with
movable locket.
Queen Victoria has at longth con-
sented to admit that "sho is growing
old, for tho new Egyptian medal that
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