The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-04-13
NEWS M BRIEF

cattle. ~a1'1%N '
There are $50 baskets Of peaches In
q car load. , SasI y,
Steel nails are taking tho place Of
iron ones. ~, y. e,
"A Greenland whales heart Is a yard
IN diameter. 81,
The Mormons have sent q mlsslon-
ary tosHayti. n.
-,:Englishmen are growing more
partial to gas stoves. - ~ 3 &, :
British railways carried 6S5, ,900, 600
passeng ets last year 81 Il
--A n0hey testImo olilaI is proposed
for Lieutenant Greely.T5s g-s'
Women are employed in Chilli as con.
duotors Of horse cars. r-.,!% n.
There are $50 Icelanders in Mani.
toba. engaged as farmers. Wy
st. Petersburg was founded by
sPeter the Great inl1703. rs 3#y
"A wooden-legged bicyclist whirls
around Salon, Oregon. ,g> >a,sR
1.-The Boston postofice, begun in
1871, cost over $4,000, ZOO. r. ,zl-'s
The British war ship Devastation
Is the most powerful afoat. -,
A woman in Rutland county, VT,
is the mother Of 81 children.
Americans have $125, 100000 in.
vested In Mexican railways. -@Al%
American cutlery now 81 goes in
large quantities all over the world.
The walls Of several of, the British
war ships are constructed Of paper.
From end to end the st. Gothard
tunnel Is Illuminated by electricity.
The expense Of governing New
York city is over 10000, 900 annually.
1t has been decided to build an
underground metropolitan railway In
Paris. ..,. ....,
TWENTY-FIVE years complete the
round of well-cared-for canary's
career. ".>' 5 >s~..
There has never been q holiday.
q theatre, or a circus on the Island Of
Malta.
-Russian flour has been offered by
sample In the New York market for Sc
per barrel.
Water is selling for So a barrel in
tho district Of Sierra Mojada, in N orth.
ern Mexico, ,.. E-~'p.~ '.s'
Since 1873 a new state house has been
erected IN Hartford at an expense of
$2,5OO,00O.
There are 25o disabled ex-Confed-
crate soldiers In the poor-houses of
North Carolina. -, '..,...,. -.
Until Andrew Jacksen's time,
olice-seekers were not permitted to see
the President. 81, :. ,,rr3-a.g--;,ss. ,.
Tho Garfield mem m5rial. window at
Williams College has been finished at
the cost Of $3,645. ~ "#&
Mr.. Kegan Paul, the London pub
Usher, paid SIC, 6,260 for the manuscript
Of GOrden's diary, = .,.
Fl. The French Government has asked
o credit Of 101, 500 francs ON account
Of the Hugo funeral. %@'' s..|
A good baseball player in Rhode
Island gets a bigger salary than the
governor Of that state.
The pine tree, says an authority,
serves as refuge for more than 400
species Of insects. .'a.
1T has been calculated that the free
lunches in New York saloons cost
$11, 300, 900 annually. '~...''
"A professional wild beast tanner
uses electricity to subdue tho ANIMALS
when they are unruly.
The water frontage of Boston is
about 20, 600 feet, and ships are accom-
modated at 1854 wharyes. sz4,.
There is no legal tender in China,
and silver is the money metal Of that
country, passing by weight. sA.
.-G Goyernor Ross is the 18th Governor
Of New Mexico, in an unbrokerie line
extending back 200 years. ~ ,7t:...,'
Dom Pedro, or Brazil, is Che Oldest
living sovereign. He has 'reigngd 69
years, or since he was six yearsold.
Suicides are said to, be more fre.
quent In Sax0ny in Germany than any
where else in the world. t.52
~ The thimble' was invented 200
years ago by, Nicholas van Benschoter,
o goldsmith Of Amsterdam. .,'"
1T is estimated that, 10000 Of the
inhabitants Of Glasgow, 90 to bed in
.toxlcated every Saturday night.
The Mohammedans have: ninety
nine names for God, but ,among them
all they have notn"Our iFather.,s.sY
3 Very small eleotric incandescent
Or glow lamps are used" as front sights
on firearms for shooting in dlmslight.
{" The first steamship that crossed the
ocean brought in her mail .a1 pamphlet
that no stean1ship could do
this. itf'n{tFfE si<s3tsE.S
The eyes Of the mole ereso exceed.
ingly minute and SO perfectly hid ih it's
hair that sOur ancestors considered it
blind. 'f5.;22' 5.S,. f7'5
The. present AREA, Of Indian corn
now growing in this country is z, 1000.
600 acres greater than that planted last
year,. nh ,a.s,. ...3
The Indians Of the Western frontier
have given General Sheridan the name
OF "The-chunky-ma o-means.busi-
ness.'' " -. s4s..,la it,,%ss - ..
with 1875 miles ,yof navigable
rivers and 1900 OF canals, the French
railways must encounter some competl.
tiOn. 81. ats 49,. .
Berlin he's more than 700 million.
aires, In the, German sense Of the word,
reckoning with marks orTuartersof a
dollar. I4 @i'% $@lt.seIYS3
1T was formerly the custom to
draw away the pillows from under the
heads Of dying persons in order to ac-
celerate their DEPARTURE.
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