The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-01
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Mrs. POWERS, OF Kingston, n. Y, IS worth
"$3, COZ, 900, and is 100 yesrs old.
TWENTY MILLION acres OF land in the
United States are held by foreigners.
THERE are 1882 school districts, 6a,373
teachers and 2,S0O,O 900 school children IN
Japan.
THE Johnstown food commission hes ap-
propriated $4,000 to continue the search 1or
: the dead.
The current year has already witnessed
the burning of six theatres, half OF this num-
ber being in Germany.
A PARTY of expert oil drillers has Just
sailed from New York for India, where they
i. are wanted to search fer oil.
IT is said that the Eiffel Tower cost the
lives of about 100, and that 500 were more or
less injured in its construction.
EDWARD MCDONALD, of Allentown Penn,
thinks he owns the smallest dog. 1t Is i've
months old and weighs four ounces.
SIXTEEN barbecues have been given in
Wilkes County, Georgia, this year. Two
hundred and thirty-aight carcasses were con-
sumed.
BosroN expects, on the official records, to
be credited with AS, 900 inhabitants. In the
preliminary figures its aggregate was put at
$4,000.
The total trade Of Charleston, S. c., for
the last year amounted to $50 619, III, an In
crease on the business Of the preceding year
of So, ,966, 2a3.
TIE Olympia Mountains in Washington,
are rich in gold, silver, iron and coal. Hun
dreds Of prospectors are there searching for
mineral wealth.
GERMANY sent to the United States last
year beet sugar to the value Of SIC, 600, OOO.
Two years ago the amount was less than
million and half.
ACCORDING to the latest census reports all
the New England States have an aggregate
population Of 4, 425, 900, and twenty-six Rep
resentatives in Congress.
RECENT very trustworthy calculations Of
the population Of the Chinese Empire by
Russian authorities reckon it at SS2, DOC, ,000,
and the annual increase at 10000
A CRIMINAL whose head was cut of in
France, the other day, was examined by O
physician, and his heart was found beat
Ing six minutes after he had been guillo-
tined.
THE Irish Registrars annual report esti-
mates the population OF the Green Isle at
4730,566. The number of persons emigrat.
ing to other countries during the year was
70,4T.
In answer to the call for rats the Atlanta
= dT tSSOClhIlOu, NllSh OlI0lcN p2CLliotio
for their killing, received 20, 94S rat tails.
One man killed 1900 on his farm and received
first prize.
IT appears that the great majority Of
persons committing suicide In Japan are
over fifty years of age. Next on the list
comes persons between twenty and thirty
years Of age.
AT the Riggs Farm, sixteen miles south Of
Doiand, s. D., while on the straw stack at
the thrashing machine, Peter Peterson was
instantly killed by bolt Of lightning from
an almost clear sky.
THERE is ono ward in Chicago, the Thirty
third, that is ten miles long and three miles
wide. It embraces 1920 acres and con-
tains sixty railroad stations seven post
Offices and 100, 900 people.
DALLAS, Oregon, claims to handle more
wool direct from the producer than any other
city in the United States. Large wagonloads
come to town every day, and s. O0O, 900 pounds
will be handled this season.
The Cinnamon of New York city have
given to their JOSS, at 16 Mott street. new
umbrella which they had brought over from
China. It is covered with dragons and other
monsters with ghttering eyes, and is said to
have cost S400.
THE King Of the Sandwich Islands lives in
a million dollar palace that was built of coral
afew years ago by his loyal subjects. The
natives do not seem to mind expense where
the Kings pleasure is involved. When the
Princess died they spent $50 on her fu-
neral and 100000 for mausoleun to her.