The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-13
FACTS AND FIGURES.

mills on the dollar.
THERE are two insurance companies il
America to one in England
FABER, the pencil maker, is said to b
so fat that he can't walk alone.
THE circulation of the London Times i
said to be only half what it was thre
years ago.
RECORDER curry, of Oswego, has decidet
that shaving on Sunday is not a "worl
of necessity"
A WOMAN was murdered on Christina
Day in Boston, in a quarrel about fiv,
cents.
THE number Of bathers for 1869 in tn,
Boston free public baths was greater BY
90 per cent. than for 1868, while the cos
per bath was three mills less.
DURING the past year 500 vessels hav,
sailed from San Francisco with cargOe,
valued at $21, 100000. Treasure ship
ments for the same time were $37, 600, 900
SEVERAL boys in the Syracuse IN. Y.
committed for 100 days. They were out
of work and wished to find employment,
and food.
In Chicago during 1869 there were 9,OOC
births, 1920 marriages and 6,476 deaths
The number of immigrants arriving in the
city during the same year was $4,000
Number of houses erected during the year
3,S10.
A DISTINGUISHED medical professor in
New York has stated that the use of the
hIgh-heeled French boots now so general
ly worn will, in time, convert the tran
sient illusion of the Grecian bend into a
stern reality"
Mr.. THOMAS HASKELL has returned to
Paris, Me, after an absence of seventeen
years, and has very greatly incommOded
his "heirS" by demanding a return of his
property, which they divided among them
long ago, supposing him to be dead.
A SOUTHERN dentist thinks that one of
the principal reasons why people of forty
rarely have good teeth is the free use of
lard and butter. If we did not use these
articles, says the dentist, our teeth would
be as good and last as long as those of
other animals.
THE School Of Arts at Guadalaiara,
Mexico, has 40U pupils. AS the students
work, it costs but nine cents day to sup
port each of them, of which the munich
pality pays six and a quarter cents. The
remainder is obtained from rents of prop
erty belonging to the school.
NATHAN CoKER, who is a middle-aged
colored man residing in Denton, Md,
amuses himself and astonishes spectators
by walking back and forth on a red hot
and drawing red hot poker across his
cd fNn This I,
out apparent pain.
"DUTcH ANDY" is a Philadelphia
miser who keeps himself alive by begging
The other day the house in which he lives
took fire, and the old man would not leave
it because his money-chest was too heavy
to take with him. He was found almost
suffocated, clasping the old trunk with botf
arms, and dragged out just in time to save
his life.
THE number of immigrants passing
through Columbus, Ohio, during 1869
was 1896, being an increase of 3,076 ovel
the previous year. Six thousand sever
hundred proposed to settle in Illinois
6,274 in Missouri; 1856 in Wisconsin
3,733 in Ohio; the remainder in Indiana
Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa
Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, and LOuisi
ana.
THERE are about 10000 tenement
houses in New York city, containing 700,
600 persons. No house is called tene
ment house that does not contain at leas,
four families. The average number OF
families in such houses is from seven to
eight, and the average number in each
family is five. One block in the Seven.
teenth Ward, 200 by 800 feet, contains s.
600 persons.
A CONDUCTOR on Pennsylvania rail
road, who, with a moderate salary, kept
fast horses, lived in a fine house, wore dia-
monds, ETC., was indicted by the company
some time since for robbery. ThereupOn
he gave up $4,000 stolen plunder and
was discharged; but being hard up for
money, he now sues the company for the
return of the money, alleging that it was
obtained from him by threats and force.
FIFTY years ago single church editice
would have been sufficient to contain al
the missionaries and all the-Aative converts
in all the mission fields of all thednission
ary societies in all the world, except the
Moravians. That little company has now
grown to 1900 missionaries, 5000 native
preachers, 100000 communicates, and 8
Christian community of more than 9
million.
DANIEL SICKLEs and wife, whose united
ages amount to two hundred years, who
have been married seventy-five years, ant
have been blessed with numerous children
grand children, great-g grand children, an(
great great grand children, recently ap
piled to be admitted to the poor house il
Warren county, Pa, the county wher,
they were born and have always lived
Their numerous progeny must - heart
less set
in New York who are getting rich by pre-
tending to be able to read and expound tn,
future Their patrons do not come from
the workshops and tenement houses; tn
majority are persons of presumed intelli
gence and known wealth. Some of tn
brightest ornaments of society are firm
believers in these soothsayers, and spen,
large amounts of money upon them.
ONE of the leading merchants of Shang
hae, China, is live Yankee. He ship
twice as much tea as any other firm in tn
country, attends two churches, leads tn
choir at one, is a treasurer of a missiOnar,
society, member of the Philharmonic So
ciety, engineer of fire company, membe
of regatta association, teacher in Sun
day school, assistant editor of a newspa
per, member of the Asiatic Society, an
principal speaker of debating club.
THE Liverpool people are Mortified a
the prevalence of drunkenness among tn
women of that city. In a year, owe
5000 have been committed to Jail ther
for crimes committed under the infuenc
of strong drink. Among these unfol
tunates, there were Ill who had bee
committed more than thirty times pre-
viously who had been committed SIXTY
| nine times; 1 one hundred and nine time
and one hundred and twenty one times
had been committed nine times in on
year. Some confined year as incol
rigibles, returned, committed upon som
new offence, within week after bein
discharged.
TIE number of sheets issued by th
Chicago daily and weekly press durin