The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

at the single port of Chicago. IT'S true
the sailing vessels and steamers enter
ing New York are much larger-aver-
aging 579s tons, but even their aggre-
gate tonnage is far less than the port OF
Chicago! The fleets of deeply laden
vessels that daily arrive and depart from
our youthful city would greatly surprise
even resident of New York or Liver
pool"
Chicago has one | High School, %
District Schools, and Is Independent
Primary Schools, 81 in all. In these,
during May last, there were enrolled
30,709 pupils. Average number belong
ing to these schools, 2S,2l3. Average
daily attendance, p, 006. These are in
structed by $50 teachers, whose salaries,
including that of the Superintendent,
aggregate S450,O0O.
Returns from Church, private and
select schools are not readily obtained.
Partial returns, which the Board OF
Education have been able to secure,
show the number of pupils to be 1928.
CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church has been
prominent. Indeed, in most OF the
Northwestern cities, as well as IN rural
districts, her missionaries have been the
pioneers. This was the case in Chicago.
Rev. Jesse Walker commenced preach
ing here near the latter part Of 1881 or
the beginning of 1882, and continued
his labor two years but even then he
had been preceded by his brethren, for
the meeting had been commenced by
Mark Noble and kept up regularly in
the fort for some time. This is the
first record of religious observances.
Mr. and Mrs. Noble, their two daughters
and Mrs. Hamilton, members OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, formed
the first religious society. During 1882
they built log church at the Point,
which was the first building erected in
Chicago especially for religious services.
That society now has twenty churches
in the city-one of them and its realty
is worth $350,0O0. And the various
churches and temples of all denomina-
tons now consecrated to religion num-
Der some l57, besides 33 missions for
preaching, teaching, Sunday schools,
etc, giving grand total Of buildings
devoted wholly or largely to religious
purposes Of 1870.
In regard to the healthy climate of
the city the report has the following
"The Court House of Chicago is in
north latitude 4lo 52> 22"; longitude
west from Greenwich, SO 81. Differ
ence of time between London and
Chicago, 5h. som. 2Ss. Elevation above
the sea, sol feet. Its mean annual
temperature is 460 y, with a range of
1890 of Fahrenheit. In the course of
twenty years the temperature has been
observed 30o below zero, and 1920 above,
but these extremes occur only in many
years. The ordinary or average range
is not far from 1000 below and go
above zero. The annual rain fall is 800
inches. The general humidity of the
atmosphere causes the variation of the
temperature to produce very sensible
and obvious effect on invalids. But
there are few cities in the United States
in which the people enjoy better health
or look more vigorous. The rate of
mortality, even when strangers from all
lands were hocking in-when accom-
modations were mperfect-from lS47
to 1856 inclusive-was but 81 per cent.
per annum. For eleven years, ending
with 1868, the death rate was but 2.3
per cent, and some years but = per
cent. At this rate a generation would
last fifty years. Persons of good habits
enjoy better health in Chicago than in
majority of the large cities of this
country"