Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-08
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Ten thousand emigrants left Liver
pool in one week recently for the United
States.
Strict Sabbatarians in Boston are
shocked by the report that florist Of that
city sells 10000 rosebuds every Sunday.
A thirty-two-foot telescope, the largest
hitherto constructed, is nearly finished at
Cambridgeport, Mass for the Washington
Observatory.
"A diamond Of the first water, and
weighing 2SS1l carats, was found, Nov g.
1872, at Waldeck's placer, Naal River,
South Africa This is one of the largest
rough diamonds of the world. The others
are the Great Mogul,' 1909 carats
(279 9-16 cut; the Regent" 40 carats
136 14-16 cut; the Rajah Of Maltan in
Borneo," 367 carats; and the Nizam, d" be
longing to the King of Golconda, $40
CaratS.
The New York World estimates that
there are 125, 900 women in that city earn
ing their living in other than domestic
employments, OF these, ] 800 are milli-
ners, Il, 900 artificial flower makers, 10000
in the hOOp-skirt manufactures, 10000 in
the hating trade, 5000 tailoresses, while
several thousand work in book binderies,
and large numbers are employed making
parasols and umbrellas and in other minor
trades.
Outside the tenement-hOuSeS of New
\ Ork, the operatives Of the New England
factories are the most thickly and IN
wholesomely- housed persons on this con-
tinent. The average of persons to a dwell
ing in New York City is 1472 in Read
ing, Pa, it is only $50; in Pittsburgh,
eos; in Philadelphia, col; while in Fall
River, Mass, it is 9.96; in Boston, SAG; in
Lawrence, $40; in Providence, r. l., TAG,
and in Worcester, Mass, $50.
Last year it was estimated the total
wool clip Of the United States was 100000
GOO pounds, while there were imported
from abroad S,306,5S1 pounds This is
considerable gain in both classes over
1871, when the domestic clip was LAG, 000,-
600 pounds, and the foreign importation
7S,249,0S9 pounds, an aggregate increase
for 1872 over 1871 of more than 10 per
cent. The census of 1870 developed the
fact that there were $132,3S2,319 capital
invested ia wooden manufactures in the
United States, and the returns Of the prod
ucts tor 1872, although incomplete, dem
onstrate that we are able to make in the
United States all kinds of wooden fabrics
The Xemor5N Dipzomatiq,te gives the
following interesting account of the densi-
ty of population in the great centers Of
humanity throughout the globe There
are nine cities havinga population exceed
ing 100000 souls viz: London, 3,251 900:
Soochow, 100000; Paris, 1895, 900; Pc
kin, 1,64S,0O0; 1eddo, 1854 900; Canton,
1,236,O0O; Constantinople, 100000; Sian
tan, IN the province Of Human 100000,
1chantchaOn-tOO, in the province of
Fol1ien, 100000 1t will be seen that.
although London holds the first place
the Chinese Empire can still boast
OF possessing more populous cities
than all the civilized States of the
West. The number of cities possess
ing population above half a million up
to million is twelve, viz: New York,
Vienna, Berlin, Hang -Kaow, Philadelphia,
st. Petersburg, Bombay, Calcutta, Flow
chow, Tchehing, Bangkok, and Kioto.
Twenty cities have a population of from
OOOOO to 100000 inhabitants, thirtv-three
OF from 100000 to 100000, and ninety of
from 100000 to 100000 inhabitants. Eu-
rope alone possesses III cities containing
more than $4,000 inhabitants, at the head
OF which stand London, Paris, CONSTANT
nople, Vienna, Berlin, and st. Petersburg.