Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-02-20
Census Curiosities.

Many curiosities as well as valuable
facts are developed by the late census.
That regarding births is important, in
asmuch as it rather upsets the theory
that the original or native stock is dy-
ing out of the country. Though the
tables are reserved for tbs second vol
ume of the report, we are assured that
they will show that the calculations re-
garding this matter, as generally made,
are very erroneous.
1t would seem that more children are
born in December, January, February,
March, April and May than in any 9TH
er months o.. the .year,.the ipreponder-
ance being rather in favor of. March of
all the months. The table of illiteracy
are very interesting. OF. the persons
who can not read and write, in. fifty
principal cities of the Union, New York
has $1,000, of which $1,000 are foreign
born, Philadelphia, $4,000; Brooklyn,
16, 900; st. Louis, $4,000; Chicago, TO-
900; Baltimore, $4,000; Boston, $4,000;
Cincinnati, 5000; New Orleans, 81 900;
and San Francisco, 5000,
Of teachers in the public schools,
New York has 1l,67S; Pennsylvania,
IA, 1O7; Ohio, 4,45s; Illinois, II ,05O;
Missouri, 1896; Indiana, SSH; Ken
lucky, 4,727. These seven States en-
ploy something over half of all the
teachers of the public schools in the
United States. OF the remaining States,
Massachusetts, has 8, ,16O and Michigan
5,414; Iowa, 1922; and Wisconsin, A.
759.
There are 5,S7l newspapers and Pc
riodicals published in the United States
issuing in the aggregate 1,5Os s,54s,250
copies annually. OF these New York
has s35, issuing Al, ,741 ,744 copies year
ly. Pennsylvania stands next, having
$40 papers and issuing 3f2,17O,54O. Illi-
nois comes next with sos and issuing
113, 14O,49l. Then Ohio, with 395, issu-
ing 9s,54s,Sl4.. Indiana, Iowa, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Missouri, and Cali
fornia, have each over 200 papers, print
ing from $1,000 to 100000 copies an
nually. OF these newspapers and mag
azines, 1895 are weeklies, 96 are pub
lished semi-monthly, 522 monthly, 13
bi-weekly, and 40 quarterly, the rest,
574, being dailies.
In regard to churches, we find that
we have IA, ,459 church organizations,
and 63,O00 church edifices, with proper
ty valued at 1854 4,4s3,5s1. OF the relig-
ious bodies the Methodists take the lead,
having over q 900 church edifices, and
property valued at s59,354, ,121. The
next largest denomination in church
organizations is the Baptist, with about
49, 600 churches and property valued at
$39,OOO,OO9. The Presbyterians have S.
900 churches and property valued at
$4S, 100000. The Roman Catholics have
$500 churches and property to the
amount of SCI 100000. The Episcopa-
lians have 2,6O0 churches, and $36, ,000,-
900 of property. The Congregational
lists $500 churches and 81, 100000 of
property. The Lutherans, ,Unitarians
and Universalists follow, with property
valued at from $4,000, 900 to $14, ,OOO,O 600.
The number of dwellings in the five
principal cities of the Union, are as fol-
lows: New York, 64,OOO; Philadelphia,
112,OOO; Brooklyn, $4,000; st. Louis,
$4,000; Chicago, $4,000. The number
of persons inhabiting each dwelling is:
In New York, 14.72; Philadelphia, COL;
Brooklyn, s,G4; st. Louis, 7.s4; Chica-
go, go.
The table of sex shows that the male
population predominates, there being
Is, ,49s, ,565 males and 19,06i ,s06 females
There are more females than males of
the native born, and more males than
females of the foreign born. The fe-
males of the colored race also outnum-
Der the males.
In the table of occupations we have
Illinois set down as having in round
numbers 100000 farmers and planters,
1000 gardeners and nurserymen, $500
BARRIERS, 1000 boarding-house keepers
IAN evident mistake, though such dis
crepancies are explained by the fact
such persons, in many cases, have 9TH
er occupations to which they prefer TO
be credited,l :,192 clergymen, 1900
servants, $500 hotel and restaurant
keepers, 63, 900 laborers, 1,500 laundres-
ses, 1883 lawyers, 1000 livery stable
keepers, 4,SOO physicians, 25,0O0 traders
and dealers, 1900 clerks, $1,000 rail-
road employees, 5000 sailors, 1,4OO ba-
kers, 5000 blacksmiths, 6,O00 shoema-
kers, 1000 brick and stonemasons, g.
900 butchers, $500 wagonmakers, $4,000
carpenters, 1000 cigars makers, $500
coopers, 1850 wooden mills operators,
535 tannerf, 493 distillers, 1900 harness
makers, 1900 iron and steel workers, o.
600 milliners and dress makers, 7,OOO
miners, 5000 painters, 1000 plasterers,
600 gas filters, 2,4OO printers, 1909 tail
ors, 1 800 timers, and 500 wheelwrights.