Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
FACTS AND FIGURES.
California has $4,000 Indians.

See, in another column, the advertise
ment headed II aciH help any man.
1t is figured up that Americans will
estimate, in Europe this year
The State of Illinois, with only 1900,
600 inhabitants, has more miles of railway
than the Kingdom of Italy with popula
ton of &c, 716,S09.
1t is estimated that the annual con
sumption of tin in America and Europe
was, in 1868, about $4,000 tons; in 1870
$4,000 tons; in 1871, $4,000 tons.
The annual report of the New York
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals shows that the Society has pro
secuted 361 cases, investigated and re
medied evils in over 1000 cases, and
| turned out of harness and sent to stables
1852 lame horses.
There are 356 German newspapers
published in the United States; IS of them
in New York, and 63 in Pennsylvania
"a are political; A educational; so religi
Gus, and the rest devoted to other special
ties, fashion and gymnastics being repre-
sented amongst others.
An almanac has been published in
the Armenian language at Constantinople
for the first time. Among other interest
ing articles is one on the statistics of the
| race, according to which the Armenians
are 100000, Of which 100000 are in
Turkey, Communicating the Greeks, and
1900 900 in Russia
Since our National Mint was estab-
lished, about twelve hundred million
dollars have been coined Up to the close
OF the year 1870 the number of pieces of
money issued exceeded 1,21S,OS7,OOO. In
the cabinet of coin at Philadelphia there
are 5211 specimens of coin, with very few
duplicates. These are collected from
various nations.
AT the recent celebration of the TWEEN
tleth anniversary of the Young Mems
Christian Association at WASHINGTON. it
was stated in the discussion that there
were 10000 children in that city who did
not attend school, 10000 adults who could
not read, and q, 900 adults who could not
write, and whisky saloon for every forty
persons.
1t IS computed that there are now on
the great Northern lakes 5,429 steamers.
sailing vessels, and barges, with an aeere,
gate capacity of 1929 tons, and valued
at S53,343,0OO. In 1862 there were only
$40 vessels of all kinds, with CAPACITY
VI fl~,l%f t'llS, anu valued at SD 220 600
The increase during the last ten wears has
been 3,7o9 vessels, with capacity of
o,172 tons, valued at $3O,114,O0O.
The Great West" may be better an
Preciated from the following statistics:
There are eleven Territories, two or three
OF which are twice or three times as LARGE
as all of New England. Colorado is 1hir-
leen t1mes as large as Massachusetts,,
While Dakota and Arizona are half as
large again as Colorado. The eleven Ter.
rltorles contain over one billion and
quarter acres, exceeding by nearly two
hundred thousand square miles the aggre-
gate territory of all the present admitted
States of the Union. The Terr;torr of
Alaska contains 1863, 529,6OO acres.
in 1872 there were surveyed in the
six Minnesota lumber districts about 400
G Raep a feet ct logs and in the Chippewa
the same quantity. The production Of the
season seas OF 1873 will be even greater. The
lumber from these logs is distributed TO