Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-19
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The results Of tile last census of
ISL have just been published, The
two large folio volumes which coh,sin
It's statements must niece ssarlly ts
confined 10 the Senator or statisticiah.
A hrief epitome Of lis contents will
he generally acceptable. The popula-
ton Of England and Wales is returned
by this census at 22,7l2.2GG persons.
rs compared with 20,0G6, 22l in the last
census Of 1861, showing an increase Of
2.646.0li in ten years. OF this num-
Der Ii, i25.l aG were men, and ll.13l,-
I3 were women. The growth of the
population of that country in the
rhrcc'qnarters of the present century
which have already expired has been
marked With ansincrcase almost as re-
markahle rs that of the United States.
In lSol The whole number OF the in
hahiiants Of England and Wales was
no more than S,S92.53,; in 1851 IL was
la.s9G, .9T: la 1851, 1897 .raH; and in
1871. 81 .:tai- AN Increase of l3.Sl9,-
80 persons. Or l.5.il per cent. in sew
nuty years. The county With The lar
@cst population is. Of course. Lancas-
shire, with 2,Sl9.l95 inhabitants; next
in importance stands Middlcsex. which
with the part OF London north of the
Thames, contains 1883, 7655 inhabitants !:
thirdly, the county of York. with q
EH,353 distributed rs follows amongst
the three rulings: The East Riding.
26s. ti1: The North Riding, 2!3.27S:
and the West Riding. including the
city of York, l,S74,6ll Surrey Gin
cl,lin. South London) is the only
other county whose population exceeds
a million: the exact figures are l.O9l,-
GA. Rutland, with 22O73 inhabitants,
has HE smallest population of any
English county. and Huntington, with
u. TS comes next.
GAINESVILLE Ohio, has an indebted
ness Of between 100000 and 1900
600.
The Ohio papers everywhere be-
wall the appearance of the potato
hug. 49,
I Two loye-strickcn Chester county
(Pa.) people clipped the other day on q
canal boat. re. ~ tI3
/ The cultivation OF ginger is the new
st-tang,etl notiaa,t OF, california agri-
culturalistS.
The first important preparation to
make for a European "Trip is to mort
I gage so,ii' house. ts
The Territories of Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming aud Nevada, there are
90. 1868 and only, 1860 women.
"A Mcmplis belle created a sensa-
ton By appearing IN church with
neither .iewclry nor false hair
by the abolition of the common
schools Of 1exasfUver $4,000 children
are turned ont 10 attend dog fights.
Extensive Tree planting in the West,
the Boston Globe thinks. would les
sen the force OF The terrible lorna
does.
a nl,, named Nixon. formerly al
tet.begg gar in Mobile, has just died
in Oregon, leaving fortune estimated
at half a million. .!v nfI a} sss @
The new boys trousers, copper fasi-
enrd throughout, and plated al the
knee SO as 70 be impregpablc TO fric-s
ton. are knowD as "knre PIN. ultra. y
The Kansas editors and publishers
are satisfied with their recent ronven-
ton and exGursionss IA They had a
good time, and IL didn't cost them
cent. -.F,rYxnekE
SoMe street contractors. la London
lately came upon al ancient cemetery
and made good thing out of their
fnrethlhers by selling their bones 10 al
phosphate factory, 20 .satssss
There crecls out III several Of tho
best Kansas papers q fellow
feeling for romeroy, as his trial APP
proaches. that looks as if they had
been assisfcd'to start Il national bank.
:, ny. Isrs. iees. q rsla,s, GDzeffe saws
Perhaps our readers are not awATef st |
he fact that u postage stamp can be
ised twice. The first time il costs |
only three cents, but the second time !
lifty dollars y" Ft4fs i% |