Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
FACTS AND FIGURES.

1t is estimated that 1000 acres of tim
Der are cleared daily in this country.
Sing Sing convicts complete LOO
pairs of shoes and 1000 pairs of boots 2
day.
-Hindostan contains 1876, 037, 600 peo-
pie who pay revenue to the British Gov
eminent.
There have been $4,000 distinct spe-
cies of insects catalogued in Europe that
prey upon wheat.
During the year 1872, Mr.. Seth Green
delivered no less than 10000 fish for seed
purposes.
massachusetts has one mile of rail
road to every four and three quarters
square miles Of territory.
The receipts of hogs at Chicago in
January foot up 561,2 45, the largest
months receipts ever known.
Great Britain will raise the S14,
500,00 to pay the Alabama award out OF
the ordinary revenue of the country
during the ensuing year, and probably
have small surplus besides.
An Englishman, who has had ten
years experience whereof he speaks,
pauses a moment to scratch an item to the
effect that there are fifty-tour different
and distinct varieties Of tleas.
Some idea of the enormous profits
made on little things may be gained from
the fact that few weeks ago party OF
capitalists offered to pay to the French
Government 10000, 600 francs per annum
for monopoly of the trade in matches.
| The offer was accepted.
Boston received 100 600 tons of sugar
10 CGp0nd 7
market in the United States. At the same
time 80, 900 hogsheads of molasses were
received, the finest grades coming from
Porto Rico, Barbados and Demerara.
The report of the Secretary of the
Colorado Stock Growers Association
shows the value of stock in the Territory
as nearly 81, 000,0 900, al increase during
the past year in cattle of over 100000
sheep 100000, and other stock IN pro
portion.
Statistics show that in the United
States and in Switzerland there is one
newspaper to every 5000 inhabitants; ii
! Denmark there is one to every 5000; il
Germany, Norway and Holland, one tc
| $4,000; in France, one to 10000; IL
Sweden, one to $4,000; in England, one
to "a, 600; and in Belgium, one to 26, 900
In other European countries there are fal
fewer newspapers in proportion.
According to the figures of the las
French census the population Of the
fourteen largest cities in France is as fol
lows: Paris, 1,S54,79 Lyons, 353, III
Marseilles, 312, 1864; Bordeaux, 1874 O55
Lille, 15S, III; Toulouse, 124 $50; Nantes
11S,517 st. Etienne, 110314; Rouen
102, 40; Havre, $685.; Reims, 1884
Toulon, SO, 1877; Brest, 66,272; Amiens
G3,747.
The heaviest corn crop ever grown
in the United States was that of last year
which the agricultural report states al
the huge total of 100000, 900 bushels
Not only is this the largest crop, but it il
| said to be corn of a better quality ant
of greater intrinsic value than usual
Iowa was the banner corn-growing State
her average being nearly Al bushels ar
acre. Unfortunately for some of those
who would like to have the Iowa corn, il
takes the price of four bushels of sale
corn to get one bushel to the Atlantic
markets. This is one of the reasons why
some people are demanding cheaper
transportation between the West anC
East
From an exhaustive annual trade
| review, printed in the San Francisco
| Commercial Herald of the 18th ult., it ap
pers that the wheat crop of California in
1872 was 25,000,OOO bushels; that the
wheat and flour exports were 7,0OO,O O(
centals; that the gold and silver yield Of
the States and Territories was $4,000, 900
that the coinage at the Branch Mint al
San Francisco was $16, $50, 900; that the
foreign import values at that port were
$40, 100000 and the export value by ses
$24, 000,O 900; that the wool clip was IS,
900, 900 lbs, and that the wine produce
was 100000 gallons-a record of pro
duction and commerce that is well calcu
lated to excite the admiration of much
older and less fortunate States.