The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-01-25

for the Presidency, and the result
Ringing upon the votes-Of Arkan-
sas and Louisiana, what q tempta-
ton to man of weaker virtue to
decide In hts own favor; and into
what a fever Of revolution would
the country be stirred without
judicial determination of the con-
tested woes. -Tnter Ocean.
cURIOsITIEs OF TIE CENSUS.
Many curious as well a. valuable facts
are developed by the late census. That
regarding births is important. inasmuch
as it rather upscts the theory that the
original or native stock is dying out o.
the county. Though the fables are rescr-
we'd for the second volume o. the report
we are assured that they win sh,w that
the calculations regarding this matter,
as generally made, are very erroneous.
1t Would seem that moro children
are born in December, January, Ecbru-
airy, March, April and May than in any
other months Of the year, the preponder-
ance being rather in favor of March Of
all the months. The tables OF illiteracy
are very interesting. Of the persons who
cannot read and write, in fifty principal
cities of the Union, New York has g.
coo, Of which 5000 are foreign bora !;
Philadelphia, 42,Ooc Brook Ign, 10000 /;
st. Louis, 1900; Chicago, 10000 !;
Baltimore, $1,000; Boston, 20 1000; Gin
cinnati, 5000; New Orleans, 81, 00Q ;
and San Francisco, 5000.
OF teachers in the public schools, New
York has ii ,678 Pennsylvania, "A, 1O7 !;
Ohio, IL ,458; Illinois, 1850; Missouri,
$685. /; Indiana, 8,871 Kentucky, 4,727.
These seven States employ something
over half of all the teachers Of the puolic
schools in the United States. Of the re-
meining States, Massachusetts, has 5, 100
and Michigan, SALT; Iowa, 1922, and
Wisconsin 1859.
There are s, 871 newspapers and period
icals published in the United States,
issuing in the aggregate 1,5O8, 54S, $50
copies annually. fthase New York has
835, issuing 471,74l IA copies yearly.
Pennsy lyania stands next, having $40
papers and issuing 241 Ito, an, Illinois
comes next, with EOS and issuing 1la,-
lao, Then Ohio, with 395, issuing
9S,54S, 8l4. lndiara, Iowa, Massachu-
setts, Michigan, Missouri, and California
have each over 200 papers. printing from
1900 to 47,0000O0 copies Annually.
o. these newspapers and magazines, 4,
Z 295 are weeklies, 96 are published semi
monthly, G22 monty, IL bi-weekly and
40 quarterly. the rest, 574, being dailies.
In regard to churches we find that we
have 72, 459 church organizations, and
63OOo church ed'ffces, with property
valued at 1854, 483, 581. OF the religious
bodies the Methodists take the lead. hav.
ing over 81, 600 church edifices and prop.
erty valued at S69, s54,12I. The next
largest denomination in church organiza-
tions is the Baptist, with about l3,0O(
chu ches and property valued at S48,
100000. The Roman G. tholics have 8,
| 800 churches and property to tn,
amount Of SOL ,O00, 600 The Episcopa'i
ans have $500 churches and $36,Oa0,.
! 600 of property. The Congregational.
/ lists $500 churches and $25,oO0,UO0 o
property. The Lutheran Unitarians ant
Universalists follow, with property val
ued at from S., 200, 600 to $14, 100000.
The number Of dwellings in the fiv,
principal cities Of the Uuion arc as fol-
lows: New York, $4,000; Philadelphia
1900 ;BrooklyD, 500; st. Louis, 80
coo; Chicago, A 900. The number of per
sons inhabiting each dwelling is: Ii
New York, l4.72; Philadelpbia, COL
Brooklyn, s.64; St. Louis. 1884
Chicago. go.
The table of sex shows that the NAL
population predominates, there being Is
493, 565 males, and IL, 064 ,8o6 females
There are more females than males o
the native born, ami more males thai
! females OF the foreign born. The female
Of the coiored race also outnumber tn
males.
In the table os occupations we end Iii
Eois set down as having in round mum
bers 24o.ooo farmers aad planters, 300,
gardeners and nurserymen, Goo barber
1,ooe boarding -housekeepers (ac evideu
mistake, though such discrepancies AZ
explained by the fact that such persan;
in mary cases, have other occupations I
which they prefer to be credited), 3,I9
clergymen, 1000 servants, $685. hote
and re staurant keepers, 63, 900 laborers
1900 laundresses, 1858 lawyers, 1,oo
livery stable keepers, 1890 physicians
$4,000 traders and dealers, 19, 900 clerk.
$4,000 railroad employees. 1000 saAor.
1 1,4oo bakers, 5000 blacksmiths, 500
shoemakers. 1000 brick and stonema
sons, 5000 butchers, $500 wagon ma
kers, $500 coopers, 2,5oo wooden mi
operators, 535 tanners, 1913 distillers, z
Goo harness makers, 5000 iron and ste,
workers, 5000 milIiners and dress ma
kers, 1000 miners, 5000 painters, 2,oc
plastere-s, Goo gas filters, 2, 400 printer
1890 tailors. 1900 timers and So
wheelwrights.-Inte Ocean.