Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-08-20
FACTS AND FIGURES.

A Watervillian killed 1000, 9e1 ,212
rotato bugs in one day and has not been
strong enough to tell the truth since
Rome IN. ~ Sentinel
1t is estimated, taking as a basis the
growth of the country, that in 1851 there
H1;ll be 100000 miles of railroad in the
Republic. We have already nearly 10000
miles.
Astronomers differ about the length
of Coegia's tail Only a little mistake In
multiplication, probably, as it is only
adherence of some 20, 0O0, 900 miles. That
is nothing surely in the tail ofa comet.
The California wool crop now mar
keted amounted to nearly 20,ooo,ooo
rounds, being the largest spring clip
ever taken. 1t brought good prices and
adds another to the great yields OF the
year.
of the S73 deaths in New York in
one week, recently, which reached, ac-
cording to one of its own Journals, twice
the number of those in any moderately
healthy European capital at this season,
more than half were infants.
The extensive use of postal cards
does not seem in the least to have inter
fered with the sale of postage stamps.
Over 100, 100000 postal cards were sold
during the fiscal year ending June 81,
vet the number of postage stamps sold
during the same time increased from
COL 1881 $50 to 632, 733, 400.
The Lansing Mich Republican, from
an examination of the scattering re-
turns of the State census as made at the
capital, estimates the total present popu-
lation of Michigan at 300 600. The
United States census of 1870 footed up
to ,lS4,059, leaving net gain in four
years of about 10000.
Mont Blanc was first assembled by
Balmat in 1856, so far as we have any
records concerning this hazardous en-
terprise Since that time 724 persons
have reached the summit. For many years
no one had made the ascent, but since
1850 the summit has been visited every
year In 1878 fifty-cight persons made
the ascent, and probably there will be
larger number this year.
OF the various fisheries the cod was
last year the most profitable, the revenue
for Nova Scotia alone being 1851 159;
the mackerel revenue was 81 All ,676; the
lobster, $S65,574; and the salmon, $685.
1856 Several of these show an increase
over the previous years returns, that in
the value of the codfishery being nearly
$500, 900, while thai of the salmon fishery
is more than 100000.
The first nugget of Georgia gold was
found in stream known as Dukes
Creek in 1929, and weighed three ounces.
1t is believed that the mines of Georgia
yielded about $4,000 before the estab-
lishment of the United States Mint at
Dahlonega in 1888, and the mint coined
$4,000, 900 before it was closed, at the
breaking out of the war Since the war
gold mining has been almost neglected.
"A Florida correspondent, in the
course of an interesting communication
regarding Florida fisheries, says: The
best fishermen in Florida are the pelicans
and ospreys A pelican consumes about
peck of fish day. They flock about
the inlets and straits by thousands.
Surprising there are 100000 pelicans in
Florida--and there are certainly more
than that-they would eat SOC, 900 bushels
of fish each day, or 182,5O0, 600 bushels
per year. The millions upon millions of
white and blue cranes, herons, curlews,
gulls, fishhawks, kingfishers and other
waterfowl devour thousands of bushels
of fish every twenty-four hours. An ex-
perienced Cracker estimates that 100000
bushels of fish day are required to feed
the birds of Florida alone. This would
make 25,500,00O bushels each year. And
to this the billions of fish swallowed by
sharks, bass and others, and the sum
total will reach nearly 100000 600
bushels destroyed by feathered and tinny
fishermen on the peninsula in twelve
months. At first glance these figures
appear enormous, but let any man make
his own estimate, and carefully figure it
I'm and he will find them under inSfead