Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-28
FACTS AND FIGURES.

FACTS AND FIGURES.
1t don't cost but $23,OOO,O0O a year to
run Mexico.
There are 100000 beehives in the
United States.
The Pennsylvania Central Railroad
has 10000 cars.
Bethel, Me-, has tapped 10000 maple
trees this season.
Syracuse, n. Y, turned out ~, 100000
pounds of salt last year.
There are 100000 people within
thirty-fve miles of Boston.
There are 1000 scholars in the Oak
land (Cal) public schools.
The total valuation of the land in
Mississippi is 1871, 210,347.
The salt product of Michigan last
year was 4,116,730 bushels.
The cost Of the London underground
railway was 81 100000 per mile.
Philadelphia makes over 1000, 900
worth of wall paper annually.
-Steerage passengers are now booked
from Liverpool to New York for SIS.
The total Grange membership in the
United States is estimated at 1850, 000.ss
There are only about quarter of a
million schoOi-teachers in this country.
Five per cent. of the entire popula-
ton Of New Hampshire are above the
age Of seventy.
Here's progress: A Troy firm re-
Gently shipped three tons of paper collars
to New Zealand
The ST. John quicksilver mine in
Salano County, Cal, produced in april
1872 TASKS of quicksilver, valued at 1922
900.
The Toledo, Wabash s. Western Rail
road Company has an elevator about COM
pleted at Toledo having storage capaci-
ty of 100000 bushels.
The use of tobacco seems to be fall
ing off in England. The declared value
of the importation for the first quarter of
this year was only $685., 1902, against
G343, $50 for the same period of last year.
An American locomotive is required
to do TO- 900 miles more travelling in a
year than are those of England The
Illinois Central engines each go 20,59O
miles per annum, and the Baltimore &
Ohio 1926. An engine is expected to
do enough when it has rolled over from
$4,000 to $4,000 miles.
Statistics of marriage in Ohio since
1866 show a remarkable decline in matri-
mOny. According to the published fig
ures of each year since 1866 it is shown
that in each year there was one marriage
to every eighty-twO of population. In
1873 the population was one marriage to
rs of the population.
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Ohio reported 423 working lodges in the
State, with $4,000 members. During the
year there were $500 limitations. The
losses from all causes were $500; net
gain, 50 200 cash The securities in the
general fund amount to $1,000,0 900. The
amount Of the widows and orphans
fund is $4,000.
There were 140S7 births in Con-
nectiCut in 1878, gain of 2S2 over the
previous year, and of 40 1 2 per cent. over
1868; the marriages numbered 4841, 1872
less than in 1872, and the deaths 9, 1922, 14S
less than in 1872. A noticeable fact in
the record of births is, that Bridgeport,
which has little more than half the pOpu-
latiOn of Hartford, reports 1,082 against
939 in the latter city.
The Secretary of the National Asso-
citation of Veterans of the Mexican War
has issued a circular calling the attention
OF those interested to the fact that an OBJ
stacle has been thrown in the way of
obtaining pensions for the surviving vet
Grams Of the Mexican War by the probably
eXtravagant estimate made by the Com
missioner of Pensions of the number of
such survivors. The circular calls for a
thorough canvass of every State and Ter
ritOry of the Union, through the instru-
mentality of the town, county and State
organizations of the Association, and the
enrolment as soon as possible of the name
OF every known survivor, or widow of a
veteran Of Mexico, the postoffice address,
his rank, the company, regiment, COM
handing officer OF each; term of service,
when and where enlisted and DISCHARGED,
and that the same be forwarded to the
First Secretary of the National Associa-
ton of Veterans of the Mexican War
address, A. Nj. Kenaday, Lock Box No.
81, Washington, d. c., to enable him to
prepare the rolls for the inspection of the
committees of Congress before the close
of the present session, if possible. The
Secretary says: In this wav only can a
reliable estimate be arrived at for an ap-
preparation; and it is confidently hoped,
if our case is to be fairly considered and
public sentiment regarded, that Congress
will promptly vote an amount sufficient
to cover the applications thus presented"