Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-28
FACTS AND FIGURES.

FACTS AND FIGURES.
1t don't cost but $23,O0O,000 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, ~ Y, turned out 40, 100000
pounds of salt last year.
There are 100000 people within
thirty-five miles of Boston.
There are 1000 scholars in the Oak
land (Cal) public schools
The total valuation of the land in
Mississippi is $191 ,210, BAL
The salt product of Michigan last
year was 4,116730 bushels.
The cost Of the London underground
railway was 100000 per mile.
Philadelphia makes over 100000
worth of wall paper annually.
--Steerage passengers are now booked
from Liverpool to New York for SO.
The total Grange membership in the
United States is estimated at $50, 900.
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 $22,-
600.
The Toledo, Wabash & 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 1922 1902, against
e343, $50 for the same period of last year.
An American locomotive is required
to do 10000 miles more travelling in a
year than are those of England. The
Illinois Central engines each go 20,590
miles per annum, and the Baltimore q
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 matrl-
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
1878 the population was one marriage to
rs of the population.
The Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of
Ohio reported 423 working lodges in the
State, with 5000 members During the
wear there were $500 limitations. The
losses from all causes were $500 net
gain, $4,000 cash. The securities in the
amount of the widows and orphans
fund is $4,000,
There were 14,OS7 births in Con
necticut in 1878, a gain of 2S2 over the
previous year, and of ~ 10 per cent. over
1863 the marriages numbered Ash, 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 1,0S2 against
939 in the latter city.
The Secretary of the National Asso-
citation of Veterans of the Mexican War
has issued 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
eraps 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
ritorv Of the Union, through the instru-
mentality of the town, county ana State
organizations of the Association, and the
enrolment as soon as possible OF the name
of every known survivor, or widow OF
veteran of Mexico, the postotlice address,
his rank, the company regiment, COM
manding 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. VI. Kenaday, Lock Box No.
81, Washington ID. CO, 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 saws: In this way only can a
reliable estimate be arrived at for an APP
propriation, 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"
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TIVE Hamboldt River above Halleck,
New. is reported to be full of dead cattle,
and unless they are removed the health of
the oepnle in the valley viii be injured