The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
FACTS AND FIGURES.

THE Ogdensburg IN. W Journal
says that r. b. Pickup, of the Ogdens-
burg Rifle Club, recently shot a string:
of fifteen shots over the 1,OOO-yards:
range and made fifteen consecutive
bull's-eyes. Mr.. Pickup preceded his
score with two sighting shots, the Sec
ond of which was a bulrs-eye, conse-
quently he made sixteen bull's-eyes in
succession.
The menagerie at Central Park, New
York, contained 983 specimens in 1876,
1917 of which were mammals, 500 birds
and 81 reptiles. The collection was
valued at $62, 944. There were fifty
seven births in the menagerie during
the year, including six lions, two Loop
ards and three black swans. Many
artists and students improved the OPP
pOrtunity of studying the larger ami
mails, at'which there were in one build
ing nineteen lions, ten tigers and ten
leOpards. 1t is estimated that $780,
600 persons visited the menagerie dur
ing the twelve-month.
The Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern has Unidentified the relatives and
heirs of sixty-five out of the eishty-one
persons who lost their lives in the
bridge accident at Ashtabula. The bal
ance of the claims are in fair way of
speedy settlement. The largest amount
paid to any one party was $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers, a newly-married
couple on their wedding-tOur, were
killed and their bodies burned beyond
recognition; yet their lives have been
settled for at the comparatively small
figure of $1,000. The claims against
the company have generally fallen un-
der 81, 900.
The statistics relating to the admin
istration of criminal law in France
during the year 1875 have Just been
made public. The number Of persons
tried at the Assizes during the year
1875 amounted to 4,791, as against
1928 in 1874. OF the accused 1,547
were described as wholly illiterate,
SOAP could read and write; 202 had re-
ceived q superior education. The men
were 4,OO8, the women 1888. The ac-
quittals were 947, or over 20 per cent
OF the persons convicted thirty-three
were sentenced to death, al to penal
servitude for life, 975 to limited terms
of penal servitude, and the remainder
to simple imprisonment, excepting
three, who were only fined. Out of
1915 individuals convicted, 1878 had
previous sentences recorded against
them. With respect to the nature of
the offenses, there were 1863 prOsecll-
tions for crimes punishable by death.
All the accused under this category
were found guilty, but 1856 "with ex-
tenuating circumstance" Of the
thirty-three condemned to death only
twelve were executed.
The New York Times notices that
the rate of mortality among the colored
people of some of the Southern cities is
startling. In Richmond the average of
deaths among the negroes is fully
twice as great as among the whites;
and the mortuary reports Of Charleston,
New Orleans, Memphis, Savannah,
Augusta, Atlanta and Mobile show dis
crepancies almost as remarkable. In q
recent interesting communication on
this subject, which was published in
one Of the Memphis papers, it appears
that the official mortuary reports of
that city show that during the year 1876
there were CPS deaths among the white
population and COL among the negroes.
In other words, considering the proper
ton of white and cOlored inhabitants,
the death rate among the negroes was
nearly four times as great as among
the whites. During the months of July
and August of this year, the official re-
ports show that 128 whites died and
148 negroes, or, considering the pro-
portion of the population, more than
five negroes to one white.