The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-04-01
FACTS AND FIGURES.


On the 18th of June last the total
population of Bosnia and Herzegovina
to l, 142, 147 persons, of whom
599, ,026 were males and 54S, 121 females.
Of the total 1,142,147 men. women and
children, 1880 are Mohammedans,
487, ,022 belong to the Greek Church,
208, $50 are Roman Catholics, 3,426 are
Jews and 249 belong to other religious
The total population of Greece is
600 souls. against 1,457, 900 in
1870. The increase per annum has ac-
cordingly been 1.69 per cent. From
1860 to 1870 the annual increase was
one per cent. The official report hence
draws the conclusion that National pros
perity is augmenting, butt is very prob
able that the later census was more
than its predecessor.
The inspection returns at Memphis
show that the city has a population of
so, $50. an increase of about 26 per cent.
since 1870. OF this population 16, ,70j
are whites and 1884 colored. The
mortality for the last five years
was 81 per Thousand, in epidemic years
running UP to 81 per Thousand. The
report Of the Sanitary Committee states
that excremental and malarial diseases
caused about 81 per cent. of the deaths
during the last five years, and that the
mortality can be reduced to IL per thou
sand with q good sewerage system and
pure water supply.
The cabbage grew wild in Siberia
celery originated in Germany; the po
tato is q native of Peru; tobacco came
from South America; millet was first
discovered in India; nettle a native OF
Europe; the citron of Asia; oats origi-
mated in North Africa; rye came from
Siberia; parsley was first discovered in
Sardinia; the parsnip in Arabia; the
sunfower was brought ) from Peru
spinach was first cultivated, in Arabia;
the horse-chcstnuti is a native Of Thibet;
Crete; the pear is supposed to be Of
from the south of Europe. 60
The Toxic Times publishes full sta
tistics of the ravages of cholera in
Japan during the past year, which
show a terrible condition of affairs.
From the tables il appears that from the
outbreak of the disease last spring tc
the end of December there had beer
168, ,314 cases in the Empire, of which
101.S64 had proved fatal. 1885 had
recovered, and at the date of the pub.
location of the returns the issue oi
19, ,O65 cases was doubtful These fig
ures show the number of cases in the
country was five to every 1000 inhabit
ants, and that of the persons attacked
60. % per cent. died.
There has been a. falling off ir
bank deposits in Ireland for three sue
sessive years, amounting to f3. 699, 600
In the similar crisis in ,1860-6S, tht
falling off was less by over E600, 900
There has been further decline o
over FL, 500, 900 of the bank note cir
of notes of those too poor to. keep /
been encroached upon. 1t is remark
able proof of the provident habits o
the Irish people in better times tha
at the commencement of the presen
crisis they had much larger resource
than at the beginning of the crisis o
1S60-63. The potato crop in Ireland il
a good year is about equal in value t.
all the other crops.
Six million tons of coal are uset
within the limits of London ever,
year; $50, 900, 900 are invested in th'
production of gas, there being no les
than 81, 900 street lamps; the price t,
consumers being only one dollar pc
thousand feet. The streets of Londol
are well paved, most thorough,
cleaned, and kept in excellent repair
No less than 1900 men and 500,
horses are employed in removing tn,
daily accumulation of dirt, nearly al
of which is utilized. The cleaning i
done at night, for in city where III,
traffic is so vast it would be utterly i'm
possible to accomplish it in the da,
time. The value of insured propertl
reaches the enormous total of nearly
81, 700, 900, 900.
There are in the United States AZ:
colleges; of these 20 are in New En-
gland, while the State of Missouri ha
% and Pennsylvania 90. As to churcl
or other control, there are % Stat,
Universities and 48 other nou-sectarial
colleges; the Roman Catholic institu
tions number 81; the Methodists of va
rious kinds 65; while many less secta
rian denominations have each a few
Michigan University has the larges
total number of students, amounting t,
1897; but excluding the strictly pro
fessional courses. Harvard, with 836
Yale, with 1853, far exceed all others
One hundred and eighty-three institu
tions admit both sexes, three are exclu
sively for women, and the rest admi
gentlemen only. -..--