Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-04

The late census of Japan shows total
population of very nearly $4,000, 900. The
Mikado and his family are shown at the
head of the statistics as twenty men and
seventies women. Yeddo, of the vastness
of which the old geograpers used to tell
such tales, contains only 957, III inhabit-
ants. Kioto approaches it closely with
S22, 09S, and Ozaka comes next with $780,
66S.
With three hundred and fifty prominent
[rishmen in prison as suspects, and fifty
housand troops distributed throughout the
,uunlry, IA pretty heavy draft has been
IN; de upon those resources of ciIiliz 'tion
VI which Mr.. G,ti,tone spoke. BIT
l,.spite all this there is no apparen
Improvement in the situa ion Paving
rent is no more popular thar ever it wa
md ,grarian outray-s are Still frequent
Not the least unprupiiouS IS the atilud'
ri the Irish women. They are d"termin, "
Lud L.aguers and in this country W.
| know by experience what The mh lence OF
: omen counts for in sucn Case.
On Thursday Of last week the first train
| / he tunnel was begun in the autumn OF
| lS72, and therefore it has taken nine wear $
to get ii ready for use. The cost has been
ten millions dollars while tile railway If
which it forms part cost seven millions.
o the whole cost It,ly has agreed to pa,
rrre millions and Germany and Swltzer-
| land tour millions each The St G. Ithai Il
Galway runs from F uelen, on the l. Ike q
| Ur, to G lnerlate, in l'aly, and 1t com
| o etes direct railway routs, following
at " bich has been used ny the diligence
lines, from PARIS TO Naples. by way Of i'm
purtant towns in Swlr zrrland, and through
| Milan, Florence and r me.
Fac late census bulletin shows by map.
md figures that the timber supply OF IT,,
a"unrry Is not 50 great that 1t will be safe
o use it wasIeIully or allow it to be
4 stroyed by fire. Already much of that
ioh is most easily accessible has beer
cut, and as the supply is derived from
points at greater distances from he river:
md the cost of transportation is increased
the price of lumber must advance. Attcn
uon cannot be 100 early given TO this i'm
portant sui jet. AS to where all the
lumber goes to, in some of the states thu
largest quantity of the timber produced il
used for fencing purposes. The bureau o
statistics of Indiana reports that there i.
fencing enough in that state to gridle the
world more than dozen times The tota
length, Ill, 0S0,39 rods, is 344 POI mile,
md the cost is no less than 1900, 900, 900.
FEARFUL CATASTROPHE The steamer
West Point, of the Clyde Line, plying or
the York river between West Point, Va
md Baltimore. arrived at West Point
early one morning recently, and steve
dore gang began to discharge her cargo
They had cleared out all the freight be
tween decks. and had gone below TO take
out quantity of kerosene oil in barrels
when AN explosion occurred which blew
the of side of the vessel into the river ant
set fire into the ship. Twenty persons
including some four of the crew ant
nearly all the stevedore's hands, wer
fatally burned. The crew were mostl
from Baltimore. and the laborers from
Richmond and West Point. The Yves
Point was new ship, having only mai,
few trips. She was valued mt $4,000,
and was insured.
The official figures of the population G
, the United States at the tenth census ar
at last issued. They vary but slight
from those previously given. but are, c
course, final. Excluding the Indian Tel
ritory and Alaska. whose Inhabitants ar
not considered ci'izrns, the ag sregat
pol ,uIatlon is 81, lbs 1873 Every tate an
territory shows an increase in popu alto
since the census of 1870 The creates
prcportionate in"tea,e among the stiteS i
III Colorado, which has grown from 80
H64 10 1882, II g,in OF 1888 per cent
Kansas comes nexs WIN n Growth OF Ia
per cent, from 364 377 TO 1896 100 III
greatest absolute gam rs in Texas, whrr
mas increased her pnDnluIon by 773, III
r and now has l,5Sl,749 Pennsylvan,a n 3,
gained almost IA m,ny, namely, rs 94t
and now has 4 2S2 S9l. Now York nj,
! approaches THIS Increase, Her gain
. 100, ll2, and her pr sent population, S
' 1872, 67l. Vermont has male the small, I
gain of all, only 1885, mi her pre,en
population IL 1882 286. Or these l66 S8
/, are males and 1876 Z99 female 29l, -
!, are fa,ives and 40 959 foreign born; an
1867 are colored md II Indians. Severa
of the territories have made larger per
Z ceniage of growth than any Of the states
but uone of them has rs ye' u population
D largs enough tn entitle it to one membe
D OF congress ny the present ratio of appor
, ,ionment. Utah comes nearest with l43
! 1858 inhabitants. Dakota next with 1876 III
and New Mexico third with 1885.