Daily Republican., 1883-01-02

| WAcu IL CDutS 10 u CDOiCb DcLWtSl
saving the Republican party Of vii
minston, and saving o few whiske
gnzzIing immoral policemen from de
served exposure, We will take sides al
the time with the Republican party.
Marriages, Birsas and Deaths
| The heath statistics for 1889 are a,
interesting study and gratifying, a
they show decrease of mortality whe.
compared with the MOrtuary report G
| 1851. In the latter year there ~ei
| l,3il deaths, compared with 1913 Il
1882, a decrease OF 1877 in a population
some 5000 larger. The marriage 60
umIs show only 25s marriages ior tu
| year, but This docs not ILGIui,
probably As many more, who 70 lie
| yond the SJaLe TO get married-mOsl, !
10 Chester and Philadelphia PeOpu
| who have little time to spare and Ii
money TO spend for Sta t Il
| ctDse ,rrr up 70 Chester and back again
With a .oss Of but la.i a day or So iron
their daily eVgCAtiOns. The let Vi
marriages then Is LO criterion what
ever OF the v holt uum Der married from
the city Of Wilmington, and Thereon,
cannot DO reCkoued upon win any de,
gree OF accuracy as having any beallu.
whatever uptL the relative inc tease u
decrease OF the population, either II
ply steal or moral sense. II is WCrghv
Of note, howeyer, that OF the months by
far the largest DL n Der OF marriages took
place In Dtcv III Der, tbs last month OF
the year and the livIitst holiday mon h
Ill the year. For that month thIrty-.wu
marriages are reporLed--Une for every
day In the month and one over. Tie
next highest are April and May, each
with twenty seven, and following them
comes NOvemOer with twenty five
February with tWeIty -four and Oy,o-
Der with twenty-tlree. Tho month re-.
porting The .teDest marriages Is june.
thirteen; atxt, August, fourteen, ind
following lis March with seventeen an
July with eighteen. Why thiIty-two
marriages should take place IL Deceu.-
Der and only thirteen IL June, III a
question Ne viii ieayc open for thought.
DIVIDED into seasoHh-spGiug commelc.
INK with March, had II marriage. :,
summer, a ; autumn, d, and VIA
Ter, -.
Passing on TO the birth column Re-
Isttar Frazer reports 22lO. OwiuE to
circumstances Chester an
Philadelphia cannot rob our city OF IT,,
number OF children born. The moulA
uost prolific IL births ~ February
which leads eff with lJj followed Uy
August with ia; D.cem Der with ia /
June Will III NyyeM Der with la al.
October with lJ2. The month lear
favored viii births is July with VII y
obs followed by AprII with -, S-ptcm
Der with cj and March witt 81. d. !
v!ded into seasons, 2G3 were born in the
'Ilng, 1903 III the summer, 19l ia llei
all and 5I5 III the winter.
In, - Il
,al statistics, relates to TIE number Of
ieaths during the past year, VI walcl |
mere were lIl3, which, deducted from
ne number 81 Births leaves 1861 as the
laLuTaI Increase Of population from
'lFtAs alone, without taking into az
'Dunt The more rapid Increase IRON en-
and by persons moving To
be CITY from the uTal districts.
Death hads his riCAest harvest during
10 hot Aull.y month Of August, when
30 victims fell before mis- merciir,-
ythe, Then follows February, with
Il; July, win III; March with 100
nd April with s5 The irsatia,e archer
s .sai SIZED IN November and JuunI
'i'b Z" victims for each. s.! each tori
"p.emb,r and December and 81 70.
cJ'.rr. E'.'Ne,y compared ~ iYe,
'a7ons, @'' Gl~d in the SprrR. 32o il
'e sumner ~ IT, Fail aid ~ ~