Milford chronicle., 1885-01-16
YEAR,s WORK.
Interesting Statistics from All Points for
the Year 1854.


The shipments Of petroleum from Philadel
phia in 1884 were 119, ,26S, 919 gallons.
Philadelphia shipped $780, 125 bushels oi
wheat and 2, ,26S, 769 bushels of corn last year.
The Minneapolis lumber cut for the past
season was the heaviest on record-about
315,OO0,000.
During the centennial year the fire loss was
only S64, $50, 600, but it exceeded Sl00, 100000
in 1888 and was not less than that amount in
1884.
The railway mileage of the United States in
creased only about 1900 miles during 1884,
making the total in round numbers, $500
/ miles.
The number of feet Of logs scaled the past
year in Minnesota was 287, 900, 600; total manu-
faeture, 169,000,000, leaving 11S,OOO,OOO in
booms
At Buffalo the total receipts of grain for 1884
reached 70000,000 bushels The heaviest re-
eeipts on record were in 1880, when Ill, 799,-
200 bushels were delivered.
Over 6,OO0,O00 headf Of stock were received
at the Chicago stock yards in 1884. OF these
2,5OOOOO head were shipped East alive. The
value Of the stock was Sls7, ,SS7, $780,
The earnings Of New York State prisons in
1884 were S4Ol 159. 19-the expenses, $780,
50l.22. Surplus, 1065L97
Shipments from Montreal to Europe for the
year 1884 we're Is, l99 beeves, 81, ,985 sheep, IS
pigs and about 16, 500 quarters Of beef.
Boston shipped to foreign ports in 1884 the
following: 67,524 beeves, 1920 sheep, lO5, ,63l
beef quarters and 8, ,4S2 carcasses Of mutton.
The annual review OF trade in Chicago shows
an aggregate Of S933, 600, 600 for 1884, against
sl,050, 100000 for 1888, decline Of II per
cent.
The total debt Of the State Of New York was
reduced to "a. 399, ,O18O2 in 1884. The tax rate
will raise on the present State valuation of
S., Oh, 59l 3T2 the sum Of S7,762, 5727S for the
needs Of fg0Yernment.
During his term of Office Gov. Cleveland of |
New York, received 963 applications for par
dons. OF these 79 were granted, 49l were
denied, AZ combinations, and 1 respite were
granted, leaving 345 cases to be passed with
out prejudice to Gov. Hill.
From all the United States and Canadian
ports in 1884 there were shipped to Europe
i80, 271 live cattle, Sc 439 live sheep, $4,000
quarters Of beef, 81, ,287 carcasses of mutton and
,269 pigs (alive aud dressed), equal to about
l4O, 969, 4OU pounds of beef, 10, $40 $50 pounds
# mutton and 100, 2S0 pounds Of fresh pork.
Indiana had State debt Of "a, SIG, sos at
he end Of 1884.
OF the $40 suicides in this country in 1884,
mt 155 were women.
Receivers received in 1884 thirty. seven rail-
Dads; mileage, ll,000 total bonds and stock, |
Il, IA, 755,O 600.
lblishments. In 1884 they employed l4,OS7
ands and turned out goods valued at
81, ,547, 900.
In the last year ,665 new enterprises were
established in the Il Southern States, with |
n aggregate capital reaching the enormous
I'M OF sos, 269 500. c
The Rdiiody Age says that eighteen roads
ere sold under foreclosure in 1884, embracing
10 miles, with the total stock and debt Of D
~ ~, 7dt doSQ go rot including floating debt.
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Ne was rs5nSar's Tonic, and it cured g,
lie savings bank a o, arising from - tie :. =
ar were s32 9l3, 1885, nerves. Sb' !"
The public debt Of tint hey WI MassAchu- "a =
is, January /, 1885, was So I32 go 80, al
ng $4,000 less than year ago, while the
cunt Of Sl7, ,73l, 724 in the sinking fund is m
increase during the year Of 1899, 055 The A.
lOsitOrs in the savings banks number S2e.- 20
i, an increase Of 19,99S. The total deposits c''
S262, 72O, 1867, an increase of s11, 1885,
.53. The State militia consists of 1856 Off br
S and 4, 1856 enlisted men. sai
n 1884, in all parts of the country, 1876
Al executions took place. sill
'uring the last year $50 persons were -
ched in the United States and Territories w
uring 1884 the imports Of dry goods into me
port of New York amounted to S1l3.-
176. ice
he Commissioners Of New York city cared sat
5,463 widows, orphans, foundlings and no
itute persons during 1884.
J the New York City Charitable Hospitals !
20 patients were receive in 1884. Of these sat
So were discharged; 3,67S died, and s, us nee
, there Jan. LIST, 1885. ros
ne police of Philadelphia made 40, ,487 \
sts during 1884. dan
1884, on the ocean, 1923 lives were lost; fro, ,cl
ur inland waters. 70. ~ -
le fatal disasters by railroads in the United
rs for 1884 wece 621. The number seri- dra
: injured was ,050. nee
lring 1884 there persisted in the United N
5sf f ne O9auUe o1os o1S oai 3oGs ana uro%H sat
slides As, boiler eypIosons ISs. fire. $50, and
'sions, 147; falling buildings, 81; riots, OF 6
T a total OF 2,507. shOl