Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-12
FACTS ABOUT CHICAGO.
Interesting Information Cleaned Fro
the Pages of City Directory.

Interesting Information Cleaned From
the Pages of a City Directory.
The author assures us that, in house
to house inquiry, he was only able to
find 1000 Smiths ia Chicago, whereas
there were discovered 1850 Browne
and 2,260 Johnsons. all in active con-
dition. While engaged in this curious
tour of exploration he made the anus
ing discovery that there are vastly more
people than names in all walks and
conditions, scarce q dozen people having
names all to themselves. He found 640
people struggling with the name of
Green, 720 with that of Jones' 720 with
that of Thompson, 500 with that Of
White, 400 with that Of Walsh; and the
interesting facts are set down that there
are 400 Youngs, 720 Murphys. 500
o Briens, 100 O'Connells, 800 O'Con-
nors, 100 Douglasses, 1000 Petersons
and Petersens, 4S0 Sullivans, 800
Wrights, 800 Ericksons, $50 Davises,
800 Burnses, 1870 Taylors. The people
who held their names in fee simple had
chosen odd and fantastic patronymics
that forbade ordinary interference.
Some of these Were Woggow, Smrz.
Smalrkivoio7, Smuczynski, Hop. Wow.
Yshick, Yskia, Zwierzchouska, Szclmo-
chowski, Trjnak, and the like.
The people were variously employed,
each pursuing a livelihood in his own
fashion, but the bulk of the community
seemed to run to the law. l,7S5 beino
lawyers; or to physics, 1875 being doc
tors; or to saloon keeping, there being
2,675 Of these, though there were / $50
tailors, and 2,6l5 grocers. Some, how
ever, lived by induStriously doinp
nothing, seeming to have no oeeupa-
non worth mentioning The people of
the story apparently attach very great
Importance to the matter of education
and actually have in their midst 1875
schools and academies, independent of
elghty public schools supported at the
common charge, To add to the special
facilities for acquiring knowledge, pub
lie and private interest combined have
established twelve libraries, and 800
newspapers and weekly or monthly
publications are regularly supported.
Great providence has been made fo,.
care of the sick, the friendlcss or tho
hayward. and the author enumorates
nineteen hospitals, twenty seven asy.
iuns' and twenty dispensaries, while
the souls good is looked after by 32s
ehureh organizations of every sect and
| denomination
these statistics. introduced casually
are both ediiying and instructive ana
IN nowiSe dctract from the interest Of
the narrative, the moral to which is
that Chicago has population today
OF oo0' Vo0.- Chicago fa'er Ocean.
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1 would ask you to climb up there aud
get me that flower" IIe-"rd breal,
my neck, that certain" sho-"Wen
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