Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-06-26
CENSUS RETURNS.
Estimates of the Population Of
Several Cities.
The Work of the Euumerators l. Nearly
Completed-Large Gains Made in
some Towns in the Past
Ten Years.
MAkINn ESTIMATES.

INV uahs June 81 A&Elco Il
Murray. the supervisor of the census OF
this city, made up his estimate Satur-
day OF the population Of the city which.
according to his figures, Is 1925, 227.
There are twenty districts to be heard
from, and also the special enumerators
appointed from Washington to take
the census Of the county institutions.
These he thinks will give %, 900 more
names.
NEW YORK, June % Supervisor Of
the Census Sedgwiek. of the Long
Island district, said Saturday that the
population Of Brooklyn would fall lit
tie below 100000 At the last census,
in 1850, Brooklyn's population numbered
500, Cos
PHILADELPHIA, June 23.-General r.
B. Heath, supervisor of the census,
gives as his unofficial estimate of Phil
adelphia's population, 1,O4o, 40, gain
of only 1913, SO in ten years.
NEW ORLEANS, June 23.-Saturday
was the last day fixed to take the cen
sus in New Orleans, but the work is far
from done. Supervisor Badly reports
that only half the enumerators have
handed in their lists to him. The State
census taken in March, is nearly com
pleted. 1t shows a total of about
Liar, 600 for Louisiana and 236, 500 for
New Orleans.
CINCINNATI, June 23.-The census re-
turns from Cincinnati and Hamilton
County arestiu far from complete, one
ward only in Cincinnati being finished
The indications from these incomplete
figures are that the population Of Cincin-
natl is about 800, 600 and that of Hamil-
ton County about 400, 600.
BosToN, June % Upon the basis Of
the census returns already completed
the population of Boston is estimated at
Az. 72O, gain Of nearly $4,000 since
1850
CHICAGO, June Supervisor Gilbert
will not make an estimate Of the
census Of this city, but says that from
his review OF his enumerators' reports
it will reach considerably over 1000 000
The estimate made on the basis Of the
school census places the population of
Chicago at 1850, 600. The estimate
furnished for Philadelphia is 104O 600
which would give Chicago second place
by large majority.
INDIANAPoLIs, Ind, June % Super
intendent Conger says that Indianape-
lis will probably show a population Of
$4,000
COLUMBUS, O., June % The census
just finished makes the population of
Columbus l13, 792, a gain Of 81, AIS in ten
years
CLEVELAND o., June %. The census
here is completed, and from the returns
from some wards the population is esti-
mated at 24e,000
DETROIT Mich, June 23.-It is
claimed that 1900 people were omitted
from the census enumeration in Detroit
The population is estimated at 1877. 600.
MILWAUKEE, June 2S. The city's
population, estimated from incomplete
census returns is $4,000.
LOUISVILLE Ky, June 23.-Super-
visor Spencer estimates the population
of Louisville at $50 900.
Dies MONIES Ia. June 23.-Unoffieial
reports give Des Moines population of
81, 000 Dubuque, 40, 600; Sioux City, S.
600; Cedar Rapids, IS, 900; Davenport
and Burhug ton, $4,000 each, and Mar
shalltown, 16 600
BALrIMoRE, Md, June %. The popu-
lation of this city is made by the census
over 10000
PIrTsBURGH, Pa, June % The cen
sus gives Pittsburgh's population APP
proximately at 100000.
WASHINGTON, June % The popula-
ton is estimated at $50 600 BY the new
census.