History of Davis County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., Part 32

Author: Iowa Historical Company, Des Moines, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Des Moines, State Historical Company
Number of Pages: 774


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SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by apprc- priate legislation.


ARTICLE XIV.


SECTION 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.


SEC. 2. Representatives shall be appointed among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of per- sons in each state, exeluding Indians not taxed ; but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of Electors for President and Vice- President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the execu- tive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion or other crimes, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the num- ber of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.


SEC. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or Elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previ- ously taken an oath as a Member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state Legislature, or as an execu- tive or judicial offieer of any state to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress mav by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability.


SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States author- ized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and boun- ties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be ques- tioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall pay any debt or obligation incurred in the aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any loss or emancipation of any slave, but such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void.


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CONSTITUTION OF TIIE UNITED STATES.


ARTICLE XV.


SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.


VOTE FOR GOVERNOR, 1877, AND PRESIDENT, 1876.


COUNTIES.


COUNTIES.


Rep.


Dem.


Gr.


Pro.


Rep.


Dem.


Rep.


Dem.


Gr.


Pro.


Rep.


Dem.


Adair


982


161


581


15


1334


593


Johnson


2345


18


273


2345


3563


Adams


876


397


4-5


38


1376


626


Jones


1868


1218


14


68


2591


1763


Allamakee


1547


1540


69


36


1709


1646


Keokuk


1772


1526


322


105


2364


1862


Appanoose


1165


1049


729


32


1711


1419


Kossuth


463


236


13


89


638


227


Andobon


410


352


427


352


Lee


2157


2863


350


299


3160


3682


Benton


1432


7121


567


449


2401


1354


Lino


2524


2316


75


585


4331


2917


Black Hawk


1780


1111


95


244


2979


1592


Louisa


1328


817


89


108


1920


1008


Boone. ..


1612


981


466


10


2018


1305


Lucas


1203


804


103


12


1478


1044


Bremer


1180


582


196


1


1737


757


Lyon


261


17


9


14


262


46


Buena Vista


717


192


161


20


770


200


Mabaska


1823


104G


1011


596


3221


1701


Butler ..


14 3


758


19


95


1828


780. Marion


1976


1866


760


95


2736


2304


Calhoun


418


75


171


74


622


196 Marshall


1448


837


359


504


3056


1189


Carroll.


633


744


141


11


799


771 Mills.


1435


1102


98


28


1452


1165


Cass


1592


839


116


30


1876


979, Mitchell


139G


459


35


36


IG63


671


Cedar ..


1315


1093


206


416


2324


1445||Monon a


580


119


432


9


713


304


Cerro Gordo


903


348


7:2


40)


1274


418 Monroe


1034


928


217


20


1418


1246


Cherokee ..


562


74


383


86


861


175 Montgomery


1122


441


532


47


1749


759


Chickasaw


1279


1107


37


94


1574


1090| Muscatine.


1753


1775


171


387


2523


2075


Clark


1454


267


813


19


140)


30G


21


201


14


463


116


Clay


517


16


20


67


567


295


40


13


33


329


59


Clayton


1873


1770


66


167


2662


2621 Page


1166


50%


344


293


2243


861


Clinton


21.14


2327


286


66


3654


638. Plymouth


779


487


77


39


835


500


Dallas


1541


215


1211|


80


2136


752 Pocahontas


370


93


44


36


374


141


DAVIS ..


893


1231


803


12


1586


1631 Polk ..


3171


18.85


1353


9-1


4321


2382


D ·catur.


1269


961


1282| Pottawattamie.


2223


2059


218


121


2565


2414


Delaware


1226


1143


32


525


2233


1496


420


340


2509


1083


Des Moines


2315


1381


767


G


3325


18


Sac ..


656


128


177


13


601


166


Dabuque


15×7


3415


406


53


2798


246


888


639


3


16


897


631


Fayette .


1933


1067


889


27


3029


436


132


49


439


220


Floyd


1233


208


162


30


2032


751 Story


1260


G44


187


1843


579


Franklin


1311


336


16


10


1178


379 Tama


1426


833


19G


133


2337


1317


Fremont


1331


334


1658


1682 Taylor


1325


293


830


63


1238


795


Grundy


909


504


8


1099


417 Van Buren


1490


1305


301


130


2113


1661


Guthrie


1160


496


364


21


1434


425 Warren 629 Wapello.


1726


044


742


101


2439


1315


Hancock


340


95


29


281


99, Washington


1687


1221


303


112


2467


1508


llar lin


1492


661


238


154


2152


980, Wayne


1316


832


404


3


1692


1341


Ilarrison


1348


86:


523


19


1557


1386


Webster


850


127


1421


47


1299


987


Henry


1770


424


1041


140


2809


1485


Winnebago ..


544


40


498


39


lloward


551


617


201


519


1194


600


Winneshiek


2074


1009


279


238


2759


1617


Iowa


1132


11:20


642


225


1870


1348


Wright


391


117


9.8


574


184


Jackson


1619


1966


224


15


2126


2185


las pier.


1977


1154


101x


263


3375


1804


Totals


12154.


79353


34228


10639 17133: 11212}


Jofterson


1396


753


576


109


21G6


1449


Majorities


4/19 '


Total vote, 1877, 245,766, 1876 (including2049 Greenback), 292,943.


VOTE FOR CONGRESSMEN, 1876.


District.


Rep.


Dem.


R. Maj.


Total.


Maj. '74.


District.


Rep.


Dem.


R. Maj.


Total.


Maj 174.


I


17188


14814


2371


32002


D. 1863


V11


19496


11688


7808


31184


R. 2300


16439


14083


17561


31122


R. 657


VIII


19358


15236


4122


34594


R. 2127


17423


16100


1323


33523


D. 63, IX


19563


10583


8980


30146


R. 5849


IV


20770


9379


11391


30149


R. 3824


19274


11154


8120


30428!


R. 5243


168289 118356


49933


*292111


VI


187781


14719


4059


33497 R. 2724


1109


867


22G


1034


997


321


54


104


...


215


57


Worth


62%


132


14


703


149


Humboldt


282


149


115


64


52₺


1×3


Woodbury


17 0


1000


1265


290


2582


2412


Hamilton


842


265


422


57


1187


2917 Ringgold.


964


71


671


47


1246


422


Dickinson


197


8


12


259


4977 Scott


3031


1903


309


37


3819


2853


Emmett


2131


28


215


551


27


1310


510 Uniun


899


516


3


343


333


Crawford


898


651


19


111


1043


1416


Madison


1792


1077


616


56


2246


1538


Buchanan


1290


769


7:25


223


2227


816. 0'Brien 94 Osceola


3308 Palo Alto


311


357


19


1647


1466 Poweshiek


882


344


1250


1727


676


Greene


1031


1877. Governor.


187G. President.


1877. Governor.


1876. President.


Total vote, 1874, 184.640 ; aggregate Republican majority, 21,524. * Including 5,466 Greenback votes.


59211


36 Sh lby


1709 Sionx


PRACTICAL RULES FOR EVERY DAY USE.


How to find the gain or loss per cent. when the cost and selling price are given.


RULE .- Find the difference between the cost and selling price, which will be the gain or loss.


Annex two ciphers to the gain or loss, and divide it by the cost price ; the result will be the gain or loss per cent.


How to change gold into currency.


RULE .- Multiply the given sum of gold by the price of gold.


How to change currency into gold.


Divide the amount in currency by the price of gold.


How to find each partner's share of the gain or loss in a copartnership business.


RULE .- Divide the whole gain or loss by the entire stock, the quo- tient will be the gain or loss per cent.


Multiply each partner's stock by this per cent., the result will be each one's share of the gain or loss.


How to find gross and net weight and price of hogs.


A short and simple method for finding the net weight, or price of hogs, when the gross weight or price is given, and vice versa.


NOTE .- It is generally assumed that the gross weight of Hogs diminished by 1-5 or 20 per cent. of itself gives the net weight, and the net weight increased by x or 25 per cent. of itself equals the gross weight.


To find the net weight or gross price.


Multiply the given number by .8 (tenths.)


To find the gross weight or net price.


Divide the given number by .8 (tenths.)


How to find the capacity of a granary, bin, or wagon-bed.


RULE .- Multiply (by short method) the number of cubic feet by 6308, and point off ONE decimal place-the result will be the correct nswer in bushels and tenths of a bushel.


For only an approximate answer, multiply the cubic feet by 8, and point off one decimal place.


How to find the contents of a corn-crib.


RULE .- Multiply the number of cubic feet by 54, short method, or


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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.


by 4} ordinary method, and point off ONE decimal place-the result will be the answer in bushels.


NOTE .- In estimating corn in the ear, the quality and the time it has been cribbed must be taken into consideration, since corn will shrink considerably during the Winter and Spring. This rule generally bolds good for corn measured at the time it is cribbed, provided it is sound and clean.


How to find the contents of a eistern or tank.


RULE .- Multiply the square of the mean diameter by the depth (all in feet) and this product by 5681 (short method ), and point off ONE decimal place-the result will be the contents in barrels of 31} gallons.


How to find the contents of a barrel or cask.


RULE .- Under the square of the mean diameter, write the length (all in inches) in REVERSED order, so that its UNITS will fall under the TENS ; multiply by short method, and this product again by 430 ; point off one decimal place, and the result will be the answer in wine gallons.


How to measure boards.


RULE .- Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12-the result will be the contents in square feet.


How to measure scantlings, joists, planks, sills, etc.


RULE .- Multiply the width, the thickness, and the length together (the width and thickness in inches, and the length in feet), and divide the product by 12-the result will be square feet.


How to find the number of acres in a body of land.


RULE .- Multiply the length by the width (in rods), and divide the product by 160 (carrying the division to 2 decimal places if there is a remainder) ; the result will be the answer in acres and hundredthis.


When the opposite sides of a piece of land arc of unequal length, add them together and take one-half for the mean length or width.


How to find the number of square yards in a floor or wall.


RULE .- Multiply the length by the width or height (in fect), and divide the product by 9, the result will be square yards.


How to find the number of bricks required in a building.


RULE .- Multiply the number of cubic feet by 22}.


The number of cubic feet is found by multiplying the length, height nd thickness (in fcet ) together.


Bricks are usually made 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and two inches thick ; hence, it requires 27 bricks to make a cubic foot without mortar, but it is generally assumed that the mortar fills 1-6 of the space.


How to find the number of shingles required in a roof.


RULE .- Multiply the number of square feet in the roof by 8, if the shingles are exposed 44 inches, or by 7 1-5 if exposed 5 inches.


To find the number of square feet, multiply the length of the roof by twice the length of the rafters.


286


MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.


To find the length of the rafters, at ONE-FOURTH pitch, multiply the width of the building by .56 (hundredths) ; at ONE-THIRD pitch, by .6 (tenths) ; at TWO-FIFTHS pitch, by .64 (hundredths) ; at ONE-HALF pitch, by .71 (hundredths). This gives the length of the rafters from the apex to the end of the wall, and whatever they are to project must be taken into consideration.


NOTE,-By K or %{ pitch is meant that the apex or comb of the roof is to be Kor Ig the width of the building higher than the walls or base of the rafters.


How to reckon the cost of hay.


RULE .- Multiply the number of pounds by half the price per ton, and remove the decimal point three places to the left.


How to measure grain.


RULE .- Level the grain ; ascertain the space it occupies in cubic feet ; multiply the number of cubic feet by 8, and point off one place to the left.


NOTE-Exactness requires the addition to every three hundred bashels of one extra bushel.


The foregoing rule may be used for finding the number of gallons, by multiplying the number of bushels by 8.


If the corn in the box is in the ear, divide the answer by 2, to find the number of bushels of shelled corn, because it requires 2 bushels of ear corn to make 1 of shelled corn.


Rapid rules for measuring land without instruments.


In measuring land, the first thing to ascertain is the contents of any given plot in square yards ; then, given the number of yards, find out the number of rods and acres.


The most ancient and simplest measure of distance is a step. Now, an ordinary-sized man can train himself to cover one yard at a stride, on the average, with sufficient accuracy for ordinary purposes.


To make use of this means of measuring distances, it is essential to walk in a straight line ; to do this, fix the eye on two objects in a line straight ahead, one comparatively near, the other remote ; and, in walk- ing, keep these objects constantly in line.


Farmers and others by adopting the following simple and ingenious con- trivance, may always carry with them the scale to construct a correct yard measure.


Take a foot rule, and commeneing at the base of the little finger of the left hand, mark the quarters of the foot on the outer borders of the left arm, pricking in the marks with indelible ink.


To find how many rods in length will make an acre, the width being given.


RULE .- Divide 160 by the width, and the quotient will be the answer.


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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.


How to find the number of acres in any plot of land, the number of rods being given.


RULE .- Divide the number of rods by 8, multiply the quotient by 5, and remove the decimal point two places to the left.


The diameter being given, to find the circumference.


RULE .- Multiply the diameter by 3 1-7.


How to find the diameter, when the circumference is given.


RULE .- Divide the circumference by 3 1-7.


To find how many solid feet a round stick of timber of the same thiek- ness throughout will contain when squared.


RULE .- Square half the diameter in inches, multiply by 2, multiply by the length in feet, and divide the product by 144.


General rule for measuring timber, to find the solid contents in feet.


RULE .- Multiply the depth in inches by the breadth in inches, and then multiply by the length in feet, and divide by 144.


To find the number of feet of timber in trees with the bark on.


RULE .- Multiply the square of one-fifth of the circumference in inches, by twice the length, in feet, and divide by 144. Deduct 1-10 to 1-15 according to the thickness of the bark.


Howard's new rule for computing interest.


RULE .- The reciprocal of the rate is the time for which the interest on any sum of money will be shown by simply removing the decimal point two places to the left; for ten times that time, remove the point one place to the left; for 1-10 of the same time, remove the point three places to the left.


Increase or diminish the results to suit the time given.


NOTE .- The reciprocal of the rate is found by inverting the rate ; thus 3 per cent. per month, in- verted, hecomes & of a month, or 10 days.


When the rate is expressed by one figure, always write it thus : 3-1, three ones.


Rule for converting English into American currency.


Multiply the pounds, with the shillings and pence stated in decimals, by 400 plus the premium in fourths, and divide the product by 90.


U. S. GOVERNMENT LAND MEASURE.


A township-36 sections each a mile square. A section-640 acres.


A quarter section, half a mile square-160 acres.


An eighth section, half a mile long, north and south, and a quarter of a mile wide-80 acres.


A sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square-40 acres.


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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.


The sections are all numbered 1 to 36, commencing at the north-east corner.


The sections are divided into quarters, which are named by the cardinal points. The quarters are divided in the same way. The de- scription of a forty acre lot would read: The south half of the west half of the south-west quarter of section 1 in township 24, north of range 7 west, or as the case might be; and sometimes will fall short and sometimes overrun the number of acres it is supposed to contain.


The nautical mile is 795 4-5 feet longer than the common mile.


SURVEYORS' MEASURE.


7 92-100 inches. make 1 link. 25 links


1 rod.


4 rods. 6. 1 chain.


SO chains .. 66 1 mile.


NOTE .- A chain is 100 links, equal to 4 rods or 66 feet.


Shoemakers formerly used a subdivision of the inch called a barley- corn ; three of which made an inch.


Horses are measured directly over the fore feet, and the standard of measure is four inches-called a hand.


In Biblical and other old measurements, the term span is sometimes used, which is a length of nine inches.


The sacred cubit of the Jews was 24.024 inches in length.


The common cubit of the Jews was 21.704 inches in length.


A pace is equal to a yard or 36 inches.


A fathom is equal to 6 feet.


A league is three miles, but its length is variable, for it is strictly speaking a nautical term, and should be three geographical miles, equal to 3.115 statute miles, but when used on land, three statute miles are said to be a league.


In cloth measure an aune is equal to 14 yards, or 45 inches.


An Amsterdam ell is equal to 26.796 inches.


A Trieste ell is equal to 25.284 inches.


A Brabant ell is equal to 27.116 inches.


HOW TO KEEP ACCOUNTS.


Every farmer and mechanic, whether he does much or little business, should keep a record of his transactions in a clear and systematic man- ner. For the benefit of those who have not had the opportunity of ac- quiring a primary knowledge of the principles of book-keeping, we here present a simple form of keeping accounts which is easily comprehended, and well adapted to record the business transactions of farmers, mechanics and laborers.


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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.


1875.


A. H. JACKSON.


Dr.


Cr.


Jan. 10 To 7 bushels Wheat


at $1.25


$S 25


17 By shoeing span of Horses


82 50


Feb. 4 To 14 bushels Oats


at $ .45


6 30


4 To 5 lbs. Butter


at


.25


1 25


March 8 By new Harrow


18 00


S By sharpening 2 Plows


10


66


13 By new Double-Tree


2


25


April 9 To half ton of Hay


16


9 By Cash


25 00


May


24 To one Sow with Pigs


1150


July


4 By Cash, to balance account


35 15


$88 05


888 05


1875.


CASSA MASON.


Dr.


March 21 By 3 days' labor


at $1.25


$3 75


¥ 21 To 2 Shoats


at 3.00


$6 00


23 To 18 bushels Corn


at .45


S 10


May


1 By 1 month's Labor


25 00


1 To Cash


10 00


June


19 By S days' Mowing


at $1.50


12 00


26 To 50 Ibs. Flour


275


.


July 10 To 27 lbs. Meat


at $ .10


2 70


29 By 9 days' Harvesting


at 2.00


18.00


Aug.


12 By 6 days' Labor


at 1.50


9|00


12 To Cash


20,00


Sept.


1 To Cash to balance account


18 20


861 75


$67 75


INTEREST TABLE.


A SIMPLE RULE FOR ACCURATELY COMPUTING INTEREST AT ANY GIVEN PER CENT. FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.


Multiply the principal (amount of money at interest) by the time reduced to days; then divide this product by the quotient obtained by dividing 360 (the number of days in the interest year) by the per cent. of interest. and the quotient thus obtained will be the required interest.


ILLUSTRATION. Solution.


Require the interest of $462.50 for one month and eighteen days at 6 per cent. All interest month is 30 days; one month and eighteen days equal 48 days. $462.50 multi- plied by .48 gives $222 0000; 360 divided by 6 (the per cent. of Interest ) gives 60, and 5222.0000 divided by 60 will give you the exact interest, which) 19 $3.70. If the ra's of Interest in the above example were 12 per cent., we would divide the $222.0900 by 30 6)360 (because 360 divided by 1e'gives 30); if 4 per cent., we would divlde by 90; if 8 per cent., by 45: and In like manner for any other per cent.


$462.50


.48


370000


185000


60 / 5202.0000($3.70


180


420


420


1


1


1


1


.


6 By repairing Corn-Planter


4 15


27 To Cow and Calf.


48 00


1


t


MISCELLANEOUS TABLE.


12 units, or things. 1 Dozen. | 196 pounds, 1 Barrel of Flour. [ 24 sheets of paper, 1 Quire. 12 dozen, 1 Gross. 200 pounds, 1 Barrel of Pork. 20 quires paper 1 Ream.


20 things, 1 Score. 56 pounds, 1 Firkin of Butter. | 4 ft. wide, 4 ft. high, and 8 ft. long. 1 Cord Wood.


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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.


NAMES OF THE STATES OF THE UNION, AND THEIR SIGNIFICATIONS.


Virginia .- The oldest of the States, was so called in honor of Queen Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen," in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh made his first attempt to colonize that region.


Florida .- Ponce de Leon landed on the coast of Florida on Easter Sunday, and called the country in commemoration of the day, which was the Pasqua Florida of the Spaniards, or " Feast of Flowers."


Louisiana was called after Louis the Fourteenth, who at one time owned that section of the country.


Alabama was so named by the Indians, and signifies " Here we Rest." Mississippi is likewise an Indian name, meaning " Long River."


Arkansas, from Kansas, the Indian word for "smoky water." Its prefix was really arc, the French word for " bow."


The Carolinas were originally one tract, and were called "Carolana," after Charles the Ninth of France.


Georgia owes its name to George the Second of England, who first established a colony there in 1732.


Tennessee is the Indian name for the " River of the Bend," i. e., the Mississippi which forms its western boundary.


Kentucky is the Indian name for " at the head of the river."


Ohio means " beautiful ; " Iowa, " drowsy ones ; " Minnesota, " cloudy water," and Wisconsin, " wild-rushing channel."


Illinois is derived from the Indian word illini, men, and the French suffix ois, together signifying " tribe of men."


Michigan was called by the name given the lake, fish-weir, which was so styled from its fancied resemblance to a fish trap.


Missouri is from the Indian word " muddy," which more properly applies to the river that flows through it.


Oregon owes its Indian name also to its principal river.


Cortes named California.


Massachusetts is the Indian for " The country around the great hills."


Connecticut, from the Indian Quon-ch-ta-Cut, signifying "Long River."


Maryland, after Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles the First, of England.


New York was named by the Duke of York.


Pennsylvania means " Penn's woods," and was so called after William Penn, its orignal owner.


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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.


Delaware after Lord De La Ware.


New Jersey, so called in honor of Sir George Carteret, who was Governor of the Island of Jersey, in the British Channel.


Maine was called after the province of Maine in France, in compli- ment of Queen Henrietta of England, who owned that province.


Vermont, from the French word Vert Mont, signifying Green Mountain.


New Hampshire, from Hampshire county in England. It was formerly called Laconia.


The little State of Rhode Island owes its name to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean, which domain it is said to greatly resemble.


Texas is the American word for the Mexican name by which all that section of the country was called before it was ceded to the United States.


POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.


STATES AND TERRITORIES.


Total Population.


CITIES.


Aggregate Population.


Alabama ..


996. 992


Arkansas


484.471


California


560,247


Connecticut


537.454


Delaware.


125.015


Florida ..


187.748


Georgia.


1.184.109


Illinois.


2.539,891


Chicago, Ill.


298.977


Indiana.


1,680.637


Baltimore, Md.


267.354


low ....


1,191,792


Boston, Mass.


250,526


Kentucky


1.321.011


New Orleans, La.


191,418


Louisiana


726.915


San Francisco, Cal


149.473


Maine ...


626,915


Buffalo, N. Y.


117.714


Maryland.


780,894


Washington, D. C.


109,199


Massachusetts.


1.457,351


Newark, N. J


105.059


Michigan.


1,184.059


Louisville, Ky


100.753


Minnesota


439,706


Cleveland, Ohio.


92.829


Mississippi.


827.922


Pittsburg, Pa ...


86,076


Missouri.


1,721.295


82.546


Nebraska


122.993


Detroit, Mich.


79,577


Nevada


4.491


Milwaukee, Wis


71,440


New Il impshire


318.300


69,422


New Jersey.


906.096


68.904


North Carolina


1.071.361


53.180


Oregon.


90,923


50,840


Rhode Island


217,353


Indianapolis, Ind.


48,214


South Carolina.


705,606


Troy, N. Y ..


46,465


Tennessee .


1.258,520


43,051


Texas


818,579


41,105


Virginia.


1,225.163


Memphis, Tenn ..


40.226


West Virginia.


442,014


Cambridge, Mass.


39,634


Wisconsin.


1,054,670


Hartford, Conn.


37,180


Scranton, Pa


35,092


Reading, Pa.


33,930


Paterson, N. J


33.579


Colorada.


39.864


Dakota


14,181


District of Columbia.


131.700


Idaho


14,999


Montana.


20,595


Wilmington, Del


30.841


New Mexico.


91,874


Umah


86.786


Washington


23.955


Utica, N. Y.


28,804


Wyoming.


9.118


Charlestown, Mass


28,323


Total Territories


442.730


Lynn. Mass ..


28.233


Fall River, Mass.


26.766


Total United States


38.555,983


POPULATION OF FIFTY PRINCIPAL CITIES.


New York, N. Y.


942,29%


Philadelphia, Pa.


674,022


Brooklyn, N. Y




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