Foreign and Domestic Dispatches Stir World News
A weekly survey from Constantinople notes cholera deaths drop to 880 in the week ending November 11. Dispatches report Florence and Rome events, Paris trials, labor movements, and King Victor Emmanuel’s Rome entry. Washington discusses Alabama arbitration in Geneva and monetary reforms. Domestic items cover naval discipline, fires, cholera in the east, and political appointments.
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Multiple State Actions Highlight 1872 Political Scene
The Illinois Legislature read Gov Palmer's message condemning Chicago post fire measures. Georgia elected Thomas M Norwood to the U S Senate and passed the Governor election bill. New York reports tammy hall ward vote irregularities. New Jersey shows Parker leads. DC reports 12 157 white and 9 255 black voters registered. Georgia acting governor vetoes a special election bill. Brooklyn election returns defective with three inspectors jailed. Minvis results favor Beveridge over Hayes. Georgia has 23 black legislators. Union Republican Committee to meet January 11 1872 in Washington. North Carolina debt at 34 8 million.
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Interesting Census Statistics on Blind and Deaf Groups in New York
The census reported 20 820 blind persons in the United States with 8 8 being male and 8 977 female. Whites total 16 066 and blacks 2 966 with other races small. Deaf and dumb total 16 205 with 8 916 male and 7 289 female, most are white. The insane number is 37 882 with 18 174 male and 19 208 female, nearly all whites. Among idiotic there are 14 485 males and 10 042 females. The blind and deaf and dumb total 96, blind and insane 75, blind and idiotic 105, and blind deaf dumb and insane 7. In all non insane classes, males outnumber females. New York state aggregates show 2 218 blind, 1 464 US born and 749 foreign born, with 449 born in Ireland and 123 in Germany. 4 are over 100. 37 between 90 and 100. Of the deaf and dumb in New York State there are 1 783, with 1 554 US born and 229 foreign born. The data imply the blind population is higher in New York than native counts indicate.
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Vast number of items in oddball fact list across nations
A wide compilation notes yearly outputs and curiosities such as eight local pin factories producing 6 728 000 000, a claim about 1000 sane persons in French asylums, the costliest Russian uniform, and Alaska post office profits of 76 dollars. It also covers Harvard tobacco bans, insurance assets, estate settlements, Confederate notes in court, Kit Carson literary notes, exotic fruits and pumpkins, exhumations, birth dates, banking losses, and the lucifer match invention story.
Census Intricacies of Deaf Dumb and Idiotic Populations
The text details the distribution of deaf and dumb, insane, idiots among New York and the United States. It cites counts by origin, age groups, and nationality, noting high concentrations of natives in New York and comparing totals across groups, with implications for longevity and emigration patterns.
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