London

The popiüation of what is éaïlèll Londou foi 18778 cstiniated at 4,280,007, pr ncarly that of the State oí New York, and fully as many as the two States of llünois and Iowa. This is 1,000,000 moro than was given by the census of 1 871 ; a hu-ge part of the iiiorcasc results from annexing subuïbs to the metropolitan district. An exoEange says : " The section enibraeed iii the Registrar's tables, under the name of Londohj meludes parts of three counties, and coinprises an area of 122 square miles. The city of London is itself only a small district in the metropolis, just as the " old city " of Philadelphia is but a small sectiou of the Consolidated city today. Here the old dividing lines between the city and surroundüjg .districts have been obliterated, and are only vaguely remernbercd bythe present generation, but in the metropolis of London they are maintained through the existence of local governments for the districts, with special laws and customs iiiherited from olden times. During 187Ö, 153,192 children werc bom in London, and 91,171 persons of all ages died, the annual birth-rate being nearly thirty-six, and the annual death-rate not quite twenty-one and a half per 1,000. The death-rate is very low for such a vast city, but great care is taken with the sanitary reguiations to keep the public streets in good condition, and to caray off the sewage. Fourteen thousand men, with 6,000 horses, are daily, or rather nightly, employed in cleaning the streets, and their labors are supplemented by the work of crossing-sweepers and "street-orderlies," or boys who are employed during the day in collecting manure from the business streets. The streets of London are cleaned by contractors, the work being done at night, and the refuse which cannot be utilized is carried in barges to the mouth of the Thaines and dumped iuto the sea. The outlying districts of London have increased rapidly in population witllin the lust ten or twenty years, rnpid transit, elevated and underground railways stimulating the growth of the city in that direction." Isaac Freilander, who is described as the Grain King of the Pacific, is a resident of San Francisco. He is of Hebrew parentage, gauut, awkward, and remarkably tall. He lian been in business nearly tweuty yjai-H, aud Iihh annually Hhippedtlireü'quartersoi I In: Uitlifornia wlicai ci-ops (o ïjgTahu. ffe failed a few wééks ago, with }iab.iütien estimuted at ,2,ÜOÜ.OOO, but wheftt advtmt'pd, and be was ablo to coropromise wit)] hi j ovetÜtot'H ftt, H! dtíBts 0Q 'l;!!ftr.