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Show Mortuary. Sexton's report for December: Males, 9; females, 9; of these adults, 8; children, 10. Causes of death as reported : lung disease, 3; spasms, 2; mflamation of bowels, 2; typhoid fever, 1; childbed, 1; apoplexy, 1; heart disease, 1; erysipelas, 1; inflam-ation inflam-ation of brain, 1; old age, 1; chronic asthma, 1; injuries, 1; suicide, J; shot, 1. Total interments, 18. Total interments during the year, 521; deducting those brought from country places and transients, 84, would leave the resident mortality at 437. Estimating the population of the city at 26,000, would show an average mortality of nearly 17 per 1,000 per annum. Joseph E. Taylor, Sexton, |