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Show TIE LATE school census of Chicago shows white a population of 403,fc!H; colored 4,370, Tiio south town has 104,-7C8; 104,-7C8; the west town 222,545; tho north town 80,348. As usual the fult of the census shows a decree of 30,000 or 40,000 inhabitant) holow tho popular popu-lar estimate. The United Stales ceri-tis ceri-tis Of 1870 gavo Chicago a total population popu-lation of 20KJ77, snowing an iucroiwe in the last six years of lOfiiH'j. ',y the census of tho population of Chicago was 103, SCO. These figun-s show that the city has not maintained so far during the present tfeendo tho relative increase of population which t realized in tho I ait. But several good ronson for th fs corn para ti vo felting off aro apparent, Tho groat fire nd tho panic of 1373, followed by tiio buinem depression of the pst threo years. Xhfjo influences are only temporary, bowovcr, and art likely Uj bo ovrrcmio within a few ynars by the natural tendency or population pop-ulation and lnimiif'3 (owuhIh the gfflf( central city of the. United Jtates. |