NEVADA, in the census of 1880, ranks second among the States in gold, fourth in silver, thirty-eighth in population. First settled by Americans, immigrants from the other States, in 1850. Admitted to the Union in 1864. NEW HAMPSHIRE ranks third in manufacture of cotton goods, fifteenth in potatoes, thirty-first in population. First settlement, English, at Little Harbor, 1623. VERMONT ranks fourth in copper, seventh in hops and buckwheat, thirty-second in population. First settlement, English, Fort Dummer, 1764. Vermont and New Hampshire are two of the thirteen original States. Cities of the U. S. of Over 20,000 Population.-(Concluded.) The Wonderful Growth of Chicago. The population of Chicago in 1830, was 70; 1840, 4,853; 1845, 12,088; 1850, 29,963; 1855, 60,227; 1860, 112,172; 1865, 178,900; 1870, 298,977; 1872, 364,377; 1880, 503,185; 1884, (estimated) 675,000; 1885, (estimated), 727.000; 1886, (estimated) 750,000; 1887, (estimated) 760,000; 1889, (estimated) 1,000,000. THE NAMES OF THE STATES. Alabama-Indian; meaning "Here we rest." Arkansas "Kansas," the Indian name for "smoky water," with the French prefix "arc," bow or bend in the principal river. California-Caliente Fornalla, Spanish for "hot furnace," in allusion to the climate. Colorado Spanish; meaning "colored," from the red color of the Colorado river. Connecticut--Indian; meaning "long river." Delaware-Named in honor of Lord Delaware. Florida-Named by Ponce de Leon, who discovered it in 1512, on Easter Day, the Spanish Pascua de Flores, or "Feast of Flowers." Georgia-In honor of George II. of England. Illinois-From the Indian "illini," men, and the French suffix "ois," together signifying "tribe of men.' Indiana -Indian land. Iowa-Indian; meaning "beautiful land." Kansas Indian; meaning "smoky water." Kentucky-Indian; for "at the head of the river; or "the dark and bloody ground." Louisiana-In honor of Louis XIV. of France. Maine-From the province of Maine, in France. Maryland-In honor of Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I. of England. MassachusettsThe place of the great hills (the blue hills southwest of Boston). |