Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1886 — The Paris Morgue. [ARTICLE]

The Paris Morgue.

During 1885 the number of “receptions” at the morgue in Paris was 858. Of these 659 were the bodies of men, 199 of women. The busiest month was August, when the number was 106; the slackest, February, when it was 41. Of the 858 bodies, 695 were identified, and the following is the classification given of professions: MEN. WOMEN. Laborers 115 Workingwomen 37 Employes f>7 Domei-tic BervenTs.. .26 Drivers 51 Washerwomen 17 Maacns 47jFlower-girli 16 Mechanics 23iBookbiniler3 11 Gentlemen 19 Other professions..... 18 Other professions... .158 The sundry forms of deaths are classified as follows: Drowned, 181; hung, 79; firearms, 163; sidearms, 91; poisoned, 62; suffocated, 154; falls from houses, etc., 75; other causes, 53.

Capt. Paul Boytox says that while floating down the Mississippi River a storm drove him a-hore. He sought shelter in a deserted cabin on the bank. Entering the cabin with a torch in his hand lie discovered a huge rattlesnake. It crawled into a crevice in the floor. On holding his torch before the hole he discovered that it contained a nest of rattlesnakes. He flung his torch among them and fled to the river. The cabin soon sprang up in a blaze behind him.