Rock Island, Ill.: 280; 9
Jefferson Barracks, Mo.: 8,569; 2,906
Jefferson City, Mo.: 348; 412
Springfield, Mo.: 845; 713
Fort Leavenworth, Kas.: 821; 913
Fort Scott, Kas.: 388; 161
Keokuk, Iowa: 610; 21
Fort Gibson, I. T.: 212; 2,212
Fort McPherson, Neb.: 149; 291
City of Mexico, Mexico: 254; 750


THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS.--The so-called catacombs of Paris were never
catacombs in the ancient sense of the word, and were not devoted to
purposes of sepulture until 1784. In that year the Council of State
issued a decree for clearing the Cemetery of the Innocents, and for
removing its contents, as well as those of other graveyards, into the
quarries which had existed from the earlier times under the city
of Paris and completely undermined the southern part of the city.
Engineers and workmen were sent to examine the quarries and to prop up
their roofs lest the weight of buildings above should break them in.
April 7, 1786, the consecration of the catacombs was performed with
great solemnity, and the work of removal from the cemeteries was
immediately begun. This work was all performed by night; the bones
were brought in funeral cars, covered with a pall, and followed by
priests chanting the service of the dead, and when they reached the
catacombs the bones were shot down the shaft. As the cemeteries were
cleared by order of the government, their contents were removed to
this place of general deposit, and these catacombs further served as
convenient receptacles for those who perished in the revolution. At