Logansport

Logansport, a city and the capital of Cass co., Indiana, on the Wabash, at its junction with Eel river, and on the Wabash and Erie canal, 70 m. N. by W. of Indianapolis; pop. in 1870, 8,950. The rivers are crossed by several bridges. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, the Toledo, "Wabash, and "Western, the Detroit, Eel River, and Illinois, and the Logansport, Craw-fordsville, and Southwestern railroads meet here. The city is surrounded by a rich agricultural region, and has an important trade. Considerable quantities of poplar and black walnut lumber are shipped. Water power is abundant, and is used to some extent. The principal manufactories are the extensive car works of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis railroad, a hub and spoke factory, and large founderies. There are three banks, graded public schools, including a high school, and two daily and five weekly newspapers.

Loir

Loir (anc. Lidericus), a river of France, which rises near the centre of the department of Eure-et-Loir, in a range of hills dividing its basin from that of the Seine, and joins the Sarthe a little above the junction of the latter with the Mayenne, 7 m. N. of Angers. Its length is 150 m., and it is navigable for 80 m. Its principal tributaries are the Ozane, Braye, Conie, Long, and Meaulne.

Loiret

Loiret, a central department of France, consisting of a part of the old province of Orleanais and a small portion of Berry, bordering upon Seine-et-Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Yonne, Nievre, Cher, Loir-et-Cher, and Eure-et-Loire; area, 2,614 sq. m.; pop. in 1872, 353,021. The surface is level or gently undulating, and is traversed by the Loire, Loiret, Loing, and a number of smaller streams. Water communication is much extended by the canals of Briare, Orleans, and Loire. There are several extensive forests in the eastern and central parts of the department. The soil is generally fertile, especially N. of the Loire. The chief products are grain, wood, wine, and saffron. Mineral springs abound. It is divided into the arron-dissements of Orleans, Gien, Montargis, and Pithiviers. Capital, Orleans.

Lokeren

Lokeren, a manufacturing town of Belgium, in the province of East Flanders, on the Dunne, 12 m. N. E. of Ghent; pop. in 1866, 16,912. The most important among its numerous manufactures are linen fabrics, flan-nels, serges, lace, cloths, hats, and cotton goods. A brisk trade is carried on in manufactured goods, hemp, cattle, and agricultural produce.

Loligo

See Squid.

Lomza

Lomza (Pol. Lomza).

I. A W. Government Of Russia

I. A W. Government Of Russia, in the kingdom of Poland, bordering on Prussia and the governments of Suwal-ki, Grodno, Siedlce, Warsaw, and Plock; area, 4,401 sq. m.; pop. in 1867, 456,429. It is watered by the Bug and its affluent, the Narew. It formerly belonged to Masovia, and a portion of the province was for some time annexed to Prussia. The principal towns are Lomza, Pultusk, and Ostrolenka.

II. A Town

II. A Town, capital of the government, on the Narew, 70 m. N. E. of Warsaw; pop. in 1867, 10,340. It has a gymnasium, a Piarist college, an arsenal, paper mills, and manufactories of leather and woollen goods. It was once a place of considerable importance, but was destroyed by the Swedes, and has never recovered its former prosperity, though the population has greatly increased within the last generation.