the population was 789 as of 2010. there are 13 streets. the city's record high temperature is , on september 5, 2000, and the hottest month august 2012 with an average of . strictly speaking, the "penny dreadful" died off by the turn of the century, but this term was still used to refer to story papers throughout their history. illness in her family has taken her away from writing in recent years. in 1840, the fort  was surrounded on three sides by a dry ditch. when she was nine years old, her mother died and an aunt came to help with the household. 