Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-01-24

! SCHOOL RETURNs.-Oft the 3O5 towns
in the State, eleven only have neglected
to make returns. The population ofthese
towns. according to the late State Census,
is SOL, 222, and the valuation of taxable
property is >S206,457, 662.
/ The whole number of public schools in
these towns is 291S-the number ofschol-
ars of all ages in winter III, 1897, and in
summer 1886. The average attend
ance in winter IL l 800 and in summer
1896.
This shows uIpable want of punctu-
atty, the average attendance being more
than 90 per cent. below the whole num-
Der of pupils. The whole number falls
considerably short of that Of children be-
tween the ages of and l6, which is IT.
O53 The average duration ofthe schools,
including winter and summer, is mouths
and 25 days.
The number of teachers, including the
summer and winter terms, counting twice,
we presume, those who are employed in
both terms, is 1870 males and 1891 fe-
males. The average amount Of wages
per month, including board, is for males
S25 A, females SIl33. The aggregate
of taxes raised in all the towns for the
support of schools is S465,228. OF this
amount 380,l24 is for teachers wages,
and further sum, to prolong the period
Of schools, has been raised by private sub
scrption, of S48,3Ol.
Besides the above, which are public
schools, there are of private schools and
academies 854, which are kept in all s.
l6I9 months. In these the number Of
scholars is 1866; the amount of tuition
is S328,O26; amount oflocal funds $780,
$50, producing an annual income of g.
571,-Daily Ado.
The total number of Revolutionary
Pensioners under the various acts of Con-
gress is 41,788, of whom nearly one for
tieth part, or 904, are from the little state
of Rhode Island. The whole sum ap-
propriated to the Pension service is ST.
O37. 227 90.
The whole number Of organized school
districts in the State Of New Y ork, is TO-
345: From the reports of 9,7l8 ofthese
it is stated that the number of children be.
tween the ages of five and sixteen years
residing in such districts on the 3lst Of
Dec 1886, was 537 1892, and the whole
= number of all ages instructed, was 524,:
: 1873. The amount Of money distributed
= BY the Commissioners of common schools
= was 1886, 1875. This sum, together with
7 S436,346 paid by the inhabitants of the
: districts, making an aggregate OF S772,'
} 24l, has been applied to the payment Of
teachers.
: IMPORTANT FROM FLoRIDA-A sliI
from the office of the Savannah Georgian
l furnishes the following account Of the ba:
tie between the u. S. forces and the Sem
inoles =
# Extract ola letter received from Blacl
v Creek, dated Jan. 2, 1888. An expires
S reached here this morning, in forty hour
o from Tampa Bay, bringing intelligence
of battle having been fought between tn
Seminoles under Sam Jones and Alliga
= tor, and the regular forces of Col. Z, sTay
= lor, LIST infantry. We have met with
severe loss. Lieut.. COL Thompson, Capt
Van Swearingen, and Lieuts. Center AM
s Brook, killed. Capt. George Andrew
and Lieut.. Walker wounded Col. Gen
T try, Of the Missouri volunteers, mortal,
t wounded (sinced ead.) Killed and wound
4 ed 1879 say III wounded and % killed
l. The loss of the Indians we have not as
e certained, but they were completely Gu
e up.
The ARKANSAS MURDER.-Mr. VIII
son, the speaker of the House of Repre-
u ~ rl1ancoo 1yho - I'll hp RI
10 membered, rushed from his chair Will
IT, presiding, and with bowie knife mur
's dered in his place Mr.. Alexander. a mem
Der of the House, was bailed for g. 1000
Of two Judges out of three determining thu
l. his offence, of rank murder in the mo-
" monstrous form, was bailable IN. J
IS, american.
is The n. Y. Gazette says that ne
III emission of counterfeit ten dollar bills
e' the State Bank. Boston, has been put
10 circulation in that city. They bear da
&c Jan. l, 1884.
A fire occurred at Southampton in En-!
- land in the last week of November,
In which seventeen individuals persisted
IS; the flames, twenty-four were dreadful
lie burnt, and property destroyed to theam
o. of gl5,0OO.
~ 1t is supposed that greater number
81 hogs have been slaughtered the past SC
\ son at Cincinnati, than at any former P
~ Rod. Eighty thousand have fallen. by Il
" knife in that city.
The bill in the New-York Legislatu
G. for the repeal for Limited time. of Il
US bill prohibiting the issue and circulate
,n' of one, two, and three dollar bills, pass
ne the House OF Assemble, on Thursday,
en- vote of 100 tn 81