The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-01-26

On the 9Th day of January, 1852, subscrip,
tons were opened and circulated through the
by the trustees and friends of cduca-
ton, and up to this date, the sum OF $2473,60
has been subscribed. On the 18th day of April
the board selected site on which to
erect the building Four acres of land adjacent
to the town was selected, and deedin fee simple
for the same procured. A plan OF the building
was procured from Mr.. Harris, an experienced
builder, and on the 23rd of June, the board MET
and received sealed proposals for the masonry,
brick and carpenters work. Messrs. Harbour
and Harris, being the lowest and best bidders
for the former, and Mcssrs Leighton 81 Houts
for the latter, they were respectively contracted
with for the different portions of the work On
the 3rd of July, 1852, the corner stone of the
edifice was laid in due form, and appropriate ad,
dresses were delivered on the OCCASION.
The building is SO by "a feet, and two stories
high-each story IL feet in the clear. il is con-
structed Of brick, with stone foundation feet
high and fiat cement ronf. The height, from
the rock foundation, is 80 feet. There are two
rooms on each floor, with hall in the centre,
10 feet wide. The work has been some hat
retarded in consequence of the difficulty OF OBJ
tanning lumber, the Mississippi being the nearest
point al which pine lumber could be procured
Great credit is due to the contractors, each
having manifested desire to complete their
are now raised 10 the height of 20 feet, and the
contractors give us the most positive assurance
that the building will be covered by the Goth
day of November next, and the board are
making arrangements for furnishing it, with the
view Of occupying it the coming winter Out
of the above sum of $2473,60 subscribed, half
of which became due the lst day OF July,
last, $l147 ,35 up to this time, has been collect
ed and expended The residue of the subscrip-
Il To- fa1 lis due ont haf1 ret
of November next, at which time we are assur-
ed it win be promptly paid.
/ The Oskaloosa Normal School commenced
its first session on the 18th day of September,
1859, in the court house, under the charge Of
Prof. &. nj. Drake and lady, and up to the pre-
sent time Al pupils have been admitted to the
various branches of Reading, Writing, Arith-
!. metic, Geography, English Grammar, Algebra,
/ Geometry, Philosophy, Latin and French, and
taught at the following rates OF tuition for the
} term of IL weeks, to wit. first class students
$500, second class, $500 and third class,
$500.
All of which is respectfully submitted
Fl STEPHEN ROACHE,
I Prest. pro. tenn
= HENRY BLACKBURN, Secretary.
Oskaloosa, Oct. 6, 1852.
As recommended in a former, and intimated
in another part of this report am still of opinion
that some plan should be adopted for the separa-
ton of these schools from the State University.
By the terms Of the act establishing them, each
f school IS to receive annually the sum of FIVE
. hundred dollars from the University fund
: The school at Andrew has been in operation
q since the 21s. of November, l349. The citizens
!, of that place have raised the necessary amount
, for the erection of buildings to entitle them to
!. the annual appropriation from the University
a fund, and yet they have received nothing from
that source, and cannot until much larger
amount of the fund has been invested. The
school at Oskaloosa, as shown by their report,
has far exceeded the acquisitions of the law in
raising means tor the erection Of buildings, but
e it is not likely to receive any aid from the
II University fund for years to come. Under these
n circumstances it would certainly be better to
r assign them definite portion OF the fund, and
"a let their connection with the University cease
: and thus free them from the embarrassment
:. naturally growing out of that connection.
n DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND.
s. By conference with the Auditor of State
d it was deemed necessary TO require new certi6-
d Gates from those wishing to avail themselves o.
y the appropriation made, by the act Of the las
n session, for the relief of the deaf, dumb ant
Of blind. The annexed statement shows the amount
received by each under the new law.