Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-02-03
VOL. V.---N0. Sc.

The amount invsssed in school, houses in Baton 10
81 500 600 The yearly appropriations for education
are 81 200 000 while the amount raised for all ether
city ex is only $50 000. Tho amount expend-
ed for instruction in common schools of MsSsar
c5uset,s last year was 81 60 fer each child betweso
the ages OF fv- and fifteen in the State. rssssa =,
Passive AwAY.-The number Of American soldisss
engaged in the Revolutionary War was 2ti, ,7oL ~
this number, there are lose than 14o0 now Using
whse ages must average 90 years. 73 have died dur-
ing the past yea-and should mortality coutinua viii
the natural Increase an the advance in ysass, but
snort percd will eapss before these venerable ectp.e
narians will be known TO as only 10 histesy.psas aA
RAiLRoAD,.-The number Of miis esrsilvsy 80
in operation uoon the surface Of he glooe is - -
Of which Is So miles are in the Ess}ern He8spas4e.
aud 10 0SI miles in the Western and which are
distributed as follows: In the United 0t1tee, ~ 8lf
miles; in the Britss Provinces S23 miIesy Ia ne Is
lsid Of Cuba 359 miles; in Panama, 81 milse h
South America, go pilss; in Crest Britain, 6.e5b
mills; in Germany, 5340 miles in France, 2Aao
miles; in B-Igum, $50 miles, in .Rassis, az uAo3
in Sw, d.n rs miies; in Ialy, ITO niiess N SPsins
so miles in Africa, 70 miles, and in iadia, 400
miles.
The number of railroads completed in the Uoited
aes is 256; the numbsr partially completed is Sc
aud the number in OF construction is 81. Ire
total number of miles in operation is 1857; And the
cost of construction of this many mics s498 603.
l2s. Tne nu nbar of miles in course Of constructors
IS IL 526 ~ .aSTsafe
Tss state of Massachusetts, has one mile of railway
to each square ms Il its sgraphicai surface.
The Nav York Central is the Iengest RailPoad ID
the world, being iuclu ling its branehes 62t miles
long. L. cost nearly SIS, 900 zoo,
WIscoSs,S The State rsvsnus Of Wisconsin, was
abou, $500 coo farfhs past year, school fasd of
Wis,opsh amouas at present to ,l4l S04. arising
almost entirely fron the sale Of puoic lands granted
by Congress The Expenses II the public schools fOk
the year wers SSg $50. II the Banks nov in eperar
,on In that State are established under the general
banking law which reqllrsf deposit Of State stocks
as collateral for circui alton. 0n the lst January,
1854 the whole number of .nks ten, their cir
cuatng notes $5l9 900, and the securities aepests6
amounted to s529 900. s.-a ta +.,..7.,- :.
WEALrH CT rHs UsIo THE recent Patent O6hoe
Rprt presents some interesting stati.tcs rclativS
t. the Unon. Tne population Of the United States
is down a. 746 000 and the aggregate Of pet.
sopal and real property is estina ed at IS 29i
900 Mes York is the richest State her property hs-
ing 81 l12 900 0G0; Psnpsyvanis s next, $3.50 000.
600; then OHIO, $40 00O, ,o00 then vrginia, sos.
600 600. The renainder IF the STATES rank ~ f0l-
lows Indiana, 1884 600 900; Tennessee, $3.50 O00,-
600; Kentucky, $342 900 900; Massachusetts $340,.
600 eco; Georgia, $32o,O00 600; Nlrth Csryinsy
1906 900 00a; Illinois, 1921 100000 Alabama,
$276, 100000; Misss ippi, $256.000 600; South Car
olina, S242 600 900; Missouri $240 600 900 Maine,
s2I0,0 900 Maryland $l93 10000; L,uisisna,
slSS 900 600 N,w Jersey St86 900 900; Michigan.
Si4S 900 900 Canpesticat, 1872 000 600; Vermons,
Sl20,0C0 coo; New Hampshire, Sl20 00J. 900; Ar
kansas, 500, ,O00, 900; Texas. $50 900 900; /; Iowa,
$50 600 600 Rhode I,laud, $521O0 900; Wisconsin,
$50 900 600; Delaware, $35. 100000 Florida. $30,s
900 O0J0 District Of Columbia, $15 COO l00 Ossg,n,
s., ,O00, 900. EaHE aTs