Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-19

| Siih' uSliou Wy YOU.
As required by chapter l65, gener
al laws of 1868, appointed as mem
bers OF the visiting committee OF
the state" Senator'S George G. Ha
zelton, Nelson Williams and Satter
lee Clark, and Assem- blymen A. g.
kellam, A. J. Turner. Charles Pole,
d. w. Maxon, Luther Buxton and J.
b. G. Baxter, all o. whom met at
the Capitol and proceeded to visit
the charitable and penal institutions
of the state. The report OF the com
mittee will be laid before you in due
time.
STATE PRISON.
The State Prison Commissioner
has Initiated system Of manufac-
lures for the employment of the con
victs, and reports such degree of
success as warrants the belief that IN
a short time the Institution will be q
source of revenue to, instead ola bur.
den upon. the State. AS appropri~
alton of SAG, 900 is asked for, of which
a large part will be used az a manu-
featuring capital. The religious ex
ercises, the school, the abolition OF
the parti-cplored dress, aud the geu~
eral humane treatment of the prison
ers, alluded to in the Commissioners
report, as among the retormatory
measures adopted in the prison, are
undoubtedly having a good effect up
on the convicts.
II IL gratifying to learn from The
prison statistics, that, withstand
ing Ibis State has greatly increased
IN population during the last ten
years, commitments to the prison
have decreased, but 1874 convcts be
ing there confined on the first day of
October 1868
REFORM SCHOOL.
The Reform School is in excellent
condition. The additional buildings
are completed, and the school is now
prepared 10 enter more successfully
upon the work of reforming such
children as may be committed to It's
Gaze. The numb Der in the school dur.
Ing the past year was 227. The cur
rent expenses for the year 1868
amounted to S26,76167. All those
who are sent to this school are more
unfortunate than criminal, and are
entitled TO our sympathy but one
class OF It's inmates, III particular,
are the innocent victims of a great
injustice. They are very young, are
guilty OF no crime, and are convicted
solely because they are homeless and
friendless, upon charge of vagrancy
and sent to an institution intended
only for the reformation of evil doors
| trust that you will provide some
means for the removal Of the class OF
children to more appropriate home
and so amend the law as to prevent
the repetition OF this wrong. The
institution is good school for those
who, for any cause, requires the
) healthy discipline there maintained
but it is not the proper place to SEND
; those whose misfortune, not crime
is that they are homeless orphans.
> INDUSTRIAL.
While this is, in the main, an agri
cultural state, other important inter
ests are growing rapidly in our midst
are enlisting the energies of mos
active and enterprising class eff men
The hum OF the wateryheel upOr
our numerous streams, the variou:
manufacturing esta b lis b IN is
springing up in nearly ever town
the city Of Milwaukee alone having
: over $40 600, 100000 invested therein
the vigorous development of our val
liable mines and quarries, the activ-
: ity displayed in our pineries, all tel
of day, not distant, when the labor
of tho state will be 40 diversified as
to vastly multiply its wealth and re,
, sources, and present additional at
fractions to those seeking homes If
the west. The state and count,
Agricultural Societies continue 10 be
active agents in furthering ali indus
trial pursuits and should, az hereto
fore. receive reasonable measure oil
assistance from the state. The Stat.
horticultural Society has entered
with energy upon its work, and viii
be Of great benefit 10 the peopl.,, dis
>emna ing valuable information
gathered from discussions and prac,
teal experiments f., also, is emit
lied TO such aid from the state as
will enable it to extend its sphere OF
usefulness.
The commissioners appointed to
represent the state a, the Universal
Exposition, held at Paris, in 1867,
satisfactorily discharged the duties
deVolved upon them and the Presi
dent of the Commission has made a
valuable report.
| have received two bronze med
ais, with diplomas, which were awar
ded to the State exhibited at the Ex
position. The State Agricultural So
ciety was awarded similar medal
and diploma for its display of GER
eas.
Knowing the people of this State
to be deeply interested IN the efforts
being made, to discover causes and
and preyentives of cattle diseases,
now so prevalent in our country,
appointed President Paul A. Chad
bourne of the State University, and
Hon. b. r. Huxley, President of the
State Agricultural Society, as COM
missoners to represent the State in
the convention recently held at
Springfield, ILL.,, to consider, and ex-
cite interest in the investigation of
that subject. commend to your at
tention the suggestions in their re>
port, which is herewith laid, before
you.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
A thorough geological survey of
this State is much needed Could
we present to the world a scientific
and comprehensive account Of our
vast mineral and agricultural resour
ces, it would draw hlther, within
few years, millions of dollars of capi-
tai for investment. In such an in
vestigation of her hidden sources of
wealth, Wisconsin is far behind the