The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-01-21


pupil registered as having attended
school.
Total productive school fund. So, ZOE, 486 IS
Receipts of the school fund in
/ come last fiscal year. ...... 17S,23S rs
! Apportionment by Superintcnd-
ent OF Public Instruction. 800. 173,7l047
Number of public schools in the
! St e........... 5,OUO
Numuer of children attending pub
| lie schools. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. PAS, 007
Number of acres of school land held
| by the state Tor SALE. .''''.... 461, 4Gl
The Normal School at Platteyille and
Whitewater are meeting the expectations
of those interestedin education, and from
the number of persons who seek admission
to the normal departments the advanta.
ges of such schools seem to be Justly APP
preciated by those who are preparing
themselves for teaching The erection Of
the Normal School building at Oshk 0sh
will be commenced Immediately. Ii viii
be completed and the school opened as
soon as practicable.
The Regents have expended portion
of the funds at their disposal in aiding
teachers institutes, which have been oL.
very great advantage to the teachers Of
| the state.
1OCdl productive uOTuldl SCHOOL
fund. ................ $625, 294 II
Receipts Of the income fund last
fiscal year. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 57,T6 ~
Balance in the income fund, Sept.
~, 1868. ..................... 2i,19% %
| There are now held by the state, for
sale, 610,667 arces of land belonging to
the Normal School fund.
t,@ BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
We give only summary of this por-
ton of the message, Ed TEL.
The message speaks encouragingly of
the benevolent institutions of. the State.
The Institute building for the blind is be-
ing enlarged. Sixty pupils have been in
attendance during the past year at a cost
of little over $4,000.
The Hospital for the Insane has been
enlarged, and the building now affords ac
Communications for 800 patients, the num-
Der of patients who have received treat
ment the past year, is 355 The expenses
of the institution the past year are $61,
800. There are large number of insane
persons who are still not reached; they are
in jails, poor houses and private dwell
ings The message recommends the cree
ton of another Hospital.
In the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb,
ninety five pupils have received instruc-
ton during the past year. The current
expenses for 1868 amounted to 1866.
The Soldiers Orphan Home is strongly
recommended to our considerations OF pa
tr1otism and humanity There is not room
now sufficient to accommodate ali who are
worthy and apply for admission. There
was appropriated for expenses the past
year $4,000.
The State Prison is undergoing some
initial measures of reform, by employing
the convicts in manufacturing pursuits.
The messagementions the gratifying fact
that Notwithstanding the large increase of
population during the past ten years the
number of commitments have decreased.
The Reform School is reported in an
excellent condition. The number IN the
school during the past year was 227. The
current expenses for the year 1858amount-
ed to $26,761
i In the Department Of agriculture and
other industrial pursuits the State is ma
king steady development. A thorough
geological survey of the Statea is much
needed, to bring to light its hidden re
sources of wealth
IMMIGRATION.
During the past year Wisconsin has re-
ceived her full share of those who have
come from the old world to find homes in
: the new, The State Board of Immigra-
E ton has caused to be published and wide
ly circulated in other states and countries
twenty thousand copies of pamphlet, in
several languages, giving accurate and
/ u 10 Inn rH 11cr of
The members of the board are assured
that by their efforts large numbers of i'm
migrants have been induced to settle in
/, this state, and will theoretically continue
their labors the present year.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
/ A complete survey Of the Wisconsin
! River by the United States Engineer De
E partment, under the immediate charge of
, Major General G. K Warren, has shown
5 that its channel can be so improved, at q
S very moderate expense, as to furnish un-
0 impeded navigation to boats of sufficient
/ tonnage to meet the demands of commerce.
: That the improvement should be complet-
), ed at as early a day as practicable, does
t not admit Of doubt. 1t is a work which
G is clearly national in its character, reach
+ out to, and effecting the commercial inter
G ests Of many states, binding together by a
4 navigable channel the Mississippi River
:: and the great lakes, and furnishing the
t much needed highway which will connect
/ nearly all the naygable waters of the I'm
y ion. This enterprise has received the Sc
e rious attention OF the authorities aud the
people of many states for several years,
/ and it now seems certain that the Federal
! Government Will enter in earnest upon
i the work and complete it. shall have
Il occasion to communicate with you further
i upon this subject.
| again recommend that you give your
f influence in aid of the immediate construc-