Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-12-10

number received during the year was rs .5T4.
The number disposed of was ,l7S. Max
king net gain of 1854. The number of
claims now on file is 1905. On the 30th
of June, 1872, there were on the rolls the
names OF 20S,923 army pensioners-invalid
soldiers, widows, orphans and dependent rel
atves. At the same time there were on the
rolls the names of 1869 navy pensioners and
1870 widows, orphans and dependent rela-
uves, making the whole number Of naval PEN
sioners 3179. There have been received
since the passage of the act to provide pen =
sions for the survivors of the war OF 1912,
36,5ol applications prior to June so, 1872.
Oh these there were allowed during the last
fiscal year 2O,l2 claims; 4S40 were reject
ed during the year, leaving $50 claims
pending at that date. The number of pen !.
sions OF all classes granted during the last
fiscal year was 33,s3s. During that period
there were dropped from the rolls for vari-
Gus causes ga names, leaving grand tot al
oil 232.229 pensions on the rolls on the Both
| of June, 1872.
II is thought that the claims for pensions
on account of the war OF 1912 will all be
disposed Of by the lst Of May. 1873. 1t is
estimated that $30,4S0, 900 win be required
for pension service during the next fiscal
year,
| THE CENSUS.
The ninth census is about completed. Its
completion is subject of congratulaiion, in
asmuch as the use TO be made of the statis-
tics there contained depends very greatly on
the promptitu1e of publication. The Secre-
tarY OF the Interior recommends that CEN
sus be taken in lS75-which recommends
ton should reaeive the ready attention of
Congress. The interval at present establish
ed between the Federal census is so long
that the information obtained at The decen-
NAL census as TO the material condition.
wants and resources OF the nation, is of little
| practical value after the expiration of the
hrst half OF that period. II would probably
| obvate the Constitutional provision regard
lng the decennlal census If census taken in
1879 should be divesled of political charac-
ter and no apportlonment of Congressional
rsp esentatlon be made under it. Such a
census, coming as il would in the last year
! oil the first century of our national existence,
| would furnish valuable monument of the
| progress OF the United States during that cen
fury.
The rapidly increasing interest in education
| is most encouraging feature in the current
| history of the country, and it is no doubt
true that this is due in great measure to the
efforts of the Bureau of Education. That
| office is continually receiving evidences that
abundantly prove ia efficiency, and from va
rious Institutions of learning and education
of all kinds throughout the country. The re,
port of the commissioner contains vast deal
of educational facts of great interest. The
bill now pending before Congress providing
for the appropriation Of part Of the proceeds
of the sales Of public lands for educational
purposes, to aid the State in the general edu.
cation of the rising generation, is measure
of such Importance to our real progress and is
so unanimously approved by the leading
friends of education that commend it to the
favorable attention of Congress.