The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-01-18

| bound AMI unbound, being 5 900 volumes,
and the total number Of volumes in til.
library now reaches 50,530 The add
IONS for the past year have been valua
! lie and important, and some OF then,
ye'y rare, and the library is regarded
rs the largest and best in the western
cuuatry.
The visitors number many thousands
annoa ly, and it is hoped tat it will re
Ge'ye the same friendly consideration
hereafter from the Legislature as hereto.
! lore. 8al '@,.ts.s
STATE LIBRARY.
| In 1866 the Legislature passed an act
appropratlng $500 Il Year for two years
for the purchase of books for the Stat,
Library, and the act was reenacted il
1868. and again in 1870 1t is recnmmen
ded that the act be again reenacted.
EDUCATION.
The report Of the Superintendent OF
public Instruction. will present sstisfac-
/ t"jy condition OF the schools OF the
state.
The State University is in more
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condition than ut any former period OF liz
! history, and It is rapidly growing in pop
uthr favor. The resources of the Instr
,atlon are fully shown by the reports OF
ne Regents, and are not as ample as
could be desired
h. original grants Of seventy-two
~ecfions made 10y the General Govern
'aent to the territory Of Wisconsin, in
1888, was for the support of University,
ana not for the erection Of the buildings.
and a similar grant III 1854, was for a
like purpose.
Section 8 of article 10 Of the coastitu.
t'"n provides that tue proceeds of all
lands that have been or may hereafter be
granted by the United States to the state
Tn the support Ot a university shall be-
ana REMAIN perpetual fund, to be called
the University Fund, The interest of
which shall be appropriated to the sup
pert OF the Stale University.
To obtain the means wirh which r.
erect the college buildings, the most val
uabie lands were Sold at IA very low price
/ may safely be said that had thev been
held until this time, they would have
brought nearly ten fold the sum that was
realized for the m; sum sufficient To uu,
the University on an equal footing wi h
the best endowed institutions in the
country. But what has been done. can
not be recalled, and it remains now FIR
he state To correct its error as it best
Can. Wisconsin ought to be able to edu
cate her young men Mt home, and her
University, am sure, may be made the
equal OF any in the country.
The location of none is more inyitinu
ana 5he opening OF it to women marks a
t'Vor"hIe era IN its history. AS it b.
comes better known, and the people of
I'll" state more avail themseIv of the
advantages of he cheap and thorough
ehueatl'n 1T affords, it will become an
object OF universal favor, and your friend
y consideration Of it is invited.
The Normal School Fund now amoun:s
to Sc l,8O2,49, being an increase during
the year of $62,8O875. The increase for
the year ending September, 1, 1871. was
$5Ll5O,45; added TO balance On hand
September, l, 1870, of $17,598,09 made
available increase to September 1, 1877,
| &6o73o,54. Disbursements, $33 $50 As {;
leaving II balance on hand of $34, 400
The estimate ior running the three
schools now IN existence at PlattevIIle.
whitewater and Oshkosh, for one year,
is $4,000.
The number Of students is about 400,
and the schools are meeting the Just cx
pectatlons OF the people OF the state.
INTEMPERANCE.
The Incorporate use of intoxicating Ii.
quors is an evil greatly to be depreciated
aad is confined to NO state or nation. To
devise means to most effectually abate it,
mas taxed the wisdom of Christians, phi
lanthropists and Legislators, for many
years Legislative actiol in some of the
states has mitlgated, but not eradicated
the evil, and it is very questionable
whether any law can be enacted that
will afford complete remedy; but
deem it my duty to Call the subject to
your attention, in the hope that you may
frame law that will meet the public
Judgment, and diminish, If not end, the
wrongs and sufcrings that result from
lntemperance. .asft 4.
VS. s RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
The subject Of water communication
between the Mississippi River and the
sea board is attracting much attention
throughout the country The necessity
Of cheaper transportation is everywhere
felt throug hout the Mississippi Valley.
The late National Commercial Conven
ton which assembled at Baltimore fully
recognized this necessity and passed res
olutions tavoring liberal policy on the
part of the Government in improving our
great national highways. III. 81
The line which, of all others, nature
has pointed out as the best line of com
munication between the Mississippi and