Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03
REPORT OF THE S,PERLNTEN
DENTS OF THE POOR.


DENTS OF THE POOR.
tn the Boara of Supervisors IF Iona
County:
GENTLEMEN: We, the undersign-
ed Superintcndent> Of tho Poor of said
county herewith submit our ANIMAL
report:
PAUPERS
Number i'm the house one year ago, %
= received during the year, %
Total, SO
Died during the year. 5
Discharged curing the year, IA
Total, 10
Np%sss m fns nS aala at haS sms
Number of insane one year ago. 8
Number of insane at this time,
Average number during the year, TX
Nun Der Ell idiotlc,
PRODUCTS OF THE FARM
2S5 bushels of wheat 6S5 Of oats, 975
Of corn, 325 of potatoes, 10 bushels OF
beets, 3 of Onions. 3 of carrots, 10 of
apples 81 of seed corn, 20 tons of tim
othy hay, l44 head of cabbages, 100
Hubbard squash, 525 lbs OF butter
ZOO lbs of beef, 5675 lbs of pork so
lbs of veal, 100 lbs Of mutton, 200 lbs
of lardS 100 lbs OF talow
The crops for the year have been
unusually good, fully up to adjoining
farms. and enough remains for seed
and all other purposes, for the year
There is 45 cords of wood at the
door, sawed, split and stacked ready
for the stove and 70 cords in the
timber
STOCK ON The FARM
5 head of horses 9 mllch cows, fat
COW. five year-old steers. 3 three-year
old steers and heiters, one year old
steers and heifers, % sheep anu lambs
Is stock hogs, Is barn yard fowls,
The stock Is all 10 fair condition,
and gives reasonable promise OF winter
lug through. None have died during
the year.
IMPROVEMENTS
The ground underneath the old in
sane ward has been dug away, aud IA
has ment room formed for bathIug
purposes, with orick furnace and
large iorn pot Tor heating water, and
50 arranged that hot water can be
pumped to the upper apartment, when
needed Five | uuders have been put
up on the Overseers and Pampefs
dwellings,, and cIstern butt of 200
barrels capacity abount midway be-
tween the bath room and the house
;itcheu, sufficiently near to both, the
water being conveyed by pipe aud
coukstove.
These improvements were very ne
cessary, and together Will greatly con
tribute t" the general comfort, health
and convenience.
The sleeping apartments OF the
h. use are excessively crowded and
others should be provided soon as pos
sible Ivy, additional good size rooms
could be got, at but little expense, by
raislng the Kitchen which occupies IL
space between the two main buildings,
aud is but Que story high, to the height
of SAID buildings
There is but one yard for the insane.
1t should be d vded into Two by "a
high board fence, SO as To seperate the
sexes.
There are two prisies, but only one
building. There should be two, at u
reasonable distance part.
We earnestly but respectfully RECON-
mend that the above named Improve
meuts be made soou as posi- bic, and
that sufficient sum ct money lie ap
proprlased by you therefor
PHYSICIANS
The term of Drs Burial Moffett
and Andrews, expired on thc LIST day
of November, none of whom having
sought to be Continued We thereup'n
advertised for sealed proposals Only
two bids were rendered. and but one
within the specified s,me-that Was BY
w. H Van Duseu, OF Liuden the
other by q. w Burial. OF Dodgeville
This necessitated the redlstrlctIng vi
the county, VIII n We have done as
follows, VIZ
The lst district comprises the town
and city OF Mineral Point towns Of
Moscow Waldwick, Mi lin, Linden
and The County farm. Let TO DR. w.
n Van Dusep, Of Linden, salary
Sl59 90 year.
The secoud district comprises the
towns of Highland, Pulaski, Clyde
Wyoming, Arena, Rldseway aud
DodgevlIie Let to DR.. u W Burial,
8 larry Sll5,OO a year
Totai FIR salaries S274-S24 me re
| than last var
OVERSEER.
The Overseer contract expired the
LIST day of March. At our monthly