, 1874-02-22
SPRINGFIELD
Additional Statistics Relative
to Our Several State
Charities.
4 Favorable Report Expected in In
spcctor uarper's Case.
Verdict for the Government in One Of the
Pekin GistiIery Bond SuiEs.

special Ditpateh 10 ia Chicago TfiataA.
STAIR GRANTEES.
SrRrHoTuLp, Ill.,, Feb. 21.-Tho Secretary of the
Board Of Public Charities has produced another docu-
nnent in reply to scaniln resolution, usng fnforna-
ton. The points follows: The average number
Of inuAtea and the number OF officers aro: Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, 2o1 innatea, 81 officers: Blind Asy-
ln 81 inmates IT ofncers Feeble Minded Institute,
IS Inmates, 23 officers; sollie1a' Orphans Hume, 3o2
Inmates. 50 officers: Eigu Insane Asylum, 40 in
mates. 81 officers; jacksonville Asylum, 480 in
mates. 70 officers; Normal Univsray, AS inmates, no
officers industrial University, $50 inmates, off,
ccrs the average number Of Gxrs the Institutions nre
opened IL 257 the total nru,ter II days, a46; total
numler OF officers employee il III tho tota! amount
drawn IL 1879 By al the instius's is {s10 7a; and
the amount OF undrawn appropriations Ia 1.l73 ISL.
,ps he Executive Eaeaao:.' aleaIca' Mechanical
aa1tns tas fa;or.: year ..; ending s 1s
Soldiers. oiphaas Home: 81, IA Eiein Insans Asy-
Normal Uuivetsity, s1,ooo; 1udustrii UaiyaIsity,
81 Cos. The cos. Per annun Of each iataase Of tie
different institutions including saiaries Of ofhcsrs
Asylum, s1l2.52; Feeble-Mindsi, 4l99.4a; Deaf and
Dumb, $.Jl.1t: soldters' Orlhans' Home, $ls3.12
ElNn Insaue 4sylun $20f.x3.
THIS does not include lulldihg Or repairs. There
are tables accompanying tho report which LOOK ike
railroad schedu:ee.
The Rsilroad and Nare1ouse Commissioners will
not report upon ths condition Of Mr. Harrer's o.lce
and accounts until nezt Tuesday, It which t!na their
report will b. laid before tho GOVERNOR but, usual
runner has already settled upon what the verd.t will
be. aud that ts that they will ind him gu1itlcss Of
uroug2etug but not sufficient tly discreet in selBctng
competent clerks to do the work In hia Office. The
books have not been systematically kept in consequence
Tho original books vera bad in th1p, that
oaRs s fac: sa not
them from learsluE exactly the condition Of tie pub
tic accounts; that tie rewriting of the books was
necessity to reach correct tyatem Of bookkeeping
aud, in ahoGt, they will End uolhlng upon which TO
hef'y aad vii n oso asears p,ssiss
in tis situation
EPLAnA11oN.
In thts connection wish to Soy that my frat dis
patche4 to THE TRIBUNE tI.fa subject weze h1scd
upon tEforIaatou derived, II WAS gfEsu 70 under
stsnd anu Believed from Mr. E. r. Smith, the chief
ciera OF Harper. sud refused to send the 1=forua
reslons1bio to the extent OF giving hiA na1ne II called
upon~
vKrp1cr Ton THE 6ovEnsMEar.
Tho Government to-day o!,taiued judgment in
one al the R27ssHglond ss,l.a rgainst 4. r. Nestet
nan the chiaf Of tic PeAn dist,ess, which hxs
pied tho court since ,a<terdag, fur ooo the full
Apaouat Of damages clai1ned,
JUDICIAL. DISTRICTS
ehort anna kjuce, Late Clc1senta, u. c., intro
dueed LII into congrv.a 70 divide this sats into
threa districts TOR judlcl purposes, Getting apart Al
tha: Ct tho StIe soa:h cf tho Indi&narou. at
Louis Railroad tbs Southern District Of Illinois,
sRd o!;ss locsn% u9,sa 9i.s sa;ss pstt's: Court
bpcn held In Cairo fer the accommodation Of the
southern part Of the Ss.te. havc been ao,nc pains
to had just what necessity there ia fur that court, and
% the docket <oz the approaching March ,trn, md
FtIpu!4ous bsro been 'td IL e1ch Of :hen tattAa
te,1n Of the court will no: tc red at all Tue
il h,a I'll the par.pherrAua Of fpl-tolssd court, sud
costs ~ muck.