The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-12
some srAr1sr1cs ABOUT TIE PupLIc

SOME STATISTICS ABOUT THE PUBLIC
ScHooLS.-Wc have received copies of
the annual reports Of the General Super
lntendent of Public Schools Of this State
for the years Of lS73-74 and are under
obligations 10 L. 5. Jordan, Esq, mem
Der OF the House of Delegates from this
county for the same In looking over
the report for 1874 We CLEAN the follow
ing facts and figures, which may prove
Of general interest;
The whole number of School buildings
in the State is $3.50. which are valued,
including the land, furniture and
apparatus, at Sl.34O,4 10.jl. The whole
number Uf children attending school, lh-
Guiding colored, during the year, was
los. 3jG; the number OF teachers employed
male and female, was l,236,
total receipts for all purposes, including;
the balance in hand at the beginning of
of the school year, sS24,5SG 80; the aver
age cost per pupil for all purposes, So 50.
The average cost per pupil in this city
was SIS %, which i, next to the highest
average, Jefferson county heading the
list at SO 81 per pupil. The lowest
AVERAGE Is Webster county,
and down there they teach
the young ideas how to shoot, at the re-
markably low sum of S3.I2 per pupil.
The aggregate amount paid for salaries
10 teachers in Wheeling was So, 19l.l3
in thi, county outside of the city; SlO,-
4iS.29: the number of teachers employed
in this city is -; in the county, ~.
There are nmc school houses in this
city, valued ut SlS5, coo, which includes
furniture, apparatus, &C. in the county
outside of the city, there are 80 school
houses. with valuation of $jO,4ll.3j,
making the total valuation of school
property in thi, county, $2$5,4ll,35, by
far the largest amount of any county in
the State Marion county comes next in
the list of valuation, which is so, jS7.OO.
Kanuwha county comes next with $50,
1900, and Marshall following with >Sl,
7O7. CO. Mcdowell Is the lowest in the
li,t, only having property valued at $40
Hoo oN'IcE.-rhc expression, ''like
hog on zee is intended TO convey the
idea al extreme awkwarducs> and clumsi-
ness. Few people have ever seen hog
essay the attempt to promenade on Ice
for the reason that our sidewalks are sell
dom extremely icy, and when they are,
The hogs have sufficient instinct to keep
in the middle of the street. But
yesterday morning the streets were
"A, bad a. tho pavcmcnts'
and solitary hog might have been
cen vending his way along Chaphne
street. near the corner of 18th. He, she
or it. concluded to take Il ramble down
town. and started down 18th street. Not
having it, claws sharpcned, or any !
,rorpcr, on. it missed stays, slipped over /
on it, beam ends, and slid down into the |
basement of one of the stores in Odd
Fellows Hall. The animal was assisted
into the street again with half dozen
friendly boots with legs in them.
Police CoURT.-Four cases occupied |
Judge Cranmers attention Yesterday |
Mr.. Kate ONerd who has come to the
front here of late as a very obst;epcrous te-
male, was up again on 81 charge of drunk
rnncss and disordcrly conduct. She was
s,,scsscsscd 10 the tune OF twenty dollars
and costs. At last accounts she was anX-
iou>ly looking the arrival ofsome friend
to settle the bill and save her from going
to jail.
Joseph He'll and Henry Kraft were
charged with di>ordrrly conduct and
were fined five dollars and costs each,
which they paid.
c. :. Oberdick, for drunkenness, was
let Oft by the payment Of three dollars
and costs.
"KArE," who lives in Brooklyn. and
writes To- one of the New York papers,
expresses her wonder that men generally
are not better skilled in the art of look
iug at pretty woman in the street cars
She saws that all girls are pleased to have
their attractions recognized in a certain
gontye way-thc eyes lingering for an
instant only-but that prolonged stare
from man, no matter how handsome he
may be, r1citc> nothing but feeling of
annoyance and disgust. Let men here
and everywhere remember this.
4 LITTLE GAME OF DRAw-Thc an
nuul drawing of bonds of Ohio county
for the redemption of the Pittsburgh,
Wheeling X Kentucky railroad
debit, took place Mt the Bank Of
Wheeling. Yesterday. The drawing