The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-30
IOWA STATE NEWS.

IOWA STATE NEWS.
JUDGE MITCHELL, at Des Moines, on the
loth, decided that woman could not under
the constitution and laws of this State, hold
the Office of County Superintendent of
Common Schools. The case was in Warren
county Huff, man beaten at the polls
last fall by a woman, contested her election.
The Judge held that Huff had not received
enough votes to elect him. This is the first
decision on this point in the State
On the 10th, the last day of the Sixteenth
General Assembly, Senator Hitchcock, of
Mitchell County, breathed his last. His dis
ease was pneumonia. The Senator was a
large farmer and had been repeatedly called
TO nil offices of trust and responsibility.
Now THAT the General Assembly has adj
journed, it is possible to tell what was done
during its session. The number of bills in
troduccd was IT'S; of these sol were intro
duced in the House and 274 in the Senate,
One hundred and sixty-iive bills passed both
branches and became laws; of this number
lo3 originated in the House and scventy-two
IN the Senate. In addition to these half
dozen Joint resolutions were passed.
They barely escaped having a panic at
keokuk the other night. An immense au-
| dlencc had assembled at the Atheneum to
near q temperance lecture. During the
evening some one gave an alarm of fire.
| lhe people sprang to their feet and made
| rush. With commendable forethoupht, the
police and few citizens stationed them
| selves at the doors and kept the crowds
back under threats of being knocked
down if they attempted to pass. 1t was as
ccrtained that there was no danger, and
| quiet was soon restored. Nothing but the
| GOODNESS and courage of few, however, pre-
vented a stampede which would inevitably
have proved disastrous.
| Miss LoTTIE HURLBUT, a young lady highly
esteemed and of most respectable family, at
| tempted suicide on the morning of the 22d
| ut her fathers residence in Danyille, It
| seems that about year ago she was troubled
with mental intrmity, but was treated and
| pronounced cured of the malady. Recently,
however, she has been subject to fits of mel
| ancholy, which eliminated in the nearly sue
ccssful attempt of that morning. With a
small pcnknife she completely severed
| the windpipe, and when found was nearly
| dead. Medical assistance was at once sum
moncd, the flow of blood was stopped, and
hopes are entertained of her recovery.
AT recent special session of the Dubuque
City Council, the unusual spectacle of two
Aldermen too drunk to attend to business
was presented. One of them was subsc-
qucntly arrested and spent the night in the
calahoosc.
THE dwelling house of C. Shultz, living
five miles south of Sioux City, was destroyed
by fire on the morning Of the I'D. Loss
about $500.
THE first session of the Supreme Court Of
Iowa for 1876 convened at Council Bluffs
on the Goth.
TIE schools of the State are in a flourish
ing condition, and constantly growing in
usefulness, efficiency and extent, In lS47
the number of school districts in Iowa was
4l6, with so as the average number of pu-
pills in each district. In 1850 there were
], ,262 districts, and 60 pupils in each. In
1857 the number of districts had grown to |
2,265; in 1860 the number was 3,0l3; in 1865, !
3,21; in 1870, $50, and in 1875 it was 3,610, |
with an average of 145 pupils in each. In |
1S40 there were one academy, 63 primary |
and common schools, and 1,5O0 pupils re-
ported; Dubuque's first school was estab-
lishcd in 1882 Davcnport's in 1898, Burling- |
tons in lS4l, and Muscatine's in 1887. In |
1s4S the number of schools in the State |
reported was l05, and the number of pupils |
701. In 1919 there were 5l4 schools, and |
1850 pupils. In 1880 914 schools, and a.
SO4 children. In 1875, according to the last
school census, there were 533 81 children
attending public schools in Iowa. A most
astonishing increase in the short space of |
25 years. OF these pupils 81, l "A were under
years of age, 3l7 ,69l under 16 years, and
1866 over 16 and under 81. OF school
houses there were but few buildings other
than log houses used during the 40's, and in
1861, S93 log school-houses were reported. At
present there are 9,52S school-houses in the
State, and the average yearly increase is 400
In 1874 the cost of school houses erected was
81, 1885, The increase in the number of
teachers is also interesting. In 1850 there
were $40 male teachers employed and 250
females. During the war in 1852 the proper
ton of male teachers to female changed
radically, there being 800 of the latter, and
only 700 of the former. In 1875 the number
of lady teachers employed was II ,645 and
the number of men $500, being a
total of 1919 teachers. The increase
in expenditures for the support of
these public schools has been rapid and
large in 1S49 the total expenditure was
s44, ,73S; in 1859, s6l7 632; in 1869, So, ,4S4 S22,
and in 1915, S4,605, ,749. These sums were
nearly all raised by voluntary tax. The
amount paid for teachers salaries in 1875
was - ,59S, ,439. There is permanent State
school fund which is derived from the five
per cent. upon the net proceeds of the pub
lie lands in the State of Iowa; the proceeds
of sales of the 600 acres OF land which
were granted to the State Of Iowa under the
act of Congress passed Sept. 4. 1911; the pro-
ceeds of all sales of intestate estates which
escheat to the State; and the proceeds of the
sales of the sixteenth section in each town.
ship, or lands selected in lieu thereof. The
amount of this fund in 1913, was s51, 800; in
1857, 80, ,O30, ,544; in 1867, s2,557 107; in 1875,
So, 1863 ,961 The annual interest on this fund
in 1S4S, was S2,lS5; in 1857, s1ll,S39; in
1875, s31S,997.
THE latest reports from ST. Louis give the
following as the current prices for leading
staples: Four-XXX.F Fall, S5.00@5.50; Wheat
-No.2 Red Winter, Sl.501@@1.51; No. 3Red
Winter, $1.35%(91 Sc; Corn-No. Mixed
444@454c; oats-No 2, 35@3511e; Rye-No.
2, 64(065c; Barley-No. 2, 95(9l .0Oc; Pork
$22. .750123.00; Shoulders-SH@S%c Lard
s1S.75@145o; Hogs-Shipping, s7.4o@
7.65; Packing, s7.75@s25; Extra, $500
$50; Cattle-Shipping, s4.75@5.50; Pony
Steers, s3.75(@4.25; Feeders, S4.O0@4.50.