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NEBRASKA,


n RLehaFds Convicted and Senteneed;
KE4kSEY, N4ss January G.4gbH trial
IFS. b. Richatds, tts seii!confessed mlur.
dcrer Of several persons, was held al
Minden yesterday. There were three
indietnens assisst him for the murder q
six persons. The charge on whicn he was
tried was the murder of Peter Anderson,
December 9th last. He pleaded not guilty
Of murder 'lq the fist degree; Histestf
;mony.was IdthsleGsetthat having, twiOs
knocked Anderson down for giving him
the lie and having threatened To kill him
unless the statement was rotracted,
Anderson started fof an axe when ! he
(Richatds) struck him oa ths-head with
hammer and finished him. The jury re-
ceiyed the. case in tho afternoon and re.
turned aEerdicti 81 gnfty diter tvs & ihodrs tbSh1
deliberation; whereupoT Judge -G&afhs ii
once pronounced sentence, that he be
hanged April 26thI jdsA the lOl' days d.
lowed By laG. The prisoner was. .ap
parently, the happiest man in, the court
room. .Bynehi6s sfeated!!aa u
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.TI,a Cobb POIsonInr Cnse.

E6R8icH, CT, January i6.-Prosecutol
Wait concluded his plea in the Cobb cas-,
this afserhSS9l iChieF FtSsties Part deliv
cred his charge to the jury at the conclu
sion. Poetry aud other printed and writ
ten matter which had been placed in eyi
dence in the case was given to the Jury
and they retired.
The Jury returned at late hour this
evening, and rendered q verdict Of murder
in the second degree. I'D -!
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A dinner Is to be given in honor Of ex.
President Grant by President Mcmahon,
tomorrow night at the Palace De Elysee.
Among the invited guests are: General
Grant and family, N. Waddington and
vile, Gen. Noyes and wife, Miss King,
Miss Stevens, members Of the Chinese
Embassy, representatives OF San Salvador,
Peru, Chih and, q number OF French
Generals and Admirals.
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FIRE RECORD.


DErRotr, January 16. IA fire at Port
land, Mich, this morning, destroyed the
stores of. d. Woodbury. and W. W. Bo-
que and the residence Of A. Knox. All
DETROIT, January lO.-Kich / North.
rops store Pewamo, Mich, was burned
last night. Loss 5000; insured. % -''E
There4idsnee of, W.. NJ, AlRer, at Grand
Rapids, was burned this morning, Lois
-, Co., !, = f7n.,i ss49i'i l'I'l4 = l'1H'
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+ AFIaaI,s;ts;s IeFi;iaiaFfsI.. z.

LITTkR Rock, January l6.-1n the SEN
ate bills were introduced Is follows: Fix
ing the general State elaetiop the sane dGy
iu, November az the Congressional aleR'
ton: making twenty dollars . limit tQl
grand larceny; reducing the salaries oi
State officers. and Legislators. ~ *
Roth Houses met in joint session "a
count tho vote for State officers cast Of the
general election iB September last.
tsas S9sSfsGE ssa ffs asssSr s5f5s's 'a' s.
sworn In Tomorrow. ~ .15lcf rsanR
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Eteamsllip sarmntIah Ashore,

WAsnlSoroS, January 1e.-The sigma
station at Cape Henry, reports the
British steamer Sarmatian Of the Allen
Line, from Liverpool to Baltimore, rar
aground at $3.50 r. NJ, between this station
and Life Saving station No. l. With tht
present wind and tide, she may be able tc
get off at high water, Fi'''T'
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Rlcn,Ros, the famous murderer, who
v,.tsken back from SteubenVille to Ne
N,a,Ea to be tried, was yesterday found
snilr Of murder in the first degree. The
Ii.patcl, says that he appeared to be the
lappes. man in the court room. This re-
markablr individual is native Of this
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halfway EEi61SIoii.,

EyANsVILLE, January l6.-A meeting oI
the leading business men, manufacturers
and city officials w&seheld here to-day tc
consider the proposition of. Gen. Wilson
the ST. :lOuis, Evansville q Southeastern
r. R., u ddpaftaet lQmiles 81 1ailrOad
between here aud Henderson q complete
connection with thesontharn network o.
railways. The sentiment Of those present
waS unanimously N favor Of the pro
led Ii 10 the CIty Gou&aGiI & sSallai iqRestins
tomorrow afternoon. Gen, Wilson agrees
iSI el6as flieI 10 lmie 81, IEithi6 a6oh6isi
the city will change Its bonds bearing pei
cent ihtAFiSs IaHa trimming 20 years, fol
arst mortgage bSnas Of the GAP RailWay
Co., bearings like tale OF ipierest, ,an9 EH4l
sssSssSt 9slsS ss ag s HPsiB q Rlsp5
Hti0n. .A4la8 ~ tdiftttt = hhat u .sfta-at'
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Heavy SNOW storm I'm the Ea.t.

NEw York, January i16.-snow contin-
ucd falling until near evening, and is now
a foot deep. ) fRe IstoFni llhs Been heavy
throughout the New England States, New
York and Pennsylvania.
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}L35JIlEI%f fJf&G 3IGIa8IlU ag

ellned to yield for the purpose, and the
bill passed without division. ....,l
The House went into Committee OF
the Whole on therbilf for the improve.
meut OF Mississippi leyees,
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MOUAE.

The Speaker anaoand etiihattl,e sseegulor
ordeS Sasto b The cohsideratiop .. .lbe bill
Ways Ind cans, tS iktHiIa,e fhs SITnd! M d
ihgpf the.National debt W. Y l'1si.t' 4
:, !, M: lills asked MI, Wood to Yield Tor
tA4samsndRent, subjecting all bonds here.
after issued 70 taxation. Mr.. Wood Do
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coNFIRNEn1Y. .4uE sFNATE x :

The Senate eodarnsd.R d.R0ger s.!dMteen
Chief Justice oil the Supreme Court OF
Washington territory, John P. Hayt, As
sociate Justice OF the Supreme Court Of
Washington TERRITORY S1ohn H Hand Sec,
retary otdhe Ddkotal territory; hsai slE!
Payne, Of Virginia, United States Attor-
ney OF Wyoming territory.
Postmasters-John Malone, Uricksyille,
3n,f a. & SsSiES e3s 4 SfBka SaBnIfiEils I IRS
Ayers, Urbana, III.
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4 StFuek, win an Iron WeIrht

z LouBvIhnE, january l6.-A COurier-Jour.
nal special from Frankfort, KY, says;
Late last afternoon an Italian who keeps a
grocery III sodttf Frahkt6ti,,'ffnrH ii 1 quarrel
with.R. j. Crittenden, son OF Col. Jno. al,
len Crittenden, struck him In the back oil
the head with an iron weight, breaking
Ills skull IT Is feared that he cannot re.
cover The italian Is in iail. .4... 40
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RUSSIA.
ERIoHrruL RAIRoAp AcuprSr.

LONDON, January l8.-A st. Petersburg
letter, dated January 1lth, says: A col.
lislon occurred on the Warsaw Railroad
about so miles from st. Petersburg, on the
10Th inst, by which 20 persons were
killed and S2 Injured, q [laageronsly'
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,WRAysyRR tends 70 diminish strength
shoula No. 4 ~ be removed ,rom the system.
Fos those S,eakeplnl diseases q hahyhood
II1Cone piarrh@a, &c, use. nr. Balls
sa9Y syrup, which always cures, % cts,
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TEIiEGRAPH1o DROPS.

/. AtNew York q snow which set in early
last evening, continues and gives promise
OF enduring ra |IU uH.,ts ." HU
The sheeplfArmers in Scotland, by the
recent storms, lost over ono hundred
thousand sheep ', 's y
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PorTsvtLLE, Pa, January '16.-Martin
Bergen was hanged at 10 o'clock this
morning, for the murder of Patrick Burns,
at Tuscarora, Pa, April 10Th, 1870. He Is
the 18th Mollie Mcguire hanged for
murder in this State, .T'''' = i
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BUFFALO, January 16.-The snow has
ceased falling. Trains are several hours
late, but there is no serious detention.
The shipments Of cattle East will probably
be delayed day or two. -1IlI =
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Cnnfeaae,l nII. T,.I.....-

NASHVILLE, January 16.-L. Martin, COL
ored, was captured to-day and confessed
the murder OF Whittlemeyer and wife, the
particulars,of which were given.yesterday.
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ArIsenaTvapis e 10 ggFyeyed.

SAG RRAScIsoo, January is.-A Prescott,
Arizona, dispatch saysthe Teritorisl5 Eeg'
islature has memorial asking oopgres,
to Inappropriate money for . geological aud
mineralogieal survey OF Arizona ss55
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ba;IHEh fenHepsselhenai!5 5i9YrER
MEMPHIS, January l6.-At meeting Of
a number Of the home creditors OF the city
.ofMemphis, this afternoon, held to take
action securing the reminding u dc old
debt OF the city, II was agreed TO report the
amounts held by them respectively in the
German National Bank, asthe bank Jiav.
ing Consented totaet d agents 0rbtf1s Eees
without charge to the parties, to be re.
funded into new or compromise bonds II
is repealed, the amounts so deposited are
70 be'retIrned TO the parties depositi6g,
It is believed that this movement will &C.
complish settlement ofthe question Of the
repeal OF the charter, which Just now Is
threatened by legislative action, and the
holders Of tho, city debt are, urged TO de.
post promptly their bonds Or other secu.
rifles. One hundred thousand dollars have
been deposited 10 begin this plan. 7I7
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BUSINESS pRosPEUrS!

tue RepoflS OF nun d Co.'s Mercantile
AGENCY for 1878.
Messn, r. e. Dunn & Go. have issued
their report in regard to the failures o.
1878 and business prospects fOrtha sGur
rentyear The number Of failures for sew
tFaI years past, together with the ilablli
ties oteach year are given in the following
table; =,
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Ohio Legislature.

CoLuMBus O., January 16.-1n th'
House, bills were introduced fixing th,
per diem OF members Of the Legislator,
at s. 80; to allow companies organized nm
der the general incorporation act Of 1859
for any purpose, to manufacture and sel
gas and enjoy all privileges Of gas compa.
nies; providing for the erection OF an In.
termediate prison !. permitting judges Ia
have their clerks OF court, In making up
their dockets, to classify cases, so Is 10
have cases Of fact and cases for fury trial
separated; providing that 0 portion Of lall
bonds hereafter issued by municipal cor
porations be in denominations OF
$40, $50 and 500, and none Of
q larger denomination than $1,000
providing that persons detained In Jail as
witnesses be allowed same compensation
for, such time as they are allowed when
giving testimony; forbidding persons not
graduates Of some regularly incorporated
medical college 10 practice medicinelin
Ohio; to compel hotel and boarding house
keepers TO erect ,tire-eseapes within forty
days after notification.
House bill p regulate JfeebSpf county
officers was passed.
"A resolution was offered and referred
authorizing the State -Boafd:o oi Public
Works to use money received for repairs
Of canals.
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''TraIns RsiaSe,i.

ITRoY, N,iYSSapqary leTTherme@etel
Eoro. Twelve ipehAs, Of snow and 'stil
stotmins, The tratgs are 1dehyea IN ~
directions, llo q ~.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
FRANCE.
MCMAHON BANQUET nnANr.

PARIS, January 16.-A decree pardoning
2,246 communists will be gazetted to.mor:
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Tur Indications from Rome are that
Archbishop l'urccll's resignation will be
.,rrp,ed.
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,'Thetailures are also given by 'fG6tasrs
,oF .n The last four years, those for 1877 and
S1Sbeinga follows:
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The subcommittee Of the House Judi.
ciafS Committee 10 Sisit; Chicago foffhe
NpurPose ot Investigating the recent charges
against District Judge Blodget, OF IllinSis,
will consist OF Messrs. Knott, Culbertson
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FINANCIAL.
ANOTHER HEAVY iI;ai I rAiLt,RR, ,, ri r1:

,ANorHRR HEAVY FAILURE. ,...,,gr
I.oSDoN, January 16,-McComas ( Co.
merchants, failed. Liabilities, $4,000. /
FJi, oS1YS290,OOO. Il .;,,;s +, ,5@ IN n
BosroS, January 10. .-Thed senior
partner OF Jenkins, Lane 4 Co. says theil
liabilities will not exceed $2900O0.
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Gke qnteIIigetttar,

a,,,., So.. s5 and n Fourteenth Street
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RoBEsoN BEFORE rnR NAVAL coyMr1rEr

Ex:Secretary Robson was before the
Naval Committee to.dayap He said that as
n Pe ! %o \ 9. senetal points, olthe testimon.
Lhe tirst was that the appropriations had
been exceeded, and the other was the
charge growing out Of the use of the old
material Of the navy. He explained the
whole subject at great length, traversing
the same ground gone over in the Fortyt
fourth Congress, and during the past sum.
mer with the committee, on the expendi.
lures in the Navy Department. = ~
ARREARS oESFESaoSs.-h IN
It is officially estimated that it will re-
quire $4,000, 200 to carry out the proyi-
sio1s oa pe1sons ol sns bill RFSsh Of a14sifp
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MOUNDsVHLE.

The Proposed Extension Of the Corpora.
tion LImlts-CouFt Week Notes.-The
Temperance WoFitAIIow Hanson Girls.
we'll EsponSes the Cause. -3f'li
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Now that Or. Blair Is dead, and th9t the
great majority Of those who knew him
best are willing 70 accord 10 him lhe honor
and praise Of having been a great scholar
and Christian gentleman, let us ali
agree that his memory shall not he
furnished by those who knew but little OF
ms lile.wotk. ..L l- XAVIER.
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81 III, ,ElmnIds The Vice President % was
directed to adjourn the Senate until l9
o'clock kto-moFtow.hpo the return OF that
body from the ceremonies IN the House,
and tho "seliats,St't7: :5Ql preceded iby ID
IhiSSr ~ So ss0aIs.Sn ssRfIstfS g tAs Hah
Senate returned 70 lts chamber, and In &C,
cordance with the previous order adjourn
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:::.:2elENERAL,EEXs.
Mcmahon and Grant Hobnobbing
Again.
The Reno Court Of Inquiry..-Some
Incidents Of the Custer Battle.
aIchatds the Nebraska msrdst.f coStiSt;
I led gid ssntsheed TO be Hsuus& III
" was the HapplsSt Hah ID the
Court House.
WASHINGTON.
WHAT cnlgF JosEpu WANTS.

WAsHISoroN, January lG.-The objecI
g g Shiet Joseph ~ his conference with thG
Government authorities IS TO secure q
proper resting place with sufficient area
OF land IN the Indian Territory for bis
people. "a purchase Il land wiil'be made
from the Cherokees in the Indian Terri.
tory, SO that Chief Joseph and Ills people
may have q good exchange fofthe acres
they formerly possessed in Idaho.
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Black Cloth and Diagonal Dress Suits to Order
Us SO SIS go CaSh,
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The late Mr. Lewis Lawson. on whose
account the recent encounter betwee6
n Laboucherd and his nephew, y Levi
Lawson. took place, vas . most chsr'ta-
bic and philanthropic man His purse
was always open on the appeal OF the
thousand associations for some good
purpose or other in London. He was
half proprietor Of the DHiy Telegraph.
from which be drew a. his shars OF the
revenue 1926. 600 This was not tho
whole Of his income, which amounted
to $500. 600 . year. He died worth $5..
600, ,00o.
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MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.

MEMBERS OF THE HOl De.
George II Stewart, the Speaker o.
the House, is . native of Indiana; aged
IS; lawyer by profession; came to
the Territory August 1850; o resident
Of Vancouver; . Republican in politics
and is Of the Protestant faith.
in Baker is . native Of Kentucky,
80 years Of age: . farmer; came to the
Territory in November 1858; postofhce
address is Oakville. Chehalis county;
he is Republican. aud has no marked
religious belief.
II Blackmsn, . native of Main; 10 81
years OF age; q lumberman BY occups-
ton: came to the Territory November
1872; resides &C Snohomish City; Is
Democrat, who allows - to rep
resent his religious convictions.
c Cstlin, Of Illinois. 10 80 years ol
age: . farmer; came in the spring OF
1850: lives at Freeport. in Cowlit1
county; 10 . Democrat in politics with
halo religion.
MrF Colt, Of New York. is AZ years
of age; q merchant in Walla Walla
came to the Territory in 1865; il Re
publicsn in politics and Liberal in
religion. ;.
PDeJorup. q native OF Denmark. il
81 years Of age. . hotel keeper al u
salady; came TO the Territory in DE
cembsr 1860; is . Dsmocrat aod Prot
estsnt IN religious belief
I'M Dswer. . native Of Scotland. Il
IS years Of sge and farmer; postof'
fee address. Wxlla Wslla. came to thu
Territory in January 1889; Repub
lican and Presbyterian.
Levi Farnsworth is native o.
Maine, 20 years Of age; shipwrish'
by trade, who came to the Territory II
November 1880: residence. Yakima
his politics is given - Greenbacker
And his conscience 10 Lbersl.
JJ Foster, . native OF South Csroli'
nA, i. IS years Of age; farmer; csm'
to the Territory in the spring OF 1854
. resident of WshkiAkum county; IS
Demecrat and LibarAl.
TIC Frazy, . native OF Ohio. !: 81
years Of ago; . physician BY profession
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suicide business. One person in four
thousand dies annually b. his o%n
hand, against an average OF ole in eight
Thousand in New York; n in ten
thousand in Brooklyn; and one in four
teen thousand in Philadelphia. The
Chronicle thus explains this ominous
fact by two reasons:
Zone the isolation in which many
men find themselves in San Francisco;
the other, the Generalization and dis
tress arising from speculation in min
ing stocks. 1t is shown that in more
than one-half of the suicides recorded,
the victims had no relatives in ibis
state and no one upon whom they could
call for aid when suffering from sick
ness or misfortune, and under these
circumstances, bereft of all means or
opportunity of assistance, they gave up
hope and took their lives. 1t is
shown, too, that in proportion as min
ing speculation has increased so has
the number of suicides"
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MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the
conditions of a certain mortgage made
and executed by Naoma A. Rutledge
to e. b. Graham, and dated the 10th
day of August, A. ID. 1877, and given
to secure the payment of the sum of
eight hundred and fifty dollars (SS50),
and which said mortgage was on the
Goth day of August, a. ID. 1877, duly
recorded in the office of the county
clerk and ex-ofllcio register of deeds of
Laramie county, in Wyoming Terri
tory, in book "Cn .of mortgages, on
pages No. 226, 227 and 22S. And,
whereas, by virtue of the conditions in
said mortgage contained, the whole
amount of money secured by said mort
gage has been declared due by the said
mortgage, and there is claimed to be
due upon said mortgage at the date of
this notice the sum OF 3 1,03S. 80, and
no proceedings at law or in equity hav-
ing been instituted for the recovery of
the same or any part thereof; now,
therefore, by virtue of the power of
sale in said mortgage contained, the
said mortgage will be foreclosed by u
sale of the mortgage'l premises, and Tor
that purpose the said premises and the
equity of redemption of the said Naoma
a. Rutledge and her heirs and assigns
in and to the same, viii In sold at pub
lie auction FIR cast 10 tl., highest bid
der, at the font dur IL, tpait house.
in the city ~ & .ti,ir, county OF
Laramie, on iteaiSsh iay 81 January,
A. ID. 1879, ut ? o'ciuck in the after
noon. The premises covered by said
mortgage and to be sold as aforesaid
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Social Coalition of Wyoming.

From Gov. Hoyt's report.
The social condition of the people is
no less prosperperous. The towns and
villages are remarkably well improved,
considering the newness of all things,
and some Of item present that look Of
thrift and comfort which characterizes
the best of eastern towns. Good sup
plies Of water have been obtained at
Cheyenne, Laramie and Evanston; and
Rawlins is in the way of like improve
ments. Laramie City is indeed furn.
ished with a hydrant system, water
being brought from a considerable
height above and behind the town, and
is beginning to present to the eye shaded
streets and velvet lawns. Cheyenne
also has mains in some of the principal
streets, With hydrants for use in case
Of fire, Grow creek supplying the water.
The other larger towns will not be
long in following this most praiseworthy
example.
The educational institutions and in
strumentalities have been a surprise to
me. The general school system is one
of the best in the United States-re-
sembling that of Michigan, under
which all the grades are SO related and
correlated that each lower one becomes
a proper stepping stone to the one
above it-and the public graded schools
of Cheyenne and Laramie cities are
really among the best of their class in
the country, being well directed and
admirably taught.
The school buildings are also excel
lent; the new n at Laramie City is
especially fine. They afford crafty
ing evidence that the people are not
satisfied with agood school code, but
are ready to pay their money freely for
the comfort and culture of their chill
dren.
Attendance upon school is obligatory,
teachers are literally paid (male and
female alike for the same service), and
public provision is made for county
superintendent and for regular teach
ers institutes. At present the general
SUPPLEMENTARY is vested in the terri
torial librarian; but after the field of
labor has sufficiently enlarged to rend-
er it necessary, a superintendent will
give his entire time to the work.
As yet there is no institution Of high
er grade than the high school depart
ment of the public school. Steps will
soon need to be taken for the establish
ment Of a college. And this leads me
to express my regret that provision has
not been made by congress for allowing
to territories, while in their territorial
condition, some Of the advantages in
aid of education with which they are
favored when they have been admitted
into the union as states.
Besides the territorial library, which
has about--volumes, and a consid-
cradle number of quite large private
libraries, very generously open to
friends and neighbors, there are in this
city, in Laramie City, and in Evanston
very excellent beginnings of public
libraries. Plans are now formed to
give a vigorous development to these
very important enterprises, and to carry
tie work forward until every village
a at least what in time will grow into
a valuable collection Of books. There
are also, in connection with the librar-