Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-19
FROM OUR CAPITAL.
Business LasGing-The Condition
OF the Pubic SchOOIs-EffOrts Of
the COlOred People for Education
Another hatch Of COlOnels-Mi-
nor Notes

the COIOred People for EducatiO
Another batch Of COlOnels-M
| nor Notes.
Specially Reported for the Republican.
: DOVER, Del, Feb. IS, 1879.
Matters OF general interest are so slo,
: of development, that were it not 70
2 stock laws and divorce bills the attend
ants upon the sessions OF the Genera
Assembly, as well as the honorabl
: gentlemen themselves, would be in i'm
mnent danger from an Overpowerinl
attack of ennm. Transfers of lands, di
visions of school districts. and legisla
, ton against struggling kline seems to b.
the handspring of the average lowe1
county assemblyman's actions. Above
this he appears never to rise.
THE CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLS.
Yesterday printed reports from tht
Superintendent of Public Schools wer,
distributed to the members. BY gIanc
ing at the tabulated forms we learn the
condition OF education throughout the
State, outside of Wilmington. 1t is as
follows:
Whole number of schools in the State,
year 1877, 404; whole number OF schools
in the State, year 1875, 80; increase
"a; total value of school houses, $343,
OU6; total value ofschool grounds, $lO9,
253. IS; total value OF school furniture
S32, lol; total value of all school prop
erty, $4s4, 36O.75; whole number o
white children between 5 and q years
,S49; whole number of white chill
dren attending free schools, 1877, 49,
$50: whole number OF white children
attending free schools, 1875, q ,5S7; in
crease, 2,243; whole cost of public
education, per year, PEI pupil, in
the State, not including cost of books
1877, $7.72; whole cost of public ed
education, per year, per pupil, in the
State, not including the cost of books
for 1875, 1858; decrease, 81 cents
male teachers employed, 1877, 233; fe
male teachers employed, 1877, l69; To,
tai number employed, 1877, 402; nun
Der of teachers employed in city of Viii
mington, Ill; Total in the State, 1871
5l3; Who'll. amount of State Appropria-
ton, 1877, $24, 1876, whole amount
of State Appropriation, 1915, s29,
2o4. 49, decrease, $5,4St.63; whole
amount levied and collected in
school Districts, 1877, 5l9l, ,74l.79i
whole amount levied and collect
ed in School Districts, 1875, ,$lS6, $40. go.
Total amount of State Appropriation
and Contribution, 1877, s2l6, 1886;
Total amount of State Appropriation
and Contribution, 1915, $2l6, 225 .49;
Increase, S3l4.l6.
EDUCATIONAL COST.
For pay of Teachers, 1877, al25, S5S.-
3S; For pay OF Teachers, 1875, ia, 027.-
is; Increase, $ll, ,.30.90; Contingent
Expenses, 1877, 800, ,6sI.27' Contingent
Expenses due Committees and Districts,
1875, $lo2, l9S.0l.
EDUCATION OF CoLoRED CHILDREN.
The Convention of colored people,
held at the Whatcoat M. 4. church at
this place, as per announcement, was
well attended. There were about one
hundred delegates present, represent
ing most all the school districts in the
State. As was stated in former let
ter, the objects of the convention were
to secure aid from the Legislature, so
that their schools might be more etfec-
lively conducted. The following were
the delegates from Wilmington: w.
+. Butler, d. b. Hamilton, Stansbury
Murray, William H. Caldwell, Rev. G..
| {. Feltz, James r. Wilson, 5. '. b.
Carly, VIM. L. Grinnage, Joseph T..
Ross, VIM. w. Winston and Abraham
Murray. The Convention met at Il
o'clock and adopted resolution asking
the Legislature for an annual appro-
priation of $4O0, which, if honored Is to
be paid to the Delaware Freedmen AS
sociation for distribution. A commit
tee was appointed to present the mat
ter before the Legislature tomorrow.
MORE AIDDECAMPs.
Governor Hall was in town yesterday
and among other business attended to
by him, the appointing OF aiddecamps.
was the foremost. The following gen-
tIemen have been "dubbed, and will
hereafter be known under the military
title of colonel John G. Farra, Thos.
Mellon, James Christy, John W. law
son, James II. Price and Thomas Ford.
Sylvester W. Clements was appointed
Justice Of the Peace.
MUSICAL AND LITERARY ENTERTAINMENT.
| Miss Cole, of Middletown, gave before
a good size audience, last evening, an
enjoyable entertainment consisting OF
singing and recitations. She was as
sisted at the piano by MIR. Clarence
Shank of Wilmington. Her singing,
together with the rendition of the selec-
tions, met with general approval and
the audience manifested its approba-
ton OF renewed applause.
MINOR TOPICS.
On Thursday of next week, Mr.. H.. ii.
Gennett, of Maine, will appear before
the Agricultural Committee, and ex-
plain to them the benefits derived from
thorough cultivation of the sugar
| beet.
Another hop will be given in the
Capital House on Thursday evening.
Mr.. Dean will call up his resolution
of Investigation on Thursday.
The Telephone Concert.
The telephone and micriphone con-
cert in aid of Mt. Salem NJ. Il. church
will come off this evening in the Opera
House, commencing al o'clock, but a
matinee will be given this afternoon
at 4.l5 o'clock, the admission to which