The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-12
INDIANA.

There is entertainment, on this day OF the
Inauguration of Chief Magistrate of the
State. In contemplation OF the history. the
growth and the present greatness of InGisns.
Dating from her admission into the Union
uS16) the Slate is less than seventy years of
age. Then her population numbered but
$4,000; now it is more than 2 600, 900; then
it was wilderness; now it is, comparatively,
a vast garden; then il was a Western
border State and a field of frequent
combats with Indians; now it is q
central State and one of inviting
peace. Twenty years after her installation
into the Union there WAS not a foot of rail-
road within her borders-to-dsy her mileage
of railways exceeds 5000. at a valuation of
S5S,O0o000. Fifty years ago there was no
manufacturing in Indiana. In 1884 there
were probably 1900 manufacturing estao-
lishments, employing about 70 600 hands,
engaging $4,000 900 OF capital, paying
nearly S25, 000, 900 in wages and turning out
over $50, 600, 600 of products. Ia agriculture
she leads in some respects every other State.
There are $4,000 farms the productions OF
which aggregate annually nearly $3.50 ,O0O,-
600. This is a brief of Indianas industrial
progression, but the social and educational
advancement has fully kept pace with
the industrial. There are 4479 church
buildings in the State, with a com.
bined membership of nearly 500. 900; $4,000
Sunday school teachers and $50, 900 Sunday
school pupils; 9,S69 secular school houses,
1868 teachers 500, Cos enrolled pupils and
an annual revenue for public schools Of ST..
4sS0C0. There are two State Universities,
State Normal School, institutions for the Deaf
and Dumb and for the Blind, an asylum for
Feeble Minded Children, Soldiers Orphans
Home and Reform School for Boys. There
are 160 banking establishments in the State
420 newspapers, sos Masonic Lodges and 500
Odd Fellows Lodges More than 500, 900, 600
of life insurance policies are held in Indiana.
In public roads there Is invested S21S, $685.
All; in school and college buildings, SIS. 900,
42G; in church buildings SIC, 1863, 473 in public
buildings So, 97S, 420 in bridges, SO, 47s, 200
and the amount of the permanent public
school fund is 80 27l, 9l07S. There are 2, 700,
$50 volumes in the public libraries. More
than 10000 pianos and more than $4,000
organs are in the houses OF the people, and
thepeople own 24O $50 carriages and buggies
Some Of our friends Of the "culchawed''
East are wont to refer to the "Hoosiers" as q
crude people, given muchly to hog and hon.
my, ungainly of manner, awkward Of speech
and slouchy of attire. But we challenge even
1.-THE heavenly kingdom OF Massachusetts,
to friendly tilt with the Hoosier State
in general intelligence, politeness of
social intercourse, honorable character.
istics, womanly women and manly men.
Among our earnest vigorous people there
| is, We confess, an absence of the ''dude" and
''dudine" elements. Ours is a sturdy, in
dustrious and independent populstion-iHst
the people to develop the magnificent nat
ural resources which contribute so largely to
the wealth of the State.
| Verify ours is good commonwealth with
fertility of soil, breadth of intelligence, ear
nestness of enterprise and ability of states
manship of which to be proud.