Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-12-10
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lIutarestins Statistics from tho Report III til
81 State Sulsrlntendeat of SehooIs --Daily IL.
tsndances and Per Capita Tax -Rsconnezda.
tons Made Comparati tive Statements.
The fourth bienniel report 81 snperin.
tendent 81 INSTRUCT ions Kiehle was made
pubic recently. The report Is quite yolum-
inous. III 1s@ 5... .5 4. .## 5g5
Il shows that the number Of pupils on.
rolled in the public schools during
1885 entitled to appointment was
$40. 215; in 1886, 243, o69; not en-
| titled II to superintendent in 1885.
$500; in 1886, 8, 994. The average daily
attendance in 1885 was lis, 697; ia 1886,
126,S93. The number Of persons in The
state between the ages OF five and twenty
one years, in 1885, was 49,, 4O2; in 1885,
estimated, 4o5, sO5. The number Of
teachers employed in 1885 was: Males,
!, 79o; females. :; o23; in 1886, males, q
~ wages OF men in 1885 was
$40; in 1886, $40; the average
for women was $50 in each year.
Seventy-six counties are provided with O
superinteudency Of schools and only one
county is not. During 1885 there were
253 first grade, 1910 second grade and
2,512 third grade certificates granted; In
1886, 29S first grade, 3,S17 second grade,
1854 third grade. In 1885, 1855 certid-
Gates were refused; in 1886, 1.943. Under
the head Of state hig h schools it is shown
that in 1885 SIS were under the super vision
OF the state high school board in 1886, SO.
In 1885 2,760 pupils were enrolled; in l $50,
3,195. There are thirty one special districts
and seventy three Independent distri cts,
the average attendance being 49, 76. The
total number OF common school districts
at present is $3.50, an increase of ], 1856
over 1885. In 1885 800 school houses
were built at cost OF $4O5. $50; in 1885,
BAG, at a cost OF $500, GA. The total val
ne OF all school houses in the state is
$6,3O6. l66; school apparatus. $97, 243;
school libraries, $31, 796. At the Winona
normal school there are SIG enrolled, an
Increase OF sixty over last year; at the
Mankato normal, an enrolment OF 614
against ST. last year; at the St. Cloud nor
NAL, 375 now enrolled against 342 in 1885;
at the university 4O6 against last year.
The revenue from the state school
fund in 1885, was $3.50, 1877; in 1886, 1888,
61S; revenue from special and mill tax in
1885, 81, 999, 1852; in 1886. $2,O66,774. In
ers' wages, 81, 641, BOT in 1886. The amount
OF the permanent fund is now 81. 3l1.-
80. A table is given showing that in 1862
the assessed valuation OF the state was
500, 1872, 719; amount aised for education,
$50, 225.27; in 1886 the assessed yalua-
ton is $47O, 100000; the amount raised
for educa ton, $500, o15.95. Uninter.
rupted prosperity is reported in all de-
partments. Considerable space is given
to the matter OF classification OF schools
merely explanatory OF the system. The
report says under the head OF obstacles to
progress.
"The defects OF our common school
system, Complementary stated, are a
lack OF thorough organization, by which
the influence and intelligence OF the whole
are brought to bear upon each part, by
which the wise may direct the ignorant
the rich help the poor, and the energetic
and progressive urge forward the more
sluggish"
tween the ages OF eight and sixteen years
to attend school not less than three
months in the year, has not, according to
the attendance OF those who are growing up
in ignorance. The superintendent says he
he is not able to report any substan-
tial aid gained from the law In St.
Paul the amount expended per scholar
is $14, in Minneapo SO. The
plan has been adopted in some districts
OF allowing the district or township to
supply free text books, and the plan is said
to work admirably where thoroughly tried.
The superintendent recommends the pas
sage of u law authorizing school districts
to purchase such text books and supplies
as are necessary for the instructions of
their pupils. A change in the law regard
ing the election of teachers is suggested,
the proposed alteration reading:
But no contract shall be made with any
teacher who is related by blood or m arriage
to any member Of the school board, with
out the concurrence OF all the members not
related"
Appended to the superint report
is the report OF the president OF the sta to
university, showing that 243 have gradual
ed from this institution, seventy two OF
whom were women. The number in at.
tendance in 1885 sc was nearly one hum
dred greater than the preceding year.
The examination of Charles Gravius for
Illicit intercourse with Mrs. Overton in the
81. Paul police court results in holding the
defendant to the grand jury.
At Saltwater the jury in the Kerr case
brings in verdict for the defendant insur-
ance company.
The rock at Granite Falls is said to beso
richly impregnated with iron that it will
pay for mining, some specimens showing
rs high as eighty per cent. iron.
The secretary OF Interior gave c. NJ. Bax-
ter the right to make timber culture entry
of the northwest quarter section 8, town
l2S, range a., Fergus Falls land district.
This supports Sparks decision rendered
July IL, 1885, in the case OF the st. Paul,
Minneapolis e. Manitoba road vs.. Baxt ter
Under the law OF 1857 the st. Paul and
Pacific railway, OF which the above road
is successor, secured title to the land,
among which was a parcel in section IS,
town 1874, range 80, upon which Mr..
Thompson had made a filing. The COM
pany acknowledged Thompson's title and
OF the above first mentioned tract. BY the
decision OF the land Office, confirmed some
time ago by the secretary, the latter tract
was decided to be outside the ten-mile
limit OF indemnity land, and hence Bax-
ter's right to settle on it as part of the
public domain. On the basis of the above
decision the case is again decided against
the road.
The general merchandise business OF A.
Erickson 81 Son at Luverne, was closed on
petition OF creditors. The district court
declared the firm insolvent.
DR.. w. f. Yaw, of Minneapolis, died at
Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The Southern Minnesota railroad was
badly blockaded, and in some cases pas.
sengers were detained as long as three days
A. C. Arntson OF Montevideo has made
an assignment. The assets are said to he
nearly equal to the liabilities.
Muskrats were never so numerous In
Houston county ar they are this year.
County attorney-elect B. D. Smith ia the
first person elected to an office in Blue
Earth county born in the county. :.
Mr.. ]. H. Luckey of Spring Valley has
purchased the Mower County Democrat
recently esta blished at Austin. 49,.