The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-10
WISCONSIN BRIEFEETS.
INTE RE STING ITEMS GATHER RED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
What Our Neighbors Are Doing - Matters
of General and Local Interest Mar
riages and Deaths-Accidcnts and Crimes
Personal Pointers
STATE INSTITUTIONS.

riages and observation-disclosures and Crimes
Personal Pointers.
STATE INSTITUTIONS.
The State Board of Supervision, liz
its third biennial report to the Governor.
says: The Board has under its Gaze she
school for the deaf, school for the blind,
school for dependent children, two hos
pitfalls for the insane. the industrial school
for boys, and State Prison-seven institn-
tions. These instit utions cost the State
1878, 621. 82in 1887 and $406, 655. Is IN 1888
The average aggregate population in 1887
was 2,2S6; in 1888. 2,319. The average
yearly cost per capita was $165. 63 in 1887
and $l7536 in 1883. The average weekly
cost per capita was 1913 in 1887 and
1887 in 1888. The board says that the
six institutions in equipment, discipline
moral tone, and efficiency, are among
the best of the country and the,
people Of the State may reason
ably regard them and their work
with pride and satisfaction. The average.
population of the State Hospital for the
Insane decreased from 523 in 1886 to 4T9
in 1883, due to the establishment Of the
county chronic insane asylums. The
board laments the fact that counties de-
cline to remove the worst cases from the.
State institution, and these remain an
obstacle to the institution attaining the
highest remedial condition. The removal
OF all physical restraints two years ago,
has proven quite as successful as antici--
pated The destruction of the barn by
fire in 1887 caused o loss of 81, 1863, and
this together with the procurement Of a.,
pure water supply by means Of deep Well
and the making of permanent improve
ments somewhat adds to the per capita
cost Of maintaining the institution during
the period under consideration. The new
we'll cost $2,336.30. The new barn
was built at a cost of $4,246.47. The,
| average attendance at the Northern Hos
pital was $50 during the fiscal year of 1887
and 634 the following year. In this insti--
tuition physical restraints Of all kinds
have also been abandoned with gratifying
results. The change in medical staff has
not interfered with hospital work The,
buildings and grounds are in admirable
condition, but pure water supply is;
needed, and to secure it the cost is esti--
mated at $4,000. The board recon-
mends the building of tower and tank
similar to that at the State Hospital. IL
| will oh Tlo
years attendance at the school for the
deaf averaged respectively 1877 and 1885,
being the largest in it's history. The
board speaks enthusiastically of the
benefcence Of this school. The per capita
cost, Notwithstanding the many improve.
ments made about the institution, was,
less than it was for the biennial period
preceding the one for which the report is,
rendered.
John Rentman was dragged to death,
by a runaway team in John Remnants
camp, near Gordon.
In quarrel over the expenses Of d
dance at Augusta, August Schudder fatality
stabbed Nathan Butler in the lnngs.
R. Reynolds, a contractor st Las
Crosse, has failed for $35, 600, with assets
of half that amount.
The State Board of Supervisors, in
its third biennial report to the Governor.
says: The number of pupils in the State
school for the blind the past year was the
largest in its history, the enrolment being
1Ol and the average attendance IS. The
State public school foc dependent children
was opened for pupils November IS, 1886.
In the first appropriation for the school,
the State gave $3.50, COO for the purchase Of ,
site and the erection of building In
the last Legislature an act was passed ap-
propriating $685. 600 for the erection and
furnishing of central building and Two,
cottages-also barn and such other CUT
buildings as the board should deem proper
Under this act the buildngs-not includ
ing the barn, which cost $l,572-were
erected at a cost of $44, 978 so; the steam
heating for the main building cost So, 0S6,.
and the furnaces for the cottages:
$l,7O0. The furnishing of these,
buildings was done at a cost of S.
O47.96. The buildings accommodate.
$50 pupils. The board thinks if addition
al room is found necessary the best way to-
obtain it would be to erect school house
at cost of about Sc, 900, thus relieving the.
other buildings to the extent of accommo-
dations for fifty or sixty more pupils. Tbs
children admitted from the time the school
opened to Oct. /, 1883, number 30l; oe
these eighty three have been indentured 10,
families, nineteen are in families on trial
and four have been returned to counties as,
improper subjects for the school, Five
died, two escaped and four boys were Sent
to the industrial school. Appearances in
dictate than in less than six months the
capacity of the school will be taxed to the
utmost. The per capita cost of maintain
ing children was S324 Fer week in 1887
and So. 81 in 1885, There is an urgent
need of a building for hospital purposes.
to cost probably S. 600 while the neoee