The Red Cloud chief., 1889-01-11

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,0@nissssal { Labor present.
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S-s.fSecss relsstag q he aim and pur
0-vS tie bureon u e0eabltshed. Hi
ri discusses TIE folio sub1eets: Rise
n epgress Of TIE burea naGboe. lshoe o.
n kssstona. views OF labofikg1 q. sirikes, arbl
manual training. coDpd oory education
fsrmers' opinions o. needed le Islsasou- pet&os
labor statistics. farm areas. ~ ure and valul
Of crops. comparative vaYe-a~hm products
OF manufacturing establish'Deut rsilroad re
ports. wages farmers reports an Utsaistics. Il
IL 70 be hoped that the extenst1 resesrche,
made By the deputy commissso On shes,
various subjects. will prove Of mu ieneft fl
30 shaping legislation ., TO adv o the In
terest OF the laboring classes whe tee legisla
ton In needed.
The Governor ugyests the estat khmcnt o
q board Of arbitration - the I'd possibl.
means OF settling disputes Employer
and employees.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONAL
The soldiers home was completes for tn
reception OF inmates on the first OF
and 1t now has fifty-twO. The repos
commandment presents the operations
home thus far. 1t Is made . home inn
where old soldiers can live in comfort and
guilty. A liberal appropriation is =
mended for the enlargement OF the bull
and the care o; the large increase OF tnt
which Is expected.
The repor; of the superintendent Of tn
braska hospital for the insane vii! SHOW
there were present December ], 1856. %
tients, 81 males and Ia females: that
have been admitted sl during the two
rs males and 49, females; tina; there haye beer
discharged 403; recovered, q males 1feHales,
total i6s: improved. g males, Il females, total
20: unimproyed, = males, 8 females, 70
tai 30. eloped. 8 males. o females. 70
tai 9; not insane, 3 males. 3 females
total Q; died, 3! males, - females
total Sc; transferred to Norfolk, 81 males. q fe
males: total Q. whole lumber under treatment
first year $40, second year. 6lS; average number
daily under treatment for the two years. sSD,s
percentage of recoveries on the whole numbeI
admitted in two years. 80; percentage o.
deaths on whole number under treatment, mrs
year. SIS. second year. 4Os: for the two years
al. highest number in hospital. S14; remaining
In the hospital November H. lsss. 80: males
ia. and females. l1s; total expense for main
fenance per capita e2s3.ll annually. taG
weekly.
The Norfolk asylum was completed Feb
ruary 5. lsss, and the Lincoln and SorfOlt
asylums are now fillei 70 their utmost capacity
The two wings at Norfolk and the asylum 70
the incurable at Hastings, which are ncarfn,
completion. Will relieve the pressure for thu
present; but it must be borne in mind that afte
these new buildings are filed there will still b
| a large number Of insane persons in poor house
and jails throughout the State not yet provide,
for.
The institute for the deaf and dumb locates
at Omaha during the last two years has mad
good progress In the work for which IL was or
ganized and is sustained. There have been IS
children cared for and instructed during thi
period. II is the design Of this institute 10 Civ
its pupils a good common school ed cation
also to instruct each In some handicraft, b
on leaving school.
There have been admitted 10 the blind inst.
tute lat Nebraska CITY, during The biennia
term ended November IA. IssS. thirty one bin
children. who for the first time have cpjoye
the advantages Of the institution, and the 'ota
enrolment has reached fifty SIX. The numbe
present At this date is foriy-one. The work i
the several departments has progressed steac
fly aud la a satisfactory manner.
The report Of the superintendent OF the In
stituiion for feeble minded youths exhibits tn
condi ion and needs of the institution. II wa
opened for the reception OF inmates May =
l>s7, rapidly filing up until the full capacity {
the present building Was reached. There ar
nov I3 applications for admission
The building jus. completed and read
TO occupy will accommodate sevent!
two boys. This will not inc ease. tn
capacity OF the institution to that extent hov
ever. as the increased number will require moi
room in the present building for dining roomi
/ school anr.A ~ gNhns will ta Sne
that the two buildings already erected will nc
I've sufficient TO accommodate those for whOi
applications have been made up TO thi- tim,
| The number Of inmates At present Is sevent,
pc school department has been organized bt
c mere than q year.
The superintendent reports that there M
oyer seven hundred feeble minded persons I
ali = cs in the State and now that the instit,
ton IL q successful operation. and its ueCcssit
ana utiiity are demonstrated. he asks that
reasonable appropriation he made in order tbs
tn. institution can be thoroughly efcctunl M
useful
Tn State Industrial school nj kearney r. In
prosperous and healthy condition II Is ope
ated under the open or family system in cOntr'
diction from the congregation or prison system
No high walls or fences, no grated WINDOWS {
doors 10 terrify the boy or girl on his or hs
arrival Instead Of these. the school rpom. th
tcstluy Esbii III 1N ottraCttou>. JIilusctleul
and an abundance Of clevat,ng reading. III
lighter forms Of shop and out door work. n
play ground. kind words and firm discipline. a
indicate a GOOD home and wholesome restrain
There are now in attendance 81 girls and !,
eoys-a total enrolment Of :1J. The presei
attendance shows a net increase Of Il lover tn;
Of two years ago.
The rerort Of the home for the friendles
shows what has been done by that Institute
for the last two years. There are At present
the institution ZIG inmates.
TIE P~KNITENrIARY.
There have been received into the per itel
iiary since IL has been established. 1856 col
victs. number Of those who have been di
charced or parloned. LIS. numbcr OF death
y: leaving in pxison. November III. ISes 81
number in now, ~: showing m increase OF &c
In two years. Number received by ccmmtttmel
duiin; this same two years. ended Novembs
3. 1888 $40. The number discharged IN II
same time under the good time act go In
rcrtnnt changes and improvements have bee
made since the last biennial r port A iwo-stcl
brick building ssxD, feet has been erccfe
and Is nov fully occupied by work Stops. laul
dry. bath rooms. etc. This bu lding I'D,
largely Ia the capacity Of the working depar
mcnts OF the prison. Other improvements has
been made which have resulted in increasiu
the efficiency. comfor; and security. Measur
should he taken to give u better system
sewerage 10 the prison.
OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS
The work Of the Livestock Sanitary Comm
sion has been quietly and steadily carried q
during the two years last past. and the result
tbcrcfrom. rs embodied in the report recent
submitted. show q tenett to the farmers ar
stock raisers Of Nebraska not easily calculate,
r, e Law creating this board has been proved q
excellent Que in It's general purposes and adap