The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-27
SOUTH DAKOTA.

OF tour or FIVE herds OF buffalo still lett
In this country. There are none run
ning wild. SO far as known. although
couple Of wears ago herd Of hundred
nr more were alive in the Panhandle OK
Texas His herd pastures on large
tract of land near Sioux Falls, and CON
ssts Of twenty bulls, COWS and calves"
Another herd is owned by Austin Cor
bin in New Ham pshlre. and numbers
eight or ten. Mr.. Corbin originally
named Jones living in K snsas for IS 0O0s
but some OF the animals have died, ow-
ing to the yigors Of the New Hamph1ye
climate. The Arkansas man from
about sc yeuty FIVE head Of buffalo, the
largest herd i'm the United S ;ate5 lie
was in Washington last winter urging
Congress to pass an appropriation 10
encourage the propagation of the bison
species His sugge tiOn was opposed
bv Senator l'elt,greW On the ground
that there was no difficulty In breeding
buff alo. it any one Cared to undertake
it. Senator pettgrew's pasture, where
he herds bis buffalo, Is becoming quite
a. Iatural" l"hstOrY museum owing to lhe
contributions uf variOHS kinds that hAqo
been made 10 1t. He has a black tailed
deer and a " lite-tailed deer, a number
of red deer, numerous prairie dogs, and
three moose calves sent him about u
year ago fIom Lake OF the Woods Nv u
noted North western character named
,Dud La Moore The moose are even
more rare in this countlv then the but
faIG. and the Senator hopes to be able 10
propagate the species.
NORTH DAKOTA.
A very enthusiastic convention was
held at Grand Forks last week and an
organization perfected to commerce.
WORK to secure AL exhibit for North
Dakota at the World - Fair.
Saws the Bismarck Tribune: TO mako
the wholesale charge that this indians
are insuflicientlv led and starving
without pecifylng the agency, is TO do
great i, justice to some OF the agen-
cies. Majr McLaughlin is emphatic
i'm his ErOtestatiOns that the Indians OF
his agency Standing R,ck) have plenty
OF rations. Besides, he pays them "
large amount 1f cash annually for grain
and vegetables produced by thpm over
$40 900 this wear. He also employs the
Indians for freiphtiug, one outfit ro'-
coiving over 81 600 f)r freight taken
from Mandan to tha agency last week,
AT Pine Ridge, r ,sebud and OtheE
agencies there rGay bb some ground for
enough to eat, but such - statfmen1
cannot be maintained ut Standing ROCK.
WISCONSIN,.
State Superintendent OF Public IN
structiOn Thayer has made Bis biennial
report. According to this report tbs
per cent Of the whole number OF chill
dren in the State between the ages Ut
4 and 20 who we're enrolled in public
schools was So L. TIE par cent OF those
hatween the ages oe Z aud II years
(l}ennett law age) who attended public
school twelve weeks or more was IN"
creased from 73 8 ia 1883 to rs 3 in 1896,
and the percentage OF those OF the same
age who attended private schools was
Increased from IL s in 1888 to Is In
1890 The number OF children In The
State between the ages nf 4 and 20 WAS
at the last census 592 755. Those be-
tween Che ages of aud IA numbered
294 $50. There are in the State & 47o
schoolhouses with seating capacity Of
AIT 553 The number OF teachers em.
ployed In public schools IL IL 0s7, Of
whom only 1888 are males. The aver
age monthly wages OF male teachers
outside OF the Urge cities is SAB SO; Of
female teachers, $40. There were paid
out as educational expenses in the State
the following amounts: For building
and repairing, $i75 $50; for apparatus,
Sl5B S39; for old indebtedness. Sl49 lN;
for teachers wages, 81 493, ,00l; for ot1er
PURPOSES, $5S5 915; total Of 50 $50 4i3.
The cost per child ofthe schools in ths
State last year, based upon the enroll"
ment Of those between the ages Of and
~. was as follows; In the large cities,
$14 AZ; outside the larJe cities, $lOO5.
TIE normal schools cost the Stats In
the 1890 q .cal wear Sill AL The Stats
University cost Sl7i 3sl The grand
total Of the cost of education in all pub
llc institutions Of learning ia the State
was $4. .25S. .483.