The state capital., 1892-08-20
ILLINOIS TAX ASSESSMENT.

Inc statement Submitted to the state
board OF Equalization by the Auditor of
Publio .Accounts-Soine Figures that
VIII Cause Surprfse-The Assessors Find
UnI. @os, 162 Worth of Jewelry In the
Entire State.
The auditor of public accounts the
other day laid before the state board
OF equalization d tabulated statement of
tne property assessed in the several
couhtles OF the state, as returned by
the local assessors. 1t shows The ap.
gregate assessment for the state to be
$50, 9,fo4,'7 ~, which is an increase over
the assessment of last year of s7.249.-
5ol. The Increase in the Cook countv
assessment is s7,652,3S5 Outside Of
Cook county there is a net decrease in
the other counties of the state amount-
ing to s4o3, ,o04. The greatest decrease is
IN Mercer county, amounting to $780,
| o24. The county outside of Cook hay-
| ing the greatest increase is Winnebaro.
with s727,061. The aggregate value Of
personal property is placed at s143. 799,-
f'4. Unenumerated property. s31 ,659,-
l5S. The number of acres of lands as
sessed is 1899, 043, 920; average value per
acre, s9.S2. The county having the
largest number of acres of land as
sessed is Mclean county. which returns
'3S,esl acres, valued at s9,927, ,943. The
highest average value per acre outside
OF Cook county is found in Dupape
county, being slS.S3, and the lowest in
Pope county, 1921.
In Cook county the total number of
acres of land assessed is 459, 769: total
value, s14, 4S0, 139; average value per
acre, $3l.49. The total assessed yalue |
OF town and city lots is $500, ,4OS. .4oq
with an average value of s19S. 90. The |
railroad property assessed by the local |
assessors amounts to s2,502. 500. The
mum Der of horses assessed in the entire
state is l, 181. .231; value. s24, sol, l54: cat
tie, 2,146, ,4S1; value, s13, ,O26,5 ,53s: mules
and asses, 91,655; value, $685., 900:
sheep, e33, ,755; value, ssS7. .253: !
hogs, 1,962,554; value, s2,4S2. .53s
The diamonds and jewelry found
by the assessors throughout the state
to only s5S, 762.
Schweinfurth to Move His ..Beayen.-
George Jacob weinfurth, the al
eged messiah of the Weldon farm, has
1eclded to quit Illinois and take up his
lbode in the Hawlheye state To this
md he has entered into negotiations
With property owners a few miles
outh OF keokuk for the purchase of a
arge tract OF land lying along the Mis-
ourl boundary He also proposes to
'uy a like tract of land on the other
Idle Of the line. If he succeeds in the
purchase, heaven much after the
tyle of the one at Rockford will I
e erected on the Iowa land. As
oon as it is completed a twin
will be built on the S
l1ssouri side. Schwienfurth was a
lterviewed on the subject, and said he C
ad grown tired of the prosecutions Il
capped upon him and his flock by the P
eople of Illinois. Another reason is n
1at his flock has grown throughoutthe P
ountry until he has 4,5OO followers.
e proposes to colonize them all in the
c4nlty OF Keokul1. The land which
seeks to purchase aggregates 25. 900 q
'res. The men and women will be ~
'mpeled to live apart, as at Rockford,
III 1t is propoced to organize the col .
~ on the communistic plan. with a
)ard of sulnature ttllo III ,,,a.r o,o so