TERRITORIES, UNITED STATES. 



TEST-PLATE. 



763 



Jacobs, Chief-Justice, and R. S. Greene and 

 J. R. Lewis, Associates; E. S. Kearney, Mar- 

 shal ; S. 0. Wingard, Attorney ; Nelson Row- 

 els, Superintendent of Schools ; R. If. Milroy, 

 Superintendent of Indian Affairs ; L. P. Beach, 

 Surveyor-General ; Samuel Coulter, Collector ; 

 J. R. Hayden, Assessor; U. S. Porter, Audi- 

 tor, and J. H. Munson, Treasurer. Obadiah 

 B. McFadden, Democrat, was chosen Delegate 

 to Congress at the election in November, by a 

 majority of 709 _out of a vote of 7,801. The 

 Legislature consists of six Democrats and three 

 Republicans in the Council, and 21 Democrats 

 and nine Republicans in the House. 



There are 8,290 children of school age in 

 the Territory, of whom 3,828 attended school 

 during the year. There were 144 school-houses 

 and 157 schools. The amount paid to teachers 

 was $29,318.64. Parents and guardians are 

 required by law to send their children to 

 school at least three months in the year. 



The Indian tribes in the Territory are the 

 Nisqually, Puyallup, and others, 1,200 in num- 

 ber, on the reservations, amounting to 26,776 

 acres, near Puget Sound ; D'Wamish and allied 

 tribes, 3,600, on five reservations containing 

 41,716 acres, also near Puget Sound; Makahs, 

 604, on a reservation of 12,800 acres in the 

 extreme northwest ; Skallams, 919, on a reser- 

 vation of 4,000 acres on Hood's Canal ; Qui- 

 nai-elts, Qui-leh-utes, Hohs and Quits, 520, on a 

 reservation of 25,600 acres in the extreme east ; 

 Yakamas, 3,000, on a reservation of 783,360 

 acres in the south ; Chehalis and other rem- 

 nants, 600, on a reservation of 4,322 acres in 

 the east ; Colville and other tribes in the north- 

 east, numbering 3,349, and having no reser- 

 vation. 



According to the census of 1870, the Terri- 

 tory contained 11,138 horses, 943 mules and 

 asses, 16,938 milch-cows, 2,181 working-oxen, 

 28,135 other cattle, 44,063 sheep, and 17,491 

 swine. The chief productions were: 186,180 

 bushels of spring, and 30,863 of winter, wheat, 

 4,453 of rye, 21,781 of Indian-corn, 255,169 

 of oats, 55,787 of barley, 316 of buckwheat, 

 1,682 pounds of tobacco, 162,713 of wool, 15,- 

 790 bushels of peas and beans, 280,719 of 

 Irish, and 425 of sweet, potatoes, 235 gallons 

 of wine, 407,306 pounds of butter, 17,465 of 

 cheese, 21,060 gallons of milk sold, 30,233 

 tons of hay, 179 bushels of clover-seed, 1,387 

 of grass-seed, 6,162 pounds of hops, and 25,636 

 of honey. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 269, using 38 steam-engines, of 

 1,411 horse-power, 52 water-wheels, of 1,412 

 horse-power, and employing 1,026 hands. The 

 amount of capital invested was $1,893,674; 

 wages paid during the year, $574,936 ; value 

 of materials consumed, $1,435,128 ; of prod- 

 ucts, $2,851,052. 



The whole number of newspapers and pe- 

 riodicals was 14, having an aggregate circu- 

 lation of 6,785, and issuing annually 396,500 

 copies. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 47, having 36 edifices with 6,000 sittings, 

 and property valued at $62,450. 



WYOMING. This Territory has an area of 

 88,000 square miles, and a population of 11,518 

 souls. The capital is Cheyenne, and the offi- 

 cials are as follows : John A. Campbell, Gov- 

 ernor; Hermann Glafcke, Secretary; Frank 

 Wolcott, Marshal; E. P. Johnson, Attorney; 

 S. Reed, Surveyor-General ; Thomas Harlan, 

 Collector ; E. P. Snow, Assessor ; J. II. Hay- 

 ford, Auditor; S. W. Downey, Treasurer; J. 

 W. Fiske, J. H. Kingman, and Joseph M. Corey, 

 Justices of the Supreme Court. William R. 

 Steele, Democrat, was chosen Delegate to Con- 

 gress in September. The Legislature consists 

 of four Democrats, three Republicans, arid twof 

 Independents in the Council, and nine Demo- 

 crats, two Republicans, and two Independents, 

 in the House. An act, repealing the woman 

 suffrage law, passed the Legislature at the 

 last session, but was vetoed by the Governor. 

 The House passed the act over the veto, but 

 in the Council it was defeated by one vote. 



The Indians of Wyoming, with the exception 

 of the Sioux and northern Arapahoes, and 

 Cheyennes, mentioned under Dakota and Mon- 

 tana, are the eastern band of Shoshones, num- 

 bering about 1,000. They have a reservation 

 in the Wind River Valley, containing 2,688,000 

 acres. 



According to the census of 1870, the Terri- 

 tory contained 584 horses, 283 mules and 

 asses, 707 milch-cows, 922 working-oxen, 9,501 

 other cattle, 6,409 sheep, and 146 swine. 

 The chief productions were 30,000 pounds of 

 wool, 617 bushels of Irish potatoes, 1,200 

 pounds of butter, 4,980 gallons of milk sold, 

 and 3,180 tons of hay. 



There were six newspapers, having an ag- 

 gregate circulation of 1,950, and issuing an- 

 nually 243,300 copies. 



TEST-PLATE. One of the devices used 

 by microscopists to test the correctness and 

 power of their lenses consists of a glass plate, 

 upon which lines of exceeding fineness are en- 

 graved by the diamond. For this purpose a 

 small ruling-machine is used, all the parts 

 whereof must be made with unusual nicety. 

 In Europe tbe test-plates made by M. Nobert, 

 of Prussia, have long been celebrated for the 

 fineness of their ruling, and in this country 

 those of Mr. L. M. Rutherford, of New York 

 city. The expense of the best Nobert plates 

 has been $100 each, and the finest rulings here- 

 tofore done have been 120,000 lines to the 

 inch. There are few microscopists who have 

 ever been able to see or resolve the lines of 

 these plates, owing to the difficulty of properly 

 lighting the plate. Dr. Woodward, of the 

 United States Army, is among those who have 

 succeeded in doing so. He has not only seen 

 them, but has photographed the lines. 



Mr. F. A. P. Barnard, President of Colum- 

 bia College, in New York, has lately received 

 from Nobert a new test-plate, ordered some 



