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fiscal year was 547. At the State Prison South 

 the average number was 570. The receipts of 

 the Northern Prison from the labor of prison- 

 ers exceeded by $7,202.71 the outlay for current 

 expenses. The receipts from the labor of pris- 

 oners at the Southern Prison did not equal the 

 outlay for these expenses. The deficiency in 

 the receipts of the latter prison is ascribed to 

 the inferior quality of the buildings used for 

 manufacturing purposes, the want of land for 

 raising garden products, and other disadvan- 

 tages. In the State Prison South the use of 

 the lash for the correction of prisoners has 

 ceased. The reports of both prisons urge that 

 a better provision shall be made for insane 

 convicts. 



Reform School for Boys. The average number 

 of boys in the Reform School during the year 

 was 395. The superintendent says in his re- 

 port that " the health of the boys has never 

 been better, the work of reformation has never 

 been more thoroughly done, and the industrial 

 features of the school have never been more 

 satisfactory." 



Reformatory Institution for Women and Girls. 

 This institution, exclusively under the manage- 

 ment of women, continues to be conducted in 

 a most satisfactory manner. The average num- 

 ber of inmates in both departments during the 

 year was 186. The number of thorough ref- 

 ormations that have been effected by this in- 

 stitution is encouraging. 



Social Statistics. The total number of church 

 organizations, of all denominations, in the State 

 is 4,130, with 3,783 church edifices, and a total 

 membership of 453,888. Number admitted to 

 full membership during the year, 37,413. Total 

 value of church buildings, lots, and other church 

 property estimated at $11,680,661 ; salary paid 

 ministers during the year, $1,120,706; other 

 church expenses, $362,691 ; missionary and 

 other charitable contributions, $241,803 ; num- 

 ber of Sunday - school teachers, 24,401, and 

 number of pupils attending Sunday - school, 

 243,193. Number of pianos reported in the 

 State for 1884, 10,597 ; number of organs, 24,- 

 115 ; number of sewing-machines, 149,533. 



The Circuit Clerks of 68 counties reported 

 1,237 divorces, of which number 782 were 

 granted to the wife and 314 to the husband. 

 Naturalizations were reported from 64 coun- 

 ties, showing a total of 1,310 persons natural- 

 ized during the year. 



There were 3,473 inmates of county asy- 

 lums reported for 1884, 1,847 males and 1,626 

 females; 2,783 were over sixteen years of age, 

 and 692 under sixteen years. Of the total num- 

 ber, 94 were blind, 39 deaf and dumb, 649 insane, 

 369 idiots, 245 crippled, 390 aged, 349 were sent 

 to asylums for medical treatment, and 344 died 

 during the year. 



Vital Statistics. The total number of births 

 for the year ending Sept. 30, 1884, was 40,153, 

 viz., 39,385 white and 768 colored ; 448 of the 

 whole number were plurality births, and 573 

 illegitimate. The total number of marriages 



IOWA. 



was 18,762, the highest numioer occurring in 

 September and October, and the lowest in June 

 and July. The total number of deaths during 

 the year was 15,368, of which number 7,875 

 were males, and 7,493 females. 



Political. The Democratic State Convention 

 met in Indianapolis on June 25, selected dele- 

 gates to the National Convention of the party, 

 and nominated Presidential Electors and the 

 following State ticket: 



For Governor, Isaac P. Gray ; Lieutenant-Goyernor, 

 Mahlon D. Manson ; Secretary of State, William R. 

 Myers ; Auditor, James H. Rice ; Treasurer, John J. 

 Cooper; Attorney-General, Francis T. Hord Super- 

 intendent of Public Instruction, John W. Holcombe; 

 Judge of Supreme Court, Fifth District, J. A. S. 

 Mitchell ; Keporter Supreme Court, John W. Kern. 



The Republican candidates were : 

 For Governor, William H. Calkins; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, Eugene H. Bundy; Secretary of State, 

 Eobert Mitchell ; Treasurer, Roger R. Shiel ; Auditor, 

 Bruce Carr ; Attorney-General, William C. Wilson ; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, B. C. Hobbs ; 

 Judge of Supreme Court, E. 0. Hammond ; Supreme 

 Court Reporter, William M. Hoggatt. 



For Governor, the Greenbackers nominated 

 Hiram Z. Leonard, and the Prohibitionists Rob- 

 ert S. Dwiggins. The Democratic ticket was 

 elected on November 4. The following was the 

 vote for Governor: Democratic, 245,140; Re- 

 publican, 237,748; Greenback, 8,338; Prohi- 

 bition, 3,868. Republicans were elected to 

 Congress in the Sixth, Eighth, Tenth, and 

 Eleventh districts, Democrats in the other nine. 

 The Legislature of 1885 consists of 33 Demo- 

 crats and 17 Republicans in the Senate, and 65 

 Democrats and 35 Republicans in the House. 

 The vote for Presidential Electors was as fol- 

 lows: Democratic, 244,990; Republican, 238,- 

 463 ; Greenback, 8,293 ; Prohibition, 3,028. 



IOWA. State Government. The following were 

 the State officers during the year : Governor, 

 Buren R. Sherman, Republican; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, O. H. Manning; Secretary of State, 

 John A. T. Hull; Treasurer, E. H. Conger; 

 Auditor, John L. Brown; Attorney-General, 

 Smith McPherson; Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, John W. Akers; Railroad Com- 

 missioners, Peter A. Dey, L. S. Coffin, and A. 

 R. Anderson, succeeded by J. W. McDill. Ju- 

 diciary, Supreme Court: Chief-Justice, James 

 II. Rothrock; Associate Justices, Joseph R. 

 Reed, Joseph M. Beck, Austin Adams, and 

 William H. Seevers. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature met on 

 January 14, and adjourned on April 2. On 

 January 22, William B. Allison, Republican, 

 was re-elected United States Senator. 



The following are the principal acts and joint 

 resolutions passed by this General Assembly : 



To repeal section 1555 of the Code and to enact a 

 substitute therefor, in relation to intoxicating liquors. 

 This is known as the Kennedy bill. 



To amend section 1, chapter 104, laws of the Seven- 

 teenth General Assembly, relating to mutual insur- 

 ance companies. 



Increasing the number of Circuit Judges in the Sec- 

 ond Judicial District. 



