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These animals were shipped in 226,000 cars, 

 an average of 20 trains, of 30 cars each, every 

 day in the year. Pork-packing in the West 

 has increased 400 per cent, since 1865. Dur- 

 ing twenty years, 113,337,000 animals have 

 arrived at the Union Stock- Yards, valued at 

 $2,253,000,000. 



Of late the dressed-meat refrigerator-trade 

 has made rapid progress. It was originally 

 confined to beef, but now includes hogs and 

 sheep, all of which are shipped in refrigerator- 

 cars to Eastern cities. One firm, which start- 

 ed in the business in an experimental way 

 about nine years ago, now has 100 meat- 

 markets scattered along the Eastern seaboard, 

 which are kept supplied with fresh Chicago- 

 killed beef, pork, and mutton. There were 

 slaughtered during 1885, for this refrigerator- 

 trade, 1,260,000 cattle, 201,000 hogs, and 333,- 

 000 sheep. The export of dressed and canned 

 meats is growing rapidly. One Chicago firm 

 owns a line of 800 refrigerator-cars, which are 

 constantly in use carrying dressed meat to New 

 York. The same firm has tilled canned-meat 

 orders for the English and French Govern- 

 ments aggregating 20,000,000 pounds. The 

 largest slaughter-house in Chicago, in 1885, 

 killed 1,000,000 hogs and 300,000 cattle, em- 

 ploying 4,000 men in summer and 5,000 in 

 winter, and selling food-products to the value 

 of $48,000,000. The slaughter-house covers 

 24 acres of ground, with 65 acres of floor-space, 

 and 15 acres in the chill and cold storage rooms. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. State Government. Tin- 

 following were the State officers during the 

 year: Governor, Hugh S. Thompson, Dem- 

 ocrat; Lieutenant-Governor, John 0. Shep- 

 pard ; Secretary of State, James N. Lipscomb ; 

 Attorney-General, Charles R. Miles; Treas- 

 urer, John P. Richardson ; Comptroller-Gen- 

 eral, William E. Stoney; Superintendent of 

 Education, Asbury Coward ; Adjutant and In- 

 spector General, A. M. Manigault; Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture, A. P. Butler; Railroad 

 Commissioners, W. L. Bonham, E. P. Jewey, 

 and D. P. Duncan. Supreme Court: Chief-Jus- 

 tice, W. D. Simpson ; Associate Justices, Henry 

 Mclver and Samuel McGowan. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature met on 

 Nov. 24, and adjourned on Dec. 24. The 

 House contained il9 Democrats and 5 Repub- 

 licans ; the Senate, 32 Democrats and 3 Repub- 

 licans. 



There were 8 colored men in the House and 

 3 in the Senate. Over 250 acts and joint res- 

 olutions were passed. Of the whole number 

 about 54 are public measures. 



The measures of importance are not numer- 

 ous. Among them are the following : 



To prevent and punish the adulteration of food and 

 drink. 



To prevent the publication and circulation of ob- 

 scene literature, including indecent show-bills und 

 posters. 



Kepealing the act of 1880 reauiring that convicts 

 hired from the Penitentiary shall be under charge of 

 a sworn officer, etc. This law is repealed in order to 

 facilitate the hiring out of convicts, but it is provided 

 that, in cases of cruelty, the person iniured shall be 

 a competent witness against the offenders. 



Two joint resolutions looking to the amendment 

 of the Constitution were passed. One of these, if 

 adopted by the people and ratified, will allow the 

 Legislature to take the United States census as the 

 basis tor the apportionment of representation in the 

 Legislature. The other modifies the provisions re- 

 lating to the issue of bonds by the State. 



The act that exempted from taxation for ten years 

 the capital invested in manufactures of cotton, wool, 

 paper ; etc., is repealed. 



Giving land-owners an absolute first lien for rent. 

 After them comes the laborer, with his lien on the 

 crop, and after the land-owner and the laborer the 

 merchant. 



The House passed a census bill, but the 

 Senate rejected it. The Oconee prohibitory 

 law was repealed. In addition to this, the 

 State authorized the unlicensed sale of domes- 

 tic wines, of home manufacture, everywhere 

 in the State. 



Three acts were passed providing for the incorpo- 

 ration of railroad companies, of towns of small popu- 

 lation, and of banks and manufacturing companies. 



Finances, The aggregate debt is practically 

 the same as reported last year, $6,522,188.54, 

 no bonds having been purchased by the sink- 

 ing-fund commission on account of the high 

 premium they commanded. Only $25,300 of 

 old bonds were funded during the year, al- 

 though the amount outstanding is estimated 

 at over $400,000; and of $963,372 of Green 

 consols, only $29,081.38 ($6,279.38 of which 

 amount was invalid) have been exchanged for 

 Brown consols. 



The total revenue of the State and counties 

 for the fiscal year beginning Nov. 1, 1883, was 

 about $2,089,000, of which about $1,936,000 

 was raised by taxation, and $153,000 from 

 phosphate royalty. Nearly 98 per cent, of 

 the assessed State tax was collected, and nearly 

 96 per cent, paid into the treasury. The net 

 receipt for each mill levied was $145,000, be- 

 ing an increase of $4,000 over the preceding 

 year. 



There are now 2,407,254 acres of land in 

 the State not reported for taxation, and 912,- 

 870 acres on the forfeited list. 



It is estimated that it will require $403,000 

 to meet the ordinary expenses of the govern- 

 ment for the fiscal year 1885- '86, and $391,- 

 000 to pay the interest on the public debt. 



All of the phosphate royalty for the year 

 ending Sept. 30, 1885, amounting to $176,- 

 244.41, was collected. This is the largest 

 amount ever paid into the treasury from this 

 source for one year. 



Education. The number of pupils enrolled in 

 the public schools during the last scholastic 

 year was 178,023, of whom 78,458 were white 

 and 99,565 were colored ; the average attend- 



