WYOMING. 



787 



hernia, 7,357 of Holland, and 7,070 of Poland. 

 The total population in 1880 was 1,315,480. 

 The following table exhibits the population of 

 the principal cities according to the enumera- 

 tions of 1880 and 1885: 



Agricultural Statistics. The following statistics 

 are for the census year ending June 30 : Acres 

 of farm-land in State, 16,359,247 ; value of land, 

 $393,556,146.50; number of farm-laborers em- 

 ployed, 60, 285; wages paid them, $8,549,540; 

 horses and mules on hand, June 30, 398,132; 

 their value, $31,049,563 ; value of cheese made, 

 $2,984,813.92; value of butter made, $5,850,- 

 402.55; value of wheat raised, $13,928,046; 

 value of corn, $12,576,561 ; value of oats, $11,- 

 008,507 ; value of hogs on hand, June 30, $4,- 

 472,658. 



Manufacturing Statistics. The following is a 

 statement of the principal manufacturing sta- 

 tistics of the State for the census year ending 

 June 30: Value of establishments and their 

 products, $193,700,167; number of men em- 

 ployed, 71,185 ; amount of wages paid during 

 year, $25,898,449.75 ; value of lumber, lath, 

 and shingles manufactured, $27,113,139.92; 

 value of wagons, carriages, and sleighs manu- 

 factured, $4,677,870; value of iron products. 

 $10,300,506; value of leather and articles of 

 leather, $8,629,519; value of paper, $2,804,- 

 294; value of beer manufactured, $9,081,108; 

 value of articles of wood, $13,719,176.94 ; value 

 of cigars and cigarettes, $2,331,661; value of 

 flour manufactured, $19,870,102.39. 



Judicial Election. An election took place on 

 the 7th of April for an Associate Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, when Judge David Taylor was 

 re-elected. 



WYOMING. Territorial Government. The fol- 

 lowing were the Territorial officers during the 

 year: Governor, William Hale, succeeded in 

 January by Francis E. Warren; Secretary, 

 Elliott S. N. Morgan; Treasurer, William P. 

 Gannett; Auditor, Perry L. Smith; Super- 

 intendent of Public Instruction, John Slaughter. 

 Supreme Court: Chief -Justice, John W. Lacey ; 

 Associate Justices, Jacob B. Blair and Samuel 0. 

 Parks. Governor Hale died in January, 1885. 



Finances. The balance in the treasury on 

 Jan. 1, 1884, was $49,782.68; receipts in 1884, 

 $23,006.73; receipts in 1885, $34,394.09; total, 

 $107,183.50. 



The expenditures in 1884 were $37,992.06; 

 expenditures in 1885, $38,015,99; total," $76,- 

 008.05. 



The balance of $31,175.45 remaining on 

 hand Jan. 1, 1886, consists of $17,254.22 of 

 the general fund, and $13,921.23 belonging 

 to the stock indemnity fund. The policy of 

 Wyoming has been to have no outstanding 

 obligations. The wealth of the Territory has 

 about trebled the past six years. In 1879 the 

 assessed valuation was $10,603.203.95; in 1885 

 it had increased to $30,717,249.81. There 

 has been a marked decrease in the rate of 

 Territorial taxation during recent years. In 

 1881, the rate was four mills on the dollar; 

 in 1882, two mills ; in 1883, one mill ; in 

 1884, three quarters of a mill ; and in 1885, 

 one mill. 



Convicts. The number of Territorial prison- 

 ers remaining in confinement Jan. 1, 1886, was 

 79. Forty-seven prisoners have been received 

 from Wyoming during the past year. The 

 cost of keeping and transporting convicts for 

 1884-'85 was $10.204.09. All prisoners from 

 this Territory are now sent to the Penitentiary 

 at Joliet, 111. 



Education. The number of pupils enrolled in 

 1885 was 4,405, an increase of 1,053 over 

 1884. The amount paid teachers in 1885 was 

 $55,935.67, an average of $58.06 a month 

 each. The average cost of the education of 

 each pupil was $4.14 a month. The amount 

 paid for the erection of school-houses was 

 $13,075. 



Insane. About twenty patients are main- 

 tained by the several counties of the Territo- 

 ry, most of whom are in a private asylum at 

 Jacksonville, 111. 



The Chinese. Relative to outrages committed 

 upon the Chinese, the Governor, in his message, 

 says: 



Wyoming, within the past five months, has achieved 

 an unenviable notoriety on account of an unlawful 

 assault made upon the Chinese miners at Kock Springs. 

 The inhuman and heartless attack on the part of the 

 white miners showed such an utter disregard of all 

 moral and civil laws that it deservedly received the 

 severest condemnation throughout the country. There 

 was a general feeling that the Chinese had been grossly 

 outraged, as they were entitled, under existing treaties 

 between China and the United States, to the same 

 protection to life and property as any other class of 

 foreigners. Under any state of affairs the white 

 miners were not justified in murdering their help- 

 less victims. The recent troubles at the mines in 

 Eock Springs convince me that there should be some 

 turther provision in our statutes relating to the en- 

 forcement of the law. It is the duty of the Governor 

 to see that the laws are faithfully executed, and he is 

 authorized to use all the power at his command to in- 

 sure obedience to the law. But it has been demon- 

 strated that when any serious difficulty occurs the 

 county and precinct officers need assistance to main- 

 tain order. The power of the Executive would be 

 greatlv strengthened if provision were made for an 

 organized Territorial force. 



