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DAKOTA. 



Education. The following summary of sta- 

 tistics of the public schools is for the year be- 

 ginning July 1, 1884, and ending June 30, 



1885: 



There are two universities, one at Vermil- 

 ion and one at Grand Forks. There is also 

 one agricultural college, at Brookings, and two 

 normal schools, one at Madison and one at 

 Spearfish. In addition to these the School of 

 Mines at Rapid City has been established and 

 will soon be in operation. 



The University of Dakota is at Vermilion, 

 and has a faculty of seven members. There 

 are 166 pupils enrolled in all departments, and 

 a steady increase is reported. The University 

 of North Dakota was established by legislative 

 enactment in 1883, and was opened for the re- 

 ception of students in September, 1884. The 

 faculty is composed of six members. It is at 

 Grand Forks, in the Red river valley. There 

 are about fifty students in attendance. The 

 Agricultural College has a faculty of six mem- 

 bers, and there are about 240 pupils in attend- 

 ance. The university at Mitchell was opened 

 in September, 1885. It is under the man- 

 agement of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

 Pierre University, at Pierre, on Missouri river, 

 is under the auspices of the Presbyterian 

 Church. It is now in its third year, and has 

 seven instructors. Thirty-five pupils are in 

 attendance. Yankton College is the oldest 

 collegiate institution in the Territory. It was 

 established by the General Association of Con- 

 gregational Churches in 1881. The faculty 

 consists of seven professors, and 122 pupils are 

 enrolled, twelve of whom are working in the 

 college classes. Dakota Collegiate Institute, at 

 Sioux Falls, is under the control of the Baptist 

 Association. 



Care of Insane. The hospitals for the insane, 

 one conducted on the old plan, and the other 

 on the cottage plan, are successfully carried 

 on, and with results as favorable to patients as 

 in the older asylums of the East. The super- 

 intendent of the hospital at Yankton reports 

 the number of patients May 30, 1886, as 124. 



The North Dakota Hospital for the Insane 



has been but a little over a year in operation, 

 and more room is demanded. There were ad- 

 mitted from April 30, 1885, to June 30, 1886, 

 14 months, 138 patients. Number discharged, 

 22 ; number died, 5 ; total, 27. 



Penitentiarie?. The following report from 

 the Warden of the Territorial Penitentiary at 

 Sioux Falls shows the condition of the prison 

 June 30, 1886 : 



Number of inmates June 30, 18S5 119 



Number received to June 30, 1880 38 



Total number of convicts during the ye;ir 157 



Number during the year discharged (,5 



Eemaining June 30, 1886 92 



The Warden of the North Dakota Peniten- 

 tiary, at Bismarck, reports as follows: 



Number of prisoners transferred from Sioux Falls, July 

 31 , 1885 35 



Number received since from the courts of Northern Da- 

 kota 60 



Number of prisoners handled 95 



Number ot prisoners discharged 43 



Number of prisoners now here 52 



The Black Hills. There has been but little 

 development even of the gold-mines, the few 

 now in successful operation comprising but a 

 small proportion of the valuable properties 

 known to be in existence and awaiting devel- 

 opment. The silver-camps at Carbonate and 

 Galena are not half prospected. The. tin dis- 

 coveries are at this time awakening greater 

 interest and inquiry than the precious miner- 

 als. Active operations have been begun, the 

 necessary capital secured, and the early de- 

 velopment of the tin-mines seems to be as- 

 sured. The petroleum found in the Wyoming 

 Hills is said to be fully equal to the best oil 

 produced in Pennsylvania. Wells are now be- 

 ing bored in the oil district, which comprises a 

 considerable area in the western rim of the 

 hills. In the same vicinity there is s;ilt in 

 abundance, which is already finding its way 

 into market. There are extensive mica-mines 

 awaiting the further development which the 

 railroad assures; there is asbestus in large 

 quantities, and copper-mines waiting for the 

 future ; besides zinc and saltpeter, now too 

 cheap to be developed at their present disad- 

 vantage of location. The Black Hills hasi's 

 greatest mine of wealth, perhaps, in the almost 

 inexhaustible supplies of building materials of 

 all kinds which are found on every hand. 



Railroads. The year ending June 30 wi 

 marked by unusual activity in the construc- 

 tion of new railroads and the extensions of sev- 

 eral of the old lines. The increase in mileage 

 foots up 551-77 miles, and is divided as follows : 



Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern 9 '80 



Minneapolis and Pacific 29-fi4 



Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley 85 50 



Northern Pacific ". 15-20 



Milwaukee and St. Paul 17r,-r,i) 



Northwestern 71 '03 



Manitoba 168-40 



Total... .. 551-17 



