VERMONT. 



affords a comfortable home for the insane. 

 More than $100,000 has been expended upon 

 the grounds and buildings. The number of 

 patients under treatment in October was, males 

 35, females 34, at an average daily expense per 

 capita during September of 62 cents. The 

 average daily cost per capita, from Jan. 1 to 

 Sept. 30, 1886, was 71 cents. 



Penitentiary. During the month of August, 

 1886, the number of prisoners confined was 

 134. The work of completing the Penitentiary, 

 under the appropriation made by Congress for 

 that purpose, is about to be undertaken. 



Industrial Home. At the last session of Con- 

 gress an appropriation of $40,000 was made to 

 aid in the establishment of an industrial home 

 in the Territory, to provide employment and 

 means of support for dependent women, and 

 the children of such women, with a view to 

 aid in the suppression of polygamy. 



Manufactures. The quantity of manufactured 

 goods produced during the year indicates a 

 gratifying prosperity. One of the growing in- 

 dustries of the Territory is the manufacture of 

 salt. The water of Great Salt Lake is drained 

 into reservoirs, and in a few days it evaporates, 

 leaving the crystals of salt ready to be gath- 

 ered. For the past year it is estimated that 

 15,000 tons were produced, worth $3 a ton. 

 Another of the growing industries of the Ter- 

 ritory is the manufacture of lager-beer. In 

 1885 the total number of breweries in Utah 

 was 14. The total product of malt liquor dur- 

 ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, was 

 24,698 barrels. 



Mining. Notwithstanding the depression in 

 the price of silver, none of the mines in the 

 Territory were compelled to stop operations, 

 although in some districts it resulted in a 

 reduction of miners' wages. The mineral 

 product of the Territory, for the years 1884- 

 '85, was : 



1884. 



4.340,987 pounds refined lead $1 69,434 54 



56,023,S93 pounds unrefined lead 980,418 12 



B,flfl9,488 ounces fine silver 6,128,047 04 



5.530 ounces fine gold 110,600 00 



63,372 pounds copper 6,387 20 



1885. 



54,318,776 pounds unrefined lead $1,222,172 46 



5,97'2 S 6S9 ounces fine silver 6,211,596 56 



8,903 ounces fine gold 178,060 00 



Total export value , 



Total export value $7,611,829 02 



The output for the first six months of the 

 present year was about the same as that of 1885 

 for a similar period. 



Cattle, Sheep, and Wool. The total of horned 

 stock in the Territory is estimated at 450,000, 

 and of sheep 1,100,000. The wool product for 

 the past season is estimated at 7,000,000 pounds, 

 as compared with 6,250,000 pounds in 1884. 



Polygamy. On this important subject the 

 Governor reports : 



The all-absorbing question in this Territory is the 

 attitude of defiance maintained by the Mormon people 

 to the law of Congress for the suppression of polyga- 

 my, known as the " Edmunds law." In all questions 

 affecting the Mormon Church and people, the polyga- 

 mous and monogamous Mormons make common cause. 

 They maintain that the law is infamous, an inter- 

 ference with and a denial to them of that religious 

 freedom guaranteed to all by the Constitution ; their 

 right and religious duty to continue in violation of 

 the law their polygamous relations ; and thejr deny 

 the authority of Congress to interpose any restrictions 

 as to the marital relation ; that they are prepared to, 

 and will if required of them, sacrifice their personal 

 comfort, their property, suffer indefinite imprison- 

 ment, and surrender life itself, rather than vield and 

 promise obedience to the law and forego the privi- 

 leges they claim. In 1884 a determined move was 

 inaugurated for the enforcement of the law against 

 polygamy, and since that time the Territorial officers 

 of Federal appointment charged with the duty have 

 been vigilant and diligent in their efforts to that end, 

 It has been the custom of the court to suspend and 

 allow the convicted person to go free upon his prom- 

 ise that he will obey the laws. Of the number con- 

 victed up to June 30, 1886, but seven have given the 

 promise. The following statement is made of the 

 convictions obtained in the courts in polygamy and 

 unlawful cohabitation cases : From July 1, 1884, to 

 June 30, 1885, 9 convictions were had, 3 for polygamy 

 and 6 for unlawful cohabitation. From July 1, 1885, 

 to June 30, 1886, there were 84 convictions, 3 for po- 

 lygamy and 8 for unlawful cohabitation. 



The immigration from and including the 

 year 1881 to the present time amounts to 

 11,950 souls, distributed through the years as 

 follows : 1881, 2,233 ; 1882, 2,693 ; 1883, 

 2,462 ; 1884, 1,799 ; 1885, 1,549 ; 1886, 1,214 ; 

 total, 11,950. 



VERMONT. State Government The following 

 were the State officers at the beginning of the 

 year: Governor, Samuel E. Pingree, Republi- 

 can; Lieutenant- Governor, Ebenezer J. Orms- 

 bee ; Secretary of State, Charles W. Porter ; 

 Treasurer, William H. Du Bois; Auditor, E. 

 Henry Powell ; Inspector of Finance, Carroll 

 S. Page; Commissioner of Taxes, W. P. Dil- 

 lingham; Railroad Commissioner, Thomas O. 

 Seaver ; Superintendent of Education, Justus 

 Dartt. Supreme Court: Chief Judge, Homer 

 E. Royce; Associate Judges, Jonathan Ross, 

 II. Henry Powers, "Wheelock G. Veazey, Rus- 

 sell S. Taft, John W. Rowell, and William H. 

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Walker. In the autumn these were succeeded 

 by the officers chosen at the September elec- 

 tion, or by the Legislature. 



Political. The Republican State Convention 

 met at Montpelier on June 16, and nominated 

 the following ticket : For Governor, Ebenezer 

 J. Ormsbee: Lieutenant-Governor, Levi K. 

 Fuller ; Treasurer, William H. Du Bois ; Audi- 

 tor of Accounts, E. Henry Powell ; Secretary 

 of State, Charles W. Porter. Among the reso- 

 lutions adopted were the following : 



That whatever may be the case elsewhere, the 

 course of the national Administration in reference to 

 the disposal of Federal offices in this State in com- 



