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was $122,1142.1(1, iitnl the total cxpciiM- \\.-n- 

 $ll:t,70i;.:{7. leaving a balance of $H,1>85.79. 

 the Deaf. Dnmti, ami Hliud In-litu: 

 pupils wen- enrolled during tin- year, 1)1 l>ciiig 

 deaf and 12 blind. The average al tendance \wi- 

 !u. Tin- receipts, including tin- State appropria- 

 ti.in of $14,000, were $1.".3~>0.50, and the cxpendi- 

 luivs * I l.i'*l>:>. leaving a balance of $<J(iN.r,:>. 



Penitentiary. On Oct. :fl there were I'M 

 p.T-ous confined in tin- Stale Penitentiary, 

 against 7!l mi Oct. :!i. 1S!H. The Coluniliia 

 Canal. DM wliich aliout 200 pn-ou.-r- h:i\c been 

 employed. \\;i- completed during tin- \car. and a 

 Urge majority of the convicts are now employed 

 in tanning. tOfl Slate having purchased a farm 

 to he worked by them. The revenue from con- 

 vict liil>or during the year was not more than 

 sutlicient to meet the expense of the institution. 



Militia. The total active militia of the State 

 numbers 4,974 men. divided as follows : Cavalry, 

 2S companies. 1.224 officers and men: artillery. 

 8 companies, 640 offloera and men; infantry, 48 

 companies. 2.:>7:! ollicers and men; and National 

 (luards, 1(5 companies, s:57 officers and men. 



Phosphate Commission. On this subject 

 (iov. Tillman reports as follows: '-On the 1st of 

 .March, in accordance with the instructions of 

 the act creating the commission, wo took posses- 

 sion of Coosaw river and issued licenses to mine 

 therein to three companies. Two of these en- 

 tered the river, but were enjoined in the United 

 States Court." The suit under which this in- 

 junction was issued is now pending on appeal 

 before the United States Supreme Court, the 

 niie<tion being upon the right of the State to 

 grant such licenses. 



Mining. The value of the precious-metal 

 product of South Carolina for 1890 was $100.- 

 177J54, being an increase of $530 over that of 

 the preceding year. The product of gold was 

 *!)!).777.<i4, and'of silver $400. The production 

 by counties was as follows: Chesterfield. $20,- 

 841.81: Lancaster, $70,339.02; Spartanburg, 

 .M.!t.->9.19; Union, $500; miscellaneous, $2.000. 

 Nearly all comes from the Haile mine, in Lan- 

 caster County, and the Brewer mine, in Chester- 

 field County. 



SOUTH DAKOTA, a Western State, admit ted 

 to the Union Nov.;!, 1889; area, 77.660 square 

 miles; population, according to the censu- <-f 

 1890, 328.808. Capital. Pierre. 



(ovcrninent. The following were the State 

 ollicers during the year: Governor, Arthur C. 

 Mellette; Lieutenant-governor. (I. II. Hoffman: 

 Secretary of State. A. O. Ringsrud : Treasurer. 

 W. W. Taylor: Auditor, L. C. Taylor; Attor- 

 ner-General, Robert Dollard; Superintendent of 



Public Instruction. Cortex Salmon: Coinmis- 

 Moner of School and Public Lands. Thomas H. 

 Ruth: Commis-ioiicr of Labor, It. A. Smith. 

 All these officers are 1,'. -publicans. Chief Jus- 

 tice of the Supreme Court. A. (i. Kellam : A-- 

 sociate Justices, Diirhton Corson and John K. 

 Bennett all Kepublicans. Tin- Senate consists 

 of -2:} Republicans 7 Democrats, and 14 Inde- 

 pendents The House has 150 Kepublicans. Ill 

 Democrats, and 45 Independents. 



Valuations. The Stale Hoard of Kqiialixa- 

 tion and Assessment a cssed nearly H million 

 acre- of land more than in 1890. Horses this 

 year are a--eed at $3l.r,2: cattle. sfU.itf : mule* 



nnd a**e, $30 ; heep.$1.7l ; in<.*l 77. U*nk 



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State and IMIIH! .ir. utid MM- 



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Kliu-atlon. DI-.I^I" in. nt-al thfSiNif I'ni- 

 \ei>ny ai Vermilion culminated in n 



lion of President Howard 1'.. 

 the closing of the institution in June, w nhin tt 

 week of I lie time set fur cnminenci-iixMit. tii.d the 

 di-clinrge of the old ineiiilN-r> of Hit- fnculiK At 

 a special meeting of the lx>iild of iliri-rtop. Ill 



Sepiemlwr, Dr. ( hiirles < >. M.-iim. .1 .Mi 

 ant, Iowa, a graduate of De Piuiw l'nn 

 and a nieiiilx-r of the fa<-ulty of lowit Weli)uii 

 University, was cho-cn proiilent. 



Vankton College enrolled -,'^7 . indents in the 

 vear Ib90-'91. and graduated a da-- <f -ix. The 

 K.-. K. F. Willinnis D. D.. of Chicago, was 

 elect. i| president: K. A. liechtel. of Johns lloj>- 

 kins University, to the professorship of Latin; 

 and Prof. (i. K. Culver, formerly of Dakota I'ni- 

 \er-iiv. to that of Chemistry and Physio. An 

 endowment has been made for the physical cult- 

 ure department. About 75 new student.- 

 enrolled in Sej it ember. 



The South Dakota ChantaiK|ua Assembly held 

 iN first summer school at Lake Madison in July 

 and August. 



Crops. Following is the average estimated 

 yield in bushels per acre of staple crops, com- 

 piled from reports by regular correspond^ 

 the State Weather Serv ice. co-operating with the 

 United States Department of Agriculture: 

 Wheat, 17-6; oats, 39-8: corn. 80-7: barley, 31 -8; 

 rye. 19-7; potatoes, 189'5 ; flax, 9-6; sugar 



2r>-">. 



The total wheat crop of the State is estimated 

 at 32,000,000 bushels, oats at 27,500,000 bu-h.-ls. 

 corn at 26,000.000 bushels, i.nrley at 5.500.COO 

 bushels, rye at 700,000 bn-hcls. flak at 4,OCO,ttO 

 bushels, and potatoes at 5.000.(KH bushels. 



The crop bulletin of ScptemU-r placed the 

 State second as a wheat producer, marking it W, 

 and Minnesota 100. The of flax on 354,957 acre* 

 gave a harvest of 1,801,115 bushels of seed. 



Mining. The tin mines in the Black Hills 

 are in active operation. The tin is claimed to be 

 not so fine as the Cornish tin, but purer ami 

 ea-ier to mine. One company reported in Au- 

 gust 40,000 ton? of ore ready for snipment. with 

 100.000 tons more in sight in the mines. This 

 company has in hand the erection of a mill capa- 

 ble of disposing of 500 tons of ore a day. 

 gets have been found weighing from 30 

 pounds, and yielding over 7. r > per cent, of pure 

 white metal. A pro[K-rty including <>2 claims 

 and ~4<> acres of placer ground in the Black 

 Hills was sold in May for $4 75.000 to the Rapid 

 Ci.v Land ami Improvement Comjwny. 



The total product of the precious metals f<T 



.-cording to the report of the I' 

 the Mint. was. approximately. $:t.'J7M>o<>: gold. 

 $3.I12.(MH; silver. $l. r )(i.(KMt. 



The Soldiers' Home. The re| rt at the an- 

 nual meetinu' in June show, d 11 total of 7"> in- 

 m.-ite-. One winir of the h- -pital a* : 

 built during the summer. The L-r.'i:ii.N ^-ulh 

 of the glen were ordered platted, and are to be 



leii-.d t" Veterans whose W|Ve< IIH- f.Tt>-fi\- 



\. -ar- ..f ai;e <T over, for sites for it-ttji^- 



