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Serrioe In the Church - were diteomd. A reso- 



with 



the feoeral proposal, of the Welsh DisestaM.^. 

 meat * revolution called ait 



to the fart that the slave trade still ex: 

 Africa, ami *>ui;ht to imprras on the 



ity of interesting themselves in that 

 Favorable reports were given of t he 

 eaw in various places of the 

 Afternoon system for men. 

 at Geom Street Chapel, Liy. 

 a morkly attendant . 



betwrokal fund, 



1,500 members, it had a 

 e clssses. and syste- 



,!, rv \t [*isthe 



people liked the service because it was short, 

 sharp, ami attractive. Resolution* were unaiii- 

 mnaslj adopted in fn\-T of i..ral option and 

 ante legislation to restrict or pn.hil.it tl. 

 of liquor and in favor of international arlutra- 



i n\NM III I I. Sew England State, one 

 of the original thirteen : ratified the national 

 Constitution Jan. 9. 17** '".H. square 



The population, according to each de- 

 J census, was 7.'.io ,,. i;:">: J.M.IMCJ in 

 1800; 261.1*1 in 1810 



> > :<>.7Utfai K,n : 4Mi.- 

 147 in 1800; 887.4.VI in \*:u : 0-J2.7<MJ in 1880; 

 and 746.258 in 1800. Capital. Hartford. 



Government The following were the State 

 officer* durinc the year: Governor, O. Vincent 

 Coffin. Republican : "Li.ut. mint (iovernor. Lor- 

 L Cook; Secretary of William C. 



U . H. !_-. : Comp- 

 troller, lienjainin 1*. Mead; Adjutant (inn-nil, 

 Charles P. Graham; (Quartermaster ( 

 William K. Disbrow. --roriiin. Charles 



J. ll<dlry ; Commissioner of School Fund, Jere- 

 miah Olnoy, succeeded July 1 )>v Her) 

 Benlon: Insurance Commissioner. Burton Mans- 

 field, succeeded July 1 l>> Fn-deri. k A. Bolts: 

 Kailroad Commissioners. W,llmm <> 

 r- .; .'.. N|. \\ dniff, and Aletao- 

 derC. Robsftton; Bank Comn lldwin 



A. Buck, succeeded July 1 l.v Sidney W. Crofut. 

 and Kdwnr fUk Commi- 



.Lin A. I'.ill. Samuel M. Bron^m, and Hit hard 



oners, George C. 



Waldo, reappointed, Charles W. Beardsley. suc- 

 ceeded July 1 bv George W. Ballock, and Chris- 

 tian Schwart*; Commissioner of Bureau ..f 



Robert .1. Vance, succeeds 1 July 1 l.y 

 Home; Dairy Commissioner, r. m f,rt 



S. Burlingame; Commissioners of newly ci 



and Arbitration. Dwight 

 George C. Parsons, and I'r-.f. Arthur 

 T. Hadley; CommissionerB of new Boanl of 

 I liich ways. James H. McDonald. A < 

 and W. IL McDonald ; Trustees of n.-wly aiithor- 

 IndateUEalonnaiory. Wai terHubbard^ George 

 n. Rflwanl M.'cimpin. I'n.f. .l.,hn J. Mo- 

 *nd Frederick r: l-p-.j,; 



Stale Hrrd..f Char 



rHary. Miss Mary IUII. Vi.itin K Agent, Rebecca 

 C>. BOT* : Sw-retary of State Board of Educa- 

 tion. Charles I) .ories. 

 -TOWS Brown, mcceetled July 1 by George 

 f JuMi'f of the Supremo C.-urt 

 TTK c'harlen B. Andrew*: Aswciat 

 Urea. David Torranre. August us II. Fenn. Simeon 

 & Baldwin, and William Ilamersley. 



I i ii a no en. The latest report of the Tren 

 win. -I, B fiscal year ending Sept. 80 



pmaots the follow ing figurt (Kht 



of alia. ,-,.unis,,nnri. 1, |s,i:{. s: 



, :..,. - in-. . - during thr roar, s-j 

 293.859.62; t-tal li>l.ur-.-iu. -nt>. s-. 1 

 balance to c-r.-dii ..f all acc.uni> on ( >,-t. i . 

 $985,488.81. Tin- principal r<'i|>t> \\. 

 ri\i-d from th.- following >ourri-^: Tax on rail- 

 roads, $700,420.70; tax on . a \in^ hank-. 

 : lax on mutual insuram-i- rom; 

 ;.VJ.s."; military comniutalion 

 228; tax on nonrr-i,i $91.182.12 



lati-ral inhcrilaiifc tax, $74.1 I'.HI; : Coinin 

 rr of Insurance, $62,1 l -n in\i>tniriit>. 



$56,008.88; interest, > 



and lionds. $:{!/ .ilioiial aiil t" 



homes, $21,600; CoiiuiiissioiHTs of Kail i-oa.i 

 860.20; tax on ti-lr^raph and trlcphom- 



-H'.'.MO.S;}; and tax on express com | 

 $9,889.89. The di8bur--ni.-ii!. were di\id.-d H* 

 follows: Civil-list orders. $1,50-1. 1!-: 

 tered orders, $854,002.08; int.-n-.st ..n 



. $104,700; and other int.-r.-t ii.-n 

 825.89. The funded d.-l.t of il,, 

 1894, was $:::.' i".'.'u.. : leas cash i.. the treat 

 credit of civil-list funds, $788,4 !*.( 17 ; n-t 'l.l,t. 



According to the la-t n-i.ort of the < 

 t roller, the total assesM-d valuation of properly 

 in the Siale on Oct. 1. ls.i;{. WMH s 

 an inert-use in a year of $85.061,183. Tl;. 

 ation by counties was as follow-: \ 



$106.4'J'.'.|-JJ: l-'airlirld. $HH.7ir).!lOO : Hartford. 



A London. s:',7.!M;.VJ:M : : 



fi>ld,$28.()Hl.s!M; : Middlesex, $ls.!tii.::,i : Wind- 

 l.arn. $17.!J.704: and Tolland, $8,518,^ i 



Education. An int.-n->tinj: feature ..f tin- 

 report of the Stale Board of Kdueati'.n. ^.\\\>- 

 mitte.l .Ian. 2J{. 15. i> a l.rirf hi>to T -y ..f each of 

 the free town libraries, wit h illustrations of most 

 of them and the acts relating to libraries passed) 

 during the session of the Legislature 



port for the school year ending . I 

 1894, shows: Children of school a^-ifonr 



. iii-oll, -d in 



public schools, 186,049 ; numnerin a\ 

 attendance. 91.471 ; average school 



number of schoolhouses, 1,022; vain < 

 puiilic-schoo! proberty, $8,042,41 i.rJ: ma). 

 era in wii,- B82 : f-mal. 



crs in winter 8,098, in summer. 3.10:'. : total iu 

 winter. :i.-l!s. in -ummer. 3.495; avera^'- monthly 

 wages male teachers $85.87, f -ma 

 sil.1*; number of school distri. public 



-ho. nided schools, 885 ; h i 



86; evening schools, 45 ; normal sch.-N. :',. Tin- 

 sou rces of pultlic--cho,,l revenue wen : I 

 nent fund-. $10*.::- .'." 1 : State 'ax. 



"ni : local taxes, $1,71 ^ nl others. 



$878,592.05; total. fJ 



tureswere: l-'or new buildings. $464,107.01 ; li- 



. > 



inclnomg salaries of teach* t> ami 

 ntH. ^|.; ;,,,,( ,, t l,,. r C xi 



$880,74.*).:'>r) : total. > ?0. Th- returns 



of the school vjvjinr- >hi\vi-d th. 

 jittered in pr: 

 1894, and 21,460 in 1895. 



invested funds of" all kir 

 Sept. 80, 1894, aggregated $8,054.. VI I.: M, and the 



