n i ixoia 



.timat iMuii-d S-pt. 10 girt* the area plant- 



HI bu,h. 

 t $007.139, an avam 



-U to the n r. , i ;t| mil* a lmftel. Theft 

 TO acres of Urlry, H.OOO more than last 

 average yield was 97 bushel* an 



40I.08JI bushels, and the IM-I % .iu 



A fc-r i advanrr IMS been 



1-een laid. 

 'r of feet U.l to the acre of cultivated 



* IM'. JIM IMVMMI -f IM>: 1DOV1 tM \..ir 

 '. 'II.' UURldad HOjOoti ibOfl :i ' .. .: 



. decrease of 



mid 

 ed schools in 1886 was 808.41 



ning them was $15,006,854.57. IntMacx- 



. in. in- 1., i the rapport of the II 

 md iMitnb. tli.- Ii. 

 )u- Illinil. tin- Illinois Asylum f<T 

 nl thr Sldier>' Ornh 



and 



held by the \ 

 in' fr.'in litH s .iii-l forf Uurv*. j* aj j.!i 



Be general fund, making thr u'ran-l total of pi 



I f.>r j.ul.lic. schools for 1806 $1H.- 

 106.660.11. The average cost of t<; .i-il. 



alculated mi tli i $13.211 f 



chools and $?.?:: fr ungraded schools. 



ly wages paid pt range from $300 



o $12. Thr average inonthlv wages paid to 

 ear her* is $.'il. '. - and $:i?.r for f i n 



hil.lr.-u in tl thr 



iges of t 



vad n: - !iiiinlier is 



1 by tln> Uwird to U> |.M> .mall. Then* arc 

 with an enrol!) 



Charities. The biennial n : 

 loard of Charm,- for the two years rn.lr 

 806, shows that th. use of mainttt 



rap* number of H.I 20 inmates of the . I, 



1-V5. and 



'!;. Thr nv.-rai;. 



klinuni f. r .... : IHtM-Vi. 



md $14*.2o f..r Ivi.'i-'WI. making an avcraf*. 



last 



juart'T of 1806 gives the average number of in- 

 as 8,936; average cost t*r rttptta (gross). 

 



turned. 880; d. 



.:rd. 112: present at the md of the 



s.tal 

 he ijuarter of the 13 in*titu- 



v. Thr tn. State fit 



i 1806 was cstimat 



rOO.CXv ''thi* nuiubrr .*i.S2!i ir.ni and 41 " 



uallv enrolled in the militia, ami 



100 men with 40 .-fli .T- in the naval militia \ 



f 990 mrmlirrs in 1806 i* shown. The amount 



led by tin State for the maintenance of these 



f,.r thr f* 



or $31.06 per man. This disregard* the na- 

 *!'!' : ,mim for 



UGaafdaadol 



tia. No armories are owned by n 

 rented, at aft annual oust exceeding $AOjDOO. The 

 .- service r-<,uir..l ..f t*., v ..j* during 

 1M0&-1M was a' l**iu. where to o,.tt|* 



under Major Rennet were ot 

 f. r 



authorities tn guarding property and prism- 



An amend. 



> cHjtra- t 



mi 



of any convict eoatned 



i I! -n \ . 



of mart nut* dran 

 L 



l(...ifl 



I : ;. r " 



In 



ii. 

 D Hept. . 1006. for man 



.rt at 

 HUmiB: Southern. $JOO.fltt.8l ; iWtiac 



- . . - '" 

 rdoB^. rd of Paidons 



li-d b tl..- f . .,i,.r*l 



a* appr..'. 

 apphi nti.-t.- i.f I'.ntii ! f.T rrlr*. 



the provisions of the parole law to 



warden- of the p<-nifrntiaries as 



tiotis for pnnlon and o-i 



,l*..f n.vestf^ 

 to thr regular procedure followed by the court*, 

 snd all parties r an opportunity 



hrard in opposition to any n 

 sented. Th< . fli. of the board is purely advisorj. 

 Board of Arbitration. The annual 



Hoard of Arbitration, made in Slan h. 



states that but few Mrikr iuring the 



\hirh rnlli-d for thr ntt uti.ji of the commis- 



Thi! is rrilrntUll 



all such differences were held in 

 rough organization of workmen and 

 : M ing trades also kept down 

 the desire to ent* r ii|*>n strikes. 



Derisions. The State Supreme Court in May 

 sustain, d ' >mce tsx. thereby reversing the 



urt at Ch icap. In sus- 

 taining this measure, the Supreme Court hold* that 

 in th - be rij:ht to devise and inherit prop- 



from exUting statutory t-nat-t- 

 . tax upon the right of'sucrrs- 

 IIDOO the 

 bffMf that it was 



w classes established b% t 

 tax law and is not inconsistent with the 



urt filed two opinions at Ottawa 

 . *utain :.e indeter- 



m-r law paMoi 



of the same court decides that a physi. 

 give ex pert testimony without additional 



..'. that the Governor of Illinois is 



* . r k on Sunday in the p. 



..fli. ml dutic*. AH.) that Sundays ohall not be 



allowed him by the 



Const it m art unon bills after ad- 



ml Assembly. 



\A-~ **mlom.- _ulr session of 



the f Meral Awmbly. which dosed June 



C.namrd' bill* .rr the most 



-ant that were passed and were signed by the 



rohibit fusion. This act amend* the election 

 law by providing that thr names of candidates shall 

 not be placed upon a ballot more than once for the 

 same office or under more than one party appellation. 



i'f * tea* VSMVH MW a sjtaa* wm V^WBWB^ 



ipon the property 



.' :: i .'-... ,'.:.- 

 iM established hv the inheritance- 



