MINNESOTA. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



543 



eight months from Dec. 1, 1882, to July 31, 

 1883, the end of the new fiscal year, shows the 

 following receipts and disbursements: 



The receipts : 



For revenue fund $546,890 81 



For State institutions fund 484,277 18 



For interest fund 65 48 



For sinking fund 284 95 



For seed-grain sinking- fund* 978 83 



For permanent school fund 846,249 07 



For general school fund 286,615 45 



For permanent university fund 20,375 09 



For general university fund 41,829 57 



For internal improvement land fund 58,239 91 



For forestry fund 27,014 52 



For redemption fund 7,957 19 



For internal improvement land fund interest. 83,614 76 



For swamp-land fund 5000 



For attorney Twelfth District 1,499 94 



For school text-book fund 19,255 79 



Total $1,875,198 99 



Balance in treasury Dec. 1, 1882 143,098 58 



Total receipts $2,018,297 57 



The disbursements : 



From revenue fund $570,342 69 



From State institutions fund 336,917 07 



From interest fund 3,480 82 



From sinking fund 25,0 10 00 



From redemption fund 9,54961 



From seed-grain sinking fund 1,000 00 



From permanent school fund 404.800 00 



From general school fund 85,237 36 



From general university fund 67,216 51 



From internal improvement fund 10,653 88 



From internal improvement land fund 86,985 00 



From forestry fund 1,195 61 



From internal improvement land fund interest 30,595 67 



From attorney Twelfth District 1,499 94 



From school text-book fund 20,236 97 



Total disbursements $1,714,711 13 



There was in the treasury a balance of $557,- 

 744.27 Nov. 30, 1881. For the year ending 

 Nov. 30, 1882, the receipts were $3,201,415.79, 

 and the disbursements, $3,058,317.21, leaving 

 a balance of $143,098.58. The total bonded 

 debt of the State was placed at $4,339,000. 

 The total taxable value of all property for 



1882 was $311,193,435. 



The number of children enrolled in the pub- 

 lic schools in 1833 was 191,873. 



Agriculture. The crops of 1833 are reported 

 as follow : The yield of wheat was for 2,571,- 

 637 acres 38,305,373 bushels, an average of 

 14-89 bushels to the acre. There were 922,- 

 813 acres sown in outs, returning 34,448,609 

 bushels, an average of 37'33 bushels to the 

 acre. Barley, 304,006 acres, producing 7,344,- 

 785 bushels, or 24*16 bushels per acre. Rye, 

 25,834 acres ; production, 439,178 bushels. 

 About 764,687 acres were planted in corn. 

 The crop was poor in quantity and quality. 

 The following was the yield of 1882 : 



Bushels. I Bushels. 



Wheat 32,461,006 Oats 25.600,068 



Corn 16,673,142 | Barley 6,036,750 



Dairy Products. The Auditor's report for 



1883 gives a total of 301,688 milch-cows in 

 the State, the assessable value of which is set 

 at $5,499,000. In 1882 there were 272,681 

 milch-cows, valued at $4,988,000; and in 1881 

 the number was 267,577, worth, at $18 each, 

 about $4,248,000. 



The value of this year's butter product in 

 Minnesota, at an average valuation of 30 cents 



a pound, will exceed $5,300,000, and that of 

 last year was close to $5,000,000. In 1880 

 there was not a single creamery in the State 

 worthy the name, and the one erected at 

 Spring Valley in 1881 was much commented 

 upon. Now there are seventy creameries or 

 butter-factories of considerable size, and their 

 number is being augmented almost every 

 month. There were produced in 1882, 17,- 

 136,788 pounds of butter. 



Party Conventions. The Republican State 

 Convention met in St. Paul on the 27th of 

 June, and nominated the following ticket: For 

 Governor, Lucius F. Hubbard ; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, Charles A. Gilman ; State Treas- 

 urer, Charles Kittelson ; Secretary of State, 

 Frederick von Baumbach ; Attorney-General, 

 W. J. Hahn; Railroad Commissioner, James 

 H. Baker. 



The Democratic State Convention met in 

 St. Paul on the 2d of August, and nominated 

 the following ticket : For Governor, W. W. Mc- 

 Nair, of Minneapolis; Lieutenant-Governor, R. 

 Frazee, of Becker county ; Secretary of State, 

 J. J. Green, of Le Sueur ; Treasurer, John Lud- 

 wig, of Winona; Attorney-General, John W. 

 Willis, of St. Paul ; Railway Commissioner, 

 A. T. Lundholra, of Still water. 



Mr. McNair declined, and Mr. Bierman was 

 substituted in his place. 



Election Returns. At the election in Novem- 

 ber, the Republican ticket was successful by 

 the following majority: Hubbard, 9,149; Gil- 

 man, 14,290; Von Banmbach, 24,045; Kittel- 

 son, 23,035 ; Hahn, 23,295 ; Baker, 23,452. 

 The amendments receive'd an average majority 

 of 50,072. 



Cyclone. Near the end of August a cyclone 

 struck the city of Rochester, Olmsted county, 

 a handsome place of about 6,000 inhabitants, 

 and in a brief time over 100 houses had been en- 

 tirely demolished, 19 persons killed, and nearly 

 100 wounded. The storm passed through sec- 

 tions of Dodge county, leaving a trail of death 

 and destruction. 



MISSISSIPPI. State Government. The follow- 

 ing were the State officers during the year : 

 Governor, Robert Lowry, Democrat ; Lieuten- 

 ant - Governor, G. D. Shands ; Secretary of 

 State, Henry C. Meyers; Treasurer, W. L. Hem- 

 ingway ; Auditor, Sylvanus Gwin ; Attorney- 

 General, Thomas 0. Cutchings; Superintend- 

 ent of Public Education, J. Argyle Smith ; Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture and Immigration, E. 

 G. Wall. Judiciary, Supreme Court: Chief- 

 Justice, J. A.P.Campbell; Associate Justices, 

 H. H. Chalmers and Timothy E. Cooper. The 

 only election during the year was for members 

 of the Legislature. That body, when it meets 

 in 1884, will consist of 33 Democrats, 3 Re- 

 publicans, and 1 Independent" in the Senate, 

 and of 99 Democrats, 12 Republicans, and 5 In- 

 dependents in the House. 



Finances. The Auditor's report shows the 

 valuation of the property in the State to be ae 

 follows : 



