Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1879 — INDIANA ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA ITEMS.

A series of weekly lectures to workingmen will be given in Terre Haute this winter. During the past week very important discoveries of coal have been made in Pike county. The next convention of the Indiana Music Teachers’ State Association will be held at Fort Wayne on December to 31, inclusive. A notary public in Bartholomew county has been arrested for marrying a couple under the mistaken idea that he might lawfully do so. Timber thieves in Dubois county tfre cutting and selling wood from State lands, and Auditor Munson has notified the Sheriff of the county to arrest the depredators. Judge A. L. Roache has been appointed, by the Governor, a member of the Ohio R ver Improvement Commission, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lazarus Noble. It is believed that the first annual report of the Indiana Bureau of Statistics will show at least 75 per cent, of answers to the questions sent out. The Massachusetts bureau the first year only got 10 per cent, of answers. William T. S. Manly, County Treasurer of Cass county, and a piominent citizen of Logansport, died in that city last week. He had held the offices of Street Commissioner, City Councilman and Sheiff, the latter position two terms. Thob. Poole, aged 94 years and eight months, died nt his home in Butlerville, recently. He was a gallant soldier iD the war of 1812, and was the next to the oldest man in Jennings county; has over 100 grandohildren and eightyeight great-grandchildren living. A young man, named Wiley, residing near Rushville, was hunting, and upou attempting to discharge his gun at a coon the gun was so heavily loaded that it burst, driving the breech-pin entirely through his head, making a terrible wound from which he died in a short time. Annual Keport of the Auditor of State. The following statement is a condensed exhibit of the balance in the State treasury of each of the funds, Nov. 1, 1878, and the amount received and disbursed during the fiscal year from the several funds, closing Oct. 31,1879: Amount of cash in the treasury Oct. 31, 1878 $524,356.46 The above amount was the aggregate of balances belonging to the various funds of tho treasury, as follows: General fund $303,421.41 Common-school fund 2,692.20 School revenue for tuition 121,171.77 College fund.. 2,282 88 College-fund interest tJ6C.It) Swamp-land fund.... 385.11 Fued of unclaimed estates 12 251.07 Three-per-cent, fund 32.13 Sinting fund, excess of bids 2.088 52 New State-House fund 16,091.23 Total $524,356.46 Receipts from all sources during the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1879, were as follows: General fund $1,838 958.54 School revenue for tuition ... 1 950,538:58 College fund 13,595.00 College fund, < xcess of bids 31 2.02 College fund, interest 7 629.47 Swamp-land fund 225.85 Fund of unclaimed estates 406.38 New State-House fund 325,958.07 Total amount of Treasurer’s re ceipts filed during year $4,137,613.91 Deduct amount of transfer and refund iug reciipts 950,392 54 Leaves net cash receipts to the tress ury during year $3,187 221.37 Add cash balances in treasury Oct. 31, m 1878 624,866.46 Makes total receipts, including balances : $3,711,577.83 The amount of warrants drawn on the State treasury from the several funds from Oct. 31, 1878, to Oct. 31. 1879, are as follows: General fund $ 1,975,795 01 School revenue for tuition 1,940.078.12 College fund 10,325.00 College fund, interest 8,484.50 Swamp-land fund ' 61.00 Fund of unc’a med estates 709 02 Three-per-cent, fund 32.1! New State-House fund. 142.738.64 Total amount of warrants drawn during year $4,078,218 45 Deduct amount of transfer and refunding warrants 950,392.54 Leaves net cash disbursements from the treasury during year $3,127,825.91 Which being deducted from the total receipts leaves cash in treasury, Oct. 31, 1879, as follows: General fund $226 584 91 Common-school fund 2,692.20 School revenue for '.uition 134.032.23 College fund 6.532.83 College fuud. excess of bids 302 02 College fund, interest 105.16 Swamp-land fund 549.96 Fund of unclaimed estates... 11.948.43 Sinking fund, excess of bids 2,088.52 N*w State-House fund 19.),315.66 Total balance $683 751.92 , The condition of the public debt of the Btato at this date is as follows: FOREIGN IIEBT. Five-per-cent, ceitiflcates $14,409.99 Two-aod-one-half-per cent. certificates. 2.925.13 War-loan bonds 189,000 00 Temporary-loan bonds, due 1884 510.000.00 Temporary-loan bonds, due December 1,1879 .... 200.000.00 Temporary-loan bonds, 1881 200,000.00 Internal-improvement bonds 27.000,00 Total $1,098,895,12 DOMESTIC DEBT. Sc! 001-fund bond No. 1 $709,024.85 School-fund bond No 2 2.668,057.30 Sahool-fund bond No. 3 784 234.00 School-fond bond No. 4 177,700.00 School-fund bond No. 5 175,767.07 Total $3,904,783.22 Total d bt $4,998 178.34