People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1895 — Seme Interesting Figures. [ARTICLE]

Seme Interesting Figures.

Editor Pilot—According to the Message of Governor Mathews the State has in charge in State Prison State Prison South, 770 Reform School for Boys, 513 Reform School for Girls. 152 Reformatory for Women, 46 Deaf and Dumb Institute. 286 Blind Institute, 152 Soldiers & S. Orphan Home, 644 School for Feeble Minded, 448 Central Insane Hospital, 1,498 Eastern Insane Hospital. 431 Northern Insane Hospital, 447 Southern Insane Hospital, Total, 6,295 The revenue for public schools was derived from the following sources. State school tax. *1.938,348.34 Interest collected by counties, $460,390.38 Interest, Congressional Fund, a $71,819.76 Local tutition, $592,134.86 Liquor licenses, *247.991.00 Unclaimed fees etc., SB9B 56 Total school fund, *3,356,582.90 The total number of students in Purdue Urivers’ty,lß94, 682. The State debt has been, decreased the past 2 years *910,000 January, 14, 1895, $400,000 Total. *1,310,000 The balance of the State detitis *7,520,615.12

Editor Pilot:-—I wish to make a few brief remarks through the colums of your paper in regard to several items in the last three issues of the Republican concerning that famous sbcial at O’Meara’s, in which my name was freely used, and for which I here claim the right to speak. For the present we will distinguish these articles as No. 1, 2 and 3., As No. 1 was creditably and rightfully answered in No. 2, we will pass them by aud take up chapter 3. I will say, taking it as a whole, it is simply rot, and in regard Jo the photo displayed and its resemblence to so many people, there is not a reader of’ the paper but knows this is false to the uttermost, Sb, having found them making false statements on one ppjnt, the public has every reason to believe their statements clear through to be untruthful, which they are. Any one desiring a full discription of the contest will please call on me and I will cheerfully give it. Humbly submitted,

W. E. OVERTON.