the day is devoted to literary studies, and the afternoon to the industrial. In the latter-printing, cabinet-making, carpentering, shoemaking, and farming, are taught.

Students are admitted here free of charge, the institution being part of the educational system of the State. There have been enrolled since its organization, seven hundred and forty pupils. The total number at present on the rolls, is two hundred and sixty-nine.

Board of Directors-Robert Boal, M. D., President; Philip G. Gillett, Secretary; A. E. Ayers, Treasurer; Hon. John A. Chesnut, Hon. William P. Barr.

Domestic Department. Matrons-Maria S. Sawyer, Catherine Bull, Letitia Westgate, Martha Beeley. Clerk-Frank Hine. Physician-Chas. H. Knight, M. D.

Industrial Department. Foreman of Farm-Abel L. Hay. Foreman of Cabinet Shop-Jacob Braun. Foreman of Shoe Shop-John H. Hunt. Foreman of Printing Office-Bezaleel B. Andrews. Machinist-James O. Lord.

Literary Department. Principal-Philip G. Gillett. Teachers -Selah Wait, Charles H. Laughlin, Cornelia Trask, Elvira P. Gage, John H. Woods, M. A., Franklin Read, Anna B. Osgood, John W. Swiles, M. A., Belle E. Woods, Harvey W. Milligan, M.A., Henry C. Hammond, A.B., Mary A. Dutch, Jas. H. Logan, A.B., Gertrude M. Whipple, Frances E. Goode.

ILLINOIS INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND, Is also located at Jacksonville, Morgan county, Illinois. The State of Illinois, by act of the Legislature, approved Jan. 13th, 1849, made appropriations, and authorized the purchase of not less than ten, nor more than forty acres of ground, in or near Jacksonville, Illinois, for the purpose of erecting thereon the necessary. buildings of this institution.

In this act, it was defined to be the object and duty of this corporation, "to qualify, as far as practicable, that unfortunate class of persons for the enjoyment of the blessings of a free government, obtaining the means of subsistence, and the dis

charge of those duties, social and political, devolving upon American citizens."

All blind persons residing in Illinois, of suitable age and capacity to receive instruction, are to be received and taught in this institution. They are, at the expense of the State, to be taught, furnished with books, boarding and lodging, etc.

In April, 1869, the building caught fire from a defect in a flue, and was destroyed. From insurance money a new building was immediately commenced, and is now so far completed that the school is going on.

The officers of this institution are

Trustees-Matthew Stacy, President; William A. Grimshaw, E. B. Hawley.

Superintendent-Joshua Rhoads, M. D.

Matron-Rosanna I. Rhoads. Ass't Matron-Ada Roberts. Teachers-John Loomis, Literature; Fanny Maginnis, Literature; A. E. Wimmerstedt, Music; Peter Dunlap, Manual Labor.

ILLINOIS INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF FEEBLE

MINDED CHILDREN,

Was organized by act of the Legislature, in 1865, as an "experimental school for the instruction and training of idiots and feeble-minded children in the State of Illinois." It is located at Jacksonville, Ill., and is under control of the Board of Directors of the "Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb."

The institution has been in operation six years, and there have been over three hundred applications for the admission of pupils.

The appropriation for its support is twenty thousand dollars per annum. No board or tuition is charged during the regular school term. Only such children as are susceptible of improvement are received.

The school rooms are furnished with desirable apparatus for illustration, and the whole plan of the exercises is designed to

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attain for each pupil the highest mental and physical development possible, and by the most rapid progress. The whole number now in attendance is sixty-one. The reason for the disparity between the number of applications and those admitted, is the want of room. The report of the State board of public charities discloses the astounding fact that there are over seventeen hundred idiots in the State, which certainly demands some effort on the part of the State authorities in their behalf. The Superintendent is-C. T. Wilbur, A. M., M. D. Matron-Mrs. L. P. Wilbur.

Teachers-Miss Kate Stoddard, Miss Clara J. Knight, Miss Sarah Boniface. Clerk-M. David.

ILLINOIS SOLDIERS' ORPHAN'S HOME.

The Illinois Soldiers' Orphan's Home, located at Normal, was incorporated by act of Legislature, February 16th, 1865, and was sustained wholly by private charity until March 5th, 1867, when, by act of Legislature, a certain fund in the hands of the Governor, known as the deserters' fund, was donated to the institution, and other appropriations made. The land upon which it is located was donated by Judge David Davis, and lies in the north-eastern part of the village of Normal. A better place could not be found; it is high and beautiful, having excellent railroad facilities, and above all, a moral atmosphere as pure as can be found in the State.

The building is a plain, substantial one, yet having a splendid appearance. It is built in the Romanesque style of architecture, with stone basement, and three stories above that, of brick. The internal arrangements are represented as admirably calculated to promote the health and comfort of the inmates. Before the building was erected there were three temporary homes in the State, one at Springfield, and two at Bloomington; and on the 2d day of June, 1869, the children of those homes were moved to the new building, which was formally dedicated

the 17th of the same month. Ex-Governor R. J. Oglesby delivered the dedicatory address.

The building will furnish ample accommodations for 350 children; the present number being 309, with many applications on file for admission. Evidently there will soon be required increased space to meet the demands now being made upon the institution.

The officers are—

President James M. Beardsley; Secretary-John M. Snyder; Treasurer-Edward R. Roe; Superintendent-Virginia C. Ohr; Ass't Superintendent-Mary E. Hughes; Steward-John S. Clark; Physician-John Sweeney, M. D.

Teachers-Clara E. Watts, Susan Reed, Sadie White, Amelia Shiell, Mary J. Pease.

P. COFFEY,

Proprietor of the

CHAMPAIGN HOUSE!

North End of Neil Street,

Champaign, Illinois.

ILLINOIS STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE,

Is located at Jacksonville, and was founded by act of incorporation, March 1st, 1847. Its origin is very largely due to labors and efforts of that untiring friend of the insane, Miss D. L. Dix, who, in a memorial addressed to the General Assembly, pointed out the imperative necessity for such an institution; giving force and point to her appeals, by many facts which she had gathered in traveling over the State.

The first Superintendent was Dr. J. M. Higgins, Aug. 12th, 1848. He resigned in March, 1854, and in June, 1854, Dr. A. McFarland was elected, and held that office until July, 1870, when he resigned.

Dr. McFarland, during the last few years of his management, was censured severely, and public confidence in him shaken to a great extent, which undoubtedly led to his resignation.

The entire cost of the institution is not far from $600,000; this includes the land and fixtures, and all the stock. The annual expense is about $110,000, about three-fourths of which is paid by the State, the balance being derived from the farm and the pay of the patients. The number of attendants and all others employed, is about seventy, and the whole number of patients, 452. The whole number admitted into the hospital since it was established, is 3,903.