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he next General Assembly amended the law, reducing the commission ne member, and B. F. Shaw was appointed. During the second year B were distributed 533,000 California salmon, and 100,000 young eels; 877, there were distributed 303,500 lake trout in the rivers and lakes he State, and several hundred thousands of other species. During the s 1876 and 1877, the total number of different kinds distributed, and and, was over five and a half million. The Seventeenth General As- oly, by an act approved March 23, 1878, appropriated 86,000 for con- ing the promotion of fish culture in the State. B. F. Shaw was cou- ed as Commissioner.
STATE ENCOURAGEMENT OF IMMIGRATION.
le first legislative act in Iowa designed to promote immigration, was ed in March, 1860. The law provided for.the appointment by the Gov- r of a Commissioner of Immigration to reside and keep an office in the of New York, from the first of May until the first of December of year. It was made the duty of the Commissioner to give to immi- ts information in regard to the soil and climate of the State, branches nsiness to be pursued with advantage, the cheapest and best routes by :h to reach the State, and to protect them from imposition. To carry the objects of the law, the sum of $4,500 was appropriated to be ap- I as follows: for the payment of the Commissioner two years, $2,400;
182
HISTORY OF IOWA.
for printing documents in English, German, and such other languages as the Governor might deem advisable, $1,000, and for office and office ox- penses for the Commissioner, $1,100. Under this law, Hon. N. J. Rnech, of Scott county, who had previously been Lieutenant Governor, was appointed Immigration Commissioner, and in May, 1860, established an office in New York. The object of the law seems to have had special reference to foreign immigration. The Commissioner in his report to the Governor, in Decem- ber, 1861, gave it as his opinion, that the establishment of an agency in New York was not the most successful method of inducing immigration to a particular State. He thought far more could be accomplished at less ex- pense by the distribution of documents. In February, 1862, the law was repealed, and the office of Commissioner of Immigration was discontinued May 1st of that year.
The next effort put forth by the State to promote immigration was under an act passed by the Thirteenth General Assembly, in 1870. Hon. M. J. Rohlfs, of Scott county, had at the previous session introduced a bill in the House of Representatives for the purpose, but the measure did not then succeed. At the next session he renewed his efforts with success. The law provided for the appointment by the Governor of a Board of Immigration, to consist of one member from each Congressional district, and the Gov- ernor, who was ex-officio President of the Board. It also provided for a Secretary, to be ex officio Commissioner of Immigration, and to be chosen by the Board. Provision was also made for the appointment of agents in the Eastern States and in Europe, and for the publication and distribution of documents. To carry out its objects an appropriation of $5,000 was made. This was designed to pay expense of documents, salary of Secre- tary, and compensation of agents, the members of the Board receiving no compensation, except mileage for two meetings each year, to be paid out of the general fund. Under this law the following persons were appointed by Governor Merrill: Edward Mumm, of Lee county; M. J. Rohlfs, of Scott county; C. L. Clausen, of Mitchell county; C. Rhynsburger, of Marion county; S. F. Spotford, of Polk county, and Marcus Tuttle, of Cerro Gordo county. At their first meeting, held in April, 1870, they elected A. R. Fulton their Secretary, and authorized him to prepare a pamphlet for dis- tribution, in the English, German, Holland, Swedish and Norwegian lan- guages. Many thousands of copies of a pamphlet entitled "Iowa: The Home for Immigrants," were printed in the several languages named, and distributed throughout the East and in European countries. Many other pamphlets and documents were also distributed, and several agents com- missioned. So successful were the efforts of the Board that the next Gen- eral Assembly appropriated $10,000 for continuing the work. The amend- atory law, however, reduced the Board to five members, including the Gov- ernor. The Board, as reduced, was composed of the following members: M. J. Rohlfs, of Scott county; S. F. Spofford, of Polk county; Marcos Tuttle, of Cerro Gordo county; C. V. Gardner, of Pottawattamie county, and the Governor. The new Board continued the former Secretary, and pursued its work by the distribution of documents, through agents and by correspondence. After four years existence the Board of Immigration was discontinued, but not until it had doubtless been the means of inducing thousands to find homes within the borders of Iowa.
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STATISTICS.
MBER OF TROOP'S FURNISHED BY THE STATE OF IOWA DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, TO JANUARY 1, 1865 .*
No. Regiment.
No. of men,
No. Regiment.
No. of men.
Iowa Infantry
959
39th Iowa Infantry
933
1,247
40th
900
1,074
41st Battalion Iowa Infantry
294
..
1,184
44th Infantry (100-days men).
867
..
1,037
45th
912
..
1,013
46th
892
1,138
47th
=
884
1,027
48th Battalion
346
1,090
1st Iowa Cavalry.
1.478
2d
1,394
3d
1,360
981
1,227
989
5th
.6
1,245
840
6th
1,125
1,196
7th
562
919
8th
1,234
956
9th
1,178
875
93
985
Co. A, 11th Penn. Cavalry
87
925
1st Battery Artillery
149
980
2d :
123
1,008
3d
961
4th
152
979
1st Iowa African Inf'y, 60th U. S.t
903
995
Dodge's Brigade Band .
14 10
940
Enlistments as far as reported to Jan.
2,765
1,005
1, '64, for the older Iowa regiments Enlistments of Iowa men in regi- ments of other States, over ...
2,500
977
925
Total.
61,658
985
Re-enlisted Veterans for different regiments .
7,202
984
Additional enlistments
6,664
986
914
Grand total as far as reported up to Jan. 1, 1865
75,519
This does not include those Iowa men who veteranized in the regiments of other States, the names of men who enlisted during 1864, in regiments of other States.
Afterward consolidated with Seventh Cavalry.
Only a portion of this regiment was credited to the State.
142
919
Band of 2d lowa Infantry.
956
978
953
910
4th
1,027
1,022
Sioux City Cavalry t.
184
NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AMONG OFFICERS OF IOWA REGIMENTS DURING THE WAR
TRANSFER'D.
KILLED.
DIED.
DISCHARGED.
WOUNDED.
-
REGIMENT OR BATTERY.
In action.
Accidentally.
Of wounds.
Of disease.
By drowning.
For disability.
Cause
Total.
In action.
Accidentally.
Resigned.
Dismissed.
Captured.
Corps.
ment.
Total.
First Cavalry ..
COCO CON-
CHICO COM
1
4
..
4
84
3
46
3
3
2
2
12
12
251
8
45
Second Cavalry .
2
19
6
8
31
2
55
4
-
8
.
1
1
1
1
15
2
21
.
15
6
23
Seventh Cavalry .
9
HCON
2
2
10
10
23
1
41
25
30
..
2
2
6
10
casu
alt's
rep.
4
1
8
1
1
1
1
First Infantry ..
6
6
10
2
23
23
25
61
1
1
8
9
3
3
3
9
1
2
2
1
I
.
1
3
6
34
40
81
8
2
2
Third infantry ...
2
.
1
16
16
84
59
Fourth Infantry ..
1
5
5
1
4
18 ..
18
32
2
67
2
1
1
7
1
7
4 ..
4
3
3
3
1
4
7
2
1
3
5
24 2
26
26
.
58
1
1
1
16 ..
16
..
25
3
47
4
..
11 2
13
19
1
45
22
1
1
3 ..
Twelfth Infantry ..
2
2
4
19 . .
19
361
1
651
4
4
4
Thirteenth Infantry.
6
6
Tenth Infantry .
3
4
8 ..
8
30
2
57
12
1
3
4
2
2
4
14 . .
14
37
3
73
6
Seventh Infantry ..
3
..
72
9
6
6
Ninth Infantry.
4
4
..
5
5
Eleventh Infantry.
3
DA.
1
4
6
17 .
17
28
1
63
3
8
Fifth Infantry .
5
Sixth Infantry.
22 1
23
...
Eighth Infantry.
6
6
32
Total casualties.
To Vet. Res.
By appoint-
8
8
5
5
9
9
39
1
63
5
2
2
Fourth Cavalry .
1
6
6
35
51
Fifth Cavalry.
1
1
1
Sixth Cavalry
22
2
2
Eighth Cavalry.
2
Ninth Cavalry ...
1
1
Artillery, First Battery ...
No
Artillery, Second Battery.
2
Artillery, Fourth Battery.
4
5
1
1
Second Infantry .
1
1
Second Veteran Infantry .. Second and Third Infantry (consolidated).
1
85
.
5
5
Third Veteran Infantry.
3
3
.
"SOLLSLLVIS
1
5
5
Third Cavalry ..
1
1
un-
known.
Total.
Total.
Total.
..
Artillery, Third Battery ..
STATISTICS.
Total ..
1332 135
88 115 2 205
51
80 132 565 8 566 |1225
56/ 2321
241
4
105| 109
1
19 1
20
40
69
14
Seventeenth Infantsy.
2
1
1
3
6 ..
6
20
26
1
48
1
2
Twentieth Infantry ...
9
2
8
2 ..
1
3
4
9 ..
9
27 ....
54
4
1
1
1
17 ..
17
23
24
1
49
1
2
2
Twenty-fourth Infantry ..
2
4
1
..
22
22
28
....
2
2
Twenty-sixth Infantry.
50
4
1
1
2
2
4
16 . .
16
21
39
2
58
1
.
46
Thirtieth Infantry. ..
423
1423
3
4
7
9
9
13
1
38
5
Thirty-second Infantry .
1
2
2
8
9
26
..
85
1
Thirty-third Infantry.
1
2
4
Thirty-fourth [34th and 38th] consolidated ..
3
1
4
16
27
23
...
11
:
.
8
27
21
1
Thirty-eighth Infantry,.
2
8
9
12
2
2
18
1
35
1
Fortieth Infantry ..
1
1
1
Forty-fourth Infantry.
No
casu
alt's
..
2
2
.
.
.
.
11
3
16
. .
1
-
8
1
1
5 ..
5
20
5
83
....
..
36
12
Eighteenth Infantry.
8
1
Nineteenth Infantry ..
3
5
15 . .
11
22 ..
22
26
1
56
5
Twenty-first Infantry.
47
1
1
19 ..
19
3
1
1
Twenty-fifth Infantry ..
2
2
4
8
4 2
3
5
7 ..
7
17
82
Twenty-seventh Infantry.
8
8 ..
8
25
1
1
3
3
17 ..
17
27
9 ..
8
33
1
Thirty-first Infantry ...
3
42
1
1
3
3
28
.. ·
Thirty-fourth Infantry
12.
2
25
1
2
..
Thirty-fifth Infantry ..
1
2
3
21
29
9
15
.
Thirty-ninth Infantry.
1
Forty-fifth Infantry ...
1
Forty-sixth Infantry.
1
1
Forty-seventh Infantry.
Forty-eighth Infantry (battalion).
First Colored Regiment of Iowa (60th U. S.) .....
2-11427
52511427 2 5 1 1 4
2
2
.
7
18
1
195312
Twenty-second Infantry ..
Twenty-third Infantry.
2
6
.
Twenty-eighth Infantry .
3
5
1
Twenty-ninth Infantry
5
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
5
Thirty-sixth Infantry ..
Thirty-seventh Infantry.
5
1
3
1
66
2
185
.
981
NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AMONG ENLISTED MEN OF IOWA REGIMENTS DURING THE WAR.
KILLED.
DIED.
DISCHARGED.
WOUNDED.
In action.
Accidentally.
Total,
Of wounds.
Of disease.
By suicide.
By drowning.
For disability.
Cause
Total.
In action.
Accidentally.
Total casualties.
To Vet. Res.
Corps.
ment.
First Cavalry.
34
8
42
20|
187| 1
4
312
187
16|
203
81
3
2|
5431
21 73
14
22 11
37
Second Cavalry ..
58
4
62
19
224 ..
2
245
220
85
905
155
2
157
1
770
141
24
7
31
Third Cavalry ..
37
4
41
11
186 .
4
201
151
82
233|
108
4
112
3
590
90
25
8
Fourth Cavalry ..
36
6
42
7
127 1
2
137
172
51
223
47
3
50
452
209
14
8
17 6
16
3
19
5
59
2
4
70
70
16
86
15
8
18
..
...
8
8
37
8
45
2
92 . .
7
101
228
18
246
4
1
8
402
....
24
3
27
9
91 . .
4
104
49
15
64
75
2
77
2
274
237
20
20
5
1
6
10
162 . .
3
175
54
8
62|
13
2
15 .
258
1
10
1
11
Ninth Cavalry.
7
7
8
51
54
25
9
34
28
1
29
124
8
3
Artillery, 1st Battery ..
1
1
1
29
80
16 ....
16
14
1
15
62
1
5
6
Artillery, 2d Battery.
2
8
1
83
23
3
26
15
1
16
.
1
6
11
11
.
7
·
5
.
8
.
12
12
5
7
1
13
137
137
3
165
First Infantry ..
55
3
58|
17
107
4
128
137 191 328
244
1
.
758
13
9
6
15
Second Infantry ..
69
1
1
Second Veteran Infantry.
11 .
11
3
11
.
27
14
14
28
8
·
749
85
13
4
Third Infantry ...
17
17
1
9
1
...
152 146
298
319
3
322
5
973
44
80
2
32
Fourth Infantry.
1
60
29
90 1
: .
154
211
47
258
331
4
335
3
102 ..
102
124 .
.
172
180
108
288
328
8
831
... 8
76
2
78
57
208 ..
1
266
243
26
269
354
859
973
23
24 .. .
5
48
Tenth Infantry.
56. 1
57
35| 134|. .
1
17011
137|
115
2521
2571
4
2611
....
739
16/1
41
15
34
Eighth Infantry.
49 1
50
44
137 .
1
182
245
63
808
210
4
214
761
73
15
7
22
Seventh Infantry ...
94 . .
94
85
135 ..
2
120
222
15
237
278
4
282
699
96
45
2
47 7
Fifth Infantry.
855
54
7 ....
Sixth Infantry ..
4 . 52 3
55
28
99 .
2
129
163
67
230
2
335
10
28
23
....
Third Veteran Infantry ..
57
1
58
51
237
2
10 290
1
41
.
8
67
18
5
8
8
Second and Third Consolidated Infantry.
4
...
27
14
2
1
41
79
Artillery, 3d Battery ..
17
Artillery, 4th Battery ....
7
7
Independent Company Sioux City Cavalry ...
1
.
Company A, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry. .. Dodge's Brigade Band ...
3
co. 3
.
193
1
5 5
86
37
3
40
28|
191 ..
3
222.
140
29
169
158
161
602
26
appoint-
By
Total.
Missing.
Captured.
TRANSFER'D.
REGIMENT OR BATTERY.
un-
known.
Total.
Fifth Cavalry ..
Sixth Cavalry.
Seventh Cavalry.
Eighth Cavalry ..
.
..
1
34
5
2
17 2
59
..
885
882|
21
1
24
Ninth Infantry ..
.
. 1
245
339
90
Eleventh Infantry. Twelfth Infantry . Thirteenth Infantry ..
84| 1|
55| 80
..
85
1
66 28
23
122 .
145
187
7
11 4 82 302
892|
7
1029 819
242
21 23
6
27
Sixteenth Infantry ...
57
57|
32|
217. 97
.
8 6
130
183
157
6 163
43
B
.
Twenty-first Infantry .
37
1
98
29 157
.
2
188
199
14 153
147
8
2
20
36 49
2 5 2
54 42
Twenty-third Infantry ..
39
99
30
196 .
2
228
171
6 177
123
240
8
243
2
761
72
6
54
564
17
16
8
69
40
2
42
29
204
236
140
1 141
68 202
132
8 135
6
32 89
33
10
45 49
Twenty-eighth Infantry .
19
2
21
17
248
1
266
117
71
124
97
2
511
53
31
6
87
47 72 83
28 22 .
Thirty-fourth consolidated Battalion Infantry ..
3
4
2
10
12
7
36
12
2
14
510|
15
51
14 65
Thirty-sixth Infantry .
85
35
24 226
1 251
4
191
142 ..
142 .
619
437
17
6
23
Thirty-seventh Infantry ..
1
1
310 .
1 811|
108
9| 117
2
2
431
8
.48
15
Thirty-ninth Infantry.
33 1
94
21
119 ..
1 141
89
94
123
3
108 ..
406
203
20 6
26
Fortieth Infantry .
5
5
10
179 .
5
194
4
121
41
41 .
*Forty-first Infantry (battalion).
2
2
15
15
17
Forty-fourth Infantry ..
22
1
Forty-sixth Infantry ...
2
2.
1
23
24
21
28.
3
. . .
Forty-seventh Infantry .
1
45
1
46
....
4
.
.
1
383
1
First African Infantry [60th U. S.] .
5!
1
391
5
937
40
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115/
90394 144 89|1264| 281 1545
·
2 274 249 116 119 1
270 160
129
93 222
225. .
73 190
1
449
63
5 27
13
40
8 .
8!
180 .
142
180
150
8158
245 ·
.. 3
570
3
1
42
58
1
59;
53
197|.
3
253
200
4
204 198
162 140
3
..
562 590
24
69 .
40
5
52
52
24
180
1
1
206
166
16 182
242
246
10
696
Twenty-ninth Infantry
1
40
24
233
257
129
13| 142
202
3
19
46
1
11
11
16
261
277
137
175
771
...
....
Thirty-second Infantry .
56
56
33
203 .
1 237
156
10 166
132
1
166
2
168
580
73
18!
10
Thirty-fourth Infantry
4.
4
2
228 1
231
286
27
813
13
.
.
....
6 66
.
23!
2
25
19
182
1
1 203
172
17
189
93 ....
93
3
3
9
141
1 142 326
30
856
2
2
503
....
....
...
12
Thirty-eighth Infantry ..
· ..
.MNOH 1
14
14
15
Forty-fifth Infantry ..
17
1
19
1
. .
.
7 .
.
.
Forty-eighth Infantry ...
27| 1
1 526
249
84 15 18
15 10 1
80 28 8
Fourteenth Residuary Battalion ..
11
....
1 18
14
27
Fifteenth Infantry.
52
52.
78 194.
14
8
614
264
8 5
28 10
Eighteenth Infantry .
26
2
28.
7
109
222
6 228 5 188
Nineteenth Infantry .
53
5.3:
·
Twentieth Infantry ..
694
79
40
Twenty-second Infantry ..
53
1
54|
52 126
2
199 .
219
120
18
2
164 143
69
Twenty-seventh Infantry .
..
7
14
162.
4
180
134
49 209
289
1
294 162 894 290 225 74
61011 768
1 209
882| 19 8
84 182 .
1
174|| 181 2761 217
124 192
188
807
280
190
16% ....
Fourteenth Infantry .
Seventeenth Infantry
....
1
191
....
562 859 531
204 10
41 48
Twenty-fifth Infantry .. .
39
.
39
22
·
8
Twenty-sixth Infantry .
Thirtieth Infantry.
540
13 93.
27
6
7
Thirty-third Infantry .
25 1
26
37
166 .
3 236 109
84
143
.
·
3
3
Thirty-fourth [34th and 38th ] Inft. consolidated Thirty-fifth Infantry .
3
·
13
561
22 . .
STATISTICS.
187
1
25| 148|. . 2.3 .
80! 1811 880|
6 852
78
43
18
91
46 150 245 126
....
...
Twenty-fourth Infantry ..
1 2 646
Thirty-first Infantry
. .
·
589
.
· ..
2
. ..
105
117
961
2
12
..
1
·
4
391
99 205 77 133
4
77 289
29
187
188
STATISTICS.
TABLE.
SHOWING THE DATE OF ORGANIZATION, AND THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF IOWA, FOR THE YEARS NAMED.
COUNTIES.
Organized.
1875.
1870.
1860.
1850.
1840.
Voters.
Adair.
1854|
7045
3982
984
Adams.
1853
7832
4614
1533
Allamakee.
1849
19158
17868
12237
777
3653
Appanoose.
1846
2370
16456
11931
3131
527
Audubon.
1855
17405
1212
454
Benton.
1846
28807
22454
8496
672
4778
Black Hawk
1853
22913
21706
8244
135
4877
Boone.
1849
17251
14584
4232
735
8515
Bremer.
1853
13220
12528
4915
2656
Buchanan.
1847
17315
17034
7906
517
3890 817 2598
Calhoun
1855
8185
1602
147
681 1197
Cass.
1853
10552
5464
1612
2422
Cedar.
1836
17879
19731
12949
3941
1253
Cerro Gordo.
1855
6685
4722
940
Cherokee.
1856
4249
1967
58
Chickasaw
1853
11400
10180
4336
2392
Clarke.
1851
10118
8785
5427
79
Clay. ..
1858
8559 27184
27771
20728
3873
1101
Clinton.
34295
35357
18938
2822
821
Crawford.
1855
6039
2530
383
Dallas.
1847
14386
12019
5244
854
Davis ..
1844
15757
15565
13764
7264
Decatur.
1850
13249
12018
8677
965
Delaware
1840
16893
17432
11024
1759
168
Des Moines
1834
35415
27256
19611
12988
5577
Dickinson Dubuque.
1834
43845
88969
31164
10841
3059
Fayette.
1850
20515
16973
12073
825
Floyd.
1854
13100
10768
3744
Franklin
1855
6558
4738
1309
1849
13719
11178
5074
1244
Greene.
1854
7028
4627
793
Guthrie
1851
9638
7061
3058
2339
Hamilton
1857
7701
6055
1699
Hancock
1858
1482
999
179
Hardin.
1853
15029
18684
5440
Harrison
1853
11818
8931
3621
Henry.
1836
21594
21463
18701
8707
3772
4641
Howard
1855
7875
6282
8168
Humboldt.
1857
3455
2596
332
Ida ..
1858
794
226
43
822
8576
Jackson
1838
23061
22619
18493
7210
1411
4901
Jasper
1846
24128
22116
9883
1280
2773
8721
Johnson.
1838
24654
24898
17573
4472
1491
5225
Jones.
1899
19168|
19731
13306
3007
471
4180
1858
3561
1585
57
Butler.
1854
11734
9951
3724
Carroll
1856
5760
2451
281
3934 1526 1001
Clayton
1838
1523
52
2213 868 5270 5569
1857
1748
188
180
Emmett
1859
1436
1892
105
299 4637
2884 1374 2998 1622 1525
Grundy
1856
8134
6399
1455 803 3215
2658
1712 695 172
Iowa.
1845
17456
16644
8029
Jefferson
1899
17127
17889
15038
9904
5239
Fremont.
1374
1244 3170 3448 2882 8662 6654 894 8759
1840
AGGREGATE.
1616
1727
3679
Buena Vista.
189
STATISTICS.
TABLE
NG THE DATE OF ORGANIZATION, AND THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF IOWA, FOR THE YEARS NAMED.
Continued.
COUNTIES.
Organized.
AGGREGATE.
1875.
1870.
1860.
1850.
1840.
Voters.
1844
20488
19434
13271
4822
4202
1855
3765
3351
416
18861
6093
5709
1839
31815
28852
18947
5444
1373
7274
1839
12499
12877
10370
4939
1927
2899
1849
11725
10388
5766
471
2464
1872
1139
221
7339
1179
287 2632
1844
23718
22508
14816
5989
5287
1845
24094
24436
16813
5482
4988
1850
19629
17576
6015
338
4445
1851
10555
8718
4481
2365
1854
11523
9582
3409
2338 1292
1851
12811
12724
8612
2884
2743
1858
10389
5934
1256
2485
1838
21623
21688
16444
5731
1942
6588
1860
2349
715
8
595 498
1851
14274
9975
4419
551
3222
2728
1336
132
556
ith.
1858
5282
2199
148
1136
ntas
1859
2249
1446
103
464
1846
31558
27857
11625
4513
6842
attamie.
1848
21665
16893
4968
7828
4392
nek
1848
16482
15581
5668
615
3634
ld.
1855
7546 2878
1411
246
1838
39763
38599
25959
5986
2140
1853
5664
2540
818
10
637
13111
11651
4051
2574
18771
16131
5285
8
3911
1851
10418
6989
3590
204
2282
1853
8827
6986
2012
1924 8893
1844
18541
22346
14518
8471
3923
1849
19269
17980
10281
961
4168
1.
1839
23865
18952
142335
4957
1594
5346
1851
13978
11287
6409
340
2947
T.
1857
24233
1562
168
4117
thiek.
1851
2986
2:3570
13942
546
406
ury
1857
4908|
2892
756
763
1855
3244
2392
653
694
'al
1353118 1191792
674913
192214
43112
284557
2.
1872
1778
5691
2923
1496 657 7109
1084
1860
1853
iren
1837
17980
17672
17081
12270
6146
Igton
1853
13114
10484
2504
3747
bago
1853
8568
6172
1119
1776
Ito.
1857
2267
3654
832
ymery
ine.
1837
33913
38210
29232
773
1850
16030
13884
1854
1858
3720
576
1854
0.
190
STATISTICS.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR, 1877, AND PRESIDENT, 1876.
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
Rep.
Dem.
Gr.
Pro.
Rep.
Dem.
Rep.
Dem.
Gr.
Pro.
Rep.
Dem.
Adair
982
161
581
15
1334
593||Johnson
1881
2345
18
273|
2345|
3569
Adams ..
876
397
485
88
1376
626 Jones
1868
1218
14
68
2591
1763
Allamakee.
1547
1540
69
36
1709
1646 Keokuk ...
1772
1528
322
105
2364
1862
Appanooso
1165
1049
729
32
1711
1419 Kossuth
463
236
13
89
638
297
Benton.
1432
712
567
449
2901
1356
Linn
2524
2316
-75
585
4331
5917
Black Hawk
178C
1111
95
244
2979
1592
Louiss
1338
817
89
108
1920
1008
Boone.
1612
981
466
10
2018
1305
Lucas.
1203
804
103
12
1478
1044
Bremer ..
1180
582
196
1
1737
757
Lyon ...
261
17
9
14
262
Buena Vista.
747
192
161
20
770
300
Mahaska ...
1823
1086
1011
596
3221
1701
Butler.
1453
758
19
95
1828
780
Marion
1976
1866
760
95
2736
2304
Calhoun.
418
75
171
74
622
196
Marshall.
1448
837
389
504
3056
1199
Carroll
633
744
141
11
799
771
Milla
1435
1102
98
29
1452
1165
1592
839
116
30
1876
979
Mitchell
1396
459
35
86
1663
671
Cedar.
1915
1093
206
446
2328
1445
Monona
580
119
432
9
713
304
Cerro Gordo
903
348
72
40
1274
448
Monroe.
1034
9:28
247
26
1418
1316
562
74
883
86
864
175
Montgomery
1122
441
532
47
1749
759
1279
1107
37
94
1574
1090
Muscatine.
1753
1775
171
887
25:43
2075
Clarke
1054
287
813
19
1405
816
O'Brien.
308
21
201
14
463
116
Olay.
517
16
30
567
94
Osceola
995
40
13
33
320
59
Clayton
1873
1770
66
2662
2621
Page.
1166
508
348
293
2243
861
Clinton ..
2444
2327
286
3654
3398
Palo Alto
311
357 ..
3
343
333
Crawford ..
898
651
19
1043
638
Plymouth.
487
77
89
835
502
Dallas.
1541
215
1241
2136
753
Pocahontas.
370
93
3
374
141
Davis ..
893
1231
803
1586
1631
Polk
1885
1353
94
4321
2382
Deostur .
1269
961
810
1647
1282
Puttawattamie.
2059
218
191
2565
2414
Delaware.
1238
1143
32
2233
1466
882
4:30
846
2509
1083
Des Moines ..
2315
1384
767
6
3335
12
259
48
Sac
656
199
177
13
661
164
Dubuque
1587
8415
406
2798
4977
8031
309
37
8819
2854
Emmett,
213
28
889
27
3029
1709
Sioux.
132
49
439
220
Floyd.
1233
208
162
2032
751
Story.
344
644
187
1843
579
Franklin
1311
336
16
10
1178
379
Tama.
833
196
133
2337
1317
Fremont
1250
1331
334
1658
1682
Taylor.
1825
293
868
..
1238
795
Grundy
909
496
964
21
1494
629
Wapello.
1029
1255
295
3582
2412
Hamilton ..
842
265
422
57
1187
425 Warren
1726
742
101
2439
1315
Hardin
1492
661
238
154
2152
980 Wayne ..
1316
832
404
3
1693
1941
Harrison
1348
863
529
19
1557
1386
Webster.
850
127
1421
47
1999
987
Henry
1770
424
1041
140
2809
1485
Winnebago ..
544
40
498
39
Humboldt.
882
149
115
64
523
183
Woodbury.
1109
867
226
9
1034
997
Iowa ....
1132
1120
642
228
1870
1348
Wright ....
391
166
117
98
574
184
Jackson
1619
1966
224
15
2126
2485
Jasper
1977
1164
1018
268
8375
1804
Totals.
121546
79353
84228
10639 171339 112191
Jefferson
1396
753|
576
109
2166
1449|
Majorities ... | 42193
59211 .....
Audubon.
410
352
28
427
353 Lee.
2157
2863
350
299
3160
3682
Buchanan
1290
769
725
223
2327
1416
Madison
1792
1077
616
56
3246
1538
2123
Poweshiek
1495 964
71
671
47
1946
42
Dickinson.
197
8
53
246
-36
888
639
3
16
897
631
Fayette
19:33
1067
551
27
1310
510
Union.
899
516
830
63
301
130
2113
1661
Hancock
340
95
29
2
281
99 Washington.
1687
1221
303
112
2467
1500
Howard
551
647
201
519
1194
600
Winneshiek.
3074
1009
279
238
2759
1617
Ida
321
54
104
212
57
Worth .:.
628
132
8
'14
703
149
1031
215 504
8
1099
417
Van Buren
1490
1305
Guthrie
1160
525
2917
Ringgold
Scott
Shelby ...
436
1260
1426
1727
676
Greene
167 66
111
779
80
12
3171
19
30
Total vote, 1877, 245, 766; 1876 (including 9,001 Greenback), 292,454.
1877. GOVERNOR.
1876. PRESIDENT.
1877. GOVERNOR.
1876. PRESIDENT.
Cherokee .... Chickasaw
67
1963
1710
944
CENTENNIAL AWARDS.
TO IOWA EXHIBITORS.
UNDER the system of awards adopted at the Centennial Exposition of 1876, pracy article exhibited was placed in one of thirty-six groups, numbering kom 1 to 36. The examination was not of a competitive character, but upon the merit of the article. Each article of merit was entitled to receive diploma and a bronze medal of uniform value. The following awards were made to Iowa exhibitors: -
GROUP NO. I.
Wesley Redhead and Mahaska Coal Mining Company are accredited with samples of coal. The committee says: "Commended as samples of bitum- inous coal of Iowa."
LEAD ORE.
John Harvey, of Dubuque .- Report says a large and instructive exhibit of Galena lead ores of Iowa.
W. P. Fox, of Des Moines .- Commended for an instructive exhibit of the stratified deposits of the State of Iowa.
[NorE-In this group were shown fifty-five varieties from stone quarries in Iowa, prepared by Donahue & MoCosh, of Burlington, in blocks six by nine inches square; also were shown samples of building and moulding mands, and three specimens of glass sands, twelve of fire and potters' clay, fix or eight samples of mineral paint, and one sample of peat; also some fino samples of geodes from Keokuk. Judge Murdock, of Olayton county, exhibited a collection of relics of the mound builders. The most prom- inent one was his large collection of mound builders' skulls.]
GROUP NO. IV.
State of Iowa .- Commended as a very fine collection of cereals in the straw, beautifully cleansed; also grasses and seeds-sixty varieties- fine collection beautifully arranged; also a collection of Indian corn, seventy varieties.
BUTTER.
Stewart & McMillen, of Manchester, Delaware county, Entry No. 880 .- Commended for the best samples of 200 lbs. and 80 lbs. respectively, made at Newberg factory, Edgewood and Hebran.
198
OENTENNIAL AWARDS.
Stewart & McMillen, Entry No. 895 .- Commended for clean, sweet flavor, firin texture and superior excellency generally, comprising samples of different creameries.
[NOTE .- The general report of the committee on butter puts the yield of the United States for 1878 at 710,000,000 1bs. Messrs. Stewart & McMil- len had about ninety competitors, among whom were the best butter makers of the world. In addition to the centennial awards, they got the golden medal awarded by the national butter and egg association. Iowa creamery butter sells in the Philadelphia market readily with the gilt edged brand. The butter crop in Iowa is an item of interest, and the State owes Stewart & McMillen a debt of gratitude for their very active exertion at the centen- nial in raising Iowa butter to a level with the gilt edge manufacturers of the eastern States. Delaware county, Iowa, is to our State what Chester county is to Pensylvania.]
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