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 ILLINOIS 191 $6,027,310 from taxation and public funds, and $3,689,930 from other sources, including tuition. The most important facts concern- ing the colleges and universities of Illinois are given in the article COLLEGE. The following statement shows the extent and condition of the institution for the advanced instruction of females and professional schools, as report- ed by the United States bureau of education in 1873 : NAME OF INSTITUTION. Where iltuaUd. Denomination. Date of organiza- tion. Number or teacher*. Number of pupil*. FOE SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION OP FEMALES: Chicago 1858 1878 1860 1847 1880 1S69 1857 1858 1850 1968 1667 1855 1867 1858 1855 1864 1889 1&60 1841 1859 1859 1859 1848 1S70 1868 1?59 1859 27 11 9 12 14 15 10 12 16 4 4 6 5 5 16 2 8 3 4 1 19 22 16 12 4 16 120 119 108 98 144 78 190 200 at 12 18 42 49 29 68 22 12 18 28 7 180 19 82 180 60 65 Womufa college, Northwestern university A Imirn college Evanston Greenville Jacksonville. . . Lake Forest... Morris Mount Carroll.. Rockford. Methodist Episcopal.. Baptist Methodist Episcopal. . Lake Forest university Saint Angela's academy Presbyterian Roman Catholic Cong, and Presb Baptist THEOLOGY : Theological department of Shurtleff college Theological department of Blackburn university. . Alton Carlinville Theological seminary of the northwest u Garrett Biblical institute Methodist Episcopal. . Christian Eureka Monmouth Paxton. . United Presbyterian. . Jubilee college Robin's Nest. .. Chicago. Protestant Episcopal. . LAW: Law school of university of Chicago Law department of McKendree college MEDICINE : Chicago medical college (Northwestern university). Rush medical college Chicago Woman's hospital medical college u Bennet college of eclectic medicine and surgery. . . Chicago college of pharmacy i* y Hahnemann medical college (homeopathic) .... 44 According to the census of 1870, the number of libraries was 13,570, containing 3,323,914 volumes. Of these, 9,865 with 2,399,369 vol- umes were private, and 3,705 with 924,545 volumes other than private, including 79 cir- culating libraries containing 75,352 volumes. The largest libraries in the state were destroyed by the great Chicago fire in 1871. The chief libraries reported by the United States bureau of education in 1872 were that of the North- western university at Evanston, containing 22,000 volumes; the state library in Spring- field, 15,000 ; that of the Baptist union theo- logical seminary in Chicago, 15,000 ; the Hengstenberg library (university of Chicago), 13,000; that of the Illinois industrial university at Champaign, 10,000; Illinois college, Jack- sonville, 8,000; McKendree college, Lebanon, 8,000 ; Augnstana college, Paxton, 7,000 ; and the mercantile library, Peoria, 7,000. The state law library in Springfield contains 3,000 volumes, and the Chicago public library (1874) about 40,000. The total number of newspa- pers and periodicals reported by the census of 1870 was 505, with an aggregate circulation of 1,722,541, and issuing 113,140,492 copies annually. There were 39 daily, circulation 166,400; 10 tri-weekly, 40,570; 4 semi- weekly, 2,950; 364 weekly, 890,913; 11 semi-month- ly, 107,900; 72 monthly, 490,808 ; 2 bi-month- 426 VOL. ix. 13 ly, 11,000 ; and 3 quarterly, 12,000. In the same year the state contained 4,298 religious organizations, having 3,459 edifices with 1,201,- 403 sittings, and property valued at $22,664,- 283. The leading denominations were : DENOMINATIONS. Orpwii- zatlonl.

new. Sitllnpi. Prop*rty. Baptist 722 671 181 454 Catholic Apostolic. . . 1 1 850 Christian 850 281 85175 212 188 66,187 Episcopal (Protestant) Evangelical Association.. . . Friends 105 K> 5 87 65 4 80,895 20,176 1 000 1,426,800 3'2',.0r,0 Jewish 10 9 3950 Lutheran 280 207 74~801 1 043476 Methodist. 1,426 1 124 887078 Moravian (United Breth- 4 4 1 600 11 OOO 1 Mormon 6 2 688 6500 New Jerusalem (Sweden- 18 7 1 888 Presbyterian, regular Presbyterian, other Reformed Church in Amer- icn(late Dutch Refonn'd). Reformed Church in the United States (late Ger- 489 156 14 82 886 187 14 80 140.147 44,702 4,880 7170 8,196,891 441,284 150,200 93 600 Roman Catholic 290 249 186900 4 oiu t;r>o g 5 1 800 7100 Spiritualist 7 1 no 700 Unitarian 28 17 6.960 492,'JOO United Brethren in Christ. Univerealist 125 52 68 44 17,995 18225 126,800' 548,800 Unknown (union). . . 10 7 1.T70 8.600-