SCHOOLS FOR THE COLORED RACE.
Gonzales, Texas.
How many institutions of learning for the colored race are there in the United States, and how many persons attending them?
John Crawford.
Answer.—According to the report of the Commissioner of Education, for 1880, the educational institutions for the colored race in the United States were then in number and attendance as follows:
| Class of Institutions. | Schools. | Enrolled. |
| Public schools | 17,081 | 806,106 |
| Normal schools | 44 | 7,408 |
| High schools and academies | 36 | 5,237 |
| Universities and colleges | 15 | 1,717 |
| Schools of theology | 22 | 800 |
| Schools of law | 3 | 33 |
| Schools of medicine | 2 | 87 |
| Schools for deaf, dumb, and blind | 2 | 122 |
| Total | 17,205 | 821,570 |
Besides this there are a number of colored public schools in States that fail to report them separately from the white schools; and there are many colored children attending the same schools with the whites.
THE WYOMING MASSACRE.
Chicago, Ill.