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OHIO. 



The returns of the assessors show that the 

 wool clip of 1869 was 19,292,858 pounds; 

 which is a decrease of 3,647,621 pounds, as 

 compared with the clip of the previous year. 



The following table shows the damage done 

 to sheep by dogs during the year. 



No. of sheep killed by doga 52,411 



Value of same $111,780 



No. of sheep injured by dogs 24,870 



Estimate or injury done $36.907 



Aggregate amount of injury to sheep by dogs.. . $148,747 

 No. of dogs in the State 186,777 



The statistics of iron manufacture for the 

 year 1869, are : Pig-iron manufactured, 211,- 

 074 tons. Of this 74,221 tons were smelted 

 with charcoal, and 136,853 tons with stone 

 coal. Bar and nail iron, 27,585 tons ; nails, 

 8,271 tons ; hoop-iron, 498 tons ; sheet iron, 

 648 tons; stoves, 8,631 tons; car-wheels, 3,- 

 607 tons; other castings, 10,711 tons ; spikes 

 and railroad-chairs, 706 tons; railroad-iron, 

 9,167 tons. 



The following counties are reported as en- 

 gaged in the manufacture of pig-iron ; Colum- 

 biana, 18,377 tons; Cuyahoga, 3,150 tons; 

 Gallia, 2,105 tons; Hamilton, 100 tons; Jack- 

 son, 11,024 tons; Jefferson, 12,261 tons; Law- 

 rence, 6,250 tons: Mahoning, 41,721 tons; 

 Muskingum, 1,624 tons; Koss, 2,028 tons; 

 Scioto, 6,225 tons; Stark, 8,900 tons; Trum- 

 bull, 23,963 tons; and Vinton, 12,505 tons. 



The department of social statistics was more 

 fully reported on in 1870 than for any previ- 

 ous year, though still imperfect in many par- 

 ticulars. For the year ending July 1, 1870, 

 marriages by license, 25,053 ; by banns, 406 ; 

 total, 25,459. During the three years imme- 

 diately following the war, there were 87,940 

 marriages, making an average of 29,303 ; 

 showing a greater average than any three 

 consecutive years within the last decade. The 

 number of suits for divorce pending July 1, 

 1870, was 2,100; the number decided, 1,392; 

 the number still pending, 708. In the 1,392 

 cases decided, decrees of divorce were granted 

 in 307 cases, when brought by husband, and 

 701 when brought by wife ; making a total, in 

 which decrees were granted, of 1,008 ; 62 in 

 which decrees were refused, and 322 were dis- 

 missed. The number of cases in which decrees 

 of divorce were granted in 1869 was 103, 

 showing the number in 1870 to be five greater 

 than last year. 



For the year ending April 1, 1870, the re- 

 turns of births were as follows : Legitimate 

 white males, 31,020; white females, 28,746; 

 black males, 500 ; black females, 486 ; sex not 

 given, 53 ; total legitimate, 60,805. Illegiti- 

 mate white males, 184; white females, 153; 

 black males, 25; black females, 19; sex not 

 given, 13 ; total illegitimate, 393 ; total births, 

 61,198. Deaths reported white males, 12,- 

 422 ; white females, 10,578 ; sex not reported, 

 128; black males, 315; black females, 238; 

 sex not reported, 2; total deaths, 23,683. 



Number of wills admitted to probate, 2,232 ; 

 number of letters of administration issued, 3,- 



696; number of letters of guardianship issued, 

 3,309; number of children included in these 

 letters is 6,598 ; of insane persons, 253 ; of 

 idiots, 43 ; and of aged persons, 59. 



Number of persons naturalized in Ohio 

 for the year ending July 1, 1870, 2,019, dis- 

 tributed as follows : England, Scotland, and 

 "Wales, 401; Ireland, 710; Germany, 740; 

 other countries, 178 ; total, 2,019. 



The criminal statistics for the year are as 

 follows : Number of persons prosecuted during 

 the year, 2,550 ; number executed, 3 ; number 

 imprisoned in penitentiary, 377; number im- 

 prisoned in county jail, 134; number fined, 

 1,523; number acquitted, 333; nolle prosequi, 

 1,614; failure of arrest, 269; escaped, 83; 

 died before termination of prosecution, 14; 

 indictments still pending, 1,981 ; number of 

 crimes committed under the influence of liquor, 

 267 ; number of indictments pending at com- 

 mencement of year, 1,836 ; number of indict- 

 ments found during the year, 4,269. 



The number of prisoners confined in the 

 county jails, and the cost of keeping thorn, are 

 as follows : whole number of prisoners during 

 the year, 5,603; total cost, $63,903; average 

 cost, $14.27. Most of the prisoners confined 

 in county jails are kept for a period of from 

 ten to thirty days, and but few remain for a 

 period of months. 



The nativity of the prisoners so far as re- 

 ported is as follows : United States, 2,318 ; 

 England, Scotland and "Wales, 121 ; Ireland, 

 619; Germany, 437; France, 25; other for- 

 eign countries, 31 ; not reported, 2,037. 



The number of colored persons confined in 

 jails is 52. 



The number of paupers returned is 5,651, of 

 whom 4,512 are supported in county infirm- 

 aries, and 1,139 otherwise provided for. 



Number of deeds recorded, 76,457 ; number 

 of leases, 2,464; number of mortgages, 40,080; 

 amount of money secured by mortgages, $52,- 

 677,474 ; number of mortgages cancelled, 

 19,072; amount of money released by same, 

 $24,399,867. 



Number of new structures, 15,115 ; value, 

 $11,401,995; average value, $760.96. 



Number of turnpikes, 443 ; length in miles, 

 3,532. Number of plank-roads, 35 ; length in 

 miles, 196. There are 75 more turnpikes re- 

 ported than last year, and the length has been 

 increased by 610 miles. There are 24 more 

 plank-roads reported than last year, and the 

 length has been increased by 120 miles. 



Number of county buildings, 400; value of 

 the same, $6,093,181 ; average value of county 

 buildings, $15,232. 



There are in the State 139 national banks, 

 with a capital of $22,573,881, and 147 private 

 and other banks, with a capital of $6,351,888, 

 making a total of 286 banks, and total capital 

 of $28,925,069. This shows an increase of 

 nine in the number of national banks, and 

 their capital has been decreased $36,919. The 

 number of private banks shows an increase of 



