OHIO. 



ami its advantages enhanced by raising hay and 



grata. 



.nti-rprise has accomplished nil tlmt 

 of tlio State roqui iv in <-nii.-tni<-tiiig 

 .ml bringing about ample farilit'u-s 

 of intercourse. The total number of mi 



iihiii tin- Stati-, including Imiiu-lics 

 dings, is 8,892. 



1. of milwMV ( ipunu-s.. $92,628,516 80 



'. 73,020,882 89 



rut cost of railways and 

 represented by stock 



arid $165,648,898 69 



e cost per mile within a 



$42,682 00 



_TOSS amount of earnings of the 

 roads for the year ending Juno 8, 



1 Mir, is $85,250,277 14 



The gross amount of State, county, 

 ana other taxes paid by the com- 

 panies during the year ending Juno 



! S67, is $869,472 39 



Number of persons employed in op- 



.: railways 18,331 



Total number of persons injured 141 



Total number of persons killed during 



:ir 108 



Gallons of sorghum syrup 4,099,089 



Pounds of maple sugar 6,657,440 



Gallons of maple syrup 298,764 



. iiifvurds 7,12 



Acres of grapes planted last year : I 



rounds of grapes gathered 1,449,447 



Gallons of grape-wine pressed 168,169 



Dog* 188,998. 



Sheep killcd-27,175 ; value, $89.797. 



Sheep injured 17,128 ; estimated injury, $32,208. 



Wool rounds shorn, 23.078.179. 



Horses 680,849; value, $51,796.829. 



Cattle 1,418,985; value, $82,247,463. 



Mul< <--:',.'.<:;"; value. $1,610,658. 



Sheep 7,681,388; value, $20,048,897. 



Hogs 2,060,476 ; value, $8,127,045. 



The following are the aggregates of some of 

 the principal telegraph statistics : 



! line (poles) in Ohio 4,148 



>hio 8,949 



>' umber of offices in Ohio 806 



.umber of persons employed in operating 

 the lines in Ohio 661 



The amount of business done in Cincinnati 

 and Cleveland, the two principal cities, indi- 

 cates the growing activity and importance of 

 the State. In the former city the aggregate 

 amount, not including butchers and cattle- 

 brokers and others whose transactions are 

 about twenty per cent, of the whole, was 

 $213,253,000. In the latter the amount, with 

 the same limitations, was $65,302,000. 



The election for State officers was held in 

 October. The total vote was 484,603. R. B. 

 Hayes was elected Governor by a majority of 

 2,983, receiving 243,605 votes; his opponent, 

 A. G. Tlmrman, receiving 240,622. 



The proposed amendment to the State con- 

 stitution, allowing negro suffrage, was defeated 

 by a majority of 50,629. The following is the 

 clause of the constitution with the defeated 

 amendment : 



u-nlture is the great source of individual CO KSTITUTIOH. THE SITBSTITCTE. 



and public wealth in Ohio. Climate, soil, and ARTICLE 5, SEC. 1. Every Every male citizen of 

 geographical position all combine to further this -white male citizen of the the United States, of the 

 interest, and the annual products indicate its United States of the age age of twenty-one years, 

 rrront irrmnrtnnr>f> Tbf following snmmftrv of twenty-one years, who who shall have been a 

 great Imports ice. he Allowing summary BhaU ha / e been j a r^nt re8 ident of the State one 

 Irom the annual exhibit of field crops and O f the State one year next year next preceding the 

 other statistics gives the most important articles preceding the election, and election, and of the coun- 

 of agricultural produce : of the county, township, ty, township, or ward in 



~ , , ,; Ran or ward in which he re- which he resides such 



Acres of* heat so n J'SJ'S? side8 8uch time as mav be time aa mav be Provided 



Acofn-r P '77'$ F vided ^ law, shall by law, except sU per- 



oo'<4 have the qualifications of sons as have borne arms 

 V> ^Wv,;;; K an elector, and be entitled in support of any insur- 



fSiMX.,::::::::::::::::::: :, ; .~.-'.n--~ i.no, mo. ft ,t 



Acres of oats ,10,206 v . d & QT ^ 



Bushels of oats 21 ,856,564 fled from heh ? ]acea of 



RT 1 f U T i w'S v residence to avoid being 



A" fl nf .rn J l'!M drafted int th militlU 7 



Acr f , of rt c t ? r "; aJ'SS'Xt 8ervice thereof ' or bave 



Bushels ot corn 80,886,82] dpaprtpd the rnilitarv or 



Acresofmeadow navlf se^e TheS or 



Tons of hay H- 'S ^'e deserted the military 



Acres of clover 251,948 d . f ^ 



Tons of clover 1 59,673 Government in time of 



Bushels of clover-seed 62,200 , , t SI .i.,p. 



sof cloverploughedunder for manure S&S^^? honorS? 



Acres of flax 5^,27 3ischareed from the same, 



Bushels of flax-seed 462,463 ghall g^ the qualifica : 



Pounds of flax-fibre 6 ''?S tions of an elector and 



&T &XSSSZZ fi 5t*S5 6ha11 be entitled to vot6 



JSuslu-ls of potatoes 6,72o,f><7 t 11 e i cc ti on8 



Acres of tobacco 28,281 



Pounds of tobacco 22,188,693 j] ie population of the State is estimated at 



JoSSStt:::::::::::. :::::::::::: SS ^ooooo, and is rapidly *** 



Bushels of stove-coal mined 4s|l8ojoai Legislature is divided politically as follows. 



Tons-of pig-iron manufactured 81,790 Senate. House. 



Acres of sorghum 46,239 Democrats 



Pounds of sorghum sugar 55,147 Republicans 18 



