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OHIO. 



The number of marriages for 1869 shows a 

 decrease of 4,321 on the number for 1868. 

 Eight counties failed to make their returns in 

 reference to marriages for 1868, and there 

 were seven delinquents for 1869. Seven of 

 the counties, which failed to report in 1868, re- 

 ported this year. If the number of marriages 

 in these counties, with the exception of Pike, 

 was the same in 1869 as in 1868, the number 

 1,888 should be added to the total given above, 

 making a grand total of 25,798 for this year. 



The average number of marriages for each 

 of the three years immediately preceding the 

 war 1858, 1859, and 1860 was 23,707. The 

 average for each of the years during which the 

 war continued 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, and 

 1865 was, 20,834. The average for each of 

 the years succeeding the war 1866, 1867, 

 1868, and 1869 was 27,962. 



The number of divorces reported as granted 

 during the year ending July 1, 1869, was 1,003, 

 being an increase over 1867 of 136. 



In 1866 the divorces stood, in proportion to 

 the number of marriages, as one to twenty-six ; 

 in 1867, as one to thirty ; in 1868, as one to 

 thirty-three; and in 1869, as one to twenty- 

 four. On the 1st of July, 1868, 629 suits for 

 divorce were pending in the courts of the State. 

 During the year ending July 1, 1869, 1,355 

 suits were brought. During the same year, 

 1,343 cases were disposed of 1,003 by grant- 

 ing divorces, 290 by refusal to grant divorces, 

 and 50 by dismissal. Of the suits in which 

 divorces were refused, 111 were brought by 

 the husband, and 179 by the wife. In 58 cases 

 the custody of the children was given to the 

 father, and in 334 to the mother. At the close 

 of the year there were still pending 641 suits 

 for divorce. 



Owing to defective legislation, the returns 

 of births and deaths are very incomplete and 

 unsatisfactory. The births reported were 

 30,150, and the deaths, 15,159. Next year, 

 under the operation of a new law, this class 

 of statistics will be much more reliable, if not 

 entirely perfect. 



The number of persons naturalized in Ohio 

 for the year ending July 1, 1869, is 6,114, dis- 

 tributed as follows : 



England, Scotland, and Wales 1,421 



Ireland 2,408 



Germany 1,316 



Other countries 969 



Total 6,1U 



^The following is the number of deaths by 

 violence reported for the year ending July 1, 

 1869 : 



Homicides 78 



Suicides 110 



Casualties 305 



Violent diseases . . .133 



Total. 



The number of inquests held during the year 

 is 481 ; the number of deaths superinduced by 

 intemperance is 120. 



The number of crimes by violence, prose- 

 cuted during the year, was 481, being 325 less 

 than the preceding year, while the convictions 

 are 378, a decrease of 21. 



The whole number of indictments for crimes 

 against property, for the year ending July 1, 

 1869, was 906. 



The number of convictions for offences 

 against the liquor law is greater by the sum 

 of 307 than in 1868, and greater by the sum 

 of 163 than in 1867. Only 13 persons were 

 imprisoned in the county jail for this class of 

 offences. 



The number of prisoners confined in the 

 county jails was 5,727, and the average cost 

 of keeping them $15.33. 



The returns for the year ending July 1, 1869, 

 show: 



Number of deeds recorded 80,057 



Number of leases recorded 2,823 



Number of mortgages recorded 41 ,102 



Amount of money secured by mortgages $58,871,100 



Number of mortgages cancelled 20,111 



Amount of money released by same. . . . $23,111,078 



A comparison with 1868 shows that the 

 number of deeds recorded increased 663, the 

 number of leases decreased 105, and the num- 

 ber of mortgages increased 3,845. The amount 

 secured by mortgage was greater by the sum 

 of $16,328,779. 



The number and value of new structures, for 

 the last year, are as follows : 



Kumber. Value. 



Dwellings, hotels, etc 14,230 $10,140,109 



B#rns and stables 2,730 770,206 



Mills, factories, etc 299 718,555 



Stores, warehouses, etc 333 577,624 



Churches, public halls, etc 38 1,263,725 



Total 17,630 $13,380,181 



Average value of dwelling-houses $705 55 



Average value of barns and stables 283 61 



Average value of factories, etc 2,403 19 



Average value of stores, etc 1,734 60 



Average value of churches, public halls, etc. 33,258 55 



There has been an increase of 553 new struct- 

 ures, and an increase in the aggregate value 

 of the same of $2,334,904. During each year 

 a better class of dwelling-houses has been 

 built in the State. The same remark will also 

 apply to other classes of structures. The in- 

 crease in the seven leading counties, of build- 

 ings of all kinds, in five years, has been as 

 follows: Cuyahoga, 6,329; Hamilton, 5,509; 

 Montgomery, 2,526 ; Lucas, 2,431 ; Summit, 

 2,018; Franklin, 1,868; Stark, 1,766. 



The following is the number of paupers, as 

 returned by the county auditors : 



Number of paupers in county infirmaries 4,748 



Number of paupers otherwise supported by tfre 



county 1,089 



"Whole number of county paupers 5,837 



The returns of banks and their capital in 

 Ohio, for the year 1869, are as follows : 



Number. Capital. 



National "banks 130 $22,610,800 



Private and other banks 141 6,115,241 



Aggregate 271 $28,726,041 



