OHIO. 



Number of marriage* (couple*). 



N umber of birth*, 81 ,6*1 males; 2,546 female*; 8*1 



ex uot ma ti-i! ; total 61,563 



Number of death*, 15,114 nutlet; 13,300 female*; 



96,414 



ItmttT rf births orer death*, or natural increase 



88,189 



Dally uvc-ru^u number of birth* 100 



of death* 78 



" natural Increase 91 



Proportion ol male* tn 100 fcmnles born 107 



tolOO " died ill 



following results, prepared from the re- 

 ports ni county auditors and coroners for tho 

 < inling June 80, 1874, shows the occur- 

 rence of 81) homicides, 156 suicides, 511 deaths 

 by accidents, and 164 from causes unknown 

 a total of 920 deaths. There were 107 deaths 

 iv ported as caused by intemperance. Number 

 of inquests held, 698. 



The reports of the clerks of tho Courts of 

 Common Pleas for the year ending June 80, 

 1874, show 942 suits for divorce ponding at tho 

 beginning of the year, 1,742 brought within 

 the year, 1,618 decided, and 1,066 pending at 

 the close of the year. Of the cases decided, 

 1,159 divorces, 800 on application of the \vilV, 

 and 359 on application of tho husband, were 

 granted ; 66 suits were decided against the 

 plaintiff, and 886 were dismissed. 



Reports from the probate courts show that 

 2,854 persons were naturalized in eighty-seven 

 counties in Ohio in the year ending March 81, 

 1874, being a decrease of 4,817 as compared 

 with the number reported the previous year. 



The reports.of the clerks of the Courtsof Com- 

 mon Pleas for the year ending June 80, 1874, 

 show that 1,628 indictments were pending at the 

 beginning of the year against 1,669 persons, 

 for all classes of crimes; 7,818 indictments 

 were found against 6,041 persons, and 5,132 

 indictments against 4, 652 persons were disposed 

 of, leaving 4,314 indictments against 3,058 per- 

 sons pending at the close of the year. A com- 

 parison with the numbers reported tho previous 

 year shows an increase of 4,093 in the number 

 of indictments found, and of 2,123 in the num- 

 ber of persons included. The increase is mostly 

 for offenses against the liquor law. 



The following is a summary of the school 

 statistics of Ohio for the year ending August 

 81, 1874 : 



Number of primary schools 14,356 



Number of high-schools 412 



Number of teachers in primary schools 21,664 



Number of teachers in high-schools 711 



Number of scholars enrolled iu primary 



schools (V 1 '-'i.e. 1 1 



Number of scholars enrolled in high-schools, - i.-'.i'i 



Amount paid teachers in primary schools.. $4,196,408 80 



Amount paid teachers in high-schools $408,101 23 



Amount paid for sites and buildings $1,472,100 95 



Amount paid for fuel and other contingent 



expenses $1.828,4fi2 00 



Amount paid on bonds and interest $616,603 20 



Mnkin-r the total amount paid $8,072,167 65 



Total enumeration of youth, six to twenty- 

 one years of age H^. l > 



Average amount paid for all school pur- 

 poses for each youth enumerated $> 1-5 



Number of universities and colleges 86 



Number of academies, normal schools, etc.. 44 



Number of schools of theology IS 



Number of schools of la w 8 



Number of schools of medicine 11 



The Democratic State Convention was held 

 at Columbus, August 26, presided over by Hon. 

 Tlioniu-4 Ewing. Tin.- following ticket waa 

 nut in nomination: For Secretary of State, 

 William l.t-ll, .)r. ; State School Coimuitssioner, 

 0. 8. Smart; Supreme Judge, J. W. Gilinore; 

 CK-rk { Supreme Court, Arnold Green; 



if the Board of Public Works, Mnrtiu 

 Scheldt.-!-. The following platform won adopted : 



Tlio Democratic party of Ohio adheres to its an-. 

 i-i'-nt principles of securing equal rights and exact 

 justice to all men, and to all the Stuti-s and cornmun- 



the American people, maintaining the inde- 

 pendence of the C<i"r'liiuitu iicpaittiii lit* ol the Gov- 

 ernment, the legislative, tho executive, and the 

 judicial; condemning all encroachments ol' either 

 upon the functions oi the others, and resisting every 

 attempt to usurp any of the power by the 

 Constitution to tho States respectively, and to the 

 people. Therefore 



Jltsolvtd, That a sound currency is indispensable 

 to the welfare of a country, that its volume should be 

 regulated by the necessities of business, and that all 

 laws that interfere with such natural regulation 

 are vicious in principle and detrimental in their 

 effects. We are in favor of such an increase of tlio 

 circulating medium as the business interests of the 

 country may from time to time require. 



2. That sound policy and justice require that not 

 less than one-halt of the customs duties should be 

 payable in the legal-tender notes of the United 

 States, commonly culled greenbacks. 



3. That the power of the national banks to issue 

 and loan their notes upon interest is a power to 

 draw interest on their debts, while the people pay 

 interest on what they owe. That this special and 

 unequal privilege ought not to exist unless it is mani- 

 fest that in no other way can a sound paper cur- 

 rency be supplied. Believing that a better system 

 can pe devised, and one that will be free from unjust 

 privileges, we are in favor of abolishing the franchise 

 of the national banks to issue a paper currency, as 

 soon as the same can safely and prudently be done, 

 and that the notes so withdrawn by the banks be 

 replaced by the Government with legal-tender cur- 

 rency. 



4. That the Democracy of Ohio reiterate their 

 declaration that the 5-20 "bonds, by the letter and 

 the spirit of the law, and the general understanding 

 of the community, were payable in legal-tender 

 notes, and the act of March, 1869, which pledged 

 the faith of the nation to their payment in coin, was 

 an unnecessary and wicked sacrifice of the interests 

 of the tax-paying laborers for the benefit of the non- 

 tax-paying bond-holders. 



5. That without equality of taxation there can- 

 not be equality of rights ; and the exemption of the 

 public bonds from bearing their due proportion in 

 supporting the Federal Government and maintain- 

 ing the law is unwise and unjust. 



6. That we are the friends of all the industries of 

 the country, whether agricultural, mechanical, or 

 commercial, and, believing that these industries 

 thrive best when no unequal privilege is conferred 

 by law upon one over another, we arc therefore op- 

 posed to the unjust and oppressive feature* of the 

 existing tariff laws, insist on their repeal or mod- 

 ification, and that a revenue tariff shall be substi- 

 tuted for them. 



7. We are opposed to all combinations and de- 

 vices of whatever character, that tend to increase the 

 cost of transportation beyond a fair remuneration to 

 the carrier, and we demand the exercise of all con- 

 stitutional powers to remedy existing evils in this 

 respect, and to prevent their occurrence in the future. 



8. We are opposed to excessive taxation, tho 

 deadly foe, as all experience proves, to every indus- 

 try, and we insist upon strict economy in every 



