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males, 19 females; 1,149 white, 217 colored; 

 89 were prisoners for life, 11 for general or in- 

 determinate terms, and 1,265 upon sentences 

 for specific periods ; 1,193 were serving their 

 first, 137 the second, 22 the third, 11 the fourth, 

 and 2 their fifth term ; 83 prisoners were over 

 fifty, 1,025 between twenty-one and thirty, and 

 257 under twenty-one years of age. 



By the act of March 24 and a subsequent 

 amendment passed April 14, it was provided 

 that in the case of persons that had never be- 

 fore been sentenced to the Penitentiary, except 

 in cases of murder in the second degree, the 

 court might, in its discretion, give a general 

 sentence to the Penitentiary ; in which case the 

 managers could liberate the convict at any time, 

 the duration of imprisonment depending on 

 conduct. By still another act, passed April 14, 

 an intermediate Penitentiary for first-offense 

 cases was established, the support of which was 

 provided for by the diversion to its use of 10 

 percent, of all the money received from the tax 

 on the liquor-traffic under the Scott law. The 

 sum of $53,818.58 was received from this source 

 during the year, but the annulment of the law 

 by the Supreme Court prevented the use of the 

 money, and nothing was done toward establish- 

 ing the intermediate Penitentiary. 



Industrial Homes. In the Boys' Reform School 

 there are 436 boys. An appropriation of $5,- 

 000 was made for industrial training. In the 

 Girls' Industrial Home there are 273 girls. 



Public Education. The number of youth of 

 school age in the State, Sept. 1, 1884, 1,074,557 ; 

 number Sept. 1, 1883, 1,068,200 ; number of 

 school districts in the State, 2,092 ; number sub- 

 districts in townships, 10,067 ; number school- 

 houses in township districts, 11,079; number 

 school-houses erected within the year, 451 ; cost 

 of school-houses erected within the year, $991,- 

 128 ; estimated value of school-houses, includ- 

 ing grounds, $22,586,046 ; number of teachers 

 necessary to supply schools, 17,243 ; number of 

 different teachers actually employed, 24,665 ; 

 number of public libraries reported, 216 ; num- 

 ber of volumes in libraries, 883,554 ; average 

 number of weeks schools were in session, 31 ; 

 number of pupils enrolled in schools, 762,755 ; 

 average number of pupils in daily attendance, 

 499,217; number of school-officers, 48,287. 

 The total and average cost is given as follows: 

 In township districts, total cost, including 6 per 

 cent, paid on permanent property, $4,409,723.- 

 23 ; in city, village, an 1 special districts, total 

 cost, including same, $5,167,914.99; in town- 

 ship districts, average cost per capita net, $9.66, 

 and exclusive of 6 per cent, on permanent prop- 

 erty, $8.36 ; in city, village, and special districts 

 net per capita $17.01, and exclusive as above, 

 $14.44 ; in township districts average cost per 

 capita of daily attendance, $14.84; including 

 6 per cent., and in city, village, and special dis- 

 tricts, same, $23.15 ; average cost per capita of 

 average daily attendance in State, $16.47, and 

 of enrollment, $10.78; in the State average 

 cost per capita on the population between six 



and sixteen years of age, $10.17; same includ- 

 ing 6 per cent, on permanent property, $11.85. 



Railroads and Telegraphs. The report of the 

 Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs for 

 the year beginning June 30, 1883, and end- 

 ing June 30, 1884, makes the following show- 

 ings: The increase of mileage during the year 

 was 193, being 2*95 per cent, additional, mak- 

 ing a total of 7,093 miles of railway in the State. 

 The capital stock remained about the same, be- 

 ing $249,454,430.87. The debt increased so 

 that the stock and debt together make $507,- 

 734,639, an increase of 6'25 per cent. The num- 

 ber of passengers transported during the year 

 increased 4'84 per cent., and the number carried 

 one mile, 2'29 pei cent., at an average rate of 

 2'281 cents per mile, a decrease of 6*09 percent. 

 The tonnage of freight increased 6'28 per cent., 

 and the ton mileage 7'15 per cent., while the 

 average rate per ton per mile is 0*789 cent, a 

 decrease of 9'92 per cent. The gross earnings 

 increased from $49, 900,506.26, in 1883, to $50,- 

 158,860.13, 0-52 per cent. The net earnings 

 decreased 0'75 per cent, being $15,090,611.29, 

 while the operating expenses increased 4'45 per 

 cent. Three fourths of the railway mileage of 

 Ohio is laid with steel. The number of railway 

 employes in the State is 37,266, a slight de- 

 crease, and a little over 5 persons per mile of 

 road. Since 1874 the number of locomotives 

 has increased 54 per cent., and the number of 

 cars 139 per cent. In 1874 there were 22 cars 

 to each locomotive, while now there are 34. 

 The number of persons killed in Ohio during 

 the year was 334, 28 less than 1883; and of 

 these, 10 were passengers, 127 railway em- 

 ployes, and 207 others. Of the employes killed, 

 16 were killed in coupling cars. During the 

 year, 838 persons were injured, 116 less than the 

 year before. Of these, 48, 5'7 per cent., were 

 passengers, 579 were employes, being 69 per 

 cent., and 211 others. Of the employes injured, 

 277, 47'9 per cent., were injured in coupling 

 cars. In Ohio there are 2,422 brakemen ; hence, 

 one in every nine was injured in the act of 

 coupling cars. There are 10,094'93 miles of 

 telegraph reported in Ohio; the gross earnings 

 of which are $1,417,200.21, and the net earn- 

 ings $195,357.84. 



Circuit Courts. By the amendment to the judi- 

 cial article of the Constitution, adopted by the 

 people in 1883, district courts were abolished 

 and circuit courts established. The Legislature, 

 in April, divided the State into seven circuits, 

 and provided for the election of three judges in 

 each, the full term being six years. The twenty- 

 one judges were elected in October, to begin 

 their duties Feb. 9, 1885. 



The Legislature. The sixty-sixth General As- 

 sembly organized Monday, January 7. The 

 Senate stood 22 Democrats and 11 Republicans; 

 the House of Representatives, 60 Democrats 

 and 45 Republicans. The Senate elected Elmer 

 White, of Defiance, Speaker pro tern. The 

 House chose A. D. Marsh, of Celina, Speaker, 

 and A. L. Brunner, of Wyandot, Speaker pro 



