The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-12

year.
Licking and Harrison counties are
the great sheep growing districts,
the former reporting 340,027 sheep,
and the latter 252, ,906. The wool
clip of the State is "a, S4S, ,624 pounds.
During the year "a, ,131 sheep were
killed by dogs, 19.4l6 injured-val
ued at S123,7Sl. The number OF
dogs in the State is 176,367
COAL, SALT, &C.
1867 the total average arabic
land in the State was 6, ,4S0,753 acres,
an increase over 1866 of 6, ,925 acres.
There were mined during the year
46,703, ,820 bushels of stone coal ;
and manufactured 167 ,59l tons OF
pig iron and 2,019,992 bushels of
salt. Meigs county reporting L 1,719,-
992 bushels.
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
The total number of acres of land
returned for taxation %, IA $50
value s5O0,S40, ,999; value OF real
estate in cities and villages sl82,611,-
4S8; value of personal property
s46O, ,O0S.S99. The totol valuation
of taxable property 81, ,l43, ,46l 1886.
The total amount of tax levied for
State and local purposes was $40,
4sO, ,14S, this being s235,532 larger
than that levied in 1867. The prin-
cipal part of the taxes paid are for
school, county and city purposes,
the expenditure for the State govern
meut proper being less than one-sixth
of the receipts from taxation.
There are in the State 135 Nation
al Banks, with capital of $22, l4S,-
$50, and 118 private banks, with o
capital of IS, l64,97O.
SOCIAL STATISTICS.
The number of marriages for the
year ending July l, 1868, 2S,231
number by license 27,,77I; by banns
400. The falling off in number from
the previous year is about 1000.
The average number OF marriages
per year for the three years preced-
ing the war was 23,707; average for
the next three years q, ,632; for '63,
'64, '65, 20, ,793 for sc, '67, '68, 90
Sl3. There were granted in the
same year S47 divorces-a decrease
of one hundred and twenty eight
as compared with '67. or these,
2S3 were granted on account of adul-
tery, la for cruelty: 365 for alb
sence and neglect; and &c for drunk.
enness. In 1866 the divorces stood
in proportion to the number of mar
riages as one to 26 in 1867 as one
10 80; and in 1868 as one to 33.
The return of births and deaths is
incomplete and imperfect, and the
amendment of the law so as to have
1t the duty Of one certain officer to
procure the statistics is recommend
ed.
There were admitted to probate,
during the year, 1912 wills; 2,916
letters of administration issued; g.
103 persons naturalized.
There are reported SO homicides,
76 suicides and 457 casualties. A
large number Of the casualties result
from railroad accidents and drown
ing. or the homicides, one fifth are
infanticides.
CRIMINAL.
During the year, 1924 persons
were prosecuted for various crimes
There were imprisoned in the Peni-
tentiary 345; in County Jails 255 !;
fined l,244; acquitted 800; nolle
prosequi 1,448; not arrested 252 !;
escaped SO; died before termination
of prosecution s; indictments still
tpending 1856. 1t is estimated that
3S6 of those arrested committed
crimes under the influence of liquor.
There were convicted 399 persons
for crimes against the person, 162
committed under the influence OF Ii
quor and of $50 persons CONVICTED
of crime against property, So were
under the influence OF liquor when
the act was committed. The costs
in criminal cases amount to S104,-
372; fines assessed to s34, $40; fines
collected to s22,SS1 /; number of civ
| II judgments rendered 1904;
amount of money adjudged due s5,-
$50, ,Ss5, number of persons confined
in County Jails 5,75l against 6,64O
in 1867 /; cost 81, ,449 or an average
of $12 AZ per prisoner.
RECoRDs-NEW STRUCTURES.
? There were recorded during the
year 1894 deeds, 3,0lS leases, 81.
257 mortgages. Money secuyed by
q.