Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-01-11

, does the number of the insane increase
! and therefore, as matter of humanity, W,
must make ample provision for their care
and comfort. II Is my belief that the present
management of the hospitals is good anC
economical Appropriations for painting the
walls of the wards and dormltOrles Of the
Newburgh and Athens Hospitals ought TO be
made for sanitary and economical reasons
which will, no doubt, be recommended by your
Committee on Benevolent Institutions, after
examination Of the necessity for IT, | would
also respectfully recommend a liberal appro-
priation for the grading and drainage of the
grounds of the Columbus Hospital, which, In
my opinion, is the best conducted and finest
institution of its kind on this continent. Dur
ing the past year II has been finished and
opened for patients; and refer you to the
admirable report of DR. Gundry, the Super
intendent, on the present condition of the
hospital and its inmates, and also the report OF
the architect, Mr.. Thomas r. Tinsley, which
gives a complete history and classification of
all the contracts ard other expenditures from
its commencement until the date of its occu-
patton.
BOARD or STATE CHARITIES.
The annual report of the Board Of State
Charities will be laid before you, and ! ear
ncstly command IL to your special attention.
IL contains the results Of careful examina-
tion of me county jails and inirmaries
throughout the State, with suggestions as to
the betterment of their condition in matters
relating to their management, and in their
construction with n view of obtaining the
best hygienic and sanitary effects. The de-
tails of this report have been collected with
great care by the very efficient Secretary, Rev.
| A. G.. Byers. Some of the horrors of inhu-
man i'll treatment of the poor idiots and in
durable insane, now kept in jails or inhrma-
ries because there is no other provision made
Tor these unfortunates by law, are set forth in
these details, and, TO the ordinary mind
would seem incredible but am satisfied that
| the disgusting facts would warrant "A much
| stronger presentation of the case than has
| been made by the Secretary The very able
| report OF the board, written by the Hon. John
| W. Andrews, of Columbus, whose gratuitous
services in the cause of the unfortunate ex-
tends over many years, is entitled to your most
considerate attention-especially his views on
the subject of prisons or refOrmatOries.
In this connection, and in the same direc-
| tion, you will find very valuable suggestions
| in the reports of the Directors ana Warden of
the Ohio Penitentiary, and also in the report
| of DR.. Gundry, Superintendent of the COlum-
bus Hospital for the Insane.
| OHIO AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COL
LEGE.
commend to your interest and attention
| the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College.
| Though established but few years. it has al
ready shown itself capable of yielding great
aud much-needed service to the State. II sup
| plements our public-school system by offering
| to all that desire il thorough and practical
scientific training. That such training is i'm
| peratively needed in every industry of the
| State to-day is to obvious to require argument
| The last Legislature, in accordance with re-
| peated recommendations, made an appropria-
tion for the equipment of a PrOfessOrship OF
Mining and Metallurgy in the college. This
department is now, am happy to say, in sue
cessful operation. The appropriation, though
| small, has suflced to furnish a metallurgical
laboratory, with everything necessary for ana
lyzing and experimenting upon the mineral
staples of Ohio. From the same fund has
been provided testing machine, for ascer-
tanning the strength of all the various mate
rails that enter into the manufactures of the
State, and results of great interest are already
announced in the annual report of the college
| am persuaded, from actual observation chat
the State has seldom made an appropriation
from which larger returns will be derived than
from this to which | have referred.
The college report shows large and very
gratifying increase in the number of pupils for
the year just entered upon, and everything be-
tokens that the institution has fairly entered
upon career of great service to the State. 1t
still needs your fostering care, which l hope
will be generously accorded
FISH CULTURE
Mr.. John H. Klippart, Secretary of the State
Commission of Fisheries, informs me officially
that complaints have been made by many citi-
zens of Ohio to the State Commissioners of
Fisheries, to the effect that parties resident
of West Virginia and of Kentucky habitually
place seines across the mouths or outlets of
Ohio streams near the Ohio side, in the season
of the year when migratory fishes are seeking
the mouths of streams flowing into the Ohio
River, thus preventing migratory fishes from
ascending and depOsiting their spawn to re-
stock said streams with desirable food fishes
Many thousands of fry or young fishes of the
salmon and shad families have been deposited
in the Muskingum, SciOtO and Miami Rivers,
by order of the Commissioners, during the
past three years. These are well-known
migratory species, and it is claimed that by
the interposition of West Virginians and Ken
tukians the mature or adult fish are deprived
of free excess to the Ohio streams, and the
work of the commission is, to a great extent,
rendered nugatOry SO far as benefting the
State of Ohio is concerned, but that the result
of their labor inures to the benefit of West
Virginia and Kentucky. 1t is not charged
that the residents of these States have, by
their conduct, violated any law, for IL is
claimed by them, and the claim has been adj
mitted as valid by the Supreme Court of Ohio,
in the case of Booth m. Hubbard, 8. o. S. r.,
page 243, that the boundary line of the State
of Ohio, dividing us from these States, is low
water mark on the Ohio side.
The Commission of Fisheries are very conf
dent of their ability to stock our streams with
the best of food-hshes, provided there are no
undue interpretations Brook-trout have been
very successfully hatched and introduced into
Castalia Springs, near the city of Sandusky.
Shad, weighing several pounds have been
taken by lake fishermen in the vicinity of the
Bass Islands, as well as in the Ohio River;
and salmon were taken in the Miami and
Maumee Rivers and in the lake. All these
were either deposited or Matched under the
direction OF the commission. | commend this
subject to YOU, and respectfully suggest that
you pass resolution memorializing Congress
to change the eastern and southern boundary
of our State so that it shall be as follows, viz.
Commencing at the middle of the Ohio River,
at low water, at the point where the Pennsyl-
yania State boundary line crosses said Ohio
River, thence along the middle OF the Ohio
River, at low water, to that point of the Great
Miami River where ii touches or intersects the
Indiana State line
OUR NATIONAL GUARD.
| During the Legislative session Of last winter
a bill was passed codifying the Militia laws
and simplifying their details. This has
proved to be a wise measure, and it has given
"A new impetus to the organization of vOun-
teer companies all over the State. The Ma
| tional Guard is the reserve power behind the
Executive which enables him to meet with
| dignity the insOlence of lawlessness i'm any eX-
gency which may arise. The law makes the
! Sheriff the cOnserYatOr of the peace of his
county, and under ordinary circumstances,
with his posse cORlitatnS made up OF law-abiding
citizens, he is able To enforce the law and
| keep the peace, But there are times of great
| public excitement when it requires a larger
and stronger force than the Sheriff can muster
| to protect life and preserve property, and in
such an emergency he must appeal to the Ex-
| ctullNt VI lllt Cldlc lOf llc military power IN
| his haads TO suppress disorder and maintain
the public peace. During the past summer
| the peace of our State and the lives and prop
| erty of our citizens were for short time much
endangered by unlawful and disorderly dem
OnstratiOns which followed a strike among
| certain classes of railroad employees. BY the
prompt action of the Executive on the appli-
cation of the proper civil authorities, and the
splendid efficiency of the National Guard, the
danger was averted without the loss of a sim
Ifrla 70 on fha Haaf tu.tfn Of
erty. OF course, il cost the State some
money for the transportation, subsistence,
equipment and pay of troops, which ought 10
be appropriated at as early day as possible.
In this connection | would respectfully rec
Ommend that there should be appropriated a
sum not exceeding S2OO,000 to be known as
the Military Contingent Fund, " TO be drawn
from the Treasury, on the voucher of the
Governor, To meet such a public erigeRcy as
threatened the State last summer under such
restrictions in its use as you in your wisdom
may devise. For the details of the use of the
National Guard In quelling the riotous pro-