Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-14
OHIO STATE NEWS.

| lHF OIuclnl nRurcS Just given out Dy
Secretary of State Ryan show the pop
ulation of the thirty-three Senatorial
Districts to be as follows; First, 374,5T3;
Second, 74,065; Third, 124,273; Fourth,
63, 452; Fifth, 76,869; Sixth, 6s,49T; Sew
enth, 107, $3.50, Eighth, 112, ,419; Ninth, Oh
701; Tenth, 151,O46 Eleventh, 09,314;
| Twelfth, 107, ,422; Thirteenth, 103,912;
Fourteenth, 1910; Fifteenth, s2,361;
Sixteenth, 70,4G4; Seventeenth, 45, T20;
Eighteenth, 1881; Nineteenth, 64,202;
Twentieth, 1928; Twenty-frst, 101,-
1856; Twenty-second, VS,4d4; Twenty
third, 9S,S52; Twenty-tourth, 1850;
Twenty-fifth, 8O9,97O; Twenty-sixth,
s1,957; Twenty-seventh, 6s,O37; Twcn-
ty-eighth, go, 144; Tw enty-ninth, GO, 2o5;
Thirtieth, 1900 Thirty-frst, 94,51s;
Thirty-second, 2OS,22S; Thirty-third,
s66, 542. A full Senatorial ratio is 104.-
924, and a three-quarter ratio, without
which u district is not entitled to
separate representation in the Senate,
is 7S,603. 1t will be seen that there are
fourteen districts which fall short of a
three-quarter ratio, namely: The Sec
ond, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Fourteenth,
Sixteenth Seventeenth, Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-fourth,
Twenty Twenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth. In apportioning Sena-
tors for the ensuing years the Board,
consisting of the Governor, Auditor and
Secretary of State, must scrutinize the
districts in their numerical order, begin
ming with the first, and ascertain
how many Senators each district
is entitled to for the ensuing
five Legislatures. If they find district
containing less than 1868 population
the Constitution requires them to an
mex 1.-The district adjoining it having the
least number of inhabitants" Conse-
quently the Second will be attached to
the Fourth, the Fifth to the Sixth, the
Fourteenth to the Nineteenth. the Six
teenth to the Seventeenth, the Eigh-
teenth to the Twentieth, the Twenty
fourth to the Twenty-sixth, the Twen-
ty-seventh to the Twanty-eighth, and
the twenth-ninth to the Thirty-frst,
making eight joint districts instead of
five, as at present Each OF these joint
districts would be entitled to one Sen
ator in the next Senate. Thirteen
single districts will have one Senator
each in the next Senate, namely: The
Third, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth,
Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir-
teenth, Fifteenth Twenty first,
Twenty-second, Twenty-third and
Thirticth. The First will have three,
the Twenty-fifth three, the Twenty
second two and the Thirty-third two--a
total membership of thirty-one
I nl,A
east of Caldwell, bad wreck occurred
on the Bellaire, GAINESVILLE and Cincin-
natl railroad, in which the coach of
freight train was thrown over a steep
embankment, completely demolishing
the car and breaking the ribs of several
passengers, but killing no one Henry
Erbin, hardware dealer of GAINESVILLE,
was among the injured.
A FEW days ago III. w. Thompson,
Senator-elect from the Twelfth District,
wired Governor Campbell, declining to
illness, and knowing he would be un-
able to attend to his duties, therefore
considered it best for the district and
State at large to take this course, which
was urged by his physician. A new
election will probably take place soon
to fill the vacancy.
THERE are 2,592 saloons in Hamilton
County, who paid as taxes for the half |
year 1914, ,337.1S.
JOHN ZUMsTEIN has been nominated |
postmaster at Cincinnati
The total bonded indebtedness Of |
Butler County is S327, 200.
BLoODED draft-horsemen from all |
over the State met at F'indlay, the 9TH |
er afternoon, and organized the Draft |
Horse Breeders Association with the |
following officers: President, /. II. |
kahl, Glandorf; vice-president, Philip
Waldron, Milton Center; Secretary, j.
+. Hesser, Beaver Dam; treasurer, j. |
e. Huntington, Mortimer. commit
tee was appointed to draft rules and
for the association, which
adjourned to meet again in Findlay
February ~.
j. U. CHAFFEE was appointed post
master the other day at Mecca, Trum.
bull County.
CAPTAIN d. A. MILLER, superinten.
lent of the Hooking Canal, died sud-
denly, at Logan, the other day of apo
pleXy.
For four weeks East Liverpool has
been having the most remarkable revi-
val in its history. Thus far there have
been over ], 100 converts.
AT Findlay, Mrs. George Carlin has
sued James Clifford and acob Gossman,
20 recover $4,000 lost by her husband
in gambling.
A committee from the Ohio Legisla-
5ure, consisting of eight Senator'S and
5hirty-six Representatives, accompanied
by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Marquis and
Iohn G. Doren, Secretary of the State
Board of Charities, arrived in Mansfield,
A few days ago, en- route to the reforma-
.ory at Elmira, N. Y, after which the
intermediate penitentiary in Mansfield
IS patterned. The Legislators were met
by delegation of one hundred citizens,
and were taken on a special train to the
intermediate penitentiary grounds,
where the buildings, its surroundings