First permanent settlement at Marietta, 1788; admitted as a State, 1802.
Area, 41,060 square miles; greatest length east and west, 225 miles:
extreme breadth, 200 miles; Ohio river frontage, 430 miles; lake frontage,
230 miles; number counties, 88.
Temperature at Cleveland: winter, 27deg to 38deg; summer, 68deg to 72deg At
Cincinnati: winter, 34deg to 45deg; summer, 74deg to 79deg. Rainfall at
Cleveland, 38 inches.
Cincinnati, "Queen City of the West," founded 1789, the metropolis; pop.,
255,139. Cleveland has one of the best harbors on the lake; pop., 160,146.
Columbus, capital and great railroad center; pop., 51,647. Chillicothe,
capital, 1800 to 1810; Zanesville, 1810 to 1812; Chillicothe, 1812 to 1816;
Columbus, 1816. Toledo, Sandusky, Cleveland and Cincinnati ports of entry.
Number farms, 247,189, of which 199,562 are occupied by owners; average
value per acre, cleared land, $47.53; woodland, $41.37 wheat crop, 1884,
41,186,000 bu.; corn, 85,393,000 bu.; Oats, 23,419,000 bu.; potatoes, 1883,
16,452,315 bu.; tobacco, 29,947,536 lbs. Average value corn, 1881, 41
cents; wheat, 75 cents; oats, 29 cents.
Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $4,000
Sec'y of State 3,000
Treasurer 3,000
Auditor 3,000
Attorney Gen. 2,000
School Comm'r. 2,000
Supt. Ins. Dep't 1,800
Railroad Com'r 2,000
Sec'y Board Ag. 1,800
Com. Lab. Stati. 2,000
Chief Justice 3,500
Senators, } $600 a y'r
Representatives } and 12c. mileage.
2 District Judges 3,500, 4,000
Pension Agt. 4,000
8 Collectors Int. Rev. 2,500 to 4,500
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Akron $2,800
Canton 2,700
Chillicothe 2,400
Cincinnati 6,000
Cleveland 3,700
Columbus 3,400
Dayton 3,200
Delaware 2,400
Hamilton 2,400
Lima 2,400
Mansfield 2,700
Newark 2,400
Portsmouth 2,400
Sandusky 2,500
Springfield 3,100
Steubenville 2,400
Toledo 3,400
Youngstown 2,600
Zanesville 2,700
118 P.O. 2,300 to 1,000
Latest reported dairy products give: milk, 46,801,537 gallons; butter,
67,869,604 lbs.; cheese, 19,978,436 lbs. Pork packing extensively carried
on; hogs packed winter 1881-82, 618,348.
Ranks first in agricultural implements and wool; second in petroleum, iron
and steel; third in wheat, sheep, coal, malt and distilled liquors; fourth
in printing and publishing, salt, miles railway and soap; fifth in milch
cows, hogs, horses, hay, tobacco and iron ore.
Population, 3,198,062; male, 1,613,931; female, 1,584,126; natives
2,803,119; foreign, 394,943; white, 3,117,920; colored, 79,900; Chinese,
109; Indians, 130.
State and congressional elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November;
number Senators, 33; Representatives, 105; sessions biennial, but
"adjourned sessions" practically amount to annual meetings; time, first
Monday in January; limit of session, none; terms of Senators and
Representatives, 2 years each.
Number electoral votes, 23; number voters, 826,577; insane and idiots
excluded from voting.
Number colleges, 35; school population, 1,081,321; school age, 6-21.
Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, 8; usury forfeits excess above 6 per
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INDIANA. In-de-ah'nah.
"HOOSIER STATE."
First settled by Canadian voyagers at Vincennes, 1702; organized as a
Territory, 1800; admitted 1816.
Area, 36,350 square miles; extreme length, 276 miles; average breadth, 140
miles; shore line on Lake Michigan, 40 miles. Michigan City the lake port.
Number counties, 92.
Temperature at Indianapolis: winter, 29deg to 41deg; summer, 73deg to
78deg. Rainfall at Richmond, 43 inches.
Indianapolis is the capital and most flourishing city, and contains deaf
and dumb, blind, and insane asylums; pop., 75,056. Terre Haute, extensive
iron, whisky and pork market; pop., 26,042 Evansville, commercial centre of
the southwest; pop., 29,280. Fort Wayne, emporium of the northeast; pop.,
26,880.
Number farms, 194,013; average value, per acre, cleared land, $30.46;
woodland, $26.90. Corn the most valuable crop; yield of 1884, 104,757,000
bu.; wheat, 31,270,000 bu.; oats, 78,650,000 bu. Dairy interest large and
increasing; also the business of pork packing. Latest reports give
37,659,029 lbs. butter, and 1,521,275 lbs. cheese. Number hogs packed,
winter 1881-82, 349,261.
Coal fields, about 6,500 square miles, extending from Warren county south
to the Ohio; varieties are coking coal, Indiana block and cannel.
Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $5,000
Lieut. Gov. $8 a day
Sec'y of State 2,000
Treasurer 3,000
Auditor 1,500
Attorney Gen. 2,500
Supt. Pub. Inst. 2,500
Sec. Bd. of Agr. 1,200
Librarian 1,200
5 Judges. 4,000
Senators, } $6 a day
Representatives } and 20c. per mile.
District Judge 3,500
Pension Agent 4,000
6 Colls. Int. Rev. 2,375 to 4,500
Surveyor Customs $1,000 & fees
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Crawfordsville $2,100
Elkhart 2,400
Evansville 2,900
Fort Wayne 2,900
Goshen 2,200
Indianapolis 3,500
La Fayette 2,700
La Porte 2,200
Logansport 2,400
Madison 2,000
New Albany 2,300
Peru 2,000
Richmond 2,700
South Bend 2,600
Terre Haute 2,800
Valparaiso 2,200
Vincennes 2,200
36 Offices 1,900 to 1,500
40 Offices 1,400 to 1,000
Ranks second in wheat; fourth in corn, hogs and agricultural implements;
sixth in coal; seventh in horses, oxen and other cattle, malt and distilled
liquors, and miles of railway; ninth in hay and milch cows.
Pop., 1,978,301: male, 1,010,361; female, 967,940; native, 1,834,123;
foreign, 144,178; white, 1,938,798; colored, 39,228; Chinese, 29; Indians,
246.
State, congressional and presidential elections. Tuesday after first Monday
in November; number Senators, 50; Representatives, 100; sessions of
legislature biennial, in odd-numbered years, meeting Thursday after first
Monday in January; limit of session, 60 days; term of Senators, 4 years; of
Representatives, 2 years.
Number electoral votes, 15; number voters, 498,437. Fraudulent voters and
bribers excluded from voting.
Number colleges, 15; State University at Bloomington; medical school at
Indianapolis; university at Notre Dame; flourishing common-school system;
school population, 708,596; school age, 6-21.
Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, 8; usury forfeits excess of interest.
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ILLINOIS Il-lin-oi
"PRAIRIE OR SUCKER STATE."