OHIO. O-hi´o.
"Buckeye State."

Name of Indian origin, signifying "Beautiful River."

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, 27° to 38°; summer, 68° to 72° At Cincinnati: winter, 34° to 45°; summer, 74° to 79°. 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,
Representatives

 $600 a y'r
and 12c. mileage.
2 District Judges 3,500, 4,000
Pension Agt. 4,000
8 Collectors Int. Rev. 2,500 to 4,500

Presidential P. O.
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