The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-08-12
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begins to look up once more. The closed
establishments have all been opened, and
work on the various improvements recon-
menced. Tiffin is or will soon be herself
again There have been over so deaths bv
cholera in Tifin, and out of population of
5000, but 1900 remained all business pla-
ces were shut except drugstore.
AN EXPENSIVE NIGGER Among other
bills that have been rendered to the U. S.
marshal for services rendered in the case of
Burns, are, one for military services, amount
ing TO $4,000; one by the city Of Boston for
extra policemen, amounting to $1,000; H.
D. Parker's bill, amounting to $4,000; and
the steam tug John Taylor, 1920. These are
but a small number Boston Mail.
DR.. Cottman, an American gentleman,
who has lived for several months at St. Pc
tersburg arrived at New York on Wednes-
day, in the new steamship Indiana, bearing
special mission from the Emperor of Rus
sia, to our government, proposing to sell the
island of Sitka, (on the northwestern coast
Of America,) and to enter into a new com
mercial treaty with the United States.
The Scientific American says that it is re-
ported on good authority, that the Erricson
the hot air vessel-is to be changed into
a common steamer the new motive agent
being non est iaventu8
The Lafayette Ind.) Journal says, that
there are 27 new brick stores in course of
building in that city, nearly all of which are
rented, and will be occupied as soon as fin
ished.
ANTIOCH CoLLEGE.-The first year Of this
college closed on the 25th of June Last
year, 400 students attended. Applications
for the current year reached 1000, though bat
600 can be accommodated. The second wear
commences on the 9th of September next.
At Cincinnati boy was amusing himself
by shooting off fire crackers, seeing an emp
y whiskey-barrel lying on the sidewalk, put
lighted cracker into it and stopped the
bung-hole. Singular as it NAV appear. the
explosion of the cracker forced out the head
of the barrel and broke the boys leg.
The GREATEST GENERAL OF THE WAR.--
According to a statement which appears in
an Austrian paper. the Russians lost in the
Dobrudscha no less than $4,000 men from
typhoid fever.
Ex-senator Borland, late minister to Cen
tral America, having resigned his mission,
intends to settle in that country permanent
ly. A good rddance: sending him out of
The country is one of the things for which
the president deserves credit. We hope his
next appointment will be of like character,
and will be followed by like result.
On Monday, short distance below Ghent,
Ky, the son of Mr.. Stephens, the wharf
master at Ghent, who was on a moving ma
chine for the purpose of driving the team
while moving accidentally fell forward of
the machine and had both of his legs severed
from his body
WHO CAN BEAT IT "A young woman of
Cole county, Illinois, recently presented her
husband with four children at one birth 1t
was her first effort in the line, and there is
40 telling, therefore, what she may be able
70 do hereafter Great country this, and
bound to prospect
PRESIDENTIAL EMOLUMEETs. "A bill has
passed the senate giving the president a sec
retary with a salary of $2500, clerk with
a salary of $1,000, and stewart with sal
AIRY of $1,000, and appropriates $3.50 year
for stationery.
STILL UPwARD.-The house of representa-
tives have agreed to pay the Judges of the
supreme court Of the United States Sc. 800
year, and the chief Justice ~ 600. The
chief justice now gets $4,000, and the asso-
ciateS sS4 500