The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-05-12
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lie which is thirty seven years ago, has had fifty.
six Presidents, al average oi one aud half
Presidents annually.
DIR. Wilson, dentist, who for the past year
has occupied the memorable house where the
Burdel tragedy was enacted, 81 Bond street.
New York, has been arrested for rape on widow
named Lyons
An Indian has been discovered in Califor.
MIA five feet and half high, aod weighing only
seventeen pounds being mere skeleton, but
in good health and lively. This is supposed to
be the veritabIe "Lo the poor Indian"
Every dog in Massachusetts, who would
have the right to live, must be registered, nun
bered aud licensed bv the town clerk. and every
dog must wear collar with his owners name
and hls own number registered on il.
AT free black settlement, in Africs. po-
lice ordinance was lately issued, BY which it is
forbidden that any person should publicly wor-
ship nlligators, thunder or other reptiles, or
they will be subjected to penalty not exceeding
ten shillings.
'.---The'e is family in Licking county, of five
brothers and one sister, the Oldest 80, and the
youngest &c, all in good health aud IN comforta-
BILE circumstances They came to the county
in the year lS05 (53 yrarS ago) aud have buried
but one sister since 1894.
Thirty years ago, (lS29) New England had
80 members in the House Of Representatives
and the Northwestern States lS Now the New
England States send 29, aud the Northwestern,
| SO. New Hampshire then sent 6, and now has
only 3 members; while Illinois then sending only
| |, now has 9 members. The census OF 1860
will make the disparity far greater than it now
is. The census to be taken next year will show
| the population Of the United States TO be over
10000 900.
We suhjoin aspecimer Of New Haven lite.
rature, said to be bona .6de correspondence:
"Sir: Your accoun. has been standing for two
years; must have it settled Immediately
| To which in reply
! "SlR: Things do usually settle by standing;
regret that my account is an exception. II it
has been standing too long, suppose you let ii
run little while"
The Rev Mr.. Allen, of the Second Presby-
! teriun Church. Lafayette Ind, has obtained at
! the present tern oi the Tippecanoe Circuit
| Court. divorce from his wifi, vino eluped with
S. L Sherwood Secretary of the Lafayetts aud
Indianapolis Railroad Company, last fall. The
| guilty couple are supposed 10 hr now in Europe.
A letter from Mrs. A., ad lressed to her ashland,
dated at Louisville, fully ovowing the crimi.
u ,Ity of her relations with Sherwood was read
! in evidence.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune saws
| ha, the great Billiard match at D.roit was a
"rcgulat SELL got up by The principals to cheat
outsiders--,hat tn re was no stake between the
players, AMI that the whole thing was au advrr-
Using dodge for Phelan's especial bnefit. he
being n vrnder of Billiard tables in NV
York. His conf'derates made their profits in
the "side BITS" the result having been agreed
} ON in advance.
PUNISHMENT OF TVS "GooD OLD TMes"--
Townsend, an experienced Bow street officer
being examined in 1916 before he House oi Com
mons as TO the diminut;on OF capital punish
nent stated that in his time he had known
several persons, (four men and three women. J
hanged together Tor robbng ped Her; and tha
in 1893 he hal seen forty people hanging togcth-
or at the Old Bailey! A few years laterthe guolou
| OF N.wgdte, being asked by the Recorder how
many could be hung together upon the new
drop, cooly replied: "Well, yonr worship VT
can hang twelve, but we cant hang more than
ten comfortably
Mr. r. H. Thompson, slave.d aler, Shor.
street, Lexington, KY, sends us his card and
portrait The face is that Of young gent try.
ing hard to look sweet. bat with Indifferent sue
cess. Ii Is surrounded by full allowance %
hair u slim allowance Of whiskers, and super
abundance Of necl-tie We infer from il iha
il Mr.. r. could sell himself at his own valuatio,
aud buy the property back at the average vdlu
alton of his nrighborS he would make more by
the operation than by any negro trade he eve
yet made.--N Y. Tribune,
REspEcr PAID To MISGy. In nn article in
late number of The Christian Examiner, we fin,
the following paragraph:
''No race in this country will ba despise,
which makes money, II we had in B,ston o
New York zen ourang ouangs with a million o
dollars each, they would visit in tn, best soci
tev; we should leave our cards at their doors
and give them snus little dinncr PARTIES
TAUGHT BY HIS WIFE The Litchfied (Conn
Enquirer of April 81, says
We knew man in Western New York whc
: could not write when he was married. but wh,
was instructed BY his wife so thoroughly tha
within FIVE years after his marriage he wa
elected High Sheriff Of his county, and within
ten years served four years in Congress, and i
now one OF the most prominent financerS il
the Empire State. president of a bauk un
worth probably half a million d-llars
When you see gall with a whole lot o
sweethearts, lis an even chance if she gets maj
. ri4d to any on EN- One cools of aud anothe
cooIs off, and before she brings any on 'em to tn
right weldin heat, the coal is gone and the fir
is out. Then she may blow and blow till she
! tired; she may blow up dust, but the duce O
fame can she blow up sgin. to save her sou
alive. never see a clever looking gall in dan
You dear little critter, you, take care, you hav
, too many irons in the fire, some on 'em will ge
stone cold, and t'other will gel burnt SO, they
be no good in natur.
RULES FOR TRAVELLING The foIlown
rules are important to travellers. aud ara not u
r widely known as could lie desired:
: 1t has lately been decided that applicants 70
} tickets on railroads can be elected from tn
cars if they do not offer the exact amount of fare
Conductors are not bound TO make change.
All railroad tickets are good until used. an
other conditions good for This day only" o
otherwise limiting the time of genuineness. ar
: OF no account.
Passengers who lose their tickets can be eject
ed from the cars, unless they purchase second
= Passengers are bound 10 observe decornm i
the cars, are Obliged 20 comply with all reasona
} bile demands To show tickets. Standing on ia
: platform, or otherwise violating a rule OF tn
company, renders a person liable to be pu