Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-20
VARIOUS ITEMS.


SITKA has 1000 inhabitants.
BosToN is worth $443,570,700.
BOHEMIA has zoe, 900 Protestants.
GEORGE PEABODY has given away So
$4,000.
A WASHINGTON drayman speaks seven
languages.
ENGLAND had to support 913, ,0s4 paupers
in July last.
THE Bank Of France contains H. 100000
600 francs.
A SINGLE ostrich yields 500 worth of
feathers annually. ...
CALIFORNIA has yielded $7O,0OO000 in
gold and silver in ten years. C.
A NEW BRITAIN (Ct.). apple tree has
blossomed thrice this year.
"BRIDAL presents to let heads an ad-
vertisement in London paper
THE Princess Murat has been sued for
the price of her wedding jewels
FRANK PIERCE was carried to the polls
at Concord, being unable to walk. 81
JAY COOKE is President of new Evan
gelical Association in New York.
ONE definition of "corn dodger" Isl
man who refuses whisky.
IT is not true that the practice of ho-
mGopathy has been interdicted in Russia
A MAN proves himself fit to go higher
who shows that he is faithful where he is
A FEW DAYS since letter appeared
directed to" Portland, Younigbted Stats.
WITHOUT counting Alaska, the United
States has 1,500,000,000 acres Of public
lands q'
THE editor of Harper's Monthly re-
ceiyes, weekly an average of three stolen
articles. 7-5EH
THE population of San Antonia, Texas,
is 90, 900, principally German and Mexi-
cans. - '''
QUEBEC has seminary. old enough
to celebrate its two hundredth anniver-
sary. -%-
"A $3,oOO,oOO CATHOLIC cathedral is
being built in Canton and another in
Pekin.
A NEW YORK paper says hundreds of
snobs in that city live wholly on borrowed
money.
A REFORMED drunkard. recently sent
$100 and grateful letter to his Hartford
reclaimer. Z
| In 1867 Hollands population was 3,592,-
416 souls. The women outnumbered the
men 81 ,992. -
NAMES population is 100000; Port
land and Bangor are the only towns that
exceed 10000.
OHAUTAUQUE lake, in New York, is said
to be the highest navigable water in the
United States. -...--..-
In Southern Utah the Mormons are dry
ing many grapes for raisins. Fig trees are
growing finely.
SOLOMON advises the sluggard to 90 to
the ant, but the shiftless of the present day
go to their uncle.
NORWEGIAN children are required to at.
tend school from the age of eight until
confirmation.
NEW YORK has an anti-tobacco club,
which meets once q week tor the purpose
of not smoking
IT is estimated that one.half of the
twenty-five and fifty cent currency in cir
culation is counterfeit
THE smiles which we assume when we
go into public are often more wanted at
home than abroad. So
No LESS than 1000 women of st. Peters
burg find 1t profitable to tell the fortunes
Of the higher circles.
TIE bursting of boiler in the kitchen
of London hotel demolished the furni-
ture and annihilated six Of the scullions
October, in Minnesota, was, on the av.
erage, fourdegrees colder this year than
any previous year for the last Twelve.
A STONE coffin, weighing two tons, and
containing the ashes of Roman chief and
his wife, has been unearthed at Stamford,
England.
A WAsHINGToNIAN, in his song, says;
When young lady signs the pledge,
Its just as good as two,
For when her sweetheart finds 1t out,
He's got to sign 1t too.
WHY do soldiers usually sleep longer
In camp than when on the march, Be
cause their sleep Is in tents (intense).
= TEE largest cattle owners, in Texas are
kinga& Co, of Corpus Christi Their
stock and herds number $4,000.
HoLYoKE, Mass, is becoming notorious
for casualties and crimes. SihceJune, 10
lives have been lost by accident or Vio-
lenoe. ,t --'-., .+.,.+.
EZRA RosBRooR, now living at Prince
ton, Wis, built the first steam saw-mill N
the United States, In Oneida county, n
T., over 80 years ago.
APPLES sell in China for 81 a dozen,
gold. They are sent from the States
packed In Ice, and thus entirely preserve
their freshness H
CURRY, whose wife has "the bend"
complains that 1t makes her quarrelsome.
She gets her back up every time she goes
out. rF a --r. .g FIJI
THE AItd Cdlttornia, a newspaper pub
lished In San Francisco, keeps It's own law
yer, ana has on an average one Ebel suit
week. 10 s1~ Scr .-..Ty
A MAN in Coventry, VT, recently pre-
sented bill Of $50 against q school dis
trict for water that the scholars had drank
from his we'll ~ ff0 4eE
Two BMTIsH soldiers had theif bare
backs lashed each twenty-five times, in
Ottawa, Ont, recently, for informing In
the Police Court against the officers 90
VAST quantities OF liGuorice are brought
TO New York city from Spain, to be
ground up and mixed with chewing to-
bacco. 1t is taken TO Connecticut TO be
ground. ti''a setiiuQfH
A Mrs. ATKINSON, of Northampton,
Mass, died from starvation on the road
aide, the other day, leaving In her house
sSse In gold coin, and efi6.os in silver
and bills, 1g rrItgf -5a,1
A JUSTICE in BuhAlo recently decided
that umbrellas are property, and sentepced
q man TO the penltentiary for thirty days
for stealing one Of those useful articles.
. tsDo YOU not think Mr.. w. g very bgly
man" inquired a young lady Of her
companion. "Wel, don't know" was
the reply, he has very fine figure. He
Eopld be beautiful u hiS head peV a."