Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-09-03
FACTS AND FIGURES


LEWISTON, Pa, has 30 inhabitants who
are more than 20 years old One Of these
is 104 years old. d lf4s
ROME, by a new census, has s90,5s2 In g
habitants; 1880 of them are priests,
monks, and nuns tlL FsfE MffN
BLUE Gown, the winner ofthe Derby
In 1853, has won for his owner the hand
some sum of 1859,
A CNoTNNATt gentleman has bought ten
thousand acres of land in Tennessee upon
which to establish colony.
On the 1st of July. the Western Union
Telegraph Company had a04,5a4r miles of
wire and 103 miles or cable, -,
A STATISTICAL chap says the hands of
magazine readers in this country travel
10000 miles year in cutting the leaves
ONE of the most fashionable young Ia
dies ut Nahant wears a hat which cost
only ten cents and which she trimmed
herself Hea seH sAnte Fn.ftrr
QurrE number of bears have been
trapped this season in the vicinity Of Au-
rorl, Maine. They have not been so
troublesome for many years,
THE champion horse tradist" resides
in Manchester, N. II. He has owned,
during the past five years, 5000 horses,
worth, on an average, $15 apiece.
ELmU BURRTTT the learned blacksmith,
has established an emigrant agency at r.
Birmingham, England where he has been
United States Consul for several years
past.
WOMAN Suffrage Conventions are to be
held in Chicago on the 9th and 10th of
September, ON the 10th and t1th in Cincin-
natl, and on the 9th and 7th of October in
st. Louis.
In July 332, ,eT citizens of Boston, men,
women and children, availed themselves Of
the privileges and advantages afforded ty
the various public bathing. houses in that
city.
A SPIDER in the Sherifr's Office in st.
Louis has woFen web which Is perfect
imitation of lace II is eight inches in
length, and has attracted hosts of specta-
tors. "ra--+ -t
A YOUNG man of sixteen, the son of a
Cincinnati lawyer, is writing tragedy
founded on the subject of the st. Barthol-
omew massacre. 1t will be brought out in
| Cincinnati next winter. s,H
The number of COWS in France is more
than 100000. In Paris the consumption
of milk is nearly 100000 quarts a day,
| Milk is sold at from ten to forty centhnes
a quart, according to the locality and the
| quality.
| A DRAMATIsT in Rutland, VT, has writ
ten moral play, after the style of "One
/ Night in Ten Bar-rooms" 1t is temper
ance drama in ten acts, eighteen scenes
and fifteen characters 1t is the career Of
four drunkards.
TIE noise produced by the Chinese mu-
sicians is so harsh and barbarous that the
Common Council of San Francisco not
long since passed an ordinance for the sup
preston of Chinese orchestra bands.
THE total amount expended in the Dis
| trict of Columbia, from the time the seat
| of Government was located there, to June
| 30, 1868, for public works Of every descrip-
ton, including buildings and works of art,
is $31 300, ,S530S
WITHIN ten miles of Ithaca, N. Y,
there are over one hundred and fifty
waterfalls, nine of which are more than
one hundred feet high. These are situated
in thirty superb ravines in the midst of
the grandest rock scenery. taE.Ts.-r
THE present numerical strength of
the Baptist Church in the United States,
according to the Year Book, is 1,121,9S9,
being an increase over last year Of 1902.
| These figures, it Is sid, would be materially
| increased if the returns from the several
| States were not so imperfect
| A MINISTER who has been recruiting
among the Springs OF Saratoga writes
that the belle of the season wears dress
valued at the amount of his salary for two
years, and a set of diamonds equal in value
| to the cost of comfortable mission
church, with infant room attached, gas
fixtures and cabinet-organ included!
| Ara recent sale of Mr.. Dillon's collec-
| ton of autographs in London, George
| Washington's letter to Newenham, in
which he deplores the condition of Ire
land, sold for $500; one from Bacon
brought $95 and one from Oliver Crom-
| we'll 1895; Queen Elizabeths instructions
concerning the Anjou marriage brought
$3.50. ~ s q, p : l'af-T
In the English Churchman's Almanac,
| the annual incomes of the twenty Arch
bishops and Bishops of the Church of Eng
land is given. The largest annuity, about
| 100000 in our currency, Is received by
| the Archbishop of Canterbury, Several
receive $4,000, and the smallest amount
| is $22, 800. 1r- la rii ff1f srs i-hla q
ELECTRIcITY on the railroads in France
Is taking the place of human watchtul-
ness. On many lines there are contriv-l
ances where the passing Of train is aE-
| tomatically announced TO neighboring
stations. The cars pass over connecting
wires and the train records itself before
and behind, so that its progress and af-,
pearance are alike indicated. isss - as-.a /.
| A COMPARATIVE statement Of the NOR
| tality of the cities of Boston, Cincinnati,
| Chicago and ST. Louis, from January l to
July I, 1869, based upon official figures,
shows that every eighty -ninth. person died
IN Boston every one hundred and fourth
in Cincinnati every one hundred and
| eleventh in Chicago, andegery one hundred
| and tenth in st. Louis ra sa1i .ls-
APARIs correspondent says the Bavarian
girls, whatever may be the reason, have
the finest hair in Europe. There is IN the
| town where the fair Austrian Empress
passed her childhood, the monument of u
girl who died of having too much of IT.
| II is stated in her epitaph that the Rourish-
ment of her body was absorbed by the
capillary vessels, and that her hair In the
short space of ten months grew, ON it's be-
ing shaved, to the extraordinary length of
three yards.
A MAN living in Bouhey, France, recent
ly fell, from Over'indulgence in drink, into
a state of lethargy so complete thnt he
was believed TO be dead. The man was
laid out and his friends came to payitheir
farewell visit One woman, however, re-
marking that one of his arms was hanging
down, took it up To replace it on1the bed,
when, at the touch, 1.-THE apparent corpse
suddenly opened it's eyes and looked
around the room. A doctor was at once
summoned, and the man recovered, Z ~
The Pittsburgh C6nimGcial states that
an inventor, of that city, has eonstFueteda
| furnace in which a pan of water has been
| so arranged that the water is dee0RIposed, .
and the oxygen elected into the 1iFeFenderss
| ing combustion complete, and saving fifty
per cent. of the fuel. Another exchange
claims that similar Arrangement was IN.
vented in Europe few yeara ag0s hrIb
failed TO save fuel because ID required AS
much heat 10 dceompose the wsslof' as. was Z
gained by the use Of the oxygga. ~ ava -
1T has been computed that 10 the United
States no less than seven pounds OF cOttee
are annually consumed for each person;
while in England tbs average fAE each pen.
son is one pound and one-sighth. 1nl1ng.'
land tea is largely used as a'bteekies. Se~