Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13
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TwENFYEseW. young Chinese have
arrival iu Mgssillesto study theology.
THE Princess Metternioh recently paid
dresi,Hess5s = ss9s pll r0f $4,000 for one
THERE has not Been days interruption
in the operation. of the ocean telegraph
since July ~, 1Se6szssotp
MAcMuBAE, the London pVblisber, has
presented 1S5 volumes Of his publications
to the Forward College library.
-cAlhtosNIA CONSUMES fifty nef cent. Of
It's own wines, tho, "A Atlantic, State twenty.
i've and Europe the remainder COW
A CHINheh giant, q klit and one. halffeet
high. arrived ht Nov Yorl. q Fe,ff davs
since, He Is property I:areds Ohang.EH
GEoRaE HuDsoS, the exi ifailwayKfne Of
London, has been presented With e44OO
by his friends, 70 keep him from starving.
THE Protestant churches ~ this couu-
try. raise annually, fari foreign, missions,
q 7a6. oOos and susisia 49, missionaries and
SsShs'lye ssslstantes y r.Ng1rt ago
DURING the period hatWeen 1915 and
1868, tfty'four years six and q half mil
hon people left Great Britain to. seek
homes in other climes. .'i Brm7isrI
The Hartford Typae. states that sdPer-
sons troubled witE corrs can fInd relief by
calling ON MT Sc tiger. Colts hand will
be present and furnish good musfcA
AN orthodox Congregational Church in
Massachusetts has subscribed 81 200 for
singing and ei,SO0 for preaching The
value placed upon zach is about equal
THE largest artcsian well in the world
is that of Pussy, near Paris, being two
feet in diameter and discAarging 0, 800 600
gallons of water in twenty-four hours.
The Great Canadian Traveller" is
conductor on the Grand Trunk railway,
Oxteby by name, who has conducted six
teen years, and travelled $4,000 miles
DR. KoHN, Breslau ooullst finds 81
per cent of the night eompositorshe has
examined near-sighted, and that the light
of oil lamps Is more detrimental than that
Of gas .t .,.,.g.,-,-slf
THERE are sixteen portraits of Mary
Queen of Scots in the British national
gallery in London, each OF them unlike
all the others In every detail of feature
and complexion. Hh''i" tT'v' ." 500
TiIE late uenry Keep LEFT to, his wife
and daughter $4,000, 900 worth of, stock of
the Northwestern Railroad, with ins,ruc-
tons not to sell it, as !: would pay better
than any investment. ril.ii ig5
THE total amount of the gifts presented
to the Pope, on the occasion ruf theIfif-
teenth anniversary of his entering the
priesthood, is estimated at sO,0O0OOO
francs
THE Knoxville Wing says II is es-
fmated that the blackberry crop Of Ten
nessee, if properly harvested, would make
10000 barrels of wine, worth about $8,-
00OO00 tts- .f. .ualsi.al'.
YANKEE RoBrNsoN's Circus Troupe
drove into Brookville, Pa, on recent
Sunday, and put up at the hotels engaged
for them. On Monday they were arrested
and fined for breaking the Sabbath by
travelling ON that day. s ~ bssat 3,
In the reign of Edward /, the price of
Bible, fairly written. was $37. The hire
of a laboring man was three. hah.pence a
day. To purchase a copy OF the Bible
would, therefore, take 4, 800 days earnings
of such q man, or about tbirte en- years
toll. .,.. .....-,.,.. ..r .,--C h.,
A CONSERVATIVE old human miracle of
Danville, VT, in his eighty fifth year, who
never rode in stage or car or attended a
circus or lecture in his life, and never got
drunk, recently walked 30 Hanover N. H.,
"a distance of 125 miles. ~ sa ,7sr'ia uH
DAVID MELVILLE, of Newport, r. l., is
said to have been the first person 10 intro
duce gas light into this country. In the
year 1912 he lighted his residence in New
port, factory in Pawtucket, and Beaver
Tail Lighthouse, Narragansett Bay.
| DURING the sixteen years of the exist
ence of the New York Newsboys' Lodg.
ing House, lodging has been furnished SO,
| 45l different obys; restored to friends,
1928; furnished with homes, 1900; and
furnished 42S,s46 lodgings, and 2S3,931
meals. .Nl
THE annual report of the Augusta (Gsa. }
cotton factory shows7the following figures
as the result of n years operations Total
earnings, $149, 1853, 75i total expenses, $40,
046.37; net profits on the years opera
tions $120, ,7175s, on working capital of
$500, 900. ~
PIGEONS have been killed in New York
State with Carolina rice in their crops
From the known rapidity with which
these birds accomplish the process Of di-
gestion, it is calculated that. they must
have flown 400 miles in six hours, or oyer
a mile minute. 80 .spgEI ,ra,.
THE amount of business transacted in
the postoffice in New York may be judged
by the fact that two windows are open FOR
the sale of stamps in sums less than one
dollar. The receipts at each of these win
dows average 81 900 per day. Z, The daily
consumption of stamps at the, Office must
be in all about $50, 900. -r
Rev. THOMAS S. BURNELL and his wife,
formerly of Northampton, Mass, who
have been missionaries in India for the
last twenty -one years, recently returned
home To Northampton. They were 1888
days in going to India when they first
went out, and but thirty-eight in return
ing, so great has been the Improvement in
travelling within the last two decades,
A FEW days ago a farmer sent to
New York one hundred bushels of potatoes,
to raise which cost him not far from forty
dollars. He received from his correspond
ent in return ten dollars, or ten cents a
bushel. The freight bill for transportation
was eleven dollars. So that he had the
pleasure of paying one dollar for the
privilege of giving away one hundred
bushels of potatoes. iin s''' 30 80
Two New York ladies stopped their car
riage on crossing. One went into store
and the other remained in the carriage
Two gentlemen wishing to cross the street
ordered the cOachman TO move on The
lady in the carriage told him not 90 stir.
On this one Of the gentlemen opened the
coach-door and with hi5 boots and spurs
stepped through the carriage. He was
followed by his companion, to the extreme
discompOsure Of the lady within as Well as
the lady without To complete the jest a
party OF sailors coming up, and Telishing
the joke, scrambled through the carriage
THE indianapolis Sehtiad Of a recent
date has the following item An old
gentleman, who resides a few miles ffom
the city, married . widow lady about one
year ago, who had a daughter aged II
years. The Old gentleman had a daughter
the same age These step-sisters were
wooed and won. by two step brothers, and
yesterday the happy old gent led pair OF
prospective sonin, laws into the oflce, of
the County Clerk to procure the necessary
papers for double weddings at his house"
aLOUIs NAPoLRoNg was sastonished, some
years ago, at the great space Oceapied' by
flour when packed In sacks in usual
manner. and Imagined that il might be
compressed into much -maller bQlk, and
be thus rendered easier of transport. He
at once authorized some experiments 10 be
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