Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-20

THERE Is an year old girl In Winter.
port, Me-, who weighs 159 pounds. 'fNcl
THoNAs HoLLAND, an Erie engineer.
has fallen heir 70 eee0, 200 In England, ye,
In May last not less than sixty 'Ameri.
cans matriculated.at the Berlin University.
THE Baptists Of Germany have increased
10 ninety-six churches and over 1900
members. ~
THE first Sabbath school in Spain has
been organized in Seville, with seventy
Ave scholars. '7'' ~
In Cleveland, up TO recent date, over
one thousand dogs have been drowned In
the pound this season. -I-7 ~ -
RoBINsoN CRusoE's cocoanut Gun and
sea-chest have been secured by the Anti.
quarian society of Scotland.
AN indianapolis grocer opened his new
grocery by holding a prayer-meeting
therein from 10 o'clock.
Hon. JOHN BIaRLow, the new managing
editor of the New York Iimes, Is said 70
be Swedenborgian.
A NEGRO boy eight years OF age com
mitted suicide ct Halifax, N. c., few days
since, rather than take dose of medicine.
TN ore has recently been discovered
near Augusta, Me, at the point of juno
| ton between a silicious slate formation
and granite. f..
In 1860 there were but 402 miles of
horse railroad in the United States. Il il
estimated that there are at least 1000 miles
| to-day ff ''.}i NII
AT the Washington shooting festival, the
| other day, Secretary Rawlins took a hand,
and hit the bulls eye five times out of six
attempts.
| The Supreme Court of New Brunswick
has decided that a magistrate cannot sit in
any case TO which one of his relations Is a
party.
THE whole number of Protestant native
Christians in China is about 1000. Chris
tian churches are erected at all the mission.
ary stations -1f ZOO
From 1885 to 1857, inclusive, 4,e4t
soldiers in the British army were branded
with the letter ID, for desertion, and 80
were hogged.
The San Diego Union states that out of
$1,000 head of cattle that started from
Texas, during the past year, for California,
not over 5000 reached that State.
A PRIZE, valued at $500, is offered by
the managers Of the St. Louis Fair, for
the best milch COW, to be tested on the
grounds for three days during the fair
week.
IT is claimed that Great Britain has now
such extra facilities for shipbulding, that in
case of any emergency, she could send out
an iron.clad daily from the works on the
Clyde alone.
The number of soldiers orphans main.
tanned by the State of Connecticut is 1894
Nineteen.twentieths of them are in private
families, the others being cared for In pub.
lie institutions. ...
THE capital invested in the publication
of sheet music and musical works in the
United States, is estimated at 5000 600.
Probably 100000 will cover the annual
importation Of sheet music.
| A CAMDEN, N. j., policeman should be
called dead shot" He only had TO shooi
twenty y-seven times to kill little mad dog
The dog got tired of the fooling, and dieS
natural death.
ENGLISH locomotives are reckoned Il
last for about $4,000 train miles, though
on some roads this may 60 up to 400,00(
or even 100000 miles, as the wear and teal
depend greatly on circumstances ~,'i a,.,i
| THE total rental values of London arr
estimated for the purposes Of taxation a
R2O,OO0OOO per annum. Supposing thii
TO be five per cent. on the capital, the rea
estate of the city is worth e40O 600, 900, OF
$4,000, 100000 of our money.
| THE coolest place in London is the read.
ing-room of the British Museum. Tho
officials keep the room cool by steam that
is, they drive current of cool air into il
by means of steam engine, and the stu
dent is thus provided with most agreea
BILE temperature. .,-,...7 u, b
They have now at Saratoga a younI
lady possessing eight trunks of Parisiaf
toilettes, and $4,000 in rings, earrings
brooches, necklaces and other ornaments
Five years ago this fair demoiselle resided
over her fathers dram shop in Sixth ave
nue. New York.
A PRIZE baby show has been held a
North WOolwich, England. The exhibi
tion contained 800 babies; though ther,
were applications for no less than $500
Purses of e., e3, G5 and e10 were offered
Only one set of triplets and four of twins
were catalogued. M,
AT Catlach, India, recently, an elephan
belonging TO one of the Rajahs went insC
. tank to drink, and in doing SO put hi.
foot either ON or close TO crocodile, which
at once bit it very severely. This 50 en-
ragged the elephant that he trod about un
til he got his adversary firmly beneath hi
feet in the mud, when he trampled his lifI
out.
A PARIS rogue, while chaffering in .
store, distracted pair of silk stockings
The clerk perceived it, and, when he wal
going out, complaining Of the high prices
called out, al cannot let 700 have thos,
stockings so cheap The thief calml,
laid them on the counter, saying, "Verl
| we'll / cannot take them at a hirher nrice