Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-07-22
FACTS AND FIGURES.

dle-guns. H aas ,e.-,r -s-- ,.
THERE were $1,000 violent deaths in 49,.
England last year. ..-. ...t,., 90. ~.
THERE are five American convicts IN
German peuitentiaries. -.
THERE are 1884 draft, and 1928 driys
ing horses in Brooklyn.
THERE are three hundred and forty ex-
isting species of pigeons, a'.' ~,
az SHALL be better presently" were then
last recorded words of Charles Dickens sds
THE birthplace of ex- President PIERCE
recently brought $3 125 At auctionas7 'di -
GusTAvE PICARD, 1o3 years old, is 'thers
champion ragpicker Of Troy, NJ, YFob sfi -
THE 5000 miles os rsilrosd IN Illinois,
with equipments, cost $120,0OO, 600 rtii.vno7
Forty -FOUR thousand women are emzu,.
ployed as out door laborers in England, m
THE Y. NJ @. A. of Chicago has found, =,
employment for over 5000 men the past =
year. - .,-7oo -.,,fr,,,,
Two hundred miles of pathway has
heen explored in the Mammoth cave OF
Kentucky. . ...a-. ...-
\ A YoRK State octogenarian has rnarried1'
a girl of 16-younger than some Of hiss7
grandchildren. .'' 30 insT1 ''9d' s1af
BRTwEEN three ard four athousandps
American boys are studying IN European
schools and colleges. T' IN 9fE sa, ,isaTmTs
THERE are in the United States four
hundred newspapers published N storelgzlnlp
languages. uI '-as .h,i ..f bas- ,7,..u.
POSTMASTER BURT has introduced !,
Young ladies into tAe delivery department.
of the Boston Postof1ce.
GARABALDI's novel, we are told, was
published in six languages, but never
paid its expenses in any. -i''1s ' e2'''
THE style of Partisan ladies' s'1h7'' I''Is
and one hundred and five yee- -atR ilopsf
to be Identical. Assgo is said
I IT is said there 10 e.ir. .soo;c3 p'.l ar
extinction off, =. danger of the total
killing tho Elephants, the, hunIsrsv are
E,r ID off so fast. at..,..-.,.
.aBTY miles on bicycle in eight and
half hours has lately been ACCOMPLISHED
by gentleman at Dundee. sa' %
A PHILADELPHIA lady proposes to build
memorial church to George Washing
ton, in Westmoreland county, Va M ds1o
Two chairs, which had once been tbei
property of Benedict Arnold. were lateiyl
sold for 81 $50, at st. Johns, NJ R,aida ssi
Over 4 900 women used the free baths
IN New York City on the Fourth. bThey.
represented all ages, colors, and cendi-,
tions of life .-. !.
The machinery used in the State of
Massachusetts, is capable of doing the,
work of more than hundred million or
men. 7'1 - lsS b9sts4a
FOUR business-frms in London haVss
names which make curious coifbinationss
Flint d Steel Ward & Lock, Lamb g.
Hare, and Holland g. Sherry. -at 20aIoq, Z
Four thousand tons of ore we're thrown
out at a single blast in the, LNlee- superior
iron region the other day. Fifteen and a.
half kegs of powder were used. l..,. -,
NEW YORK was in such heated condf,
ton the other day that 100000 pounds
of ice were necessary to relieve the spf-i
ferings of her unhappy citiz ens. ATAs5an"
A PARIS shoemaker is said to have I'M
vented shoes provided with rollers, whielf
allow the wearer to move asb fast rs a!
horse, and to stop immediately 7l,.,i7,,.
PERSONS who prefer stale bread cam
have their taste gratifed by sending, to-
Pompei, where they have, loaEes baked
over eighteen hundred years ago. -, a. -
BELGIUM, little kingdom of II ,3S3
| square miles,-about the size of Marylsnd,
| gives comfortable support to over
| 5,O00,OOO people, or about 500 to- the
square mile. 80 iyai ,ai 10 Eols
THERE are fifteen hundred and thirty
nine Incorporated societies inlone prov
ince in Austria; of these eight hundred
and eighty are In the city OF Vienna, -
THERE is mountain in the north. of
| Sweden situated so near the Arctic Circle,
that from its summit on a midsummer
night may be seen the phenomenon tof
the midnight sun. .sls-l 70 ~. - =
A MAN in Lyndon, VT, has been onlhis
bed twenty. one years, unable to move or
bend single JOINT in his body. Every
joint has been affected by rheumatic DIFF
hculty, and all the bones appear 70 have
grown into one. t...4. ...--ii T.. 49, AZ
Nf1rrh IN 1or
| in New Orleans became undone the other
day, and when she became aware Of her
misfortune string of hair several yards
long was streaming behind her in the
wind. -rl 7a;,..,-, ,'-..,,.
A RAT in store in Troy, 30 foulink
around" with piece of tin, attractedithe
attention of a policeman, who, thinkingtt
was burglar, watched several hours Tor
the latter to come out. The rat is noY
dead. ~, .7.1e.-s.i -,
In Queen victoria's crown there are
1868 brilliant diamonds, 1878 rose dia-
monds, and lat table diamonds, 1 large
ruby, II sapphires, IL emeralds, 4 small
rubies, and 277 pearls--as total OF 2,1Sb
precious stones. nul irrT
THERE are two ladies in the Post Once
Department at Washington who are en-
ployed in translating the foreign corre-
spondence, and in keeping up theAcGoHnts
in foreign languages, Thew are scholars
in four languages-German, French, Span
ish and Italian. aa I,i pl.i A-astY ann
THE average number Of persons NV
ing in a single house in London is 9, In
Berlin 80, in Paris 35, in st. Petersburg
| SO, and in Vienna 90. Fer every 1000
Inhabitants the average annual mortality
in London is "a, in Berlin 20 in, Paris 2S,
in st. Petersburg Al, and in, ViennaA7.i
A WIDOW of forty recently married. at
Paris, widower whose first wife was a
widow, whose first husband was wild
over, whose first wife was widow, In
this family, for the last 175 years, this ac-
cidental marriage of widow and Widower
has constantly taken place. sos Fsi'ipH
In the second week in June there were
13l, ,94 persons in receipt Of parOchial re-
lief in London, OF whom 33 SAT were IN
the work houses, and 99097 were out
door paupers This was an increase of
4014 upon the numbers in the cogEe-
spending period Of last year. secaIale
AN assistant secretary OF the British
Astronomical Society, Mr. Wiiibfnsssi has
! Inst 6Dished a translation OF the G Sinpse
records Of comets observed for g22fQ ySSfs,
ending A. ID. 1910 This is tbs ooIY, eiln-
tinuous registry OF the kiDdoia existspee,
and il expected to yield important results
hereafter. laitssi ifisisN .sfnsa
THERE is boy living in W'oodwatd
! township, Lycoming county Pehpsl7
years Of age. who stands six feet eight
inches high, and weighs ov.r tNovl hun-
dred pounds. His name is George Wars
ter There Is also girl living iH Middle
bury township, Tioga county II years OF
| q f,aT ~ ho vre{.ghat 400 DOuada. f..- :. -