Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-21
FACTS AND FIGURES.

THERE are five American convicts In
German penitentiaries. ''f'
THERE are 1884 draft, and 2.92s driV- Cd
ing horses in Brooklyn.
THERE are three hundred and forty
isting species of pigeons. - &,
az SHALL be better presenf -a.
last recorded words Of 2 -.iIy," were the
Tru birtb.nlaco CHARLES Dickens.
rscantly mt bro! of ex,President Pierce
Owen 4ght $3,125 at auction. .a
che AVE PICARD, 103 years old, is the
-.mpion ragpicker of Troy, N. Y.
The 5000 miles of railroad in Illinois,
with equipments, cost $t20,OOO,000. 'N'-'
FoRTY-FoUR thousand women are en-
ployed as outdoor laborers in England
THE Y. NJ G. A of Chicago has found
employment for over 5000 men the past
year. "a g.. a''s 'aI }a assaHs
Two hundred miles of pathway has +
been explored in the Mammoth cave of
Kentucky ht,.s fa er. .r .--e .5o.r, ~
I A YORK State octogenarian has married
girl of 16-younger. than some of his.
grandchildren. ,,s,...,. ...,.. 49,.
BETWEEN three aud four .thonsand
American boys are studying in European
schools and colleges. ''T'' ''''. '' i'
THERE are in the United States four
hundred newspapers published in foreign
languages. '.7"'Tr0 wa ef.t, t,~a .F '
POSTMASTER Burr has introduced
young ladies into tAe delivery department
of the Boston Postofflce sr-
GARABALDI's novel, we are told, was
published in six languages, but never
paid its expenses in any. .s ...-... ~. ,...
THE style of Partisan ladies' hats now
and one hundred and five years ago is said
to be identical.
IT is said there is danger of the total
extinction of elephants, the hunters are
killing them off so fast. '0' E.aa
EIGHTY miles on bicycle in eight and
half hours has lately been accomplished
by gentleman at Dundee. tgU .F .-r.l
A PHILADELPHIA lady proposes to build h
memorial church to George Washing.
ton, in Westmoreland county, Va.
Two chairs, which had once been the
property Of Benedict Arnold. were lately
sold for So go, at st. Johns, N. B.
Over 1000 women used the free baths
in New York City on the Fourth. They
represented all ages, colors and condi-
tions of life. ---f 1ar 1"i
THE machinery used in the State Of
Massachusetts is capable of doing the
work of more than hundred million OF
men. tI- a..
Four business-irms in London have
names which make curious combinations
Flint & Steel, Ward & Lock, Lamb s.
Hare, and Holland & Sherry.
Four thousand tons of ore we're thrown
out at single blast in the Lake Superior
iron region the other day Fifteen and
half kegs of powder were used. .si~.
NEW York was in such heated condi.
ton the other day that 100000 pounds
of ice were necessary to relieve the suf-
ferings of her unhappy citizens. .-.... go.
A PARIS shoemaker is said to have in
vented shoes provided with rollers, which
allow the wearer to move, as fast as
horse, and to stop Immediately.
PERSONS who prefer stale bread can
have their taste glatitied by sending to
POmpeii, where they have loaves baked
over eighteen hundred years ago.
REIGIr1z, q littio kingdom of 1889
square miles,-about the size of MARYLAND,
gives comfortable support to over
100000 people, or about 500 to the
square mile.
THERE are fifteen hundred and thirty
nine incorporated societies in one 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 midsummer .
night may be seen the phenomenon of.
the midnight sun. s-..- .Is,ll. '.s
A MAN in Lyndon, Vt, has been on his
bed tWenty-one years, unable to move or
bend single joint in his body. Every
Joint has been affected by rheumatic diff
ticulty, and all the bones appear to have
grown into one. .--.s..H.p. p.--~1
THE hirsute appendage of young lady b
in New Orleans became undone the other
day, aud when she became aware of her
misfortune string of hair several yards
long was streaming behind her in the
wind. ~ -., Ies .s1 .. r..7
A RAT in store in Troy, "fooling
around" with piece of tin, attracted the I
attention OF policeman, who, thinking it
was burglar, watched several hours for
the latter to come out The rat is now
dead. r nllr--0 a7a
In Queen Victoria's crown there are
| 1868 brilliant diamonds, 1878 rose dia-
monds, and 147 table diamonds, large
ruby, II sapphires, IL emeralds, small
rubies, and 277 pearls--a total of 2,lS6
precious stones. @ ID. |.asuf
THERE are two ladies in the Post Office
Department at Washington who are en- '
plOyed in translating the foreign CORE
spondence, and in keeping up the accounts
in foreign languages. They are scholars /.
In four anguages-German, French, Span e
ish and Italian. .' tt,-u5t
The average number of persons liv-
ing in single house in London is 8, in
Berlin 30, in Paris 80, in st. Petersburg
81, and in Vienna 90. For every 1000
inhabitants the average annual mortality 10
in London is "a. in Berlin 25 in Paris rs, III
In st. Petersburg Al, and in Vienna At. ,ish
A WIDOW of forty recently married, at
Paris, widower whose first wife was
widow, whose first husband was Wild
over, whose first wife was a widow. In
his family, for the last IT'S years, this ae- %
,idental marriage of widow and widower
nas constantly taken place. issrH
In the second week in June there were
1871 ,94 persons in receipt Of parochial re.
ief in London, of whom 80 S47 were in
he work houses, and 99097 were out
loor paupers. This was an increase of
|, Ola upon the numbers in the CORE.
'ponding period of last year. 80 |" 80 10
AN as istant secretary of the BriiishH
Astronomical Society, Mr. Williams, has
ist flushed translation of the Chinese y,
'ecords of comets observed for Q ESQ yt tars,
,ndng A. ID 1910 This is the only con,
inuOus registry of the kind in existence,
md is expected to yield important results
hereafter.
THERE is a boy living In Woodward
ownsbip, Lycoming county, Penn, II
leaTs of age, who stands six feet eight
inches high, and weighs over two hun
lred pounds. His name is George Wurs-
er There IL al so n Girl iivino iul Middla!4a