Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-12-22
LETTER FROM THE QUEEN CITY.

I'D. JOURNAL kfteHd OF AItd Lang oyb :.
Having a few leisure moments at my disposal
and supposing that you would, no doubt, like to
hear from this portion of the State, will give
you few items to convince you that our city is
yet among the places that are, Notwithstanding
the death list, especially frC m the small pcI has
been exceedingly large oflate.
Speaking OF small pox, this terrible seourgs
seems to be infesting all parts Of the country,
but think We are having little more than our
share. 1t is confined principally to tenement
houses 10 the German wards "over the Rhine"
where from ten to forty aud fry families live In
one house, without much regard for the laws Of
cleanliness or health. In stances have been
known where families of five or six would be
living in one small room, eating an sleeping,
with the dead body Of one who had died from il
and another almost dead in the same room. Ia
king such cases as these along with the fact thai
the e!mans, as a class, have 9 strong prejudice
against vaccination, is there any wonder that
this dread disease should play such havoc among
them. But that you may form an idea of its ex-
tent would state that there were 239 deaths
from smallpox during the month of November,
Rhine. The numbe OF deaths from smallpox
for the past week amounted to 81. vaccinn alton
is the order of the day.
But notwithstanding the smallpox Cincin
nati is as gay and happy as ever. Hops and
private entertainments are Of nightly occur
fence. Amusements are in full blast. Lydia
Thompson with her leg drama is at W oOds
nj ha Ma on
al Maggie Mitchell commences an engagement
at Pixies on Monday. Parepa- Rosa, with her
English Opera Troupe, closed not very paying
season at Pixies last Wednesday evening. Thai
Fl rst-cass negro minstrel, Billy Manning, de-
lighted his old friends and patro ms at Mozart du-
ing the past week. ! must not neglect to men
llon under the head OF amusements shat the
Next President of the United States" Of course
mean George Francis Train-deliV led one Of
his characteristic lectures at the Mel~deon Hall
last night and repeats the performance again
this evening with slight change Of program
me. The Commercial of this morning heads \
column and half notice OF his lecture with the
| line "ldIOtic Festivities, but, then, the Gem
m.rcial is evidently mad.
Every branch of business seems IN be alive
| aud active. great may workshops and fac
| tories are putting in extra hours. Tho show
windows along Fourth and Fifth streets indicate
| to a certainty that the holidays are close upon
| US. And one Of the surest signs that business
is brisk is that the papers are full Of advertise
| ments.
II is not always necessary to go 10 New York
| 10 look for frauds or pilfering nut of the public
| crib. BY little investigation we often find that
| We have our own little Tamma MES, that only re
| qu're time and a chance tn develop themselves
INTO full grown ones, after the New York pattern.
Our newly elected COunty Commissioner, Mr.
| Safer, has been instrumental in unesrthing quite
q number Of these leaks. Prominent among
| which is the plating contract. DR.. Bachn, upon
a sort Of a contract to replat the county. drew
| from the County Treasury in 1870 little over
| $4,000 and this year some $25 900, making a
little over $40 600 up to the present time. Yet
| with this eIpen titurs not over One.twelflh part
Of the county has been plated. At that rate il
would cost the county near $500 900 to complete
| the job. In order that you may form an idea Of
how "Platting has raised,"I will state that the
county was plated in 1859, aud the work done
we'll +, for - 500. DR.. Bachn has been instruct
ed to make out bill in full for services to date,
thus stopping n very "phat" income to the Doc
tor. The Commissioners intend opening bids
soon for n new contract.
The above is but sample Of the loose way
our former Commissioners had OF doing business
and to Mr.. Safer the people Of Hamilton county
owe many thanks for starting the ball TO rolling
| and II is to be hoped that he will be as watchful
| IN tue future.
Tho Finance Committee of our City Council
have awarded the city English advertising 10
the Enquirer and the German 10 tho VolkaLiaH.
There have been $40 buildings erected in this
city during the past year.
The Finance Committee Of the Industrial EK-
position are pushing their work in getting sub
| scrpiiOns To the Guarantee Fund Of 1917, and
there Is no doubt but what tho next Exposition
| will FAR surpass the last. Those who attended
the Exposition this fall will know that is say ing
| a great deal.
Cincinnati intends putting IN a heavy bid
for one or both Of the next President ntal Nomina-
ting Conventions. She can furnish more first
class sleeping rooms aud accommodations for u
greater number Of visitors than any place in the
| West, and committees are at work in obtaining
subscriptions Of the other great requisite, money
with which to deiray the expenses of holding
| the Convention.
Our newly elected County Auditor. Walker
NJ. lYeaman. Esq, led to the altar on last
Tuesday evening, Miss Ada Miller, daughter
of David W. Miller, Esq., OF WInton Place.
More anon, Doc.