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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
How Four Little Boys Took a Rail-
road Ride.

A LOCOMOTIVE running as an extra on
the Hudson River Railroad, arrived at
New Hamburg, n. Y, few days ago,
from Poughkeepsie, and was stopped there
by telegram from the lat er city, in con
sequence of Singular, and what might
have been a tragic incident. Before the
locomotive left Poughkeepsie, four little
boys who were playing about the depot,
surprising it was switch engine, and only
gong n little way down the track, climbed
stealthily upon the wooden guard just
above the bumper on the r,ar of the ten.
der. This guard is only six inches wide.
Three of the boys sat down upon the
guard, with their legs hanging over, and
the fourth got astride the iron link which
protrudes from The bumper They could
not be seen by the men up the engine,
which moved off and continued increas
ing its speed until it was going at the rate
OF forty miles an hour, as was ordered.
The boys were in a terrible situa' ion.
They dared not climb to the top of the
tender for fear of losing their balance,
and their cries were crowned by the noise
of the engine. Over bridges and on the
edge OF precIpices they were whirled, the
tender surging to and fro, the dust filling
their eyes and noses, and almost choking
them to death, and entirely obscuring
them from the view of the fagmen and
trackmen who were passed The locomo-
tive was signsled at New Hamburg, a man
having seen the boys on the rear OF the
locomotive when it left PoughkeePsie.
The poor little fellows presented sorry
sight, as they were covered with dust from
head to foot. The boy who wasastride CT
the link was unable to walk when taken
off, his legs being awfully chafed by
the motion of the engine. The hands Of
the other boys were blistered terribly, and
the blood oozed from under their finger
nails, so tightly had they grasped the
woodwork of the tender They were
nearly exhausted and could have main.
tsined their position but little longer,
when they would nave been probably 10.
stanty killed by the fall. They we're taken
back TO Poughkt epsie, where the incident
had become noistd about, and large
crowd of people was in waiting at the
depot to see them when the train they
were on arrived.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
Hidden Treasure Found.

AMONG the many strange events that
now and then startle the community, an
occurrence OF singular aud unusual char
acter was developed yesterday. Ten years
ago, an Irish laborer on the Panhandle
road, by the name of Carrighan, pitched
his "shanty" near Holidays Cave, West
Virginia, opposite this city. With the aid
Of an industrious wife, they soon had a nice
garden patch near the proposed road,
and they prospeTed, The husband and wife
working and outstanding their earnings.
Carrighan was eccentric in his notions,
and by far too reticent in telling his v ife
what he did with his wages, as he would
disappear from home on receiving his p,y,
but return the next day, without telling
his wife word as to where he had been
or what disposition he had made of his
money. Two years passed, and the econ
| Omy of the couple, their honesty ald good
management, must have put them in easy
| circumstances but upon this question Car.
righan was singularly silent. One Gay, i'll
the spring of 1864, CarIighan left his home
| f-r the last time; for while working at a
cut in the road a rock fell and crushed
him to death The sudden blow to the
wife produced alteration of the mind,
| left as she was without the slightest knoWl.
edge of her husbands financial condition,
aud without friends and kindred. For
seven years the widow laborrd as
slduously to provide bread for herself
and family, and, although considered OF
unsound mind, administered to the wants
Of her charge with all the kindness of a
mothers disp sition. She always con
tended that her husband had his money
secreted some place about the premises,
but the most careful search failed to pro,
duce the slightest trace Of the missing
money. Yesterday, however, the mystery
OF ten years was cleared up, and the par
TALLY deIanged woman was brought, by
the blessing of God, to full re urn OF
her senses, by the finding of the hidden
treasure. The discovery was made by a
man named Scott, who was WORKING in the
cellar of the shanty occupied by Oarrigan
at the time OF his death. He discovered
buried in the earth an old coffee pot
Upon liIting the half decayed vessel from
its resting. place, he discovered The money
so long lost. In the pot was found 800 IN
sllger, 33 sovereigns, and $645 in Ameri
can gOld-in all 5000 in specie. The glad
tidings were communicated TO Mrs. CARR
gaa while she was at work over the wash
tub, and the money passed TO her charge
This morning she deposited the entire sun
with the firm of X. d L. Mears, Of thil
city.-Steu6onvlRe (O) Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
How they Telegraph Chinese.

THE managers of the China Submarine
Telegraph company have solved the some
what difficult problem of how to transmit
telegraphic messages in Chinese. AT
frat light the d tf1culty of telegrsphing in
a language which is destitute of an al
phabet, md is made up of about 10000
distinct characters, appears almost insur'
mountab 9, bus the obstacle has been over
come, and A-fat at HongKong encountf re-
no more difficulty in communicating by
telegraph with A chum at Shanghai then
does Brown with Jones under similar cir
cumstances. The plan adopted is this !;
Some few thousand of the more common
Chinese characters are cut on wooden
blocks after the manner OF type, and on
the reverse end of each Is a number cut in
the same way. Now A.fat II wing handed
in his message written in Chinese, the
na i've clerk selects in order the CORES
ponding blocks from the case and prints
off the numbers ON their reverse, This he
hands TO his Engl sh colleague, who tele'
graphs the number TO the oestioation de-
sired. Here the reverse process is 9 ne
through, and the numbers having been
taken from the cases the characters are
stamp on paper, and thus A-chum is put
in possession of the cherished wishes of
A fat through the medium of his native
language.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06

pfennig; but he went toward 1t to unlock
it, which was all 1 wanted"
"Ah, you wanted TO get chance of
sticking him from behind, supposeS'
said l, secretly marvelling at the strategic
ability of this pacific man of letters.
"Mein lieber Herr" returned the Pro
fessor, with an air of frand contempt,
suggestive of Socrates "setting down "
Protagoras, science does not fight with
such coarse material means as those.
have told you that / regarded this man in
the light of an experiment, and acted ac-
cordingly. If you wish to know toAdt was
my real object in sending h m to the bu.
reau, step forward ami press your heel
upon that little knot in the floor"
obeyed, and WIS rot lit le startled
when a good square yard of the flooring
Immediately in front Of the bereau gave
way, with a loud, whirring noise, disclos-
ing black chain of unknown depth,
from which arose the hoarse gurgle Of
running water
"Why, you don't mean to say" fal.
tered |, giancing from the ghastly abyss
below to the benevolent face of the savant,
which looked milder end more benevolent
than ever.
Precisely So" answered the Professor,
with genial smile, and rubbing his little
fat hands gleetuly. That's the Neckar
which you hear grumbling down yonder !;
but thee was a good yard of dry pave
ment beside it for him to fal upon, and it
su6iced. UnhappilY, the fall neces ari y
occasloned certain injuries to his anstomi-
cal structure, which, however, my humble
knowledge of surgery has, as you see, en-
abied me TO repair" (And he pointed to
the pistol-bearing skeleton with compls
cent air. why do you look so shocked,
my friendf it was u fair trial of skill
against strength. He, the man of brute
force, attempted to entrap me, the IN of
science-and was caught in his owu trap
Fill your glass, and let us drink to the
great scientific movement that has made
Europe the first quarter of the world, and
Germany the first country in Europep
flied my G ass, though did not drink /;
but made some excuse, and gladly lett the
house.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
A Victim of the Ru.KIUx Torn From
His Home aud Left to Sfarve Tied
to a Tree In a Swamp in Alabama.

The Nashville (Tenn Banner, a Dem
ocrat C paper, published, in recent issue,
an account of an ou rage perpetrated in
Limestone County, Alabama, by five men,
who went TO the house of gentleman
name1 l.. i. Weir, at II O'clock on the
morning of the 11th of Sept mher, in d s.
guise, tore h IN from his home and family,
mounted him On horse and bore him
away. His distressed family followed on
with breathless anxiety, and with the
most fearful forebodings as to his fate.
They had gone but short distance when
they heard, in thick clump of woods,
the report of firearms. Their hearts sank
within them, for they believed these were
death shots, and that Mr Weir had been
murdered. Captain Dan Coleman, County
Solicitor, Mr. Ben Sewell, Deputy Sheriff,
and posse of men went in pursuit, with
the hope of finding Mr.. Weir's body, and
captur ng and bringing to punishment the
perpetr tors of the hideous deed. But,
though they did everything possible to-
ward accomplir hing this object, their
search seemed a hopeless one.
The Banner, of subsequent date, sup.
plements its account with the following 4:
Mr.. Weir was accidentally found yes
terday in swamp, where he had been
firmly tied to tree and left to starve to
death. His story of the hardshlps which
the desperadOes compelled him to undergo
is enough to turn heart of stone. He
said that they took him off good dis.
Ia ce from home, where they tied stone
to his neck aud sunk him in a creek until
he was almost drowned, when they again
brought hi N to the surface After he was
sufficiently restored they whipped h m
most numerically, and tied him to a tree
in an out-of the-way place, from which he
never hoped to escape alive, and where,
no providential relief arriving, be would
ultimately have starved to death. When
brought to Athens, Mr.. Weir complained
of the effects of his exposure and want of
food, and it is feared he will not recover
for some time TO come. He knows the
desperadoes, and it is to be hoped that they
will be made to suffer the punishm MT
which their crime deserves. We under-
stand that the same men had previously
taken Mr.. Weir out and whipped him. 1t
is supposed they feared being indicted for
the offense, and that Mr.. Weir would be-
come a witness, whose testimony would
send them to the Penitentiary. They had
therefore determined to put him out # the
way. His escape was almost miraculous.
A man named Moore, who is said to have
been an accessory TO the deed, and another,
whose name we did not learn, were arrest,
ed at Athens Yesterday"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
Selected Miscellany.
THE PRAYER.

A PkIR ~ dlmplcd KIN CO bent on the noor,
Two little dov, like yes half shut In sleep,
A little gold head--this through the door
1 hesr~nskiDg the Lord I" a crystal soul" to
keep.
The crimson cheeks seem by dawns fingers
stained;
The dimpled hands, claspei by the angels, seem
Aseunsers amber, o'er her head Is rained,
Kindling her curls with many taperin CLEAN
Wreathed are her tiny feet with stories old,
TIL rose leaf atmospheres, methinks see,
Enwrnp them IN the soft, ethereal fold,
With loves protection, to the dimpled knee;
For Still the bsby-songs and tales will please,
= ms when at first Ike bits from silken ekein,
She tried to knot them, sitting on my knees,
Ia baby accents, into threads again.
The little velvet lips Just parted are,
Through which the wbite-winged thoughts
troop forth TO rise.
As, through an opening bud, perfumes sfar
Invisiby are waned TO the skies.
Now to her downy couch my darlings crept.
Where her brtRSs curlF, u e jonquis n The snow,
CLEAN out, q II the eunbesns there had ew,pt
littls rift for such sweet flowers 10 grow.
--dppletons Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06

A YOUNG wife in Troy cured her hus.
band of Il disposition to absent himself
from home at night by providing him with
an excellent dinner and saying to him af
terward, George, if YOU find a sweeter
spot than our home, describe it to me, and
/ will rival it il die in the attempt" A
kiss and few tears completed the vic
tory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06

IT is stated that in New York city re-.
GENTLY quantity Of human hair, silky,
sr snS E grIy S85 AND aay eSes qas tcs
much as gold will bring One house in
that city has imported Six thousand pounds
Of hair since January, paying for it $780,.
900 in gold. They have at work on il
one hundred girls, who earn from $12 10
$l8a week, and yet they find the demand
greater than she SUPPLY Hair has adj.
yapoed 25 per cent in market value, and il
likely 70 80 up " per cent more,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

The amount grown IN the South is small, but the
low condition there will affect the supply but little.
The depreciation Ia about 10 per cent In the West,
which VIII be partially Offset in Kentucky by in.
crease OF area.
Barley is reported in cordition below tse aver
age, except In a few States. Buckwheat Is less In
quantity than usual. Rye, nearly an average
crop; hay. greatly reduced in quantity, but of ex-
cellent quality; potatoes nearly an average yield
The sweet potato crop is a full one. there will
probably be an increase Of 80 per cent. in sugar.
The Colored National Convention at
St. Louis, on the 23d, effected a permanent
organization by the election of e. II. VII.
Jams, OF Nebraska, President, and W. g..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06

AT rural summer resort Ia Connecticut
the only walk IL to the graveyard, and
when visitor shrinks from taking II, his
lshllady cheers him remarkingi Ah, sir
there's no telling how soon you'll DO car
ried there ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
THE NEW WORLD.

Gid closed in New York on the Goth
at 114M.
A New York dispatch of the gath says
Mayor Hall had slated positively that he
could not recognize Deputy Comptroller
Green. In answer to those who spoke Of
the Mayors resigning, he had caused
placard to be put in a conspicuous place
in the City Hall, bearing the following in.
scription: ELECTED 1st January, 1871, for
two years, ending 3lst December, 1879.
That is my answer"
A meeting of workingmen held in New
York city on the evening of the Esd de-
cided on general stTike in most of the
trades throughout the United States and
Canada early next spring, and measures
were adopted for permanent organiza-
tion to sustain and render il successful.
Mrs. Haggerty, charged with being i'm.
plicated with her husband in the voucher
robbery was admitted to bail on the 23d,
by Judge LedwitE, the sum of $4,000
The folloSiu statistics are from the
monthly report for September of the De-
partment of Agriculture:
The co dition OF corn, as reported In the Au-
gust returns was high, except in the Southern
States; and the reports for September are equally
favorable.
The States below an average in the great corn
producing districts are: Kentucky S5 per cent. /;
Ohio, 0s; Michigan, %; Indiana, 97; Illinois. 95.
Those above an average are; Wisconsin, 1909; Min
nesota, l0S; Iowa, 113; Missouri, los; Kan as,
1lb; Nebraska, 1l2,
The wheat rep rts are far less favorable than the
returns Of the spring and early summer, except as
The condition of wheat at the time Of harvesting
is thus stated:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06

THn "German fat men" in New York
have formed an assoc alton, which mum
hers fifty members weighing fiom 2i7
pounds 10 293 pounds each The Presi
dent weighs 2sO pounds, aud the Secretary
210 pounds,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06


The first resolution declares that the Republi.
cans of Massachusetts, give their renewed adher-
ence to the ,ereat principles of the Republican
party, and pledge their support In enforcing all
laws in every part of the land, in the payment Of
the national debt. reducing taxation, and reform
ing the civil service.
The second endorses the National Administra.
ton.
The third declares that the Republican patty Of
Massachusetts, has been and is the party ofprogress
and endorses the present and past Republican ad-
ministration Of the State Government.
Ihe fourth calls upon Congress to enact such
laws as sha restore the ship Hiding and ship
owning interests to health aud prosperity.
The fifth declares that the Republican party OF
Massachusetts is mindful of its oblig ton TO The
loyal women of America for their patriotic devo.
tiOn TO the cause of liberty, and reoces at the
ton of the Legi ature of the State in recognizing
the fitness OF women for public trusts, and that the
subject OF uttfase for women is one that deserves
most careful and respectful consideration.
Tim sixth endorses the administration of Gov
ernor Clahn.
The seventh declares that " the Republican party
VIII do its best TO elevate the condition of the
wages receiving portion OF its citizens, by full
theircondtion, and by such legislation as that in
quiry shall show to be for their advantage, having
respect to the judgment of the laborers of the
Commonwea tn themselves as to what measures
will be best adapted TO their wants"
VIRGINIA.
The recent Republican State Convention OF Vir-
ginia adopted resolutions Affirming devotion TO the
Republican party; pedging the party In Virginia
TO support tariff which, while securing the neces.
sary revenue, shall give Incidental protection to
American industry; fa' oring national banking
system affOrding safa and uniform currency and
absolute security to bill-hoders; favoring policy
extending government aid to the States for the
improving OF tn ir rivers and harbo-s; favoring
the absolute payment OF all Obligation of the
government; favoring sufficient yearly reduct' on
OF the national debt 10 convince the world OF a
determination to ultimately extinguish while az
the ssme time to carefully avoid burdening the
people with onerous and unnecessary taxation
endorsing the present administration OF President
Grant, and favOring bis renOminaliOn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
Republican Platforms.
NEW YORK.

The first resolution fully endorses the admins
tration OF President Grant, and recites the re
suits of his policy the steady advance of recon-
etrucion: the restoration of peace 10 our IRON
tiers; the conclusion Of an honorable treaty with
Great Britain; reforms In the civil service econo-
my In the government; reduction of the rational
debt, etc. II concludes by than ing President
Grant and the member of both houses OF Congress
who contributed to bring about these results.
The second denounces the fraud and corruption
In New York city, and the courre pursued by the
authorities with regard to the Orauge procession,
by which p'teous mHssac was encouraged and
ask The ali OF men OF all parties to redeem the
honor q the city; declares the democratic party
responsible for these crimes and that their
would be national ca amity.
The third calls upon Congress to coutinue 10 re.
ducc taxation declares in favor OF such tariff a.
will furnish the needed revenue with the least in
Jury to the people. aud 81 the same time give O.
lection to our own manufacturers.
he fourth approves the measures taken by Con
gress for the protection of the franchise. aud ia
vors such law of registration as will give free
dom and purity TO election.
The hfth favors wholesome legislation for the
prosperity. education and advancement Of the
lahorng classe iecommen ing the selection OF
honest men as legislative officers.
> he sixth declares the people have the right by
legislation to prohibit the sale OF intoxicating
liquors.
The seventh pronouuces for cheap transportation
and for bringing breadstuffs and products u the
West with the least expense to the homes and
markets OF the East; reprobates the profigacY
and eXtravapance whibh have characterized the
Democratic management Of the canal-; recon-
mends u jndicious reduction in canal tolls.
The eighth congratulates the Republican party
the result of the elections in the States and Ter
ritories in the present year.
The ninth adjures the Republicans OF the Etate
to act In unison and harm NY
The tenth and last endorses the nominees, and
pledges their support.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-12
LONDON.

Gun Cotton Explosion-CharIes Buxton Is
Dead-Opening of the Mount Cenis
Tunnei-The Pope Declines Throne
of GOld-The Alabama Question In Par
Lament.
LONDON, August 11.-A terrible ex-
plosion of gun cotton occurred to-day at
Stow Market, a market town in the county
of Suffolk. Several persons were killed.
Further explosions are apprehended.
Charles Buxton, member of Parliament
for East Surrey, an eminent reviewer, and
leader in the educational movement in
England, died to-day.
The Mount Cenis tunnel is complete
success. An announcement has been made
that it viii be formally opened in Septem-
Der.
The Pope has written o letter declining
throne of gold He proposes that the
money subscribed for the throne be appro-
priated to buying the exemption of stu
dents of Catholic universities from military
service,
In the House of Lords to-day, Lord Reds
dale questioned the right of the United
States to maintain its demand of indemnity
for damages caused by the Alabama, now
that amnesty to the late rebels and recon
ciliation with the South was complete. He
asked whether the government intended to
bring this point to the attention of the arbi-
trati0n commissioners ct Geneva, and pro-
eeeded to argue. it at great length.
Lord Granville replied that the question
of liability for the depredations of the Ala
bama would be argued in all its bear
ings before the arbitrat0rs, by Sir ROUNDED
Palmer and other eminent counsel, who
have been detained on the part OF Great
Britain, whose interests would certainly not
suffer tor the lack of able and learned
defenders.
A special from private information says
military organization in Russia is being