Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-03-10
CURRENT ITEMS.

WILL SHIRK, OF NeWcaStle, 1nQ., mas
whitfield out a wooden clock with a pen
knife.
EVERY member of the Mutual Life, of
Chicago, is equally interested in its sue
cess.
THE water from the salt well at Terre
Haute, Ind, will completely dissolve tin
cup in twenty-four hours.
A DRoMEDARY race lately took place at
Cairo, Egypt, the winner making mile
in :43.
DIVIDENDS are applied to keep the pol
icy in force in the Washington Life, of
New York.
DODGE clubs are becoming fashionable
their creditors.
JOHN BRENNAN, a conductor on the
Sandusky & Dayton road, has travelled
$40, ,4s0 miles in the past 1S years
THE inhabitants of Alaska don't think
much of ornamenting their walls, but
they're very proud of their sealing
A LETTER for Thomas Whockende-
moffeschauferponsky is advertised as be-
ing in the postoffice at Nashua, N. H.
In As years the Western Pennsylvania
prison has contained 1920 prisoners, ZIG
of whom were taken from it only to be
executed.
THE engine which drew the unfor-
tunate New Hamburg train has been four
times thrown from the track into the
river.
A MAN and wife in Allentown, Pa, re-
Gently became insane-she from religious
excitement, and he from consequent grief
A MAN died at st. Louis recently, and
in his will, after stating that he "neyer
forgot favor" left $1,000 to an indiYidu-
al who ten years before ran away with his
wife.
AT New Bedford, Mass, a lady adver-
tises to give instruction in cooking, an
nouncing that Especial attention is given
to bread making and pure, good yeast"
AT Waterbury, Conn, recently, num-
Der of photographs of burning building
were taken at midnight, when the flames
were tiercest, by the use of the magnesium
light.
TIE laboring classes of Massachusetts
have laid up against rainy day, in the
savings banks, the sum of one hundred
and forty millions of dollars.
THE coinage of twenty thousand and
twenty seven dollars worth Of gold bars
results in a loss by TOLERANCE and abra.
sion" of little over sixty-four dol
lars.
Two $40 bills of the old Beverly Mass }
Bank, of the issue of 1929, and looking
almost as good as new, were recently pre-
sented for redemption at the Beverly Ma
tional Bank.
In ten years 163,411 Philadelphians
have died. There were in the city 172,615
births and 62,824 marriages during the
same time. Three sets of triplets and lao
twins are reported. .r..a
Some philosopher has struck the follow
ing brilliant idea; he says How wonder
full are the laws governing human exist
ence! Were it not for tight lacing all
civilized nations would be overrun with
women.
A BOX Of prize candy was analysed in
this city some time ago, and found to
contain q sufficient amount of poison to
kill child three months old. But the
people must be poisoned, you know
Lafayette (I1d.) Courier.
A COUPLE were married the other day
in Plainfield, Otsego County, N. Y, par
took of their wedding dinner in Winfield
Herkimer County, took tea in Bridge
water, Oneida County, and were all the
time under the same roof. The hous'
stands "across the lines"
THR New York Herald says: "TherC
are now seventy-two Postmistresses il
the United States who receive salaries o
81 900 and upward, besides women il
! minor Post Offices. The Postmistress a
Louisville, KY, receives $4,000; at Rich
mond, Va, $4,000; at Springfield, Ohio
$4,000.
A LIVE cat was found in the mail bag a
town in Maine one day lately. TIL
postmaster made diligent search through
all the United States postage laws to as
certain the amount of postage on tn
animal, but found nothing touching tn
case.
, A NEW HAMPSHIRE man, when aske
to give his consent to the marriage of hi
daughter, turned with beaming countt
t nance to the applicant and answere
!. frankly: "Yes, yes and don't you knoV
T. some likely young man who will tax
. the otherf"
The Public Health Committee of tn
city of Dublin recently analyzed 123 di
!, ferent kinds of confectionery, mostly co
Q ored, with startling results. Lead, me
Y curry, arsenic, Prussian blue, cochinea
# and other poisons, were found among til
! ingredients of the colored samples; an
plaster of Paris and insoluble white ella
:, entered. largely into the uncolored prepa
VI ations. t..nf
n The other night, two eountrymen wei
e into the telegraph office at Aroostoo
|. Maine, for the purpose of sending di
# patch. The message was taken by II
q operator, and the pair proceeded dow
d stairs. They had just reached the sid
T. walk, when the gong at the "Snt
10 House" was sounded for tea. Whereupo