Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
CURRENT ITEMS.
The COMING NAN--Jack Fro,t.


in Penn sylvania ...,c =
IsN'T It queer that contractors should be
engaged to vi iden streets9
THE wisest of men must be totally out
CT his latitude ut the equator
The tobaccD factories of New York and
Brook yn employ 20 o o children
OF the S4S7,924 people In New Eu.
gland. $4,000, or nearly one-f1tth are tor
egn born. .1A't
A GOOD man provi 'es for his children.
A policy in the Washington Life is one
way TO do 1t.
TIE higoes taxpayer In Berlin is a
man who Ia bis childhood sold matches
in tie streets of that city.
THE Mutual Life of Chicago reserves by
the highe t standard in the Unied 5t,t.s,
and gives its members he best security.
Some { the cid orang trees IN Florida
have suffered 80 much from insects th,t
many groves have been burned down ID
get rid of the pests
THE Boston courts have recently n.
fenced Timothy Sugurarae, who Is nine
years old, for burglary, and Edward L. In
gals, ten years old, for stealing five horses.
A LOCAL paper asserts thqt CNr Perry
Cuthbeuson died in Zlnesville OHIO, the
"
ton at fire 10 that place in 1874"
A PERMANENT fond is proposed in the
Pennsylvania mining re 1ions for the re.
lief OF the families of per-ons killed or
injured in the mines.
THoUGH ropes, pistols, razors, and
poison sometimes disappoint anxious sui.
cides, the Louisville OolLrfer reminds them
that, in the bright lexicon of non.explo-
sive coal oil, there is no such word as fail
A NEW JERSEY paper asserts that the
father of a lad belonging to Whippsny las
received the message given below, which
tie lad forwarded by carrier.pigeon from
his vessel, the home of the bird being at
Montclair. The Trenton Gazette says a
calculation of the time showed that the
bird averaged over $50 miles an hour:
DEAR FArHvR; September 10. 1871 lat So
N, long. 74s II W, go statute miles from Mont
pest, 90 wi h this note at exac " 10 O'Clock a. M,
New York time. She is good for 20) miles an
hour. All well. HARRY G. BLEEcKsR."
A PoTTsvILLE, Penn, hen has Matched
two eagles. The eggs were found by
man in the woods, who supposed them to
be turkey eggs and placed them under his
hen. The old hen was considerably sur.
prised, for she spluttered about and tram
pied upon one of her rare progeny and
hlllcO IL. ln6 OJll6E Will pEODhOly grow
. and do well. Eagles sometimes carry
off chickens, and it would be rather Joke
if this specimen should some day gather
up tse old hen that Matched it and fly away
with her.
SKATING without ica is a novelty Just
introduced in Phlladelphis. By the use
of newly-invented skate, it is said, excel.
lent skating may be had upon any smooth
surface, as, for instance, house floor or q
sidewalk. The next thing desirable in
this line is an invention for sleigh riding
without snow. Winter sports could thus
be secured for a / the people, with none of
the inconvenience of winter weather.
RECENTLY farmer in the town of
North Eastwood, N. H., had occasion to
| change the location OF his family burial
place To his surprise he foun1 the bodies
some of which had been buried over
| forty years-in an almost perfect state of
preservation. Those that had lain longest
we're hardly discolored, and quite petri.
fed. This instance is remarkable, as no
other case of the kind has occurred here
tofore in the State.
SoRRow's ANTIDoTE.-The safe and
general antidOte against sorrow is employ
ment. 1t is commonly observed that,
among soldiers and seamen, though t ere
| They see their friend fall without any Of
tnat lamentation which is INDUCED in in
| securi y and idleness, bccluss they h I've
no leisure to spare from the care OF them.
selves; and whoever shall keep his
thoug hts equally busy, will find himself
equally unaffected with irrelrievable
| losses.
TIE AdUertiser says it Is reported that
South BostOn specula or recently pur-
chased Il large lot of land at the inteIsec.
ton of two prom nent streets. and pro-
ceeded to erect block of six houses on
| the wrong corner. The blunder Was not
| discovered INT the brick had been pi ed
10 the third story, when the owner de.
msnded douole price for his land, and
would not accept compromise offeIed by
he builder. The houses are coming
| down.
RAILWAY directors may get valuable
hint from sketch in the Berlin Rtddder-
GdatSch, the German Punch. 1t repre- ents
dealer in "n6 cessities for railroad iravel-
ers " Offering a tourist an imm nse coat of
| triple -wadded srmor, tsstefully gotten up,
and supplemented by cork leg and a
crutch. BY its side is a trunk. with regu-
lar buffers on each end. Through the
window the traveller sees a locomotive on
the track, its smoke-pipe appropriately
surrounded by deaths head.
THE Persian Government showed great
indifference and oppression in many ca es
during the late famine. The following in
stance is mentioned: The proprietor of a
| large garden could not at the moment pay
the increased tax levied, and the governor
! of the district had the water necersary for
| irrigation cut off and led 10 another gar.
den. In few days the first garden had
nothing but dry, yellow plants. The wa
ter was still kept away, and in month all
the lemon and orange trees il contained, TO
the numter of 10000, were dry fre.wood.
A WELsHMAN named Williams, who
| had been accustomed to quarry work,
while passing along road in MOnson,
| Me-, observed some slate rock that had
been thrown from a cellar. He saw at
once that it was valuable, and in company
with another man traced the vein along
the surface. The owner of the rocky
| land, supposing it to be worthless, sold
thee men ii acres of 1t for S75. An ex-
cavation exposed good slate at a slight
depth, and in few weeks the explorers
transferred their purchase to New York
company for $4,000.
WHEN Jack Canter, the bank robber,
was taken to Sing Sing Prison, he was
asked what bis profession was. "a bank
clerk" said he And now that you've
got me, I'll tell you about it. for it's
good Joke / was watching a country
bank for some little time, and noticed
that the paying teller wore striped coat
and straw hat. The clerks left the bank
at about O'Clock for dinner. 1 got a
straw hat and striped coat, and for sew.
eral days took my seat on the steps of the
bank. One day ! saw my opportunity
The paying teller aud most of the clerks
went out. went in, pulled off my hat
and at, hung them up where l hsd seen
the teller hang his, and went around to
the desk. The books were open, and here
and there were piles of bills. l went to