Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-04-19
CURRENT ITEMS.

It's assets, elevated in its standing, and
energetic in It's management
Geo. 4. Hope.
THE Governor of California has signed
the bill requiring plaintiffs in libel suits
against newspapers and others to give Sc
curity in the sum of $500 for costs.
'IIow did you learn that graceful atti-
tude?" asked a gentleman of fellow
leaning in maudln way against post.
"rve been practising at the glass" was
the reply.
THE woman who is "worth her weight
in gold" isn't such great match after all.
The average feminine avoirdupois would
only balance about $50, 900 in the precious
metal.
AN old farmer in New Hampshire re-
Gently killed pig, and being asked how
much 1t weighed, replied that it did not
weigh as much as he expected, and he
never thought 1t would; 'twouldn't be his
luck.
A NEW baseball club is forming in
Danbury, Conn. 1t will commence the
season under the most favorable auspices,
having already secured twenty-five yards
of court-plaster and thirteen pairs of
crutches.
Mr.. SMITH, of Harwich, Mass, calls at
tention in the local newspaper to the fact
"that no one of the name of Smith has
ever been an inmate of the town aims
house," he adds, what is better still, that
"no Smith has ever held Office in that
town"
A MORTGAGE from the Louisville, New
Albany & st. Louis Air Line Railway to
Philo G. Calhoun and George Opdyke, of
New York, for $2,075,000, was recorded
in the Recorders office of Harrison Coun-
ty, Ind, short time ago. 1t required a
$4, $50 stamp.
WILLIAM WILSON, who lives twelve
miles southeast of Decatur, ILL.,, has sew
eral gas wells on his farm. Over one Of
them pipe has been placed to height
of twenty-five feet, and the gas issuing
from the top has been ignited. 1t affords
beaeon-light for the surrounding prairie
for miles in every direction.
Two business men of Boone, Iowa,
sent remittances to Eastern creditors, two
months age, amounting In all to $21, 800.
Nothing was heard of the money until a
few days ago, when it came back from
the dead letter office. No stamps had
been put on the letters of the merchants.
Mrs. NEWTON, of Bernard Castle, En-.
gland, the other day cooked some pota
toes for dinner, which she had previously
purchased in the market. Previous to hel
eating her dinner, she put her knife into
one, and found, much to her astonish
ment and disgust, small frog imbedded
in the center of it.
WHEREVER iron pipes are employed
for conveying any heated medium, such
as smoke, hot air, steam or hot water
they should not be allowed to pass
through woodwork unless protected BY
an earthen crock. The iron rust may bt
deoxidized by heat, and upon reoxidizing
1t often becomes red hot Many fire.
have occurred from this cause.
The following graphic picture of the
wretched condition of the starving Per
slams is from letter written by Dr. Wills
from Shiraz: "You can form no idea o.
the distress here. The people in the vii
lagos eat the grass when they can ge 1t
and at the slaughter-houses every drop O
blood is Tapped up or carried away by tn,
starving poor"
IT is stated that Professor Morse lef
property valued at nearly $500,000, anC
that, by the provisions of his last will
and testament, he bequeathed to his wifi,
the whole amount, to have and hold dur
ing her life, with the exception of one
eighth, which is set apart to cover hi
Indebtedness. On the death of Mrs
Morse, the property is to be divided
among the children.
MARIE VAN NooRT, a beautiful younl
girl, fourteen years of age, living in Nortl
Main street, Patterson, was buried yes
terday afternoon, her death having beel
the result of excessive indulgence il
jumping the rope" With her compan
ions she was trying to see how many
times she could jump without stoppiny
for breath. She succeeded in jumping
400 times; but it brought on internal pain
which resulted in her death as stated
Neo York Herald
AT Buffalo, on July 4 last, John w
Davock was killed by a bullet from
pistol in the hands of James Emory, tn
result being purely accidental. Mr.
Emory plead guilty to the charge of man
slaughter in the fourth degree, and wa
sentenced to one years confinement il
the Workhouse-the penalty having beel
inflicted with the view of preventing tn
careless handling of firearms rather thar
the punishment of a criminal act. Gov
ernor Hoffman recently pardoned the OF
fender.
SMALL VS.. LARGE FARMS. The pa
pers generally, but more especially tn
Southern papers, speak of the compare
lively prosperous state of small farmer
as against those owning large farms
Small farmers, generally frugally minded
study small economies, and, having thei
business under their own control, thor
oughly understand their necessities, ant
are mainly industrious and successful
But large farmers, necessarily leaving
much work to hired men and dealinj
with larger amounts of money, fail t,
keep all the threads of their web we'll il
hand, and some occasionally drop or be
come tangled, while the small items o
economy are overlooked, and the conse
quence is, failure and debt and borrow
ing -HearM and Home.
MORE CRIMINAL RECKLEssNEss.-II
the town of Otis, Mass, the other day,
respectable young woman, Mrs Ellel
Turner, with her husband and daughter
child of five years, was spending tn
evening at the house of her brother, Phi
10 Clark. Father, mother and child wer
sitting near each other when Clark cam
into the room with gun in his hand
The little girl asked what he was going T.
do with it, Shoot your mother" salt
he, and pointed the gun at her head
"Take good aim, Philo," said the lady
The child ran and clasped her arm
around her mothers neck. The next in
slant Clark pulled the trigger and the gun
went off, blowing his sisters head il
pieces, and injuring the little girls arm
so that amputation was necessary. Clarl
was steady man, was sober at the time
and was quite fond of his sister anC
niece. His only motive was foolish dc
sire to frighten the child, "in fun" an,
he had forgotten that he had reloaded hi
gun since firing it day or two before
OF course he is overwhelmed with grief
but that does not restore his sister, Civ
back to her manned child the little arm
that was out off above the elbow, or con
sole the bereaved husband for his loss
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