Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-09-05
CURRENT ITEMS.

A LAFAYETTE Qnd) boy who attempt
cd to amputate cats tail now does his
seeing with one eye
OWING to a feud at ball in Louisiana
recently, the party was fewed by the loss
of four of its number.
SOME of the farmers near Fergus Falls,
Minnesota, use shepherd dogs to care for
their cattle, and build no fences.
IT HAS been twice judicially decided
that railroad passenger need not give up
his ticket until furnished n seat.
A KALAMAZOO, Mich, colt found vest
hanging on fence and chewed itup along
with $40 in greenbacks in the pocket
A KENTUCKY engineer got to iawing
with woman, neglected the boiler, and
there was an explosion which killed three
men.
Mrs. MARY SApP, who was imprisoned
in Jacksonville, Fla, for having double
the number of husbands allowed by law,
broke Jail last week and escaped.
In the San Francisco city prison, re-
Gently, a cherry-root pipe was discovered
in one of the cells, in the stem of which
were concealed four fine steel saws.
A MAN near Dubuque harvested fifty
acres of wheat alone, alternately cutting,
and shocked five acres in one day.
Two YOUNG Americans have gained no.
toriety by a velocipede feat in France.
They made journey of 212 miles in
three days, resting single day half way.
EvrI-MTNDED persons steal the dippers
from the Louisville public fountains, and
bad boys plug up the spouts with clay,
while half the women crowd their letters
into fire-alarm boxes.
THE indignant st. Louis female who
publicly horsewhipped the man who in
suited her, and discovered that she had
by mistake cowhided another man, has
been acquitted.
THE highest peak of the Cordilleras, in
Peru was honored on the 4th of July by
the hoisting of the United States flag by
party of Americans. This is the
highest point ever decorated by our flag.
THE Nevada Cinnamon working among
the mines never labor after four o'clock in
the afternoon, having a firm belief that at
that hour the angels leave earth for
heaven.
THE Toledo Blade is rejoiced to read of
two men being hanged who did not attri-
butte their downfall to whisky, and who
did not believe they were going right to the
better world.
A BEETLE took refuge in q church
organ at Florence, Mass, a few Sundays
ago, stopping the music and necessitating
the taking of the instrument to pieces be-
fore the mangled remains of the bug were
discovered.
AN indianapolis woman advertises as
follows: "Wanted-The people to know
that left my husband Henry II. Todd,
hpnnnCn / ~
he was part negro, and had deceived me-
Sarah Jane Todd"
AN undertaken not a thousand miles
from Concord, N. H., having got a fash
ionable hearse, asks people in unique
advertisement to patronize him if they
wish to get their moneys Wo,th.
A VICKsBURG bank cashier paid man
$500 too much, and not being able to find
the man, and having no money to make
the loss good, leaped into the river and
drowned himself.
A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Pepu,
HorticOLe that he has raised artichokes
measuring a foot across and weighing
nearly three pounds. We heard of some
in Georgia seven of which filled cham
pagne basket, but Georgia must try again
A PARDON was found more effectual il
J
consumption in an Illinois jail thar
twenty dozen of cod liver oil. In twenty
four hours his lungs were as sound as i
there had never been anything the matter
THE sparrow is the cause of sundry
legal proceedings in England. Evil
minded persons catch sparrows, pain
them, and sell them for canaries CaI
"airy" person be found stupid enough t
be thus deceived?
THERE is no telling what the comm,
woman will do. But one of the womel
of Keokuk, Iowa, wishing to aid in tn
erection of church, but having no funds
worked four days on the editice puttin
on laths. That is striking instance O
manual labor piety.
A CIGAR wrapper must burn to ashes a
completely and rapidly as the filling
otherwise it cuts off access of air to tn
latter, which then chars without burnin
quickly enough, and bad flavor is pre-
duced in smoking.
THE University Press at Madison i
publishing the course of study at the Stat
University, put "Comic Lectures" in tn
first term of the Sophomore year, wher
the Professor had written "Conic Sec
tions."
beautiful and protecting coat soak quit
percha in ether until 1t swells up, an
then apply it rapidly with fine brush
dirt settled upon the coat can be washe
off with rag or sponge moistened
water.
A YOUNG lady of Bennington of pra
ticul turn ofmind, was invited by an AZ
vent eXhortor to get her white robe read,
and prepare to ascend. 81 can't" sl
replied; 'father and mother are goin
up, and somebody must stay to see to tn
cattle"
DISTRICT Judge Maury of Texas VIII
issued warrant for the arrest of the 81
preme Court of the State for cOntemp
and was himself arrested and taken befol
that Court, has been admitted to bail, tll
Supreme Court Judges having quarrele
about the question of jurisdiction.
EYES like diamonds hair like a vexe
mass of golden feathers; a faultless form
hand which no man can look upon witt
out an intense desire to kiss it-are po
tions of the description of young lad
who is Captain of schooner that trade
with Houston, Texas.
THE Wtadham County transcript al
nounces that the Connecticut General A
sembly, at its recent session, very wisel
and after much deliberation, passed a
act allowing anybody and everybody
catch fish in East Hampton Pond throug
the ice each month in The gedr!
THE wild dogs in the woods nei
Jamaica, L. l., continue to give goc
deal of trouble. Almost nightly the
commit depredations upon the pigs an
poultry Of the farmers, and travel throug
the woods, especially at night, is DANCE
Gus.
THREE children named Page, late
inmates of the poor-house at St. Josep
Missouri, and from whence they we
adopted by charitable citizens, have inhe
tied an estate worth $4,000 from an unc
who died short time since at India
apolis.
A MAN in Cleveland, the other day, u
dertook to seize letter-carrier's horse |
virtue of chattel-mortgage; but W
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