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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24
ApOcryphaI.

A DELEGATION of Ute Indians, on their
way to visit their Great Father at Wash
ington, recently, stopped over in Chicago,
and paid visit to the Exposition. This
is what befel them there according 70 the
Chicago Times: After they had looked
through the building, and had gazed upon
the many attractive things on exhibition,
they ascended TO the music gallery. But
not before they had bought a charm bell.
Iron Bull tried to buy one of the sales
women for his squaw, but she declined
He then said he would tomahawk her, and
she tainted A vulgar man shouted, "Cut
her corsets," and she revived.
When the Indians reached the gallery
they sang several hymns, and danced war
breakdowns till the arches trembed.
Then they decended, and went to the
north end to look at the machinery. There
were several buzz.saws, large circular
ones, revolving at the rate of ever so
many thousand times in aminute or more
The Indians were deeply interested spec.
tators, and Milwaukee man with a wood.
en- leg noticed them. He had often read in
his Sunday-school books that the North
American Indian Is great imitator, and
he determined to test the truth of the as
sertion. So what did this milwaukee,
man w puJ SblSh Alo lCll
the saw, and in twinkling the lower
part, boot and all, was lying on che fs~as
To say that Thin Belly was astonished
would be but a mild way of expressing
his feelings. He looked at the boot, and
he looked at the man. Then he tragic
ally remarked in his own language, I'll
shall never be said that a pale face was
more heroic than an Indian chief" HC
folded his blanket more closely about hii
body, gave look of scorn at the sur
rounding whites, and then stuck one o
his legs in front ofth swift-revolvinl
cutter But no sooner had he done Sc
than he was more astonished than ever
He gave a yell, and, frightened nearly t
death, the attendant quickly shut off thu
steam, and the saw ceased its revolutions
Perhaps it was not demolished by thu
other Indiansl There wasn't left a pieei
big enough for fine comb; and the at
tendant Aforesaid narrowly escaped witt
his life, In the meantime the milwaukee
man had disappeared, and has not beer
seen since. AS Blackfoot and his friend
were leaving the hall, he was heard Il
say' "Osaw mileg oph," which inter
preted means that a resident Of milwaukee
had better not 90 West.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24
HnmOrs Of q Bank "Run."

THE telegraph has informed your read
ers how we busted, and how of the frag-
ments were gathered up several baskets
full. But tits not in the line of tele-
graphy to picture the scenes and incl
dents of the street. It is worthy of
comment that while individuals have in
dulged in questionable language, and the
ink lips of the press have run black with
the drippings of admonition, our banking
institutions were never more popular and
attractive than during the past week.
The doors were Literally thronged by an
enthusiastic popuace, many of whom had
waited from an early hour. The appear
ance of even bank messenger was the
signal for an evation. A solemn old
duck in a white choker, who is always
admitted at the back door of banks and
saloons and sits well down to the front in
church. would be genteel with such q.
touching unanimity of sentiment as could (
not be otherwise than gratifying. 1t was
decided draw Had it occurred earlier
in the season il might have occasioned a
serious falling off in the watering place
receipts. We saw one man at the tail end
of a line of some sixty besiegers very anx-
iOus to change places with another man
nearer the door for the trihing considera-
ton OF a hundred dollar note But the
tempted of Mammon only wrung his
hands and wept He said he had been
there for eight hours and had SLIGO in
that bank, on interest, and he proposed to
remain there and draw it out now-on
principle
A venerable Irish lady residing at the
little village of Uniontown, three miles
away, after a cheerful course of practical
christianity of five hours duration,
brought up in front of the little hole in
front of the iron network to discover that
she had forgotten her check-book. 1t
was of no use. A spirited exchange of
theological ideas took lace chiefly with
reference to the parentage of a very sacred
and much respected individual, when the
| teller told her TO tell her tale to marines,
as good as intimating that she never had
any money This was too much. She
bolted off for Uniontown TO find that the
sovereign of her soul had been there and
taken the book to the city. She didn't
swear She just blessed herself and
spanked the children all around and bolted
| back TO the bank AT the sight of her
husband, check-book in hand, very near
the tail of ticketholders, and very nearly
drunk she fell on his neck and sobbed.
Then they relieved each other, off and on,
alternating around the corner to see
man, until the closing hour found happy
couple on the doorstep. Money was no
| longer an object, and Pat tried to give his
check book to a man in blue uniform, but
as the balance only footed up $2,35 that
virtuous official Indignantly decllned.-
| Wash. Cor Ddn6ury NetOs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24
A Possible Moses.

THE reader of "Put Yourself in His
Place" will remember the charming pic
ture which the novelist draws of child
found floating in his cradle the day after
the bursting of the Hillsboro' reservoir.
Washed from some unknown home
among the hundreds destroyed by the pitt
less food, this young navigator had some
how escaped the fate of his kinsfolk; and
in happy Inconsistencies of danger, was
discovered drifting along, kicking up his
heels and Growing at the unfamiliar
brightness of the sky, and the pretty col
ors of the birds and butterflies that hover
ed around.
A sunken Ohio river steamboat afford
ed, the other day, still more remarkable
and affecting case of infant preservation.
The steamer ran on snag in the night,
and sank in deep water, drowning several
passengers, among them a number ofchil-
dren.
One of the parents was a Mrs. King,
who was, with the rest of the passengers
saved sent on to ShawneetOwn, ILL.,,
mourning her son as lost. The next
morning the men who went to recover
the bodies of the drowned discovered a
mattress floating in the cabin, which was
filled with water to the ceiling. Peace
fully sleeping on this dangerous bed lay
little boy, who had been upborne all
night by the water soaked yet still buoy
ant mattress. The spasm of hope arous-
ed in the hearts of the bereaved mothers
when news came of the miraculous es-
cape of somebody's child, the joy of one
anG the agony of the rest when the saved
was identified, no novelist could conceive
or portray. The effect on the mothers
future cannot be small viii it have any
influence on the boys life? Time alone
can tell. Certain it is that, if he turns
out to be king indeed, leader of his
fellow men for good, his followers will
have pretty tale to tell Of provldential
interposition to prove the divinity of his
calling. Scientific american.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24
Watched by a Big Dog.

YOUNG MANGLEBURY will not probably
visit Miss Skittles again. He called upon
her few evenings ago, and as she was
not at home, he sat down on the porch to
wait for her In a few minutes old Skittles'
big dog came up, and, after eyeing Man
glebury, and growing at him in man.
ner which made chills run up and down
his back, the dog walked up and began to
sniff Manglebury's legs. While the ami
NAL was performing this operation the
young man maintained a condition of alb
solute Tepose. 1t is doubtful if he will
again be as perfectly still as he was then
until his immortal soul is in the land of
everlasting rest. When the ceremony was
concluded the dog lay down by Mangle-
bury's chair AS soon as Manglebury felt
certain the brute was asleep, he thought
he would go home without seeing Miss
Skittles; but when he attempted to rise
from his chair the dog leaped up and
growled so menacingly that Manglebury
Immediately sat down again. Then he
thought perhaps it would be better not to
go home at once. 1t occurred to him,
however, that it would be as we'll to call
some one to remove the dog in case cir
cumstances should render it desirable for
him to depart; but at the very first yell,
Skittles' dog jumped to his feet, gave a
fiendish bark, and began to take a few
more critical smells at Manglebury's legs.
And whenever Manglebury shuffled his
feet, or moved his arms, or uttered the
slightest sound, that infamous dog was in
stantly up and at him. Once, when he
had to sneeZe, he thought, from the bois-
ferrous Indignation manifested by the dog,
that his hour at last had come. Mangle-
bury had often before wanted to see Miss
Skittles alone, but now he felt as if he
would welcome any member of the Skit-
ties family, even the cook, with feeling
approaching enthusiasm. Finally he
heard voices in the parlor. 1t was Miss
Skittles and young man who had come
home with her and entered the side door
And they sat there at the window, not
thirty feet from Manglebury, sparkling
and cooling, and every now and :hen max
ing some disagreeable remark about Man
glebury, until at last the visitor left and
Miss Skittles locked the door and closed
the shutters and went to bed. And the
dog never moved until morning, when old
Skittles came down to look at the ther-
mOmeter and found that faithful guardian
still watching over the miserable Mangle-
bury, who still sat in the chair in which
he began to wait for Miss Skittles. Old
Skittles offered to shoot the dog, in order
to soOthe Manglebury, but that person
was beyond reach of such remedies. He
was too mad. He cut the Skittles family
dead; and he is endeavoring to select a
social circle whose members do not keep
dogs. He hates dog worse than doc
tor hates healthy climate.-Mar AdeIeT.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24

lOcum tenentes, il that be good law Latin
It would be highly unjust to dislodge the
poor youths, and / cannot permit it. You
have your corner"
"Heayen preserve us, exclaimed the
clerical student.
"You are surely not afraid of a black
coat" retorted the other. "Besides, we
ought not TO suffer our thoughts to dwell
on petty earthly concerns, but to turn
them heavenward."
ard rather go through my examination
second time than to sit by these dirty
DEVILS" groaned the medical student.
"Soot is perfectly wholesome, my young
friend and you will not be compelled to
violate a single hygienic rule. The
corner you selected is vacant Pray get
in"
At these words, coachee, who had stood
grinning behind, actually cheated into
iorgetfulness of time by the excellence of
the joke, came forward. "Gentlemen,
you have lost me a minute and quarter
already. | must drive on without ye, if
so be ye don't like your company"
The students cast rueful glances at each
Fother, and then crept warily into their re-
spective corners. As the hostlcr shut the
door he found it impossible TO control his
features. "Ill give you something to
change your cheer, you grinning rascal !"
said the disciple of Esculapius, stretch
ing out of the window; but the hostler
nimbly evaded the blow.
"My white pantaloonsw cried the lord.
"My beautiful drab surtoutr' exclaimed
the lawyer expectant. "The filthy ras-
calls"
The noise of the carriage-wheels and
the unrestrained laughter ofthe spectators
drowned the sequel of their lamentations.
AT the next stage a bargain was struck.
The sweeps were liberated and dismissed
with gratuity; the seats shaken and
brushed; the worthy sons of the universi.
ty made up, among themselves, the ex-
penses of the postchaise; the young doc
tor violated, for once, the rules of hy-
giene, by taking a middle seat and all
journeyed on together, without further
quarrel or grumbling, except from
cOachee, who declared that ito be kept
over time minute and quarter at one
stage and only three seconds less than
three minutes at the next was enough to
try the patience of saint; that it was l''-
Robert Dale ODen, in atlantic for Nopenl-
ba,-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24

BEING firm believer in the axiom that
at is never too late to do good" we bold.
ly announce to all old and new patrons
and readers of the Miner, that we, the
editor, have mustered sufficient courage
to pop the question" to one of Arizonas 8
fairest and best daughters, who has, for
some unaccountable reason, said yea" to
our proposal, and agreed to become Mrs
Marion. Wedding to take place at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. w. Wells,
in Prescott, on the 10th inst Reception
at the residence of the parties of the first
and second part, in the evening of the
same day, to which latter trying ceremony
friends from here there, and everywhere,
are cordially invited to come and not stay
too long.
AS some people may have desire TO
know the name of the lady who has con-
descended TO become the better half of a
poor Arizona editor, we will honor her
and crafty their laudable desire by print
ing it in capitals, MISS FLORA f.
BANGHARDT, of Chino Valley, in this
County and Territory.
And now for few remarks of a person.
al nature: Over ten years of our life have
been passed in Arizona, seven of which
have been devoted to the service of patrons
ten years we have prospected, mined
risked our life among Indians, suffered
hardships innumerable, sewed on many a
button, Topped many flap jack, and,
upon several occasions, gone to bed on
Mother Earth, tired, hungry and a little
alarmed about the permanency of ouI
scalp. During all these long years, we
were not strictly happy; no, indeed. THAI
something which the God of Nature has
planted in every mans bosom, made us
yearn for a partner, woman, if you
please, Gods best gift to man" Quartz
claims, placer claims, auxiliary claims
had we in abundance; but all these die
not satisfy us. Now, however, we have a
last struck "claim" to Miss Flora, anC
said claim is not for sale. With her We
hope to glide down lile's rugged pathway
in a pleasant way. With her, and witt
but little else, we propose to take new
| departure; to commence anew the battle
of life; to earn an honest livelihood out o.
the Miner, to which we must, hereafter, i
possible, devote more excruciating tOi
and thought; to labor for the advancement
and prosperity of Arizona, and, at last
| but not least, to trim our sails for voyage
over the River of Time to that land beyonC
the grave, where transplanted souls live il
happiness for ever and ever.-PTeScot
| (ArizOnd) Miner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24
How to Make a Bank Bill.

A TELLER of one of our banks discov.
cred the other day very ingenious mode
resortetSto by counterfeiters to make a
profit by little manipulation Of genuine
bills. The plan is in this wise; Take,
say, ten SO bills, lay one on the other a
quarter of an inch below the top, some
thing after the fashion of pasting in the
process of making paper-bags When
they are all thus neatly laid off, knife is
run through them, and, of course, from
the first bill quarter of an inch will be
cut off, halfinch from the second, three.
quarters from the third, and an inch from
the fourth, and so on to the tenth bill,
from the bottom of which there is taken
a very small portion, nothing more than
the border This bill is left as it is, but
to all the others the parts taken off are
neatly pasted on, and the result is thai
there will be eleven bills all perfect ex
cept a small reduction in the size of each.
OF course the operator makes five dollars
in every ten. The amount taken from
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24
A Frost at Memphis.

THE Memphis appeal thus describes the
com ing of the frost at Memphis: "While
it was yet twilight, and ere the dappled
east had yet opened the gates of day to
the rising sun, hastily y-attired men and
women, with semi-nude children in their
arms, were out in the streets, breathing
the precious air of the purifying frost.
Here, STOPPING down, one gathered a
handful of glittering hoar-frost, which,
pure and beautiful, lay upon the earth,
and, gazing on it with somewhat of the
gladdening spirit whith which the Isra-
elite gathered the mama in the desert of
Arabia, exclaimed: %, God! we thank
Thee for this blessingp Others came and
touched with reverential fingers the pure,
cold messenger OF health, as If to satisfy
themselves, like the half-believing
Thomas of old, that the savior of the city
had not risen but descended from heaven,
TO save the people from the destroying
angel of the pestilence. Groups of men
and women moved from place to place, to
prove by cumulative evidence that indeed
il was frost, and not some optical illusion;
that the wished-for guest had not merely
confined its visitations TO one locality, but
enjoyed the freedom of the city. Here a
pale face, once handsome woman, with
a tender babe at her breast, knelt down on
the cold ground to thank God that the
frost had come! Poor stricken heart!
she and her orphan boy were all that
the pestilence had spared out of once
happy family, Strong men, bare-headed
and bare-armed, walked eXcitedly hither
and thither, rejoicing in the fact that a
physician had come, to whose nostrums
the whole faculty must yield precedence
as the only true panacea for the terrible
yellow fever. Windows and doors were
thrown open, wooden and COTTON garments
were exposed to the disiniecting agency
of the cold and rare6ed air, and every
where in the city, as well as in the vicin.-
| ity of the infected region, the enthusiasm
was marked, if not fervent and joyous.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24
General News Summary,
THE OLD WORLD.

A Paris dispatch of the 10th says the Count
de Chsmbord, in view of developments in the
near future, had taken up his residence neal
Geneva The Left and the Republican por.
tions of the Assembly, represented by Thiers
and Gambetta, respectively, had agreed upon
declaration in regard to the proposed mon
archy. The police had seized upon $4,000
photographs of the Prince Imperial, which
were about TO be distributed throughout
France.
A London dispatch of the 10th says person
claiming to be Arthur Orton had arrived in
that city. This would complicate the Itch.
borne mystery.
An official dispatch from Gen. Noriones, Re.
publican commander, to the Spanish Govern
ment, of Oct. 10, had disposed of the claim of
the Carists that they had achieved victory
over that officer. He reports that the Carlisle
were driven back with loss Of 100 killed and
500 wounded.
A Paris telegram Of the 11th says that TWEEN
ty-seven members of the Municipal Council
had published an address, in which they de.
clare that the Assembly has no right to alien.
late the national sovereignty; affirm that the
majority of the people reject the claim Of the
Count de Chambord to the throne, and re.
quest the Deputies from the Department OF
the Seine TO declare how they propose to vote
when the question of change of government
is brought up in the Assembly.
Advices from Vienna to the 11th say that
many american travellers, who hold letters OF
credit from suspended banks in the United
States find themselves without funds, and are
compelled to accept friendly subscriptions tc
enable them to return home. Many of the
American walters and laborers at the Exhibi
ton were also in destitute circumstances.
A Madrid dispatch of the 18th says that the
Alphonsista' Club had issued manifesto de
claring that the time had come to prepare fol-
the accession of Don Alphonso to the throne
of Spain. \ rumor was in circulation that 9
conspiracy had been discovered to assassinatt
Senor CASTELAR,.
4 Paris dispatch of the 18th says that 4
had been agreed between the Right and Left
Centers, to submit proposition to the AS
sembly, when it reconvenes, to prolong McMa
hons tenure of office as President, and to ac
company the proposition by plan for a de
finite organization of the Republic. The
Bonapartists had organized for an appeal tc
the people. There were rumors afoat that
disagreements had arisen between the Govern
ment Of France and Italy.
Late intelligence from Pekin, received from
San Francisco on the 18th, was to the effect
that twenty-seven villages had been sweep
away by the waters of the Yungtino River
and that great amount of human and anima
life had been lost by the disaster.
Intelligence reached New York on the 15tl
that the Cuban insurgents under Gomez hat
captured and sacked the town of Santa Cruz
del Sur, situated near Puerto Principe. Ovel
600 rifles and 5000 cartridges, besides large
quantities of clothing and provision, were Sc
cured
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24
Miscellaneous Reading.
THE GOD or REARL.


BY ELLEN FRANCIS TANEY.
SEEKING they found beneath the ripping blue
OF grent Eastern Lake, 4 rOngh harsh shell,
Whose pearl lined doors, unfoldcd, gave 70 view
Great Buddha's image, carved and fashioned well
OF radiant pearl. The priests OF Buddha tell
Ihat "God who fills all nature, this can DO"
How came IL theieY You unbelievers smile,
Whose Buddhas other guise and semblance take.
Yes, " is true, II came through priestly guhei
They, in their generation wise, did make
TheIbeavenly virtues Of the she'll TO wake,
Thdf God 70 elorify and man beguile.
Through what aery pangs, or by what secret throe,
The shells strange owner could such wonders do,
They did not know, nor can |, wiser, show
What spirit stirred, what stream OF life ran trougN
The creatures veins, as, day BY slow DAY, grew
The white pearl mist DER the lead god, aglow
with soul OF flame and Gre and leapng blue.
The means were false, but clearly the Thing said,
That "Cod il everywhere" IL always true.
Yet as the pearl stills hold lovelier red
In some new-g -glanciug light TO flash, instead
Another meaning In my fancy grew.
For once, counted 1t an alien thing,
Into my life thrust by some hard, blind fate,
This new, deep sorrow, loss, and suffering,
Which limits all my powers, and seem too great
For that hfe's compass to embrace; yet, "Waitw
The legend said, and this new l!ght did bring.
II, through my suffering, Coda image grow
To beaaty in my heart, can be still
Content that none my secret task should know,
Content that all should reach my meaning i'll;
Or day and night its single purpose oil,
And life be dimmed thar the new glory glow.
1 may not know when sorrows crown is won.
Nor say, Behold, my slow wrought gem is bright"
Some Other-Death, perhaps--hods to the sun
The darting spendors Of lis fre-thrilled white.
For, you remember, that to give it light
The she'll was broken-Well, the work was done.
--dHdRttc WoRthtyJOf NOUeBl6er.
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each is so small and the bills being gen.
orally all of one kind, il is very difficult
matter TO detect them. The bill detected
by the teller refered to was bunglingly
done-the top being part of an Ohio
bill, while the bottom was a part of
Baltimore bill. The names Of the places
are prominent, and consequently bills on
is very neat arrangement TO cheat people
who are not in the habit of giving to
bank bills a very close examination
Chicago Inter-0cedn.
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and the building itself was shaken as II by an
earthquake. Several persons were injured,
but none, fortunately, were killed.
A Lincoln, Nebraska, dispatch of the 10th
says that there had been heavy prairie fires in
that State originating from sparks of locomo-
tives. In Saline County ten children and one
woman had been burned to death. There had
been also an immense destruction of property,
grain havstaclks etc