Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-11-14
CURRENT ITEMS.

EVERY inhabitant of the town of Bren-
nerville, on the Red River, has died of
yellow fever,
THE obituary notice of Kentucky lady
includes the fact that her hair was six feet
eight inches long.
New York servant girl stole her
young mistress wedding trosseau The
ceremony was postponed.
CAPTAIN JACK is the name of brass
cannon In Norfolk. 1t is of better report
than was the Modoc chieftain.
A DUBUQUE urchin thought barrel of
lye was something good to drink and
tapped it. He is convalescent.
THERE will be more building in AS.
toria, Or, during the next year than has
been done in the last five years.
A SAD accident occurred in Pennsyl
vania, the other day. A young lady
broke her arm while trying to turn SOM
ersault
Boston boasts a choir which contains
colored girl who sings in equal com
panionship with her white brethren and
sisters.
THE notable sweet potato has appeared
in Alabama. 1t is six feet two inches
long, and can be seen in the office of the
Selma Times.
PENNSYLVANIA comes to the surface
again with an old pear tree which has
borne sixty bushels of pears this season.
Erie claims the tree.
The Polaris survivor is welcomed at
alWestern cities with his subscription
book, and everywhere is identified by his
blooming proboscis.
HERE is the newest wrinkle in street
car locomotion: Passengers in the Cleve.
land street cars have the privilege of pur-
chasing reserved seats.
THE fool-killer has not recently visited
Maine. A Portland man has started to
wheel his wife from that city to New
York, on wager of $500.
DURING the recent hurricane at Tortu.
gas, it is said, solid bar of iron, weigh
ing 1900 pounds, was carried 200 Yards
over the parapet of the fort.
A. BRrDGEPoRT, Vt, bee cultivator has
recently shipped to market about 5000
pounds of honey. Not all the sweets of
life are found west of the Alleghenies.
THIS is the latest rat story. Rodents at.
tackled little child at Butler, Pa during
the absence of its parents from the room
and stripped the flesh from one of its
hands.
A York STATE girl, on hearing of the
death of her lover month ago, tainted
away, and was unconscious for week
She recovered sufficiently to be married
last Monday.
ALL the assistants in the offices of the
United States Circuit and District Courts
of Memphis have died of the yellow fever,
and the principals were all at one time
out of the city.
A CowARDLY scoundrel recently went
to the stable of farmer near Shippenville,
Pa, and cut the tongue out of a valuable
morse. Hanging would be too good for
such a wretch.
A Mrs. HAGGERTY, tender-hearted
woman of LenoX, Mass, who is contem.
plating a trip to Europe, has lust had two
horses killed rather than trust them to the
care OF a stranger.
AND now comes the intelligence from
Allegheny, Pa, that that city is rejoicing
in recent shower of angle-worms. A
shower of baked fish and ham sandwich
es is next in order.
"UNCLE HOBBS" who lives alone on
Rush River, Mimi, heard rattling tap at
his cabin door the other night. He open
ed it and big black bear confronted him.
That door was promptly closed
1T is singular fact, concerning which
explanations are in order, that whenever
storm IS coming on current of gas is
always observed by the workmen in the
Cleveland Water Works tunnel.
ZEN females rejoice in having been
elected County Superintendents of Schools
IN Iowa. One voter in scratching a
Woman's name from his ballot, wrote,
Don't want kno woman in Nine"
A COUPLE of Omaha telegraph opera
tors made the contents of dispatch the
subject of public comment, not long ago,
and the manager of the office very prop
erly gave them their walking papers.
The economical negro has been heard
from. He lives in Wilmington Del, and
last year, he says, he picked up 1900
pins. This is given as an answer to the
conundrum, 'What becomes of all the
pins?"
THE Chief of the Boston Fire Depart
ment has signed the total abstinence
pledge, and called upon every man in the
department to take a similar pledge, or
resign. Twenty-four out of 1875 have
obeyed orders.
EAST FLORIDA has marketed a large
orange crop this season, and fruit cult.
vation has been very largely stimulated.
The ultimate success of the intelligent
and industrious fruit-grower in that sec
tion is certain.
The age to which CANNES live has been
recently determined. There is a dog in
Cheshire, Conn, who is 200 years old 1t
belongs to Mr.. Truman, a quarryman
ferhaps 1t ought to be stated that the
quadruped is made of iron.
Mrs. SMITH, of Chicago, walked in
'front.' OF an incoming locomotive on the
Chicago & st. Louis Railroad, a few days
ago, and if Mr.. Smith had allowed her to
go step further, Mrs. Smiths children
would have had step-mother.
A DAKOTA sheriff attached a show the
other day, and while tacking up a sale
notice" on the elephants hindquarters,
which the official took for small barn.
the animal swung his tail around. There
were eight hacks at the funeral.
A WHITE OAK tree was recently cut
down in Lebanon County, Pa, which
yielded 5000 feet of plank, worth $50,
and ten cords of wood, worth $50. About
twenty-five years ago three cords of wood,
worth $6, was cut from the limbs.
A MILWAUKEE kitchen girl who in six
weeks, never went to but three circuses,
four meetings, five balls and three Sunday
excursions, recently resigned her situa-
tion because she found it absolutely nee
essary to have little time to herself.
The Young Mems Christian Union of
Boston are giving free carriage rides to
invalids who require the exercise but are
too poor to hire carriages. The same IA
cilities are to be extended to the inmates
of hospitals. Boston is always original.
ing some worthy charity.
WHO will not lay his hand on his heart
and promise to love and cherish the faith
full dog of the family, when he reads that
four dogs, in Chester County, Pa, killed
sixty-four sheep in three nights? What
true man would hesitate between animal
affection and filthy wool and mutton?
PEOPLE complain of dull times, and in
thls regard life insurance agents are pre-
eminent A Nashville agent should NOT
be placed in that category. He has lust
been arrested for marrying four wives
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