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

Jug up at freeport ILL.,, recently.
MANKATo, Mimi, makes million
matches day, tipped with lucifer.
THE Michigan Reform School had 31S
boys under Instruction during its last
fiscal year.
RIO COFFEE costs the importer 23c in
Brazil, and the same coffee is selling in
New York at 22c.
CAPT. JACKS body isn't to molder in the
grave worth cent, for he sold II in adj
vance to an embalmer
By her recent annexations Boston has
now 19,100. acres, 202, ,436 population and
$765, 1888 valuation. t
THE veto messages of Governor John A.
Dix, in the year 1878, have been collected
and printed in pamphlet. -r.r
THERE is in Virginia City an old col
ored man who has made about $4,000 in
the bootblacking business.
Four HUNDRED pensioners of the United
States are resident In other countries, and
receive their pensions by bills of eX-
change.
In the Philadelphia Post-office the mar
bic alone will cost nearly five millions
and half And it will not be done in
time for the centennial.
In Dandy, VT, is cavern which de-
scends into solid rock, like well, and
down which persons have been let 100
teetwithout discovering the bottom.
THERE died at Roxbury Mass, the 9th
er day, Herr Roessle, who introduced the
brewing of lager.beer in this country, and
thus became responsible for the existence
of Milwaukee.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has de-
Cided that canal-boats are not subject to
the ITnitpd Statpo ipc,oant,Or 1o,rs y,ro
vided the boat is navigated exclusively on
canals, and in no other waters.
SINCE the year 1S4S, in which gold was
first discovered in California, that State
has produced $3.50, 100000 worth of the
precious metal. The greatest yield was
in 1858, in which year the product was
$6S,000,000.
RECENTLY, at Columbus, Ohio, the horse
Postle won trotting race in three straight
heats without break, making better than
2 40 every time. And the same day, at
the same fair, he was entered for and won
the pacing match in nearly the same
time.
A BANKER in Paris recently lost valu-
able diamond breastpin, and offered
reward lor it. The thief had a fac stmils
made, substituting paste for stones, and
presented the pin to the loser, who paid
the handsome sum. The original pin he
sold to a jeweler.
AT the recent county fair in Westmore-
land, Pa, gentleman of undoubted pat
riotism, but of limited geographical in
formation, entered for premium picture
of Patrick Henry delivering his cele-
brated speech before the house of Bur-
gesses of West Virginia.
THE Signal-Service Bureau, as is
lnnup how npto1,l;chnI Il. Il 81.
Pixies Peak, which stands at an elevation
of 1926 feet above the level of the sea.
The station will be formally opened with
appropriate ceremonies.
MTFFLIN Ohio, has quite curiosity in
the shape of seven-hoofed colt owned
by MIR. Lemon, of that place. 1t has two
hoofs on the right front leg, and three
hoofs on the left; the hind legs and hoofs
are natural; and the colt is five months
old, and of large size and well developed.
CAMEIs' hair promises to be again the
favOrite material for handsome over
dresses and wraps. The camels' hair
worn last year will still be stylish
though fresh importations of similar pat
terms have so many of the loose hanging
hairs visible that the surface is positively
shaggy.
A PAPYRUs manuscript found in an
Egyptian tomb has lately been translated
by scholar of Heidelberg, who pro-
nounces it to be an address of Rameses
Ill. to all the nations of the earth, detail
ing minutely all the causes which led to
the exodus of the Jews from the land of
the Pharaohs.
THE earnings of the Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway for the month of Septem.
Der were 81, 193,209 against $911 ,961 for
the same month in 1872, being an increase
of S36l, ,24S. The earnings since January
amount to S6, ,413,012, against $4, 1876 169
for the same time in 1872, being an in.
crease of $1,614,843.
CINCINNATI, like Philadelphia, is de-
termined to have a geological garden II
will be managed by a stock company
with 100000 in $50 shares. One feature
of the Cincinnati plan is worthy of at
tention here-the abodes of the animals
are to be made to resemble as much as
possible their natural homes.
NELs NELSON, Neils Nelson, Nelson
Nelson, Nelson Nelson, and Mel Neils
nelson were fined $15 each in Des Moines
for drunkenness, and the Mayor suspend
ed collection until he should be able tC
pronounce their names as fast as he coulC
say Theophilus Thistle thrust 5000 this
ties through the thick of his thumb.
NEW HAMPSHIRE has a compulsory
school law, requiring that every persol
having in custodya child between eigh
and fourteen years of age shall send it t.
school at least twelve weeks in the yeal
of which six shall be consecutive. TIL
law provides that the child may be in
structed at private school or at home.
LADIES in delicate health should go t.
Colorado. The case of Mrs. Prather, o
Golden City, shows the wonderful restora
tive effects of the climate. She could no
even sweep her room when they lived il
Ohio; but in less than a year after he
arrival in the territory she chased he
husband mile and quarter with pitch
fork.
THERE will, it is estimated, be produce
in California this year, over 100000
gallons OF wine, of the value of SO
100000; 100000 pounds of grapes fo
table use, with 100000 pounds of raisin
The acreage under cultivation of the vim
is estimated at less than 10000 acres, an
1t is further estimated that 100000 {
acres are especially adapted to the cultivi
tion of the vine.
MIR. SPALDING, who found not lon
since in the South African diamond field
diamond of 2SS carats in weight, ha
sold it to a company of merchants at POI
Elizabeth for 10000 sterling A M
Hulley, who had been working month
without finding anything, recently dug u
a diamond of 1S0 carats, which he sol
for $4,000, and since then he has foun
another large brilliant.
AT LAxEY, Isle of Man, is water-whe
seventy-two and one-half feet diameter an
six feet wide, with a crank stroke of te
feet. 1t is Of about 200 horsepower, an
can pump $50 gallons of water per mi
ute from a depth of 400 yards. 1t
probably the largest water-wheel in Il
world, and is used for working the pumI
at the copper, lead and silver mines,
Laxey, the deepest of which are / $3.50 fe
below the surface These mines ha,
been worked for several centuries.
ENGL1NDis announced to be the on
civilized,country in the world which h