Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-07-18
CURRENT ITEMS.

NEW HAMPSHIRE mas tOunu n way 10
feed her State Prison convicts on eleven
cents day. 8. grz1 "a gf-fgqy
THE New Hampshire Legislature Is
considering bill to prevent circusos from
entering the State. .r.q -vv ual
In Sewer County, Tenn5 an ancient sill
yer mine has been discovered, with all the
old appurtenances for working ~
A NEW secret society in San Francisco
is "The United Order of Cobble,st
Throwers," and their motto Is death TO
the Heather Chinee.p . s,ss ~
A PHnADELPHrA bar-keeper has CON-
tributed $4,000 Of prize won by him IN
the Havana lottery to the funds of an I'm
ebriate asylum. - l - \
A MASSACHUSETTS postmistress has. re-
signed her Office, as matter of honesty,
because she can't find time to read all the
postal-cards and attend to her other duties
besides N-i
THERE were two remarkable things
about Nancy Harvey, who died in Balu-
more last week; She was 1T years old !;
never nursed George Washington, 10 fact
didn't even know him.. il.-rA e ~
AN ambitious woman of Portland, Ore
gon, comes to the front as, candidate for
Mayor, and rs an inducement TO voters
she promises to fttlfilt ff elected, the
pledges required beforehand.
THE model of the ideal American jury
man appeared in the panel summoned to
try the Woodhull-C -Clafiin case, and in re
sponse to inquiries. said he "had never
heard of Mr.. Beecher."
Nor far from Harrodsburg KY, there
is said to be tree which has grown over
and entirely inclosed all but the end of a
plowshare, which was hungup in the tree
and left there years ago,
A MEMPHIS girl was married the other
day, and Immediately sold her piano,
bought a sewing machine, aud made her
husband suit of clothes and herself two
calico dresses, and now fourteen young
men are seeking the hand of her unmar-
ried sister.
A BosToN paper tells story of pro-
fessional burglar of that vicinity who took
pride in his vocation, and recorded the
results of his nightly expeditions in vol
ume PACED and lettered after the fashion
of a merchants jonrnal. v-1
A FARMER residing near Davenport,
Iowa, recently strewed his potato-tops
literally with Paris green 10 l<ilIthe bugs
The following night his horses broke into
the potato patch, ate, the tops and the
poison, and three of them died. So.
AT the Caledohfan> Club games at
Scranton, Pa, on the Fourth, the feature
of the day was fat woman's race for
new bonnet The leanest contestant
weighed 1870 pounds. Three others
weighed 200, 242 and 251 respectively
JOHN RowLEY, of Henderson County,
Ill. had been feeding his hogs arsenic to
prevent them taking cholera, The heavy
rains washed it out of the trough into the
pasture, where the cattle were eating.
They licked it no, and thirteen died from
the effects of the poison.
A CONSCIENTIOUS Pittsburgh man prom
ised his wife the other day that lie
wouldn't drink another drop as long as he
had a hair on his head That very night
he had his head shaved smooth, and then
got drunk with proud consciousness of
having faithfully kept his promise.
BALTIMORE boys know what fun is. A
crowd of them covered q cat with robe
of tar and hemp, the other night, and then
set fire to it, causing the animal to do
some startling gymnastics. and sing adj
verting dirge. Baltimore wants few
more monuments, boys sizes.
A WEALTHY New York gentleman, of
an original turn of mind, is going to have
stables built upon his grounds after the
model of the pyramids of Egypt. He
contends the pyramid is the proper form
for dwelling houses also, and has the adj
vantage of putting a stop to the eternal
discussions about Mansard and other
roofs.
SEVERAL New York reporters are try
ing to form a coalition against such news
papers as refuse to allow them to use free
ly such favorite terms as "inaugurate,"
"contlagration," holocaust" ''canine
quadruped," funeral obsequies,p and
other sounding absurdities They declare,
and truly enough, that if these words are
denied them, they can have nothing to
say.
The Norfolk (Ya) Journal says.there is
mule owned by a woman in that city
and driven TO market every day, that has
been an inveterate tobacco chewer for
many years. Whenever the mule becomes
obstinate, it is only necessary to give
him a chew when he becomes perfectly
kind and gentle. The woman purchases
tobacco for him regularly, and always
keeps it on hand
Four boys living at Jersey City recent
ly ran away from home. One Of them
fashionably stole 81, 600 from the bank
where he worked, and they all bought
sailors clothes, purchased a yacht and
started for sea. Nothing was heard of
them for some days, when one was found
on board a China clipper ship about to
sail. He said the treasurer of the four
had absconded and they had TO dissolve
partnership. Ts