Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-31

The locusts are ma Ing their annua
Exit from beneath the Gre quet grounds Al
the Exchange.
The fec for the announcement Of 8
candidates name Is 50, the amount to &C.
company the proposition.
I'VE shall soon make arrangements
for more space, as we are getting ham
perCd' with advertisements.
We have been gathering some facts
and figures about Perrysburg and her
Improvements which we will endeavor to
get in type next week.
--Revenge-A Massachusetts, Mayor.
whose salary ia but ninety dollars per
year, recently inflicted upon his con-
stituents an inaugural address twelve
columns long.
1T Is said that the leaves of the COM
mon walnut tree placed over doors,
windows, mantels, or in wrelths or
away flies. 1t IN do no harm to try it.
The Detroit Free Press is responsible
for saying that a stout old lady in that
city got mad, on S friday, bee use
photographer wouldn't let her fan h, r
self while she was having her picture
taken.
Several Of our citizens and their wives
are on an excursion to Niagara Falls.
Also, small detachments are visiting Put
in-Bay every few days. Those that went
down yesterday say that it was quite
dull at the Islands.
Quite a number have arrived this
morning in response to the call for a con
vention to select delegates to the District
Congressional Convention. There are
prospects of some strife. We may succoc
in getting the results in portion of our
edition.
Toledo Is troubled with million of
thieves, more or less, and the editors and
police are kept busy to keep them from
ealing the city. If they could only
steal that Postonlce what a blessing il
would he to this district. But it is no
go! There. are two many eyes on tha'.
We have been presented, bv Mr..
Chas. NJ. NoRToN, NTH a r, lie Of ancient
bar5arism. IL is a six pointed casting,
about an inch in diameter, and was used
we are Informed, as a kind of ilfcrnal
machine to disable cavalry horses in
charge, the ground over which the charge
was to be made being strewn thick with
them.
BY late and Gccurtt, survey, the
Wooster Republican has ascertained that
'the brewery, beer arden, house of i'll
fame and the poor house are all on the
same road-thc poor house ing at tie
rthcr end of the string" We may
adj that the cremation furnace is reached
by this road, also, and that "Fid-
dler's Green" is onlyl5 m lies beyond the
latter.
The Wood County Fair.--Now is the
time for everybody to begin to prepare
so nething for exhibition at the Wood
County Fair, to be held at L ,ntogany,
September 20 h aud OctOb + lst, incll-
sive Send to the Treasurer. .IoHN Pow
ERs, Tontogahy, and get a + emium Lis.
Personal. Mr.. ADDISON BLOOMFIELD,
of p. .airie-du-Chien, Wisconsin, who has
been absent from Pcrrysbrrg for num-
Der Of years, has been visiting for some
days at his old homo in company with his
wife and two children,
Mr.. M. Z. BREWER r, moved his fami-
ly 10 Wauseon last week, and made his
bow to the readers of the Republican
through that paper.
Boat Ordered.-The Ntrcids of this
place have given their order to LAcHA-
;LLE & LADERoT boat builders at To-
ledo, to put them up ten.oied fifty-foot
barge, with four feet beam. The model
was on exhibition few days sinc,, and
Ii was decided that il was Just what the
club wanted this fall for exercise and
practice. The boat is to be completed
and ready to launch in four weeks, the
total cost of which will be 1915.
Advertised Letters. THE following let
tersremain in the PnstolTicent Perrysburg, O.
fIr the week ending July 80, 1874:
Brokcnshire, VIM. thinner Martin
Collier. Sarah O'Marn, Ellen
Dennius, FraHklin Sutherland, Ellen
Hall Mrs. r. A. Swariz, MalInda
Hennen, feter Weidman, John
Please call for advertised letters, aud give
the date Of this list. Office hours from A. NJ.
to 2. NJ. and 6 to 7:3OP. M.
ELEERT d. Ross, Pm.
Excursion and Hop. "A gay party of
young trlks f,om Toledo, numbering
about thirty couple, chartered steam
ID i i
raid upon Perrysburg on Monday eve
ming. They marched to the Exchange
in double file, in fatigue uniform and
armed with dinner baskets. They took
possession OF the Hotel, had the tables
set in the yard and partook of supper,
after which they reformed, and headed
by their band marched to the Town Hall