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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05

Any reflections that the ToiedoI Com
mercial may make against Perrysburg, may
be overlooked when IL is known that II has
an agent working for it at Bowling Green.
The Presidents Proclamation appoint
ing Thursday, 25th inst. as day Of
Thanksgiving and prayer, will be found
on the first page of this paper.
Capt. A. MEAcnAM has reopened the
ST. Julien Billiard Hall and put it in trim
for the winter season. Those who enjoy
game Of billiards, and there are many who
DO, will find the Captain clever gentle
man to spend few hours with.
The Toledo Sunday Journal has been
driven out Of the Wood county contest by
the Sentinel. It could not Withstand those
column arguments (2) Of the Sentinel. II
bows itself out by stating that "six and n
half dozen designate the relative merits Of
the case" leaving the Sentinel to puzzle its
brain over the difference.
--Personal.-Our young friend II. n.
BAUdHMAx, Dentist has struck tent in
Fulton county and located in Pekin, Ill
May success accompany him.
JoHN WEsTcoTT, Esq, of Hancock
county, is visiting his brother Mr.. S. d.
WEsTcoTr, OF this place.
Mr.. Ed. JORDAN, of Weston, continues
to give preference TO the "Domcstic" Sew
ing Machine, having taken one into the
family on Thursday evening last. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. J. w.
TRrMDLE, at his residence in Toledo. The
lady's name was MINNIE BELL, daughter
of DR.. BELL, of Weston. Happiness is
our wish.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05
Peck & HomIlton-Iave lust receive

Peck e. HamlltOn-Have just received
a very fine stock of Silver-plnted Ware, in
the shape of new style Cake Baskets,
Castors, Butter Dishes, Spoon-holders,
Vases, Knives, Forks, Spoons &c. They
are very low in price. Anyone wishing
anything in that line will do we'll to call
and examine their stock. Their goods are
all warranted to be the best plate. %
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05

COrrect.-In commenting upon the sit
uation in Wood county the South Toledo
Aduertiser says: "The Journal and Buck
eye Granger have worked earnestly to Sc
cure the seat of justice at that place, but
no blame rs to being connected with the
fraud can be attached to either of these
papers as they have advocated nothing but
fair, honest voting"
Coming as this does from disinterested
source, we can assure our neIghbor across
the river that it is appreciated. Much Of
the unfriendly comment upon the course
of Perrysburg in this county seat question
might he averted if the persons indulging
in the same would take the trouble to post
themselves on the real merits of the case.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05

SOcInl.--The Ladies' Centennial Soci-
ETY. of the Presbyterion church will hold
their next Social at the residence Of Mrs.
L. G. LOCK, on Tuesday evening next.
All are cordially invited.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05

A New DirCctOry.--Messrs Geo. 7.
MoNAGAN and ]. C. KINKLEY have COM
mence the publication of new Business
Directory for the City of Toledo, in which
an accurate list of all the business houses,
their location, with the name and residence
OF every person engaged in any business or
profession will be given. They have Wis
tied both Sonth Toledo. and Perrysburg,
and have received snch dattering en- cou:-
agement that they have decided to include
both places in the Directory. The sample
number before us is very neat and conven-
ienty arranged, heprice will be only so
cents per annum, which will insure it a
large circulation ou'aide OF business circles
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05
Examination Of Teachers.

The following are the names of teachers
who received certificates at the examna-
tion at Bowling Green, October Goth, 1875:
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Ayers Ague Cure,

For Fever and Ague, Intermittent Feve-,
Chin Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb
Ague, Periodical or Bilious Fevor. &c,
and indeed all tho affections which nri5o
from malaricus, marsh, o. uiiasmatiS
poisonS.
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j. T.. X EkR,
HELEN CANFIELD,
|. w. BIERIY.

On Friday, Oct 80, an examination Of
teachers was held by the County Examin-
ers, at which there were ninety-ive appli-
cnnts for certificates Of the necessary quail
ifications for teaching.
ESTHER E. BARTON, Sec'y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05
DRY GOODS.

DROWN and Bleached SheetinEs and ShIf
ID ings Deuims; Stripes, Tickings. Co
tonades. SC. &c. at DEACH'S.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05
eth, verv best laies' magazine published ;
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~ Fec, subscriber for 1879 wM be pressnicd
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Seek not his merits TO disclus,
And let his irRiliies lie
In ignrmini"us rrpose
Through all eternity.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05

70 ono remedy Is louSee
called for BY the necessities ct
the American people than "a
suro and saie cure for fcNcr
aud Ague. such we nro Row
enabled 10 offer, with a perfect
certainty that IL will eradicate
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-05

Number Of Certificates issued-59.
Applicants failed-S7.
Next Examination will be held at Bowl.
ns Green, on Tuesday, Nov. 10th, 1875.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14
THE TREASURY STEAL.

There was good deal of sympathy felt for
Father Spinner, who was on the eve of retir.
ing from the L. s. treasury IN blaze of glo.
ry,-not having, as the final count proved, in
handling thousands OF millions of the PEG
pies money, ever lost cent, when some dir
ty scoupdrcl marred it all by robJing the
treasury, right under his nose, of $4,000
The detectives were put upon the track of the
thief forthwith, and last week drove him to
his hole He turns out to have been one b.
b. Halleck, young man appointed to clerk.
ship from Spinner's own town and favorite
of his. This was the unkindest cut of all.
How sharper than an adder's tooth is base
lingrattude," or words to that effect. The
young man, however, being found cut, be.
came very pentent-thieves generally do
when IN the meshes Of the law-and made "A
clean breast of it. He implicated Wash
ington saloon keeper named W. ii. Ottman
as the principal in the business, to whor, in
reality, younk Haleck was little more than
stoolpigeon. Halleck took the package
and passed 1t over to Gilman, who deposited
it in bank at Alexandra and evidently treat
ed the money as his own, dealing it outso spar
ingly to Ha!leck and one Brown, whom OFT
man hired to pass the money (he package
consisting entirely of $500 bank bills that
neither of them had got, up to their arrest,
over six or eight hundred dollars. Ottman,
Halieck and Brown are of course all held for
trial. About $4,000 Of the money have thus
far been traced and recovered, but as Gilman
is rich, the balance is considered secure.
Gen. Spinner, who is thus released of a
heavy load, is of course one of the happiest
of men. He is said to 60 about with broad
smile on his parchment coHntenance, but can,
not conceal his chagrin that the thief is one
of his own favortes. "To think the pious
old man is represented as saying, "that that
boy would have taken the money when
thought so much of him and trusted him so.
Dear me- III be d If the ways of Provi
dencc are not wonderfully mysterious. How
- sorry am that little Billy Halllck
should have robbed me-" And SO on.
The punishment of "little Billy will
doubtless be prompt and signal; but as the
chief criminal Gilman has plenty OF money,
Washington jury is as likely as any thing to
acquit him altogether.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14
THE FLOODS.

Rains continue abundant in this region
We had another heavy rain on Monday and
Tuesday, and again on Thursday evening
again raising the rivers foot or two at this
point after they had commenced falling.
In Ohio the excessive rainfall has measur
ably ceased. The Cincinnati Gazette of Tues
day had dispatches from 140 county seats
where the late food had occurred, and the
prospects were much better than was expec
ted Wheat and oats suffered loss; of the
former, two-thirds of the crop will be saved
of the latter, less than one half the crop can
be saved. Ofcorn there will be more than
the average crop, owing TO the increase OF
acreage Potatoes will yield largely, although
some few complain of rot AT most points
the yield will be over the average. The hay
crop will not fall shor, OF The average in guam
ti'y, but the quality is not as good as usual.
The reports from Indiana are similar TO the
above; and the same is nearly alike apple
able TO middle and southern Illinois. In the
most northern counties of this state, as vel
as most of Wisconsin, there mas been no ex
cess of rain, and generally the wheat and GA
crops have been splendid and safely housed
The same is generally true of Michigan, Min
nesota, Nebraska Kansas and most of Iowa
The apprehended overflow down the Mis-
sissippi has been happily averted. The riv
er a, Memphis rose no higher than in April
which is five feet less than the food mark
while at Vicksburg a rise Of three feet NOR,
could have been borne, and the river is now
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14
IDIOT ASYLUM.

The Governor, In appointing the commits
sion TO locate the asylum for ieeble.mindec
children, seems to have been ac.uated by sc
large a sympathy for the class In whose be
half the state medjtated snch a liberal charity
that he put n strong representation OF thu
class itself on the commission. We think
some such conclusion is fairly justified by
the choice the commission finally made o
a location After travelling the state all ovel
and viewing such localities as Aurora, Otta
wa, Peoria, Galesburgh, &c, the commission
after sweating over the matter in dark cor
ner in Springfield for two or three days, de
cided in favor of Lincoln! rs the most eligible
location Three of the seven commissioners
seem TO have stuck TO Ottawa with heroic
persistence, but the other four lodged around
from point to point IN the most idiotic man
ncr, until finally, by accident, all like flock
of scared grouse settled down Oh Lincoln.
We confess to very little knowledge, per
sonally, of the geography, topography or 9th
err characteristics, facilities or advantages OF
Lincoln. We have passed the place few
dozen times on the Chicago & Alton railroad,
and our recollection of 1t is that of low flat,
muddy place with not over 5000 inhabitants,
That, however was four or five years ago.
There may he sites in its vicinity that meet
all the requirements OF the law of elevation"
drainage" abundant flowing water" &c,
but such things look most improbable to a
stranger looking from the windows of the
cars. As to Centrally" Lincoln may be
geographically nearer the center of the state
than Ottawa, but certainly not as near the
center of population. We have decided
impression that in this as in sundry like
cases heretofore, another blunder has been
made but as such seems to be the rule in
this state anyhow, we don't see why any 9th.
er result should have been expected.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14

Capt Eads, obtained an appropriation
Of 100000 from congress last winter on
condition that he should succeed in his plan
Of deepening the mouth Of the Mississippi
river by his jet,y system; otherwise to have
no pay for the work. The captain had so
much confidence in his plan that he accepted
the terms joyfully, and for the past two
months has been prosecuting the work with
vigor. Thus far he has constructed but a
1.-THE of the jettIes his plan contemplates, but
the results are already so marked and decis.
i've as to show that the system will be com
plete success From four to ten feet have
been added to the depth of the channel as far
rs the jetties have been constructed, and no
doubt is now entertained thai the completion
OF the work will secure the permanent deep
ching of the Mississippi, with all that the
name implies" as one of the inevitable
blessings Of the near future.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14

One of the curious incidents of the retire
ment of Attorney General Williams is the
total cessation of Southern outrages He not
only took his outrage mill with him, with all
its costly machinery, but all the carpet bag
gers and scalawags that operated it seem to
have migrated also. Attorney General
Pierrepont assures correspondent. of the N.
Y. Times that his department has not had
single case OF Southern outrages' since he
came into it. Why they should stop abrupt.
ly the moment Williams went out of office is
a fact difficult to account for en- any reasona-
BILE theory that does not make him the author
of them Why was the South in such an in
cessant uproar as long as Williams held office?
Why did the uproar cease when he ceased
to be attorney. general? Why was the install
latiOn of the present upright, patriotic and
able lawyer into the department signal for
the disappearance of the whole brood OF arti-
tcially hatcAed horrors that have tortured
the cOuntry's peace?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14
STATE FAIR.

The Illinois State Fair commences at Otta
wa on Tuesday, September 18th The fail
grounds have been put in thorough good or
der tor the purpose; large number OF stalls
have been erected, and many other additions
and repairs made besides the preparation O
alfmlle race track within and so construct
ed with the mile track that either is available
from the same judges stand and amphithea
| ire
In addition to these Improvements rail-
road track is being laid from the city to the
fair grounds, and Mr.. Clark has two steamers
on the river which will carry passengers
every thirty minutes from the Clifton Hote
to the fairgrounds, stopping at intermediate
points.
Besides Matt Whites new and beautiful
hotel, which will be large enough to accom-
modate several hundred people and feed
Thousand, other important additions nave
been made to our hotel room; and under
system arranged by the officers of the State
Board when here, large number OF private
! houses will be opened TO receive and entertain
strangers so that no matter how large the
number that may come, there need be no teal
of want of shelter
As 10 food of course the town can under
take to feed half million, besides which al
least two of our churches and number OF
private restauranteurs will have dining halls
on the fair grounds abundantly able to afford
good meals to all that may want them
The prospects Of the fair were never better
In horses and cattle the applications for room
are so numerous that already enlargement OF
the quarters provided has been found neces
sary. Cattle will be here not only from all
the surrounding states, but applications fol
room have come from Europe and of course
been granted. There will, also, be no lack OF
sheep, swine, poultry, &c, and in machinery
fine arts and textile fabrics the promise was
never so fine as at present.
1t remains for the farmers TO fill up the
chnks with an abundart display of farm pro.
ducts, grains vegetables, fruits, flowers and
all that abundant supply of smaller articles
that aid 50 largely TO give the finishing touch
to such an exhibition.
And above ALL let the farmers themselves
the horticulturists, mechanics and artisans
be present with their wives, daughters,
sons, cousins, neighbors, beaux and sweet
hearts. After all, is is the great annual ju-
bilec of industry, and no matter how abund.
ant the supply of articles for exhibition may
be, or how attractive the displays of skill,
speed, or ingenuity, the whole will be more
or less a failure unless cheered and encour-
aged by an intelligent, appreciative, jovial
and smashing crowd of spectators
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14
OLD SETTLERS PICNIC.

or course all the old settlers of La Sale
county and their hundred thousand descen
dents bear IN mind that the Annual Old Set
tiers Picnic for the present year will be held
in Hoes's Grove, near the Mineral Spring, on
Thursday of next week, Aug. 10Th.
Capt Clark. with his two steamers, the
"Belle of Ottawar and "Gen- McCoOk," ex-
poets to bring up half of Pera, La Sale and
Utica; the owners of the Gravel Road having
made it free for that day, thesouth side coun-
try people will be out en- mcsse Certainly,
from present appearances, the picnic prom
lses to be much the largest ever held
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14
INTERCONVERIIRILITY.

The Aurora Herald indites whole column
in favor of Wm d. Killy's lnterconvertible
bond scheme, ard winds up by saying "the
system is opposed by those only who do NOT
understand H.
There may be something in that. As are
understand it, the scheme proposes to with
draw all national bank paper from circulation
and TO have no other paper money in the
country but legal tender greenbacks; these to-
be interchangeable at all times with govern
ment bonds bearing $50 per cent, interest,
(the HeraId says the interest to be paid IN
gold, but Kelly and Campbell say in green
backs,) and OF course the issue OF such green
backs and bonds to be without limit. Five
hundred millions Of greenbacks are issued in
the first place, and five hundred millions Of
bonds. Then, if all the greenbacks are ex-
changed for the bonds, five hundred more
millions of greenbacks must be issued and
five hundred millions more bonds to take care
of the greenbacks; and so on ad infaitum
Campbell and Kelly have no idea of less
than two or three thousand millions of bonds
duu SISNupoShS, w iiiote iNIIy tiS VI
trade
Now what we don't understand about the
scheme is, how the government is to save
money, as the Herald intimates, by providing
these one or two or three thousand millions
of bonds and paying 3.65 per cent. in teIest
on Them merely to provide sort of safety
bank depository for idle capital 80 that it
shall be drawing interest while otherwise it
would earn nothing. Should company be
organized with paid up capital of say half
a million, and agree to receive deposits to
that amount and to pay 1855 per cent. inter-
est on such deposits, but at the same time be
restricted from lending its deposits or using
them in any way, wouldn't the originators of
such "bank" be regarded rs tit subjects for
a lunatic asylum? This is exactly what we
understand TO be the killy scheme. When
Wall street has no use for Its surplus millions,
as is now the case, it may lend them to the
government at 1868 per annum interest The
government, not being allowed to lend again,
must keep the amount on hand to be returned
on demand, and must raise money by taxa
ton to pay the interest. If the scheme is not
this. will the Herald please elucidates
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14

THE MENDOZA RACES take place Dext week
commencing on Tuesday and continuing
four days. The Illinois Central and the c. B.
81 @, railroad will carry passengers to and
from Mendoza during the races ut one and
one-fifth fare for the round trip. The Men
dota Driving Park has been fitted up during
the past few years at a heavy expense and has
one of the very best race courses in the state.
Its horse association has always borne good
reputation for honorable dealing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14

Wataga, Warren county, in this state, and
a district few humid ed miles wide from that
point eastward as far as Knoxville and Yates
city, was visited on the 9th inst. by one Of
those destructive tornados by which the west
ern prairies are occasionally devastated. A
dispatch says:
Parsons farm suffered the most severely
of any vet heard from in the line of the storm
The residence, which is surrounded 10y large
maple trees, and is unusually well protected,
| is almost an entire wreck Every chimney
on the house was blown down and the win
dows broken in. The building moved from
its foundation and is so shattered as to neces-
state rebuilding. The room in which the
family were at tea was the scene OF curious
freaks. A large mirror glass was removed
without injuring the frame. The top OF a
sewing machine, several chairs, and other
portions of the furniture were carried out,
and the doors were demolished. No one was
injured. The barns, granaries, orchard, ETC.,
are completely wrecked. A number OF cat
tie and hogs were killed. The debris was
scattered over the entire farm. An old two
story house, uRoccupied, near by, was entire
Ily demolished, not q vestige being left to
show where 1t stood. Large maple and cot
tonwood trees, over two feet through, were
twisted Oft like weeds.
Three houses west of this house were des-
troyed, in one of which Mrs. Anderson was
killed and her husband badly injured. There
are reports that two more women and one
man were fatally injured. The fields look as
though fire had ragged through them. Far
mers say that their total loss by the damage
to fences and buildings is immense.