Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-07-02

cilmen be required to drive down the spike
heads, and then to keep them down.
-"Be not offended at a jest. If one
throw never so much salt at thee thou wilt
receive no harm unless thou art raw"
Will not the Street Commissioner and
the committee on side walks, see to having
the spike heads driven drown?
Which of our citizens has not taste,
pride and ambition sufficient to drive down
the spike heads in front of his premises?
-Pemberville and Weston are to have
the boss celebrations tomorrow. Those
desiring to celebrate should take notice.
Ii you should chance to stumble on
spike head in passing down this column,
don't wait for the officials but drive il
home.
Owing to so few calling for mail mat
ter on sundays, Mr. Ross informs us that
he will not open the office hereafter OIL that
day.
Down goes the boy on his hands and
face How he screamsl Poor fellow; he
stubbed his bare toe against spike head
how it bleeds!l
The Scientific american saws that sugar
barrels or boxes can he kept free from ants
by drawing a heavy chalk line around the
top, near the edge.
We neglected last week to return
thanks for handsome boquet Of choice
| flowers, sent us by Mr.. +. p MADDocKs,
from the Great Western Nursery near
| East Toledo.
| We are indebted to Mr.. L. HAYWOOD
| for late Kansas papers. The news in them
confirm what was stated in letter publish
ed in the JOURNAL last week from Mr..
JAMES HAYES.
The Nereid Boat Club are taking ex-
ercise nearly every evening now-when
it don't rain. The members are requested
to remember the monthly meeting on
Wednesday evening next at o'clock.
"A mocking bird belonging to Mrs AD-
OLSON SMITH escaped from its cage a few
days since. Ii anyone should find the
same, they would greatly oblige her by in.
forming her of the fact.
Did not that good woman, Just now,
indulge in few pious but silent ejaeula-
tions over the left, when the spike head
caught her dress, tore il and brought her
to sudden stop?
college commencemen;s," so called
because they are not a commencement but
close, are in full blast, and the voices OF
the salutatorian and valedictorian are
heard in all the land.
In the case of the State of Ohio VS..
JOSEPH SHANNoN,.a new trial was not
granted and the prisoner sentenced to
eighteen months in the Ohio Penitentiary
on Tuesday last, by Judge LATTY.
After an illness OF four weeks Mrs.
THORNTON desires us to say that she is
again able to take and finish up pictures at
l:er gallery on Fifth street. Those having
pictures there can now call and get them.
According to the law OF this State
when legal holiday falls on Sunday the
day following shall be recognized as such
So far as we have heard, however, all the
celebrations this year are 10 be held to-day
and tomorrow.
The coming bonnet is to have hur.
ricane deck and bell tower-the belle he
low, however-and will also have a signal
light, birds OF paradise, quarry and Welsh
rabbits. Architects are planning higher
doors.
Hardin, Hancock, Seneca, Allen, Mer
car, Van Vert, Paulding, Crawford, Wood
Sandusky and Henry counties were created
in one day, by an act of the Legislature
passed April lst 1920, and were formed
from old Indian Territory Dem.
The old Salem Repubiicdn, now in the
twenty-nnth year of its age, has changed
from folio to 0uarto form and comes to III
enlarged and otherwise improved. Bro
RUCKINBRoD gets up good spicy pape
and we are pleased to note these evidence
OF prosperity.
-BARNUM's Great Hippodrome killeo
its man and broke the arm of anothe
in their Hurdle races at Toledo on Wednes
day. This is the only bad feature abou
this show. Ii is stated that the averag
mortality was about one a week Will
showing in New York, and nearly one
J. day since travelling.
We have it from good authority tina
the most profitable railroad trains in Mas
sachusetts, without an exception, are th
workingmen's trains between Boston an
Lynn, distance Of twelve miles, for whic
the fare ia only fifty cents. In few year
tine same may be said OF our Accommoda
tion train.
The Ruby took on board seven ca
: loads from the interior of Michigan, o
Wednesday. and gave them an excursio
to the Lake and return. Her excursion
Monroe, Mich, Tuesday, was an acknow
edged success as far as genuine comfort W;
concerned, but the party was not as larg
as expected.
Nothing appeals more to the sympathi'
: of a kind-hearted person than the specti
!. ole of a starved dog sitting on the ragge
3 edge of anxiety waiting for bone, unle
; it is our neighbors at h. q. peering aroun
e for an item OF Slander to use against Pc
, rysburg on the county seat issue. Tie
is a remarkable simile between the two.
--Shepler, the D. &. NJ. agent at Perry
burg, informs our reporter that he has di
, posed of twenty "roledo Commutatio
\. Tickets" for the current month. Ii is ge
ting to be the thing for men to do busine
: or work in Toledo and live at Perrysbur
Nice, pure, bracing air, good soeiet
ID churches schools, &c, and all at less e.
I. pense than to be all the time penned up
, the crowded city.-Toledo Rerter.
"A Shocked by LightnIng.-We leal