Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-29
EROM mILLRuRY.

| SOcidt- Wedding-SliHday School and Ctrth-
mas. 1rees-Club danoes-Q Quarterly Meeting
Court Record Miscellaneous Personals.
The ladies Of the ". E. Church have or
ganiEed series Of Socials 10 be held during
the winter. It will be an itinersni association,
going from house To house, so that all may have
an opportunity to attend. The two last we're
held At The residences Of Mrs. n. d. Grove and
Mrs. Durand respectively. The last one how
ever, capped the climax. There was post Of
fee opened. TIE boys by paying Eve cents
postage could receive their letters. Nearly
all Of the gentlemen received two or more,
but Mr.. Greeley aud Mr.. Taft seemed to have
the mos, youmiuous corresp spondence. The next
Social viii consist OF a" Mum party. will
some one for PHYS sake inform US what a
Mum" Social isl
One week ago last Wednesday night Mr.. Ja-
cob Martin and Miss Annie Meng were quietly
splicSd BY II. d. Grove, J. r. The parties
wished to keep the even, secret but II leaked
out aud the consequence was that ten or a dozen
boys got together and gave them grand ".S5ip
aree," which means that the couple were sere.
| nadsd with horse iidles COW bells ana sholpuns
| The Sunday Schools are in pr ispernus CON
| dition and have decided to havea grand christ
mas tree. 1t is intended to have this on out.
shine every previous one which has been had
| here. The finance COMMITTEES is cnmpuseJ of
the following ladies': Mrs. n. d. Grove, Mrs.
G. +. Chapman, Mrs. Olney, Mrs. Jackson Nc
| Ciintock and Carrie Whitmore.
| The young people being deSirous of having
something going on during the winter have or
ganiEed a club and will have dances every Fri
| day night. The first uf the series was cid At
! I,t,. La C.tI
expressed themselves as well pleased with tn I
entertainment
The Evangelical Society W IN held quarterly
meeting at this place on January Alb and
9th. They design protracting the meeting.
The Presiding elder will remain for a season to
| assist.
Jim Connor 70 Such wss the name ca lied
by his honor, Mayor Long, eu last Monday
morning. " ii m CUnnor, did you carry rerOl-
yer on last Sunday night? 1--WE object" inter
rupted Dr. Meng, Jim's lawyer He only had
a narrowed revolver" "Dr., thought you had
more sense than to try to creep through such n
hole as that" These remarks were made by
l.. Luce. Sr., Prosecuting Attorney. 1t having
bee n proven that j i'm did have a revolver at
the time mentioned, his Honor wanted ts know
what he should do. DR.. heng wanted him to
decide " not guilty" while the Prosecuting At
torney wanted il the other way. Finally ave
change our plea and plead guilty relying on
the mercy Of the court" came from tho pale
lips Of DR.. Meug. "Jim COunor - Numbered
the exponent Of Justice, " you have violated
the law, I'll fix you. I'll fine you So and costs. I"
"Amos Suffered, you was drunk on Sunday
night were you not?" Here his Honor paused
to wipe the perspiraton from his ma jestic fore.
head and to bestow glare Of righteous indi gna-
tion upon the prisoner. "No, your Honor, only
had beer" Amos Suffered, / know from my
Otcn experience that beer will not cause ma u
to get crazy and raise he'll generally-$5 and
| Gusts"
"Mr. Virgins you sold beer and whskey last
Sunday did you P'' mo, your Henor, had to
go into the Saloon to gel some milk. While
| there these fellows came in and had to give
them some cider. That's ALL" "That sounds
to me like lie" murmered his Honor in an
undertone. "I'll fine you SIS and cost"
Thus has morality and justice been vind-
Gated in Millbury.
On Friday night some parties stole a lot Of
wheat and clover seed from Mr.. Rob't Tiplady.
The following morning Constable Youugs and
posse tracked the thieves to Toledo where they
had disposed Of the stolen property, and on Sun
day two OF them were lodged in the lock up to
await an examination before the Justice. did
not learn the names but will give alt the par
ticulars in my next. Hope they will get a
chance to work for tie State for while.
Some of the engineers on the l.. S.& NJ. g.
seem to think ths target man has no rights ex-
cept to obey them. One Of them tried to i'm
puse ON Charley Terpening en- Friday. The
fool got of his engine, which is against the
rules Of the road, and went into the Office. But
Charley has cool nerves and gave tho fellow to
understand that the sDonsr he got back to his
engine the better it would be for him. He went.
Personal.
Mr.. Ira Wight, of Michigan, was here visit
ing relatives last week.
Will Durand says lie don't know who gave
him away, but says he won't do it again. That's
right, be a good little boy.
Mr.. j. 5. Ellis, of PerrysbuIg, Supt. Of
bitches, was here last week. He is hurrying
the bitches through.
A. NJ. Treadwell, Of Toledo. was here last
Tuesday, hooking a'ter law business.
Freddie Long. the son of tbs Mayor, is agent
for the busy Bee.
Willard Wight. Jr,, says he cam; waltz. but
he can get away with as much chicken as the
next one.
Mr.. l.. Luce. Sr., and DR.. MenR, were 7roba.
bly, the most distinguished men in out city Isl
week. We were not aware that two such emf
nent LAWYERS had dwelt IN our midst so long
without fnding il out.
Mr.. Olnpy is at present suffering with very
sore hand. lie strained it while huskiug some
of our mi mmnth corn.
Albert Bailey saw those wheat thieves the
other morning about Is minutes past O'Clock
The most remarkable thing about this is wha
was Albert doing out at such a late hour.
Geo. Duraud was at home last W edneslay
night. HYTo.
Nov. 25, 1878.