Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11
OUR MICHIGAN LETTER

The GLORIOUS fourth " il over and the
American eagle has had his ribs tick led 10y
the seductive eloqueuce Of our long .winder
| legislators and military ~ chicflaius
| The small hoy has fired off his annual sup
ply OF FIRE crackers and the larger boys
have devoured their fourth of July ice.
cream. Bat through all this have lived
and hope T. live through many more occa.
sinrs of the same kind.
Your humble servant had the pl asnrc
Of attending the Rega ia ut Toed1 and fur
one am proud of lie record made bv the
crews which represented Michigan. saw
many of my old Wood county acqu inlun.
ces while at Millhury-among ihcm the
tamil es of Mr. Richards, Mr.. 7. f.. Wight.
Mr.. w. j. Bailey, Mr. Ell Karchner and
OIhers 20 nu II 'ruuS TO mention.
liar esling is g"ingum al over the State.
| Hay l. lair crop, wheat will WELD spen.
! didIy aud Oa:s not quite so we'll.
Detroit il now lighted with gas and the
napIha dealers are currespDndingly I'm.
happy.
On Friday last, Hon. VIM. L. Weber
fled, in The United States Court. bill 10
torcclos. the IN Irt2age ON the Flint & Pere
Marquette r. r. and under the provisions
uf the bill Judge Brown appointed Dir
Henry C.. Pouer, OF East saginaw, as re-
ceiver. The answer To- the bill wa ais,
duly placed on file. This action is tnkcl.
with the approval OF nll parties concerned
and will insure the speedy sale and reor.
ganizatlon OF the road.
A young man named Lorenzo Havncr.
was dI,uned in O,seo Lake, IlilIsdalc
county, last Wednesday night.
The Lilchiield cnmmnu council have de-
cided to levy Il Bcal lax of $500 per wear
On all retail liquor dealers of that rnwn.
The second annual convention of the re-.
form club Of NJ chigan will he held at
Lansing, August Oh md 7th.
A farmer living in the vicinity of Hud-
son, while plpwing on the border of II
swamp ON his farm recently, found in one
place l49 Indian arrow heads.
Prof. Monroe and 20 students If Colnm-
bia College, Of \. Y, are al IIoughton.
Lake Superior, al work in the Atlantic
mine, blasting, drilling, &C., reducing he
'e"ry which they have learned at the Co
lnmbla schuol Of mines, to practice.
The l;utnn Rapids union school managed
to graduate one girl this year--and nearly
killed the teachers in doing IT,
Mrs. Taylor, OF Lnpeer, fooled with tnnsy
tea last Thursday and came near dying.
The Bcrrien Springs editors have eacll
other 10y the e"rs, no To speak, and oh. |
what ears To gel holl ont
over 900 patients in the Kalamazoo in |
sane Aslynm-and there will BE- more
there atler the fail campaign IA over.
Wealth IL not always success. The son
OF the editor OF he Clinton Ners got a cent
IN his wind pipe the o her day aud came
near dying. The question is, where did |
the cent come from?
Hilisda lie College wants $4,000 more in
the way OF endowment funds. 1t should !
cal upon Dr. 2. Chandler, i. l.. d. Pos
sibly that ID what they gave him the de |
gree for.
81. Clair county pays s4 per head for tn.
board ofprlsoners at the jail. Just why they |
don't hoard them at the hotel is a mystery |
as the food is much better and the price |
no higher
On the 26th Of June, dnringth perform.
anee OF Forepangh's circus at IIastings. |
one ot the Davenport brothers in making |
somersault over seven elephants, filled Ia |
alight right, and broke one OF his legs.
a Cassnpolis boy nte 40 oranges az n |
stree ID. That hoy should he appreniiced |
to cnbbler and when he wanted bristls |
To make n wax end with, he world olly |
have to reach around to his mack and /
pull one out.
Maggie White, Of Lapeer. tried to con,
nit suicide on the 28ih. Size first us.i
morphine aud that failing she tried 10
snip off the thread Oi life with a pair ofl
scissors.
Hawkins Taylor, Of Washington, D. C..
hid In the contract for dning certain mail
in McCnmb CO.. fpr SIS per AN
mum, an now he wants 90 suh.lel il nj
$40. As lhe contract calls for ,45d miles
Of stage driving, he doesn't iind any sub
So All.pice " has been to the poor housr?
why dldnt be stay there2 What business
has he 10 suppose that The Emhassadors"