Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-08-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

WOMAN of Yuma, Ariz., is said to be
the mother of twenty-five children.
A REsrpnSr of Waitsburg, Wash,
captured rcd bat n short time ago.
ALICE MITCHELL is now an inmate of
the insane asylum at Batavis, Tenn.
THE new British coinage will bear
the queens head without the crown.
A WISCONSIN man is about to estab-
lish pearl fishery at Ncodesha, Kan.
JUSTICE LAMAR's long locks have been
clipped close and are now quite gray.
THE Boston newsboys will not be al
lowed to sell papers on the street cars
in future.
MAYOR SLAyMAKER, of Lancaster, Pa,
has Madeira wine in his cellar of the
vintage of 1893.
CHICAGO claims to have the only band
in the United States composed entirely
of letter carriers.
THE youthful emperor of AMMAN is
only twelve years DID, and an inveterate
cigarette smoker.
Eighty millions of dollars is the an
nual amount paid to school teachers in
the United States.
AFTER gathering in their crops in
Utah 500 Mormon families will move to
Mexico in the autumn.
EVERY southern state except Ken
lucky has passed pension laws for its
ex-confederate soldiers.
A MAN living near Troy, Kan, will
realize $1,000 from twenty acres OF
black berries this season.
ST. LOUIS is organizing what is
claimed to be the first italian regiment
ever formed in this country.
Col. RICE, ex-auditor of the state of
Indiana. is advocating the construction
of India rubber men-of-war.
CHAUNCEY G. SMITH, of Hartford, Ct,
has been fifty years a deacon of the
First Baptist church in that city.
THE cemeteries of London cover two
thousand ucres, and the land they occu-
py represents capital of s1,0O0,OOO
A TYPEwRITING machine which can
print on the leaves of a blank book of
any thickness is the latest invention.
Ex-SPEAKER REED has received his
ninth nomination for the house by the
republicans of the First Maine dis
trict.
BIG RAPIDS, Mich, has cooperative
society of 130 people, the object of
which is to keep one another in employ
| ment.
IT has been discovered that the cholera
plague was started by the pollution of
the water supply of Meshed, on the
Volga.
| The private in the German army is
paid IS per month, out of which there
| is daily deducted five cents for mess ex-
| penses.
BENJAMIN L. COHEN, the latest addi-
ton to the ranks of Jewish legislators
in Great Britain, is a wealthy London
banker
OF the II 200, 900 women in Italy near
| ly 100000 are employed in indus
trial labor, and over 100000 in agri-
culture.
JOHN j. INGALLS, is said to be so
superstitious that he feels nervous when
| he sees the moon over the wrong
shoulder
THE new Germany army tent is di-
visible into two portions, each of which
can be converted into an overcoat in
case of rain.
A PENNSYLVANIA inventor has de.
vised pair of eyeglasses with mirror
mounted so as to reflect objects in the
rear of the wearer.
Col. ROBERT II. CROCKETT, democratic
candidate for congress in the Sixth Ar
kansas district, is a grandson of the
famous Davy Crockett.
A LOCK of hair and bit of garment
ascribed to the Apostle James are ex
hibited by st. James Roman Catholi.
church, of San Francisco.
THE oldest living ex-senator of thu
United States is James w. Bradbury
who recently celebrated his ninetietl
birthday at Augusta, Me.
Ten pairs of twins have been born t,
the wife of Abram Astrom, of Tomiins
N. Y. She is his third wife and he mar
ried her fourteen years ago.
THE oldest and largest medical schoo
in America is that of the University
Pennsylvania. 1t was founded in l76
and has graduated 10,45S men.
IN using what is known as the Cana
dian method of boring oil wells, wei
1,O90 feet was bored in 22S hours or al
average of rs feet per hour of actua
work.
COUNT CRIsPI, ex-premier of Italy, ac
cording to foreign papers, is in dange'
of losing his sight. His right eye il
said to be almost useless, owing to 1
cataract
AN old soldier at Wichita, Kas., re
Gently received from the government
three cents which had been due hin
without his knowledge for more thai
thirty years.
THE biggest gun in the world is tn,
Krupp cannon, eighty-seven feet long
that shoots distance of fifteen miles
1t will probably be exhibited at tn,
Worlds fair.
IN size Mars is the smallest of the pri
mary planets except Mercury, its diam
eter being little more than 4, 900 miles
Its density is about three-fourths thai
of the earth.
SAMUEL SLOAN, the millionaire rail.
road president, has a dislike for type