Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-01-16
CURRENT TOPICS.

A BREED of wild pigs has been dis
covered in Queensland which climbs
trees
DURING 1891 there were 192 persons
arrested in New York for attempted
suicide.
A LITTLE Philadelphia hoy has a pet
rabbit which he has trained to draw a
small wagon.
CorToN stalks of deep red color and
producing red bolls have appeared in
Middle Georgia.
DURING the past twenty years there
have been 32S,718 divorces granted in
the United States.
In fifteen years the orange export OF
California has increased from nothing
to 26, 600 600 pounds.
THE Detroit board of public works
has sued contractor for stealing and
carting off two avenues
LABoucHERE says that the Princess
May, who is engaged to Collars and
Cuffs, is decidedly pretty.
IT is estimated that at least $50, 000,-
600 of the governments paper money
has been lost or destroyed.
OF the 43, deaths in New York
city the past year. 1s, 225 were Of chill.
drAA assder five years OF age
lr has been estimated by shoe
man that the people of the United
States spend $3.50, 600, 600 annually for
shoes.
MRS. JOHN SHERWOOD says it is not
unusual for New York hostess to
spend 81, 600 on q luncheon for twenty
women.
If a well could be dug to the depth OF
forty-six miles the density of the air ut
the bottom would be as great as that Of
quicksilver
New YORK is said to employ an army
of cash girls 80, 900 strong, many of
whom are nearer twelve than fourteen
years of age.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN is patrolling
Broadway, New York, every afternoon
in the most extensive fur coat ever seen
east of Duluth.
FoLDINe linen is an accomplishment
IN which each woman in Holland is ex-
pected to be proficient before she be-
comes mistress of a home.
JUDGE Moon. of Chattanooga, has
charged the grand jury to investigate
railroad accidents and punish employees
where carelessness is shown.
JOHN redmond. who has been chosen
over Michael Davitt by the people nt
Waterford, was once a clerk in the
house of commons, at $3.50 a year.
IT is literal fact that millions OF
people are starving in Russia, and that
there is no possibility of adequate re-
lief reaching the sufferers in time.
The Jail janitor at Red Bank, N. j.,
has leen arrested, charged with steal.
ing chickens and whisky. The plum.
der was found concealed in the Jail
FAIR maidens and timid bachelors
your respective privileges and the best
interests of society demand their exer-
else.
A CLERKsHIP in the agricultural de-
partment, Washington, has been secur-
ed by Frederick Douglass for girl
whose father owned him in slavery
days.
THERE are some queer folks in Eng.
land. In Dover certain persons, suf.
fering from influenza, have been fined
S25 apiece for appearing in public
places.
A DIssoLUTE linguist, a teacher OF
seven different languages, has been
jailed at Laramie, Wyo., for beating
his wife, who supported him by taking
in washing.
ROASTED crickets are favorite arti.
Gle of diet with some tribes of Utah
and California Indians. while among
others the grasshopper is relished as q
culinary delicacy.
c. A. DoUGHERTY. who is secretary OF
the American legation in Mexico. is a
son of Daniel Dougherty of the silver
tongue. He once occupied similar
position in Rome.
THE space devoted to the Chicago
Worlds fair is 800 acres. Philadelphia
had 236 and Paris 14S The buildings
will cover 130 acres, and the cost OF
equipment will be $14,9O0,0O0
BUTTONS are now made from pota-
toes. The tuber is treated with acids,
hardened by means of great pressure
and the buttons manufactured from il
can not be distinguished from those OF
bone.
A WOMAN has just died in Connecti.
cut whom the doctors gave but year
to live, way back in 1S47. The art OF
healing has not reached the stage OF
infallibility and prophecy is not one OF
its gifts.
OREGON and Washington papers have
been full of reports of second crops OF
fruit gathered out there, and of flowers
found growing ON the wayside. The
latest crop indicated by telegraph was
a blizzard
THE rates for the transportation OF
corpses ON railways are so high in Ger.
many that the Berlin Crematory So
ciety is petitioning to have them re.
duced, as it materially interferes with
it's usiness.
TIE smallest railroad in the world
runs between Ravenglass and Boot, ir
Cumberland, England. 1t is hardly
more than toy affair, for which the