The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-09-06
Items Of News.

cIded the'new liquor llawSof Ohio to be cor
: stitutional.
0r The Erie railroad, New York,
? greatly embarrassed in hs-inaneial affair
( and its stock srapidE depreciating. Il i-t
l=OSJ The commissioners of the canal fun
in New York have Issued proposals for
loan of million and quarter Of dollars.
1rIn the city of Boston there are =
hotels. The amount of capital Invested il
them is estimated at t-$4,OOO,OO6. -
OF California is adding the grape to il
culture, aud il is soon expected to exec
Cincinnati in the manufacture of wine. jis
3rOtFl EGerts are being made to secure tn
construction of bridge over the Ohio riv
er, to connect Covington' with Cincinnati.
O%r The Toronto NGlobe says It has rea
sonto believe that .Lord'Elgin has been ap
pointed Governors General Of India ''
" THOMAS CLAYTON, a dstinguishe,
citizen OF the State of Delaware, and for
n,erly member of Congress. died at New
Castle, on the 2lst inst. 5.
OE- The Wings and Free Soilers of An
droscoggin county, Maine, met at Lewis
town on Friday, and attempted to form 9
coalition, but failed. l...l ..... ....
Or the Ohio and Mississippi Railway
Company have decided to build fence OH
eachs of their track the whole length OF
their road. '.s.. ... a... n.a. ..a
0rT There were 2,406 passengers at this
port yesterday of whom 1926 came from
Liverpool, 207 from London, l07 f1om Ant.
werp, and la from Genoa.-N. y Times.
OF Mr.. James E. Murdoch, the distin-
guished American Tragedan, has lately re-
turned from California, and is nowin Phila-
deIphia, with both health and pocket large
ly improved
o. Four of the members of the Missou-
ri Legislature are ''in a bad fix" being
pledged to vote with the majority; but no
party has majority.
" Hon. GEORGE P. MARSH has return
ed to his home inBurlington, Vermont, af-
ter five years absence as United States
Minister resident at Constantinople.
0F On Tuesday evening last, CAsMER
VoGEL's silk factory, Chelsea, near Boston,
took fire, and on account of the scarcity Of
water was completely destroyed. Loss,
$1,000; insured, $4,000. .......
(G- The NIillerite deiusion, it is said, is
again spreading in many portions Of the
country, and cump meetings of the believers
in this faith ure frequently noticed in the
papers. n
" A box containing $4,000 in specie
was accidentIy dug up at Savannah few
days ago. 1t is supposed to be portion Of
the 100000 IN bills and specie stolen from
the Daren Bank in 1885.
Of Hon. S. Plumb of.Ashtabula county
has sold his farm, and is preparing to emf
grate to Kansas, accompanied by fifty or
sixty families from the same county The
company go out this fall.
CLT For Benton's thirty years in the Sen
ate, it is said in the National Democrat that
the Appletons, who received the copyright
of this work, gave for it check for the SUBJ
stantia sum Of $4,000. ....
OF The Schooner Hudson, bound from
Milan to Buffalo deeply laden with Cargo of
Slaves, sprung a leak off Conneaut last Sun
day Morning, and foundered. She now
lies about one mile from Conneaut harbor
in twelve feet of water, and is probably a
total wreck. .....
0T Advices from Tennessee, Alabama
and Georgia, speak favorabIy of the Corn
crops, and throughout most of the Western
States, there have been rains which have
greatly improved the condition of the crops.
The indications now are that taking the
country through, the yield will not be much
below q fair average. .s.,-..
OJCoL. S. d. MILES, of the United States
Army, on his way to New Mexico with
detachment of troops, writes from Fort At
kinson, Arkansas, that he had been four
days among the Camanches and Ki-o-ways,
and adds: "Some of the bucks offered me
as high as ten horses for my daughter, and
I had an offer of a swap Of squaw for Mrs.
Miles. / declined both advantageous Of
fers." .-
The PARKS CAsE-Fo The benefit of in.
quiring readers, we may state that the case
of Parks will probably come up before the
Court Of Common Pleas, which meets in
November next. Unless change of ven.
ue is asked for and granted, the trial will
take place in this County. The decision of
the Supreme Court turned ON the informal
verdict Of the Jury; and the case, therefore
stands just as if it how came up for trial for
the first time; it Remaining for the Court TO
say whether there shall be change Of ven-
ue,-Beacon. i. o.. .-
The Railroad Combination.
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