The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-10-11
Items OF News.


bfIt was runOrsd in St. Louis, on the
06th, that Senator Geyef. Of Missouri had
resigned his seat in the United States SEN
ate. g M
FIRE IN CLEvELANp.-An extensive fire
occurred in Cleveland on last Saturday. It
originated in buildings south of the Chase
House. Stores, dwelling-houses, shops, &C.,
were destroyed, Loss estimated at S95,-
600.
0J-The price of breadstufs IS now 80
much lower in England than In America thut
several cargoes Of -four ure said to have
been shipped from Liverpool for New York
This has not happened since the initiation of
1897, when flour was imported into New
York from the Mediterranean. -f5vu'
G-GESERAL w. o. BUrLxR, of Ken
lucky, was chairman of the committee that
awarded the premiums at the baby convention
at Springfield, ohio,. on the 18th. Brutus
Clay, Horace Mann, Mrs. ]. J. Crittenden,
Jane Swisshelm and Fanny Fern were mem
bers of the committee.
GCovngton, KY, was the scene of in
tense excitement on Saturday, caused by the
murder of small boy, by German named
He was arrested and lodged in
Jail; but threats of lynching have been
made. ... s..
.0IFA man formerly belonging in Salem,
Massachusetts, returned home on Tuesday
of last week, after an absence of forty-two
years. He left wife and child one year
old behind, and when he returned he found
his daughter the mother of twelve children,
some of whom are married. His wife lived
a widow, as was supposed, over twenty years,
and married again some twenty years since,
and now resides in Salem.
GTwenty-fve young women, on their
way to the Far West as teachers, under the
patronage of the Educational Society, re-
Gently arrived at Albany. They are appor-
toned to Mississippi, Arkansas, Indiana, L.
linois and, we suppose, Nebraska. The So
ciety has sent out over four hundred teach
ers-some having gone to Oregon, Califor-
mia and Texas. .. 81. ~ v.f.i
0TMr. Rutlege, the publisher of the cheap
editions Of Bulwer's novels, announces in q
London paper, that he has sold $4,000 cop
les of "Pelham;" $4,000 OF "Paul Clfford;"
$4,000 of "Eugene Aram;" $4,000 of "Ri.
enzi;" $4,000 of "Last Days of Pompei;"
lS,5o0 of "Pilgrims of the Rhine;" $4,000
of "Last of the Barons,' and $4,000 of "Er-
nest Maltravers." d. '1' .'+' rr
0TNorth Bend, rendered famous as the
residence and burial place of President Har-
rison, will be soon converted into town. A
considerable portion Of it has been purchased
by capitalists who contemplate laying it out
in town lots and offering them for sale.
0F Kingston Gam.) papers received by
the Prometheus state that they have intelli-
gence of the fact that the Dominican govern
ment appointed comission to treat with the
United States authorities and commander of
the squadron there, on the subject of the ces-
sation of Samana, either by purchase or
treaty arrangement, to our government.
~ Coal of good quality has recently
been discovered at Corunna. Michigan, 100
miles from Detroit. Ten thousand bushels
have already been taken out, and it is now
being mined at the rate of five hundred BUSH
els per day and sold at the late of ten cents
per bushel. This is better than gold mine
for Michigan. ... Qs...