The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-08
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/ OerAeeOrding to the official Report Of the
Directors Of the Hudson River Railroad, that
road has not yet paid a cent dividend.
6TProfessor s. B. MORSE, the distin-
guished inventor of the tightening telegraph
line, hts been nominated by the Democrats
of the Columbia District, New York, for
Congress. 2 -.-'A
E 0Tfhe official vote Of Pennsylvania for
Governor stands-Pollock, Wing, 20l ,iss;
for Bigler, Democrat, l63,542; majority for
Pollock, 36,94E The majority for Black J,
Democrat; for Supreme Judge, is 9l,32S.
OrThe report that Fusion Whggery is
about to adopt the skunk as an emblem in
place of the coon, because they "skunked"
the Democracy in the late contest, is not
denied. Whep!-Okio Patriot
EDuring the nine months Of the present
year, twenty-six thousand and seven hun
dred aud forty-four is the net addition to the
population Of San Francisco. or these
thirteen thousand two hundred and fi(ty-fye
were Chinese. ..f....,. ..
HBarnum's Biography is what printers
would call "fat take" Redfeld's bid was
$4,000 for, the copyright. Barnum de-
clines that, and accepts the offer Of 80 cents
on each book Sold One may see how
humbug is appreciated in this country. ,.
HFThe Boston Traveller states that in
consequence of the great scarcity of mack
erel, this year, the prices of No. rs and 2s
have reached the highest point for years, viz.
from $l7 to $lS per barrel, end the pros
poets are that in the spring they Will I'D
vance to $40. ,r. ... .0 t. -. .. 90,
GJ"George Allison;a postmaster at Woos-
ster, Ohio, under Mr.. Fillmore's admins
tration, has been arrested at the instance OF
his sureties, under the sub-treasury law, on
lhe charge of not accounting for 5000 worth
OF postage stamps for which they allege they
were held responsible. E..
OF Francis NJ. Bristow is candidate for
Congress from the third district of kentuc.
ky, to take the place OF the late Hon. Pres.
ley Ewing. lie has no whig opposition.
GT Edward z. C. Judson, alias "Ned
Buntlne," who was arrested few days
since for shooting cololed man, named
Freeman, has been acquitted on the ground
that he committed the act in self-defence.
o. The great race which was to have
come off between a freight train on the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad and an OK
team, has been postponed on account of the
rain. Bets are running high on the general
result" If the cattle do not win, with the
chances so greatly in their favor, they ough,
to haul in their horns.
A slight mistake. Our friend perhaps
means the Ohio Pennsylvania Railroad II
so, you may bet on the oxen, and consider it
sure thing.
GFThe Secretary orthe Ohio State Board
of Agriculture corrects an erroneous state
ment made in regard to the receipts Of the
late State Fair. He says instead of there
being but $500 taken, the amount was
$l4,96O, and that only about $40 was lost
by the failure of Banks, instead of $1,000,
as has been extensively stated.
o. The New York Tribune of the 3oth
says: "The agent of the Lewis County
Bank, situated at Martinsburg, N. Y, de-
Glued to-day to redeem the notes of that in
stitution. This is one of the old Safety Fund
Banks, and the circulation is about $l35, 900.
This Bank has been in trouble several times
before, and it is quite time that it should be
wound up permanently"
GU. s. Marshall SHALLcRoss last week
arrested the son of the postmaster ut Wells
vile on charge of robbng the mail. He
has been clerk in the Office for some time,
during which numerous sums of money have
been lost along the route. The tact of Mr.
SHALLcRoss traced the delnquencies to the
Wellsvile office, and fixed suspicion on the
young man. A decoy letter was sent, by
which he was caught. He is now in Colum-
bus awaiting his trial. . ar
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