The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-09-13

Delaware, al sixteen to twenty cents per
half peck.
0TOld river men SLY that the river is
'is st q leRerstage al Cincinnati ithah ~ has
been since 1881.
OF In Detroit at u H., on Tuesday the
thermgmetsr stood at10O ip'the shade. The
day previous It stood at fo5.
or Common brands, of family flour are
retailing in New York at Sla. The best
brands are 80 cents higher. Ia, -,
or The cOlOred population Of Cineip-
natl have established a theatre.r White
folks admitted to the galleries. -l's7s,l
0-A scheme is on foot In Ohio, 30 give
100 acres of land in Liberia to each lioi a.
600 families Of the free colored people Of
Ohio. ,.aas. ~ .z5n boa ,i1si. o..
or William Hill, for twenty years con-
nected with the st. Louis Democrat, has
retired on account Of IN health. ,all''
OF An experiment has just been success
fully made in France Of employing swallows
to carry letters, as pigeons were used some
years back. cog
or, The inability Of wife to make bread
has beea deeldted sufficient ground for q d.
vorce, by the Jones County Agricultural
sociey Of Iowa. ,a.r. .f5]ia" h51fl,.
GA hail storm passed over portions Of
ehe counties of Davies. Ohio, and Breckep-
ridge, Ky last week, destroying crops, &C.,
TO the amount OF $1,000 W. .''
or, Willard the manager OF the Howard
Atheneum Boston, has retired. with the COM
Portable sum Of $40, 900, the profits for two
years. ..... .", ..., ... ,.f , .,E
or Taempsons Bank Note Reporter for
September lst states that SIS on the Buffa.
10 City Bank, altered from Is are in circu-
fsSaoa. . .........,, ....r...,.,
or The amount appropriated for the
manufacture of arms at the national armo.
ries 10 S260,000; for repairs and improve
ments and new machinery az Hurper's Fer
~, $35, 100. .j.. -. s.-g. ...t.sf ..ts
OF A daughter stolen from her mother
ten years ago, was found by her mother IN
Brooklyn few days since. They mutually
recognized each other and the meeting was
intensely affecting.
or The New York Evening Post states
the Mexican General Alvarez is just now in
that city, fitting cut an armed expedition
against Santa Anna. b, -t
or The new English Beer Act has just
gone into operation, and forbids the sale of
beer, wine, spirits, &c, whether to be con.
'umed on or off the premises, between 3 and
ialf.pa in the Afternoon on Sundays.
or An official report says that the guam.
ity or guano imported into this country DUR
ng 1853 was $4,000 tons, and the probable
quantity during the present year will be
100 900.
9F Up to the 3oth ult. there had arrived
It New York, during the month of August
asst $500 alien passengers. An unusu.
lily large portion was made up Of Germans,
here being 2l,Ooo Of this class to 1890
IRISH. -. a.. ,-. .-.,....,.- |
dEJ- On the evening Of the 97th ult., a
ire broke out in the city of MarysviIle, Cal
fornia. the favages of which were very des-
trscsSe.l More than two hundred buildings
we're consumed, and tho loss of property is
as not being less than two hun
red and fifty thousand dollars. ,' alsa
or A few days since, as gentleman re-
iding at Antwerp was sitting in his study
eading letter, the contents of which SEEM.
d to exasperate him very much, one of his
hildren entered the room. The father, in
ft Of dcleriunl, started from his chair, and
cizing wespeh from the table, killed the
hild on the spot. .a -' &. .." r'r
or The Philadelphia Lrdgsr (Neutrul,)
lys, Senator Douglas can appeal with safe
: from the Chicago mob to the people Of
,e United States-u tribunal which re-
poets free speech, and which will never
ondemn him without hearing. ,''."3.'
Or We are credibly informed that Capt.
acob Jacobs, of the Spooner Guards, has
sued nm order that hereafter none but
.now-Kothings, that is, Protestants and
.mericans, will be received as members of
is company; and if forced upon him, from
ny outside pressure, be will be compelled
} resign his command. sa. boa z,t .tql!
or A young man named Short, clerk in
dry goods store in Cincinnati, and young /
wyer named Peacock, from Chicago. fought
duel in Kentucky, opposite that city on
tuesday. On the second round Short was
'ortally wounded in the left breast. They
'ught about young girl to whom Short
'as engaged. l,ngs am .i .u.,a-
WANTED IN AREAssAs.--Unde this head
n Arkansas newspaper udvertises for $500
DO good, industrious, farmers. to ill the
md that's BOW lying OF waste all over the
tate. The fand is first-rate, water is ex-
client, health good, The land will pro.
nee cotton, corn, wheat, rye. oats, barley.
otatoes. and every other vegetable that
rows 10 the United States. The lands are
ow open. ready and waiting. ,oa e.u t,
" Gov. Medill has commuted the SEN
nee Of the murderer named Howley, at