The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-23
News Items.

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youth only Is years Of age, son Of Mr.. I.
]. Claggett, OF Paramount, Marion county,
Va, lost his life on Friday Of last week,
while attempting to save the life OF his ia.
ther, who was placed in a perilous situation
by losing control Of boat while crossing
Valley River. The son knowing that his
father could not swim, and being himself an
excellent swimmer, plunged into the stream,
which was much swollen from the recent
rains, for the purPos of saving his parent;
but his father reached the shore in the boat,
while his noble and affectionate son sank
only 10 rise corpse.
6FAmerican spectators are said to be
travelling in Upper Canada, Bargaining for
crops in the ground, hogs, sheep, mflch cows,
young balls, horses, and indeed anything
saleable the farmers may have.
o. What fee shall give you for drown.
ing this kitteD!" asked a charitable Old lady
of lamplighter. "Nothing num-" was the
luminous answer, "I'm not in the feline
business"
o. w. Smead, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has
offered to reimburse, out of his own means,
all the female Gopositors ofthe Cities Bank
in that city who, during its temporary sus-
pension, were compelled by necessity to cash
their claims at a discount
OF Shun the tale bearer. Whoever en-
tertains you with the faults of others, will
entertain others with yours.
or The people of Warren, Trumpull
county, have unanimously voted to tax them
selvs $4,000 for the purpose Of building and
furnishing High School house. The work
is to commence Immediately.
o. The Boston Post says that city is in
danger of being afflicted with the cholera, or
an extra session OF the Know Nothing Leg
islature. The Springfield Republican prefers
the cholera as the lesser of the two evils.
EFThe coal mines of Chill are now being
very profitably worked by wealthy Chilian
Senator, named Cousno, whose income is
100000 per anum, and an enterprising En-
| glishman named Garland.
GF Cyprian Inman obtained verdict, at
Binghamton, last week of $4,000, against
the New York and Erie Railroad company
for injuries received through the careless
ness of switch tender.
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sentenced to the Wisconsin penitentiary for
10 years, at hard labor, for throwing arsenic
in his neighbor's we'll.
OEFThe London Patriot says that q re-
ligous newspaper is unknown in England,
and that in those Of religious kind, relig-
ion must be subordinate, and secufarity
reign supreme.
| GA large emigration is now going on
from the north of Scotland to Canada. In
two months no fewer than 5000 persons
have left Aberdeen and other northern ports.
SFMayor Faran has notified the Cincin-
uati Enquirer that the publication of that pa
per Sunday morning is breach of the laws.
and must be discontinued.
OFLyman Cole is again on trial in New
York for his connection with the Kissane
forgery case.
OHF-Two ladies of elegant and quiet de-
pertinent are attending the surgical opera.
tions in London, preparatory to going to the
Crimea to assist Miss Nightingale, who
has been attacked with fever.
Mr.. Proudfit, near Ashland, O., had 100
sheep drowned by the late flood in that
vicinity. They happened to be on low
land and were surrounded and swept away
before their danger was known.
GA Conspiracy of prisoners in the
Canada penitentiarY, TO murder the keepers
and escape has been discovered in conse-
quence of one Of them, Roman Catholic,
confessing it to his priest. One hundred
of them were found armed,
GTThe Cincinnati Commercial says that
Mr.. Bartlett, Of Kentucky, the new Pres
ident of the X. N. is a brother-in-law of
George N. Sanders, who is the special
blower and striker for Geo. Law, the
"live hoax" candidate for President.
CLERGYMAN IN FIX! The Boston Tray.
eler says the Rev. DR.. Lyman Beecher
misplaced his sermon, few Sabbaths ago,
at the Old south Church, and when he should
have commenced preaching, was anx iously
looking about the pulpit for the MS. when
man rose in the gallery and called out,
cdr. Beecher, it's in the Biblen The DR..
examined the Bible, found the MS. and
gravely proceeded.
SNEEzrNG.-An irascible old gentleman was
s"hSu "'Ih ohSCHiAS III tuC CdlS laIoiy'-
After sneezing in the most spasmodic man
ner eight times he arrested the paroxism for
a moment, and extracting his handkerchief
be thus addressed his nasal organ, indignant t.
ly saying:-"oh! 60 on 60 OH you'll
blow your Internal brains out presenty!"
0TMELANCHoLY.-The New York Times
makes the following alluson to the death of
an emigrant runner who was killed on Friday
last, in fight with another "shark" about
some spoils which they had feeced from
poor emigrants:-
"Poor Connolly, he has departed from the
society of the "Land Shark Gentry" never
more to mingle in the hot chase and fight
with his comrades after the "spois" on
ship-board! Never more will he spring, like
q monkey, to the chains and rigging of
ship, and pounce upon his inocent country.
men, for the purpose ofdecciving and robbing
them of their means and their money which
they had saved to carry them westward"
A New and Singular Disease.
[From the New York Express, June 1911
very eXtraordi iarv disease has IateIv