The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-01-24

An injunction has been granted against
the Canandnigua and Niagara Falls Rail-
road Company, and an order made for th
sequestratiOn Of all the property of the cor
peration. Gideon Granger is the receiver.
Andrew York, son Of a widow at Coshoc.
ton, was crushed to death on the ist inst, be-
tween two freight cars which some boys were
pushing on the track for amusement.
FAMILY MURDEBs.-The New York Her.
aid says:
In connection with murders, we find, by
referring 10 our record, that there were
killed during the past year
Wives by their husbands. - Sc
Husbands by their wives. 6
Children by-their parents. 81
Parents by their children. 5
Brothers by brothers. = 8
Auditor Dunn, of Indiana, will give out
no more State Bonds for free bank money.
He discontinued The business on last Satur-
day. Hegoes out of Office in few days and
is putting his house in order. a
OYsTERs.-Nine cargoes, consisting Of
about fifteen thousand bushels Of oysters, ar
rived at Boston few days ago, oil from
Tangier. Va. Verify, times are improving in
that respect, and that direction.
A son Of Lyman Little, of Marion, aged
l3, took dog and went into the woods
hunting on the Sd. Not returning at night,
search was made the next morning, and he
was found dead under fallen hollow tree,
to which he had doubtless set fire and then
lain down to rest,
TITLE of D. D The New York Post
says the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church has adopted rule in the Synod that
the title of d. D. shall not hereafter be at
tached to the names of any Of their Minis
ters.
MELANCHOLY SuIcIDE.-A boy II years
of age, named George Belden, being accus-
ed of stealing small sum of money, in
West Rocky Hill, Conn, a few days since
went out and hung himself in the barn, where
! he was found dead shortly afterwards.
The Albany Register speaks of the man
uiacture of paper from bass-wood as no Ion
ger doubtful experiment. A, number of
copies Of that paper have been printed upon
bass-wood paper, and it pronounces the arti-
Gle smooth and ofa slight creamy color, RI
ther pleasant TO the eye than otherwise.
Capt. Ethan A. Allen, the last surviving
son Of Gen. Ethan Allen, of the Ameri-
can revolution, died at his residence in Nor
/ fork county Virginia, on the 9th instant,
in the 77th year of his age. He was born
in Vermont graduated ut West Point. enter
ed the United States army in 1904, and left
/ it when. the army was reduced in 1921.
The STATE OF SupER1oE.-M Sherman,
member of the Michigan Legislature from
Lake Superior region, has given the House
notice that he will introduce joint rcsolu-
ton, instructng our Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress''to set off, the upper
peninsula of this State into Territory to be
known as the Territory of Superior. .
The British screw propeller Canada has
been taken by the British Government to
convey troops TO the crimea. 1t will he
some months before it will again take its
place in the, line to the United States. 3D.
The island Of Kits is suffering heavy NOR
tality from cholera. Out Of a population of
of 24,0u0,as many as 1865 had been carried
off within very short time.
| DEATH OF a VETERAN PRINTER Mr.
JAMES NJ. ROCHE, the Oldest practical prin-
ter in Delaware, died at Wilmington, on
Thursday, aged seVenty-four yeaIs. lie
worked at his case almost cons tantiy up to
the time of his decease
There were 1914 bales Of cotton clear
ed at New Orleans on the 9th instant as
follows: For Liverpool, 1884, for Havre,
5,9l3; for Rotterdam, 1907.
The Shields ARTILLERY, Of Boston, one of
the Companies ordered to b.. disbursed BY
GARDNER, the Known Nothing Governor Of
Massachusetts, have refused to obey the Or
der, and are determined to test the legality
and constitutionality o! the Governors do :
ngs. A good deal of interest is felt in the
matter, by the people, and the end is not
yet.
Rev. JOHN MOORE, u Universalist Clergy
gyman, man of fine appearance, "respect-
able rotundity of bolt" and considerable
ability, is nominated by the Know-Nothings
in New Hampshire for the office of Cover
nor of that State. Poor fellow! His pres
ent low estate proves the truth of that af-
fectng passage of Scripture, which says
that accidents will happen in the best of
families"
UP AND ABOUT AGAIN.-The Ohio river,
4 confined to its bed all summer, is up again.
The steamboats, are consequently doing q
brisk and big business between Wheeling,
: Cincinnati, Louisville and other places.
The other day young man in Delaware
county, Pa, seeing u large flock Of looms
in marsh, struck one with stone and SO
wounded it that he caught it. The bird made
u screech and all the flock came to the res
cue, picked him in the face and other parts
of the body with their sharp bills, to such
degree as nearly to overpower HIM lie
called Justify for help, and after assistance