The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-05-07
PORTAGE SENTINEL.
fooAI, AMI PERSONAL


TxMrKHAxcs IN HIHcoRr0EGeKD VnLA0Es.
I'VE heard il stated upon Che street day
or two ago, upon the authority Of o. p.
Brown. that the Legislature had passed a
temperance law authorizing the Council Of
sny borough or Incorporated villsge to en-
Get just sach laws as they might choose,
prOhibitsry or otherwise. in reference 10 the
manufaeture and sale ofintOxiesting liquors.
This empowers the Town Council Of Ra.
vienna to pass Maine Law u they choose.
The Democrat takes different ground, and
,clsims that the law Is unchanged. The fol.
lowing 10 the section: " -. 80
sEcrIoH I. Be it enacted b. he General
Assembly of Rs STATE Of Ohio, That section
Swenty Eve Of an actlato provide for the or
Rsnization of cities and Incorporated villa.
Ees," passed May Sd, 1859, be 50 amended
as to read as follows: All municipal corpo-
nations, organized or to be organized, under
Ehis act, except incorporated villages for
special purposes, shall have the power to
regulate or prohibit all theatrical exhibitions
end public shows, and all exhibitions OF
whatever name or nature, for which mouey
or any other reward Is in any msnner de.
msnded or received: Provided, that lectures
on historic, literary or scientific subjects
shall not como within the provisions OF this
section; to regulate or prohibit the sale Of
oil horses, or other domestic animals, at
public auction, in the streets, alleys or high
ways; to regulate and license or prohibit
the suetioneering Of goods, wares aud aer.
ehandise, imported into any such city or .in-
corporated village for the purpose Of being
sold at public suction; to regulate Hearts.
wagons, drays, hackney coaches, omnibus.
ses, and every description Of carriages that
may be kept for hire and all livery stables;
to regulate taverns and other houses for
public entertainment, anc to regulate or
PROHIBIT ale and porter shops and houses,
and places for significant or habitual resort
for tippiing and intempcrence. s.
Giving the ordinary and natural construc.
ton 70 the foregoing language, it does abso.
latelx empower the Town Council to regu-
late and prohibit all beer shops, eiPpGng
houses. &c. p
II the Legislature had possessed a single
grain Of moral courage, they would have
passed law and made It applicable to the
whole State instead of imposing that duty
upon the different towas and cities of Ohio.
AS it Is, however. the responsibility rests
solely with the Town Council.
"A DAnGERous CHARACTER, James BAx.
TER, living in the South West corner Of
Shalersville, on Thursday lastset fire to his
house and barn and burned them both to
the ground. All the personal property in
them was also destroyed. Tt is said that Mr..
Baxter has, for some time past, been drink.
ing quite too freely, SO much SO, indeed, that
i'm q fit of insanity similar to de!rium tre-
meme, he had threatened to take the life of
his wife, and she had fed from the premises.
After some days she ventRred TO return. As
soon as Baxter discovered this, he went into
the house, fastened the doors, and began a
search after her. While be was in one part
of tire building, she succeeded i'm escaping
from the other side. Falling TO find her,
and believing her TO be secretcd in the house.
lie proceeded to the bed and set it on fire.
After this he went out aud fastened the door
behind him. Most foreanstely his wife es'
capped. Such aTe the facts as we'll as We
are able to gathey them. Wehope our in.
formation will prove TO be incorrect. II
the above statements are true. Baxter is un
s
.doubtedly laboring under insanity caused by
intoxicating liquors. But from whatever
cause, he il dangerous man, and osgbt not
20 be suffered to 60 at large in the comsnu.
nifty. This attempt to nsvrder his wife Is
most inhuman and unnatural. If allewed
his freedom, the lives and property of his
neighbors are constantly in danger.
CAPITuLATIoN.--O Our readers doubtless
remember the difficulty that has existed for
some time between the Hiram Eclectic In.
stitute and Bethany College, Va. respecting
liberty OF speech, dismissal Of some students
that formerly attended the Eclectic Institute
and other matters too numerous to be men.
,tioneH in a aparagraph. Suffice 1t to soy that
many words passed between the parties. ant
the matter settled down into kind OF sub
ordipats issue between freedom and slavery
The April number. Of the Milleanial Har'
binger for the present yesr, coataias let
Ter from A.. s. HAYDEN, President of tht
Eclectic Institute, which Is regarded as I
.capitulation to Bethany College. and com
plete surrender, Of all the ground claimed b,
the Eeisstic institute. We hope to hea
mo moresbout " Northern Doughtaces?.Ge
= tthe Harbinger, reader, and judge for your
:. self. -, N u; - s9s .,,.. M. /,
fTHE BRIDGE CoaTRAcTs.The Demo
rydg Of last week, called upon Us to publis
ahe letter we had received from Palmyra il
reference toahe bridge contracts, which W
do cheerfully. The letter will be found i
another column. dtis plain statement Q
facts. We believe Mr.. Robinson to be perfect
y responsible for what he says, and unles
We are very much mistaken, the Cemmis
aioners have been guilty of fayoritisn
to call II by no harsher term, which jYstl
subjects them to censure. ',. =, ..s
CoRaEcTloH.--In our last Issue, we inat
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