The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-11-19


} visions. wss held at Spring Garden Hall Oh
Tuesday evening. Col. VIM. H. English
presided. Resolutions were adopted, de
elafing il TO be da,y T. resist the lmpo
sition OF heavy prices upon the leading arii
cles Of toud, Pledging the parties concerns
in the meeting TO pay no more than IS cents
pound for bu:t'r, IL cents Tor Betf, 10
cents for veal and pork, 8 cents fer mutton
and 60 cents per bushtl for pot toes; and ap.
pointing Committee Of TIN to take measure,
for procuring provisions in large qluniitrS
i direct from the country, to be sold T. the
consumers lt cost prices. If The retail deal
! ers refuse 10 consent TO the scale Of prices
indicated, the meeting Pledg' d itseli to pur
chase none Of the nrlicls med Tor the
spacSof Thirty dsys from date. a 'omn.it
, tee WIS aPpOip'ed to report UI. Moi day even
ing.
There is great destitu,ion nj d ,utr .rins in
some sections Of MihIesuta. A runmitt G
from SteurSs county IS arrived ut 81. p ii
to s licii uid CT prso"s in that reriun. whn
are said 70 he On tie verge sta: raIinn-
The crops TOR the past two years in the
county have be n DESTROYED by crcs.pupp"rs,
and ! OF u buShrl OF whept t ur oats hqs been
gathered. 1t is supposed that abJut OU0
persons require immediate hid.
An Industrial Wuman's Associatinn has
been frmed in Philadelphia, 'or the urtose
Of nfforGirg relief TO the desuntr women in
that city. 1t is proposed to, devise means
Tor sending the unemployed To III West
The State Of Indiana, it is,said can furnish
work ut once Tor 600 women. The rver
towns 0i Iowa ul>o cGll Tor 1000. Mrs
Sarah ]. Hale, the uu' liurcss, is named Us
THE probable President OF The new organ ~.
tion. The proposition WIS b uach'd at
public meeting held 1t II e Mu lea II Ill .n
"Wednesday evening, and the arrange nens
will be set on foot Immediately.
The whole nua Der OF per "rs thrown : ui
Of employmsnt by the slrppase Of tire ex
tensive manu- ucturing establishments of
Manyunk, (PhiladcIphia.) 10 ,stim,lcd at
30CO
AT N,ristOwn, Penn, some 1000 pcru
tives are unemployed.
In Ph,lpd,Iphr, 4oce the panic beg.r,
nine Wad Huw rd Associations h We b en-
fDrn ed to atf I'd ieliei to The d stitute. The
German press Of Philadelphia discounter-
ances the recent proceedings nf the Germ n
citizens ut their mass meeting, lh" pnrtici
pant, of which wanteo' bread or war" " Tile
DenohrOt declare, tn It ,hos. VIII, tux ua,l
in the meetii Z ''made lhens' Ives riri uIru<
before their reasonable cuun'rymrn
In Boston, the organ z,ti N known rs the
New England Prot Give Union," esIab
li-hed tor the supply Of the nec"ssarirs Of
lie 10 Consumers ut cot prices, has estab-
ing year, headed BY Francis Phelps, Yer.
moi, ~ President. General Purrhasi"G
Agents have bccn appointed for Boat Ii and
New York.
None OF the b,,ks in the Brit h Pr Vim
ces hive susp p.nlhl sptci, r'yments, al.
though the Halifax banks nri vv,in' ot ,I.
county b'uks refuse = give ny discounts
The 81. John banks cuntiu' T. Gr,w on
Boston and New YORK !or modera sums at
current rutcs.
The SoUth Carolina crops have been
abundant. l., has been pr p + Il 'u c.'ti
butte -four snd Lreadstnif- t"r III : ro. :
tae sufferers II, the North, and Vi riU ,.t
Of the State Offer trdnspor'a; .r". %
charge to any destination. j. - '.@
that Ralf0ad Companies cls7wl," t..
this cSsmpe.
The ladies' Of Pittsbur h, h'lia! upp' d.
swing plan. have 70 med thrms,vt, .
, clubs Of ten or more, aud purch >ri -rAin.
machines, with the intehtion ~ i'g ih
usual expenditure for Srwi' & Ni"w j..
dies, living tjI"ent TO carb 9TH r agree ro
purchase good family r ch@", rpra
| $IC0 10 $l25; ter tc tamli the nrtli#.
! ouiI co,l $40 rar',, or f. H,ij e. So"
! rach. or twenty i'miilcs So ,a,h
a prbc mrri"a ret a., ii! aGtrs rr ,l
rtlici u III, poo V2s hrId 10 P..j&.I. @ia
ON Tnr~d,y evening. a c,unnr.. % Ii g..
s app ,ined'rl c,tr.ct pl,n i op.l.
tIoi,s, to report IA F.iaa}.
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