The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-30
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FDead-Col. Herr, proprietor oil Hers
Hotel, Harrisburg, Pa,
rUp in the Figurcs-Thc mercury and
all kinds Of provisions.
GTThe Columbus Statesman has been
purchased by Col. George w. MOnnYpenny.
GrDr. Previtt, of Columbus, has been
appointed United States Consul to Valpar'
also.
0rrA new daily paper is to be started in
Cleveland shortly. In politics it will be
neutral.
OTOn Dit-That Bayard Taylor is to be
married to the daughter of an astronomer in
Germany.
OF The weavil is said TO be destroying
the wheat in Genesce county, N. Y, at q
terrible rate.
GTJohn Beswick, un Englishman, has
been arrested at Marietta, o., for the mur-
der OF his wife.
0TThe two back wings of the Planters
House in Dayton were destroyed by fire on
Thursday last.
GOur exchanges say that tic sugar
plantations Of Louisiana give promise Of an
abundant yield. ....
'01J The Paf;sidn doctors are discussing
the propriety Of returning to the early PrOc-
tice of'burning the dead.
'Gr1fc Village has been Unusually duIl
this week, Local items are as scarce as
dollars in the State Treasury.
GrTrue-Jenkns says that nine tcnths
of the modesty and turtle soup aflout now a
days is very much ulike-u mock article.
6TThe proprietor Of the steamer Wander.
bit has reduced The price of the first class
cabin passage, from New York to Liverpool,
to $iOo. .......
GrFredcrick Brown, E!q, the well.
known stock raiser of Hudson, is spoken of
rs Republican candidate for Senator from
this district.
GrThe Lehigh (Pa) Register says that
the first fire engine in the United States is
in the town of Bethlehem. Ii was built in
London in les7.
| G3-The Kormons have a church in New
York city numbering 500 members. The
sect is proseiytins and establishing churches
in different parts Of Connecticut.
OHTA little girl was recently charmed by
q black snake in Chatauque county, N. Y.
In ten years hence, it is presumed, she will
revenge herself by charming some young
man.
OTMrs. "Uncle Tom" Stowe arrived at
Rome early in April. We shall hear short
ly we presume, whether she kissed, the
Pope's toe or the Pope kissed Harriet Bee.
cher Stowe.
6T"A Perrctt grick"--Mr. l.. G. Tib.
balls, Of Talmsdge. Summit county, recently
moulded ~ band. seven thousand and two
hundred bricks in five hocrs4-- being at the
rate oftwenty.four bricks per min@te.
GApproaching-The "song of the reap
ers", and the rustic of the golden grain as i
bends beneath the keen edge of the husband
mans scythe. Better than ell The operas
f sung since the "good Old days of Adam unt
, Eve.
G-FormerIy women were piolibited from
marrying until they had spun set of be'
7 furniture, and hence were entitled spinster
. until married. A morose old bachelor o
: forty five, remarked, "Now days, they spil
. street yarn" We "looked daggers" at him
GFOn tombstone il cemetery at Sa,
Diego, Cal, is said TO be the following in
:, Scrption: "This.yer is sakred to the mem
Dry Of William Henry Skraken, who cdm t
his deth by bein shot with Colts revolver
wun of the old kind, mountid and of such j
the kidgaum of hcaving."
S 6c7-"co yo'Gi; keep nails here!" asked
t sleepy looking lpd, as he walked into stor
8 near our Office tie other day. eyes," re
. piled the gentlemanly clerk, eve Keep a
$ kinds of nails, what kind will you have, nm
d how msny!" "Well," said the boy, "I
d take pound of finger nails and Ga
e pound Of toe nails." Exit boy, with the to
of we'll nailed boot close in his rear
!. O5-The 81. louis Leader tells of scGn
l. lad about twelve years of age, who wa
Z !, firing off crackers on the 4th, when rookie
d fired horizontally, struck him on the cheel
IS knocking him fiat and infcting sever
'f wound. The youngster got up all covere
with blood but did not cry, and when olic
:. ted to 60 into drug store and have h
'e wound dressed, replied: ooh, thunder yc
can't put my name in the papers, no how
< A few seconds afterwards he was seen
le the crowd as spry as ever.
l. DemOcT3tic Candidates.