The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-16

the Town Council, just south Of the Court
House, is a pool Of standing water and altb,
which is not only disgrace to the village,
but which, if allowed to remain, cannot fail
to be productive Of disease and sickness. =
We invite the attention Of the BoOrd Of
Health to the matter, and respectfully ASK
il the same cannot be removed. 1t has been
supposed that The Town Council would soon
commence grading the above mentioped
grounds, and in this way improve the sp.
Peafance and health of the. village, We
presume they will yet do it, but their move.
ments are exceedingly slow, and thus far
quite inefficient. If vote were taken by
the citizens upon the subject, we feel assur.
ed that large majority would be in favor of
grading and fen cling the grounds immediate.
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A SERIES OF PHONETIC School BooKs.-
1t will crafty our phonetic friends to, learn
that Longley Brothers, of Cincinuatij Horr
Brothers and ]. M'Kinlay, of Dubuque, iowa,
and DR.. James Aduir, of Mendoza, ILL.,, have
formed a partnership, under the name oil
LoNGLEYs, HoBR g., Co, with a cash capi.
tai Of twenty-five thousand dollars, to pub
lish a series Of Phonetic School Books for
the schools of the United States. The series
embraces Geography and Atlas, Grammar,
Arithmetic, Gazetteer, and History of the
United States. The company further state
"our issues will not be confined to the mere
class books for common schools works on
the various sciences embraced in finished
education, will also be published as ropitily
as possible-some of them at an early day.
Two or three Readers will be put in hand
Immediately, so that the schools in which
the Phonetic Primer may be introduced In
August or September will be supplied with
the necessary books to continue their Pho.
netic classes" Truly, bright day is com.
ing. for Phohetics. Our readers may as we'll
procure the Phonetic Dictionary of the En-.
glish Language and be prepared for it. "a
'oOrd to The 'otse Is sufficient.
Is 1T TRUE I'VE clip the following from
a Stark county paper. Is it true! If so,
the young man in the. town of w, in
Portage county, should have his name quiet.
.ly circulated among the ladies of that place,
that they may know what to expect when he
invites them to accompany him on pleasure
excursion, and give an answer accordingly.
The common dictates of good sense would
teach man different rule of action, and
none but boor, both by education and ma.
ture, would ever give cause for such report.
: A young man of the town of W, in
Portage county, Ohio, lately visited Cleve-
land, accompanied by afair damsel. The
young man having neve: Been from "hum,"
was somewhat accustomed to the "usages
OF the, word:'a He put up at the Weddqll,
and ordered dinner, which in due, time, be.
ing announced, the'~goung gallant boldly
walked into sumptuous repast, leaving the
young ludy alone in the sitting room. After
partaking of meal thatastonished his stonii.
ach' ne returned:ioh bis companion--w was
rather astonished at this pfoceeding-and
remarked, "Thut,dnner WIS darned good
why didn't you bay some9'' The above is
on aetaal faets which the Cincinnati Com.
n7eTcta! vquches for. The lady was sixteen
hours without anything TO eat. y a
BRAKEMAN KI1lED.--A coal train, which.
passed up to Cleveland in the night of Sat,
nrday last, on the Cleveland g. Pittsburgh
Railroad, on reaching Macedonia missed one
Of its brakemen. On Sabbath morning, an
engine was dispatched to go, down the line
to look up the missing man. His body was
ound in the, !Cuyuhoga river, at the bridge
our miles north, from this villsge--from
which it would seem that he was knocked
rom the train into the river, while passing
he bridge. No other particulars known.--,I
Same or residence ofthe deceased not ascer.
aimed. >. -, ::
LArER.--The name Of the deceased was
5lENRX TrNk. a Prussian, by birth--had lived
n Cleveland; had no fumly.--D:mocrat. !
RAIN AND ,SUNsHrNE.-For ten days past,
We have had Succession of show ers and
quite remarkable for the season
ind locality. The richness and rapidity of
yrowth which characterzes the grains and
egetab!es, almost everywhere, is without
arallel. We are sure to have an abun-
\
lance; mind that. Nothing that gloomy
and evil prophecies can do, will
hange the result. Plenty is sure to crown
he labors OF the husbandman. Go forth,
hen, to the work before you with happy
learts and willing hands. Rejoice and be
lad in the rich promises which the rain and
unshine offer. 49,.
Prosecution WITHDgAWN. The crimi.
al prosecution against Prof. SPENCER, for
n alleged robbery in franklin, has been
This was done upon the ground
hat the EVIDENCE was insufficient to convict.
nd it was deemed wise not to put the State
the expense whice would necessarily be
1curred by Indictment, trial, etc. A civil
cton has been commenced against him to
scover the money, andalso damages for
ther injuries sustained.
FREE kovE DocTRINE REJEcTED.-We un.
erstand that the Free Love doctrine. advo.
ated on: the Fair Grounds. two weeks ago,