The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-03-19
'P0RYAGE SENTfNEL.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.


LOCAL AND Personal.
A sr1rrfnnnr was4fo.-Ths under
signed is desirous 70 settle his old accounts
With subscribers. Ills nov nesrly SIX months
since the formation of the partnership with
Mr.. sOnERyILLE. and yet not one half Of the
smount aeeruiHg on advertising, subscrip.
don and job work, before that time, has been
paid. These old accounts mgss be settled.
issm 'let AIPHoEsO HART.
TKK SpHrHe ELKcTIoN. take the pres
cent opportunity, not BY any means too early,
To arouse the Democracy Of this county on
the. coming Of The spring elections, which
takes Pffre~On The first Monday OF April.
end also on the importance OF thorough
Organization. Democrats should at once
commence the work Of organising themf
selves in the different townships, if they
have not already done 50. The value Of
eomrlete understanding In our runks pre-.
sious to an eleetion, cannot be too highly
estimated. The importance Of the next
eampsign In this State, which will be hot
and sIose contest, renders n highly neces.
sary that every officer in the several town.
ship should be secured BY the Democrats.
If our Democratic friends will inform US
Of the time and place Of holding their pri-
mary mcetings in the different townships,
wewill publish such information in our col
umns--gratis, of course.
-- @H' "t
You've MEH's LYcEuM--PRoF. MARviu's
LEcruRE. The Town Hall was filed 10
oyeraowing, on Friday evening last. with
an audience comprising vast array Of all
classes of our community, on the occasion
ofProf. MAKviH's lecture before the Young
Mems Lyceum. The subject chosen BY him
being that of"Thoughts and Thinkers
vas treated in most mastery style. and
we feel confident none were disuppoi' ted
in the intellectual entertainment Of the
evsning The stirring character Of the age
in which we liye--the progress Of education
the blessings OF civil and religious free.
dom, which ARE so pre- eminently ours
were successfully dwelt upon As topics OF
his admirable address, and with a vividness
Of illustration and felicity Of dlction, which
riye,ed the attention and excited the warm.
sst in,erss, of oil who heard it.
.RrMoyAL OF THE "BULL's HEAD."-Pass-
inp down Chestnut street on Tuesday last,
we observed one OF our delinquent patrons
carrying box of candles across the street
We we're on the point Of seeking out the
owner and cau,ioning him agninst employ
ing the fellow, when our attention was at
trscied to a large barrel which two men
were carrying from the "Bull's Head" k
\ building nearly opposite. We then un
derstood the whole affair. The "Bull''
Head" was being removed, and the fellow
who had diddled US 10 the amount Of 81 sc
wSs assisting in the work, "for and in con
alteration" Of glass Of viIlainous whiskey
We had supposed that when the buildins
in which the proprietor Of the "Bull's Head
dealt out his mixture was urdsred to be re
aoved in accordance with the rcquisitiOn o
the Commissioners, that it would be discon
tinted, or at least driven over the canal
We supposed thai there wss not a man II
Ravenna who would aid in keeping in ex
istence this foul blot upon the good name o
our town, but we have been disappointed
The owner of the building may get few
dollars in the shape Of rent; but will he hav'
that peace Of mind which consciousness
doing right engenders! .'545I
RAvLxxA GLASS WoRKs.--The Rnvenn
Glass Company is now fully organized an'
prepared to commence business operations
T.. SrALpixG, E.q., has been appointed Pres
idept. and JAMss NJ. WELLs, Of New Jer
sey, Superintendent. Ths Building Con
ai,.es, consisting OF Msssrs. DAY, TERRI
and Wells, intend prosecuting the werl
with such activity that the necessary o"lio
legs may be in readiness for the manvtac
ture Of glass by the lst Of August next
Mr. Wells, the Superintendent, is gentle
msn Of eaterprise and energy, and under h
management we have 10 doubt but that tn
anticipetions Of the most sangune Will b
realized. We need scarcely say that tn
enterprise has our best wishes for success
HonE AND Elm reviewing tli
whole Burdell case, the thought that IRE
sistably impresses tselfupon the mind,
the need and value OF a home, and its hr
manizing i. fiuences. There. under that roo
were assembled group OF persona to who'
nothing was aacred---a household wit ho,
the sanctities of home.
We need homes, not boarding houses an
hotels. Everything becomes Profane
such places. The interminable gossip
Semoralizing; the coarse contact neutralize
the iner shades Of character; the improv
denne IL enpenders drives away all hone