The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-16
SENTINELl
LOCAL AND PERsUNAI..

election, BY whlsh one member ofthe Board
Of EeuesliOn was q be chosen, and also to
determine the question In regard %, the new
School House, game Offon Monday There
were one hundded and seyeAiy.six woes cast.
They stood as follows:-
For Henry c. Rauney member Of the
Board Of Education, sl ITO
For School Tar, tjasJs srs etis7l Ii7
AgainE Tax, ....r.. So
BY this, il will be seen that the majority 10
favor Of the new School House was SO. Z q
Its proposed 70 build School House at
q cost of SIC. .OOOi $4,000 to be paid the first
yen5, and $4,000 The second year. This
amount jadieictsiy expended. .,whl construct
On elegant and convenient building, amply
sufIicientto 70 aecomodate all lbe children and
youth Of the village. 7sse =, ',,t' il,i,4 ne.
HESRY, C. RAxAEY, ESQ, the new mem
Der Of the Board of Education is gentle
men Of fine attaiBments and excellent bust.
ness Qualifications. He takes deep inter
est in the subject OF Common School educa-,
zion, and will be found an excellent end able
officer. 'yls g,ss 81 sa alist' d-fs.r4 tiai
Y7Fiete gtLsag ssyra- 7Ts 6 If{s' asss .-It51 3s
SuGAR CANE IN PORTAGE CoUSTY.--Mr.
a. D. WRIcuT. has just returned from Gin
cinnati, and brings with him quantity Of
the seed'of the Chinese sugar cane. The
cultivation OF this plunt is attracting great
S'uscntion among the grain aRd fruit growers
Of tho country. zItis found that il can be
successfully raised in any climate and soil
that isi favorable to the growth of Indian
corn. II makes excellent fodder, and when
sown for this purpose, two crops can be
gathered in one season. 1t is planted some.
what in the manner of broom corn; or il in
tcasd.d TO be used in the production Of sugar
should be planted like Indian corn, but the
suckers allowed to grow. 1t isto be hocd
about twice. nadteDded as Is usualwilh corn
Were we fagmer, we should surely obtain
some Of the cune seed and give i, a fair trial
Ii il proves to be us good as recommended
ii 'csnuot fail TO hecome, one OF the mos
valuable pfoaacts iof the country. WI
Persons drsirng 10 obtain the seed, cur
do, so by callibgupon Mr.. Wright, one mile
above Ruvcnna on the turnpike to Cleve
lsdd. or Of ]. C. SUTHERLAND, in Ravenna
Price. 800 per package. s..,
RIMovEp.-. We understand that our frient
1MMAs SPAEKs. is sb,ut 10 remove frou
Ravehna and take up his residence IN tn,
city Of Baltimore. Mr.. Sparks h. been liz
ihc enptoy Of Hall, Herick T. Wrdswcrr,
AID subsequently Hail, ECrricL e. CO., as
boukbiuder. The very lnrs@ amoant of cx
rellcnt work done by him is an abuIldan
evidence OF his skill and industry. NJ tR;ll
understands his business more thorough y
With his habits OF business and superio
Know ledge ol his trade, he caRnot failto b.
successful in his Lcw hume. ..,.
LiQuUR iSSrEcToR. - DR. CHARLES s. LEON
AKD has been srpoiiisd by Judge Lyman
a.;quur ln.p, for Portage county. II !
COED selcctiun. Whether our iricnd Lern
ard intends to inspect by 'hc sword D
mcuii., or,in soale more unusual way, "
are at loss to know. l by the former mode
he will .urely get poisoned before he pro
ceeds halt through, the iiqror estab bi-hment
in tue town Of Rayennn. Goad liquors il
large quantities are brd enough; bu, III
druggcd "nlixturcs' ef modern inveirtisn ar
iiii6iscly worse. a-
A TOWNSHIP WELL SwEErExrD -In til
township oi Deerfeld, in this county, APP t
the 9TH int, there haa been made 1900
pounds Of nipple ugur,sshd 1000 grllon
IL molasscs; and at thai date there was
fine prospect Tor the continuance Of goo
sugar weather for some time to come. o
Jonx LAZARUS, has nude 425 pounds {
sugar and sixty gallons Of molasses froI
thirty trees. This is the argest yield {
sugar from that number of trees we hov
ever known, and we doubt il there, is an
orchard IN the country which can boast [
40 trees from which like aAiount can b
GeheEa. 4 4 D. = ~ "a &fA 20 80 ;
.NEw FiRM-- We understand thut Mcssra
Corrix l. PisNEY, are ubtut receiving
large and handsome stock. Of goods from tn
East, which they v ill open in the new Stor
room, just being fitted up by Robinson, Kin!
T. Co., in the west end OF 7Phenix Blocl
Prosperity attend them. They ure men {
enterprise and business qualifications.
Tartan SEMxARy.-On Monday next til
examination OF the students Of the Tappu
Female Seminary will commence and col
kisue two days. The exercises will no doul
tbe full Of interest and instruction.
On "Wednesday evening following ther
will be on exhibition Of Days Hall. W
expect to see full attendance.
sSUDDEN ILLNESS On Friday last, D
WM. cAlkE. Of Ravenna, was taken sudde
~ III BY an at.ack resembling an epilep'
ras. His life was despaircd Of for conside
able length o: time. A counsel Of ply
clans was Immediately summoned and
the appliances Of medical skill resorted
ITO restore him. The efforts Of the ply
aians we're Euccessful, and he is pow rece