The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-04-15
PORFAGE SENTINEL.
-LooAL AND PERSONAL.

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I'm NorK on THE IHETRMART APPRoPRiA.
rIOHs-Ths number Of votes cast at the
elections on Monday, the 9th inst, for
Inhrmary Appropriation, was 26; the mum.
Der srainst Il was s72s. In our table Of
ihs votes BY townships last week, Palmyrs
was represented as having given 1873 vOtei
Fci. and 81 against the Appropriation. Thi'
Wts IN error in the Clerks return to the
commissioners--it should have been 22t
votes against the Appropriation and none
torlt.
,aecnooL DrREcroR.-D. K. WHEELER
ESQ, was reelected, on Monday last, Al
Member Of the Boufd Of Education of Ra
vsnht Village. The vote stood: D. X.
WAEELKR, 50; C. PRENTIss, l.
& REMorAL.-MlcHAEL STUART, Esq, has
renewed his Law Office to the east end o
Phonix Block, (second story where he will
be happy to see his clients and patrons
See advertisement.
a LEG AMrUrA1KD.-In June 1866, Mr..
isaac ceDAris, of Freedom, was thrown from
. wagon and had IN ankle dislocoted, and
some OF the bones badly broken, the foot
being turned up towards the knee. Ampu.
tatioR was advised at the time, but Mr.. Da.
vis being anxious to save his foot, an effort
was made In that direction: But in vain.
After suffering from that time to this, he at
length, on Tuesday Of last week, submitted
to ampu,a,ion. His leg was taken off be
low the knee. by Doct. PRATT, of this vii
Dge, assisted by Dcct. BENNETT, of Free.
dom, Doctvrs BELDiks, ALcoRN, LEONARD
and Wills, Of Ravenna, and Doct. HAYES,
Oi Shalersville. The amputa,iun was an
entirely successful one. The patient wos
put under the influence of chloroform by
Doct. Willis, and wus wholly insensible to
P'in during the whole operation. He is
now doing well, and has tho prospect of a
speedy recovery.
30 much fer the ,riumphs of surgical
skill and science. Democrat.
The GREAr WESTERN RAILROAD Tin.
der the head OF "Rail Road r, vival," A. N.
GFay contributes very interesting article
Uthe Cleveland Plain Dealer. OF the At.
lsntlc q Great Western Rail Dad, he slyss
"Anwng the roads prof. cted and com.
Mrnced between the years '49 mud '54, some
have been completed at great expense which
are utts rly usPle.s, others that huve been
iorred to stop OH account Of the pressure of
TIE times, are rem their lucntion and mag.
iilhJe bound to b. built and will be. The
n'Oht prominent Oi this class al this time is
the one now known as the "Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad" This road, which
e"n"ists OF three organ srtions chartered by
the different States connects with the New
York & Erie Rond at Great Valley, and with
ahe Ohio and Mississippi at Cine matt, ard
has4S miles in New York, s5 miles in
Pennsylvania, and 244 in Ohio. This road
lhotgh chartered by three differ mt States
has Q unity OF int rest and unity of puf.
pose ard when completed will form Ink
bttwren New York, the metropolis of the
East, with 81. Ltus, the metropolis OF the
West. This connection will be uniform
Ruage of str feet with uniform interest OF
over 100 miles in LEM tn, running through
thegardvn OF the West, and OH the most d.
rct rute for Southwestern and Western
ratrlto the North and E4st.
The HfAdhtinn Of fhia r,,Ad IL in al
vnnced state as . large proportion of the
road bed in the, Ohio (s44 miles) i, ready for
the euperEtTucturr; and the contractors,
Mersers. Doolittlp g. Sirecter, who have the
whole road to build, have already purchased
(Sl.OG0) thirty oae thousand tons OF iron and
made arrangements Tor an amount of money
stricieht to complete the road in the short. !
eel, possible time.
A giunce ut the IN mp ill show any one
ahU h,s Travelled through the county OF its
locaiion, that it will be the great road o:
America Tor the ncxtt t~ enty years. and per.
haps for all the time
The Dayton & Michigan Road. commenc-
sdsin '63 10 being pn,h,t to completion and
Is probably wanted; and the Detreit j. Grand
Haven Road across the Pensula OF Michi
gan will be built aud " i'll puy; the Logans.
Post, Peoria & burlington Road r, qnires
connection from Logunsport, H., t. the
State line OF Illinois. Where travel and
freight sciH 90 without an Improvement it is
safe TO make one. s...