The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-07-29

rived at New York onMonday in the stes m
ship Columbia from Charleston.
OrA live alligator, ninteen feet long,
caught In Texas, was forwarded by railroad
to New York, few days SINCE.
0TMr. John Kinser, one Of the first set
tiers of Seneca county, died at his residence
in Melmore, on Sunday Of last week, aged
80 years.
6TThc Lynn Ne,cs thinks that five have
war with England, the ladies will fight
because of late years they have been accus-
toned to bare arms!
0TWe'have heard of man boasting
that he had brother who was a revolution.
ary hero. 1t came out that the person spo.
ken of was long en- the treadmill.
GFJ. Edgar Thompson, has been elected
President Of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne u
Chicago Railroad Company, vice George W.
Cass, resigned.
GTIn Chicago, on Independece Day, Il
German held in his mouth fire cracker and
touched ii off. His tongue and cheeks were
lacerated and two of his teeth blown out.
6TCincinnati is now the largest horse.
market in the United States, and during one
week, lately forty thousand dollars worth OF
horses were sold at various stables.
Loefner, the Cincinnati murderer, is
endeavoring to starve himself. On the 18th
inst. he had neither euten or spoken foI
five days. He refuses to partaAe Of food.
OEOnly a single copy of the Londor
Times is allowed to enter France, and thu
is sent to Paris in sealed envelope from
Boulogne especially addressed to Napoleon
himself.
ORA woman in Lancaster, Pa, recentl.
got man, named Lochlin, TO marry her b.
giving him $75. Ever since the marriag
the ufFectionate couple have been on
drunken spree, which resulted on Thursda
night, in the husband throwing his witt
out Of window.
/ OF MIR. John Shakespeare died at Langl
Priory on the 10th Of June, in his eight
third year. The deceased will be remem
bered for his princely bencyoence in givin
the SUN of E5, 900 for tie purchase and tn
preservation of Shakespeare's house a
iStratford, on-Avon. -....
OFAn effort is being made to raise vs.,
900 in Hartford and vicinity, Conn, to pur
chase the works of Bartholomew, the sculp
tor, pay off all his debts, and have some
thing over to contribute to the support @
his widowed mother. Col. Sam. Colt j
down for $500; there are two or three dowI
for $3.50, and several for $500.
OLA popular actor Of Philadelphia wen
to Cape May few days since. He acciden
tally left his watch on the dressing table,
A friend going to the Cape took in down.
In conjunction with q few others, he got VI
a complimentary presentation. A presenta
ton speech was made, and the reply wa
gratefully eloquent. A feast followed, afte
which, on going to his room, he opened th'
case which enclosed the watch, aud found
to be the one he left at home.
or The Cambridge Chronicle says that
broker in Boston recently purchased Of tn
heirs of an old man, ninety. -four years Of age
who died recently in Burnstable county,
quantity of coin which had evidently bee
honrded up many years. The deceased own
ed the house and land which he occupied
but it was not supposed that he owned muc
property besides, although he was known t
be close and miserly. After his death hi
I, premises were searched, and specie Of var
, Gus kinds wos found to the amount of fft
t thousand dollars.