The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-06-17
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If July celebration.
0TThe corner stone of the new college {
,difice, at Bethany, Va, was laid, with i'm.
posing ceremonies, on the 31st ult.
GFMiss Sarah Pellet, lady who has
arrieG in Utah, is delivering lectures in Bos.
Ton, on the MOrmons.
OF c. R. BuckaIew, Of Pennsylvania is
10 60 to one Of The South American ports as
Minister Resident, at $500 year.
0HrThe Erie Con ference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church will be held this year at
Meadville.
61rThe city of Troy, New York, with
population OF only $4,000, owes debt of
over $1,OOo,ooo.
6rThe Richmond Enquirer denies most
empha,ically that Gov. Wise will be can.
didate for the Presidency in 1860.
OF Lewis Cass, Jr., has resigned his mis-.
sion at Rome, the resiGnition to take effect
when his successor shall be appointed.
6rA new counterfeit bank note is de.
scrbed as huving for its vignette ga female
with rake in her lap" Such notes can be
initiated.
OTThe gold fever in Iowa is abating. -
Some of the gold seekers have returned from
prospecting with their pockets full of-ex-
perience.
or Col. Harris, Of Illinois, when chal-
lenged by Hughes, ofIndianu, the other day,
named the weapons, muskets-distance, ten
PAGES.
| 1T"Dipsonaniacs" is q word coined in
England to denote persons who have
craving for intoxicating drinks, that par
takes Of insanity.
TMustang ponies sell in Texas now at
from twenty to thirty.fve dollars. Six
months ago the lowest price was seventy.
five dollars.
rThe Secretary OF the Navy has issued
general order for the usual Manifestations
of respect to the memory Of Commodore Ap
Catesby Jones.
T The Washington correspondent Of the
New York papers mention that J. B. Steed.
man has disposed of The House printing to
c. Wendell, of the Union.
: GA genius cut west has just patented a
machine for making chestnsts out Of sweet
potatoes. He is brother to the old gentle.
man who put handles to prickly pears, and
then sold them for curry.combs.
Il Hiram Cole isto be tried in the Ashta-
bula Court Of Common Pleas in Sept. next
change ofvenue having been granted. He
is confident Of acquittal on the charge Of
having murdered his wife.
GIVE see that the miscellaneous uppro.
priation bill before the House contains
on item of $7,l00 for grading, paving, ant
fencing the grounds, and for furnishing the
Custom House, at Cleveland, Ohio.
, OF After the clergyman had united
happy pair not long ego, an awful silence
ensued, which was broken by an impatien
youth excIaimng, "Don't be SO unspcakQH,
happy"
GA reformed burglar in New York say
that in most cases where houses are robbed
entrance is obtained through the servau
: girls sweethearts, who sometimes seek thei
acquaintance for no other purpose.
= or The Hartford (Conn.) papers men
f ton sordid wretch who exhumed the bod
t of his wife, after it had been in the grave
year, and took from the coffin set of falls
teeth that he might coin the gold plate int
money.
GA young mechanic in Baltimore ho
constructed complete model Of Mt. Vernon
' house, estate, tomb and all, in wood. 1t i
5 said to be curious specimen of the art o
carving. 1t occupies space Of twenty fee
square.
OF Reary, the horse trainer, is said to b
: impurting his secret to the ladies Of Londor
II and they are using their knowledge in train
Z. ing their t:uant lords. 1t is said to wor
y admirably. Like Merchants Garging Oil
it is GOOD Tor Man Or Beast"
!, or The comptroller Of New York adver
s tises for three State loans; amounting in III
= aggregate to 81 $780, 600, the highest intere
r allowed to be per ceRt. 1t is expecte
these loans will command handsome pr
n miums in the market.
az Gen. Houston in eulogizing his a
e colleague in the Senate, Mr.. Henderson,
= reported to have been so effected by his fec
e ings of sorrow as to have shed tears. Fl
, had not spoken to him, while living f
# many years. Such is politician humanit
!, OF George D. Prentice, the editor of II
~ Louisville Journal, has enrolled himself
4 member of the Sons of Temperance
!. He Joined them on the night of the 27t
It and made, it is said, some very touching r
= marks upon his past life, and his prospe
- ,. for the future.
0TJudge Potter held, at the recent ter
70 - of the Court of Common Pleas, that wht
the parties residing in Ohio are incapable
1t contracting marriage, one of them being
IS minor, and the consent Of the parent bell
:. withheld, and the parties, to evade the la,
% of the State, proceed to I'm adjoining Stat
,e and there enter into the marriage contrac
and then return to their former domicil, tn
81 oo,,t not n ~ ook ne;do n mn