The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-09-02
PORTAGE SENTINEL.
LOCAL. AND PERs0NAti:

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NATURALIZATION.
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Depart every Tuesday and Thursday at 8, A. M
PosT OFFICE AT RAvENSA-
open at 7,3O, A. NJ. CLOSE at 8 IN. Daily,
Sundays excepted. R.A. GILLETTE, r. M.
The TELEGRAPH BY ELEcTRIcITY.-Last
week, DR.. H. T. Child delivered lecture
in Philadelphia, upon the subject of the At
lantic Telegraph. We gather from it some
interesting dates and facts, which are worth
preserving. He referred to Franklin, who
had commenced to reply to Heavens ques.
tion 10 Job, "Can't thou send the lightnings,
that they may 60, and say unto thee, here
we are!" then entered upon the philosophy
Of human discoveries, and noticed the num-
Der of claimants for every important inven.
ton. This introduced the history Of the
telegraph by electricity. Wood, of Eng
land, discovered it in 1876. Winkler, of
Leipsic, 10 I746, discharged Leyden jar
through wire, the river Plesis forming
part of the circuit.
DR.. Watson, in England, in l747, ex-
tended the experiment to four miles, and
suggested the Telegraph by Electricity
DR.. franklin. in l74S, set fire to spirits by
on electric current sent across the Scuylkil.
In 1884, Lomond, Of France, telegrHphed to a
neighboring room by using pitch balls. In
1898, Betancourt established an electric
telegraph between Madrid and Arangues,
tweuty.six miles. In 1916, DR.. John Red.
mond Cox, of Philadelphia, proposed to es-
tublish an electric telegraph. In 1919,
Oersted, of Copenhagen, invented the elec-
tro-maguetic fluid, by which telegraphing
is accomplished. In 1881, Prof. Henry,
now of Washington, formed magnets OF
great power, without which it is impossible
at present to telegraph. In 1882, Baron
Schilling, of Russia. made telegraph by
striking bell. In June, 1887, in England,
Cook and Wheatstone took out their patent.
In October, of the same year, Prof s. F. B.
Morse, OF New York, entered his caveat for
an electro magnetic telegraph.
In 1874, the first telegraph line was built,
from Washington to Baltimore; Congress
appropriated $4,000 for the purpose. In
lS45, line was run from New York, through
Philadelphia, t. Wilmington, Delaware. In
ten years the combined length Of lines was
greater than the globes circumference.
In l546, John J. Craven, of Newark. N
j., covered wires with gutta percha, and
used them in q creek between Elizabeth
City and Newark. In 1850, the first sub.
marine cable was deposited from England
to France. twenty.four miles. Since then
various other lines have been submerged
amounting to 2SG8 miles in all
A SwrNDLER.-W. w. GRANGER, who is
now, or was formerly, Principal of Com,
merciOl College at Columbus, has been in.
debted to this office in the sum of 5000 fol
the past eighteen months. During that
time, he promised to pay on four different
Oecusions, but when the time came arounc
the "pewter was not on hand" IIc finally
guve us his note for the amount, payable ir
three months after date. The note came to
maturity on tho 9th of August, and was sen
through Robinson, King u Co., to Colum'
bus, for collection, and returned to US dis
houored. From all we can learn, the note
will be very useful in the way of lighting /
cgar-nothing more.
Will our brethren of the press pass Mr.
Granger around!
The TELEGRAPHlC CELEBRATIoN.-Tht
cities Of New York, Philadelphia, London
Alliance, ETC., probably feeling little cha
grned that Ravenna should get the start o
them in celebrating the success Of the AT
lantic Telegraph Cable, had demonstra
tions yesterday, which for magnifcence, it il
said, were n,vt surpassed. Some OF our Ci
tizens ere of the opinion that we shoult
repeat our celebration, but after reflection
it was thought best to be content with the
honor OF having those large towns copy Of
ter US. In this connection, it may be pro
per for US TO state that the Committee o
Arrangements hos decided, that under no cir
cums,aDce will any great event be celebrated
in this village until the iron horse s hear
snorting on the track Of the Atlantic &
Great Western Ruilroad. This may be il
q year, a year and half, or two years, bu
whenever it is, look out for bumper !
G'LANG $40 ON THE PLANK ROAD
Our young and Hnterprising neighbor, ROE
ERT B. WiTTER, is now prepared to accom-
modate his patrons with any thing in hi
line Of business, from q common halter to
finely finished set Of harness, on the mos
favorable terms. He has large stock o
hand from which to select, and those VIII
patronize him will be sure to get bette
article at a lower price than can be foun
In any shop in the country. Give him
call, and our word for It, you will find hiI
accommodating, and altogether one of tn
finest Young men "that ever broke bread