The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-27
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6TThe Pine Bluff (Ark9 Democrat says
that the murrian is prevailing to an alarming
extent in portions Of that country.
0TThe corner stone OF the new Custom
House and Post Office at Detroit was laid
on TuesdSy~ith imposing ceremonies.
6vA lawyer in Cincinnati named T. A.
O'Conner, has sued the Daily Times of that
city for libel, laying his daiaages at $lo,'
o0o.
= VIM. H. Gill, Esq, has retired from
the editorship of the New Lisbon Patriot,
and is succeeded by Matthew Johnson, of
Toledo.
GThe weekly receipts Of the London
Times, for advertising alone, amounts to over
$25,Ooo. Slightly ahead Of our yearly
income, that!
hTGen. Persifer 8. Smith, Commander
of the Utah forces, died at Fort Leaven-
worth, on the 18th inst. Sen. Harvey sue
ceeds to the command. ..
EyDr. Robert Hare, one of the most
venerable and eminent physicians and chem.
lists of the present century, died in Philodel.
I,phia on surday, uged ~ years.
" VIM. NJ. Connolly, formerly one of
The editors of the Cincinnati Commercial,
has been convicted in tho u. s. Court in
that city, Of harborlng fugitive yltvcs.
HTHon. Chas. Sumner has again sa lied
for Europe. Massachusetts is still repre-
scented by Wilson and an empty chair.
The Senate could afford few more em PITY
chairs.
0TJames ]. Farrun, editor of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, was on Friday confirmed by
the Senate as Postmaster at Cincinnati, vice
j. s. Waiter, whose term had expired some
time since.
FThe Columbus Fact says Mr.. Hollis
ter, of Licking county, has started a compa-
ny Of thirteen young men, for the purpose
OF driving 10000 sheep from Missouri to
California.
GrA son OF Col. A. w. Doniphan OF
Mexican war celebrity, attending college a,
Bethany, Va, was drowned at that place
while bathing in the creek below the village,
u few days since.
0EFThe Board of Trustees OF the State
University OF Iowa have passed resolution
suspending the operations Of the institution
for something like two years, virtually dis
missing the Professors.
GTA vote was taken on Saturday after
noon in the Wisconsin Legislature, for th'
removal Of the capital from Madison to Mil.
waukee. 1t was defeated by one mojorit
the Speakers casting vote.
0TThe horrible disclosures nads b,
Frank Leslie's newspaper are having goot
effect. A very large number of arrests hav
already been made, and the nefarious mill
business is swiftly on the wane.
REV. Henry Wood, chaplain of tn
U. S. Navy, writing from ST. Helena, say,
that in the room where Napoleon died there
is now threshing machine in operation
and stalls for the horses that move It in his
bed chamber.
OF The extent OF the destitution and va
grancy prevalent in New York city may b
inferred from the fact, that during the quar-
ter ending May LIST, there were 44,294 per-
sons accommodated with lodgings in th
station houses.
rThe San Jose Tribune estimates III
population of California at $4,000. tn,
estimate is based upon the returns of the
local assessore d this population $50 ,25y
are Americans. 10000 Irish, 1900 English
and about 1900 colored persons.
GJCatharine Bronx, young lady of AL
bany, uged fourteen years, took small dos'
of arsenic on Saturday, for the purpose oil
beautfying her complexion, and on Sunda,
morning was arruyed in ehroud for the
grave. A solemn warning to al silly young
beauties
GTlt is not work that kills men; it is
worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly
put more on man than he can bear. Wor-
ry is rust upon the blade. 1t is no. the re.
volution that destroys the machinery, but the
friction. Fear secretes acids; but love ant
trust are sweet iuices.
GT From the Secretary's report It appear!
that there are $50 Lodges of Odd Fellows
in this State. limitations last year, g, 1890
deaths 1854; total number of members, %,
2o2; receipts, Sl9O,254C co; amount expend
ed for the relief Of brethern, widows, or
phans and burial, $30,7l9,74.
@Gold has been discovered on Cowan'
branch, one Of the tributaries of the vas
fork of Grand River, Mo. Several old Cali
fernlans are now at work on the branch, ma
king from one to six dollars per day. Th,
gold is very fine and light and it is believed
by those who ure digging for it that heav,
deposits exist somewhere iu the nejpbbor
hood.
0The national debt Of Great Britoin
caused by the accumulated expenses of for
eign wars and former deficiencies betwee,
receipts and payments, is, in round numbers
$s0o,ooo,o0S the interest of which, an,
expense of management, &C., ANNUALLY
amounts to about $2s,ooO,Ooo, and has L
be provided for out Of the receipts for th,