The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-06-23
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VTbobton mas dpPIoPIIaleu SAVfV0" A"A
the celebration Of the 4th of July.
0T A stubbing ARRAY occurred In Msssili
lon on Saturday, the 4th inst, BY which
man named Ephrsim Thayer lost his life
Cause-whlskey.
Or We understand that man residing
in Richfield, Summit co., committed suicide
one day last week, on account Of the dam
age done his wheat by the frost.
o. Prof. Agassiz has received butter.
fly from Brszil, which measures ten feet
from the tip of one wing to anotherI
GTThe editor of the Warren Chronicle
says he has been presented with a straw
berry, measuring six and quarter inches in
circumference
o. The Oshkosh (Wis.) Democrat says
that ffty.seven new buildings are already
under way in the district burnt over by the
recent great fire.
or A gentleman in Waterloo, Seneca
county, New York, owns a canary which
will warble +" Hail Columbia" without miss.
ing a note. ..
0F The administration has received from
the estate of Dr.. Gardiner the $l39, 900
which he obtained from the Treasury by
forged claim, during the Presidency Of
Mr.. Fillmore. The money has been paid
over.
o. When q stone was once thrown into
the pulpit where John Murray was preach
ing, in Boston, he picked it up and, holding
it before his congregation, said, "This is a
weighty argument. but neither rational nor
convincing"
GA mans wife lately died in New
York, and upon exhumation of the body,
not tract of poison was found ia It. This
is regarded as a remarkable proof Of the
advancement of virtue and domestic happi.
ness in that exemplary city.
0T A Boston correspondent OF the Trib.
ane learns that Mr.. John Foster Kirk, who
was private secretary to Mr.. Prescott, the
historian, for many years, has abandoned his
intention of completing the Life Of Philip
III, which Prescott did not live to complete.
0T A curious law suit, brought by lady
against dentist. was tried a few days since
at East Corintb, Me. DR.. Phillips pulled
the wrong tooth, relieved Mrs. Eliza Butler
Of a sound molur, instead of decayed one,
and she sued him for $40 damages. De.
fendant won.
G-On Tuesday evening Mr.. Edwin For.
rest, the trogedan, presented to the Grand
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, now
sitting in New York, a check for $500, for
the use and benefit of the widows and or.
phans of Free Masons, the same being the
amount of verdict recovered by Mr.. For.
rest against Mr.. N. P. Willis in his recent
action for libel.
HT The crops never looked better in this
section Of the State than they do at present.
Everything has been favorable to the grow
ing crops thus far, and il it continues SO for
the next thirty days, the yield of wheat and
other cereals will be enormous.
From the estimates made by those who
are posted in the matter, at the lowest calcu-
lation there will be shipped from this point
the coming Fall, by way of the river, 400,-
900 bushels of wheat alone There is evil
IDENTIFY good time coming for our farming
COMMUNICATIONS Herald.
FGeorge Weston, an employee in Gar
rison's soda and mineral water mapufa ctory
in Louisville, was killed on Saturday, in that
establishment, by the explosion Of soda
fountain. The top Of the fountain struck
him on the chin and neck and killed him al.
most instantly. The deceased killed man
named Montgomery, in Frankfort. KY. a
few years since.
GTlt is believed that the next Congress
will contain more new members than did
either of its predecessors. "RotatoD" seems
to be extending itself, even into the Southern
States. There will probably be fewer
members next winter elected consecutively
lor five terms than there was here twenty
years ago who had been elected consecutive.
ly for double the number of terms. M.
Houston will probably be the senior of the
house as respects membership.
&C. Converse, of Union City, was
arrested short time since in Champaign
county for passing bogus half dollars, and
bound over for trial. A few days ago Mrs.
Converse sent letter to Corydon, Jay
county, Ind, directed to Mr. Reed, instead
of to I. T. Johnson (by mistake). This
letter falling into the hands OF Mr.. Reed
resulted in the arrest and binding over Of
two others, whom it is supposed were con-
federates. The letter contained the follow.