The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-06-23
PORTAGE SENTINEL
J LOCAL. AND Personal.

49, LOCAL AND personal.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
DAlLY-GOiDg North via Railroad.
pepart at S,3l A: NJ. Mail close at 500 Am.
DAlIY-Going South via Railroad
depart AZ II g; A. NJ. Mail close at IO,s0, Am.
10 Alive ~ ls; n: Depart at 1890 P. M. Mall
.'fRI.WEEKLY-Newto Falls. --...
Arrive every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
l2, N. Depart same days at 100, r NJ Mall
SEMi.WEEKIY-Chardon.
Depart every Tuesday and Thursday al 8, a. N.
: PosT OFFICE AT RAvENNA-
3rOPEN at 7t3O, A. M. CLOSE at P. NJ. Daily,
Sundays excepted. R. A. GILLETTE, Pm.
TIE FouRTH.-Our readers will be pleas
ed to observe by an SdVettisementin another
column, that the committee who had in
charge the making of arrangements for the
coming celebration of this day, have pro.
.Sressed finely with the details. The pros.
pects are that we will have good old fash.
ioned celebration-one in which all our cit
iEens can take part.
81 -yirs....
PIKE's PEAK.-The gold excitement has
had fresh impetus given 1t by recent &C.
counts from Pixies Peak. 1t is said that
immense quantities of the precious ore has
been discovered on the north fork Of Vas.
quez creek, and that miners are making from
$3.50 to $500 per day. These accounts
like those that have preceded them, shoult
be taken with very many grains of allow
ance.
BARN STRUCK BY LIeHTN1EG.-The bari
of Mr.. ANTHONY REED, situated about mill
west of the centre of Deerfeld, was strucl
by lightning on Thursday afternoon last
The barn was entirely consumed, togethe
with eighteen tons of hay and over one hun
dred aeeces of wool. We understand tha
a portion of Mr., Reeds loss is covered b.
insurance.
A MODEL DAGUERREAN RooM.-In our pei
ordinations through town last week, anon
other places, we stepped into the Daguerrean
room of our tasty friend FRANK FORD, VIII
has recently been exercising his skill in tn
way OF re-modeling, re.flting and re-furnist
ing his establishment. Frank possesses tn
power, of making every thing he touche
look neat and artistic, and he assures us th'
he will take pleasure in transferring to p'
per or glass, the countenances of all-whetl
or old or young, grave or gay, pretty or ug
in better and more life.like style thO
the same feat can be performed by any otl
er artist in Northern Ohio.
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERtcAN.-The pu'
fishers of this widely circulated and popu
illustrated weekly journal of mechanics al
science, announce that it will be enlarg'
on the lst of July, and otherwise greatly il
proved, containing sixteen pages instead
eight, the present size, which will make
the largest and cheapest scientific journal
the world it is the only journal OF its ella
that ever succeeded in this country, al
maintains o character for authority in 1
matters of mechanics, science and the or
which is not exceled by any other journ
published in this country or in Europe. A
though the publishers will incur an incret
ed expense Of $4,000 q year by this enlarg
ment, they have determined not to raise t
price Of subscription, relying upon tn
friends to indemnify them in this incrses
expenditure, by corresponding increase
subscribers. Terms So year, or ten &C
les for Sl5. Specimen copies Of the pap
with phamplet of information to invento
furnished gratis, by mail, on application
the publishers, Mum g. Co.. No. 81 P'
Row, New York.
WESTERN RESERVE EcLEcT1c lNsTITu1
I'VE ore in receipt Of the Ninth Ann'
Catalogue of the Western Reserve Eclec
Institute for the year ending June, 1879,
from it learn that the number Of students
attendance last year was 500, Of which nu
Der 275 were gentlemen and 227 ladies'
The rates of tuition for the common Engl
branches are "a for the term Of twelve wee
for the higher English branches, includ
Natural Sciences and Algebra, $5; for
higher Mathematics, and tio> Ancient I
Modern Languages. Sc. The course of
s,ruc.ion is thorough, and those b ing so
daughters or wards 10 educate shV1 Id ex
into the merits of the institution in our co
ty, before sending them abroad. The n