The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-10-12
NEWS OF THE HEEK.

One OF the takers of the School CENSUS IN
Cincinnati, in his prearnbulatioi.s through the
city recently where he found lady, who said
she was one hundred and three years old On
being asked whether she had any children
about the house. she replied that she had buf
one boy, who was at work in the other room,
and was eighly-one years of age.
The Baton Rouge (La.J Gazette, speaking
of the Office of Snpe ia,endent of Public ed
ucation in that State, says: "This is a very
onerous Office requiring the occupant to sign
his name as many rs four times during the
year. Now, the salary is $4,000. so that the
lucky incumbent gets $3.50 every time he
signs his name.
| During Tuesday night. John McGres, aged
80, was beaten to death with a bucket, iu the
Work.house on Blackweils Island, n. Y, by
a room mate named Daniel Driscoll who is
asceriained to be lunatic. He was properly
cared for.
Richard j. Westcott, sent home by the e
is. Consul, at Amsterdam, Holland charged
with the murder of John Brown, seaman oi
the bark Mountaineer, was examined last
Monday before O. s. Commissioner Guild, in
Boston. Mass. who discharged the defendant
The Eufaula (Ala J Spirit of the South
says that young man, recently imported from
the North, bat of foreign birth, was ridder
out of town on rail, on The mig int Of the Isl
inst, for the repeated expression Of abolition
opinions, although repeatedly warned to desist
Baron Liebig says that the quantity of soaT
consumed By community is a good test o
its civilization. The principles hold true o
individuals also
| COL Benton once said that Mr. Douglas
coat tail was too close to the ground for hin
ever to be President
One ii ousand dollars has been raised il
New Y ork to aid the London strikers
The Governor of Kansas has decided tina
Indians may vote on the adoption of the nev
constitution.
The fight between Tom Savers and Bol
Brettle, lasted only fifteen minutes. The lat
ters arm was injured.
Late advices from Jamaica say that tn
crop of sugar this year will not exceed 23,0O
hbds. against 10 900 last year.
Two New York paw nbrokers have bee
fined one hundred dollars for demanding an
collecting usurious interest.
Joseph w. Thornton, convicted at St. Loui
of the murder of Mr., Charles, has been sent
enced to be hung on the llth of November
Canada papers state that the work on Viz
toria bridge is so far advanced that there
every prospect of its being finished by the clos
of navigation.
The Machine Shop of the Harrisburg an
Lancaster Railroad, at Elizabethtown, was dt
stroyed by fire on Monday night. Two ne
passenger cars we're consumed. Loss abor
SIS 900. -.....
The statement that reply to Judge Rlacl
is in course of preparation under the superv
sion of Mr. Douglas, has no foundation wha
ever. Mr. Douglas has not authorized, supe
vised or sanctioned any reply to the review
his article in Horper.
The Reading Press says: The Luthera
Church has lost one of its brightest ornament
in the death of the Rev. John Kooske, wb
departed this life on Saturday afternoon,
the city of Reading. He was in the eight!
second year of his age and had been in tt
ministry for upwards of fifty years.
The Court of General Sessions in the cit
. of New York as opened on Monday morl
ing. The prisoners in the tombs awaiting tri
rank as follows Mui der, 8 highway rol
berry, 9; assault with intent to kill, IL fo
gerry. 10 burglary, 20 ; grand larceny. As
besides large number OF less importar
charges .s.a.. s.