The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-07-21
Pen, Paste and Scissors.

0rA savings bank in Litchheld county,
Conn.,, reports among itS assets, "thrse do
zen scythes."
nj Under the head Of " cholera" the
Boston Post notices the sale Of a dozen Gu
cumbers.
o. The New York police have been for.
hidden to interfere with politics, under the
penalty Of dismissal.
OF Ralph s. Hart, st. Louis Lawyer;
has won a case in which his fees amount to
$4,000.
hrWe notice scores of poetical effusions
directed to friends who are in Heaven -
Better give poetry of the heart utterance in
words and deeds of kindness to friends on
earth.
GA sail-boat, containing enty.eight
persons, mostly ladies and children, capsized
on Clear Lake, Ind, on the 4th inst. Six.
teen Of the company were drowned.
o. The question Of allowing colored
children to attend the Second Ward School,
in New York, has been decided by the
School Board in the negative.
HTA bill is pending in one Of our Western
Legislatures to empower women to contract
They should by all means be authorized to
contrnct-they have been expanding too
much.
OF The newly born con Of the Duke and
Duchess de Montpenser, has been christen.
ed, and in accordance with the Spanish Gus
tom, not fewer than twenty.three Christian
names were given to him.
@The New York Tribune has trust
worthy advices to the effect that thore is
promise of excellent crops in Europe and
that, in spite of the war, there will be no un.
usual demand for American breadStufs in
that part of the world.
OFMr. Wright, American Ambassador
at the court of Berlin, has, it is stated, offer
ed SO 900 thalers for the library left by AL.
exander Won Humboldt. 1t is not probable
that. under the pressure Of the present time,
he will meet with many, it any, competitors
in Prussia or Germany.
OcFWe run the risk of experiencing the
greatest disgust if we observe too closely
how government, justice, and cookery are
managed.
CT There is q brave man - Vinegar
Hill, 10 D0yiss county, Illinois. lie is
only % years Of age, and has just become
the fifth husband OF q widow lady so years
DID,
GrThe Postmaster at New Brighton,
Beaver Co., Pa, Mr.. John Glass, has been
arrested for being extensively engaged in
passing counterfeit bank bills and coin.
0Sr 1t is reported, according to Massn.
chusetts paper, that Gen. Shields, Of Min
nesota, is about to form life partnership
with Worcester girl.
GrJones considers himself lucky fel-
low, for his food is principally bacon
Doesn't he, therefore. live on the fat Of the
and
H5-The names Of no less than twenty
four individuals are now prominently before
The country as candidates for the Presiden-
cy in 1860.
0TMr. Walker, a merchant, OF Colum-
BUS, KY, fell from the window of the Ma.
sonic Hall, on Tuesday, and was killed.
EUpwards of one hundred and fifty
ight loaves OF bread were seized in Toronto
IN Saturday, and given to public charities.
GrThe Express bag sent by the United
States Express agent from st. Louis for
New York in the Balloon Atlantic was pick.
ID up in Lake Ou:ario. 1t contains over
orty letters, one enclosing thousand dollar
lraft on New York Bank.
HTAn experienced winter, who has one
VI the best vineyards in Hamilton county,
Ohio, says that four hundred gallons of wine
yer acre may be safely depended upon this
,ear. The product of the grape readily
when new, an average of $l,25
'er gallon. At the above rate the crop
vii yield $500 per acre-about the most
profitable crop that is produced in this
country.
6T Describing the opening Of Parliament,
he London Times thus makes happy allusion
o the United States Minister. Gall the
'pace allowed to the Diplomatic Corps is
ull, and blazes at every point with ribunde,
tars and orders Of every kind. Conspicu-
'us amongst them all, in his plain evening
ress and snow.whitc hair, is the Ameri-
an Minister, Mr.. Dallas, a striking type, if
We may SO call him, of the simple institu-
ions of the great republic which he repre-
ents so WE'LL"
0TKirk, the Republican candidate for
lieut.. Governor, having been kicked out of
he Democratic party in Knox county few
ears since, was reminded of his expulsion
n the Banner, wbereupon Kirk approached
he Editor, Leckey Harper on the street,
n a menaciDg manner, when Leckey gave
i'm damaged frontispiece," and thus the
natter ended, the Banner still insisting that
e was formally read out by resolution of
;ol. Geo. w. Morgan in public meeting.-
Iaving been "shakey" in principle, the