The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-05-19
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GTCol. Sam Pike, Of Kentucky; has just
started new paper at Mount Sterling, Ky"
being the forty.ninth paper he has had the
honor OF starting.
GrThe "modern Athens" is setting
bad example for the outside portion OF crea.
ton. At the National Theatre, Boston,
sensation play culled"SickIes, or the Wash
ingtOn Tragedy" has been brought out
This is shameful and disgusting outrage
upon the feelings of the unfortunate actors
in the Washington affair.
tHT Jenny Lind is advertised to give se'
ries of concerts in England. It is said that
she has lost her fortune, and has set about
making another. She has Goldsmith for
husband it will be, therefore, an easy
matter. She has too, the ring Of the true
metal, and he is the metal itself SO, teat
away.
HTGreat numbers of the Pixies Peak
emigrants are said to be returning disap-
pointed and heart-sick at their want of sue.
cess in the new Ell Dorado. Indeed, it is
feared that many will die of actual starvation
on the road home. '...
O1FA large number of respectable and
prominent wool growers Of Ohio, have uni.
ted in a call for a Wool Growers Conven.
tion and Fair, to be held in Cleveland, Au-
gust 4th. A fair is to be held, and not more
than ten nor Less than five feeces of one
class will be entered for competition.
OTThe great West Is truly great place,
and they do some great things out in that
region. The last wrinkle that has come un.
der our notice is new style of hams. They
are Of the "sugar cured" order, put up in
canvass, with gutta percha coating. This
new arrangement is for the preserva ton oi
the hams, and it is said the contents will
keep in any cline for any given period oi
time.
G~A year ago the citizens of Cleveland
were taking measures to erect statue oil
Commodore Perry, the hero of Lake Erie,
in beautiful park that overlooks the lake.
The work is now in progress, the marble
being ready and contracts made, the whole
to cost the sum of six thousand dollars, and
to be ready for inauguration on the 10th Of
September, 1860.
@The Free Lovers at Berlin Heights,
o., publish monthly paper, called The
Good Time Coming, the motto OF which is
"For in Heaven they neither marry nor are
given in marriage"
O1-A late arrival from Green Day, Wis.
consin, reports the Bay clear of ice, and the
Devils Door open. We didn't suppose it re.
quired much of a thaw to open that
OTA letter from Camp Floyd states that
quite number of U. S. soldiers have joined
the Mormon Church for the sake of the
Mormon crinoline, we presume.
! OTSilver dollars have become exceed.
ingly rare. A letter from San Francisco
states that their conoge is soon to be com.
menced at the mint in that city. This is
thought matter Of considerable Importance
as it is hoped that the Chinese can be induc.
ed to take the American dollars instead Of
the Mexican, which are at premium and
by that means the discount on over $4,000,
900, which amount of silver is annually ex
ported to China, may be saved to the mer
chants of this country.
OTMrs. Sarah Warren, nee Judson, who
married an antiquated and very ugly speci-
men of a negro-a whim on her part which
has excited a good deal of newspaper com.
ment-hus written letter to the editor of the
Pontiac Gazette, exculpating her father from
all blame in regard to the marriage. Mrs
Warren is very severe on the editor of th
Detroit Free Press, and writes as thoupl
she was determined to cling to her sable lor
like the King Of Terzors to a decease
Ethiopian. .....
VTA poor man stole ride on a train o
freight Gars in New York. He was perche
on an outside lodge, and his clothes catchin
fire from spark from the locomotive, h,
| found himself in an unpleasant predcamen,
If he kept hold he was in danger of quc
consumption, to let go was death, and h
couldn't very we'll move about-so he wa
burnt severely, his shrieks unheard, until
, arriving at station he was rescued in yer
damaged condition.
G-A young shaking Quaker name
Mary Jane Whiteney, who lived in the in
terror of New York, was recently convince
= that "marriage was right" by the seductiv
. arguments Of broth of boy, named Patric
e O'Conor. They eloped together to get ma
t ried, she leaving a note for the quaker
explaining her conversion and its connubi
:. result.
q GrA workman in the employ of Mr..
B Lawton, of Hudson, on Saturday had a r.
= markuble escape. He lay down upon Il
4 track of the Hudson River railroad, u
If ing the rail for pillow. The spot selec
c ed for his couch was very near the pla
i where Rafferty, was killed day or to pr
vious. When the night express passed u
the rottling Of the cars and believing
the locomotive failed to awaken him, and
}. the train whi2zed past IL cut off his hair cle