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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19
Mortgage Sale.

DEFAULT having been made in the payment
- of q certain sum of money secured TO be paid
by indenture of Mortgage, bearing date the TWEEN
ty fifth day of April a. ID. 1918; executed by Will
lam &. Comfort and Cornclia A Comfort, of the
County of Ottawa and State of Michigan, to Hen
ry Griffin, of same county and State, and recor-
ded in the office of the Register of said county in
liber A of Mortgages, on pages two hundred thlr-
ty-twO and two hundred and thirty-three, on the
thirteenth day of May, A. ID. 1913, at ten O'Clock
A. NJ. On which said Mortgage, there is claimed
hundred and ninety dollars and ninety hun
dreths of q dollar, for the recovery of which no
suit proceeding at law, or in equity has been in
stuted. Notice is therefore hereby given, that by
virtue of power of sale in said Mortgage contain
ed and according to the statute in such case made
and provided, the premises in said Mortgage des-
cribed to wit: The east half of the east half OF
lot number four, (1) fractional section nne (9 sit
uate on the north bank OfGrand River, in the town
ship of Polkton in said county of Ottawa, in town
seven, (7) north of range number fourteen, GA
west, containing six acres more or less, and also
the east half of the east half of the south east
quarter of section number four, (D in said town
seven (7) north, range fourteen (lD west as divi-
ded by north and south line, through the centre
of the east half of the south east quarter of said
section four, containing forty acres more or less
according to government survey; will be sold to
third CD day of December next, ensuing the
date hereof ut two o'clock in the afternoon of that
day, at the Court House, or place of holding Courts
of record, in the village of Grand Haven, in said
county of Ottawa. that being the place of holding
the Circuit Court thereof. Dated Grand Haven,
August 81 1851. HENRY GRIFFIN
lSl3wl Mortgage.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Ottawa, IS =
AT a session Of the Probate Court for said Coun.
ty of Ottawa, holden at the office of the Judge
thereof, at Grand Haven on Saturday, the 23d
day of August, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-one Present, William Hath
away Jr. Judge of Probate: In the matter of
the estate of Ira Atwater, deceased:
ON reading and filing the petition, duly verified
~ Of the heirs of said deceased praying that
Merritt b. Atwater, be appointed Administrator on
the estate of said deceased, situated in Pierre Mar
quette Mason County, Michigan. Thereupon it is
ordered, that Thursday, the eleventh day of Sep
TENDER next, at one o'clock in the afternoon be
signed for the hearing of said petition, and that
the heirs ut law of said deceased and all other
sons interested in said estate are required to APP
pear ut session of said Probate Court then to be
holden ut the office of the Judge thereof, at Grand
Haven, and show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of the petitioners should not be granted
and it is further ordered that said petitioners give
notice to the persons interested in said estate of
the tendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy of this order to be pub
lshed in the Grand River Times newspaper prin-
ted and circulating in the County of Ottawa, three
successive weeks previous to said day of hearing.
A true copy.l WILLIAM HATHAWAY Jr.
[Slwl Judge of Probate.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19

- HERIFF SALE-By virtue of two executions
- Issued out of the Circuit Court, for the County
of Kent State of Michigan, to me directed and de-
livered, against the goods and chattels, lands and
tenements of John Rice One in favor of Amos
Rathbone, and one in favor of Thomas Bentley
and John Orr. | have levied upon all the right,
title and interest of said John Rice, of in and to
tie following described lands and tenements to wit
The northeast quarter of the northwest quarter,
and the southeast quarter of the northwest quar-
ter of section number thirty three 1881 in township
number seven, % north, of range number thir-
teen (13) west; in the County of Ottawa and State
of Michigan Which | shall expose for sale at
public auction, as the law directs to the highest
bidder, at the Court House in the village of Grand
Haven, in Ottawa County, that being the place of
holding the Circuit Court of said County, on Thurs
day the thirteenth day of November next mt one
of the clock in the afternoon of that day. Dated
at Grand Haven, the 25th day of September, 1851.
T13w7l ASA A. SCOTT Sheriff of Ottawa Co.
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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19
Mortgage Sale.

DEFAULT having been made in the payment
IL of q certain sum of money secured TO be paid
by indenture of Mortgage, bearing date the six
teenth day of October A. ID. eighteen hundred and
forty-eght, executed by Sherry Hammond, of OF
tawa County, State of Michigan, to Francis b. Gil
bert of the same County. On which Mortgage
there is claimed to be due at the date of this no.
tice, the sum of one hundred fifty-two nincty-six
hundredths dollars, for the collection of which, or
any part thereof, no suit at law or in equity has
been commenced Notice is therefore hereby CIV
en, that by virtue of power of SALE in said Mort
gage contained and in pursuance of the statute in
such case made and provided, the premises there
i'm described to wit The southeast fraction of the
south east quarter of section eleven, and lots
bered one and two, and the southwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of section fourteen all
i'm township eight north, of range sixteen west,
containing in all one hundred sixteen and thirty
one hundredths acres, according TO government
survey will be sold at public vendue, to the high
est bidder, mt the Court House, in the village of
Grand Haven, in said county of Ottawa, on the
twenty-eghth day of October, A. ID. eighteen hun
bred and fifty-one at two o'clock in the afternoon
of said day. FRANCIS b. GILBERT, Mortgage.
Grand Haven, July %, 1851. 13w4l
The above sale is postponed until December 20,
A. ID. 1851 at the same hour and place.
FRANCIS b. GILBERT, Mortgagee.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19
A VENERABLE ParACHER.-Tbc Trenton Ga


zefte says: hf,fr red lefi H
The venerable and truly reverend Archibald
Alexander died yesterday morning at about Z
o'clock, at Princeton, in the bosom of his family
and amid the scenes where for more than gen.
Grafton, he has labored in the sacred cause to
which his long life was devoted. He was about
80 years old, and he had been for 60 years a
preacher of the Gospel in the Presbyterian
Church. He did not die suddenly. He had
been i'll for several weeks, and was fully satisf-
ed that he would not recover. He made many
preparations for his death, arranging matters not
only of greater but of smaller Importance, with
the utmost calmness, clearness and decision
meeting the last great change with all Christian
fortitude.
The funeral discourse was delivered by Rev.
DR.. Mcdowell, from Revelation, chap. xiv, 18th
verse; Sand heard voice from heaven say
ing unto me, write, Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord from henceforth Yea, saith the
spirit, that they rest from their labors and their
works do follow them"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19
CHERIFF sALE-.-By virtue OF AZ, execution is.

CHERIFF SALE-By virtue of AZ, execution is.
- sued out of the County Court for the County
of Ottawa, Michigan, to me directed and delivered,
against the goods and chattels, lands and tene-
ments of Bethuel Church, in favor of Farmer
Church have levied upon all the right, title and
interest, of the said Bethuel Church, of in and to
the following described property, to wit: The
north east quarter of section thirty 1881 the
east half of the southeast quarter of section TWEEN
ty-eight $3.50 the southeast quarter of the south
west quarter of section twentyeigt (2S the south
west quarter of the northwest quarter of section
thrty-three, (33) the undivided one half of the
mill lot and MILL on the southeast quarter of sec
ton thirty-three, (33) all in town seven north of
range thirteen (l3) west; which shall expose for
sale at public auction, as the law directs to the
Grand Haven that being the place of holding the
Circuit Court for said county, on Friday, the fifth
day of December next ut two o'clock in the after
noon of that day. Dated at Grand Haven, this
10th day of October 1851. 15w7I
Asa A. SCOTT, Sheriff of Ottawa County.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19

JNSURANCE.-Th undersigned is agent for the
i HARTFORD AETNA and Protection NsU-
RANCE COMPANIES. The companies are possess
ed of a large surplus capital, reserved solely to
meet losses and by their fair, honorable and
prompt payment of all damages for which they
have been liable, and their well tested ability, have
placed themselves at the very head of all Insurance
Companies. Each of them recently paid to the
citizens of ST. Louis one hundred and forty thou
sand dollars, without requiring them to wait the
sixty days to which their rules entite them. These
Companies levy no assessments upon the insured.
He is also, agent for the TRENTON INSURANCE
Co., which divides its profits among the insured.
This Is new company and is doing a heavy busi-
ness. The undersignedis also, agent for the New
YORK LIFE AND TRUsT COMPANY, which ranks
among the most able and safe institutions Of the
kind i'm the world. F. III. Cunning.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19

Crawford the American sculptor, is now oc-
cupied in Italy, in making colossal group OF
statues, by order of the American Government
They are to be equestrian, and about IL feet in
height. He is now making those of Washing
ton, and Patrick Henry, and is TO receive $780,.
600 for them. The whole group will be COM
posed of seven figures, and is to be cast in
bronze, at the celebrated foundry at Munich.
Free Press.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19

nIAM0ND P0INTED.-S1,5 80 for Pen and Hol-
~ der Persons in want of n fine finished Gold
Pen, with a smooth point, will find large assort-
ment to select FROM at the mandatory, 1T JEFF
fersonlAvenue, slate-colored front. Damaged pens
re-pointed, medium 80 cents, engrossing IS cents.
Also, watch repairing, such as chronometers, du-
plex anchors, patent levers, lapine and common
watches, cleaned and repaired by skillful workmen.
Also, good stock of watches, Jewelry and silver
ware, ut reduced prices.
&C. Damaged Pens sent by mail enclosing the
amount for repairs in Post Office Stamps will be
promptly attended. Detroit 1851.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19
THE INDEPENDENT.

A WEEKLY religious newspaper published by
IA 5. w. Benedict, mt "a Beekman street, at So
per annum, payable in advance. Edited by Rev.
Leonard Bacon, ID. d., Joseph p. Thompson and X.
8. Storrs Jun, assisted BY Rev. Henry Ward Beech
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of its columns but have no pecuniary interest in
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management of the paper Internationally to the
editors, are personally pledged for its support In
the results of this enterprise havenot been dis
appointed. The first number was issued in Deem
Der, 1918, without subscriber The Independent
now has circulation exceeding 5000 and Is stead
lily increasing Although sold at IS per cent, less
than the nominal price of some other religious pa
pers of the same class The Independent contains
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Though the proprietors have been unknown to-
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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19

The widow Of General Alexander Hamilton,
has returned to Washington, having been alb
sent during the summer Since the death of
Mrs. Madison, she is the only female residing in
Washington whose name is familiar to the
American people as having mingled intimately
and socially with Washington and his illustri-
Gus contemporaries.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19

CAWING' ON SHARES.-The subscriber will
- saw during the season Of 1882 100000 feet
OF best quality pine logs, for one half: He will
receive the logs in RATS, at any point on Lake Mus
kegon, and deliver the lumber on the dock, at his
steam MILL, He has also a siding machine, in OPP
Grafton, which he will run at the same rate in con-
nection with his saw mill. [06m.l
Muskcgon, Sept. l. 1851. GEORGE RUDDIMAN.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19
THE HEART THAT OWNS THY SWAY.

The heart that owns thy tyrant sway,
Whate'er its hopes may be,
Is like bark that drifts away
Upon shoreless sea
No compass left to guide her on,
Upon the surge she's tempest torn
And such is life to me.
And what is life when love Is fed
The world unshared by thee ?
I'd rather slumber with the dead,
Than such waif to be
The bark that by no compass steers,
Is lost, which way so'er she veers-
And such is life to me
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19
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ATTACHMENT NOTICE.
State of Michigan in Ottawa County Cou

AIIACIIMEN1 Il.
State of Michigan, i'll Ottawa County Court
Stephen Batchelder, Pf }
VS.. In Attachment.
Francis Batchelder, Dcft. }
NOTICE is hereby given, that on the twelfth day
N of March 1851, a writ of attachment issued
in the Court above named, wherein the parties
above named were plaintiff and defendant, that
the sum claimed, due from the plaintiff to the de-
PENDANT in said writ. is the sum of three thousand
dollars, that said writ made returnable on the
second Tuesday of May, in the year eighteen hun
dred and fifty one, and that as appears from the re-
turn of said writ property has been attached there
on and that the defendant above named could not
be found. Dated at Grand Haven, this 18th day of
May, A. ID. 1851. STEPHEN BATCHELDER, Plf.
BY RATHBoNE & MILLER, his AHys. Sw2I
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The feat of moving a stone house, estimated
to weigh 400 tons, distance of 40 feet, was
accomplished in Germantown, Pennsylvania, last
week
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19
HOPE.

A little girl was bending sorrowfully over a
bed of whitening flowers. Daily, through the
summer, she had watched the expanding buds,
and nightly, through the autumn, protected them
from the increasing cold. But November frost
settled upon them, and their bright petals and
green leaves dropped to wave not again in the
passing breeze. "Oh the cruel Frost" said she;
"dead all deadw Then voice as from with
in said to her, spring will come, and your flow
ers will grow again" Hope sprung up from
the borderings of sorrow, and through all the
long, cold winter, pictured the coming springs
radiant with flowers.
A woman wept beside the remains other de-
parted child. She mourned flower far dearer
to her than all the flowers Of the field. Despair
was we'll nigh closing over her its dark waters,
when upon her soul, in angel tones, softly fell
these words, The dead shall live again" Hope
rose Heavenward, and ever after frightened all
the pathway of her life.
Thus it is, even in human life. Hope lends
enchantment to every scene. One has said that
we suffer more from future and apprehended
evil than from those which are present. But is
it not likewise true that the greater part OF our
enjoyment arises from what we hope for. In
that other state of existence, where we shall be
ere long, what is to be, may appear no brighter
than what is. But here, if the present appear
full of storms, behind every storm Hope paints
a rainbow. The sailor behods the steady twin
kle of the northern star beyond the widest tenn
pest, and eagerly watches for the falling of its
tranquil beams between the rifted and retiring
clouds. The pilgrim to the Holy Shrines sees
Oriental skies from amid Alpine SHOWS, and
plants his staff with frmer hold upon the icy
verge of the precipce. To all, hope tells of
brighter days to come. TO the household wan
derer, it speaks of home and friends; to the
unhappy, of happiness; to the Christian, of the
glories of eternity. 1t is sympathizing friend
bringing consolation to the broken-hearted; q
ray streaming from world of light through the
"darkened easement" of the blind; Holian mu-
sic to those upon whose ears "earthly sound
ne'er fall"
o Hope, we hail thee morning star of every
joy, glorious harbinger of eternal life.
Knoxiana.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-11-19

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nished with books and newspapers, there see
intelligent and well informed children; but if
there are no books or papers the children are
ignorant if not prongate."