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Mortgage Sale.

nEFAULT having been made in the payment
IL of q certain Mortgage, executed by Charles
c.. Marsh and Henrietta NJ Marsh his wife to
Chauncey b. Clements, dated the thirteenth day of
September 1851, and recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds for Ottawa County, State of
Michigan, on the seventeenth day of October 1851,
Mt 8 o'clock A. NJ, in book A of Mortgages, on pa
ges 500 and SOL and assigned TO Lorenzo ID. Eaton
April Q, 1853, which assignment was recorded in
the Office of the Register of Deeds for said county
of Ottawa on the fourteenth day of April 1853, at
o'clock A. NJ, in book B of Mortgages, on page
20S, upon which mortgage there is claimed to be
due at the date of this notice the sum of eighty
three dollars and eightyfve cents 1888 S5-100ths)
and suit or proceeding at law having been insti
tuted recover the debt secured by said mortgage
or any part thereof Notice is hereby given that
by virtue of power Of sale contained in said mort
gage and pursuant to Statute in such case made
and provided the said mortgage will be foreclosed
by sale at public auction of the mortgaged prem
Uses therein described to wit All that part of lot
No. one, section seventeen, town thirteen north,
range eighteen west, commencing on the north
east corner of lot No. aforesaid thence running
west sixty rods, thence running south ten rods,
thence running west twenty rods, thence running
south least corner of said lot thence north eighty
rods to the place of beginning, containing twenty
nine acres according to United States survey, sit
uatcd in the county of Oceana, Michigan, at the
Court House in the village of Grand Haven, in said
county of Ottawa on the fifteenth day July 1858,
at one o'clock i'm the afternoon, subject to one fur
ther installment not yet due, of eighty dollars and
interest from September thirteenth 1851, to pay the
sum due with interest and cost.
White River April IA, 1853.
T92 13wl LORENZO d. EATON, Assignee.
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The Hcroines OF History, and the Heroines
OF the CrusaGes.

The Hcroines OF History, and the Heroines
OF the Crusades,
TWO OF THE GREATEST BOOKS EVER PUBLISHED.
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Those engaged in the sale of the books are doing
well-many are making from SIS to $40 per day
THE HEROINES OF HISTORY.
This work embraces Histories and Biographies
Of the following celebrated characters
Cleopatra; Isabella of Spain; Joan of Arc Ma
ria Theresa; Josephine; Elizabeth, of England
Mary, of Scotland; Catharine, of Russia Marie
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Thou hast charmed cup o Fame,
draught that mantes high,
And seems to lift the earthly frame
Above mortality.-1MrS. Hemdns.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Ottawa, SIS -
At session of the Probate Court for the county
of Ottawa holden at the office of the Judge there
of, at Grand Haven, on Thursday, the 10Th day
of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-three Present, William Hathaway
Jr., Judge of Probate: In the matter of the Es-
tate of Benjamin +. Saxton, deceased
A PAPER purporting TO be the last will and tes-
n lament Of said deceased, having been deposA
tied in this office for Probate; thereupon il is ori
dered that Tuesday, the fifth day of July next. at
one o'clock in the afternoon, be assigned for the
hearing of said petition and that the heirs at law
of said deceased and all other persons Interested
i'm said Estate are required to appear at session
of said Probate Court, then to be holden at the Of
flee of the Judge thereof at Grand Haven, and
show cause, if any there be why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be granted And IL is further
ordered, That said petitioner give notice to the per-
sons interested in said Estate of the tendency OF
said petition and the hearing thereof by causinga
copy of this Order to be published in the Grand
River Times Newspaper printed and circulating
in the county of Ottawa, three successive weeks
previous to said day of hearing.
WILLIAM HATHAWAY Jr. Judge of Probate:
IA true copy t4w noel
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Commissioners Notice.

XNTE The undersigned having been appointed
Wv (by William Hathaway Jr. Judge of Pro-
bate for the county of Ottawa State of Michigan
commissioners to receive examine and adjust all
claims and demands agans the estate of Daniel
Shelby, deceased, late of the township and county
of Ottawa, and State aforesaid, hereby give notice
pursuant to decree issued under the seal of the
Probate Court of Ottawa County aforesaid, that
all claims and demands against the said estate
must be presented with the necessary proof for
allowance on or before the second day of Novcm
Der neXt,or be thereafter forever barred of all claim
against said estate: The second day of Novem-
Der next, being the last day of the time limited for
the creditors of said estate to present their claims
for allowance. And also give further notice that
will meet at the Office of c. B. Albee i'm the viii
lage of Grand Haven, Saturday, the second
day of July next, and Wednesday, the second day
of November next at one o'clock in the afternoon
of those days for the purpose Of examining and
adjusting said claims. Dated Grand Haven, May
IA, 1853. [96 WI
HENRY RUTHERFORD, Conrs
G.. Ii. ALBEE, vi" 10
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what can be got for Five Dollars.

THE undersigned have entered into an arrange
ment by which they agree to furnish the Knicker-
booker Magazine, monthly, the Home journal,
weekly, and the Musical World and Times, week.
ly, to new subscribers, at the very moderate price
of five dollars a year for three publications all
orders, enclosing that amount to Dyer Will
Jams, will be promptly attended to.
SAMUEL HUESTON, Publisher of the Knick-
erbocker
MORRIS & WILLIS, Publishers of the Home
Journal.
DYER & WILLIS, Publishers of the Musical
World and Times, 257 Broadway, New York
Grand Literary and Artistic Combination.
Arrangements have been made to furnish the
KnickerbOcker Magazine, the Home Journal and
the New York Musical World and Times, to new
subscribers, for five dollars year This is cheap
literature with n vengeance. The Knickerbocker
is So per aEnum; the Home Journal, 50; and the
the Musical World and Times, So; making eight
dollars year at the usual rates. That three such
works can be obtained for five dollars year is a
fact truly worthy the caloric age which is just
now being ushered in. OF the Knickerbocker
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necessary to speak. For twenty years it has been
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the world; and the present volume will be better
than any which preceded it. The Home Journal,
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known as the best family newspaper in America;
and the Musical World and Times, edited by Rich
ard Storrs Willis with Lowell Mason, Geo. I'll. Cur
tbs, Thomas Hastings, VIM. p. Bradbury, Geo. f.
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which gives, among other things, over $25 worth
of music and full course of instruction in har-
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ever published. These three publications will post
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knowing Art, Science, Literature, Music, Paint
ing Sculpture, Inventions, Discoveries, Wit, HUI
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other attractions for ladies: Choice New Music for
the Sabbath, the Church, and the Fireside, Re-
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Art, Literature and Science; including whatsoever
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Address DYER & WILLIS, 257 Broadway N. Y.
To- Editors publishing the above three times
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Willis, will receive the three works named, for one
year.
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Fire !! Fire!!!

INSURANCE against loss or damage by fire. in
i either of the THREE HARTFORD COMPA-
MES, at as low rates as by any other responsible
companies. Effected by +. ii. Cunning, at Grand
Rapids.
N. b. Life Insurance effected by either the New
York Life Trust, or the Hartford Life Insurance
Company. f. nc.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Ottawa ss:-
At session of the Probate Court for the Coun-
ty of Ottawa, holden at the Office of the Judge
thereof, at Grand Haven on Monday, the second
day of May, in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty-three Present. William Hatha-
way, Jr. Judge of Probate: In the matter of the
Estate of Thomas Sherwood, deceased
nN reading and filing the petition, duly verified
" of George Parks administrator of said estate
praying for license to sell part of the real estate of
said deceased, for the payment of his debts and ex
penses of administration; thereupon, 1t is ordered
that Monday. the 9th day of June next, at two o.
clock in the afternoon, be assigned for the hearing
of said petition, and that the heirs at law of said
deceased, and all other persons interested in said
Estate, required to appear at a session of said
Probate Court, then to be holden at the Office of
the Judge thereof, at Grand Haven and show
cause if any there be, why the prayer of the petit
toner should not be granted and it is further or
dered, that said petitioner give notice to the per-
sons interested in said estate, of the tendency of
said petition and the hearing thereof, by causing
a copy Of this order to be published in the Grand
River Times, newspaper printed and circulating
in the County of Ottawa, three successive weeks
previous to said day of hearing. I94 w4
A true copy
WILLIAM HATHAWAY, Jr., Judge of Probate.
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Election Notice.
SHHRIFF's OFFICE. Ottawa County
Grand Haven. March Ia. 1853.


Grand Haven, March IA, 1853 ~
NOTICE is hereby given to the qualified elect
IN ors of Ottawa County that an election will
be held on the third Monday in June next, in the
State of Michigan, in pursuance of an act entitled
act prohibiting the manufacture of Intoxicating
beverages and the traffic therein, approved Feb
ruary IL, 1853. The votes Of the qualified elect
ors of said State will be taken for and against the
approval or disapproval of said law as follows, to
wit: Those voting for the approval of said law,
shall have written printed or partly written and
partly printed on their ballots the words, "AdOp-
ton of the law prohibiting the manufacture of in
toXicating beverages and the traffic therein, YES"
and those voting against the approval of said law,
shall have written or printed partly written and
printed on their ballots the words, . Adoption of
the law prohibiting the manufacture of ntoxica-
ting beverages and the traffic therein, No" The
votes taken are required to be canvassed and re-
turned as near as may be, within the same time,
and the same manner as now provided by law
for the canvass and return of the votes cast at an
election for Governor
1873 hit ASA A. ScoTT, Sheriff
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FIRE FIRE! FIRE!w
The Etna Insurance Company of Utica, N.
CAPITAL STOCK, $4,000.

THE undersigned having been appointed agent
i for the above Company is now prepared to
insure Dwelling Houses, Stores and all kinds of
buildings, Household furniture Merchandise and
other property and the risk of inland navigation
and transportation against loss, or damage by fire
Also, Steam Mills Lumber Yards, Machine shops
and Foundries. He will also insure property under
the Farmers Mutual Department, at low rates YES
sells and Steamboats, will be insured under the Ma
riae Department. Office Water street, Grand Ha-
ven, Michigan. WILLIAM NJ FERRY, Agent.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-05-25

CANADIAN RAILWAYs-Just at this moment
everything relating to Canadian railways is mat
ter of interest to our citizens. The London
Raal,cay Commercial Journal announces that
the Eos shares of the Grand Trunk Railroad
Company, of Canada, are at f14 TO e. premium
on the London Exchange. This company has
been organized by the election of large num-
Der of directors among which are the names OF
Thomas Barring, Esq, M. p, George Carr Glynn
Esq, Robert McCalmot, Esq, the celebrated
bankers and capitalists, and Alderman W.Thomp-
son, s. A. Their prospectus states their entire
capital in stock and bonds to be nine and a hall
millions sterling, and their various lines of rail-
way to comprise eleuen hundred and tpelue miles,
Of which three hundred and ninety will be in op-
Grafton at the close of the present year. The
lines consist of the Atlantic and st. Lawrence
Railway, from Portland to Montreal, the Que.
bee and Richmond, which intersects the Allan
tic and st. Lawrence, and thus forms n line from
Quebec to Montreal, the Grand Trunk Railway
from Montreal to Toronto, the Grand Junction
Railway, and the Toronto and Guelph Railway,
including bridge across the ST. Lawrence at
Montreal, which will be constructed by Robert
Stephenson, Esq, M. p. The prospectus goes
on to state that this system of railways reaches
the Atlantic by means {" of lease of the Atlap-
tic and st. Lawrence Railway, form the point of
its junction with the Grand Trunk Railway TO
the city of Portland, las miles, whereby access
is obtained to the Atlantic at one of the natural
harbors of the western continent"
Free Press
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GOLD PEN MANDATORY.

c. Pfquettc, OF Detroit, Manufacturer OF SUI
periOr Gold Pens,
UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY AND FINE FINISH.
DOINTS, twenty different kinds made, some as
Il low as 81 so for Pen and Silver Holder.
Damaged Pens repointed. Medium so cents
Engrossing IS cents.
Damaged pens sent by mail, enclosing the
amount for repairs I'm Post Office Stamps, will be
promptly attended.
Detroit, January 1853.
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Fire (! Fire Z! Fire (!

Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!
Franklin Fire Insurance Company Of New York
at Saratoga. Capital-S2OO,OOO.
THE undersigned having been appointed agent
for the above Company, is prepared to insure
Dwelling Houses, Warehouses, Churches, School
Houses, Stores, Hotels, Livery Stables Barns,
Lumber Yards, Machine Shops. Tanneries, Saw
mills, Merchandise, Household Furniture, &C., at
as low rates as any other good and responsible
company. HENRY GRIFFIN.
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NEW GOODS.

WE have Just received from New York large
Groceries, which we will sell cheaper than any 9th
er store in Ottawa county; we will exchange for all
kinds of lumber, shingles, bolts, saw logs, slaves,
ship knees, wagon spokes hoop poles, and for all
kinds of produce. Those wishing to make good
trades please give us a call, we are on hand from n
yard of tape to steam saw mill.
S. G. HOPKINS & BROTHERS.
Mill Point, June 81 1851 I1tf
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NEW GOODS,
First Arrival of the season

TNHE subscribers are now receiving good as.
l. sortment of Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats Caps
Boots and Shoes which they offer for ready paw
We have tried to select goods of prime quail.
ty, and offer them at prices as low or lower than
inferior articles are generally sold at. To those
who buy for cash, or any kind of ready pay we
will demonstrate the folly Of sending money a.
broad to buy goods.
Grand Haven, Dec /, 1852. GILBERT G. Co.
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Sherif's Sale.

DY virtue of an execution issued out of the Cir
ID crit Court of the County of Ottawa and State
of Michigan to me directed and delivered, against
the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, of
George Weatherwax and Andrew j. McIenry de-
PENDANTS in said execution, have levied upon the
following lands and tenements, to wit: The south
west quarter of the north east quarter of section
one ID, in town seven Gu north of range fourteen
14) 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,
on Thursday the Goth day of May next, at o'clock
in the afternoon of said day. Dated Grand Ha-
ven, April IL, 1853 I9lw7l ASA A. ScoTT, Sheriff
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NOTICE to the creditors of the late ozas Par

NOTICE to the creditors of the late Ozas Par
IN malice: tfe
The undersigned having been appointed (by
ty of Ottawa, State of Michigan) commissioners
to examine and adjust all claims against the es-
tate of Ozias Parmaee, deceased late of the town.
ship of Muskegon, State and county aforesaid
seal of the Probate Court of Ottawa County afore-
said, that all claims against the said estate must
be presented to them at the village of Muskegon,
with the requisite vouchers, or before the first
day OF May next, or be forever thereafter debar-
red. And also further give notice that they will
meet at the office of Ryerson & Morris, in the viii
lage of Muskegon, on the first Tuesday of May
next, at o'clock in the afternoon Of said day, for
the purpose Of examining and adjusting said
claims E. III. WYLIE, (Com,rs
THOMAS WING. Gum 10
Muskegon, March 25, 1853. [9Ow4
DROWN sheedngs, for sale at 80 &
II EEpRx e SaNs
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free Press.

81 don't say Mr.. Judge, that the defendant
was drunk. No, by no means but this will
say, when last seed him he was washing his
face in mud-puddle, and drying it on door
mat Whether a sober man would do this in
course can't say" The Court tho't he void
Mt The consequence was, the defendant"
went up for sixty days.
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Detroit August 18th 1851.
Certificate of Mr.. Jeremiah Godfroy, for sirteen
gears resident of Detroit, t,oelre gears Of the
firm of Atkinson d Godfrey, formerly Of Hhi-
ca ~ Y.
Mr.. James Scribner-Dear sir: Please allow me
to certify that have been q sufferer from diseases
of various kinds from 1881 up to this date, and at
one time did quit my business of Painting, on the
advice of physician, and returned to the painting
business and followed it until about year since,
during which time, and until met you, and you
administered your Oak Oil to me never knew
what it was to enjoy well day, and have been
relieved of partial deafness, my head has become
clear and in short, feel as if had been entirely
made over and as it were, entered upon life all of
q new; and, indeed owe so much to you or your
Oak OIL that am willing to do or say anything to
induce you to extend the knowledge of your Oak
Oil throughout the entire world, and the Oil with
the knowledge and please allow me to further say
that have sent dozens of persons afflicted with
sore eyes, sore heads, deafness and burns to your
Depot and have heard but one opinion from hun
dreds in the city of Detroit and that is that the
do any thing to help you in any other way, you
are at liberty to call and command it of me.
Yours, with esteem
JEREMIAH GODFREY.
This Oak Oil may be freely used, as it is true that
if there is disease, there is effect produced
other than prevention of disease and the afflc-
ted have only to inquire of any person who has
used this invaluable curative, (Oak-OilD to know
the above facts JAMES SCRIBNER, Proprietor
For sale by Ferry & Sons, G. b. Abee, Henry
Griffin, Harry Eaton, +. b. Gilbert and at the of
flee of the Grand River Times, by Barns & Angel
general agents for Grand Haven and surrounding
country.
p. S. The Oak-Oil is superior to Sloans medi
cnes in all diseases of hOrses-applied according
to directions given in cases of human diseases.
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DAINTS &c.-White Lead in oil, Red Lead, Lith
Il arge, TIMBER, Sugar of Lead, Chrome Red,
Chrome Green, Crhome Yellow, Venitian Red
Yellow Ochre, Whiting, Glue No. 2 and 10 MILL
ners Glue, Lnseed OIL Spts. Turpentine, Copal
Varnish and Japan, at the Mill Point Drug Store
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"ANTED.-To contract with some RESPONSE
Wv BILE person to get in five millions of feet of
Saw Logs from our land, ut the head of the Bay
on. We have two miles of good Rail Road, run
ming into the heart of the TIMBER with two cars up.
on it, and every thing in good state of repair to
do business. House and furniture, barn. five yoke
of oxen, one span of horses and all the supplies
necessary will be furnished If required, to ener-
getic go-ahead man-We will give a good con-
tract. T5tfl HOPKINS e BROTHERS
Mill Point, August 1, 1851.
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The reason why man was made after every-
thing else, one writer says--was because if be
had been created first he would have ANNOYED
the Almighty by endless suggestions ofimprove.
ment
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Capital punishment" as the boy said when
the schoolmistress seated him with the girls.
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The railroad fare between Albany and Buffalo
has been reduced to So. We have paid $ for
the same distance on the "raging canal"
Scientific American.
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MO USE TALKING.--Lades and Gents;--
~ on as for cheap and fashionable Goods, at
Mill Point. f5tfI HOPKINS & BsorHERs
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SUGARS, Teas and best Rio Coffee, in great
~ abundance, now offered for sale at \ 81
lr FERRY & Sons.
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Miami river is now generally called Maumee
river.
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ANTED.-5OO,O CO feet, smooth, sound logs,
w 16 feet long, for which cash will be paid on
delivery. GILBERT & Co.
Grand Haven, Jan. /, 1853.
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EANCY Cassimeres, Broadcloths, Black Satin
IL and fancy Vcstings, of various styles and
qualities at i. Sons.