Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-10-17
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result of the late election in Vermont Royce,
Republican, 25,lss Clark, Democrat l2,-
o57; scattering, 4,3O5. Majority for Royce,
$3.50; Observation-Disclosures majority 1923.
In Maine, it it said there is not single
Fusionist elected to the new Senate. Wade,
Giddings q Co., who went all the way to
that extreme northeastern portion Of the
Republic to stumpit, for the Republican tick
ct, must have used very strong arguments to
have produced such a glorious victory for De-
mocracy there. % 300 "i'" rad" 'l4n
Our Illinois neighbors no doubt look for a
great Democratic victory in that gallant State,
as Giddings is there haranguing the people
with the same arguments that he addressed
to the hardy yeomanry of Maine. 8
A dispatch from Columbia, S. c., Oct. s,
states that Robert P. Trip is the only X. N.
certainly elected to Congress. Messrs. Sew
ard, Warner, Cobb, Tompkins, and A. H.
Stevens are certainly elected. Two Districts,
End and 7th, are still in doubt Johnsons
majority for Governor is large. The Legisla-
ture is decidedly Democratic.
OUTDoNE.-The Editor of the Montcalm
Reflector says he has been presented with an
apple measuring thirteen inches in circumfer-
ence and weighing fifteen ounces We had
the pleasure Of partaking of one last week at
the residence of Mr.. E. j. AVERY in this vii
lage, that weighed nineteen ounces. Can
that be beatg
Speaking Of fruit, our townsman, Mr.. J.
w. Cook, has in his garden a dwarf pear
tree, set last season, that has twenty-seven
pears attached to its meager branches, aver
aging in weight from 10 to IL ounces. AL
so another tree Of the same species that has
produced two crops of fruit the present sea
son. Mr.. Pennoyer has in his garden tur-
nip that measures now three feet in circum-
ference, and will, probably, attain to four feet,
as it is still growing vigorously.
If the dry, sandy soil of Grand Haven
will produce fruit and vegetables of such re-
markable size and in such rich abundance,
what may not be obtained from the luxurant
fields and gardens of citizens in its vicinity,
where the soil is an embodiment of fertility
itself? Try again, Mr. Reflector! 10 'am
., Eg" Ladies, when you go shopping don't
Al. r.
just opening the largest assortment of goods,
of every description, ever brought to the vii
lage of Grand Haven, whose citizens are ev-
er on the alert for good bargains, economical
expenditures and respectable appearances, and
whose ladies (palsied be the tongue that
dares insinuate aught disrespectfuD are ex-
cellent judges of the beautiful and becoming,
as well as of the useful and economical.
Mr.. c. B. ALBEE is also on hand with
very large stock of everything suited to the
wants or fancies of our citizens. Now is the
time for bargains. See advertisements.
WHAT THE RUSSIANS DEsTRoYED.-
colossal armament, owned by the Russians,
in the Black Sea, and by them destroyed to
prevent its falling into the hands of their en-
emies, consisted of seventeen ships, five of
100 guns, the remainder of "a guns; four
frigates of sixty guns four corvettes or briggs
twelve steamships; and eighty-two ships of
inferior rank; in all 1Os ships carrying O.
200 guns. With this fleet Nelson, a Deca-
tur, or Perry, would conquer the combined
navies of the Eastern world. ,r IA
SEvAsToPoL HAS FALLEN."-We are in
debted to Mr.. LEGGAT, the gentlemanly and
obliging Clerk of the propeller Ottawa, for
a large pictorial sheet representing the town
and harbor of .Sevastopol, with the fortifca-
tons thereof and the present position of the
contending armies, with full particulars of the
capture of that almost impregnable fortress,
by the Allied forces. 1t may be seen at our
office.
Mr.. L. has also furnished us with liberal
supply of Chicago papers for which he will
please accept our thanks. a... .a
BOARD OF SUPERvIsoRs.-The Board of
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