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The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12
no Fathers nnd Mothers.

You know how important it is for your chill
dren that you should keep good health. How
frequently do we see feeble parents dressed in
mourning on account Of the death Of their be-
loved children. What pity it is, when, by
proper care and remedies, all these trials and
troubles can be avoided. When health can be
restored TO the parent and life and happiness to
the child. Restore the health of the mother and
you obviate the necessity of Paregoric, God
frey's Cordial and other injurious narcotics for
crying children. We entreat you, as we desire
to improve the condition Of our race, to procure
DR.. Morse.s Almanac and read how diseases are
cured in accordance with natures laws with in
nocent roots and plants.
PREGNANCY.
During this critical period Morse's Indian
Root Pills viii be required, because they cleanse
the body from those morbid humors, and thor
oughly drive away all pains. and give ease and
comfort to the mother. From one to three Of
these Pills, taken tive or three times a week du-
ring pregnancy, will cause the mother a safe and
easy delivery, and viii be sure to give stout
healthy constitution to the child.
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills are sold by all
dealers in medicines.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

D NUNICA Where's that 7 says Mr.. A.,
tho inquisitive traveller. Briefly, it is the
first Station East of Mill Point, on the
D. & M. Railway, and seven miles dis
tant from that village.
The word is said to signify in the In
dian tongue "Broken Crockery," and was
the original name given by them TO a
Greek, near said Station, and subsequent
ly by the Whites to the town through
which the Creek passes. The Indians are
said 10 have found at an early period in
Our history, pieces of broken pottery on
the bank of the Greek, hence the name
II you have time while the iron-horse
is being furnished with wood and water
drop in to that large, new, two-story
building and shake hands, with our friend
Judge HArHAwAY, and ifyou smoke, take
a cigar, that when the whistle calls you
may 60 on your way rejoicing.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12
Estate of Andrew woodruff.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Ottawa, IS:
AZ session of the Probate Court for the
County Of Ottawa, holden at the Probate Of
fee in the village Of Grand Haven, on Mon
day, the third day of january, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-nine.--
Present, Augustus w. Taylor, Judge of Pro-
bate. In the matter Of the estate of Andrew
Woodruff, deceased.
ON reading and fling the petition duly veri-
~ fed Of Lucius Patrasen, creditor of said
deceased, representing the death ofsaid deceased,
and that he died in said county of Ottawa intes-
tate, and praying that he may be appointed Ad-
minstrator Of the estate Of said deceased. There
upon, it is ordered, that Monday, the seven tn
day of February next, mt two o'clock in the after
noon, be assigned for the hearing Of said petit
ton, and that the heirs at law of said deceased,
and all other persons interested in said estate
are required TO appear at a session Of said court,
then to be holden at the Probate Office in tho
village of Grand Haven, and show cause, If any
there be, why the prayer Of the petitioner should
not be granted. And it is further ordered thatsaid
petitioner give notice to all persons interested in
said estate, Of the tendency of said petition and
the hearing thereof, by causing copy Of this
order TO be published in the Grand Haven Ne,os,
n newspaper printed and circulating in said
county Of Ottawa, three successive weeks pre-
vious 10 said day Of hearing.
ca true eopy.) AUGUSTUS w. TAYLOR,
n2wAl Judge Of Probate.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

GE The attention Of our readers is
called to the new advertisement of Messrs.
PERKINS d GoULDsBURY, of Mill Point.
With these gentlemen we are not person
ally acquainted, but by every one they
are we'll spoken Of, and therefore, we do
not hesitate to commend them TO the ia
yorable notice of our readers.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

6EE The Board of Supervisors adj
journed on Monday morning, 10th inst.
We are not authorized to publish their
transactions. One thing is certain, how
ever, they did not succeed in getting a
two-third vote for the removal of the
county seat. The Supervisor from Tall
madge, Mr.. HARRIS, in connection with
a few other sensible men, fought manfully
against the we'll laid plans of our neigh
bors of Eastmanville.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

> Eg- The Grand Haven Lyceum will
meet at the school-house, on Monday eve
ming next. Question for discussion
Ought the death penalty to be restored
to our statute. Observation-Disclosures
WIN. M. FERRY, Jr., H. G. AKELEY; neg
alive, R. w. DUNCAN, WIN. H. PARKS.
The ladies and public generally are res
pectfully invited.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

To the Public |

E1- We are prepared to do all kinds Of Job
Printing at this Office, with dispatch and in as
good style as can be done In Western Michigan.
All kinds Of legal Blanks, printed on short notice
and in superior style; also, any quantity Of
Township Tax Receipts printed and for sale at
the News ONCE. Give us call.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12
NOTICE.
occana County, Michigan,

WILL pay particular attention TO tho solec-
w ton Of Government Lands, Pay Taxes,
Examine Titles. Locate Lands. Make Surveys,
Furnish Abstracts Of Titles, Maps, Plats, &c.,
Having complete Sectional Maps Of Ottawa,
Ocsana and Mason Counties, which are careful
ly corrected, we are prepared 10 correct Plats Of
these Counties on shsrt notice. Business will
receive prompt attention, at reasonable charges.
Deeds and Mortgages made out and Acknowl-
edcoments taken, We viii give particular alton
ton 10 making Collections. Office, on Washing
ton Street.
I'D. VAEDERvooT, JOHN BEAN, Jr,
Surveyor & Draftsman. Sur. Drfts, Pentwater.
December, %, 1858. [n1 II
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

EJ- Governor BrNeHAN's Message will
be found on the first page of this issue of
the News. It remarkable instrument.
Remarkable because "KANSAS" is not
an ingredient of it. Are we then to have
no more of that monstrous humbuq,
"Kansas p
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

Es- The gallant propeller Michigan
arrived at this port on the 10th inst, with
a full cargo. She left for Milwaukee
yesterday with fair wind and weather.
Success to her brave Captain and crew.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

E1- We learn from the Grand Rapids
Daily Eagle, Of recent date, that Ex-
Coy. BINGHAM was elected U. S. Senator.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12
Circuit Court---special Term.
MIcH1G AN HoU S e

Corner Of Fulton and Third Street'.)
A ROTH, a CO., has recently taken the
IL above House for the Accommodation oil
perm anont and transient Boarders, ON terms suit
cd 10 the times. Also, Warm Meals, Oyster stews,
Pigs Feet, Tongue, Sardincs, Pies, Cakes, 6c.,
win be served up at all hours. mi
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

EE Hon. HENRY PENNoYER is enti-
tied to onr thanks for the daily journal
of the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives. We were not displeased, but we
shall certainly call our Senator to an ac-
count for the free and unauthorized use
he has seen fit to make of our name in
the Senate.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

4 re- A special term of the Circuit
Court for the county of Ottawa is now
being held at the Courthouse, in this
village, his Honor Judge LITTLEJoHN,
presiding. OF the nature and amount of
business on the docket we have not been
advised. We notice that several gentle
men of the Grand Rapids bar are in town.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

PoLIrESEss.--Politeness is like an air
cushion--there may be nothing in It, but
it eases your jolts wonderfully.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

H Hon. S. A. DOUGLAS, of Ill, was,
on the 9Th inst, reelected U. S. Senator.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12
Sherif's Sale.

DY virtue Of an Execution, in favor Of Henry
I'D Avery, and against the goods and Chattels,
and for want thereof, the lands and tenements,
within my bailiwick, of Seth Streeter, issued
out of and under the seal of the Circuit Court,
for the county Of Ottawa and State Of Michigan,
on the thirtieth day of November, A. d. 1858.
and to me directed and delivered, 1 have levied
upon and shall expose for sale, at Public
Auction, at the Court House, in the village Of
Grand Haven, Chat being the place of holding
the Circuit Court for the County of ottawa on
the nineteenth day Of February, A. ID. 1859, at
one o'clock in the afternoon Of that day, all the
right title and interest, of the said defendant,
in and to the following described real estate, TO
wit: Lot number nineteen 49, in Woodbury.
South-W Western Addition to the village of Mid
dleburg, now called Lamont, all in Section seven
~ in Town seven % north Of Range thirteen
(l3) west. Said real estate being in the county
Of Ottawa and State Of Michigan.
CURTIS w. GRAY, Sheriff.
Dated, Grand Haven, Dec. 2S, 1858. INV NJ
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

Ey Much original and selected mat
ter is crowded out of this issue of our
paper.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12
Found Z
'Strayed or Stolen.

LNR0M the Subscriber, Sorrel Mare Poney,
IL with white face and little white on one
hind leg Any person that win return her, or
give information where she may be found shall
be literally rewarded. FRANK II. WHITE.
Grand Haven, Dec. 10, 1858. mi If
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

- Brigham Young is reported to be the nat
ural father Of 473 children.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

FLUID! Lamp Oil Kerosene
ID Oil and Candles 10 be had at C., W. SIS
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-12

S00 BARRELS Of Grand Rapids and 1,i, NIL u
s,,, purchasers. c., w. as.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15
Parent Omce srarisrics.

A table of the operations of the Patent Office
to Dec. 81, 1883, is published. From it we
learn that 1894 applications for patents were
made last year; $40 patents, including renew
ais, we're granted. Of these, 1868 were issued
to citizens of the United States, 20 to subjects
of Great Britain, IA to subjects of the French
empire; to subjects of other foreign govern
ments. Sol were for Improvements in agricul-
tural implements and processes, l64 for i'm
provements in the steam engine, I9s for i'm
prUvements in railroad cars, lie for improve
ments in the sewing machine. The first patent
for the latter was issued in 1912; since then,
2s5 patents for improvements have been issued.
The amount of money received at the Patent
Office during the year was s2OS,7I6 l6. The
expenses were sl93,l9 IA. A very encour-
aging improvement in the state of the country
is shown by comparison of the statistics of
this office for 1855 with those for 1857 and
1856. In 1856 the applications for patents
were 1850; in 1857, 4,77l, in 1858, 5,s64.-
There is now an excess of receipts over ex-
penditures Of s1O,522 AZ. At the close of
1857, there was deficit of sl5.450 0s.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15
A AIis.euri RaiIroad Finished.

Since Yankee enterprise and Yankee capital
began to crowd out Missouri slayes and indO-
lence the Railroads of that State have gone
ahead, and the St Louis Democrat OF the l lth
announces that the Hannibal and st. Joseph
Railroad is finished, and that on the 18th the
route from St. Louis to St. Joseph, via the
North Missouri Railroad, viii be opened to the
public. Time between the two cities about "a
hours. A line of packets win be established
at once connecting with the Railroad at st.
Joseph, and running to Council Bluffs and Ne
braska City, opening quick route to the gold
mines.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15
Slave Cases i'm Washinrton

Readers will TecOllect the recent case in
which man was imprisoned for harborinp his
own son He was liberated by the kindness Of
an anti-Slavery gentleman residing in Wash
ington, who became his bail for the horrible
crime in the sum of $4,000!
o. SOdom never stood in greater need of purif-
cation by fire than does the Federal capital, to
rid it of the "sum of all villainies." A late
Washington letter relates the following
Tive or three weeks since, poor old slave
woman was suddenly sold in Washington for
the Southern market She was in great dis
tress, and went to white woman who had long
known her, and told her tale. The listener was
a widow, and poor. hut she, without a mo-
merits hesitation, Inortgaged the cottage she
lived in, which was the entire amount cf her
wcrldly treasure, mortgaged the cottage to
nearly its fulI value, and set the slave free =
Such an act, occurring in some countries,
would make the woman world-renowned. In
this land she will be set down as fanatic, but
we may Re very sure that she has treasure laid
up in Heaven. "a sl
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15
Washin9tou items.

The Cincinnati Gszette's dispatches Of the
evening of the 18th, contain the following
The indications now are that the debate on
Cuba in the Senate viii run through the session.
and perhaps without decision. The bill can
not pass Congress, since there is an increasing
opposition to it in the South 1t is only in
tended for political agitation, and that object is
now defeated by the transparency of the hum
bug. -r.t slr agfs
Letters by the Asia from Madrid, responsive
to the Presidents message. sustain the deelara-
ton made by the Spanish Minister here to
Gen. Cass, that any overture for the purchase
of Cuba would be regarded ss a national in
suit, after her former refusals. This condition
would probably be imposed in Preston's re-
ception, who declared before leaving here,
that the whole scheme was absurd and iDprae-
ticsble
The admission of Oregon secures the Senate
to the Democracy through the next Presidential
term. A sufficient number of Republicans To-
ted afirmatively to have defeated the bill.
According to the official statement of the last
fiscal quarter, the public expenditures exceed
the receipts over seven and half millions ex-
elusive of Treasury Notes.
Though news Of the ratification Of the Cass-
Irisari Treaty has reached here, which was &C.
complished through Ousley's Intervention after
British interests had been first protected, it is
very doubtful whether it will be confirmed by
the Senate, since it puts US in a worse position
than before, and in fact surrenders everything
to England.
The movement in Virginia is regarded as the
beginning as an organized opposition to De-
mOcraey throughout the South for 1850 It
oDens with an assurance of SUCCESS If prudence
be practiced
The Washington States of Saturday evening
saws: II is determined not to recall Messrs'
and England.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15
The Everlasting Amiztad Case.

1t viii be reeolIected that Senator Mason, OF
Virginia, the very first day of the session, jump
ed to his feet and made the famous, or rather
infamous, Amistad Slave Case the special order
fol wetk later, but for some reason it has
been postponed until all hope of getting the aP-
preparation through this session has been aban-
deued. The reason is found in the fact that
hitherto the bill had been got through the Sen
ate with but slight opposition, the tug of war
aud speechmaking to kill it having been trans
fsrred to the House, but the present session Mr.
Seward and other leading Republican Senators
had prepared themselves to exhibit the charac-
ter of the claim and gives it a death blow when
ever Mr. Mason should call it up. 1t is stated
that the speech Mr. Seward had prepared has
been in type in Washington for a month. Mr..
Dixon, of Conn, also has an elaborate argu-
ment against the claim, ready for delivery, but
he must rest content without the honors of de-
livery this winter.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15
Reeord % DeefI,s,

Mr.. John COncklin, one Of the pioneers of
Ricbland county, died at Plymouth lately, aged
IS years. He settled in Plymouth forty-twO
years ago, and was one of the founders Of the
first Presbyterian Church. He was the father
of Is children, had 69 grand children and 81
great grand children.-Mr. Eliakim Foster,
one of the Oldest and most respected citizens of
Portage county, died at Mantua a few days ago
aged 72.-Mr. Abner StrOng,one of the early
settlers of Lyme, Huron county, a man of re-
markable social and generous qualities, died on
the 4th inst, aged 79 yeors.-Mrs. Nancy
CIapp, widow of Paul Clapp, Esq, died in
Huntsburg, Geauga county, on the 10Th inst,
ia the s0th year of her age She was a loved pi-
oneer mother, having removed from Chesterfield,
Mass, to Hunisburgh in ls08--Teunis Van
Vetchen, an old and much esteemed citizen of
Albany, n Y, died few days ago at the age
of 73.-E. Ferris, Esq, one of TIE old piO-
neers of Hamilton county, died near Cincinnati
last week, aged s5. He emigrated to Ohio
from Connecticut in I79s, and became citizen
of Hamilton County when there was not brick
house in Cincinnati.-Mr. Oliver D. Stacey
who removed from Belcher, Mass to Western,
n Y. in 1906, died at Danville last week at the
age OF rs, He was an old merchant of Dan
ville-Robert Coperny, formerly wealthy
merchant of Nashville, lately died in the sta
ton house in Memphis. 1t is said that many
years ago he lost SIS, 900 on single adventure
in corn.-Col. Eastman Colby died in Ogden,
n. Y, recently, aged IA years. He was no.
BILE pioneer specimen, and settled in Monroe
county. in 1904, eight years prior to the build
ing of the first house on the site of the city of
Rochester.-Mr. Thomas Kinney, for several
years valuable citizen of Ontonagon county,
died on the 9th uit from Inflammation of the
brain, the result of a slight wound in the fore
head from piece of rock at the time of the eI-
plosion at the Ridge mine.--The Hon. Thos.
G. Harris, an old resident of Elkhart county,
Ia, and one of the first lawyers and ablest
statesmen in Indiana, died on the 10th inst
He died quite suddenly, in the prime of life
John W Bryant Esq, of Noble county Ia, a
member of the bar and at one time editor of No
bic County Democrat, young man of good tai
ents, was frozen to death near Albion on the
5th inst. He had become incorporate, in
spree wandered into field and died. He left
a widow and three children.--Mrs. Words
worth, the widow of the Poet Wordsworth, died
on the 18th ult., aged ss Thongh blind and
deaffor some years, her cheerfulness and inter-
est in the events of the day were unabated.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15
prospect of scarcity I'm Canada.

We were surprised to read in the Toronto
Leader of the 10th, that all throughout Upper
Canada the harvests have been so short for the
past two years that in several portions of the
country there is scarcely busheI of wheat left,
and that Mr. Young, of Montreal, has purchased
10000 barrels of -four in Liverpool, for ship
meni to Montreal The Leader anticipates that
-four may reach $40 barrel before next har-
vest
The short crops are attributed to the wheat
fly and rust, and in some districts to the ravages
Of the grasshopper. In the old New Castle
district for instance, grasshoppers have been
as destructive as were the locusts of Egypt,
which sacred history tells US, used to create
such terrible devastatiOns. They came last
year from the South, and cropped everything
green in their march. There were such myr-
lads innumbers as to completely cover the sur
face of Lake Ontario in some places with the
dead, which were washed ashore in heaps In
many cases farmers drove the enemy from their.
fields BY employing men to frighten off the
ravenous hordes, and in West Northumberland
farmer has instituted suit against his nelghbor
for damages for driving grasshoppers upon his
farm! The wheat fly is the great enemy of
the wheat crop, and the Leader states that for
some time past, every year its ravages, in Upper
Canada have extended over a wider area. In
Lower Canada, the fly has almost put an entire
stop to the cultivation of wheat.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15
An mi. Ar,i,t--pu.t or MIR. Giddinss.

WASHINGTON, rep- II.
ED1roR LEADER in rambling about the city
yesterday, 1 entered the studio Of Mr. Ward.
Artist, Of Urbana. Ohio, and guess my surprise
to see upon its pedestal, as large as life and
quite as handsome, a model for bust of Mr..
Giddines, of your State. The artist is young
man full of enthusiasm and sure to succeed
At least this effort is perfect success. There
stood or sat-whichever you call it when
there is nothing but head and shoulders to
stand-the old veteran, as pleasant and deter
mined as thOogh he were something beside red
clay, and seeming just ready to crack some
sharp joke on the negro drivers. Jo Root-you
have heard of him in Ohio-after hearing one
of those dialogues on the floor between Mr.,
Giddings and some green Southerners, wherein
the latter as usual found themselves sprawling,
hardly knowing what hit them, remarked to
Mr.. c., who was wondering that the poor fel-
lows should so expose themselves, "Why, my
dear sir, you don't understand the old man
He keeps those fellows under pay, on purpose
to pitch into him occasionally, to bring him
outI" And he looked there, as he stood on the
block. e. his head-as though he was enjoy
ing something greatly, and might live half
century yet. 4-s
Ibelieye Ohio is destined to be famous for
her artists. Your people seem not SO exclusively
devoted to money making as our Eastern men.
An artist is rard aUis in New England. and we
are over two hundred years old; bat Ohio, just
born as it were, has already produced the first,
with others crowding his steps.
Mr.. Ward will make something, I hope, to
enable him to continue his studies. l was so
pleased with his effort that write this to let
the people Of Ohio know of this opportunity to
furnish themselves with an excellent bust of an
excellent and brave man and by one of their own
excellent artists.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15

The New STATE.-The subject of forming a
new State along the Southern shore Of Lake
Superior has not been given up, and resolutions
are pending in the Legislature of Wisconsin
giving the consent of the Legislature to the
proposed organization. The State is TO be
formed of the upper peninsula of Michigan and
that portion of the State of Wisconsin which
lies above the 45th degree of latitude, or from
the mouth of the Menomenee River in Green
Bay, westward, in nearly direct line, to the
st. Croix branch of the Mississippi River, thence
up that branch, on the present boundary, to
Lake Superior.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15

Though Col Benton spent most of his prime
and old age in the public service, and was one Of
the most industrious, temperate, prudent, and
exemplary of men, indulging in no e1cesses Of
living or dissipation. he died poor. How poor
win be seen by the following extract of Wash
ington letter to the Times:
The Treasury Department has notified the
executor of the late Col. Benton Of judgment
against the deceased, rendered in 1926, in favor
Of the United States, for $1,000. The Govern
ment claims priority in payment. The e1ecu-
tor will appeal to Congress for relief on the
ground OF Insolvency Of the estate, the assets
being hardly sufficient to pay the bills ewing
for necsssaries furnished to decedent's family.