The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-07-20
NEWS ITEMS.


horse fanciers, has been beaten by Prin-
cess.
- Col. r. Cunningham, the father of
the Southern Matron," died in South
Carolina last week.
- The not unknown Matt +. Ward,
formerly of Louisville, joined tho Catho-
lie church in Pine Bluff, Ark, recently.
- Garibald has a son who is a sol
der with him, and fights like a lion by
his fathers side. This young man is 22
years old.
- In 10 years, Is Atlantic steamers
were lost, with 5000 persons-a loss of
about one passenger in every hundred
carried.
Two young ladies of Cleveland, o.,
lately won wager of $50 by walking
from that place to Unionville- forty-fiye
miles.
- The Detroit Tribune says that Mr..
Cummings, the partner of DR.. Bannister,
is in that city, making arrangements for a
balloon ascension in that place.
- An unofficial census of San Francis
co makes the population 49,343 white
males, 23,9S5 white females, $3.50 Chi
nese, and 1902 colored people. Total,
1908.
- There is brave man at Vinegar
Hill, in 10 Davies county, ILL., He is on
ly % years of age, and has just become
the .fth husband OLA widow lady full
sirty years Of age.
- On the 18th ult., fishing party in
Pennsylvania, near the "Bluc Juniata,"
were chased by a pack of wolves, four in
number, and only escaped by the tallest
kind of running.
- Dnring Il Q eight days following the
Fourth, no less than 200 patients were
admitted at the Bellevue Hospital, New
York, to be treated for cuts, bruises, etc,
received in fights, or by accidents.
- A case of negro mania has occur
ed in Oxford, Pa, where young lady,
in spite of the earnest entreates and re-
monstrances of her nearest relatives, and
the public indignation, has eloped with a
darkey.
= An earthquake is reported as hav-
ING occurred at Erzeroum on the Cd inst,
which lasted but fifteen seconds and oc-
casioned the loss of an immense aass4, mi
of property and tsc lives Of more than
Loo Human beings.
= The Louisville papers note the
death of Victor f. Ward, aged 20 years
He was the boy who was whipped by
Butler, the school teacher, which whip
ping was the first act in the Matt Ward
tragedy in Louisville
= A sturgeon weighing over 200 lbs.
was found in one Of the warehouses of
the Hudson River steamer, Isaac New-
ton, last Sunday morning-thrown up
and caught fast by the revolution of the
steamers wheels.
= A Penang paper states that The
nutmeg crop is failure, the death of the
trees is going on to such an alarming ex-
tent that it is calculated there will not be
single tree left in the island in the course
of ten years.
= The total vote of Virginia, at the
late election, was only about 10000
The vote of Ohio, which, some years ago,
was county of Virginia, is about 40O,-
900. Illinois, another old Virginia coun-
ty, polls 100000.
- A Washington clergyman, Sun
day or two since, while stating deficien-
cy in the collections, remarked that since
the issue Of three cent pieces, the reve-
nue. of his church had decreased nearly
one-half
NAN QRowNED.-A German, name
unknown, while bathing in the river, four
miles above this place, on Sunday last,
ventured beyond his depth and was
drowned. His body was recovered on
Monday. st. Joseph Trav., July 10.
GREAT HORSE SHow.-The second an
nual national exhibition Of horses is to be
held at Kalamazoo, October 18th, 18th,
18th, and 14th. The aggregate premi-
ums offered amount to $4,000, in sums
ranging from IS to 5000. The show is
open TO horses in all the States and Can
adas.
TIE CROPS IN EURoPE.-The New
York Tribune has the following: ave
have trustworthy advices TO the effect
that there is promise of excellent crops
in Europe, and that In spite of the war,
there will be no unusual demand for
American breadstuffs in that part of the
world"
DEcEAsE OF CoNGREssMEN ELEcT.-I
Three members Of Congress elected to
the next House of Representatives have
died, viz: Hon. Thomas l.. Harris, in
the sixth district of Illinois; Hon. Cyrus
Spinck, in the fourteenth district of Ohio;
and Hon. VIM. o. Goode, in the fourth
district of Virginia. Messrs. Goode and
Harris were Representatives in the last
Congress.
THE COLLINS STEAMERS. - These
steamers have at last been sold, and they