The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-11-30
GRAND RAPIDS CORRESPONDENCE.
GRAND RAPIDS, Nov, 1859


orderly cases, deaths, and "scrspes" in
general, with the regularity and certainty
Of many an older and larger. place, which
is evidence Of our enterprise and go-ahead-
itiveness, if not of our morality.
Item Hon. JOHN A. BRooKs, of
Newaygo, is lying i'll at the Rathbun
House. He is attended by DIR. HESDER-
SON. 81 t
Item PA Mr.. CLARK, living in Bost-
wick's Addition, was severely burned, on
Saturday evening last, by the breaking
of lamp filed with burning fluid. 1t
seems that his wife was sewing at table
upon which were two lamps, and he was
perusing the evening paper at her side,
when, bysome movement of one of them,
the lamps were upset, one of them break
ing. OF course the fluid ran all over the
table and upon the floor, and, taking fire,
the whole room was instantly in blaze.
Mr.. G. hastily snatched up the door mat
and attempted to smother the flames
But the mat became saturated with fluid,
which ran over his hands and wrists, and,
catching the blaze, took fire. In his ter
ror and pain he attempted TO brush off
the fluid from his person, and literally
wrung the skin off one of his hands, and
severely lacerated the other, before he OBJ
tanned relief. Meanwhile his wife sue
ceeded in putting out the fire on the ia
BILE and floor. His burns are quite seri-
Gus, and, of course, exceedingly painful.
| Item 3-The Library Association, hav-
ing become involved in petty quarrel
concerning their management in the case
af Hon. JOHN p. HALE, and his lecture
lately delivered here, appear to be in a
fair way TO lose considerable portion of
their last years popularity.
Item 4-The whole city is on the an
viue concerning the "Old Folks Con-
cert" which is to come of early next
month. This promises to be the most
recherche and the most outre of all our
winters amusements. -
Item 5-Our fine new Theatre, in
SeUIRE's Block, Canal street, is begin
ming to give promise of completion
Much of the scenery is already painted,
and the stage decorations, the fresco work,
DC, will be begun as soon rs the carpen-
tiers and masons have fulfilled their work.
Item Cur Jail is not so full as it
has been heretofore. / am told that there
are now only five regular boarders at the
institution.
AS you have already learned by the
papers, the Eagle and Enquirer have
had passage at arms (editorially, of
course) over their respective circulations.
The matter was brought up by the award
of the post office advertising to the latter
paper, whose editor Immediately "put
on airs" to the intense disgust of his
neighbor Of the Eagle, who offered to bet
$50 that the circulation thereof was one
third larger than that Of the Enquirer.
There was some shutting at this, and, at
last accounts, the matter stands in abey-
ance, friend GORDON declined to "come to
time" fair and square. In county as
strongly Republican as is the county of
Kent Of course the Eagle has every adj
vantage over its competitor, and undoubt-
edly has the largest circulation; but the
Enquirer is doing nobly, and really ex-
hibits better list of patrons than even
its friends had supposed could be obtain
ed, under the circumstances. The De-
mocracy are sustaining their organ gener-
ously, and its editor may well be proud of
his success.
The Great Western Journal claims to
be crowded with rush of customers
Ii its own story is TO be believed, its re-
ceipts on subscription alone ought to be
somewhere near 5000 per week; and "the
cry is still $50 very still that nobody hears
it except the Journal they Gomez
Nevertheless the great and never-to-be-
dried-up WoRRALL continues TO spread and
be glorifed-in his own editorials. His
paper has received many favorable notices
from the country press, !. e., from the
Journal. 1t is strong Republican or
gan-strong like an old cheese-is down
on tobacco, grammar, whiskey Except in
a paying ADVERTISEMENT, common sense,
the English language, and Democracy;
but it has the most success against COM
mon sense and the English language
BY the way, gentleman who is staunch
Republican, church member and prom
inent citizen, lately gave the Journal
man dollar, as present, and ordered
him 10 stop the paper. awe W." pock-
eted the money and the insult; but re-
fused to stop the paper, until the time
for which the dollar would pay should run
out. So his customer continues to be
supplied with gun wadding and shaving
paper.
A one-horse" lottery was drawn here
last Saturday, in which, by a curious
chance many the largest prizes worth any
thing were drawn by those tickets which
the proprietor retained as unsold. TWAS
a splendid illustration Of " the moro mon
ey you put down the less you take up"
principle.
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