The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-10-19
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
BANK suspENpED.-Thc City Bank, of Ra-
cine, Wis, has suspended. The Journal says
that the bills are amply secured.
u. ii. Hicks, Of Lodi, had a field Of 1S3
acres that produced him 4Os bushels of excel
lent wheat the past season.
Mr.. Doty, of Genoa, Livingston Co.. thresh-
ed 57s bushels of grain with a machine in Eve
hours, few weeks since.
- Tho Grand Trunk Railway of Canada is
discarding all wooden bridges, and substituting
iron ones.
- The track of the Flint and Pore Marquette
II. r. is now laid 9 miles from East Saginaw
A II the iron necessary to complete the road to
Flint will DO ready by November LIST.
Two hundred pounds Of Arizona silver ar
rived in st. Louis last Friday, consigned to M.
S. Mcknight. II is stated that two tons more
of silver ore were awaiting shipment from Ari-
zona to st. Louis.
- novel six-barrel pistol, invented and pa
tented, fires twelve shots without reloading, two
charges being placed, one above the other, in
each barrel, and a nipple and cap connecting
with each charge.
The GREAT BALLooN.-Mr. Lowe is already
enclosing space for his great balloon, in New
York, where it will be inflated previous to his
departure for Europe. The process of initiating
his balloon will take about week.
- A consignment of 10000 cigars,
made at Havana for Louis Napoleon, has
arrived Mt Norfolk en- route for France
They cost $500 per thousand.
SALr.-The borer at the well of the
Grand Rapids Salt Company has reach
ed the depth of 200 feet.
re-. r. Enquirer, Oct. 13.
A LUCKY PREAoHER.-Some of DR..
Chapin's congregation have presented him
with a dwelling-house, situated on the
Fifth avenue, worth $4,000.
LARGE CABBAGE.-R. w. Pendleton,
says the Marshall Expounder, is great
in the cabbage line. We were shown one
from his garden day or two ago, nearly
four feet in circumference.
= On Saturday fellow was taken
from Albion, N. Y, to the penitentiary.
His offence was stealing some rings and
jewelry from the dead body of lady-a
victim of the late bridge disaster.
: The term at the Normal School
commenced on Monday, Prof Sill, in the
absence of Prof Welch, has the charge.
The attendance of students is much larger
than usual. Ypsilanti Herald, Oct. s.
= DR.. Winterbottom, of England, has
given 100000 for the establishments of
a free nautical school for seamen. The
institution is TO be located at South
Shields.
- We are informed by farmers from
all parts of the county that the growing
wheat is in most thrifty condition.
The earlier sown wheat is so far advanced
in some localities that there is fear that it
would attain to too great growth this
fall. Allegan Journal, Oct. 10.
- We learn that the contractors con-
soon putting gangs of hands on
the line of the road between Lansing and
Albion, and that the stockholders thro'g
here will bo required to pay in their as
monthly as the work progress
es. Eaton Rapids Argus.
Coon JoKE.-0ur readers can no longer COM
plain Of "nothing TO wear" high prices, &c.
Just drop round the corner to CUTLER, WARTS
4 STEDGMAN's Store, they are selling goods at
low figures. Their store is we'll fill
ID, selected expressly for this market. Call in
md examine their Stock. See advertisement
n another column.
- 1t was the fortune recently of S. |
Aymar, of Dearborn county, Ind, TO wed |
1t once a bride and fortune, and he felt
10 happy in consequence that he got very
Trunk, fell out Of a wagon, was run over,
md killed instantly.
= Last Saturday night, the house of
!. N. Waggoner, in Galena, was entered
~ a burglar, and the room in which Bish-
'p Ames was sleeping robbed of pair
# pantaloons, vest and satchel, the last
# which contained 500 in money.
JUDGE TERRY.-Advices by the steam
hip North Star state that Judge Terry
attempted to make his escape by the
'verland mail TO Texas but was finally
rrested and lodged in the San Francisco
nil on the morning of the sailinp of tho