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The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

They HAD FRoos IN THOSE DAYS =
In blasting somo rocks lately in England,
which the geologists say were deposited
long before the creation of man, the bones
Of a frog were found, which, when iy-
ing thing, must have weighed eight hun
dred TO one thousand pounds. How
would Frenchman feel after eating " "a
dozen fried" Of such fellows 4?
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

EE- In the town of C there had
never been whig vote polled till the
year 1888, when solitary one was
thrown for Ex-Goyernor k. The
selectmen having sorted and counted the
votes for the democratic candidate, an
nouuced them as amounting TO forty
three, when the moderator discovered
one that stood SOLITARY and alone
t" Halo! fellow citizens" he exclaimed,
"here's fed'ral votel Who threw fed
ral vote9 Who threw this votel" There
was no answer. "Well, as nobody faith
crs this vote, we shall have to throw 1t
out. Forty-three for P, fellow cit
izens, and none agin him"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Curious ACCIDENTAL curious and
fatal accident occurred in New York on
Tuesday. While Michael Hit, a boy
twelve years cid, was running backward
in the act of flying kite, he came in
contact with the heels of horse, which
instantly kicked, hitting him in the head
and causing instant death.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29
ny Rlond;n hoe decided to amuse lb,

Eg Blondin has decided to amuso the
Quebecers the coming season. After in
specting several localities he has fixed on
q position close to Montmorenci Falls,
from point to point, Immediately below
the cataract. He says the span he in
tends to walk is l,4Oo feet long, being
200 longer than the span he walked al
Niagara Falls. The Falls of Montmo-
fenci and nearly $50 feet high, being 90
feet higher than the Falls of Niagara.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

A TRAGIcAL RENcoUNTER.-We learn
that two men, Messrs. Northington and
Welch, had difficulty in the town of
Wharton few days since, and in the
rencounter Northington shot Welch thro'
the heart with a double barrel shotgun,
but the latter Immediately attacked
Northington with knife, and managed
to cut him several times, once to the
heart, when both fell together, within fif-
teen feet of each other, and both died inn
mediately after, and within minute of
the same time.
Galveston News, Feb. 7th.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

- The next New York State Fair will
be held at Elmira.
- Why is the letter r like treaty
ratified? Because it is the end of war.
- In what ship have the greatest
number of men been wrecked? Court
ship.
-"1s it possible, miss, that you do not
know the name Of some of your best
friends" "Certainly-I don't even know
what my own may be year from now"
- Mr.. Calhoun took the position that
all men were not "created free and equal"
Said he, "only two men were created,and
one of those was womdn."
- One of our finest writer's says, that
the "nightly dews come down upon us
like blessings"
How differently the daily dues come
down upon us these hard times.
A debating club in Worcester, late
ly discussed the following important ques-
ton, "whether ROSTERS knowledge of
daybrcak is the result Of observation or
instinct"
The editor of the Free Democrat
passed Spanish sixteen cent piece, for n
quarter, on the Mount Vernon fund, and
then was foolish enough to boast of and
expose the swindle. That amt sharp.
= An ingenious Eastern artist has
got pair Of scales that viii weigh the
tiftieth part of grain. 1t would proba-
bly, be able to determine very accurately
Billy Sewarrs chances for the Presidency.
- A son of Erin sold horse, warrant
cd without fault" The buyer found
him stone-blind, and complained accord
ingly. "Be me sowl," said Mike, but
that's not his fault, its only his misfor-
tune, sure"
"A beautiful thought is suggested in
the Koran: "Angels, in the grave, will
not question thee as TO tho amount Of
wealth thou hast left behind thee; but
what good deeds thou hast done, while
in the world, to entitle thee TO seal
among the best"
-" An India rubber shipr' exclaim-
ed an old sailor, who had been listen
ing to description of such n proposed
invention, 'that would ne, er do, because
it would rub out all the lines of latitude
and longitude, 10 say nothing of the equa-
torm
- With whiskers thick upon my face
went my fair to see; she told me she
could never love bear faced chap like
me. l shaved them clean, then called
again, and thought my troubles DER; she
laughed outright, and said | was moro
Jdre-faced than before.
= The New Bedford Mercury saws, 6
day or two since man rushed frantical
ly down to one Of the wharves in that
place, pulled off his coat and was about
to commit suicide by drowning; but no
ticing a colored person near by who is q
thief, drowning was postponed for fear the
coat would be stolen.
= They steal worse than ever out ii
Utah, and the great apostle, Brigham
Young, disposes of complaints briefly as
follows: 81 have no revelation in regar(
to stealing that is going on in this terri
tory. When the Lord wants it stopped
he will stop it. believe that man cal
steal and be justified in the act"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Coal OIL IN OHIo.-Great excitement
exists in Mecca, Trumbull county, o., and
in adjacent towns, owing to the discovery
of coal oil wells or springs, similar TO
those found just east of the boundary line
between Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Gov. SEwARD.-The New York Cou-
rier and Enquirer says that it has "the
best reason for believing that if Gov.
Seward is not elected to the Presidency
next November, his public life may be con-
sidered as terminated, as he would not
consent to reelection to the Senate
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

GoLD IN MIssoURI.-The discovery of
gold in southeast Missouri has been furth-
er confirmed by recent examinations
The gold-bearing rock consist Of an i'm
mense dyke, which has been traced for
some six miles, and appears, at a point
several miles distant from the locality
first opened, to be as rich in precious
metal as anywhere else. 1t is inexhaus-
tible in depth, and will improve in rich
ness in going down on it.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

A STONE FROM NApoLEoN's ToMB.-
The United States steamship Mystic,
which left St. Helena on the 5th of Jan
uary, has on board the stone from Ma
poleon's tomb for the Washington Monu-
ment.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

DUcKING SCHOOL L-TEAcHER.-The
Liberty Qnd.) Herald says that school
teacher in the eastern part of that
(Union) county, was ducked by his schol-
ars on the Sd of last month, because he
did not treat during the holidays. They
insisted that he should or take ducking.
He refused, and they took him TO a
stream near by, cut hole in the ice, and
put him in and pulled him out about a
dozen times. The teacher had them
fined, and it cost each one Of the young
gentlemen SIS. The teachers name is
Gard. There were eight boys concerned.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

SOWING PEAS IN THE Full Moon IN
JUNE.-A correspondent of the Freeport
Bulletin recommends as animprovoment,
on Prof. J. p. Kirtland's mode of destroy
ing the pea bug, that of sowing peas in
the full moon in June. He says, "You
will never see bug in one. i have prac-
ticed it over forty years."
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

EE- A man in Michigan not long since
committed suicide by drowning. As the
body could not be found the coroner held
an inquest OIL his hat and jacket, found on
the lake: verdict" Found empty"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

EE- At a spiritual meeting, short
time since, Balaam was called up and
asked if there were any jackasses in his
spherel "No," replied he, Indignantly
"they are all on earth"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC VIoToRY.-An
election was held at Staten Island,N. Y,
on Tuesday last, for town officers, and ro-
suited in the choice of the entire democrat
ic ticket.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

THE NORTHERN TRANSPORTATION CON-
PANY.-Messrs. Quayle & Martin, the
entcrprising ship builders, are building a
fine propeller for the Northern Transpor-
tation Company's line. She is 10 be
completed by May, and will be bcauti-
ful craft. The company will come out in
the spring with fine feet of propellers,
and will run their lines rs usual.
Cleveland Herald, Feb. Is.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29
A Touch of Poetry for Tobacco
Lovers.

Chewing in the parlor,
Smoking in the street,
Choking with cigar smoke
Every one you meet;
Splitting on the pavement,
Splitting on the floor;
Is there such enslavement?
Is there such bore?
Fetid breath forever,
Saturated cloths;
Would that we'd been never
Created with a nose
Ladies with their long dress,
Sweeping down the street,
Gathering up the nasty mess,
Smear il round their feet.
Puddles at the corners,
Swelling into one,
Forming lakes and rivers,
Drying in the sun.
Maidens, when you marry,
Tobacco worms don't take;
Think not Dick or Harry
VIII quit it for your sake!
Declare the thing n curse,
Ana when gents come TO WOO,
You pop the question first
Sir, do you smoke or chew p
Mark well each word or look.
And if they don't say no,
just cross them of your book,
And tell them why you do.
Some gents will carry spice,
Some cinnamon, some cloves;
Make good use of your eyes,
And good use of your nose.
For when the weddings DER
Perfumes they throw away;
They spit upon the floor,
They smoke and chew all day.
Does lover promise
To quit the weed for youg
See he has a firm bump,
And conscientious too;
II you're no Phrenologist,
Let time the truth make clear,
And wait till he resists
Temptation for year."
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

SENTENCED TO BE HUNG.-Aaron d.
Stevens and Albert Hazelett-the Har-
pers's Ferry invaders-have been senten-
ced 10 be hung on the leth of March
next,
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

AID FOR VIRaINIA.-The Senate of
Alabama have passed joint resolution
appropriating $4,000 for the relief of
Virginia in paying the expenses Of the
Harpers Ferry affair.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

THE SIAMEsE TwiNs.-The Siamese
Twins arc still living in Surry county,
North Carolina. At late revival the
wife of Chang was baptized. Chang and
Eng seemed to be much concerned for
themselves, and requested an interest in
the prayers of the minister.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

had failed. A shade of the deepest gloom
came over him, and he was melancholy.
But the wine and jest passed round, while
he felt like Lucifer in Eden, where all was
Joy and gladuess around him. Said a
classmate:
"Comc, Bob, quaff this bumper, and
il will mako you feel as bright as a her
mit's lamp"
The tempter whispered in his ear: =
4" Drink once, and forget the past" A
powerful struggle seemed to be going on
in his mind for a moment; but at last he
silently shook his head, and retiring from
the room, gave vent TO his tears.
That bov never drank-not even once.
He delivered the valedictory, and is now
president of college.
Once! On this slender point hath
turned, for veal or woe, the destiny of a
deathless spirit. Cesar paused but once
on the banks of the Rubicon; but il was
q pause like which nature makes when
gathering her elements for the dread tor
nado. Eve ate the forbidden fruit but
once, and her countless posterity have felt
the fearful consequences resulting from so
rash an act. Reader remember ONCE!
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

The junior class in a Southern college
had assembled in students room to
spend the night in riot and dcbauch.-
Amid the crowd was one who had never
recited bad lesson since his matricula-
ton. In his study he was |" head and
shoulders" above the class. That day he
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29
Ttrms:---%.00 per 9mum

A SPITEFUL REvENGE.-The follow
ing singular occurrence is rumored rs lIav-
ing taken place within the last few days:
A young man residing in town who
has been irregular visitant Mt the resi-
dence Of a young lady citizen, and whose
attendance, upon the same was under
stood as prelude TO an eventual propo-
sal, was sitting by her side at the family
tea table on late evening, when, during
the course Of n rather joyial conversation,
the mother Of the lady turned upon him
with the smiling question: "When are
you and M going TO get married y
the gentlemon responded, with an ap-
pearance of great astonishment, that he
had never entertained any such intention,
and proceeded to joke upon the idea.--
The young lady Immediately arose, with
out a word, and went into room adioin-
ing, from whence she shortly returned,
with bottle of vitriol in her hand, and,
without a sy liable or gesture of warning,
dashed the terrible fluid Into the unsus-
pecting face of him whom she had sup
posed her lover shockingly disfguring It's
features, instantly destroying the sight Of
one eye, and injuring its fellow hoelessly.
This most barbarous result of lovers
disappointment is, we think, without q
modern equivalent. Buf Courier, 7th.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29


Twelve lines or less (Mnion) make square.
Business Cards, not exceeding six lines, $500.
Legal advertising at legal rates, fifty cents per
folio for the first and twenty-five cents per folio
for each subsequent insertion.
Advertisements unaccompanied with written
or verbal directions, will be published until or
dered out and charged for. When postpone
ment is added TO an advertisement, the whole
will be charged, the same for the first insertion.
Job Printing,
All kinds of Book, Card, Post-Bill, Catalogue
or Fancy Printing done on short notice, and at
reasonable rates, Blanks of all kinds, printed to
order, with neatness and despatch.
GS- Patronage is respectfully solicited.
Letters relating to business, to receive atten-
tion, must be addressed to the Publishers.
.... BARNS & FosHA, PUBLISHERS.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Around q center-table, where an astral
lamp was shedding its mild light, sat
three girls, one holding in her hands a
pack of cards. AT the back of her chair
stood young man, who for years had
successfully resisted every effort made by
his companions to induce him to learn the
character of cards.
"Come," said she, "we want one to
make up our game. Play with us once,
if you never play again"
Her eye, cheek and lip conspired to
form an eloquent battery, which sent forth
its attack upon the good resolution in
which he had long stood secure, until it
fell, like the walls of an ancient city when
Jared by the fearful battering ram. He
learned the cards, and played them. A
few weeks afterwards was passing by
his door at late hour, and q candle was
shedding its dim light through the win
dow. Since then / have looked from my
chamber nearly every hour of the night,
from the close of day till early morn, and
seen the light family struggling through
the curtains that screened the inmates o.
that room from every eye, save his who
seeth alike in darkness and at MONDAY
Gaming brought with it disease,and deatf
came just as he had numbered half of hi'
three-score and ten years. During BIZ
last hours l was sitting by his bedside
when he fixed on me look that | shal
never forget, and bade me listen to hi
dying words.
/" / might have made different MAJ
from what l am; but it is now too late
l am convinced that there is state o
being beyond the grave; and when / thinl
of the retribution that awaits me in an
other world, | feel horror which Ian
guage is inadequate to describe" Thes
were among the last words he ever ut
tered.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

MINDLESS BIRDs.-The loggerheaded
duck Of South America can only flap a.
long tho surface of the water, and has its
wings in nearly the same condition as the
domestic Aylesbury ,,dck. AS the lar
ger groundfeeding birds seldom take
fight except to escape danger, believe
that the nearly wingless condition of
several birds which now inhabit, or have
lately Inhabited, several oceanic islands,
tenanted by no beasts Of prey, have been
caused by disuse. The ostrich, indeed,
inhabits continents, and is exposed TO
danger from which it could not escape by
fight, but by Kicking it can defend itself
from enemies, MS well rs any of the small
er quadrupeds. We may imagine that
the early progcnitor Of the ostrich had
habits like those of a bustard, and that as
natural selection increased in successive
generations the size and weight of its
body, its legs were used more and its
wings less, until they became incapable
of flight. Darwin's Origin of Species.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

William Wallace, Grocer and Pro
vision Merchant. One door below the Post
Office, Washington Street.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

VIM. M. Ferry Jr., Manufacturer
urc Engines, Mill Gearing, Iron and Brass
Castings, Ottawa Iron Works, Ferrysburg,
Ottawa Co., Mich. Post Office address, Grand
Haven, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Miner Hedges, Proprietor of the La
mont Premium Mills, dealer in Merchandise,
Groceries and Provisions, Pork, Grain and
Mill Feed, Shingles, &C., &c. Lamont, 0tta-
wa County, Michigan.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

J. T. Davis, Merchant Tailor. Dealer
in Gents Furnishing Goods, Broadcloths, Cas-
simeres, Vestings, &c. Shop, Washington St.
next door to the Drug Store.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.-A man named
Thomas Faulkner, of Halifax county, Va,
who, while intoxicated, had habit Of
amusing himself by frightening his wife,
carried his joke n little too far few days
since. The Echo says: "On :his as on
previous occasions, he declared his inten-
ton of hanging himself. This he had
done before, and had tied the rope TO the
joist, and then around his neck, always
taking care, however, to have it long
enough so that, in stepping from the
chair, box, or whatever he used on the
occasion to elevate himself, he would ca
silly reach the floor. On this occasion he
tied the rope too short, and when he step
ped from his elevation, instead of reach
ing the floor, broke his neck"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

SALE OF EFFECTS OF THE AMERICAN
TRANSFORMATION Co.-The Sheriff's sale
of propellers and canal boats belonging TO
this Company, took place yesterday fore
noon. Operations were commenced at
the Ohio basin, and thence the sheriff
proceeded to sell the property lying down
the creek. The sale was numerously at
tended. Ten propellers were sold, at
prices which we give below. 1t will be
seen that two or three have been sold for
little more than a song and all were dis
posed of far beneath their value. The
purchaser of the whole ten was w. Will
Jams, Esq, who bid them in on behalf of
the trustees, appointed by the Company's
creditors.
The Potomac sold for $l5,50O; the
Chicago $4,000; the Allegheny, $9,-
900; the Buffalo, $1,000; the Cataract,
$4,000; the Pocahontas, $4,000; the
Niagara, $4,000; the Iowa, So, 300; the
M. B. Spalding, $1,000; and the Sciota,
$1,000. Twenty-six canal boats were
sold to Mr.. Williams, and one TO Mr..
Kilderhouse, at prices ranging from 5000
to $3.50. They were mostly all the old
er boats of the company. A second sale
will be held probably week from yester-
day.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Cutler, Warts & Stedgman, Deal
ers in General Merchandise, Pork, Flour, Salt,
Grain, Lumber, Shingles and Lath. Water St.,
Grand Haven, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

John H. Newcomb, Dealer in Dry
Goods, Groceries, Provisions, Crockery, Hard
ware, Boots and Shoes, etc. State Street,
Mill Point, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Lewis Porter, Manufacturer of and
Dealer in Clothing Goods. No. 16, Canal St.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

EIcIssTUDEs OF FoRTUNE.-Here is
IN illustration Of the yicissitudes Of for
tune: A few years ago one Of the most
active and successful business men in the
city of Hudson was Leonard Wells.--
Everything he touched turned into mo-
uey. He once made $4,000 in an
hour, by q purchase of piece Of real
estate. Fifteen years ago Mr.. Wells was
worth $4,000. Shortly after this luck
turned against him. lie lost $4,000
by buying stock in the Hudson and
Berkshire Railroad. This was followed
by other losses, caused by endorsements.
In less than eighteen months Mr.. Wells
passed from atfiuencc to extreme poverty
from being worth $4,000 to being
worth not one cent. Mr.. Wells is now
resident of Albany, and earns living for
himself and family by peddling candies,
apples and dough-nuts. Exchange.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Ferry g. Son, Manufacturers and
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lumber, Shin
giles, Iath, Pickcts, Timber &c. Business OF.
fees, Water Street, Grand Haven, Mich, ana
236, Adams Street, Chicago, Ill.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29
THE GRAND HAVEN NEWS.
Published every Wednesday,
BY BARNS sS FOSIIA.

vERMs :-oNR DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
S~ 81 so when left by the Carrier. ~laT
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

George d. Harvey, Dealer in News
papers, Periodicals, School Books, Stationery;
also Detroit Daiies and Weeklies, Yankee
Notions, Tobacco, Cigars, Candies, Nuts, &c.
Opposite the News Office, Washington street.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Noah Perkins, Dealer in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Provisions, Grock0ry, Hardware,
Boots aud Shoes. &c. Opposite the store of
J. II. Newcomb, State st., Mill Point, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Boot e. Shoe Manufacturing and Re-
pairing Shop, one door below Wallaces Store.
Washington Street, Grand Haven.
Z. KINNEY, Foreman. X. c. FOsliA'
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

George K. Hubbard, Dealer in
Stoves, Hardware, Guns, Iron, Nails, Spike,
Glass, Circular and Cross-cut Saws, Butchers
Files; and Manufacturer of Tin, Copper, and
Sheet-Iron Wares. Job work done on short
notice. Corner of Washington and First sts.,
Grand Haven. Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

George Wheeler, Watch and Clock
, Maker, and Repairer, Washington Street CIR.
Haven, Michigan. A New and select assort
ment of Clocks, Jewelry, Yankee Notions, &c,
lust received. Prices low and terms cash.
Patronage Of the Public respectfully solicited.
Grand Haven, October 10th, 1s59.-[n ~
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Robinson & Co., Billiard Saloon, (up.
stairs,) second door east Of the Ottawa House,
Water street, Grand Haven, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-29

Henry Griffin, Druggist, Commits
sion Merchant and General Agent Corner of
Washing gton and lst Street.