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K K O K I K
•A'TUROAY MORNING, MAY 2fi I "55.
U e publish the veto Message ol
Gov. Gardner and the opinion of At:ornev
^General Clifford of Ma«sachusetts, as im.
porUnt documents hearing upon exciting
questions, without thereby intending to
commit ourselrcs sillier (o support or con
trovert the correctness of the \iews of the
We»«-ge at the present time.
ftST* The Railroad from Chicago to
Milwaukie was «penvd last week, and an
excursion train run through the whole ex­
tent of the lfttt, near 200 miles, on Satur
day.
Gooei's Lady's Book for
Yaf*e* Notions,
Jon*,
and
have just been laid on
table by Gr-ham & Cave, who hare
mere of Vm.
Cocert
Hall—This
Thespian Club perform the romantic dra­
ma of the •'Coiner* Cave," and •'Am
brose Gwinettc, or 'the Doom of the
Drunkard." Mr. and Mrs. Duff will ap-
pear in both pieces, and we anticipnte a
pleasant evening for those who attend.
Gbiat Excitemekt.—The
fused'to make a deed lo the New York
Company for river lands. This news is
hailed with joy in the valley of the Das
Moines. The people know that the Com-
ST.«e give up the onl, wLkh »b» I
lands from the mouth
tof
lww|« ot Cfor:
a.u
balanced
much
evening the
chief topic
of talk all over town is the question of re­
scission. Men are discussing the
pros
with great suimaiion, and some
allow themselves to get so excited as to
dispense with the
dis.
Keep cool, gentle­
men the ptopie will decide the question
for us and what (he people sajr must be
right
qf court*.
Tar
Railroad
printers decidedly object to late night
Work, we were compelled to go to press
laat night before the Meeting came off.
lJut whatever maybe worthy of note will
spp ar in our next issue.
M&1
The
i
Glory
by a prisoner at Fort Madison, and badly
wounded. Leech, however, knocked the
fellow down, »»nd gave him a severe cul
gelling.
Brought np Standing'.
... It appears .'rum the following letter,
from a reliable citizen of ac Valley, that
the des Moines Navigation Company
have run on to a
..
MEKrnr0,~*.As eur
says that Deputy Sher­
iff Leech was stabbed the other morning
SawyerWe
Sir—In
shall
Irare to await further developments before
we shall be able to report the extent of
the injury sustained," in consequence
of this-"sudden collrssion."
Mas^as.
Editors:
I hare it from the
best authority, that Gov. Grimesr has re­
the river up t»
Polk Conuty, and three townships above
For Des Moines. If th's deed is made,
that is the end of the River Improvement.
Gov. Grimes understand* it, and in
Kmi* we have hope.
Tours,
&c
T. B.
GarAaer of* Massachusetts.
TITO OF THE FKR605AL IIBIUTT
Cow it
Cl CiiAMBtR,
»v.
Boston,
May 21st, 1865.
To the I'resident of tfu Senate
1 return herewith to tbe Senate, in
which body it originated, a bill entitled
"An Act to protect the li^ht and liberties
lllc
,,
ui U1IU lluc UCB
hearty approval. I desire to see in any -f,t
ready sanction and aid to everv measure
rinciules laid I
the maintenance of!
asserts ur looks to the main^nance of V
any rights not clearlv and constitutionally s,!iiu
ours." I have taken a solemn oath to
upport th. constitution of Uasi.chuselu ""j.*""*
No earthly
indues me
as tiie Lumiliatiun of the other should
avoided.
nd tl,. constitutun of U.e United JOHN H. t-UHOKD.
and
State*,
should
u, 1 kn
Utes of the Commonwealth, the opinion
of
SufMne Judwial i^urt alw, u
s
Stale,) the oie which by its process and of .Sebast
atone for its evils. There is much that, i
in accordance with the true doctrine of
riifhts, Mussachu- i
man's rights aud Statf
heve ature
not
flection. Let it uot hasti
perhaps, it may
without the power. An
y P'
The richt.1 ,'h. I ,i Til® f'fq
e T,or
quirements.
Notwithstanding my earnest approval
of many of the provisions of this bill, for
the reasons given I am constrained to
withhold my sanction.
HENRY J. GARDNER.
Coxnpkwealtii
ok Massachusetts,)
Attorney General's Office.
New Bedford, May 19.
To His Excellency Henry J. Gardner
consiquence of my absence
from home, in attendance upon the Su-
bill pending befoie the Legislature, en-
pany J#*ve failed to comply with their provisions of the constitution of ihe I ited turneth about unto the north, it i whirled
contract wi the S.ate. Why should the
St0 te9
br
holds to oompel them to do right They their officer* into an irn c.mcilable conflict
claim a deed for eighty eight thousand I with those of the Commonwealth and it From the Country Gen leman
acres of land. This takes all the river
is a virtual denial of the constitutional ob- i
ligation which rests upon the Common-!
Revised Statutes rela'ing to
habefis corpus.
u
•nd /vTy»» ,h. rights „r th. peop'e or""
v
Ml viulation of constitution/obiigatl,^'.! fT"-
,r "7,
,l
U,cr
of-"M!,n
cial and not a legislative
Massachusetts protected, and will give ^.y .cl^irI-V
lu 1 reRr 1 hm
(*eve
as
(ievelu'uP'
as
COnSlra ,UC ,n re
IC lu
power or influence Alton,-» G.neral:
ru .^be%Xof."
zen, consptre to forbid it. respondent of the New Vork
^Unconstitutional enactinetits tending lojsays:
0
mast result in the submission of ons, alike —an assault w ould have been made im
fstai whiih ever it is, ahould be equally mediately after the grand effort nt bom*
shunned by judicious statesmanship, asjbardment. Half the army would have
well as patriotic duty. In su- delicately
1
i' l" Lligiiit, rtllti I Ulfttoll UlCO
quesijju propounded to them by myself, atnou to nearly two httn Ire I thousand
state as follows :—44 hen any person, men. What wi!i they dot They would
|either citizen or s'ran/jer, has rci.dereii re-eriibnrk, i th««\ ro.t.d but ti.ey can
j-hijw-ell Him uuble lo the leg'd process of not.
Tboth governments," (the Fedi r.il and They mu*t retire from before the walls
dieiion which cannot be rightfully or le-1 the peuinauU is known ouly to i'S own man or boy that h^ve met wih ev.
i
oreme Court, your Excellency's note of proved the B.ble to be right, and aved
noxious to very gra\e objections in many Bible tells it all in a single sentence,
particulars, anl is clearly rt-pugnant to the The w nd goeth toward the south, and
1
nitih the constitution, which subjects judicial of- maybe thinking of spending the tviningol
of the people of the Commonwealth 'of P»'P»We violation of that provision of the dence ceas. s, and "a dinner nhtad" beyins.,
Massachusetts" constitution of M.issar-husetts that "the I tilled eleikships in several first class1
Verv many of its provisions hsve mv I L%,i,1Ul,ve department shull never exer- mercantile houses and was associated with
desire to see in anv executive and judicial powers, or a vtry considerable number of sdesmen,
fic r» to removal by the Executive, upon li'e in useful repose "in the country. I am
address by both branches of the LegLla-ia citj' meivhan', having commenced my :,
Hir# «nH in (ho
1R(
\'f 'j^-
t"*'y
are
ry»
18
®!|,S|y ,*h« Weit Movement or tli» Allies.
'•cftd .kKpto.n. lkow Wbrt a« I»xt ourcmeu «f. lb* Al-
nn armed conflict between our 8»ate and I Were the expedition comro^ed wholly
natWMl systems of government, which
10
French, we kno v what would be lone
perished by the fire of
be
,, im,
Hatlt these opinions are clear and unmis I way over ti e
Ukable, arid there are no higher authuri- roads reiniorcemcnts ar^ sut to Si-hasto but as year.'* ss,
tics known to our l.iws or to our judg-! pol, nre distant fn,m the Al'i armies with the vanities ot li^c,
tnent^ Be»n? unwilling, Therefore, to abotitona hundred mi'es, from Euju'oria wl ieh are stealing upon me, my tfough I
lead M'!S4aciu$etta into a portion hostile !over fixty miles. What troops pas* th«ii« olVn -vert to the home mn^suf tnv
to the harmony of the conlederary, which roads are no more kn iwn to Lord glan
is essential to the permanent interests of and Canrobe-rt, than to the exiles of Si-
the Commonwealth and the ltepublic, no berb. The Kus',ian armies in the Crt
courfce i» left me but to witholJ my sanc-j nea, or which m«y in a ft?w weeks be
lion from thi» bill. sent there, are not liktdy to be of less
i have no doubt that had it been report- force than 400 000 men. Thfse are the
ed at an earlier period in the session, it men whii the Allies have to defeat, dis-, rv life mu*f*upply to pemal mind#. choicest materia
would have he^ri subjected to mmecare- I perse, and cipture, before they ran take With a
ful scrutiny and examination, and its ob-1 ^b.«stop.,l. W.ll they do it? Not unil ed by *ay futy acres of good land, adjoin.*
iectionable provisions obviated. There they sh 11 have sent more troops, under ing a thr'ifv N- Y villtoe and an am n*l
Is much of good in it, but that cannot other officers, to the Crimea."
BIBLICAL SCIEXCE
Lieut. Maury expresses his
belts jn'^ht well ace upon her statute sciftnee'had advanced to a high state of and a part of the rural community, and be-,
ook, ut that cannot authorize its illegal cultivdti n in the days of Job. Many come identified wi-.h its interest, plans,!
uncons utional requirements. passages in the Bible convey a mysterious hope* tnd sympathies, and at the same time
«,
ace
h..... r,.. I,. I m.'v of great importance in the ntuiiy of the I
hertafter be supplied, but the stigma of an circulation of the atmosphere, lie ob-1 isolated, and without conget.ul associa-
ehhrelT1^eiwd 1^7" !«.««. or .b.
u
ot Massachusetts sre eonficled to US. Uav- fee's. Ilut such illusions are ften so built up?
ing sworn to obey her constitution and N-rapt tip in the folds of the peculiar and Will some of your practical country
ha of our common parent, the United graceful drapery with which its language correspondents answer
States, let us act under the solemnity of i. occasionally clothed, that the meaning i
those oath*, end iu obe .lence to their, re- thoup li peeping out from its thin covering
all the while, yet lies in some sense con-
in
cealed, until the lights and revda'i ns of1
been improved. The Ihble called the
finally sailors circumnavigated the globe,
.oil, iiisiant, accotnprmymij a copy oi jChristiin men ol science from the stake. The firvf arp strof.c, the l4 -are
4
wealth has only just cached me. they have not answered this question, have road—We saw a large number of cars
In reply lo the request contained in it, i thrown bo much light upon it as to show i yesterday on Piasa street, b'longine- toi
tVat will "advise you officially if any of i that, iT ever it b» answered by man, hcj
the general resuUo. my examination of it, earth and sun, with their splendid r. tinue Mur^au wa here a 'few days ago at-
as an exten 'ed statement of the grounds of comets, sutellites, and planets are all tending to their shipnitnt
ot my opinions would necessarily postpone in mo'ion around some point or center of! rier.
until alter the .probable termination of the cyon, one of the Pleiades! Who, but U. 8. District Court for the Southern Di-
session. the astronomer, then, could tell their in- vision of Iowa, commenced i s May Term
about continually, and the wind returneth
FZ
A Successful Merchant'! Experience.
E5sns
Editor*:
In my judgment the b.ll is also rxcep- eventful life, a few of which 1
offer f.r the i v
tionable some of its provisions as be- benefit o! your readers, as facts by which
trg beyond lb* constitutional competency the more jouthful may measure tne'r fan-
of the Legislature, under the piinUions of cies and day dreams upon mercantile life Lucy Faul .e,!.
the constitution of the mmon wt akh. and with the hope of drawing from those of -Ambrose Gwioette,
It attempts to construe and dt clare the more mature year*, some sun'ge*tiuns of i '"sy'-'^dlt
true intent and meaning ol the provision of va ue to myself and ether ci y men, who'
these respects it s'ems to me to be a sant toil to reach th^ point where depen- i
o,ve 0r
he ,re, uu of
a udi
~r 'lhe accountants and clerks generally. Near
'l,ir^
cf-
LOW
i e e n e a v i e w s o i s 1
that ter as to accomplish that purpose with-{ I I 1
actmcnt, WlllCii 1 regret ,,v% Hit- uitii\iug lesuna. .'\1I me mer- snoa rmin. rrom ins lonp
in conformity with tbe nrinrinl^a l„w| 1
eJ.irs
have
Pttrstli
"P"!,'"!'
susceptible of being cantile houses
organisations, the integrity of remainder wt uld have rushed to their l"^o»y of
city merchant's
clerk#, keokdh steam chair
tl»e one should be preserved as zealously slops,and a miserable remnant alone would
have survived the enterprise, lint the «,y
*l»L jit i courage, nave greater But s,ccn two oft, taniiiiar with its face, t|
The legal adv?.«er given me by the stat-! patience, Urtftude and resources under We fir.teadure, tbei pi*, tien embrace." W "i
disaster. Thev
have beside the help
«,f?'^
ton*,
of
{jr
Mr
Qmrkr
a
w
they are susceptible of being cantile houses f^r whom i was employed,
w n in v ir Tiiirural add re^s th at we into au argumc nt upon the spe^ have since failed-one, after an en„n n^ he cannot be excelled by anyone in
uown in} ir.iugurai aatlress, that we
the country. He particularly solicits patrortjr^
abould scrupulously avoid such uctbn
the bl11 re
1
«t« provisions. The the present-war, it has encouotercd them embark in business, and one in several
»uflioieiit to ly creditable career of 15 years, was car-i i„ this line.
"V *n reply lo your Ex- ried into hopeless b«i| kiuptcy by tu'side
I fi-Uency'a inquiry, that in mv iudkmi/ht the «nerulati«n. and anotltvr »fi."r H.n »»•. branches.
myjudgnu'ht the speculation, and anotlfer, after35 years ofj
*'olauoti of the constitution. 1 undoub'ed success and credit, wtfi a few
mon'hs since, involed in in xtricable dif
ficulties— the results of a single i»h of the i
pen— and ha* fi rc er uiost its mercantile
cxisttwee.
Of alt the clerks with whom have
tentiary, the Huspili.1 aud the Drunkard's
i i i
disaster, and-the career of not a few would
f,U ,hr,11,n 1
and rove be vand u Uon t,mt
1S,#
i"
on of
1 must content myself, therefore, with fluences And as for the general system'Ho this city yesterday, tbe Hon. J.J. Dy- d'er'ITt h'*V' reetflra.
expressing in this comtuunica:ion the epin. «f atmospherical circulation which I have er, District Judge, presiding. We bclitve W. M. G. TOKKENCE,Secretary,
ion whic I entertain, that this bill is ob- bien so loi.g endeavoring to describe, the tht re is bu'» little business before it.-—
,T
iihg'on Tc'
The late number of
wealth, its officers and citieens, to rt cog- your paper have contained at cles contrast- i^'aik Redlaiid".
nize the cor.slitu'ion of ihe \, uited'States,-' ing City Clerkships and Country Life, in Boaa-ftedlanj,
and ail laws made in pursuance thereof,! a manner to call up very manv inciden's To conclude with
as the supreme law of the lan I. and recolUctiuns of my own" soinewhut! AllB'tOSE (iW IXETTE,
uuwvt|ite wu» tunutte
Wiiii i-it
reject.
personally, bjr- a rare com' inaiion of
favotul lu circumstances those *4wonur
H/wtrs that bloom hut onc« in a lifetime
i am ifoeeUtifj wit') wh .t i* called suecis*.
its olfacer?, hrst obta ns the lawful custi dy field S. bas'opol seems to he inevitable. ce^unt labor r.f lti to lb huu's, and such C*n »»«:»•, and Hacks, npei) and cW, be done in
ol such person, acqu rts a priority of juris-I The ags»rea.e of the Russ:an fvrtfe* in d'ys and i.i»hts of toiU us no farmt r's
gaily defeated by the o'her, until, the pro (comm-tndera and the Kmperor. The WjifUd ot in lit* rurai labors and which if np-' or!is.TJrVfr!»mTb'SkipS'm^Itrtern,^
cess hrst attaching shall have been sails- into it from the heart Iiassia haa never plied to the cultivation of aj100 acre fmn,!and ruefully attended to by
fled or discharged.'* i been interrupted. i\rekop and the cause- v\ouid have developed hid'den treasures
Putrid Sea, by which two not dream, of by the reluctant ,»lough«n ,r.1
childho »d iti the co in'ry. n 1 1 feel temp^
td to fh ke off this irt:ticial life am ng ah
Home
and to be Appropriated in a
i uic Diu:e convey a mysterious nopen anu aympatnies, and attlie same time I Dr,.
8c. this case wit.iout deliberate re-: discovery can alone elucidate. He shotvs efficient habits and associations which fl elected «i
meaning, which the lijiht of astronomical i retain those prompt, thorough-coins? and TT AS ju^t re,
I
itself that this passive, y The wind driveth mercantile life has left with hiin and «hch'^r
where, perliaps, it may wish to ,«,rede. but a-vay rain," coninins a m^tprolt:gi, al fact lie u!d not abandon rf h. would, ,.nd i
would
mmM (,0m
«,lty makerallu^i''n» to Ihem, »t,J from which a thrifty, lupgealive
which
science are thrown t-pon it then it bursts ssc- harine article annually worth, it is
out and strikes us with the more force and estimated $650,(MX) A very pretty item,
beauty. As our know ledge ol nature and f'Ctainly. The subject is decidedly al
her laws has increased, so has our under-
8
w
e
standing of many passages in the Bib'e which some Green Mount.dn boy sent in
10 a
earth tiie roun I world," yet foi a^es if (Ma*s.). some time Lst year. It ran
was the st damnable heresy for Cluist- ^us
ian men to say the world is round, and
O S K V i V
r
This Evening, May 2Qth,
Wil r- in: th»' r, i. is of
THE ROAD SIDE INN,
OR
The Coiner's Care.
ft
.„F1B, i »i i couiilv, Iowa, are reo'i^sted ti) lodjje the
fiire, and to declare the meamng oj the career its an adventurer fr. t!.e farm, .ame wuh Jfr ir.bii, Aeeoununt, on Fifth and
the writ ot on a salary of $80 per year, and having Main streets, in the course of tvday, after whish
pats through half a life time of inc^-
8»nce
,ic in ,hi!l bran
Vour Ex- ried into hopeless b:t|,kiuptcv by tu'side i lie also offers his services as Farrier in all its
u micn
Britlt.} with equal course have t»r«"iter that to be hated, need but to be^Wti. Mai* street, be»wee« Slsih and Se*enH.*
Sone sanguine yoii
mar
•«t,m„t
nounces the but now bet jre me unconsti- en the iiusnans wherever, in the course of i are the one in one hundred of those who Meiior, Mam, t.etween seconj ami
tutional to mi
Vm
the inteferny the laws of nature, their operation nnd ef- and prozressive local community could br BEX F. DOIISOV block forty-nine (49) in the
Maplk Sugar
!e
m^kes about six million of lbs,, of
one, at reminds us of a toaat
4'Vsbmokt.—Famous
our
Sf
Rt
sugar»
'Canst thou tail the sweet influeace of The .-econd and third are exceedingly *wtet,
titled "An act to protect the rights and .the Pleaides.*' And all are utico-airaon y nard to beat.*» are exact y what every family needs.
liberties of the peopJe of this Common. Astronomers of the present day, if CARs^r^nE
lhe
the provisions of his 11 are, in my judg- must consult the science of astronomy. It They were being taken to the rive/ for il
^o^
mcnt, unconstitutional," I catf only givS has been recently all but proved, that tlieishipme.it to Quit.cv. Vice-President
th.qtowt.ahip,
a communication beyond this daj 'a mail,! attraction inconceivably'remote, and thatj"^ 1 ^e
qieinon^'" g'fotihe raymentof
and it would consequently not reach you point is in the direction of the star Al-
I
A campaign in e .Oprtl 1 lie Wny to it Was pin fid by yew"! ol in- bir«.ps well trained for hiiriie«s, as well a* with solicit trial, aud all work ei.trusted to my car*
work manlike manner and "a
"Study to pleas*" id *11 be any
ntl
akl''^d
ny
But as year.'* ss, and de.elo ©. al »rtr! May 25, 1855. d'y
the hai
e
ntsllige Co snd op nhearted populattor,' ed ourselves in Keokuk with ai
dt^ o'ed to agticullure and secure to my
(not a Palace) surround- |*romT,t not.re.
A,"y
Ua
expendi ure of the amount necessary to
1
n\ \V.-.!,,ek
P*a ticol
•'lief that «, u!J a City man make l,im4tf.i home In
May 25.
u
Sl«..h .» «,«0, »•••'*.'«
—Thi* is 'he height of
"sugar season" in Vermont, a State
for the production
staples nen. women, maple
a°d horsej:
Norther7
Non"herti Cross Railroad Company I w
nited
[Al-tou Cou-
District Couht.—The
Mr.
0R
THC
doom cf TMB DRIMKARu
ra
u,,. j^r D„(f
mm.
H" clai"',,
WILLIAM
city
clerksltip began, »nd the retrospect |»romp-1
proposed en- ted by the articles referred to, has devel- Brinp
results. All the mer- *hod riL'ht.
LL persons having claims apamat th»- School Hat* just
Hoard of Di«trict No. 1, Jackson townvhip, All the Ne
Wl!1 bc
'^barred.
may 2( dlt
Bl.ick^vnifhin^.
GHAHAM, .* third,
*h
been associated, not one baa achieved be is anxious to s ho a- his new and splendid itock,
ol ,h
niatirittl
gra\ e haie claimtd their victims, ^ome west of the iMis^iasippi for the manufacture of
embarked in bu^inrs* with lofty anticipa- work to order.
lion* of success, but soon pa&std away in
is
ask wherihe
Bjr II,it time U» ««l«iMd ihuedred irf tlw.. »ho e«A clerk.oi|,s Ii". w.wttur.
btn-inesa he flaiters
d&wl
gM
I-ITEST KTYl.Es
Or Bools ati«t ^lioti,
A LI. persons lieairiHg the Litest Fashions for
to see what !hey ar
u
would t(o well to call
at Duk»'s •Boot and Slio* F.inporiuin," where
... own ivanufaclory, the most extensive inthe city,
Well s'ocktd 100 sere farm \n hue from tl e thus enabling him fo fill orders more promptly
most briliiitit of their number, the l'eni- H'
3 1
4-
y u'her house.
has
a* tv ol
'hegreatest assortment and best quali-
(hat \n to op found in any one hoot*
Lasts are all made to order, and he war-
raa 9 a,i, 1 al1 hi!
ami* nuuiu iiotc ii- *11 i ni§HII6lll IfHVa, (vA'i ttliti A66 VuUj36iii
the besieged the
y »Hustratfd chapters the .y2
^'°,r.k
5i
su ,eno 10
j855.
tuve tilted oi» nuchtnet at a
aVe
,ow*r
fh''r*r,je'
Bur-
"°v «hinf
i Furniture Far (orv,
p.
tmt
,stei thanlhtvCitli
ennnn.
now f-re, are" Vu,'" than at
bel
tu
K'"
from
w
tmcm.
1-ivEtr STABLE, "THK.^T.
o^a^nt aUlT'li^.'
May 25, 1855.
gray
U- I
Carriage Manufactory,
On Johnmn Slret, between
i*Tnt''e
b.,th i
men al ^nu physical, which che» rlul coun'- ticjea in our hue in the very be»t »tvle ail o| the
i well arranged and amply provided witi. good patroi.ape. inn a *tiangr. I recpectfullr
half co\ered, ot every description, fit''Kurai^eed.
ailapVd to ^(n^'enl»M»c?' or luxury.
Uieu thorouglily
kusines*.
con minion auvl on
1
BY O'BRYAN, A CO.
HAVING
permanently e^jblMi- j»-
w
•*(1 OlxrS(*lvpR in Kpijirntc with f»I '& 4*^
*"pp'v of the very be*« mate 1~1—
SK:
reasonable terms
25 im
t'ly
Lost.
y
live comfortably hnd pleasatly in the city heween Swim! an Fourth, a cold Brevt
AI»I U l.» k Pin 11 liiph tt'aa nrnou.l I.ai^..! It. .. .. i
way, *,n
w uc
ias., probably on ,V*in S»re*t,
Pri***d beyond its Intrinsic value I
d2t
ben!
F. DUDSON,
s ng v
received one of the l«r^»*f and be^t
...v... a'ueks "f ("loih, ("n-^iineres and
1
brou-'1'
not if I cou!d Or would b« life I Al.o itoo,i u.ortm«it ofC.nl'. Furni.lii, .r!
lo th Suie cf
v
0
May 25, 18.".
1.
The WoBderful AcEventorei of Captain Prelst!
A
TALE of but few iucidents, and no plot in
particular.
By the author of a Strav Yarkee in T»x ie.
may25 ilw
1
^'erinont festival hidden in Lowell
ALOjvk.
IUIKU. ERA TORS
w
CkoTs
Rail-
W ILL t«» rereieed this w»»k, directly from
jstjleof Marsh's Patent Kef.igeralers, which
,n be s,l i low to c!»*e ronsignment. They
*a*25, iK3. dlw
1
J"
b#
1^55.
maySi
ANR HUN'
ATHats
M«»l
Johnsofia'd Kxcliar.^e Strce!
Brick Shop, would inform the piiblic^hat he ta
piepared to do all kinds~of Bi.acksmhhinc in a
neat, durable, and cheap manner.
HORSE SHOEING.
on jmir lame hor«es and haw* tbe in
From his loop and constant prac~
submitted for the ac
Iowa State Insurance Co,
VVm. F. Te«NEa,Serretaiy.
May 22, 18£5. dtd
Duff.
Jtfts,
Dart.
Great E\clt mcut!!
AT SHELDON'S HAT EMPORIUM.
TItElar^e*tandever
rpiu:
JL tor IKS.*) can b»* found at the
NE iV YOKK. HAT EMPORIUM,
84, Mai u street.
Call and look at them.
Ma
y 21, 1W5.
A.L. DEMINC. H. CLAVrOOLE.
A. fJrmiiip
SIGHT
Interest allowed on spe-cial deposit*.
Kefereitaea:
Cash. Am. Exchange Bank, New York.
Meesrs. K. W. Clark, l)odpe &. Co.
Luca-4 &. Simouds, St. Louis.
K. W. Clark &. Bro'a.
N Corwith At Co., Galena.
May?!, 1855.
At the Two New Lime Kilos,
FOOT OF FOURTH STRRET.
THE
sublet ibers kn
&v
tU
On\ Jlore I
U% ILLIAM 11. CLEOHO^*. sid". nud bo es tv purr*!u lity an I a «»nct at
HtS cs!a!i!ishun'iit is larjje, ctinmodiou*,
1
Shirts, Collars, «ndkerchief5 i unkn wt heirs of Ida Bail,dec#a*-
,, W re her.k, to
GRAHAM It CAVE,
may'25 lw Main Street.
fjPUL O'DOHERTY f'APERS.
I VVta. Maguin, L. L. I).
By the late
GRAHAM# CAVE.
An exceedinj
By M, HarUind.
ma\2.ri lw Mam Street.
R,cr:
School Meeting.
ToTfrr
„a» tied so,, rs ot School Di.tnc
qua I tied vott-rs ot nchotd Diitrict
Nro. 1. Jackson Lee county, lowa,wii)
be held at ttie I.'i*trirt «chool house, on Satur
day. June 2d, |S5f. a* 2 o'clock r. m., at which
time a ieportof the atfairs and financial conditioii
tbe liahmt e.* of the Ditnet a^l tor the coiapte-
Mo"
wf
Sehn»t
or.
flense, er.ctosing the lot, &.c..
1
THK members of the Iowa S'ate Inearance 1 *r!
lo ld al the office of Cdwards
tc
he^t atock of Hata, Caps and
Straw Goods brought into the Slate of
Iowa. Any one in wan of a nice Hat, Cap,
Umbrella. Carpet Bsc, Cane», Ac., will always
find a ^»ni[ lete stock at the New York Ilat Em
porium, M, Mam atree*.
i Call and Mok at tbe new summer atyle of Hat*,
Springer.^,which is baautifiil. I)o not fiirgrt the place, at
SHELDON'S, b4, Main street.
NDRFD DOZEN Men's
iecpi%pl per Exprt-ss.
New York «.tv!^«.-for i a e cheap at
iti, at tilt} SPLENDID assortment r.f rhiliTrPO** fflncr
A Hats an'l ('aps for summer wear, the late*t
summer style ju^t received and for sale cheap at
SiirLDoN's
May 15, 18SS.
Leghorn
Sii ELDOK'd, U4, Aiaiii street
ma\21 185$
Lthe rew summer afyles ofGenf'soft dre«#
as worn in New York just rer»iv*-d and
for sale cheap at SHFI.DON'S,
Call and lok at them. 84, Maia street, i
Hat
limroK.CM, b4, Main st.
Ladies, call and took at them.
ma\2i
new mminei aiyle of Gent's Beaver Hats firm are to be paid to said Wiu. C. Funkhouaer,
who is alone authorized lo use the uaaae of tl
fum iu liquiUaiittn.
3c
Co.,
SUCCISSuRs to CHANN Ii.LE B. SMITH
fa
We will buy =.nd sell all kind of Gold, Specie, this City. Quick sales and small profit* is hi*
and uncurreut nk Notes, at best rates. motto.
Keokuk, May 9. 1855. dtf
roi
a a v y o e v a 4
j»t 1 iiiui Rirp on Jefen*
.1
ll»
tenlion to business loweiit a share of public
motto. With those who i' I will cheer
fully (jo to the aiure and as.-cut them in kelect«tf
their good*.
T. KELLY
Ke'-kuk, May 93, lh55 ltndltw
i Kookuk, Mi. Pleasant and Mils-
catine Kail Road Co.
NOTICEthehereby
ht and 2d.
given (hat the annual meet,
inp of Stockholders of the Keokuk. Jlft.
Pleasant and Muscatine Rail Road Company
will be held Mi. Pleas.„t, at the couaty
("our, House, at th- hour of I o'clock
r.
Wedne*day, Jun«* 20:h, 1855, for the piirpoxt of
elnrtina eleven Directors and transacting the
kusiueaa incidental theretr.
on
KIN OFWEY, President.
May 23, IB35. d2w4.3tw
New Grocery Store*
A K A S O N & O
HAVE
just opened a new Family Grorery *»d
Provsiorj stori», in ttie room formerly oceu-
pied by D. tt. Smith as
hnson Mrtet, wher
i f»°hV "f'f
I
u
!"»•«.
""M
T°.
oceu-
an Auction Room, on
tb#*y intend to keep a
demands ot the retail trade of the city.
They invite the irtapeetion of the citizfru perie
tolly, and have no dovbt that they can off.-r m
ducemeots for frequent ealls and a continued C«S
t««- A. J. RAI.STO.N
k. ItKO.,
-•, "W'- J"4ta*Wii Sbsit.
Keokak, May |0, J855.
Wr Eht P- W
'"l
1
'.':
S 1
"'"'"r.
1 •xistme upon W„ one (I) .„J (2) im
r.i'y
of Ke«kuk,
caused by stagnant water thereon. !s*id nut
Kance to be r» tnoved by the first day of Jun*
next, by fillmp the said lots with earth suffi
eiently hitfh to abate said i.aisence, and that un
less anaied within the time apecjh«d above it
will be proceeded against according to ordt
nanf«. M. F. LANDo.N,
i Marshal of tbe City of Keekllk.
Keokak, Msy 17, 156£. jut
4 REIUHTOH OI4XER.
ARE
now prepared to furnish ice Creara to
Pai'Ue*, Fairs, Suppers, Picnic Par net, and
also to Families in any quaijtity. A lit eralde-
tgly interesting book.-— niade to Fairs or aa i'eneficial party,
Johnson Street, next tc i'oet «l6t#
GRAHAM It GAVE, i April 30, 1K%5. dtt
FARC* CA5HMM.
Jt'ST
received the largest and bet» a*»or'aier!f
of Fancy Caudie* iTfr before offered Kee
kuk alao a large ai.crtu.fiit of Fruit*, 4.f
Cii£lGUTUS A. 0HMLR'»».
April 30, 18^5. dtf Johnson 8twe
Ladies* Shoes.
are now (nanufarturing fine iHo«a fcr I»
I? dies, which we Mill warrant.
Call at the store of
May 1, 1W5.
ODKLLlt MATLESg.
May 14, 18aS. dt
«r
PAIHTEDTOILR WARS.
JN SETTS, fo' sair hy
S W 4 K K E
dJtw
Water Ceelere
pOR sale by
May 1, 1*55.
S W 4 TUCKER.
Aw
WARS.
FAINTKD TOILET
Insets for sale Wy
I E W. BUfcL 4. BRO.
4k+6w
Bathing Apparatus.
|,sv,t
Com,iauy are hereby notified that an elertien Baching Tuba, fens, fee of every descrip
for a Boar of Directors ofsaid Company will he I
0
'I urr.er, the cuntry.
eitv of Keokak, r-n JMor.day, thj ilhday of June I BUEL Ifc BRO.
i 1^55» at 9 o'clock am.
E. H. HARRISON, President.
*"*'1
ai exaaito* H»r
set lhen
to order iu any part of
i Patronizr nomf SanDfaftnra,
i A c'
or Stem Jut
&.C.. &.C-,
1 May 19, 'LES5» 44w6w
a Letter
lor inarkii baj^ Oxe»,
flioire Butlir.
HAVING
made arrat ^en^ r.ta b^which I will
be vteekly supplied with Choice Butter from
the Denmark Dairy, Families may rely on get
tiu? their supplies at my store throughout tha
season.
majll 18S5
W, C. FUNKHOT.iEB.
Eggi.
1000 down just received and for aale at tibs
lowest price. W. C. FUNK HOUSES,
may II 18*5
A
Sngar fnird Rami.
LARGE lot of choice Sugar Cured Hams Ml
hand and fo- »ale Ittw
W FUNKHOU8ER
mayII1 55
Felice.
THE
co-partnersliip heretofors existing |tf»
tween Win. C'. Funkhou^er and The». F.
Barth it, iu the Family Grocery business, is th'e
day dissolved by Iimitaiton. \N in. C! Funk
i houser, ba\irip pui chased the interest of Thoa. I'.
Bartlett, will continue the buMneps at the olS
stand, and will pay all demands against saal ftrn
and all out^tantlin^ accounts and uo'ea due tl e
WM. FFNKHOUSKk-
1 T. B. BARTLETT.
May 4, ISM.
KIW BOOT AND StfUE STURE.
lT u u U11
VJ ly occupied bv Messrs. Hawkins & Billmge,
CO. corniK of and Ma.n Streets, and has opened
HWKERS AM) IlKALtHS EX- a large ami well assorted stock of Root* and
I'll t\f i Shoes intended sjiecially lor the retail trade.
1 ll t.sut,* jj
ai [S
MAI* STREET. KEOKt'K, IOWA. lj generally, fueling corifitlent that his experi-
tlF.CKS on nil the principal .citiea ence in Ihe trade, and the favorabla terms on
connantly lor sule in tain* to suit. which they were purchased, combined with a
Collections on this ci y remitted for promptly determination to 6uild up -a permanent trade,
at current rates of Exchange. will enable him to sell lower than any house in
inspection of the citizens and pub-
I e e a m!
XVKBV OAV ANB BVKMNC* Af
I E I 0 V 8 A O U E S
NEW A*D FASHIONABLE SALOONS,
Johuson Street, a lew doors east of Poat (!#«#,
Keokuk. Iowa,.
April 30, 1855. dtf
1
stfi.tl v n have! acRAP IRON.
larp' supply of tii^ best q'i«thi v I-ime. WF J* ,*!?? uC eaehtorfar#
c-0b"'0"'' M"a
i
Price per barrel, 65 eta at tha Klia, or 70 et» i I-.
i ZWART 4tCC. I "I FAD 1'IPB—A supply jo»t reeeived. and for
K e o I S 4 9 I i i a a i a y w y E V A 5 8