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R90CRK K I KE,
CAKf^.M'Ki^ iM) BLiLDER^
Shop cm Fiflf* and Biondcau.
WOULD
announce to lite citizen* of Kotcuk
and vtrinify that they are sow prepared tb I
•(Ki«rtak« buildings of all kind# lor completion,
and witl dealt work entrusted to them iti good,'
workman i:ite irai,ner.
Theyal so intemito connect with their business
that of Reofing, and have ordered material from
St. Louts with which they expect to male better
roofs than any cvwr tnado in this city. (in* a
•all.
April 18,1855.
Mteck comprises a »iud assortment of raisceHt
fieou, classical, school, and munc bocks to
Hrhica adamons are madt almost daily ty receivts
#ltMB Use principal publtahing houses in the Vai
Jt*d States, of si! new stut populir looks. Pur- i
Ichasers will tin3 on out shelves msny choice vol
•»lusaas in elegant hindinjcs, suitable for presectai
*tso, a treat variety of beau'ifut articles of fancy
,v, IKaftoaary, e*vres»l-for the City tiade- We ia.
p. r- ^tte the attention ot country merchants and all!
buyers It will be our constant aim to five our
(Customers esitire sali*f«ctiuit.
July 64—d.
LI
jfiHEBEST AND FUNNIEST MAGAZINES
1 AND PAPER
reader will find this work possesses tl e
sameattrac'ive features that characterize
all her productiona. They are at'ernalely witly
and pathetic, ca'isUc snd hooibrnt:, sparkling
iaui pensive. «m GRAHAM k. CAVE.
G. M. HUSTON,
WHOLESALE DFA I.FM !N NOTIONS
FA.N( DhV GOOL'B,
naia Street, Keekak, lawa.
ALWtYtoD
a.d iewelrj ol alldaaciiptioaa, quality an.lpucati
also a large snd generslassortmei.t ot combs, But
tons, Threads, P?n* needles, Sprctscles an Ca
«es. Port Monies, s tine assortment of Pocket
Wallets, SlemoianJum Books, Pencils, Shaving
iBrushes sad doxtt, fancy Woik~ Boies, Goggles
*wd Eye Protectors, la a word everything coa»
tns?0 ia the
POTION AND FANI Y GOODf UttS.
Alao a large assortment of
FISK CIGARS,
Accordeons and Plutinas of all grsdes.
Oar stock will be found very hesvy and com
plete, our goods having been selected the
aarl)
Sklltrsde, with ureal caie snt with special refer
"•nee to the requirements ni he western aisrkets,
we are confident wc can gi .e satisfactien to all as A
regard, both quality an/pru ea, a. w. intend to
compete with the St. Louis market. and will sell
as low,if not a little lower,than any house in the
West.
We aell at WHOLESALE. ONLY, and confine
Ourselves to one psrticular branch of business
ar*d of course buy and sell cheaper than persons
k-eping s promiscuoua stock. We would respect
fully request Merchants, Pedlars aad Dealers in
(•neral, to give u» a call and examine our stock
atid prices, aad satisfy themselves before purchas
ing elsewhere, ss we think they willhud it greatlj
to Iheir advantage. Call at Ko. 84, Main street,
timi-ob.
Sept. 1,18t4 dAw
Ci. W. Santlrrs,
FURNITURE WARE-ROOMS
MAIN STREET, Bel. 3rd ai,J
KETKl'K. IOWA.
'HE underssgi.fi lias riow in
his Waie-Kovtins. and de
aijjnfi keeping constantly on bond
well aelf-cted assortment of all kinds ol
niture embracing MARBLE TOP DUELING,
and plain Bureaus fine arid plain Sofas fine and
piain centre au.^ card Tal»le« canes«-at and wind-
HE underssjji.fi has now in
his Waie Kovtins. and de-
SM.IS.ish.
tyim.
RODERICK 4. LEE.
GRAHAM CATC*
WHOLES A LS
A O WFT A!
PF 4 t,*M
tic, that they hsv* opened
an4 ttationery, in Grabtm'* Buildiug. n iecr n* Galena an Dur.leith
strMt, one
d.or
north
«.f
S in the world, comprising
All the werld is rtMlsf the Life and Braaliesif
Fenny Fern.
THE
StrcP's,
*"r Chair*, retains Chairs ot every description
stuffed seat plain and fkr.cy turned cottage Bed
steads ol the latest styles Lounges &r.
Looking Glasses of all si/es clocks, carpet
ings, floor aud door mattings, floor and table oil
cloths, mattrasses, feather dusters, carrupe trim
mings, window shades and trimmin- *, snd every
other article usualij kept in my line of'business.
Part of my Mock was niad*1 under mv own su
perviaion, snd the re«t bought from ir.anufdctor
les of hi^h tat.ding, so that I can warrant every
article for durability and finish of workmanship.
My object is to establish a permanent business
here, and not on the Peter Funk principle «ind
as an inducement to per«ons!o purchase of me, 1
.am resolved to sell t* the lowest St Louis pricf-s.
Call and examine mv stock before purchasing
elsewhere. I will alwaye take pleasure in show
ing furniture to Ladies and Gentlemen who call
on me, whether they feel inelined to buy or not.
may 31 '54—tf G. W. SANDERS.
Sanr«*"i
WE
~'.i" 1 -—.— 4'J 20 pr bello'ws from SO to SS tnctea
AH S—Just received a large stock of circular, so solid box vices ass'd sizes
muley,sash and cross cut Saws, wtiich wa 8dozen blacksmith's butressaa'
Will warrant and sell at S» Louis prices.
BALDWIN. EVANS A CO.
Tennessee Iras
tre now recen mg, in addition to our pres
ent ftock of Iron and BUcksmith Tools, di
rectly from the manufacturers,
6o tons assorted si
xes Bar Iron on which we will be r.Ms lo give our
Customers the benefit of the recent decline in the
market iitu ibo slabs assoi ted sites low Rteel,
to wbich the attentiou of dealers ai blackimithi
ll directed. Feeiing daMious of eiilarging this
brtnch o eur bsu.es*, wc are piepaied to ottei tbi
necessary iaducementsto ciiiomtu to sccom( hi
the same. CUNNaBLK,
SMVIH U
CO.
a AVE THE PIEt E».
HOLSSON'6
Diamond (.euit nt will stick them
together so thai ihcy wil! stay aaQ ao mistake
Oailat AVHtr,corner of Thirdand Main Streets,
and get s bottle.
PLOWS A\D WAi,0»l
TAYLOR Ac &££.
8i:ccea^'-!* o! Nr*v*iiii, i. stfiiheti'.
CORNER OF MAIN AND 12th STREETS
KLOKIK. IOWA.
WHEREof
thev keep constantly on hand all
kinds Plows, Wagons and Carriages,
made in the best style and out of the best quality
af materials. Wholesale snd retail.
8slt«
DIVE thousand bags A Salt, heavy ar.d fall
hUii.h.ii «,..i e.. „rder, now landing from
bleached and in fi
Steamer Adriatic,and fur caie bv
CLEG HOB
N A HARBISON.
Jud*2*1855. cCt&w
FatesH Reeflsg.
0008 lbs. Felting,
16 bbl*. Cofnposifion, for sale by
LADIFP
CLEGHORNA HARRISON.
iyrjl li, *55. w
and Hwilerf.
col U black whiteKd Cl Y«s
Silk, Lis1# ft. read. 8 '.r.« do., Twisted it,
lnjtH.'k Mj'ts for I s iie# and Mioms, Bmck.
w 'e and mode *Mlk llo-e, and a laiee ck ol
rott i in white, unbleached, black,. ««ate and
Bum.*.:, ot ail ftfke'jchildtSB'* d'»- wf»i*a, n it«d
and *. vary eheap. f. V F08*J Fit
Afrtfsi. 1*V
liijf M.O 111
1distance
the Post offce. The 2.-"ExP»t8s
the best Tales, Ske'.chee, Poetry, and the most ..
Ia«*habl« Jokes ever produced by human wit. connec'M^, via Mu hlran Central at M.ch.gaa
Vanke* Notions, or Wl.itlit.es of Jonathan's
Jack Knile Pictorial Pieavtit.eV Lon.ion Punchy "he^.ce to all poii.t* south and Mi. hea.t
JBruther JonatUcj Dutchman Know Nothi:,* cherkad direct through to Chicago,
Almanac. &c. GRAHAM CAVE. and no charge tor ham! ,ne nt any po.r.t
__ Thrnug lirkets by thi« Houte can be pur
chased at the Rntl Roadfffice iti Rnrtington.
f&SBZSZ inr ***&*
Kill, 110U f.IM
(Peoria & Qyuiiwka, Centra! Military
Traot & Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroads,)
8 now rorr.ple'td. ai Trains rur. fhf* entiie
frrm CHICAGO to BURLING
TON, Iowa. without change ot cars.
ro'.-t direct route to Chicago, New York,
Bos'on, Philad. Ipfi i, end all o her points East,
i 2 Daily Train* leave Burlington Sun
dgi/s exce/id,
I.-- Dat Exmrss,—Tnnoncn 7. 30,
I9tk8, Statieof 17, Paper Ilsmsriiifi, &jc, Arriving at Chicago the same evening.passing
KBOKHR IOWA through nm nth, Gal»sbnrg, Princeton, and
S***S. GRAHAM CAVE, would rasper- I canr.actu at Mer.dota with the Illinois Central
(tally anaouace te their friends am) the pub- i Rat1 Road. to L»S,\!!e, Bloomington, Sp. ingfieM,
large stock oi Books i Decatur. Jacksonville, and Naples also with
Follett,
AW I
hand a general assortment of Rib
bons, Carpets, Laces, titgings, Insertion anc"
UlUBcry Goods in general, with s large assort*
«aenl ol white goculs, Hosiery, Comforts, Cloves,
|»u»penders. Cap, Letter and Fancy Note Papers,
jEavelips common and fsncy, blank Cooks,/aiici i ...
Soaps, Hair oil,Cologneand perfumery o'.ilikinds paina or expcoae will be spared to accomplish
large sssortment of pocket cutlery, Scissors'! *, a .» ..
lUiors, Pistols, clocks .c^old and silver W'atchai
e
O™'*'
1
Sa boxes do io copperas,
100 bxs ehcwing tobacco,16 sacks pepper,
I various br«nds, 6
Kn
.,imoh.'.,g
35 1
fiom r|Hain wooden seat.to the finest haircloth I'*Per» hags cotton yarn^
100 reams let. jt cap do SO co o ed and white
60 pkgs I,"J & 3 mackerel carpet chain,
6 diunis coltish, 30 bales wrapjiUig twine,
60 bxs smoked lierring, 30 boxes St. Louu starch
6cases saidines,
10 tierces rice,
26 bbia tal,
so i itch & rosia,
bxs raisins,
to hf and qr bxs do
a. m.
Thbocoh. 7. 30, t- m.t
Conriec-tiiijj with Illinois Central R*il Road at
Mer.dofa for St. Louis atid Cairo direct.
Trains on the above Roads run in closa con
nec'ionj avoiding oil laying over at any of the
points.
This Road connects al Chicaeo with the Mich
igan Central and Michigan Southern Road«, and
with aU the Roads leading to the Atlantic Cities,
Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Pa.isengeis leaving Bur'injrton at 7, 30, P. M.,
reach Galena ar Dunlet^h in !2 hours, and St.
Louu 20 hours.
By this route passengers will r^achtbe interior
potfions ot Ohio and Indiana in le^ time, nnd
witlfc fewer charges, than-by any Uier route,
,y
W''!l'
i% A 10,1 Salem
Rofcl»
C. G. HAMMOND, Superinteodent,
D, Rimick, Ticket Agent. B.irlinyfon,
C. E.
Generjl Ticket A^ent, Chi
cago.
Chicago, Way lit, '855. d&w
ST. ni\RIX5 HOTEL,
OOHNER JOHSM1S A NO SKOMJ STREETS,
kLOiUK.
THIS House,having been leased by the
iiiiderrigoed, h«s fceen e*ten!ivelv re
paired, and thoroughly lenovated from
top to bottom. It is eliginly aituateii, and is
pro\ ided with all the necessnry arrangement.*for
a first rste Hotel. The di'siyn of ttie proprietor
ii to make it the banner Ho'el of Keokuk, and
8
fr"':
of
laapartaat te Bnilders
The
a.,
Model Architect, a series of original de
signs for cottages, villas.Bub'ii ban ievidences
&c.,*accompanied bv explanaiin« and ^atimates,
." GRAHAM i. CAVE.
April 2, d.
4
l. coK*4iit.
«r«,a.
row
at vc Tl'« ^tes
shtth. cowmahi ?.
itii
& ro.
lioUkulr (, ru, rrk, drulrr* i 7 n ar„rr I r»»i. A
I urwaralt!- and Commisti«u lrri.huuU,
Nos 61 and io. Le\ ee,
•pic*-,
60 bx« ut chewing and 60 boxes fro. pep pat aad
llw.
k0
WJ"'**'•^dprincipe1bale.cloves,
oi*»rs, I case nu'inegs,
5
boxes Cuba sixes, »0 boxes gro. nger,
woo bu prime D. Apples, 26 dor east powders,
60H bu prime Peaches, »0 bbls ditt kinds nuts,
100 pags saleratus, kbit, 60 bu fiesh pea nuts,
boxes, kegs, 60 bates cotton batting,
suae, to candle wick,
I rase prunes, in boxes
10 ones ciiron,
800 drums figs,
20 starch,
#0 i Thomas' oysters,
100 boxes unity,
U00 kegs rifle sud mining
rowder,
100 d. 7. wood buckati,
2u,00u ieet fuse,
30 cases lb and hf lb can
ister powder,
26 bbls Dayton ale,fresh, 100 boxes matches,
35 boxes mustard,
16 «t cornstarch,
60 doz brooms,
ftoo 11*« brocm twine,
26 boxes axes,
7S bbls cracatrs,
60 boxes ink,
too bstrs stiot, all sixes,
S tons bar lead,
200 51 o caps,
h« iH water protif do
Blacksmith*' Tools,
AhSOBltDsu.es Arniitage M. H. Anvil#
S do iarrier knives
30 'lo ass'«nie» aul rasps
S do scttw plates, all sizes
cask hand and sledge hanuuers
MISSOURI tRON.
ISO tons ass'd iron of every sizel
so do do plow stael
2000 lbs No. I east German *M
steel
All of which is offered to mercbsi
son'hs at the lrnvest price snd|rn
AS W, the quality or the nog n
to apea*. as it xs unquestionsbla
English BUsta
s and black
e best ternif.
not aeccssary
THUS. J. KIC* ft CO.
J. W. SCROOPS'"™
july 14 daw] Lumber andShiugles, of best quality, alu ay
hand
lApl#
Saddle* and
iVllOU5Al,K
AND RlTAIL.
L. H. TCRNF.R ha* purchased
the entire stock of S. B. Good
rich 4, Co. and w ill carry on the
business of saddle aud harness
making in all its branches at tha
lii* st ck consists of the b«*t material to be
found the Cincinnati market, apd he can offer
n
em
r**
«ts tolhe trade either at wholesale'or
WHIPS.
He has also every style of whips, which can
bt hat. st wholesale lower thau anywhere else
ll* this citv.
Particuta \ttention given to RxjAiBiiea. Job
be do^ the shortest notice, and in goos
Style.
I 'Keokuk, fab. 13, iv^s. dAwly,
I ItlPit Market*
i'yHOMAS CRO^s notifies the public that he
will open i Meal Stall on 3d st.eet, in -the
l»«'«ecf W Johnson, ad].iiiii»x th« co»Tti'
room, wh«ra bahopeato recede a «hare oi
pe bto j.a'i o#, THOS, CROSS,
1855. dtf
i FH K*M HOPB.
^4kiPWT,lttl '"l
lh*
PO*r4doi bait, for sate
V* *p a
A¥
II V 11
N A 17 0
DFaLK1
("lot
Fe-
v'.'
s t-Miry
I WOODEN WAR*,
|S* dozen buckets, 2 and 8 hoops,
100 nest tubs (3 and 8
10 dozen we I buckets,
10 dozen half bushels,
5 do churns,
5 do tar bucket*,
ami Vaiie-
ty Good?, rv* sit *1 Instt ument
s. and Toy*®
til kind. vi etches. Clock aini Jew
eh repaired.
£id Gold arul Silvci bought. Maa. Street .bt-teween
Fourth a»tJ Fifth ,Keokuk low*. (nrar.3S6.d
BEN. r. DCDSON-.
HEItilll!\T 11ILOR
N®. 5, Third S?r:^ l-'twefn Main and Johnson,
KEOKl K. IOWA.
KEFPS
lily
1 W o i S a I
imp
OLLECTION ON THIS CITY remitted for,
promptly at current rate of Exchange.
tJ"Interest on deposits when specially sgraa
upon.
e e Is-
e
E. W. Cumk R*o«
Sea v..
Miitsnbihoih
SO do brooms,
100 do wash board#,
90 gross clothes pn.s. patent and plain,
5S0 dozen wood fnucelts,
30 do thoe brushes,
5 do large tubs, home manufacture,
For sale by
MOttS
i.
I srs i "f property Their mean, Z't'
Second street, Lot 8, B1
ran iall
anil 0V1HL.
.-^ .,
Peraon* wishing t.» purchase, can call and e*am-
ine the premised.
Oct. 17. 18o4—11 A. E. CHANDLER.
S A U K E
Mcuafncturerot and Ilenlrr In
BOOTH AND SHOES,
AT uS MAIN STREET,
lyftgn of tl,e Mammoth Boot,
HAIR DRESSING SALOON.
AIR Ct'TTlNG .tone nccoi 'mir to pbysiogatt*
my and the principles of the Colrteur's art,
nd Shampooning performed ta anew sud agreea
ble style.
Those who desire to enjoj the luxury of the
Toilet should not fail to csll at ray saloon, on Main
Street,in the building formerly occupied by the
Bauk.
Keokuk, April 21, UpJ— |y GEO.CABUS.
EXCHANGE & BANKING HOUSE
or
faeo. C. Anderson,
Corntr of Johnson and Srronii Street*. oppnnttOt
the St. Charles Hotel, KEOKl K. idH'.f,
Co.
JOKnJ. AMiEhiOK
the House
rliar**. GEO. RUSSELL.
Keokuk, July 27, '54. drf
s Samkeks,
V
CO. St. Louis
K. W Clark, Doijoe fc Co- New Yurk City.
ir»
itfice h'urs Irom liMlOtr
July l«, |fi63- dtf
Ju#l Rerrivrd)
DIRKCTIiom
the ma uladory of Dawson,
Warren & Hide, a large and well aborted
i s!«ck of Gold Pene. ratigirig from the largest of
fice down to the finest pointed Ladies' Pen. The
reputation of the inanutactors ia guarantee!
enough for the quality. i
Also some fine Gold Pencils w'th P«»ns.
M. HUSTON, i
Jail. 22,'55. dAw
KEOKt'K. FT DESMOIVES It
Kailrond 4 oinpaiiy.
ot us*.-
1 the
Thiy will dojusttoatoany or-
ders tlo-y msy be favored with
toohhUs N o susar, 60 negts tubs,
60 bbls Belcher's clf.l, lo di» tai buckets,
3B loaf anu ci u»hed, 50 doi unc htoarda,
loo molasses, 90 boxes t-Mhes i ina,
60 plantation" 100 ceils manilla rope.
60 Belcher's 3 fc 35 irit«
golden s\rup, 73 dci hemp and grtssVed
60 pkgs hfbbl 4* kgs do fords,
tfOo sacks itioccflee, 300 boxes wind. w glass,
iOpock'ts old gov Javsdo asst sues & trands,
Sue kegs uaiis,asst sues, 60 boxas tumblers,
I *0 boxes sosp, 60«xspt, bfptaqt flasks i
#0 do star candles, 6 ceroens k icases indigo Jan SS, l8#4.-d&W
60 do m-uld do 1 cask prime madder, 1
96 hf chests tess, asst, bbls Slum,
tela'store.
D.cember SJ5,1853. d&wly
Keokuk Hook-Mimicry
AND
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY.
BLANK
BikiKs
CLEGHORN A HARRISON.
April 14,1855. w
rOOTE.
EAST Bl
X?0()TE fc C-O.
hl.t^GTOI*,
April 17, ltSS. 3m
ILL*.
are the "oni.y
Forwahdvbs"
"ii the East side of the Rue their Ware-.
and Produce can be for wanted to -and fr«»ni the
Cars or Boats "with*ut vtur."
They also offer "superior inducements" to:
shippers and merchants, being agents for the i
great Union Expriss Company, Burlington,!
Iowa.
Dissolution of Co-Partneritlitp.
*piIF firm of Moodv A 1 hempson was dissolved
on the 14th inst, by mutual consent, B.
Moody having purchased the interest of W. FJ
Thompson, in said firm, is alone authorized to'
•aa the name of the him in liquidation.
For Stle.
THE
Machine
I-UWrKK YAliD, KEOKUK,
On Concert street, between 4ih and 5th streets, ..
orth of Maiu at eet. A large assortment of order and of the most bj pro\ed style
i house beiii»: connected with the Railroad Freight. oualilv fir aal# hv
House, and but a few rods from tbe river, Goods CLEGHOttN A HARRISON.
April 14, 1855. w
D. Moony,
W. F. THOMPSON.
Keokuk, Juaa l©th, 1S55. emw i
Machinery foimerly used in the "Eaolk,
Factoby,"
consisiu.g of a
SKasr:
Spanish Sou Leather,
Cincinnati tv s*
skirting s
Harness #1
Btliim
Bridia
Col lag (4
Bog *S
Hogskia aaating«
Upper s
«*,
1 atint Plawiho
of superior quality. Also apparatus'
for mai ufaclurinc Doors, Blinds, S**h, 4 -., co.i
sisting of Saws, Boring and Moiticing Macliinen
Ac. AH of the above Machme'y is iu excell«*ij
E R.
Keokuk, June 18th, '55
ft D. W. FOR©.
d2t wlm
li:a iiii:k! leatiieki
SADLLHY, HAKDWAHE.
A. P. i jtWMjiH k CO.,
tiKjTHOLikhALK and lietail Dealers in Hides, Lea
ther, Tanner's Oil and Shoemaker's Findings
have now on hand a full and complete assortment
ofLKATHFR AND FINDINGS OF KVKKV DES-
Fhila. Kip and Calfskins
French
and German Patent
Country Dressed ClfSkns
,Pink Lining and Pad ts
Moroccos aud Kid
fcnameled Patent LeutbSI i
various colors,
Jtonea of every varielyi
f'atent Dash Leather,
triiOBg I
Also, Lasts, Boot Trees, Crimping Boards, Pags,
Thread and eveiy variety of Shoemaker's Kit.—
We shall at all tiu.es l« fully supplied with all the
above mentioned articles We respectfully invite
3 erchauts an 1 Manufacturers to caU and exaaiinc
f»ur 1 tocii and prices. We feel confident that we
Cs»' sell iheiu '.ipon a fatoitble terms as can b«
had in tl.e West our arraugerssints and facilities
are »och that our gooda are purchased lor caibMld
atlit»t cost.
Care aud strict atisuticu will be give* t* ftliine
otdars,
CASH PAID FOB HIDES.
KMlWliMtlSI, Ml, i
W r«liii!»'(iii I iimii ln!i?: fi!«
OLCYl LAND, 1110.
Capital, ijiioO.uOO.
Officers.
H. B. DI'MIAM, President
tiKOMOK Mygatt,
GtOBOS
a general assortineut of French, Enfr
li.sh at American Cloths, Ca'simeren, and
VV«tirig» of the very finest quality, and th* most
la^hioiiEblc piittrins which he will meke up to fiet Northrnp, do Jiu-oh Perkins, Warreoi
on'er at tlie -hort»"St notice, in *he I stent style.— Geo Sct.ter, d» Bakfr, N.irwaik
AI«o a food a«*ortm«.'nt of Shirts always oi hand, O N Sketls, do John Claik, Bnitmu'icji i]
1 O/n-/Zo
Clltf AWT
J®
Keokuk. Iowa.
V
runds
Dress Silka
In g^eat variety*aud l-ite-t pai'eina.
Ki.ID, SHIELD? 4) O
Marrh 30* lb^S dimwly.
New Wholesale I)rv Goods K.staWishm?Bt!
AKK
H. X. BAaTLETT
toote
& ro,
forwarding anil Itiniiiiissioii DIrichaoti*
AKD CKMCBAL
Railroad and ^Ucimhoat Agents,
100 half chest* fresh Imperial, Gunpowder,
Young Hyson and Black Tea*, embracing every
l0UT
,„
Mvsoll a|(d
IHCODOI V SITK WH* D. ME1XED
BLTTS ti MELLKK,
Conmluion and Forwarding Merchant*
Ma. S Oily Buildings, Saint i»«ais, Missouri.
Reference*
Russel Beunett,
Child, Pi att |l Co.
O. D. V111
ey,
Woods, Christy €5o.
A.J. Mct'reery & Co.
Gr-ty, Mct'une a Co.
Bast, Wiley Bast,
fi. h. Hainil,
Wilson a Brothers,
March 36,1866. d%W
,, ». lb** tuwh plat of Keokuk, and aflotds many
O.N hKrr.ij», Secretary land bring xerv rich arid situated convenient to
I' Robinson, Bedford.!
lock li )."* Terma Ca h! pm/ife, and are so in vested that the! fiT^l.^b^hei
np Itcpn Tn
ntv
limited to a prodent amount
T7ii» Company h«s completed the tomfh year
Of its exiteiice. and the Directors havf been aMe
to meet all losse* without the neccsaity of a tax
upon tbe premium notes.
Xo assessment hag been made upon the
depositr notes.
EDWARDS k TURNER, Agents.
February 15th, 1855. fcmd
Main and Biot-tieaiist.« e!s. i-large and com-i
rnodious and especially fitted up and adapted for
.1
No steam or epecial baz^idous riaka are taken, anil nt the State Fairs of Maryland, Virginia, In
,nd
iliat'a, Illinois, fcc. OrHera will be thanklnUy
The Bam to be Insured ia the aaaie vieialQr ia received and :oua un ©a iona willreceive proinp
SAML MtKEE,
W TIMBERM AN.
Keattuk, Oct. 17, J8f4. tf
J. Jo|iii«|on,
U K I) K It A K K
rOlt^ER JOHNSON THIRD ftTfift^,
ARHIEvon the husmi-ss of I rider
ing in ail Os branch' s He h:i»
recently made extensiTe a''di!ions to his stocU
and perfected his arrangements in every depart
ment.
A1
ti
Fulfill Metallic Burial fair*.
impervious to air and tnde^tr iciihle, highly or
nament*.d and i- valuable for 'he pre-ervation ot
the. dt-a*', as well as coifiia of every fly la and
finish furnished to order.
Hearses and carriages furnished, and 'he en
tire arrangements of the funeral attended to
hen req'iired.
Keokuk. April 12. 1855. riy
The B'«k of ihr Season has Arrived.
THE
A V FLOWER, trom ttie pen of Mrs.
ilarrn Needier Stowe, can be found on the
counter of Messrs. GRAHAM A CAVE
May 1.1855,
jLadice* {Slioes.
WE
made and ruled to any required
pattern,—Court hecords, Justices' Dockets,'
Assessors' Bookn, Poll Books, &c,, &c.,furnish
ed at short notice.
O* Old Books, Magazines, Music,fcc.,bound
or re-t oun«J In any style desired.
fcf" My Byidery will be found en Main,between
Second and Third streets, sign ol the »»1IG
i«iA« ti. PiJCKCSU
are now manufarturing hue Shoes for la
dies:, w.hich we will warrant.
Call at the itore of
ODEU.fc MATtESS.*
May 141855. d&w
1SW 1*53.
W IUV 4-OOIIS IKil^E,
iit lD,SMlfcl_l* A CO.
(At the old sta id Fotse\ Alterson A Shi'Ida,
No. 62, Main Street, KEOKl K, IOH J.
DIAI.KRS IN
Dry Geeds. «tiaw Geeds, end Netleas.
W E would inform the Merchants of Iowa«
G-.ods, suitable lor this season's trade, and will Que moment—hare'* your picture lookinjr net
fell th« to cash or pit mpt time buyers es low
as they can purchase them in the west. We are And another thing too, be i* n#* high iu hi*
daily r-ceivitig, atid will continue tonreiie ad
ditions to our stock as the sea*o advai.ee*.
U K E E & O
Miiiu, between 3d fc 4th sift., Keokuk. 85
out
and Palm
SHELDON'S HAT
April 25, 1^55. wly
EAND
EMPORIUM
AND PANEL 8a WS—A small lot of
our own importation, pi«.t received and for
sali1 low by BALDWIN, EVANS & CO*
A N K I N O U S
OF
CHAW
T.TIB PARSONS,
ainn h: 'lit I .«.( i aif.
THE undersigned proposes to eel] a portion of
I the Tract known as the "Gamble Faru.» in
t*f •*fTf lots.
The above land in situated about a mile from
vice It esidentaod Treasurer beautiful ?ies for private reftd'uro*. 'Ihe
B. Kkntkb, General Agent. 1 th« cify.ar.d beyond the reach of the dust from
Dnectqra. i the Plank Road. offers the, most valuable loca-
Cr-o Mypati, Cleveland} D'inham, Cleveland} tiara for Market Gardens, Nurseries, Pasture
i.l, I Backus. do W Cock, do Grounds, &.r.
S Sand lord, do W Puiyell, do i Terms will be made easy and title warranted.
WM.
d3m
April 10, 1855.
nice,
e
now opening with a large stock of Foreign
and Doiue&Lu Dry Goods. Variety Uoods. ar
pcts,4'c.6c which we sliall ofter te dealert at OF RM^TO.
tery low hguresi and as one of cur firm residet in MuavrMi ,i.„ iu i ..
hew Vdrk for the special purpose of purchasing A
lor this and o-ie other concern, we shall be in re- «n orpor.ted by the Sifts
ci daily atWhtion* tc» our stock* i otute with perjtetual charter,
W e respectfully ask merchants and dealers in TRl'&TEES.
general to examine
Keokuk, sept. SO, tb6«. dfcwbis. Hon. Wx,
the Hon.
Corner of Main aud Seernut Sts KmbttL [)rcT0'!,'h
K
n
Innilon Siaht and I1
Interest allow ed on depoeite as per agreement
UK rtH TO
Messr*. Page A Bacon,
April 6, 1853.
_. __ OBS]BLTOF
•JTI1.IvPSa ••'•ok ofFamil, Groceries, variety o
l\ Toys,ai an ss«ortment •,! Musical lnstri
aj^nts. for sale on AJarn street, bet »eeen second
aini thud. (.oarSt'Si
T'fN PA aXLELEET Rush for Lite of P. T.
V Bat num. By himself.
Ida May. By Mvy 1 angdon
Ten Niuhta in a JW Room, By T.S. Arthur
Bonk of «ui posniui Kiteffvt hi
a graham.
Farmers take Notice.
o n a n a n w i u n i s o
erinariN celebrated Sepsirjitnr
fsninp, Screei.ii
jj
Hals frs *hout 300 commercial computations, explaining
many business operations not found in comm~r
arithmetics—a comprehensive course of meicat
tile peiimanehip—business fornis and busiiie
letters—daily lectures on commercial law ana
cotriinei cial aciences.
/-,rntiT .. ,, JLeotuk 1 and Jointrs work ol etery description, and
Ss il
fo1 wiil
London. Sight and Time Bills of Exchange and deliver the keys or in anv way as per con
Bank and Hankers Drafts and certificates of da-] tract, and of the quality and architectural style
posit Foreign Gold and Silver and Land War- agreed upon, and at the time ^cif
rants purchased agreed upon, and at the time Verified. Can'be
St. Louis.
Cashier Am. Ex. Bank, New York.
Atlantic Bank. Boston.
•j Phil. Bank, PWladelphia.
Merchants' Batik. Baltimore
arid Batrjjing
u wi,i
thr*h
a,1
i• in i" uw "u'lici? per d*% and tia* taken
CAN ONLY BE USED TO TAY LOSSES. the premium at th- Crystal Palace. New York,
attention
Residence on Fulton St., between 2d and 3d.
P. EICHER.
Keokuk, April 10,1855. d&w
S E W S O
II
I.
Mr Her I inifxiiiiaa't and llork*. (ioltl uniU'latrtf Jrwtlry,
LIVERY STABLE. luots AND SHOKS
THfS stable, situii'eii on Third street, between vninN^VKn" ra«rv
ui
the businesv, and the nn,ler».g,lfd are arr.pl pre- No. «4 Main-St., o ,t», ."".'between »di 4th Sta,
paied to accommodate their tr.et l*ani! the pub-1 KEOKttB, IOWA
lie generally, with Saddle Horses Bugeiea, and JJ A VI NO
Carriage? at reasonable rates. They" also keej
Horses by the day, week, or month.
WOOD WARD,
Wholesale Retail Dealer in
,§*3 GwmIv Hats and Ci]|i», i lntiiiiis. Wakhn
Actunleons^ HuUn, Ulas* aaU Fancy
beeii engaged exclusively in the
holesale Tiade in New Albany lud., and
still holding sa interest there, will ensblemeas
formerly, to buy my goods by the package of/ai
i porters aiii! Munntacturers. Thus placed on the
same foundation as oui Cincinnati am! Saint Louis
wholesale dealers, 1 an STfl pledge asjself to
duplicate any t.iu purchased our western citiet.
1
he citizens of fhis place and the surrounding
country, as we'las merchants, aie solicited tc
ALL. AKD EXAMINE KOK THEMSEL\ ES, as 1
shall take pleasure showing m) Goods.
Jane 23 daw U. D. WUobWAItl),
BAGVEBKEOTSFES
VV
Of Buell'
i •. ci: .'•! it:,ci i ur eyec vi Ci'i tici
arid nook
Gallery, and fou^d all nice as a book
11
His Skylight r* fitted, so apaciot.e tnd prafid,
We can asaure. there's atme such elsewhere in
the hind
Which ran lei a his pictures without blemish or
a pot,
Taken cleur vxutker or cfotufy ft at all matters
not.
And then his ?a*es.are so spler.did. so fine,
Tllere 9 none the city that will fheoi ontghine^
Kossuth, Union, Jkwil, P^arl, *ud Parit
Maciik,
Aad other f.iruy, eetts so grand bar* you seea ia
your day.
But don't interrupt us, letj on with ourstorir,
Althoueh not talent enough to explain alltbe
Rl«»ry,
Come lock for yourselves, we'll not lead yon
1 astray,
i For auch wonders as theae are not out of out
wav
And all who've not called for once venture out
An.!
see what Buell, the "Artist's" about
follow me to the pla whete many may come,
Either wishing for pietuies.or wanting for none}
to No. Ni. Main Stueet, 'tis plain to be wen.
Between
1 hi
an and Focsth where thare's mal
titude« been.
We w ill find this gentleman brnstliae rround,
So busy, I
if can find scarce time "to turn round,*'
1 H« will aupply you with pictures faultless and
true,
that we hove a large and elegant et«,ck ot Please to sit down, we know be will suit
to»i,
your picture lookinr
»re And another thing too, be if
price,
As hundreds will say who crowd weekly there,
l*rict« lower, pictures better, than are found
elsewhere.
by a citizcn.
Dir.cEBKfOTYFE Stock and ArPAMATirsoi
every ''eacnption, for sale to Artis'sat reasona
ble prices, 8(J, Main St. Ke kuk,lowa.
1#55 di.wly
le nricea,
March "J,
,he
stock before purchasing, His FxceMenrv the Hon. Jamis Bithanav
Mercai, lie Colly* of
Wmeins,
(late Secietaiy at War*)
Mo»h Hampto.n Hon.
Mr
IIookehead.
Chas.
Crow,Met reery SiCo
Barnes Wat son,
'Young Brother#,
C. \V. Stone a Co
Capt.E. W Gould
Rhodes, Pegram &Co.
Loaer, Henick AC©
W. 8. Oilman.
J. F. Const to ck ACo.
boy
f\( I'OZ. men's and
ti' vf Lenett, Pedal
aalc cheap at
Leghorn Swiar
,n«'tho»!s^of
W
Hon Chableb Navlobi
H.
Low
aad G**. J. fL
FATt'LTY,
Anhbew T. Howukn,
late senior Professor of
Book Keeping and minercial Science in the
Mer cautile Ctillege of Pennsvlvania.
l.ouis
H.
IlAi.Horr, late Professor of Com
mercial ind Ornammtal Peninan9hi|*
in the same
in*'it ion.
Ff N DaRwiK. tneuiber of the Barling-
ton Bdt Professor ol Mercantile Law.
iTbe Principals design carrying out in every
particular fhat course of training for business iu
troduced and followed up for upwards ol hf'een
years by Mr. Purr, the fotindei of the Mercan
tile College ot Pennsylvania, by which about
3,800 merchants and accountant" have been qual
ified for business. It is now regarded by busi
ness men as the most thorough and effective pre
paration lor the accountant given in the United
State*. It aomprehend* upwards of 4t0 real
business tranaactions—illustrating six differejit
Their rooms will be open for the reception ef
aUfients on the first of December.
Circulars mailed to any address.
jHurfirieton, Nov. 22. 18,i4, d4^P
To I he Fulilicr
,J,k®
n
i
YOU
S.Goodman A Co,CiuoinnatL.
4
No'lHiiO.
By Mrs. Lincoln Ptielp*, yf Patajsco lu*litut«,. tbe articlaa. 8. 8. BILLINGS
Maryland. At GRAHAM A CAVE'S, Main SfrMt. K«kuk,Iuv»a.
4f*«. I, jMUmt jMatab 29, llfi 4tf
to ,io
Contractor and House Builder.
RtKKRENCEs: Mr. J. A. Graham, Thus. W.
Oatrett. Esq., Geo. C. Dixon, Esq., Rev. Wm.
H. Williams.
Keokuk, April 10, 1855.
Mr. Editor:
may announce my name foiM?#titfW*!* t*
sell every article of Dry Goods and Groce
rles cheaper than ever, as I am anxious to raise
IBtiney to buy a few lots, which 1 can't do we)1
after thoelection. aa there will htf a dreadful raise
in property, for I shall tax evety lot in the city
10 per cent per wrck, it I am elected to carry on
our Rail road, te be paid in the b: nk weekly,
which will complete me mile of our Road week
ly. How in anv weeks will it Ciktr to complete
th is road V Who owns the road, Iee county,
the city of Keokuk, or the property hold* rs
If you find yot pay over th«» A'liulesale price for
*l»y a'ttel# iu aiiy of my Hores you run return
mtfm w* nil"!
ACER'S PILLS.
"••ngiiliii 'v suce.- -1 u 11 ii eOT'|*f
the cure ot ail bilious dt#eaues. costivereas
indigestion, jaundice.drop«y. rheumatism fever*'
gotit, humors, nervousness, 'irritability, tiiftam'
n.ation«. headache, pains in the biesst, side, back/
affid limbs, female complaints, Itc &.c. liidaao
very lew aie ihe diseases in w hub a rorg.tive
medicme is not mere or te»s required, and mueh
»-ickDess atiil suffeiing might be prevented if a
harmless but. flectual cathartice were more free
ly used No person can teel w ell while a cos
tive habit of body prevails besides it soon en
eralts serious aid often fatal disease wnicB'
migh' base b.en avoided by the timely and ju
dicious use of a good purgative. This is alika
tfiia of colds, fueri-h symptoms, and bilious de.
rangement*. They all tend to become or produce
the d* ep nested and formidable distemper® Which
load the hearses all over the land. Here* r.
liable
family
physic is of the first importance to
the public health, and thi« pill hBS been perfect
ed with consummate skill lo me. that demand
An extensive trial of its virti-es by phy«ician*'
professors and patient" has shown" results sur!
pasbing any thing hitherto known of anv medi
cine. Cuies have been effected beyond belief
were they not substantiated by persons ot such
exalted position and character „s to io bidtbs
suspicion of untruth.
Among tbe inat y eminent gentlemen who hav*
testified in faso, of these pill*, we may mention,
Doct. A. A. Hayes, Analytical Chemist ot
Boston, and State Aasayer
rtf
Hon. Edwabb
a
Massachusetu.
whose high professional character is endorsed bv
the
Of all the patent medicines tha* are offered]
how few would be taken if their composition was'l
know n Their life consists n their mysterv If
have no mysteri *.
The composition af my preparation* is laid]
open to att men, and all wno are competent
judge on the subject freely acknowledge the
it
convictions o' their intrinsic merits. The Cher
ry Pectoral was pronounced by seientifie menti
be a wondertui mediriue before it? effects wara
known. Mary eminent physicians have deelarl
edthe same thingof my pills, and even more coiM
fidentlv, and ire willing to certify that their a*]
Mcipations were more than realized by their cf4
lects upon trial.
They operate by their powerful influence Ol
the i. temal viscera to purify the blood and «tB]
ulate it into he
ilthy
Prepared by JAMES C. AYER, Pradit
and Analytical Chemist, Lowell, Mas* Price I
cents per box. Five boxes for fl.
W
coiiductii.^ books by double entry—
Soli! by H. Ayres. Keokuk, wholesale ai
retail Fort Madison. E. Whitney A Bro K
saiiqua, C. I^,b Montro*e, H. Singer and
all druggist, every where. janlld*®"
PHOF. •». J. WOOD'S HAIR RE*TO*ATIT1
a. nave never known aay ether Mi
win so large a share of public coai™
in so short a time,as this haa done. It has
been moie than a year since we first board of
and it now stands at the head of all rameJlaa
the kind.—[Chester Hetald.
Well ma the editor aay this, for the intrtel
merit 01 the compound has enabled Ute propria
to sell within the past ten month* in tbe cM
of St. louts and New Vora store than oas 1
dred thousand dollars worth of cefttflceta«i
the intelligent and geatleaien of national
tion, of which the following ia enei
I have used Prof.
Carpwiters
contracts for building houses from the
grt""H' uPward!i*®"d
»"d furnish materials
,o,
mayl9d*.w6w
1
Eviibbtt,Senator
FT*'
Tf
1
of tbe Unit
ed States
Robkbt C. WiKTTtKo^ ex-V&er ol the
Mouse ot Representative*
Abbott Lawhim Minister Plen to Enftendf
tJoiiN FiTzeaTMCB, Catholic Bhbop Bos
ton a!so,
Dr. J. R. CniLToN, Practical Chemist of New
York Ctfv. by
Hon W
Mabcy.
Secretary ol State,
Wm B. A'tob the richest ma., in Americas
b. I.riAv» A Co proprietors of the Metro
polt'at, Hotel, and other?,
w
1
co,,ld
"«y
hund.
red certificates from all parts where ihe pill*
have been used, bnf evidence eveUmofe
roriV1BC.
ing than the e*per,rnce of public men, is found
in their effect* ufmn trial.
These pills, the re«ult of long investigation
and study, are offered to tb« public aa the best
and most complete which he preh*„t
etl
te ol
medical science can afford. They are compound
ed not of the drugs themselves, [ut of the medic
inal virtues only of vegetable remedies extracted
by chemical process in a state of purity and
mbmod together in such a manner as to irnur*
the best remits. This *y„tem of compoa.'ioi. for
medicine has been found in the Cherry Pectoral
and Prl* both, to frroduee a more efficient ieme
dy tlr.n hsd trier'o been obtained by any pra-
/is erfectly i «.,ons. While
by the old mode of composition, every medicine
is burdened w,th more or less of acrimoniM*
and'ujrrious quHitiea. by (hi* each individual
virtue only that i* desired for the curative effect
is present All the inert and obnoxious quali
ties of each substance employed are left behind
the cura-ue virtues only being retimed. Here*
it is sesf-evulent the^effects »h( gl.j proie as thev
have proved re purely r. meiliaf, atd the pilia
a surer, more powerful ant,.jote to disease thai
any other me icme kt own to the world
As •!.is frequently expedient that my medi.
cmes should be taken under the counsel of an at
tending phy-ician, ai.d as he could no pronerlv
judge of a remedy witbeut known,g compo I
sition, 1 have supply the accurate formul* by
whrtsh hoth roy Pectoral and Pills ate made to(
the whole body of prsrtit,oners in the United
States and British American Province* It how
ever the.e should be any one who has not re
ceived Uwm they will be promptly forwaraad bv^
mail at his requejt.
1
action—remove the obatniel
Hons of the stomaeh, bowels, liver, and other or]
gans of the body, restoring their iriegular act
to health, and by correcting, wherever they *1
1st, such derangements aa are the first (r.rtn
disease.
Carlyle, 111., June S7, IsasJ
O.J.
Wood's Hair Uti
tive, and have admired it* wonderful effect.
hair wa# becoming, as I thought, prtsshw
gray, but by the use of his "Restorative,'* tt I
resumed its original color, and, I have no
permanently so.
Sydney Breese. Ex-Senator United statesi
Also circular*,which can be bad of the
JH. H. Ayrks,
i
Gii.mobe McKcsiiy.
Keokuk, lows, June 36
Agaal,
'S4A»[d^w I
BaUiing
ipptntDi.
*PttWi*nWif are invittd ta callardsxsmtne
-a- Bathing Tubs, P«ns, Ac of every des
tion, snd we will set then to order in any
the country.
UEL 4
t*i
Adolphe Heinicke, John X.
QIEENS1VARE DEP4
/j» Heinicke A Sstel,
ttaimporter* of and Wholesale and Retail^
dealer* in
CHINA, OL ASS, fc QEKKNSWARE.
GLAB8E8, SOLAR LAMPS, BRITAHkITI
WARE, TEA TRAYS, TABLE
CUTLERY, fcc. Sic. *c.
No.36 North Main street, st. LOUIS) 1
CO7T
jr.
M. ESTBX. a I
No. 2S« Broadway, No SS Barb
THE
above houses would respectfully faa.
tention cf ihe put.lic to their ooatpleta
ment of the latest styles of gooda in their
1 which, for the eccommodation of thalr e«
)th»y otter in Ihe sb» ve mentioned piscea.
i tbe public that theii st qji cannot ba cb
regard to piicea and completeness.
rates for ouetry Me,chants kspt ronau.
haijo. Purticulai tttciitiOb uu| 10 naafctaCi
i March VS, 186*
£jTiBLS CKNitKfv'
I *y IS •. rtasisr ftii*, la tM order, J«
*4 s*4 aal*| si

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