The daily Gate City. [volume], August 21, 1855, Image 2

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way lMt tald Ihe a'reets. yesterday and
be d»y before, mete infested with drunk
ascB,M and that the iriah were ptU iu
*^a
calaboose, While the Americans were
»w®d to go frfce. Ti»i« statement VJI
truthful an that sheet generallj'
The lacts were a» follows:
O# Thurtday evening an Irishman, who
Mag brought before the Major the
•**morning, be was fined three dollars
tart costs. But the fine was remitted out
eoosideratioQ for the Irishman's wife,
j^bose very tidy ar.d respectable appear-
.«•/ re«p*ci«ow nppwr.
Surveys have
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|^»»«r^htrorw.ni.to^MH^tk.l 'y'f" ".'-"
SYMPATHY of all present.
This was case No. 1.
Jhfttofa native Amt rican who was put
the calnbaow? for drunken riotous con-
Hot, on Friday nigbt.
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tep concern for "fair play" to foreigners.
STACKS
TO
FORT DODOS.
fublie will be p!ea«ed to learn that the
iHfai the road will be speedily built
=rs=--r^
For the Gate City.
Sastern X,ailroad Connection.
EOITOKS GATK CITV ve iust rt
goute from Warsaw via Hamilton, opj o-
ante Keokuk, Carthage, Fountain Green,
ID Macomb, there inuraeciiog the North
ern Cross lioad.
tt Macomb, a distance of 3H milca frcm
{he int opposite tLia city, and 42J miles
ficm Warsaw, the cost which for
grading, bridging, tjing, ready for the
Iron and Rolling stock, will not eiceed
ten h*u»and dollars per mile.
For tbe payment of which we have
Jo.itl»« ...unmet., of (lie Mlowimr'.ub-
^Cr^
10n8, lt
"pn. •100,000
Uonongdi cottnty private sub-
8cript:on, 50,000
liantock county corporate aab^
Making ample means to au horize and
srrure the early location and eonstrucaon
tA the road,ao inopi riantu .the interests
v«3p{ ibn city aDd tbe trade theiaof.
Respectlully vours.
he Wnr e irlment
re8W,i
llt Atx 0
toluulTT co.«utpu,.,y «, S.t-
^w
for
neighbor to have some regard for truth, Hon. l\ Dexter, President of the Whig
.Svhile he is hypcri ica!ly pretending a State Convention last year, who was pre«
ent made a mm-commit(id address, and
cows out to-day iti a letter st timr that
M'««tfrn Staye Comp my has put on a BALTIMORE, Aug. 17.—At Pertsmouth
daily line of st *gn» Inm Ft. De« Moiues yesterday there were 12 deaths from fe
A. r. n. 1^ .1 rnA 1c «... MM L.
to Ft. Do lg», .uirg through Bocosboro T^r
,'*t thirty miles ol the Rail.o»d exle.Kling P"**"
n A
%e«t from Dubuque, has been Jet to Col.
^•ukee Roid. This gives good assurance
1
'cription, tOO 000 highway. Steam power cannot be cheap
wmaw City, 60,000
*m ftincocUCo. private subscription, 75,000 T"' T,ork
Ke-kuk Citr t,s\ nr,n
1,1 ,. #475,OOt"
4*)W) bj tht contraotcr».
H. W. BAMl'LE. Arert
A#~Tbe Hon. Abbot Lawrence, of s
#OD, who had ln?eit «©k some week*, diad
^ou Friday last.
sb,«*n were Jno. Cochrane, Jno. Van Barer* i"
&j. b. Sheppard, Kellv and o'her 1- adinc
^admiuistrauoo men.
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WisruKCTow, Augnst 17.—Th« WarDe-j
partment is received au'hentic news in
their wives were. Two of Major W
children ba.l died.
The death ol Maj O^den is confirmed.
drank and making a muss generally, was lodged -at the police olSoe last night
p«t in the cnlaboosc and kept nil night I
A n.imbor of troops had ed.
WASHINGTON, AUU 17.—It formation
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„„b-
Jf
Mr 1 ulk u:r
b,on
And thit was the
in which "our streets were infebttd
^Jfrith drunken men," and suoh was their
MA
|, ,. p#-rancc.
Treatment. Woulon it be well for our
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7
Cuse No. 2 ivas the appointment by the President of Ir.
v, w il,e ur
11 po»e of liphtiTirj elfcwhfre. i». 11* i
Th(t
j-ntnuS(,r
i
TH
i e
U n i o n of this A. M., announces
Par ker its Commissioner to China. The
Doc tor has accepted
or
his hum- Boylaton.
ui to-day in a letter st ting
The traveling the meeting exhibited too much of Abol:
a .t ti/ttk ani a« r«Lc/i I Alamnnt
tio11 ant
i Kreteoil element.
15
Jftnd Homer. Watte Jones, and 16 seamen were down
i with it. The crew had been t. ken to Co
ith it. The crew had been t. ken to Co
R. ». raoM Dct^c.-The contract i M*nd by. the St. Lawrence ^or better i *°tr*
0 lr
_f reports the disease decreaMtig, Five
K. B. Mason, Chief Engineer of the Jl)i- es occurmg in Richmond yesterday. All
tleatli# RIld l1ire 3 ntw caae8 ar porl
Jp|ois Central Road, and Mr. Bishop, who'the parlies were originally from Gosport. repjuring the meadamiied streets
%«rae a contractor on the Chic-go & Mil- contributions from this city amount to' was^received, ai*d Deiany allowed $31,90
$b 0 0 ro vi uns
e» p. sent twn daily by the boats.
Knowing that jour predictions of suc
cess have been based upon a prevailing
T"'
00
-iflcLkmciugh county corporal* aubacrip remonstrance against tbe Government
k"°,will8 •!«.
er or niure
•500,00u
ur
Th. «»ri
NKW YOKB, August 17.-
c,^uu. wr.r lieici ,ast ntentV^de^S
,.4o the Soft Democratic Convention which ?6
1
The attempted fusion with «hv liar
i\\as failure. Among the delegates
?I
CVUI!,olJ1'
id
V
rne er£ on ollda
ihe wl/j will pyevicu-ly rcn u-.ice all
mil Mid e.ciesiaaiicrfl aliejii..u"% to any
foreign pOteiiUte. TLey ^!iO declare o^.
ition to any infringement tipon the ex
jhosmon to
"TWIfTrtffhti of nataralited cttirf rr.
tmr V
A u u a 1 7 U U u a
Mn eru
P"P*7
c», so fi.r as iny sei.s'ble efftet is
ble to secure a
5 VVl11 6afe CDd
SUfficit^'
8 nbt
U«.C» Sniflr a rvi I s* /mat
ri 1
1
nd res all n
e
R"P,d,! fcut
e
I"'1'"! PerS
df*
~... w,..n,uo
al
WI/JHNI FTFEVJCU-IY .EN •:.C.»IIIWF. «.IIII»RFD.IIS..INmake
,l"*'ng
Pr«»-:
mat,er
•••:.-• -v
Though il is quite possible he has been in- du'. No* n Louisville canal, but a wide.
Tiled so to do. deep, smooth poo! of dead water, retained
,e
._
,at 8 u een
tlll,r
»rr»gned between
Virginia, and Mr. Bv
tetera, s late opponetit, and that thej
bad come here for (he purpose of consum
mating airatigements. The part es were
accordingly arretted tin* A. M. fnd put
tv
Mul.hipm-n ^•..
*T* purchased and
[From the Missouri Republican.
Ses Moines lUpids, Mississippi.
•m
Kt W V K A u'us' II, ]S/5.
at ail w
',
hi
on
at
or.
:hat
.Saturday l«sf. All the points along the on the Rapids will give us a cheap and un
proposed line being repre5ented, there interrupted communication to S'. Paul."
tu a unanimous and enthusiastic ex-j I do dot desire to disparage any effbi.
,j i that may be made to carry out what I al
w»ys regarded as a fatal error but I desire ur inm v s-.revia. i ne oujec: oeinr to 1 w»e iisiitm
ala
fression and intereat munifested in me
1..,, .. W»TS regarded as a fatal error but I destrf
y rue ion o ie Uoad, upon the ^1H"{
A
tegl
|JP
no
t0
1'
.damage, but miens# exut.weut prevailed attempting any progress while the Govern- ferred to the
-i
bulldipfr c«une b. an embanktn -M an.l lo ks, th«tculd
TVBSDAY MOHKIM' j»«ai being destroyed by fire this P. M.f be passed in twenty minutes. You are
|in cunseytienc ol wnac loose pipers be- aw tre that a cofipany has been rgtni2C-d iu .'ame* laymen ior serving ns
tfflClAL PAPRB av KBB Coining ignited. The flame* were sup- to conlruct such a canal hut you are NL'ht Watch for seven nights and nmuun
la
*ver without any materi- I a?ao aware of the folly and impropriety of 1 ting to ten 50-100 dollars each, were
I lt
i(,u
m.,r1 ml u
regard to the cholera at Fort liiley. Maj with the experiment of "blowing out! the City Hospital 34 9u
\Yod and Arrustead were n.. dead. but!
,he
No
t»Cli nol to fight, „SeK limn ,c ,r". ol VaMroi, l«, an.l 8l
m:r uses than a sc ire ol railroads, and St.
I.ouis and o'her citiii on the would"
A i cherish and improve the grea'- I u.an i^ i i
Respect lull v, Yours.
SAM. K. CUR'l'IS, Engineer.
Council Proceedings.
Coc.vc II, K M,
Aug. 20-h, lHo5
Counc.il met pursuant to adjournment.
.. Myor, „,d Al Irrmen
1
r\t: kt-K, .'MJJUSI ii,iao. {that Dortion of the city lying north ol i
turned from a visit through tho couutics In your paper of the 8 in«Umt, you Main and east of Fourih street (or Of fi^nr.^h—^ iv^Th
if Hancock and McDoncugh, Illinois, du-}
ling which 1 was irestnl at l«r»» T?*il p^' ®team power to blow out the Mapids bracing a section of the river bank and ®n OatJ^rr Siaoi.*« tma* Xhe l-'amiiy ofTap^.
*»t Tr r,
l, fy n
I do dot desire to disparagw any t-fFoit I and ample wharf room, and involv-
ted, and the «ne
stion
I deter mi* ed within our l,ve«. M.« than i"»«' the i»ter...ool'tlte city, .nd
work, and you eaiae.-tly endorsed an 1 ad- 1 he petition of h. II. Harris and 89 I lin -ation-. *•., t,y a talented tr««p- of Male and F.
recently bemmade o. vocaied the plan. Since then two larger otheis, askia^ the Council to take
nuv vuvn iff ti ioi^ci wvuuvu tanu nu II
we various routes proposed, by exptri- 'appropriations have betn made, and u e mta^urts as may seem proper in order to if
Cjovernment is yet supplifd with means invite the City authorities ot certain ties «ofcnk. ti.
and Minn-uta Ilait Rt.adCo..
eased Engineers, frcm which, after u per- Government is yet supplied
%cnul tsnmiuat ton of tht rou!« I have be- certainly adequate to "a few week's la cified in said petition, to attend a on
f.dUr .,{ #K« 1-1 jbor." The seasoi T. have been exceeding-1 vention of the precincts of the Keokuk,
prac icabilpy, favorable, beeausc of h.w water, and Mount Pleasant and Muscatine Railroad «'-nt. on th- capital m*-k «»f ti,e K.-Auk. Ft. 1»
and more ct ainty of construction of the «p \lt ihis time tio impressii n has been be held at Keokuk en the 5 ty of'
Itoad, making the junction or intersection made whicl, argues success, and no one September next—also, to appoint suitable on .Monda'vThe l'Jt 'uy next'to w«'c
here or elsewhere will now e?tiinate the I committees to receive the guests upon "mhara, irfa«ur(kr, at the Bail Road Oft* in K*
cost below a million of dollars. I have I ^at occasion, was received and e fol
al-o, by a recent publication, shown, th: t, tawing resolution was adopted: i
With the Governintnt progress of the past """""-i uC auu «s
three years, the plati could not be eaecu .hereby authorized to take the necessary
ted in a century. »ivps to carry out the wishes of the pel-
L' iUm.* i! na lifufn/1 ir lw r.ctl ii! ,m L"1 tl
Iba' your ob-
ieflt tn noticing the matter is to secure suc-
cess, I desire to remind you of my earnest
plan, and beg of you to carefully obse.ve *11*'' t» publish a Keokuk. Kail read map—
VUIVV«I I
lhe
of 1 bl ,Un
power of
dlfilcuU shif as
b' «»,d moving rock
^100,000 especial'y when the p*wer mu*t be cx-
posed to the'eapricea of two elements,
w nt
oikI water and after so ruacb time
rm 5-25,- and money haB been exhaiiKted with tie rules and regulations for the g*vtrnmeat
vO of stock in the road to be usual, and, I think, most efficient motor, 1 ol" the Night Watch —and thai the per
25,000 *ubnnt that it it» time to take up the plan 1 *,ns composing -aid wa'ch Lc required to
have so fien urged, without reliance on i ruuke affidavit wh«n rendering tinir ac
»team, when men have fi-ibd of autcesv 1 -"unts for payment, that they hive com-
bopc a lair test of the ateom power may be plifd with fcaid rules and regulation?. A
tnd 1
^.ects on the 29.n inst at SvracuJ »othe who.e astand especally tothechar! which accumulates near Conn's pork "fuM,Jr,T",a''
acter and commtrc* of our great channel
of inide I know th it some regurd me as
arro runt and
The Special Committee to whom was
results, so this new motor may not prolong made a report ogoinit said proposition.— Broeha. Embroideries, Lace.-, Flouncing^ U ., ac.
your final d« termination to adopt a simple.: Kei ort received and the following reaolu* I
i i i i i i i o o o w i JC lioAiii Bn^ftdfloth or ohfiitt
certain, and adequate pirn for the removal Hon passed _• 'est ,:nket. We have a f,w kf, of tho^
of these i. b-^'acles to our great
R'tulved, That the Mayor and City
Md rsha.1 be directed to make out a set ol
made, but the suit is Inevitable. The' RtSoivrd, That H. W. Sample be allow-1 ias««rraoiypc Goods,
twenty-four feet of fall raw be blown or
fci
i i e i u I have hoped for experiments signed to the city of Keokuk as its par of facturer* a large va^
and demonstrations, and the exertion* o:
lhe
ast to liie
obniinaie in my preference asking the Council to open Fifth street at!
u
jn»'
caust of ray a,lXlous fk,re to a,
U,n conv,ct
'-""••'S
y improved, and because tf rav cer-! city, which are not e
.Government n'td the public are satis ('.unstuck 8t C,«. spo.itn-g and guMers at
r.»ck»," or if they are not, they will b*, J. MvCorinack & Co. 3500 fe» of plank
s 1
a'ter '-a few week- ofwtdl directed work," lor culvert Ol fo
und with grt-at dt-lerence to the opini n of Coun il adjourned tn Tuo*d..y the 2Rth
those who have relied on that plan, it i* I iust., at 8 o'clock. A.M.
the purpose of myself and associated again B. 8. MKRR1AM. Ci'v ftpoord^
to urge upon the pu lin the construuiion ~1 AH AN
of a canal al:ng the shore of the river.— I A tb,- V-
liook) will he opened for corporate sub ia. «U'»
improve the grea'
est of all their elements of prosperity, by
l)0.Te», Aagu.t 17.
Juho B. Oo»„h «n «or« pl,„. „f -blowing l&ZtXlZS, ^^TJ^L'IZk
eaa e a pat-sengi in the America, and roc.cs," but I desire it m«y be immedia'o 'he Boot aatd Shoe Araoriun. Xo. «W,
met with a cordi »1 salutation from the Tem- at,d final, and in the meantime I hope the I isii5—dtl
Committee. Me left this evening public will turn their at'» ntion to a work1
that will sa'i^ly the want" of the commu n
NeWuti.
E ?, ,vte 1
,ae
,.
Iv'uri"lli
on vc nd
l4t-
was received of the
""K
1 from hnsnn
P3,rTct Knt.l's c"°ti°Lw '.nd^Mn'
a,ncK
.,
now
rl
f'^^etor—and the con
'ractor allowed 9108 90 in cash.
n
y
s!lmate
fSo-
3
Wt»rk
«jone by P.
in cash.
The Special Committee upon the grade
of Toird Hreet reported the following
r.
s
oluti n which was reported, viz
Resolvrt!, Tha'. the City Engineer be
and is hereby instructed to draft a in of {rigdutu* «fcrnch upward of one hundr«»ispdeimooc
contractor is about to ap- much as he may deem necessary) and em- Chrwt'pri-aehu.g'hi ii. in VL bh
Jaweare.
',
e
c,1T
wi,
a few weeks of well directed work view of a«iertaiumg the practicability «.|, Ih.- JL.and.ord and Landia-lj lb. Chief Uijga- in
I ohtainintf a suitable Lrr:idc'for t!iat nortion i.^ Tr
i .l .r... f.i 1 cient and Indian War WVapons
A PA V'JKAMIR u w OK TBE WORLD.
*,v«« a niii. i "r""J *,M vn i»j 11 i. uuv-k oi vU tut, v»r\ui»
of the otty, with convenient access to the
id ample wharf room,
ins a chant or le-location of a rtion ol
The oh
ohtitin tho-c re8ultn in
four years have rolled r. und tincc you at the tame time guard far ns pos b!e Wm », giin n »«aut.f..i on en -h.
were assured that thirty or forty thousand I the righ'a and interes s of individuals, and -UMEs1tAV.M0.vi. imm diat' i.v aft ihii '*hiW
dol'ari would be suflTcit-nt to compete the
report the xt meet.'nr. tion «m th PAJ.A'.i tou-isung .f Lthiopian Melo
I .... .. ,, O, di»-: i-anvy and omte Danctn/: Chaiaet«-ristie U-
fiu
i
and Nt-coinJ atreet*, was referred to .1 S| e
ciiil Committee ctn*istin£ of Aldermen
New ton, Hiinea and IVuteiton.
The bills ot W. VV. Simpson, James
K'ii_'ht »d .T:tme* L^fieh for serving ns
jhts and nmut
re
com mitt re on claims.
.. ... hills were allowed, vi*
n,
e
toUowi-K
»g'i«»*t i*- I' is my belief that bath i O Clemens pnn ing bUnks $2 UO
.r t»
a!1»...
scrip'ions, believing that cities above and i r^^^?«a!?f^irvsrVh V"' f-r Hi
o retail tiaao. IIKV »n^r h«l K(V,!U yi.ars *p, ricnct- in
bflow will be willing to aid in a work tha? th bmmie-s in K k.ik. I f-«t mntid'nt that th
will inevitably increase the business it! s»«p rior »o Myje and quatit.v to
ieir wharves.
-, aavstock io thin atark.-t, ami *»ht*n nil have urriv.d
City IS more interested I will nurpiasnli cimp tition ill F.XFNJ nf v«rio»v
in such a work than St. Louis. The Mis-[ tn ami =•*—NO HAKM AT. NOR titor'ni.r
siss ppi Iiri more e teity »r ttnmercial'
Gool,s-
00t 01
uu,u
AM pr |«r i
api.r .pmting something to the cont'cmpl".11
te(l work. 1 do not oppose, but desire, "d a b-tt-r urtu-l.-. tbaa at U»i bous s
the immedi.ite experiment of a new ff rt, i 'f!-v "»i0n,l,,r 'hint baud-.
i?U!' JJ*
m9j'Artists,
Apt
«ij{hiy !ollars lo pay the proportion as- SifeeffTomlh^m^u'
xprn*e# ol surveving the routes for
the General tioveinment have een ^il^nal the Railroad connex ion from this city chr thinr
Northern cioas i K. in llli-
'l shown on these Lower R«pid«. i nois.
A further reliance on the Government! Rtsolvtd, That the Mayor U«authorized
is list less delay. The steam power can be to notify Hawkins Taylor, that unless his
applied, anj there is plenty of time and contract lor openiiiir Exchange street be- ^IAY^,iVtor' ',irK''•rmdnones marked
tocans to teat it this fail but it is impossi tween Water and Kirst street is compla-1
channel improvement that' ted by the first day of September ne*-, a' J": R.GOfSUV.
procraslinaticns that are injurious his expense, so as to carry oft the water DiiioluUn.
w"- v""*"v,»
'bat it cin be done with a the same time was
m, iui,
u uc UUrte W)M)
nu any natm-born citircn m»o comparatively small sum in a period of two lo the Special Com-niuce uoon the L'rade i
1MK
Rf«
maif
JiesolwJ, That the Mayor be and is: C.F. CONS, Sec
'y.
*ac' Destnoiaes Stateaman copy.]
tioner? as stated in the petition of E. H. I .t i-o. i.m,- cmm. r.oed rc
XX. cciv.iis tbur ull f.ock.
Harrihon ftnd others in regard to a Hail
road conventiC'Q at Keokuk on the 5'.h of
•September neit.
referred tbe proposition of G.'OrgeDotl* »«5®8',«rv for their toilet, from cent nr.iir* to th-
i drain will then be "immediately opened at! *^uk, Angaatu, im. ,md_
w
"P*"
}f «an*1 improvement both ends, and remonsi rating againn the
I have always yield- esUiblishm nt of the grade of Third of
preference be- any .single stj-eet unless the grade of all
e Mis- Mreets ou the hill and elsewhere in tbe
OF MI,
yeers. IJall a miliion of dollars will of Third street.
a complete change in the succest of the Th«' proposition of Messrs. Kilbourne
river rommeice. Ail the cities on the is: Ileriit k to furhisli the public lamp posis,
i ilts^it-ippi sre interested in the work.— lamps, bar., was ra£erred td the commit'ec
If they would divide the expense, it would on Judiciary.
each'
Jkwt IKMtkaUwtmM im s. mgki mi hy jti'tritims of tbe glide upon Mitii
•nd ca-1 The claim of John A. Graham of fifteen
be opened around these It.pids!hundred dollara for damages caused him
fw.
AMUSEMENT
Mh!II
v
i Lwui.-,a.», t«,ugi»t
"8-
A-
WKB,
August 20, J.^55.—dlf
Boot and Shoe Ivfanutactory.
tiiuiuifa t-ir tr.ni all tb b^t
[I' ll, rniu'i, I! -if nr. a: 1 i'hiia
delphin (.'a'f iSkins, Luviii^ ttMiijrht th "f th^ im-
A
HIKR.
NOVELTY, INSTRUCTION,
'1 I.inner cciitaminc npwardf nf
1 0 0 O O O K I O I E
\Uil exhibit at KFdKl'K ih 1'IOATI.M) PALACS
and JAMES KAY*..VI.
Fridaj, Ait|fu*i and Katnrday4
Nfpirmlier l*t.
Op-ii from I tofi nVnrk, I'. M.. and from 7J t'. in
in owning.
Th^ Mu.» 'ua '•onlain- a, complete
ZOOLOGICAL EXHIBITION,
'"If every wild and rart- Animn! in
EUROPE, A-IA, Al'KI' A AND AMERICA
Including a full-^rown Ei.r.rnA.XT, and majcnifiwrn.
IfiKArre iumin rabu- of BitOs, from the
vt tLl
fa'r-v
in ral
,/eti ,tat aa-V.^* I 1 I ihit a f^r I A.l.vn-ifiAn i lit lioittft 1 TOIU IvOVH'}
A'im'f, TtrciCi Fipr at*.
okily or(
K.okuk IIt.li August, 1855.
a'1'1
ior «f tht Ho
ar
fro r^'Se
national1 Jictolvtd. That the Mayor be authorized ^haugh'* Coa's, nith Ve.-t and l'anti to mau-i
ie cheap 1 to contract for not exceeding five bun-!Z*
1
n
iM
v o w i v i
»•»•*.
K u n o s o A n-
vvr( tableCurU-*iUe«
an
i n,
run!an. um.
one or more s'reeta. I he oliject bcin^ lo One llunitred & Fifty oil Painting*,
the W IT whioh shall Adui..viv.a i.'B 1 V.
without mirah
i*»a 'l'w niy-l'ivc CeuU,
An
Entertainment and Con-cr:
jjII X. REID, Pre*'i
First Arrival.
W'c shall Lave th«
i&r£**8. and most varied 8tx'k c-f Grod--1 ovrr hruugbi
to ihi- market, con.-istinp in part of Drv Uood-, No
tions Bo..ta and Mioes, Ha',-, Cap and ^.nnote, and
butinet Trimming- of every kind. In fa*t, ne can
«y to toe Lad e- that we have everything that i-
rh«%?Bia1nk?t
tr?,
u
*1' °*n «iaf we can fit you
i EST JJ.J'iaet. nave a low leti. ol those beam
ll
6 u£
,, o *tei» into No. 8S, anu 'K ti'ted from head to heei-.
.C. dred copies of (jreur^e Donellau a Uuil- For the little one^ we have iu^t the Good- Flau
road maps at thi.ty cents each. n«lis of every (le er ption,i»«.lauu». Cafhmeretu, Ca
The following resoluiions were adopted,
viz
e a so
*1" ***1'°
universally underwood.
V u^had almost forgotten to mention about k.Iose
ob- t/iooka. AU w») dth'tn it neou-sary to ^av is that
we have a "few more of the fame so.-t left/'
All to bt-had a' whflle-aic and r-''ail of
11 I». WOODWARD CO.,
Aag-H, 1S&5.—q&wly. N.,. Mam
w. nil KLi7,
N
It A O l' 111 LAN A It I
des h*r in eva
ry d,..:i:ripuon of
Ul
of
i,aPl«r
me same time was received and referred Watohand Pi.-ckft Buok last rn^ht. If ha
1
J?
1 FC
Machie, Kosgurb and Landscape
a
(lore
».» viir»p« man **»fr t) oilt'r^d iti thip ma.rk
1
XOTJCE
"A.
1 he petition of J. Tarbell and 21 Others la'e fnrn and will continue th* hunines* a* here
Lritirv I li.t HikiiMAil n emi.M la* Ci 1, t(llorC 1 ^1 L1!)I) V at1'
MSH I ROCKEKV IIIH-nF
O I I I S A E I O
Importer* and J«bbera ml
Mtflft-enwire, t/iiraund atucart,
Ne. l'J31'tjut and iNu. Cl Chambers St.,
NEW YORK,
OUf.D say to /Wen IMI.IM an.| Dealer* f»»n
erally that, ti«\iug e»iah!i«heti a Casn
House in this branrb of ira.Ji-, thev .ire lulty
convinced that Ihry can anil CarcKKav etr., at
Mirh prices a* w ill pay th»* 1 rf lu-cf a JUJP p»of
il to retail. Expei i»-nce ha* prov«»| virv Cf»«i
eh»iv#ty lo us that, iy »lh«rmg strictly to the
rash tiyMetn. \tf Citn stiuid lo "t ll frotn ten t^
iwf-nty per cent Uelow th* legular cradit trad*
prir^w.
W
To this enri we ask ai, e^rnraina'ion of oui
stjie* and prir««, a hut of whir^i wit! be for
warH»».« tv mail to am pnrty desirinjr,
E411 h^iiware, by thp Invoirt*, single packsg*,
or very caiclully rpp'ckpd lot the
COFKTBV TRADK.
.Tily 27, 1«:5. dly
IMliE PAIN UNO AM GMl.UH'8.
1 HF. uailrr«!j{ri^4 rc^prc'fiilly annoiinrei to
thecrixeits of Knkuk lhai b^ ho* opened a
Paint Khop on Johnson, 2d door above Second St..
whtr.- he will be pleased to attend to the orders of
those who mav lavnr lmr. with n call. He flat,
ters hiunelf that liis w/ik will c.iinpare With
any done in I he eastern ritie*. 8ppeim*na of
wood anil inarbl" imitations may be seen by
callmi at bi^ phop.
A shire of the public p:itrona£re is solicit
IfjO'i want work don*» in iny- In.*, with n#at
ness at dispa'cb, ca'l on ire—all I a-K i« a fair
JKRL.MIAH BROWN.
July !»7. 1835. dm
S. K. BKEflE,
Mam Strel. briwen Su'u a,4 Sevtnth.
WHOLESALE
a!d
Kot,)il i)ea'«-: n Stov«s,
Hollow Ware, Tinner's Slock, &.c. Also
manufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet-Iron
Wire*.
Roofing and Jobbing in Tin. Copper, aud
Sh-et-lron, which I wilt war raj. I to une satis
faction. J. S. UKfciiE.
Ju»y24,W»5. .»ty
tXCELSIOR~
Boot and Mi IP a mi factory.
TlUtATl'l I Ht rlj A J) iMHill-.lv rASlllOWS.
J. T. Harris & to
11 AV L\G just oponfd a shop, their old vFin
hu-uipafon
3d street, between Mi
and Johnson, Keokuk, Iowa, respectfully
no'iticp that thry are prepared to inHiinl3Cti,r(.
the iiPate-t aad inoa- fashk nabi« Boot,
Our oiii" ar e fitt. .1 up
N MM tai ll.^-'.n" ^,„ I o( winch S«K" ,S
K.okuk. It. l».-«- i). F. HUiMI'llKEV Jk CAGF
July 24. dlw 2tw
Mum.'-ofa Itaii it"ad (.:ompany iia? thie
0'
"i1''--h ,wi11
ver I
Bol,i
6iUicr to Artuu ur lit
led with UX« like xaiMWUurtv,
(.all ivnd s*e then at Mhl Sky-Light itooms, 86
Main b:roe».
^August Jrt, 1855. 4
V S E U Y A U N
u. F. CLARK.
Keekuk, July 4th, 185&,
angl8d3t* 'J
BURROWED.
st ibbshed, be fixed at £»nHeman of isure borrowed jr,y
a!,,clM w,Xr' I.can
*IIZIR: RV
obuin
W
(ri
August 4. 185.*), d'f
'Tay-
WUbiM tWrI
clarll
thAs ddy
dissolved by mutual onaept. Mr. Merry"
s n i s a a o i z e o s e e o u i n e o e
them'
II.R
m*v suit the trade of the borrower. There was
also*in thf -vk» B:ok a note of Lynch It
Beldirii for one hundred cords of wood, also ar
order drawn by i'a'tick Conroy nn Mr. Fiench
for $120. The pit ties ate hereby notified not®
to pay 'he note or order except to nie.
Jttly 3. ik.i 0.
anc
8ho«?M that Cfin bt» got up
Uctermined not to be excelled bjr an? manu
facturers in tt»e Wt»it they solicit a share afpub
lie patronage.
At we puu-ha«e direct fr^m the importers, o«i
slock i. aUayn ol ih- lat^l faahion and best
(pulitv, ai.d at the lowest figure*.
Af we k. ^p no KaaVr.j „r sh.p work on hand,
we Wai ran) al our ready made Roots bod Shoea
of »IH* saw" character a- those made to ordesf.
Call and leave your order* lur a good fit War
ranted to suit Hi ©very paitirular.
... T. HAttklS fc CO.
July 21, 1855.
v
Kt'iiiovnl!
0. F. HUMPHBEr & GAGE
U*V|-.,.:,
li Midtu. ty Emporiuin" to No. *y. Main
Street, between 3d aud 4th, a few door* abore
iheir oi 1 »land, where th. y w,U continnr thao
butme.B or, ala.'ffeiy n.c M^d jcale,both iu the
vvhnlo'Hle and rcUit department#.
We will have the largest tt-.ek of mjr
iine ever bronah to the W^t^rn mntry, and
yll b» I to vip,.3y the wants of an»
Covuiny MtYChtthi low* or fi(fv hrrc,
We will hav»- a »to-k of uood, lor the
14
efaM
trade'' whuii -will be aecoad to now in Cr ica*
n
I or 8f. Lr»tiw in pojur of I and ••caality."
i|,.» fin»s? *tyle tuj
no pmii». will -fi.ued to mni. the
I "Grral Wtstrrn llul, Bonnft, aud MiHiofry Em
poriniir'
mo I !MI riir
»'CI!rTBE OF ATTKACnOH''
hut 'he pl.ite lor
TJJOD UAH4iAI\S.
Mr. H. ie flow ui,.:n ihe Ka^teirn Mbii
nfrtcttirer* and Iiaportera ffeltini up mir f«li
LHIKIM Al. t'ily Loti lor Kale.
1 1 i .N"i* be.-n requited !.y sundry |.er«onj
auu al Mindry times to name tbe prices I
vrould takd for my lands and tots in low a, 1 take
this opp rtuuity to inform the publie in general
of the prices 1 will now take f«r the same. A
list is her» uuto annexed
N F- ot section 8, township 65, ranee 5
N w
4
9 ti
6 i
18, 65, o
14
ju'
aim.'re, (Jhai.ie Lu tra and I,in ey«, -tc
still intend to sell guodi a Utile lower than
any other hou-e in the ciiy, although it it not asces
"tft
5
Lit 1*2 in Blt»ok 3 in Keokuk.
10 13
4 120
5
6
5
tl
and the whole of 12J t.
L»ls«5 and 191 in tfashvitle, ar.d the S
of N W ii of N E )l 26 —65—5 (10 acr*.
dispute style.
la
Any per-on wishing for puticular information 1 11
or of th.' city oi K^kuk. 1
E have in st
0t
JIIIII Ueceir«^7
DIRKCTIiom
Warren it Hide, a Inr^e an 1 well assorted
st.clt it Gold Pens, ratigihg from the largest of.
fice down to the finest pointed Ladies' Pen. The
reputation of the munulartora is guarantee
enough for the fpia'ity.
Also some tine Gold Peneiis with Tens. I
G. il. HttSTON. I
Jan. 22.
'55. dfew i
Carpels! Carpels iT
i O N 5 a i a S i e e
IT A\ just reocived the iarneet und most \ariod
sl^k
ul
t'arpi-ts ever
i i'hiti st(K-k aoiuuriseh one hundred ditf, reijT styles,
I and having been bou,fht before the rccent advtuioe[
we will acil them at present wholesale caateru nri-1
ces.
August 18,1565. diwtf
CO'iPti-rfeif tnoney, which ran he le'ained as it O 1m»cra.ni CV-iMeaxY, of Hurt ford, Connecticut.
1
Keokuk, J.dy 31, 1*55. dl
DB. i. LAWEENCB PAGE,
FFICE I.u.ke's Gallery, corner of Il»atlie« an i Rentlenien are mvile'd to
fVlainanl hn S'reetg. belore purchasix,g elsewhere
the manufactory of Dawson,
brou^hr
tt.
1
I Wc Would rccpocrfiiliy invito those who are fur-1
fii.-ihiii.
their houces, to un examination of the*»-
Larpets, feeling aaiisfitd that the sryleri, qualiliat
and prices are 6uch that they caiuioi Xail it# p^Sa^e
all who may favor us with a call-
IJi*rBA?iCE.
1AR lNSfRA!*L* COMPAJT, r.f N'ew York- J&1SA
l^ml
«ik
TO TBB 0mzS2fS0fH80Xin|,
II A V!\» :»-d web ii 111 r- Meors. 8r#.
11 bei.is in U.r fiitu-c Hn«ine.«*, we would
•s.enre the public that ail otd«r* given to th««i
will tie **prulfil ill a hOKt and workman-litre
TOtiiiher, aid lha» Ucy ran rely upon the work
done by th- sn. as Sen ot tl.e v» rvbesj umterial.
A« it vvi'l be but «h«rt tone'before- the g**
w ill be introduced, we w oiild reroinniend I#
those desirous of hghnre tin at the time of t||«
e.mpletii,u of the waiU. that tto v pive m.m«.
riiate order* fur -pe, fix* ntf, Lc other*!*
many would be del^yea bey cr,d that time a» It
would be impo^ible to supply all r.pplirhtioM
upou shut rii'tito. ftrnfticK tea
"7 GAS FIXTURES.
H^HK tinder-OL'ned sre f.i ep.u -i(. r^*««jve or.
.1 der^fo, fi,-„ g,
tt,.VdW^.
ir
.W /TiCes
tri hou«e«, «tlb pipe aod tj*Jures for g»s
prorripMyexec.it,r.g the a,id RUarantaeing
ftli their work to be gas ti^hf.
AM persons de-irou.* »r tisitppas, that have
not been called up .r,, ar« request*d t. eave their
a«.dres» with us, through the Po«» Office.
Ordeia executed in the succession u, which
they are received.
JU,V
3'
*p'!!'
SCOFIELD K. BROTHER.
NEW AERA KOEMEKX.
1
iforia tbe eitixeni
•t lie has
K«hsefiber
w
Keokuk and Hhnity tfuT he !,«,
pil,cha.#i|
the stock in trade of Btn 1 Dodaon, at No. (.
I Third Street, w here he hat «ii hanil a feseril
a.«si'itineri ot Fiench aid Arueucan Ciatlis,
Cas-imeresand Ve^tlug^.,
w
hieh he wi.'i int.lt*
up to order at the shorlest notice, and in a atrl*
not to be •urpaasetl. A!«o a
koi
assortment
f-«inmer Coatt, Vests, and 8h ric, aivravs on
h»V'»
w. a, soatEaVILLI., j,. aaA&reaii.
I !««*%.« r»-pn.
Oriaana PioduM aud Coiunissioa Mouse.
OMI KVILLE, HliAIiFDKI) y CO G.-ne
rnl iiodiu'..- Curntiiia-ion and 1-orvtaidirur
Merch«i.t». New ()rle.in*. Parlnular atteniiue
paid to the purchase and -a!«? ol We tem Pi*»
dure AI«o, t'. the H«c»ivii,jr arwl Furwardia#
l»uMi,ess ee^rally. Ordf.a re«peetfull, solid
•en, No 71 T'houpitoitla street.
8
July l.'l. 18jj. til
JOHN JH-RNS, ffa. C. RLNTOSN.
Burns Sl Hentg^n,
W o K a s o i
Forwurdiiig k Cooimusioa Herrhanti,
kt'.-Ki**, Iowa.
July », i^:)5 diy.
Parasols! Paraph
I hit hranrh ol -he buMness, and hope* bv strict
4 tent.oi, to business that be will merit a share
public patrur.i^e.
HorSE HALTED
4 lo Ha 'et.a-.tud
il frnall ^,-nv.i arinly A ie-ke
be taken A pply «t this
August 3d, 1855.
^rtiouli
acres) I wiH be don
For the whole «f whirh will i Keokuk. F#b
'or the whole «f which I will »ake he.:nty4vco i Keokak, F#h, 13. jx.^s.d&wl
thousand dollars, one-third in hatid, and the bah
ance iu one, t*o, three, an i lour annual pay-•
merits, with interest at 10 per ceul from d»te,te
be paid annually, and secured by deed of truat If
wrR
.,
KiOM«-'K.
as to location or quality ol the lands, mav an- YY i keep constantly on hand alt
ply to H. Rea l, Lsq or his Honor the May-
1
n'u
,!5Vore.hi
nw
VOUDS America Purler Store.
COMtTHING entirely ne*-, the constructicii
of it bemj fT rent f, otn Hriy »tuve in use.—
examine it
For #ale hy
August 0, 1855,
0f
J*mks
JaJy 13,1855.
TVI
kh
I U&r received per American E*prej*2ti0 naw
style Paraaola, which we tf .r ale verv
lo™- tc
A III UKI.I At Co.
July 16, tb£..». tf
D0Z6TICX&' HEW BOOK.
I li 1 i» neither a history,romance, hf«. 'trams,
A biography, autohioRraph.'ior p*» morteai
rxait.in.jtion, but a si rii-s of nnprerneditat^fl ex*
*ravagan-/n*,» ri!t-n without rnatir aforetheu^hf,
by th» -intrltf hero 1 hereof purely for his own
trl jrmration. and pitnled by the" uuyuher for
htt om* profit.
To (lit* Public.
to the ri'ite:,.*
bi.i.oore**
of Keokuk fnd iciiu
9"
tha' he ha* reeen'lv opene.j Apothe.-ari. -1
Hall, corner of Third and Johnson Stre^ u ^TTfc
an entire new uod well .elected St-ck of D,
ur
^led cines, Perfumeries. Toilet A'tides, a.c.
The subscriber intends panng particojnr at
tention to the Preemption "Department, and
fee s eoi fi lent tt at he can jive ertect ha'i-fac
tinn, having had an exjerieitee of tea ye»r,
..
4M
F. H. O'CONNOR.
Au^ij-, o. IR55. dly
by
WOtti i
fi
$iddles aud 11
i riiets.
WllOlKSALt
AST)
ICtrA1L.
L. 11 I LitiMei.it has purr-hasetf
the entire Mork of S |j. Oood.
rifh fc Co. and will carry on the
business of saddle .„d har„a*
fflasin^ in all its branches at tl«
ccupied by J. (J. Tumble,No. !&
Sh" I'm rnerly occup
Sil^ u il reel.
I of the b«et Binteriel
rleU,rmC'iU
l0tLC U e,tb
lo
found in the Cincinnati market, and he can offer
Kliri'S.
He has alw every », leof wl|ipg
whicfc ct#
be ha at wholesale lower than anywhere els*
i ID this city,
^ttenfian given io K.riuwc. J«b
the shortest notice, and in geae
PLOWS A\D U4«0\!«!'
TAYLOR & Mi Kiu£,
Boccee* r. n N .Vvt, Mepluns,
12th STREET^
(tTi
uutil all is paid. "j
CORNtlt OF MAIN AND
"»W.t,
.W
1
7'"' ™d£n,'s
}h,e
ar"5
he8'
V u- I
ni rked «'A. Hi i, Kan fj^id." If not called
tor within thirty- days, it will be sold to MW
cl.arKes. CONN'A BLE. SMYTH &. CO.
^v
Oarnapes,
a,'d
WM Gil "f materials. W holt^ale aril le'ail.
July 25,1855. ^LLISh. TAYLOR i MclvEE.
March U, 1865. d&wif
00T
the best Quality
SCRAPES with and without pans, for
'ii- 1 nreshine Machine, sa e bv W HlTt nun
I»* Mnt ..ll.j I ..... Ol l.h & HKU.
Aagu it 0, IS.V. dwd li w
E W BUEtlk BRO.
^wd 4*w
1855.
E K I S A U
V I A A O O N e w Y o k W I
il LI AMS TANNER & (JO Buifa o, 1'M.
puetorii.
hip duily from Pier 2, East Riker, New York,
All cargoes fully in«»ired to ilfalo.
No Transhipment between New York and
Bntfiln.
For Freight, apply to Veal, Aht»-t & Co., P.
B. Brooke, YiigU Hitlyer, No. 88 Broad Street,
New
York.
In vn. I
Mark Fack»»es. "M. W. Line.'*
July21, IK*»V daw^tn
1
For Geiitl€ineii»
/"ION® UESS GAt 1 EHb, a new nnd beautllu
V style for Gentlemen, just leceived by
l«»€JS:w ODELL& ATLE9S
iCcokuk BooL-ftiudery
AND
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY,
BLpattern,—Court
llanrroiu) Ivsi HAM: CIII A.W, ID Hartford Conn.
-LITNA Lire LNSCHANFFC COMPANY.
Th- abuv. Couifanip.- represent a Capital of $1,
tii)u,000. Live-, Meicharidiie, Stores, Dw.Ilitigs, ... ,—
Personal Property, arid the various kind of Proper- "r ra.\oun« in any style desired.
».y expo: ed to the ptrils cf Inland Navigation, in- Tf My Biadery will h« i.un i i Maia»'etweea
t-ured by WM. W. BELKNAP, Agrut. I Ser.on'l and Third jtrtets. sian 411 the Bitt
A N K O O K S made and ruled to any require*!
Hacoids, Justices* Dockets.
Assessors' Books, Poll Books, &c„ fcc-jfurnisti
e st short notica.
tf OM Books, M»ra/.ines, Music,ac.,boui^l