Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-09-14


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WEDNESDAY......SEPT. II, 1886.
WANTED, :. this Office s,, s, b9uas.rh san
lbe raj wages will be givsn, if application be made
Immediately.
We are requested TO say that Saturday, the 24th
Inst has been generally agreed OH as proper time
sor the county meeting in relation to the public
lands, and that it will be held ON that day, at o.
.!ces, NJ, the sstsss,5tiiist meeting houas.
nu BuavE AND DEs MONS Cousr1Es.-The
former county has population Of 1872, the latter
s.2ss. Total, 1857
We have been requested by half q dozen eandi-
dates to insert their names at the heed OF the hss.
This, gentlemen, we will do as soon as the ssperpe-
sual notion, is discovered, which will probably
not be done before the election. However, to have
Some uniformity about the matter, We have hereto-
o:e and intend to, place the names last brought in
above tsun;il the lastsha be first, and the rstlast
We acknowledge ths receipt Of the I'd number OF
the Cd volume of the 70 DAG. Among iia int ras:=
ias and valuabls matter is prize tale by Miss Lee
lie. for which was awarded the sum Of one hundred
dollars. We intend making extracts from this VAL
liable periodical
Ogs CousTRY.-If young men in the eastern
states but half acquain ted with the advantages
this country Affords they would be found travelling
hi,her by companies as numerous as the shoals of
fish that annually ascend the Mississippi river. For
instance, we have pure atmosphere, asalubrious
elime, good sell, large potatoes, big Onions, fat
beef, uuctuous venison, milk and honey; from $50
to S25 and boarded per month is given to good la
horsrs-our country abounds with inexhaustibls
Of mineral and most excellent springs are sc On
ripping from the crevces Of rock containing tbs ore
without partaking of its poisonous qualities, while
Ia state Of nature.
However, to be honest, we must say there is one
disadvantage at least, e. the pGuetty of ladies.
To prove this fact, we will mention one instance.
A young gsntlsman living 60 miles west, ma
king preparation for journey, such as procuring a
knapsack, leather-cake, jerk, &C., being interto-
gated by his brother wtritsrhe was going, said s've
just learned by runner, that several young la1te,
have disembarksd At Du Buquc, away east OH the
Mississippi and if no preventing providence, will
sss what they ar. like this day"
We have read, with much regret, the accounts OF
late dsorderly proceedings in various parts of our
county ia reference to several printing establish
ments. While, however, We deplors the frequent
occurrence of such illsgal acts deem i, bu, JUS
tics to say, that decent respect for tbs opinions OF
the people is no less obligatory upon publishers than
upon any other class in the community.
NEwsrArER AoR sATisrso.-Wsd discover advs r
Using is generally on thu riss, and If provisions are
as high abroad as at home, we do not woader at it
Roasting earshaye boon selling here a. IS cee,s osi
dez, and since they have become too hard to mas
,ca,e, the corn ground into meal, and sold at
50per bushsl; eggs SO cents per toz. And styiks
Is about to be got up to raise the price of the Mis-
siss:ppi water! !.
We learn from ths Presidents letter to Governor
Cannon of Fsnn., that BIS does not apprehend the
slightest collision with tbs Government of Mexico
and he isnot willing that army in hosiile at,i-
tuds shall travel through Mexico wishou, necessity
70 seeond any scheme that would involve US ia war
with that Government, merely to operate in the
Tsx;.n cause.
Ths Volunteers Of Askansas and Missouri are a,
the service Gen. Gaines for the protection of or
frontier.
Tho MAS Ewlao, of Ohio, Of 'spsivats bill" me-
mory, has been burned in sfhgy by portion Of the
e!tizsns Of Burlington, Wisconsin.
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We have received several numbers of a new ard
beautiful paper, "The Jeaersoni an,'' published a,
Wasrsnton, Va, BY Ro sEnrs Rlcxrrs, Esq. The
The paper is crsdi:abls 70 its publishsr.
Wswou.d callthe attention Of our s,adsss to the
communication signed "a VoTEs.n
IMPROVEMENTS AI. DU BUQUE AND
BURI TON.
MIR. Editor:-Soms IN Vince, in a conversa,ion
with our iais dslsgats in Congress, Col jonss, nc
informed me that he sntsrtsined no doubts, but ha
the people would petition Congress, he could pro-
sarsths passage Of a law, appropriating the p.o-
essd. Of The sales Of lots in Du Duaue and Burlng.
TON, W.T. to dsfray the expenses Of improving
sas landing At Du Buque, and the road opposite
buslngton. 1would therefore suggest the propristy
OF preparing petitions upon these subjects, and have
.asm forwarded 70 the dslsgr.s this winter. Ger.
sAinly ne who sfsctsdss much q, the last session
can s6sct something at the next. w. w.
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( The inhsbisants q Burlington, (W. T.) held ,
nssting on he "a ssf Angus. From .h.it Addrss,
ws'havs Only room fdr ths following extracts:
"SEcREr SrEcuLAToRs' Bull