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oDELL & MATLESS,
MANCFACTuEEss AND DEALERS IN
Boots and Shoes,
Opposite Smiths Banking House,


kEOkUK, IOWA,
HALEB ODELL having associated with him.
" sell Mr.. L. Matless, in the Boot md Shoe
business, the new firm is prepared To- do more
extensive business than ever heretofore They
have Itet received q very large assortment for
ping and SUMMER Trade,
Including oil desirable styles aud qualities for
Ladies, Misses, Gentlemen, Boys, aud children,
which will be sold as low Tor cash as any dealer
can sell them.
We intend to pay particular attention TO
Custom Work,
and believing that HoME MAsuFAcTuRIs oneht 10
TO be encouraged, aud will be encouraged if WELL
DONE, We employ none but the very best hands,
and PLENTY OF them, in order that we NAV guar
antee all work to give perfect satisfaction, and
fill all orders with entire punctualnv.
RkPAIsInC done with neatness and dispatch.
We invite all persons 10 give US call, at the
sign Of the Mammoth Shoe
ODELL & MATLESS.
March 30, 1885 dAwly.
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n. w. JONES,
Successor to =. Siiugeriand,
Dealer In Clocks, Watches and JeWelry,
SECOND STREET,
Next door to Charles Parsons Banking House.
KEOKUK. IOWA.
4NHSs3-~1 ThE subscriber has Just re-
ES SSS.saA eeised large and beautiful
ass<s-s,tock OF Gold and Silver Watch
es, Gold Jewe!ry &c. comprising the latest sty les
oi LADIES' Breast Pins, Lar Rings Finger Rings,
Cum Pins, Gold Guard aud Fob Chains. Keys.
Seals. Silver Thimbies, Gold Slides, Snaps.
Studs Gold Pens with or without holders, Gold
Pencils, Pens and Pencils
WATCH REPAIRING.
The subscriber beng practical matchmaker,
teeis competent Ia repair the most difficult and
delicate work that may be entrusted 10 his care
All work warranted 10 give satisfaction.
Correct Time
The public may rest assured that The correct
ims Is, and always will be kept hv
n. " JONES
Nov. %, 1884 lyd
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4 Gard.


THE undersigned having had several wears
L experience II putting on Waueu's celebrated
Composition Gravel Roofs. Is prepared to fiji all
orders in keokuk and surrounding country on
the shortest possible notice Q ! 1oFs repaired
and second coating done 10 order
Charges moderate abd work warranted
JAMES KNIGHT.
Arrll II, 1855. d3m
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80 bxs Moa'd Candles, Keo1lS naau fscture
10 do Star do
For sale ty CLECH0RN & HARRISON.
Aprll II 1855. "
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PLOvyS AND WAGONS !.

In LVh u MChkE,
Successors It Newton Stephens.
CORNER OF MAIN AND 18th STREETS
Ks,OKUk. IOWA.
NJ HERE they keep constantly on hand all
W kinds Of Plows, Wagons aud Carriages,
made N the best style and out Of The best quality
of materials Wholesale and retail
TAYLOR & MchEE.
March ~. 1899. dAwtf
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III ANDSOMELY located on Morgan Fulton,
IL and Franklin Streets, continned One fifth
payable in cash or in approved materials or labor
one, two, three, and four years witnien per cent
interest.
WANTED--A first rate saddle horse, or horse
and buggy.
Apply TO WM. II. WILLIAMS
Corner Of Second aud High Streets
KeoEnk, April %, lS53. 5wd
INATHS just received and for sale low by
~ BALDWIN, EVANS g. 90
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DEs MON NESNAytGATiON Ann RAYE.
ROAD COMPANY -

ROAD COMPANY. -
NOTICE A call OF Five per cent.
~ Upon the unraii stock OF the Des L
Moines Navigation and ttailroaA Com
pany this day made by the board AZ Uifacloss
pa yable at the Treasurers once, s. WiSsA efree4
New YORK, as follows: Ons per cent. on ~ ~
d OF April two per cent. on ths tss dAy ofp1n0,
amt two per cent. on the LIST day II June 1eaf4
A. HUNT, Treasurtt. s
Dated Feb. nth, 1885. rarchie wtf !
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j. w. SCkOGGS'
IliM BER YARD. KEOKIlK

On Concert street, between A,h and 5th streets,
north OF Main street large assortment of
Lumber and Shingles, Of best quality, a'u avs on
hsnd d1wly
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j. HUTcHlNsos. HAS. nEwLY.
Merchant Taiiors.
lAad Areef, bei,ceen Nam ard Johnson,
kEOKUK. IOWA.
Ii Az Just received, at their Fashionable Ta l.
IL orns and Furnishing Establishment, choice
and excellent supply Of troadcloihs, Cassi,neres.
Nes'ings, and Ge tieinens Furnishing Good. OF
all descriptions, aud guarantee that their work
shat be done In the most approved and saiisfac-
tory manner. They are constantly receiving the
New York and Philadelphia Fashions, and re-
spee'fnlty solicit all who desire good work and
The best material 10 give them call
HUTCHINSON & DEWEY.
Apri 5, 1853. dIy
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.!lZ!',
q Is sziiz==s@ss sszs4----
RAISTos's PATENT IMPROVED
Gram UtreSher, Sepaotor and Cleaner.
THE bscriber has under construction mum
4 bes OF these popular snl uut q qiaied mae hines
whsxh have insari-b'y taken ihe Treferercp
wherever Introduced, oyer all other machines
now in use, for light drauglf, simple consrnc-
lion, speed In thresbing, durability, and putting
The gram III perfect meFclautshse order am
manufacturing tRo sizes, anil ) horse power.
Also, and i horse Fnreshefs, without the sep
arator. The above machines are warranted 10
give satisfaction.
The subscriber is thank ful 10 his former pat-
rons for their liberal patronage. ard would inform
them that he has fnsde valuable improvements
for the present season Letters Of inquiry
promptly answered. 0tders for nachin, should
be sent 10 early.
WILLIAM MCCLURE,
RIplry, Brown county, O.
May ., 1850. It'd 3w'
m DOZEN mems fire fashionable SILK Hats
" OF the latest spring and summer style for
sale cheap al
sHFLD0N's HAT EMPORIUM
April 25, 1855. wiy
E0n DOZ mems and boys Leahorr, Swiss
cOU Lenett, Pedal aud Palm Leaf Hats for
sale cheap at
sHELDoN's HAT EMPORIUM.
April 25, 1855. WY
A COMPLETE stock Of mems aud boys W ool
a HAS, al styles, shapes and qualities, for
sale cheap at
sHELDoN'S HAT EMPORIUM.
April 25, 1885. WY
WOODEN WARE.
l25 dozen buckets, and 8 hooFs,
lo0 nest tubs, @ and In
~ dozen We buckets,
10 dozen half bushels,
> do chnrne,
do tar buckets,
80 do brooms,
100 do wash boards
~ gross clothes pins. paeut and PLAIN,
70 dozen wood fa,tcets,
80 do shoe bfushes,
do large tubs home manu(arture
For sale by CLEGHORN & HARRISON
rs,ent Roofing
20e9 lbs. Feltuc,
% bbs. Composition, for sale bv
CLEGUORN & HARRISON. X.
April II, 1850 y
Ii OES-Jnsi received al rye supply Of handl-
IL ed and Earniina Hoes. and for sale al re-
duced prices by BALDWIN, EYANS& Co
NGYTHES-J4st Heeei4eA large supriy Of
~ grass, grain and hush Scyrhes
BALDWIN, EVANS & co.
Teas.
100 half chests fresh Imperial, Ganporsier,
Young Hyson and Black leas, embracing every
quality, for sale by
CLEGHORN & HARRISON.
April IA. 1850.
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A. SH a w,
L A NJ | l. Y G. X q e. T. TX

North side Nam betueep III r sh SIS,
hesFs all kinds Of freeh AID cheap Groceries and
Provisions tor family use
keokuk Feb 2 ls5s II
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siga Painting.

DERSONS IN want OF SfoNs or any kind ofFAN
i cypAlsTING ON q RAINING. can have Il done In
fues' sfylf, ly applying 10 the Sash Fsctory
nnr. y, "a j ID. CaPSON,
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NEW GOODS.
ieI English straw bornels;
case assorted Psrs sols
80 dor Gents Hall Hose, assorted
80 dox >dies Hese, do
10 pieces Bersgc,
80 pairs Ladies' Unde sleeves.
spIeces popiiss
10 pieces dotted swiss,
dor assorted coiored Kid Cloves;
2s pieces shaIiis.
Just received, by II. d. WOOD WAND.
may is 'b$-dAw
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Teas.

100 half chests fresh Imperial Ganpo~,ler,
Young Hyson and Black Teas, embracing every
quality, for sale by
CLEGHORN & HARRISON.
April IA. 1880.
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\ received large suppiy Of
~ grass, grain and hush Scythrs
BALDWIN, EVANS & CO.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16
Poor Speculation.

The Doylestown Intelligencer states
that William Beck, the protector and pro-
prietor of the Doylestown Exhibition En-
terprise, has made an assignment for the
benefit Of his creditors. His liabilities
are said to exceed $4,000. His assets
fall short Of that amount. 1t seems that
Mr.. Beck prepared an Agricultural Fair
Ground, with immense buildings, and got
up Exhibitions on his own hook Ia Bar
mum, as matter Of private speculation.
The Intelligencer presumes that the mo-
ney invested in the enterprise must have
exceeded thirty thousand dollars The
proceeds of last August's exhibition,
though large, were not commensurate
with this expenditure, leaving the proprie-
tor pecuniarily embarrassed to such an
extent that failure had to follow. The
storm of Sunday week blew down all the
large but not firmly built Exhibition
buildings, making pile only of old lum-
Der. The double crash has produced great
excitement among Mr.. Becks creditors,
many of them poor laborers who can lily
afford the loss.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16
Sad Case Of Lottery Gambling.

How irresistible, when once acquired,
is the base passion of gambling! Few
there are who, when they hazard sum,
have courage and determination to throw
Of the spell that is upon them, aud thus
save their fortunes and respectability.
And how many thousands there are who
annually go down to ignominy, and per-
haps death, through their Unsuitable de-
sire to try again
We have q case in point. Barnabas
Bates, an aged and in former years, an in
dustrious, thrifty farmer, was yesterday,
and the third tune within week, picked
up in the street in state of stupor. Upon
searching him at the station house, fifteen
blank lottery tickets were found in bis
pocket-book. lie was placed in q cell,
where be slept of the effects of the liquor
he had drank, and when "sober reason
had assumed her sway" he experienced
the most poignant grief
His story is lamentable one. Bates
married young, and for years cultivated a
small farm, three miles from Utica tie
was industrious, honest, and eoursed'
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16
aud the fruit was invariably Of

themselves, aud the fruit was invariably Of
proper favor.
1t is hoped that no comment is necessary
in a case ike this. 1t may, however, be
observed that the fruit-room is often the
receptacle of things which good manage
ment would exclude. A remarkable proof
that careful gathering and storing have
much to do in the preservation Of apples
and pears for long period, is afforded by
the examination of such kinds of fruit, in
the hands of good garden amateurs, who
posses. but limited quantities, aud are
careful Of its preservation. Such persons
will produce dessert Of such for their own
tables, or to grace the tables of a provin-
cial horticultural show, when the majority
of larger establishments are unable to do
so.-Gardeners' G Farmcrs Journal
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16

Fortune smiled upon his efforts, and his
labors were rewarded with bountiful crops.
In time he amassed quite fortune-some
$40 900. He was blessed with goodly
number of sons and daug ghters, and bid fair
to 90 down to his grave in peace, but
twelve years ago, he was induced to ''try
his luck" and purchase lottery ticket.
The passion once acquired, he could not
stop, and from that day to this, he has
been constantly gambling in lottery tick
ets-worthless bits of parchments. His
farm, his wife, and children, are all gone.
The farm for lottery tickets, his wife into
the grave, and his children married and
scattered in all quarters. He came 10
this city some two weeks since, having IN
his possession the last of his worldly effects.
Yesterday the last penny was squandered'
and he now stands good prospect Of find
ing home in the penitentiary. He re-
marked to the Chief, Morgan, yesterday,
that be was ruined man, that life was
Indifferent to him, and that he cared not
what disposition was made with bis case.
"Yet" said the old man, 81 blame no one,
twas all my own fault; l brought this on
myself; am &C years old, and know l
haven't much longer to stay" What a
lesson does the experience Of this old nan
teach the rising generation ALBANY
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16
Premium Germ Crop5 f0r 1856.

To those desirous of raising large crops
Of corn next season, We would say enc I'M
portant requisite is to have 1eep sol, and
that the fail of the year is the proper time
for several reasons to make a beginning in
this direction. Excepting on light ground,
We greatly prefer fall to spring plowiug,
The teams are generally il better order,
and more able for hard work There IS
more leisure to plow car-tully. and it
greatly relieves the press Of spring busi-
ness. There is besides positive adyau-
tage to the soil, particularly if heavy, or
Of tenacious texture. The alternate
freezing and thnwing of the uP;urnel sur
face, has tendency TO destroy It's adhe-
siycuess aul MAKE it more mellow; 1t also
absorbs by exposure to atmospheric influ-
epees more freely the nutritive gasses float
inc about, the ammonia of heavy rains
and deep SHOWS, ana is actually improved
in qualav. Oar advice is, use the Double
Michigan plJw, let It go down twelve inch
es, bring up the yellow clay from its resting
place of centuries, open it to the sun and
air. and our word for it the corn crop Of
1856, under such management, with other
treatment as We shall take occasion to rcc>
ommcnd in the coming slring, will be a
very heavy and remuueraI:sg ole.--fafa'
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commenced in the extremities, thought it
his duty to inform him Of the fact, and to
assure him, that whatever preparation he
might wish to make for death, should be
made at once In as gentle tones as be could
command, he broached the subject, assur-
ing him that within twenty-four hours, at
the farthest, he would be dead man.
Mr.. Burr replied, "Doctor, it can't be so.
feel easier and better than l have felt
for several days" "That," replied the
Doctor, ois one of the surest evidences
that what 1 have told you is true. Your
limbs are free from pain, because, they
are dead" Turning his half fiery eyes
upon the Doctor, he said, "Doctor, I can't
die, ,ron't die, Ishan't die. My father
and mother, and grandparents, and un-
cles, and aunts, were all pious and godly
people. They prayed for my conversion
a thousand times, and if God be hearer
of prayer, he is not going to let me die un-
Mtheir prayers are ansuered. 1t is impos-
sible that the child Of SO many prayers will
be lost" The Doctor replied, "Mr. Burr,
you are already dying" He then went
over pretty much the same expressions as
given above, sunk into a stupor, and soon
slept the sleep which knows no waking
until the morning of the resurrection.
We may not have given the precise lam
guage used by him, as years have elasped
since it was reported to US. Our inform
an. received the impression, that he had
run the rounds Of his iniquity, all the
while indulging the hope that, like the
celebrated Augustine, before be died he
would be converted, in answer to the pray
ers Of his pious parents and friends. God
in his divine sovereignty, disappointed his
expectations, and made him a monument
Of his wrath, and beacon to all ung6dly
children, who are building their hopes Of
heaven upon their connection with pious
ancestry. When such "cruc;ty the Son
Of God cfresh, and put him to an open
shame" they must not be disappointed if
He puts them to everlasting shame and
contempt before his Father and the holy
angels, and an assembled universe-Pres-
Jyteriaa Herald.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16
Death of Aaron Burr.

There were some facts connected with
the closing scenes Of Mr.. Burr's life,
which were told US soon after they occur
red, by one who received them from an
eyewitness, which we do not remember to
have seen stated anywhere in print. We
suppose that We will not be considered as
violating the privacy Of the domestic cir
Gle, in referring to them at this remote
period after their occurrence.
During Mr.. Burr's last illness, he was
very restless and impatient toward those
who we're about his person, often indulg-
ing in profane and abusive language. His
physician, observing that modification had
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16
Reception of Gov. Reeder.

EAsToN, Pa, Nov 6.-Ex- Governor
Reeder was received at the cars, on his
arrival at Phi.lipsburg from Philadelphia,
to-day, by very great assemblage of the
people Of Easton aud the neighborhood,
who we're there to greet him with hearty
welcome home, and an earnest and warm
approval of his course in the difficult and
momentous affairs with which be was cred
itably and distipguisbingly associated in
Kansas He was escorted by an immense
concourse Of citizens, with music, to Con-
nor's Hotel, where he was received, in a
short and eloquent address, by Geo. W.
Yates, Esq, after which the Governor de-
livered masterly and powerfully impres-
sive speech, which was listened to with
profound attention, and evidently fell with
convincing effect upon his audience.
He gave rapid but luminous and can
did history of the whole of the Kansas af-
tair, showing up the untairness and by
pocrisy of the Administration on the one
side, and the high-handed and lawless
proceedings of the Missouri invaders on
the other, with clearness Of narrative
aud graphic description which carried
conviction to the minds of all.
He explained satisfactorily, all seeming
inconsistencies in his course, and avowed
his fixed determination to stand by, at all
hazards and through all consequences, the
noble platform of principles adopted by
the Free State party Of Kansas. Through
out the whole Of his speech, there was not
one violent or abusive epithet against
those at whose hands he had received such
measureless abuse. He closed amid a
deep and earnest response of cordial agree
ment an the part Of his hearers.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16

Mr.. SEwARD's SPEECH-The Wash
ington Union prints Senator Stewards Re-
publican speech in full, and the Star, the
junior Administrative Organ, says, with
signifance and pertinenee that the South
had better answer Mr. Seward by "calm
reason and irrefragable history, and not
by calling its author disreputable names
otherwise there is no telling what may be
the result of his, Of late years, so rapidly
increasing power and influence
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-16

In this utilitarian age, it is held to be
treason to the peoples rights to introduce
into the school any study, which does not
Immediately tend to enlighten the youth
in the points of knowledge necessary for
the accumulation Of wealth. The in
fuence of the almighty dollar" and the
consequent value and importance thereto
attached, is leading US as Americans to
regard it as the "summum bonum," and its
possession as preferable to the most supe.
rior mental culture We are as those
"who hold it hcrrsy to think.
Who love music but the dollars clink,
Who laugh 10 scorn the wisdom of the schools,
And deem the first OF poets, first OF fools
This spirit is seen in that tone Of superior
wisdom which would repress all the out
bursts Of enthusiasm; would damp the
tervor of the soul, that would look with
gratitude and admiration upon the sublime
and grand in nature would teach it 20
look upon the purely useful, as the only
thing worthy of attention; and, would
drive it from the consideration Of all that
is touching and delicate, of all tender SEN
timeut and feeling, and of all the hallowed
associations of life, by the question, to
them a shrewd one, whats the use p
With this spirit, the friends of liberal
education, as well as those of religion and
morality, have to contend. 1t is this spi-
rit that meets us at the threshold of the
schoolroom, when We would introduce
music into the school as a study, with the
standing question, "What's the use"
Now we propose, in brief though it
may be an imperfect manner, to set forth
in two ways its use.
First, 1t tends to elevate, purify, and
exalt the human heart Now, here let US
state, that by music We do not mean that
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From the GeI
INT . q 4lldEl . y T Z Z
NOVEMBER.


We have said great deal to direct at
tention to the transplantation of trees
fruit and ornamental-embracing lists of
the best, in our judgment, for that pur-
pose If it should be neglected this aa-
tumn, as it was by SO many last spring, it
cannot be chargeable to any omission of
duty by US. November is perhaps to be
preferred to transplant in autumn though
December, if the ground is not frozen, can
be used with safety. For dwarf Pears We
prefer spring but as a rule it may be
laid down, that in heavy soils, or grounds
with clay suIsoilS, which are likely to re-
tain water on or near the surface, during
the winter, spring transplanting is dcci-
dedly the best On the contrary, when
soils are light, loamy, and dry, autumn
may be the best As to evergreen trees,
about which so much is said as to tho
time when they should be transplanted, it
viii be safest that they should come under
the common rulc of other trees. Our uur-
series are now teeming with every variety
of fruit trees, at reasonable prices, as well
as with the choicest ornamental trees, de-
ciduous and evergreen, and as every far
mer, particularly, is able, from the high
prices he receives for everything he pro-
duces, to supply himself with good stock
of trees, the present opportunity should
not be neglected, to procure them Care
fully plant them, as we have hundred
times directed, and not one in fifty will
fail to grow.
Garden work for tie season should be
properly attended to. Flower beds and
Asparagus beds should have their dressing
of manure; Rllbous Roots should be
planted without delay Beets, Radishes,
Satisfy and Horse Radish, should be taken
up and buried for winter use; Cabbage
should be taken ur, p'aa'ed dgaih in rows
as closely as they can be put, and protect
ed by a covering of cornstalks or straw,
raised by a temporary frame work one
foot above them, keeping the sides closedj
with this precaution fresh cabbage eau be
had all winter: we adopt this mode and
find it to be excellent. Celery can re-
main in the rows, well banked up until
frost shall make it necessary to bury it
for winter. This should be done by fill
ing in, in body, say between two rows,
the stalk taken from the other rows, mix
ing in the dirt well, and making the
whole firm Then cap it with plenty Of
cornstalks, bcrt over in the form Of 4 dou-
bic pitch roof, and cover this with two or
three inches of earth, well spanked with
the spade, as not to fall down by Tie ac-
ticn of frost or rains. If this is well dlnn
you can eat sound celery to the last of
April.
Carrots, Turnips and Ruta Bagas need
not be taken up until the latter part of tho
month, unless severe weather should rem
der it necessary. There is no better way
10 keep them for late use than to bury
them out in tie open air, selecting per-
fectly dry spot. When 4 pit is opened, it
should always be done from the southeast,
a board having been previously placed in
m answer as a door.