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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-26

PENNSYLVANIA RAlLROAD:-THkEE
L DAILY THROU0H TRAINS BETMEEN PhiLA-
TRAE leaves Philadelphia for PtSwsA 1t II s nj , sTs
cave. Phisdephia Pittsburgh at 1890 and Pssearss
ar Ph,I.deirhia At 2sO pm THE NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN
caves Philadelphia for Pittsburgh 1t ard fssurss
The above ues Pittsburgh with the railroads to ans
frankfort Lexington and Lolhvie Ky TerIe Hsute Mad
con- La faystte end Indianapolis Ind Cincinnati DssSn
umbns Zsnesvie Masaion and Wooster Ohio also win -
Se. packet boats from and to New oriea.' b. Louis L'eS
yiHs and Cincinnati. 40, ~
For further particulars hAadbs n the hoteh o. this city
Ps.senaers win End This the .hortes most expsooas ans
con Portable route between the East and W est
TNopsh be had Of either u the
slsses Ia the West, OF OF -,.c L.. -.
J. h BUTTS Agent. New-Jcrsey hslrss1 Co, ioot Of
il sIIJoTr Agent Psnn.y hsnia Railroad Co,
No. Aston House brosdwsy Sew.I On
~Vn1t ian faS PhiisdeiphAs
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C..,oLL L ssIrn n<ar the PostoHee srsAsc,s. n y,
80
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STEAMBOATS, anb Railroads.

U,OR BOSTON and PROVIDENCE via NEW
Il PORT aid FALL BIvER-Tse spsndis and .spsndI
C's .n sTsxT
e: cay sTsTE az .s SaSxf
~ IRON Pier No. n r. the Bas'y; both Touching at
asP..r no rooms viii be regarded secured to any spph
mi .i 's. have s.s' b sS ,S with dispatch
n f'''s'a fa'i boR f Agent, MOI. ,, w..t
TRE REGULAR MAIL LINE via sT1SI iSs,,
-ss, ds, 1iIs; s,j e ROCK Capt Joel
vtSnTRsfIT Capt, w H. Fsste, in connection with me me
sass a. Progaeeee aud Boston and Providence T pau
ne S,h Kiyer first wharf above Battery 't o'clock
nm An St,a IL e,,n $50 pm, OF on the A'" VI ~" ~
h:S rs D; SiGP e. o% iS Monday wdne
ssy ssd Fridsy Frou 6toninston, Tuesday inu''""S anu
TSs PLYMOUTH ROCK NewY9k Tue5sy TSrs
ds, and saruIdsy. From stoninet0n' h'no'S "eu'
proceed from s,S1. M. F.. p :sT.
.sdynes Of those BY other ron.ss aud snps
cIy morning hn,s connecting No..n anu nishis rest
"stuh.d br.sit desired, and leave Stonmg,"h N ae
s:4S am Jsis, connecting ct frcvidenoe WIN '"'
x.., accompanies the steamer and train through
70 ns terh. freight apply At Pier NO
sNorS River or TIE ohce No 10 Battery-PlAoe,
VlNTRAI RAILROAD Of NEW-JERSEY.[
- Conrss s.n tom es s Send Is,
snd West and At Esstos with the LeSisn 'A'eS h~'''-
TsIt October 3.om sI SeT
Lave RewYoTI Ea.on and e.,
Nc 2Nerh RivsT ct 1850 a M sad ';Io y. AZ "
VI; 1SV ,,. iD'U cnnc.s It with train. q .s
NJ s,s.y Railroad which leave Newciok no'n '"' w "
cssl.lS't $50 and ii , Oh seS 'ssfftkNs ses
FINISHING RAILROAD-Leave Fulton MAI
II SsI b, ,..nrr ISLAND CITY, ass" ana "a n u :,
s:tS AID The CARs leave rIosnt ,,h IN. Boa, a
kea,. me.,,ns and exchansns PASSENGER m' % ss,.
naA"F' FONT ''i'"s'W VIM n SMITH, Superintendent
CREAT CENTRAL RoUTk'-
~ yAs II I.asa l,slst ana FIei.et 0n,ee o. he
niehIsAS dEsTSHL R.ILsoAD,., o,,,.,o
kSvsssse G.rns Burlington, S., Louis C~iO and ali point
g., =, c.n sisS. ~ DAnits tLAaS As.nt
"TDsON RIVER RAILROAD. Prom Nov.
II Isss r.tr, vin Ieav. Chamber, st Station a. fosws
$50 y p; an" fo ..tip sa ssd $50
Soi Sin, s'ss sS and ~ IG rT.ias stop Il way
he Poushietp'e sos sins ana ch.ser Caas
sss s.; It. Tisns Tor l,s'. ;iIy s.1 io:sO
n. ,ne 445p N, and E'', Asoi Smith sopcrn.udent
Sop A :. -; pp0VI-
& Haifoyd and fishA Railroad vi ~, Ssw Yo.s
;I mere .; ns'fni al 1i,Si .pS spa:s.la
E.ss".G. sh.eS iesv. New yo'' '' %Hs Nh
"''' c,., E,.,ps., and sursrsssnden. D. p .oe = ;"
IIW-JERsEY RAILROADmFSr f isRssY
DELrnA I'D ,ns s9 In... ' Pave sewyc,. and y
and ssp n ave. ss Nm e. s.iss,s 1gs Ss .St
E sos. s ..S "a g :, as S ana The Wet and 81 s,
.ss Wssim s,on RorSsIS ss, and th'o"so o"ss's'
""''l",0' IN Ia m W s%noSDaprs A..,,.',, ssst
Bsspr. VIII b. received tI an, T H. - ss,sse
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legal &otiffs

fCRsUANCE Of an order of the Surrogate Of
.op. b.,,na ?, nP,iS. h,r:s, tv.n al PEI.
thereof 70 ,hs subebes II. ole. 81 No rs rl1sas,
E S.' ih asy sasIs..ii az
-,., NANCY n BLAKE, AdrnnistraiiI,
spz I.wonr With the VIII san.Isd.
IN PURSUANCE of an order Of the Surrogate
Of the County Of New Yorf no,ce !, hereby sy.u 70 =,
Re1'on., h.,ina tl.,~. .s.n.i MARIA LOUISA sHXH8z
.Fl ..s 70 i. e a. : II
nan L.'tint s.s. No 50 TsltOn, IN the CITY Of New
YCi IL. s1S Se e.y Of so9smser New"
moi Isvs-" cATHARTNE 5 MILLER. Br.eu,rt,.
CUPRENE COURT. GEORGE BULPTN
- .sa1st 10 9EsTOEE and NORMAN sU0-
served ITO III. sbo1e Def ndsnt.~You A.. hereby .an
noned and required % the this acton which
EevYork Al bis Office in the City H. IN said City and to
No. 'S T.. az -: sub
days afe the service Of th: exclusive Of
plant within the time ,oresd t5e plaintiff in thi. .etiou vii
take Judgment ssa for the Of si1 hundred and
iOS oeS.r Isl. and With from ss
18th day Of October thousand ssLt hundred and fly
PARSONS R SS5ts sf:. p. ct :A
s soIpeD, IN th. action W. duly fled u the o. Of
does lsvs~F PARSONS RIGGS, Plaintiff. Xrtor..,I
SUPREME COUPT-COUNTY OF NEW
- 10RK o5I ~ W. THOMPSON plaintiff a,sirr
LANES os, h0ass on d fen 5 Judgment
sIbsnber Referee appointed for tb.. purpose shs sell
the Merchants aDge IN the City Of New York. the 9th
day Of January 1857 at IL o'clock certain bond and
mortgage executed by William H. Clarke TO James Woodruff
each bearing date the 10Th day March 1855 and recorded
the Office Of the Cerk OF Ontario County the 9Th day Of
March, 1885, in Lber So OF mOrtssfes folio 30
Said has been duly assigned BY the ,d James Wosd
ruff Zsdook Pratt and by said Zdock Pratt James Mors
and by said James Morss 10 the psntifDsed, New York
Dec. q, 1855 CHARLES {. MOTT, Referee.
j. ~ WHITING, Plaintiff Attorney
CUPREME COURT.-In the matter Of the
~ application OF the Mayor tc Of the City Of New York
relative to TUE OPENING Of EIGHTY SECOND STREET
from River TO River Except the central Park.)
Pubic Notice hereby given TO all property owners In
eresed in the above openies By owning property
line Of said otherwise that the Commissioners
Estimate and Assessment in the above entitled matter
will meet 81 their Office No. Hl Broadway the Shoe
Sundays excep.ed-st III O'Clock, And that the said
hereby notified to attend before said Commissioners
produce their title deeds forthwith otherwe the Com
moners will proceed with their duties and be Obliged to
return property unknown owners thereby subecns
them TO nnpecessyy Dated NewYof, Deeembef,
1856 REUBEN NOsE
S. 7. MckIsNEY,)
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PROPOSED DATES OF SAILING.

EDWARD X. COLLINS, No Sc Walls NY
Brown SMILEY Co, Liverpool.
STEPHEN kESNARD a. Co,
- No n Austin Fdsrs, London.
y. 9. WAINWRIGHT Co, Paris.
ne of these ships will accountable for sol5
Aver bulhon specie jew Try precious ais IN
m s 81 adng are signed therefor, and the value thereof
sxpessed therein.
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s,a. An srtjc's IN yonr WyExLr TRIBUNE Q. Nov
co hs.d.d "The AT OF Living II not sstisfs t,rily
explained viii, think, not add TO yosr saeseT'r7n
nst' p.,..e,suBy. AN OLD sUBscsIBEA
n ,st,L Dee 8, f,S
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NETWORK and ERIE RAILROAD COM
IN PANY'S EXPBEsS-GExIRAL OFFICE, 10. IT'S Broad
way n. Y-The Eew.Yon and Etie Railroad Company
prepared to do regular Express bu.insss.
D. RICE, sept Express.
DC. BeCALLrN, Gsssr,l Superintendent.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
News from the East!

r HIVE inst returned from Cincinnati, with
l. the largest and best selected stock Of Dry
Goods, Boots aud Shoes, Hats and Caps, Hard
ware, Q~ueenswdre, Glassware and Groceries,
that | have ever brought to- Ottumwa. svs
OF Day GooDs, I have a fine selection Of
ladies' Dress Goods, consisting Of Nous de
LANES. Ca5hmeres, plain and fancy Merinoes
and Coburg cloths, Alpaccas (~various ~coIors,)
a large assortment of fancy and domestic Cling
hams (arge and small plaid,) Calicoes Of yari.
styles and prices, Bleached and Brown Muslins
Of all grades. from 8 1-3 to 16 2-3, Tickings,
Drillings. Lsseys, check aadbickory Shirtinrs.
Canton Flannels, all Wool glannels of different
colors.
For Mems wear, 7 have Clotks, CassiTeres.
Satinets: Tweeds. eastern Jeans, Dreadnoughts.
GA Overcoatiug Of coed quality, Cassimer and
Wool Hats of various kinds, silk and cotton
plush Caps of different styles
Of Boots and SHOES almost an endless VARIETY.
All Of the above I shall be glad to sell to nv
friends and customers, on the usual terms, or
will exchange them for country Produce. such
as Butter,s Eggs, Tallow, Beeswax, Flaxsecd,
Flour. Meal, Feathers, Linsey and Jeans; all Of
which | want, and will pay the highest market
prices for, at the old stand at the corner.
- TO my old Customers / would saw that
the time has comst to settletip old accounts. and
as the old Proverb Says
"Pay what you owe,
And what yon are worthyouM known
And as / have debts to pay in a short time il Is
necessary ! should use due diligence in collect.
ing without which / cannot pay.
c. LAWRENCE.
Jdh. <ftu W. "H ~ .f#EHh
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24

Matters in Nicaragsa are improving
Walker was receiving continual cces-
sions.
Kinney is still al San Juan. Alasge
number Of his men have joined w aiker.
An expedition under Rivas, son oi ,he
President, had fortified fyernsslves near
Castillo Raphisr and threatened The Tan
Sit Company's steamer. Commodore
Paulding sen. forward . party, when
Rivas Aed. ag
The Northern hight lief, at San .Juan
the irigate Potomac and s.eam-sloo?
Fulton.
On the arrival Of the Potoa&ac 81 San
Juan dispatches were Immediately zen,
10 the American Minister al Grenada.
Twelve hundred recruits fof Walkers
army left San Frsuciscu on The 2O,h.
s OF THE INDiAN wan.
The U. s. cutter, Joseph Lane, from
Norfolk. arrived With dale from Oregon
10 the l4lh of December.
The Indian wal is raging wah increas-
ed fnry. The Oregan mounted volunteers
under Lient Kelly attacked The Indians
a, Fort Nv allawalia Dec. 18Th. and
fongh. Them 43 hours, losing 8 Killed
and IL wounded.
Among he killed were Capt. Benne,.
and Lieut.. Barrows. The ILdians los
their chief and SO men.
The volunteers were shorl OF amuniis
ion. and SEN to Henrietta for supplies.
Gen. Wool was at fort Vancouver in
bad health. and was arranging The per.
liminaries Of the campaign.
Two steamers bad departed from San
Francisco for Oregon with ordnance,
stores and supplies for Gen. Wool.
Dates from Washington Territory are
10 the l0ih Of Dec. 4 = nj
A party nnder Lieut.. Slaughter has
been surprised a, For, White and G.een
by . large party Of indians. Lieu,
Slaughter and three others killed.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
WAsnlNsToN. Jan. Is.

HH. XH2 MHHH EMtM
Mr.. T~hofing,on offered a resolution
Lewis d.. Campbell be declared
Speaker. Mr.. ThpIingt on said his rea
son for Offering this resolution was to
contribute bis mite ~tuwarls an organizi-
tIon. lie had proposed Mr.. Camp5eli's
name because he has heard him spoken
Of as less Objectionable 10 portions OF
the House than Mr.. Bsnks.
Mr.. Galloway personally favored Mr..
c., bu. could not change his position
I'LL be was assured OF a general senu-
ment in Mr.. Campbsll's favor.
Mr. Giddings said the resolution was
thrown into the house without consulting
those voting, for Mr.. Banks. by whom
he would stand until he could see that
he could exchange his vote for The bet
ter.
Nj. Mace eaid the faul, Of the House
remaing unorganized, was attributed to
anti. Nehraskals!s, who have a majority
and can elect at any time a Spe ,ker, II
they surrender their personal preferen-
ccs. He attributed the failure 10 organ
z to the Democrats.
Mossrs Sage and W~ashburne, Of Me-,
though, fhe Introduction Of tie resolu-
ton iII-imed and mischie vous.
Mr.. C.mpbelf sail. his name was used
wishoa, his kn,wieiy, or authority.
The resolution was finally rejected
by a vote Of fifty for and n tplndsed
and sixty against
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
PErERsoS's NArlosAL LADIES' MAcA

PETERsoN's NATIONAL LADIES MAGA-
zINE.-The publisher Of this mos,beau-
tiful and valuable Of our monlhllcs lays
Us under renewed obligations for an ear
ly copy. We y speak in terms OF
too high commentator OF The sly lie IN
which This is got up. The EN-.
belIishments are worth ihe price Of The
work. For The Ladies she plates. pat
terms and directions for needie-wo,k, OF
various kinds, the number before US
would seem I be..inyaluatle.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
no the citizens or iowa.

Believing That a large majority of the citi-
zens Of Iowa are opposed to the political prin-
ciples Of the presen; Administration, andto the
introduction Of slavery into territory now free,
and also that made free by the Compromise of
1920; aud that the party styling itself the Dem
o%cratic Party" are striving to make slavery a
great national institution, contrary to the prin-
ciples laid down in the Declaration of Inde-
Fathers OF the Republic; We would call upon
all such free citizens TO meet in Convention, at
Iowa City, on the 22d day of February for the
purpose of organizing a Republican party al
ready formed in several Of the other States OF
the Union. sT i sguiI4E .
$40, elaaa MANY CITIZEN
az
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
g A WIFE FOUND. /
b eSnae6ts OfAdvertisin 6.

MR.. HoMEsPuN:-
read mr. the last>weeks paper your no.
tlce Tor a wife. wanted to answer you,
but how TODD il in poetry was a poser
Its a pretty smart chance for NE says r,
and il being leap year I thought Id try
So here it is.
Last weekI readyour sore complaint,
And alb! it almost made mo faint,
10 see you plunged in Gulf despair.
And how you kicked and scrabbled
there, rs be- Il 4-l
My throbing heart could find no rest,
And | resolved to do my best;
Poor soul, said |, he's left to work,
And live on Jonny cakes and pork.
You hint you mean TO Try the gals,
You'd better take a dose Of pills,
They're sweet spose, but 0, ! fear,
Your heels and toss will still go bare.
The Widows next you'll 60 a counting,
Then you're a goner that's for %sartin,
warn you though they're fascinating.
That mcstof them are not worth catch
ing.
Would you be happy when you wed,
Take some industrious good oh maid,
III recommend myself but then
I'm sort of shy about the men;
But could ! bless and save your life
l will consent to beyour wife. +
am not young, have little money.
Have got three beehiyes, and some hon
ey: 1
No gal on Prairie, hill or lowland, :
Can pumpkin butter make likel cam.
cant be beat at dodger mixing,
At frying pork or chicken fixing;
Mending old Goats. or stocking darnin5,
At patching pants, or but ter churnino.
L braid straw hats, can milk tn, c,ws
And b~arelootgo to save my shoes.
OF home made linen anu good linsey
Your shirts shall ] be and that a plenty
And all your wants shall be supplied
When am your happy brile.
DORATHY KINDS Fart.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
az We are clad 10 receive daiIy a

q We are glad 10 receive daily as
surance tina, the Farmers, Business men,
and others interested in our beautiful
county of Wapello, are coming TO ap.
preciate more aud more The importance
of . County paper. This is rieh. and
ccmmendabIe. We are proud OF our
noble county, and intend 10 spare no la
Dor Of expense 10 make her heard among
her sis.er counties o: our msgni6cen,
State. The good people Of the county.
on The Other hand. are saying in a shape
The Most agreeable. tina, they sympa-
ihize with us. and recognise on their
par. 9 responsibility ia the premiss..~
Let US work together 10 improve and
deselope ,his.:tich pisriuopy ~in.rus.ed
To- US. vefNaa ~ tls .ea 800
The weather 10 now quite pleasant =
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
TIE

- BURLINGTON, 81.
WHEAT-Fall ST, 1OaSl %; Spring, ST. ,05a
S1.l5, Corn, 25 to 2Sc, Oats, 23c, Beans, ST.
10al is, Potatoes, 35a50c, Flax-seed, Sl,T5,
Timothy setd, $l,75. Clever, So 00aS5 IS,
Pork,4 l.4cd4 3-ic, per ID, Lard, 9alOc, But
ter, 2Oa25c, Hides, dry, lla12c.; Green, 4 ID
a5c, Eggs, 1SG20c per doz. Flour, City Mills.
81 25aS 90 per Dbl. use
CHICAGO, Jan. Is.
Flour, $500; Extra 1925. Wheat $3.50.
Corn, 40d42c. Rye, 95cai 90. Potatoes, 7Oa
Toe. Grass seeds, Timothy So II I-2r2 1912.
Butter lSu22c. Cheese, IL Lee. Eggs, ISa2Oc.
Dressed Hogs, 81, 75a5, 90 for light, and 1912
I.2a5,25 for heavy. Beef, Mess $I3. Turkeys,
Sa9c. Chickens l6a l8c a piece. Geese s0d60c.
Lard Zoe. Sugars, N. O. 83-4a6 I-4c-clarifs 81
95-salo l-4--crashed and pulverized II Ia,
graduated II-2. .ss
ga kEoKUK, 81.
Flour, 6 so, to 500. Wheat, fall, local a5
Spring, 75aI 90 Corn, shelled 26l2S Oats, 25
Rye, 90. Pork, Mass per Dbl. Is 90, Hams per
10 lOal2 I-2, Sides do 9aI0. Shoulders do SAG.
Lard I0alI. Butter. I0a22. Sugar 8 .I-2aI2.
Molasses, 42a50. Coffee, 10 I-2aIS 10. Rice
Z l-2aS I-2 Candles, IA I-2u27. Salt, SIX, 2 60
az 10, Blu 5Od55. Cheese, IL I-2. Hides, dry.
per Id, IL, green 5 Ia. Potatoes Blu rs, Eggs Is
Hay, S. GOALS 10, Feathers, 80, White Beans
ST. GOAL Is.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
HARRIsBURa, Jan. II.

H~ARRIsBURa, Jan. Ia.
\ The dispatch from this place OF Jam
ufry l4th stating that there was no reg
phr candidate for the u. &. Senatorship
against William Bigier, was ineorrec,.
Iibn. s. D.. Morris, late Minister to Ma.
Piles. received 43 votes, being the whole
strength OF The American and Recubli.
can members. except the one cast by
Mr.. Morris for John e. ~Ilehrier. Mr..
Morrir was unanimously nominated in
both American and Republican caucus,
and was unanimously sustained o. The
election day IS
The anti National administrator par
~ in The Legislature Of Penn. is per
fscsly united.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
J. III. Gimth.---we refer with

pleasur re 10 the advertisement Of J. III.
Griffith, one of our most indusWious,
skillful aud ense-prisipg mechanics. Mr..
G. is engaged in Blacks mi,hing & Plow
making. in which departments of our
trade he can NEE. the demands Of The
public 10 almost a ny extent.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
For the Demoine Courier.
10 j.. N. Norris, Editor and Propri
etor Of the Ottumwa Courier.
EddyViIle---ItS Business & PrOSnectS

etor of the Ottumwa Courier.
EddyviIle---Its Business & Prospects,
Although perhaps rather late, will
permit me TO congratulate you, as we'll
as your readers, upon your recent con.
neclion with the Press, and particularly
with the Courier. Ii was the sincere
hope of the. friends here tina, circum.
stances would be SO ordered ,ha, your
services, as an editor, might be secured
to our town; bur since that canno, be.
we are gratiied TO know that we NAV
yet have The benefit of your though is
through 80 direct q channel as The o..
tumwa Courier-a paper that has always
been a favori.e with the people of Ed
dyville.
You are aware that our paper. the
Free Press. has been suspended Tor some
weeks Pasi; and from an article publish
ed ia the Courier. before your conpec
ZION with it. the reader would be led to
conclude that the suspension was per-
manen,. This we are happy 10 inform
sou, aud the public, is no. the case. Ii
10 kno wn 10 many tina. the mechanical
department Of this paper has been for
some time past in the hands OF quite
young men or boys. % the establish.
Of a very popular and excellent school
here, now some two months seo, these
young men determined 10 spend a Dor.
ton of the winter in this school, and
being able to supply their place a,
The lime. tue fact necessarily led 10 the
temporary. suspension Of our paper. AS
we SAID, however. We are glad to hsye i.
~ our power to inform the public .hs.
the EddyuiHe EMe Prsssx i'll asppear
ags:n and under new and more favora.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24

House. of large and comedy proportions
now rise. in our midst. 'Fhs walls Of
a three story brick Hotel 62 feet front.
are up. Several three story brick blocks
Tor business purposes have been com
ple,ed. The Melhodists and Prcrbyte.
rians have large churches IN process. OF
erection, and parts If the Town rejoice
in new. and in many Instances, elegant
and costly private residences.
Considerable work has been done on
our streets. A general grade has been
established, and portions Of .wo OF the
principal streets have been macatami-
zed. A stone pier has also been ex,en.
ded into the river, forming a very con.
venienl landing for the steam boats thu,
visit US in the season Of navigation.
The following statement will perhaps
exhibit more briefly and satisfactorily
than il can be done in any other shape,
the condition of O:tumwa in the frs,
month Of 1856. si &
POPULATION, 200.
Town lNcoRPoRATED, 1859
TOWN OFFICERS.
TRusTEEs.-C. c. Warden, A. L. Graves.
d. B, Hendershott, Joseph Leighton, ami
David Gebhart. Clerk, VIM. L., Orr
Postm aster Stephen Osburn.
NUMBER OF STORES, go, Dry Goods 10,
Groceries one; Stoves and Tin Ware two;
Drugs and Medi cine 2; Leather, Boots and
Shoes, Shoe Makers Finding S. Wholesale
and Retail, |; Furniture 2; Watches and
Jewelry I; Clock /;
NUMBER OF SHOPS.
Blacksmith s; Cabinet4, Tailor 4; Liv-
eTyStable !, Wheelwright /; House and
Sign Pain ter 3; Daguerrean GalleryL, Coo.
per |, Carpenters %; Shoemakers 8; Saddle
and Harness l, Turner's 3, Bakery and Con :
%fectionery |, Plows l, Bltchers2 2, Bar
Der |, Gun Smith 2, Brick Yards 2, Stone
and Brick Masons, q.
MILLS, STEAM. y
FIGURING |, Saw 2, Lath 3. CaKing1.
w HOTELS, e.
Two the Ottumwa House, and Union
Hotel.
THE PROFESSIONS.
Lawyers 8, Physicians 10, CIergvmen 8.
NEWS PAPER.
The Demoine Courier. established -
io4o. ;. w. Norris Editor and Proprie.
tor.
SOCIETIES.
Mason, Lodge l, Chapter /, Odd Eel
lows, Lodgel, Literary association j, Sew.
ing Circles 2. Good Templars /, TIE mple
of Honor J..
Private 3, Sunday Schools Q, Congrega-
fional and Methodist.
CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal, a stone Church
now building, Rev. w, d. Fouts. Circuit
Preacher, Worship for the present in the
New Court House.
Congregational, Organized in 1916,
House OF Worship erected in 1850 have a
bell weighing 642 lbs, Rev. B. A.. Spaui.
ding Pastor, came here in 1911.
Christian Church, house of worship OF
wood, Rev. Aaron Harlan Minister.
universalist, Rev. Joshua Spooner. Min.
lister.
Catholic, Brick Church erected in 1852
/ ev. Mccoy Priest.
Presbyterian, O. S. organized in 1854,
Rev, IN. McIlroy Pastor. A House of
worship, building. Worship temporarily i n
IN the old Court House.
Cumberland Presbyterian, organized in
1855, worsl hip in the New Court House
Rev. Simeon Looms, Pastor.
Baptist, organized in 1885 Rev. Orsemus
Cole, Pastor.
LAND OFFICE,
Of the Demoine Navigation aud Rail Road
Company.
Daily Stages to Keoku k, Burlington and
Fit. Desm Dimes. as
a.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
o. Lawrence has something e

This week. Read il. lie is enc of our
mos. enie.prising. honorable, and accom-
moda,ing merchants, and we rejoice to
know ,ha. he is building up large
business. When he gets friends, and he
don't do anything else, he keeps them.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
Groceries at Wholesale.

0IUC6IloB at Wn0I9SdIe.-by re-
ference 10 our advertising columns, i
will be seen that Messrs. Huston, Hawk.
ms g. Huston, OF Keokuk. are fully pre-.
pared to supply the Demoine Republic
with Groceries. The favorable position
Of these genileme n. at Keokuk. with
reputation as honorable dealers, and the
heavy stock which will be found emu.
mera.ed in Their list. mus give them .
large trade in this Valley. Keokuk i.
fast superseding St. Louis in the Gro
Gerry line.
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24
Superior Frnit.-.we ~oul,

just hint 10 our Lady readers tina. If they
want a very nice article of dried apples.
made from good apples, brieh, and tho
roughly cored. they will find The sane
at G. Lawrence. on The {
Demoine courier., 1856-01-24

J. w. Murphy, Esq. hss'resigned the
editorial chair. and disposed of the Of
fee Of the Indianoia Republican to
Messrs. Henderson, Willard e. Co. E..
c. Willard Esq. becomes editor. The
Republican is to be Independent. but not
neutral.