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CIRCULAR TO LAWYERS.
PUBLISHING HOUSE OF LusE, LANE & Co

PUBLISHING House OF LusE, LANE & Co..
Davenport, Iowa, Aug 26. 1857.
WE ARE ABOUT TO PUBLISH A LAW
w BOOK which we think will be a neces-
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Consolidation
OF
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p r 0 S p E CT L S
OF THE
Dubuque Daily, Tri-Weekly &
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GOdcy's Ladies' Book.

'TNHE Twenty fifth year & publication By The
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GREGORY'S
S-sstant Cure Of Pain,

GREGORY'S
1.ss tant Cure Of Pain.
GREATEST REMEDY OF THE DAY.
nor the cure of i,rrns, Scalds, Chilblains,
Il Bruises, inflammation, Fever ASue, Chol-
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This Remedy is fast taking the place Of DAVIS
Pain Killer, and kindred Remedies.
DIR. LUNT'S AGUE KILLER
Is entirely Vegetable and free from Poison. No
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1t stops the chills Just aS quick as quinine
it rouses the liver to action, and purges the sys
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done with quinine. 1t never injures the patient,
or leaves them pale and feeble, with yellow skin
and eyes, or with weak and stiff joints.
DIR. I.UNTS BALSAM FOR THE
TS-ROAT and LUNGS.
An excellent remedy for Coughs, Colds, Bron-
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Lungs, Asthma, Sore Throu., Difficult Breath
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BOYD, LUNT 4 CO., Proprietors,
Maumee City, Ohio.
Sold in Quasqueton by X. L. THOMPSON,
Druggist, Main street. (mY23 -6rn
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HARPER'S WEEKLY.
A JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION.
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YoRK,

PUBLISHERS.
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Reasons for taking the Dubuque express
and Herald.

Reasons for taking the Dubuque Express
and Herald.
BECAUSE it publishes more reading matter than
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

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CEvERAL pieces of Praire with running wa
- ter and Timber adjoining, for sale cheap
for cash or on time. Building Lots for sale in
the village of Quasqueton.
Ut Money ,cdnted at market rates. [jy4'57
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CHERRY PICTORIAL,
For the rapid Cure Of
COUGHS, COLDS, IIOARSENESS,
BRONCHITIS, WHOOPING- COUcn,
GROUP, ASTHMA, AND
CONSUMPTION.

and for the relief Of consumptive patients in al
vanced stages of the disease. 'fa ~
Weneed not speak to the public of its virtues.
Thought every town and, almost every hamlet
of the United States, its wonderful cures Of pul.
monary complaints have made it already known.
Nay, few are the families in any civilized coun-
try on this continent without some personal ex-
perience of its effects and fewer vet the COM
munities anywhere which have not among them
some living trophy Of its victory over the sub<ls
rnd dangerous diseases Of the throat and lungs.
While it is the most powerful antidote vet knows
to man for the most formidable and dangerous
diseases of the pulmonary organs. it 10 also the
pleasantest and safest remedy that can be en-
ployed for infants and young persons. Parents
should have it in store against the insidious en-
envy that steals upon them unprcpared. We have
abundant grounds to believe the Cherry PectsraI
saves msre lives by the consumptions Il prevents
than those it cures. Keep it by You, and cure
your colds while they are durable, nor neglect
them until no humrn skill can master the mex
orablc canker that, fastened on the vitals, eats
your life away. All know the dreadful fatality
of lung disorders, and as they know too the viz
tues Of this remedy. We need not do more than
to assure them it is still made the best It can be-
We spare no cost, no care, no toll to produce il
the most perfect possible, and thus afford those
who rely on it the best agent which our skill can
| furnish for their cure M tt
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Hons. John Shane. d. b. Palmer, d. W. Price,
Chas Negus. W. r. Coolbaugh. s. II. Lang
worthy, F. w. Ballard, NJ. b. Cochran, H. ID
Downey, f. X. Hugg. VIM vogt, I. S. Parvin
W. Penn Clarke, s. G. Culbcrtson, @. d. Wood.
in. G. W. McCleary. lie Grand Byington, s. G.
Winchester, Curators.
Iowa City, June, 1857
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LETTERS FROM THE CANDIDATES.

Not in the Directory. SO
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DKarR of Mn. sgiAH fInL-Mr. selah Hin, who was
fatally injured the bonded building in Montgomery
street Saturday night last died Of his injuries about
eleven O'Clock Monday night. Mr.. Hll was gentle
man Of high standing in the county and within a few
years past has served member Of the Common Coun
OIL Board of Water Commissioners ia Jersey City, and
also the Board " Chosen FfcehOders. AZ the time of
his death Mr HUI of the directors of the Ne.
chanics and Traders Rank Of Jersey City The funeral
will take place this wednesday, afternoon, at half past
O'Clock from bis late residence IN lafayette Village
and wA b. attended by the Common Council. Bard of
Water Commissions aud municipal officers of Jersey
City.
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Death Of nm American nc Monterey.

MoS1ERry, Oct H. 1858
Died, at the Mission OF san Carlos De Carmelo near
Monterey, the night Of October 4 Thomas Grcenly
native U Newburg, n Y, aged twenty three years Dc-
ceased was shot by T. r. Clay resident the Mission
(Newburg papers please Copy)
The undersigned, friends of tho deceased, were IN
formed by HIM time previous ~ his death that ha
a native Of Nevburg, ~ u that he had parents
and other relatives lvng there, &c but know
the names Il any of them the OF any Nevburg
papcr We have no 0f informing them of the aud
ev cnt but through the columns of your paper and by
sertng the foregoing botce Il hs death You will greatly
obhge the Undersigned X HUDNUT
CHARLES N. EvFRTISG,
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located at Nos 10 and q Stanton street corner OF Chryse
have declined the nomination Of Councilman and by in
sertiDg this you may prevent votes for that
would otherwise be given TO some other candidate more
worthy. JOSEPH HAIGHT JR
THIRD ALDERMANIC DISTRICT.
TO TIN EDITOR or THE HERALD
E-Coaneiiman Peter N. Schenek, Esq, one Of the
democratic nominees for Alderman, has withdrawn hs
name as such candidate unconditonay in the hope that
by such action the democratic vote Of the district might
be consolidated.