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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-06-27
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Tru o10Cs0 S0I0s
DUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on Satur-
i day the 18th day Of June next, will sell 1t
public sale In front OF the banking house Of VIM
Thompson Co, In the city Of Ksokuk, Lee county,
Iowa. the following real estate to wit the easterly
half Of lot nine (0), block one hundred and six
lloel Of said city, Is feet front on Man-st., and
lao feet deep.
The above sale Is made by virtue Of Deed of
Trust from Thomas Bruce to m /, for the purpose
Of securing the raym ent of promissory note made
by James E Bruce to Grinnell Jenkins for the sum
Of 1881 "a, and said Deed Of Trust provides that
the property may bs redeemed from the sale to be
made by me by paying the above debt and ten per
cent. interest, ct any time within one year after
sale. The sale will be for cash, and deed will be
made to the purchaser.
JOHN w RANKIN, Trustee.
May 9. Is50.d
To w. w. Il. I'll. Stone:
THERE il now on 6le in the Office Of the Clerk
1 of the District Court Of Lee County, Iowa. at
Keokuk, the petition Of Reed d Co., claiming Of
you seven hundr and sixty-two dollars and fifty
four csnts and ten per cent interest hereafter on
two promissory notes executed by you to them.
Said petition Also prays an attachment on the
ground of your non residence. Unless you appear
and answer said petition on or before the second
day Of the next term OF the District Court Of said
County, At Keokuk, judgment will be rendered
against you.
RANKIN, MILLER h KNSTER,
mh28. dim Pitts Atty's.
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nnn BBLS. 'KANAWHA," in good order, just
OUU receiving and for sale low by
KELLOGG 4 FIRGE,
May l3-d 50 kain-st.
IN KEGS PRUNEs,
IN DAs. CASTILLO SOAP.
i CASES OLIVE OIL,
3 BIS cLARET,
y TRAILS DATES,
+ BBLs. SOFT SHELL ALMONDS,
9 BBLs. FILBERrs,
4 BBLs. ENGLISH WALNUTs,
3 BBLs. pEcANs,
o BBLs. BRAZIL NUTS,
o CASKS zANTE cURRANTs,
| cAsK BATH BRICK,
| cAsK SAL. SODA,
/ CASE INDIGO,
| CASE NurMEes.
We are just receiving the above invoice of goods
direct from importers in New York and offer them
Tor sale MUCH LOWER than the regular grocery trade
KELLOGG BTRGE,
Msyl3-d No. SO Main-st.
Is HHDs. SUGAR,
OK BBLs. Plantation and S. II. MoLASsES,
100 BAGS COFFEE,
s BAGS PEPPER,
Inn BBLs. FLOUR,
.275 SACKS FLOUR,
rs BOXES SOAP,
Now on hand and receiving, and for sale low by
KELLOGG BIRaE,
MsyI3d No. IS Main-st-
HARTEORD FIRE INSURANCE co.,
OF HARTFORD.
INCORPORATED IN 1910.
Capital. $500 900 SHrplus. 81 3.bl
ALL PAID UP.
DIREcroKs--H. Huntington, Albert Day, James
Goodwin, Chss Boswell, Henry Keney, Calvin Day,
TiAo. c. ALLYN, ssc'y. II. HUNTINGDON, Pres't.
Y. Y. LYMAN, ASS Sec. w. N. BowERs, Act'ry.
VIM. w. BELKANAP, Agent.
Keokuk, April 9, sod
NV. WEsTCOTT.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
PAPar Aangtngs, window mad 81, &c
"A LSO, Sheet Music; Musical Instructors for
"A the Piano, Guitar, ACCORDION, Violin, Flute,
Fife DO. No. 81 Main-st., Kcokuk, iowa.
The highest market price paid for Rags.
mchlod
Z kANGES, Lemons, Fgs, French and German
~ Prunes NJ X. and Layer Raisins, Currants,
Ac. GOLFERS 4 ROBERTSON.
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DUBLIc NOTICE is b, reby given that on th
! leth day of June next will sell NJ public mle
ia front of the banking house of Wn. Thompson
Co., corner OF Main and second streets, Ksokuk
Iowa. the following real estate, viz: Lot 10 II
block is Of Lcghton's Addition TO the city Of Ked
knk, and all Of block in Glenfcrd, or Wright
addition TO the city Of Keokuk which sale viii B
for cash.
This sale Ia made by virtue of ! Deed Of Irus
from James h. Bruce and Antonette his wife to nj
tosscure the payment VI . note given By James =
Bruce TO Pegram, Payntsr l. Davis for the sum d
$2,7s7.45, on which default has been made, an
said Deed Of trust provide that said james j. Anl
Antoinette Bruce shaii have the right to redesd
within year from the day OF sale BY paytnI
the amount of ssid note with 10 per cent. par ~,
mum interest, or the amount Of the bid with siml
lar interest il the bid shall be than the debt.
SAML y. MILLER, Trustee.
To II. v. Miller, Edmund A. May, j. J. HAiSej
DE Alambert Cully;
ffsHERE h now on file in the Office Of the ClerI
of the District Court Of Lee County, lows, d
keokuk, the petition Of Il. b Bowler, alleging ths
Ii. V. Miller executed TO II. b. Eoote his thru
promissory notes fer 81 $50 each, and wing a
per cent. interest, payabic annually, aud his moFI
gage deed certain real estate to sad n0t(
and interest. Said petition alleges that the osh(
defendants have since become interested In tt|
mortgaged premises. SAID petition prays Tor
tincIion Of the interest II all the defendants intt
property, the execution Of deed and for gsnae1
relief. Unless you appear and answer said pstiticl
before the second day Of the Juns term (l084
Of said Court judgment will be rendered aee0TdtEl
to the prayer Of the petition.
RANKIN, MILLER ENSTER,
May s. ls5o-dlm Plaintiffs Att'ys
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To Aaron II. Gage and Hannah his wife, John G
Humphrey, George W. Nye and John r. Nye:
You AAA saeh u you are hereby notified thai
tAefs y nov On 6ls In the ofbos 81 the Clerk Oh
the district Coaft Of Lee County, Iowa, q Ksok M
petition Of Amos II. Brown claiming Of yoa tn
foreclosure q certain mortgage exssuted b. saie
Gage 70 said Brown, dated September !, lsb6 and
resords1 In the Recorders ofBos Of said ccuntJ
ssptsmbsr 10. 1858, ut Keok az conditionsd ~ th
paymsns u three several premissofy notes giveI]
ny said Gage 70 said Brown, and payable " said
Brown q order In twelve, twenty -four and thirty
six month"; respectively, after Sept, 1855, WITH
10 per cent. per annum interest payable snnuallyl
said Brown claiming from the said u age a. due and
unpaid ns BY the tenor 81 said mortgage and notes
the sam of $3.50 Sc with ten per cent. PER annuu|
interest thereon from Sept. 8. 1856, and pnyind
thst the equity Of redemption Of said defendonts]
and all Of them, b forever foreciosed ~ TO thl
premises in said mortgage described, lvis Lot MOI
In Block No. l72 In Keokuk. Lee county, lows,
and the several interests Of said defendants tAere
In forever hereafter barred. And unless you apl
pear and answer said petition before the secJ
ond day OF the special term Of said court, begii
on the fourth Monday of June, 1855, judsmen
viii bs rendered againss you thereon pro confessed
CURTIS, GILLMOkE 4 CURTIS,
April /, 1659-dim Soils for Petitioner.
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WESTERN GROWN TREES FOR
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IA L II several years
wv experience the Pro-
prietor can now furnish
FRUIT TREES A N ID
SHRUBBERY, acciima-
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in the w est.
Many OF these Trees
are of extra size, and
have produced fine speci-
mems Of fruit the past sea-
son. These interested are
invited to call and ex-
anime for themselves.
Orders for Apple, Pear,
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GD Buildings, Merchandise, Factories, Dwell
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Companies who pay their losses.
II. Is. TEN-EYcK, Agent,
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june7dlm
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ARDWAR AND OUT l. E r Y
S. w. II II. TUCKER,

vorable terms. The took being unusually large,
they confidently solicit an examination of the
same. S. d Ii. TUCKER,
May 10-dAw Sign of Red Paddock.
49, p,,~1 49,. 60 1or so1e Lv
ah hs1ss f'pks' shoseii " &C. H I0f I ne
1YRIFElNys uorsa N,;l---a rood stock Of All |
(T.i..s ~ sals hv W II Tick
M. ;, =; ~, = -.
Mno oHos hLo.- large STOCK Oh Ames
y- - = . =. o =
GERMS STohEs.-scythe stones, Of different
= kinds,in quantities to suit.
maylo o .. W. q II. IoohEh.
- Rifles and sharpeners for sale by
= : :. : : 49,
- lmaylol S. III, TUCKER.
k'kNCE NAILS,
Flooring do
Annesled do to clinch-a superior article
Casing do f'1'O'
Finishing do
Barrel do a.
Together with general MS sor tnaent of Other ills
Of the Belmont brand, just received and for sale
(vOkN Garden Grubhng and other HOES;
~ Spades, Shovels, Mat toeks and Picks.
scythes. Sna,hs and Grain Cradles
OK, Trace and Halter Chains;
ouitin Boxes, Hay and Straw Knives;
nay, oHAw ano Manure FORKS;
Ana lar 80 stock OF assorted Hardware and Cut
iefy On mana ana Tor sale low by
mayoaAW >. va iftkFh.
xnINDSr0N Ess--The BereaGrindstones ofys
~ rioas siEes, for sale by
S. W.1H. TUCKER,
tSign Of the Red Paddock
Mayl03&w Cor. OF Main 4 I'd Sta
r,o,,,,, -
yr,up -, .;,l - rn, =
=. go - ~. in a. .aeas Ai"0'' DC "eH
-. =. - 1Il-o Lesse.
70 % oeear year, Marvin celebrated Safes Tor
apaddw W. II. AUSTIN co.
COLLIERs a KOBERTsON,
SeheFai arocers,
No "a Nain-st near IA RpoRrrr
49,
QUINCY FLOUR.
usf received, supply of Castle Mills xxx
Flour, warranted.
GRAHAM fLouu.
A CHOICE article for sale by
aprlsd
HAMS.
QS00 Lbs. Coantry-curei Hams and Sides;
800 10. ~ Susar,eured Hams, for sale
'oa lHho hoDIhiaoN'
k'hneh iomatoes,
Assorted Pie Fruits,
Fresh Strawberries.
p l,sn r,ns ri hpplss, p
Cox's Patent Gelatine,
Hooper's sheet and shred Isinglass,
:. Cacoo
q prnu
earn Starch
Hscker's Fayin.
Walnut Catsun
Tomato
Englisb and Amax;.. p;.,.
Taslor Bro. Is aonhas .ans,sna rna,;sS NJ.
tard For sale NV
aprlsd GOLFERS a RoRERTsnN
TEax, ---~--~-
TIIgr racsiyad -. 80 -
TraS iarge anu wen assorted lot OF
E,t,. pina I.ssar;,
Extra Fine Young Hyson
Extra Fine ooicng.
Teas, at different prices. These Teas have hasn
selected for our retail trade; We guarantee the
price to suit. CoLLIEKs ROBERTSON,
mh2o-d Main street near Third.
CuGAK-cUKED HAMS.
~ COLLIER ROBERTSON,
mh13-d rs Main street.
DOIATOES-A choice lot inst ved yor =. L
by coLLIERs / ROBERTSON.
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4 MES SHOvELs.- A large stock OF Ames'
n Shovels for sale low by
mayie s. w. 4 I'll. TUCKER.
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GT Buildings, Merchandise, Factories, Dwell
lngs and contents insured at rates as low Is othe
Companies who pay their losses.
ii. Is. TEN-EYCK, Agent,
Once corner ii and MAR sts., Keokuk, Iowa.
june7dlm
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The Knickerbocker Magazine.

Late HubDeli q ulito
keokuk, Sept. 8, l85S-d&w
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March "a, 1859 d4w
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oE00 LBS. Country-eurei Hams and Sides
OOUU 800 No. sugar-cured Hams, for sal,
by GOLFERS d ROBERTSON.
aprlSd
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1859-09-17

Follow THE RIGHT.-No matter who you
are, what your lot, or where you live: you
cannot afford to do that which is wrong
The only way to obtain happiness and pleas
ure for yourself is to do the right thing
You may not always hit the mark; but you
should, nevertheless. always aim for it. and
with every trail your skill will Increase
Whether you are to be praised or blamed
for it by Others; whether it viii seemingly
make you richer or poorer, or whether no
other persons than yourself knows of your
action; still always, and in all cases. do the
right thing. Your FIRST lessons in this rule
will sometimes seem hard ones, but they
will become easier and easier. until finally
doing the right thing will become habit,
and to do wrong viii seem an impossi-
bilitv.
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Effects of Prosperity.

How unavailing worldly prosperity is,
since in the midst of it, single disappoint-
ment is sufficient to embitter all its pleas
ures. We might at first imagine, that the
natural effect of prosperity would be. to diff
fuse over the mind prevailing satisfaction,
which lesser evils of life could not rufie or
disturb. We might expect, that as one in
the full glow of health. despises the in
clemency of weather, SO one in possession
of all the advantages of high power and
station, should disregard slight injuries;
and, at perfect ease with himself, should
view, in the most favorable light, the be-
hayior of others around him. Such effects
would indeed follow, if worldly prosperity
contained in itself the true principles of hu-
man felicity. But as it possesses them not,
she very reverse of those consequences gem
orally obtains. Prosperity debilitates, in
stead of Strengthening the mind. Its most
common effects tends to create an extreme
sensibility to the slightest wound. It TO-
ments impatient desires; and raises expec-
tations which no success can satisfy. 1t
fosters false delicacy, which sickens in the
midst of indulgence. By repeated gratifi-
cation, it blunts the feelings of men to what
is pleasing; and leaves them unhapily ac-
cute to whatever is unnecessary. Hence,
the gale which another would scarcely feel,
is. to the prosperous, rude tempest
Hence, the rose leaf doubled below them on
the couch, as it is told of the effemin ate Sy-
barite, breaks their rest. Hence, the dis
respect shown by Mordecai, preyed, with
such violence on the heart of Hannah. Up
on no principle of reason can we assign a
sufficient cause for all the distress which
this incident occasioned him. The cause
lay not in the external incident. It lay
within himself; it arose from a mind dis
tempered by prosperity. Blair.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1859-09-17

TREMENDOUS CARAvAN.-Mr. Greeley es-
Inmates the total number of emigrants now
on the plains and bound for California, at
about thirty thousand persons, with teams
amounting at the start to little less than
one hundred thousand head. OF those.
more than one-half are Tor were) working
oxen.
The emigration covers the great trail for
an extent of more than seven hundred miles.
or fully half the distance from the settle
ments of Kansas, to those of California,
west of the Sierra Nevada The head of
this magnificent column, will enter the val
ley of the Sacramento early in August; its
extreme rear will come struggling down the
mountain slopes. sad. lank, and footsore, as
late as the lst of October.
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JOB PRINTING.

The Office Of THE EspoRlA News is furnished
with complete assortment of the newest les
of Type, Borders, Flourishes, Cuts, Cards, Faney
Papers, Colored Inks, Bronze, de-, enabling the
to print CrRcuARs, cARDs, CKRr1FIoATEs
OF STocK, DIEDs, PosrERs, and all other kinds of
Jon PRINrlNe. in manner unsurpassed in tbs
country. Particular attention paid to printing
all kinds of Blanks. Orders for work promptly
attended to when accompanied With CASH, s"Ex-
cELsIoR'' is our motto.
Blank Warranty and Mortgage Deeds. Bonds.
Executions, Summons, Subpenas, Attachments.
Recognizances, etc, constantly on hand. >.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1859-09-17
The CLAY Family.

An old letter. written in 1848, by the
late Rev. Porter Clay-then preaching at
Alton, Hl-gives the following facts in re-
gard to the origin of the Clay family:
your wishes to know something about
the history of our family, could not be graf
flied within the limits of letter. The fol-
lowing concise accounts must suffice: In
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter
Raleigh brought over to the Virginia plan
tatlons, among others, three brothers, sons
of Sir John Clay, of Wales. England. He
gave them $4,000 each, which was very
large fortune at that time. Their names
were Charles, Thomas and Henry. They
settled on James River, near jamestown.
Two of them, Charles and Thomas, had
had large families. Henry had no chill
dren. The name Henry has been handed
down in both branches of the family with
great tenacity ever since. Cassius M. Clay
is descendant of Charles Clay; Henry
and myself, from Thomas Clay. Thus the
two brothers alluded to, are the progenitors
of the Clays in the United States.
MY father, as you have heard, was a
clergyman of the Baptist denomination
He died in early life, leaving seven chill
dren--four sons and tt rec daughters-all of
OI6u HlCuOAL CullUsOu, Will Vic CA
ception of Henry and myself. My mother
was married the second time. and raised a
family of six children. two of whom are
still living-Nathaniel w. Watkins and
Frank Watkins, residing in Missouri. My
brother Henry has had eleven children
six daughters and FIVE sons. The daugh-
tiers are all dead, and one son, Henry Clay,
Jr., who was killed at the battle of Buna
Vista-his wife having previously died.
leaving three children, who are with their
mothers connections, at Louisville. Three
Of my brothers sons are settled near him,
in the neighborhood of Lexington. Two
of these, Thomas and James B. Clay, are
married and doing well-one lawyer, the
other farmer. John, the youngest, whom
you saw at Washington, is with his father
at Ashland. Theodore, his eldest son, is
at the Lunatic Asylum in Lexington, con-
6rmed lunatic."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1859-09-17
Young People in the Gymnasium.


The Scalpel, an expositer of the claws
of HEALTH edited by Edwari II. Dixon,
M. D., of New York, has spicy article,
entitled "The Hypocrisy of Gymnastics -
He says:
cit has filled us with horror to see pro-
posal to add gymnasium to every public
school IN the city. A boy, until heis four
teen, or even more, wants no exercise besides
the open air; he will exercise from his natu-
raj impulse, and in the most rational and
natural manner; so you need only to give
him dry piece of ground, and place to
swim in, in summer, and plenty of ice and
snow in winter, and then leave him alone
with his mates.
Boys from eight to twelve years of age,
who work in the gymnasium regularly, "a
bad habit, often develop their muscles to a
hideous ugly degree. Instead of the soft.
plump, juicy outline of youth, we have the
skinny, overworked, hard and dry outline
of an old man, induced by over-exertion at
an age that does not demand violent exer-
else of any kind; besides this, we think such
processes are apt to retard the growing of
boys, and will ultimately destroy their car
riage and figure when they become men.
Our readers may have observed the same
thing, in the dissected appearance of legs
of some of our juvenile dancers.
Excessive exercise. besides iniuring the
mental faculties of man, has the tendency
to injure the equal circulation of his blood.
A stupid, clownish young fellow, who had,
for the last eight months, undergone the
most painful and exhausting exercises of the
gymnasium for five or six hours every day,
complained to me of the smallness of his
legs: on looking at him saw, what / after
wards discovered to be prevalent among &C
falling off in flesh from the knees down
ward and from the elbows toward the fin
gers.
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Show MAKES THE Vanity
is not so Objectionable when not greatly
in excess. To certain extent it is an
agreeable stimulent. Beyond that point it
satiates and produces dislike. When it
goes still further, it becomes annoying. and
we fly from it. A vain person is said to
be fool in a state of fermentation; but all
vain persons are not fools. Voltaire was
vain enough. Rosseau was worse. Bull
wer's conceit is notorious. Goldsmith
vanity was ridiculous. And so of many a
distinguished mind that the world has con-
scented to call extraordinary. In fact, eve
rybody is vain; but some are skillful in
concealing it. 1t is vanity that prompts
us to great deeds-tbat exalts US above our
compeers-that impels us to seek immortal
ization for our name, and moments for our
memory. But he who can confne its per-
sonal exhibition to his own bosom is called
modest; he who lets his lips utter the am
bition he feels is pronounced vain and con-
ceited. The show makes all the difference
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Pu1nit Wit.

In Pennsylvania there is a clergyman al
most as remarkable for eloquence and &c
centricity as Lorenzo Dow himself. On
charity occasions his pathos, wit. and some
times bitter satire, are sure to win more
bank-notes and gold coin to the State than
the decorous eloquence of half dozen 9TH
er men. On late occasion he was preach
ing temperance sermon, which produced
unusual effect on the audience. Among
other thugs, he asserted, as a result of his
own observation, that confessedly ''mod-
crate drinker" was sure to become con-
frmed inebriate within FIVE years after
he reached that stage of indulgence.
He was interrupted here by man in the
audience, who started up in great excite
ment, proclaiming himself moderate
drinker of ten years standing, and one on
whom the habit made no progress.
II say, friend, stand up here and let me
have look at you"
The man made an effort to brave the host
of eyes turned upon him, and stood his
ground.
NEARER, man !" cried the minister. beck
oning with his finger. Hold light up
to this brothers face some of you. Step
up on the bench and give us good look. :"
The moderate drinker was not TO be look
ed down or talked down, and not only
mounted the bench but allowed a lamp to
be held close to his face.
The minister bent over his cushion, and
gave the face a long survey.
"That will do said he, drawing back,
''that will do, my friend, and now I say if
I owed the devil debt of a hundred drunk
ards, and had paid him ninety nine. and he
wouldn't take you in full payment at the
end of FIVE years, would never pay him!'