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NEW GOODS!! NEW PRICES !!
New Everj thing, at the Old Stand of
SARPY tt ENGLISH.
EDWARD C. BOSBYSHELL
HAS the honor to inform the people of ths
Southern District of Douglas and the adjoin.
Ing counties, Ncbrasna, tint be Is now open,
lug one of the largest Stocks of GOODS ever
brought to Clenwood, Mills county, Iowa,
coT)Itlne of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE. BOOTS fc SHOES,
HATS &. CAPS, QCEENSWARIi,
NAILS, LEATHER,
CORDAGE, IKON.
OILS, PAINTS. DYE-STUFFS,
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
READY-M ADE CLOTHING,
CARPENTERS' TOOLS,
YANKEE NOTIONS, Jtc,
And everything; that may be found pencrally
in city store, all of which he will sell
CI IF. A I' VOW CASH.
ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRO
DUCE tKen in exchinge for Goods. Buy
ers from town or country wishing pood and
cheap Goons, either 9t wholesale or retail,
will save money by calling and examining his
stocs; before purchasing elsewhere, as they
will find good bargains and fair dealing.
Cir.N wuon, Iowa. no 4-tf
L,. Nuckolla & Co.
BANKERS & LAND AGENTS,
P. A. SARPY,
"Wholesale & Retail Merchant,
COSMIlH Or MAIK AKt OaKOOST STEF.TS,
- - ST. MARY, IOWA.
HAS just received and now has for sale, a
larpe assortment of selected merchandise
adapted to the want of all In this new and
thriv ing community, which he can sell asc heap
a can tie ottered elsewhere so high upon the
Missouri river. Hi good have been selected
by an experienced purchaser, with special
reference to the circumstances and wants of
all classes of settlers In a new country. La
dles and gentlemen, children and youth, all
can be supplied. Call and see for yourselves.
His stock consists of ths following, among a
great many other articles he cannot now enu
merate i Among his
Dry Goods,
May bs found Woolen and batinet Cloths,
Cassinets, Tweeds, Cashmeres, Linseys,
Flannel, Red, White, Gray and Blue, Cavpian
Plaids, Cotton Goods, Sheetings and Shirtings,
Bleached and Unbleached, Blue and White,
Drillings, Osnaburg, Bed-Ticking, Hickory
Checks, 4.C., fcc.
Fancy Goods.
A beautiful assortment of fancy prints of
every variety of style and pattern. Ginghams,
I.nwns, Figured Alpacca, Bombazines, Bom
bayetts, Shawls, carfs Handkerchief;, Neck
erchiefs, Crape, Muslin, Edgings, Ribbons.
tc, ,c.
CIRCULAR.
to th iahb orncr.ss in the TtaaiTOHits
Or MtKNESCTA, KANSAS AND NEBRASKA.
BY joint resolution of Congress, a proved
March, 1S.Y7, valid pre-emption claims on
the 10th aud 3utU sections, beictufor reserved
fqr schools, iu the Territories of Minnesota,
Kansas aud Nebraska, will bs recognised
WllEKC THS ar.TTLLMI NT HAS SEEN, 0 MAY
r MIDI PMIOB. TO TUB SVSiVEV.
1st. In cases where the approved plat of
survey bss not vet been returned, the declara
tory statement must be filed wiriiiN THRKr,
MONTHS A FTC a Til F! HF.CFIPT OF SfCII AF-
raovrp rtAT at Tilt pistrict oi ricr.
id. Where the plat is now In the Register's
Office, the declaration must be filed within
three months from the r'itT fvblicatios or
TIMS CIRCULAR I Vor PISTBtCT.
A failure to comply with this requirement,
will work a forfeiture of the claim.
THUS. A. HENDRICKS,
n 30-Aw Commissioner.
ROAD NOTCES.
TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA
SARPY COUNTY.
NOTICE Is hereby given, that ths County
Commissioners of Sarpy county, will
meet on MonSay.May lflh, 158, at t o'clock
A. M. ; at the noime or nernuari .wyein, 10
view and locate, a road in answer to a Petition
to commence at a point near ths residence of
aid Bemhart Myers, whers the road from
Xelievue, Intersects the Territorial road lead
ing from Omaha, in Douglas county, to Cedar
Island in Sarpy county, thence to a point uer
the residence of W. T. Whittington, thence to
ths residence of H. II. Smith, thence near
the residence of Georce Swevil , to the moat
practical routa to Fairvisw. Said Cooimis
loners will meet in tus evening of the same
day, at o'clock at Bernhart Mvsr to hen
parties inerrtl In locating said road. .
A - .. i.. xi i tik itvQ ni a
uu uie following ujt, .'ir m" .-". - -o'clock
A. M. ; said Commissioners will meet
at Philander Cook's near riatte River, to
!ew and locate a road, pioposed in Petition
to run from La PUtte, along ths Platte River
boUom, uext ths blutls by Carlile's, II. II.
SpiUis, and lirth of Swivels' to the S- E. cor
nerof bee Id, Township 13, Rang 12, l' of
theiitb principal tueridiau. Ths Coin mission
era will meet in ths evening of the mm day
a i o'clock nt tli house -f Philander Cook,
t$ hear parties interested in said road.
On Thursday, Maf 13th, 158, the County
Commissioners of Ssrpv County, will meet at
Reuben Lovrjoy's at 9 o'clock A. M. to view
and lo.cate a road, to commence at a oint ou
tbt west Uns of the Uellevue Mission Claim,
(h.nr north-west bv the most direct and
practic' route, bv way cf the forks of the
big Pappiliion tod West pappillion creeks, to
Jlazelton; thence to ths porn line of said
county, at a point on the north side of See 13,
Township 14, Range 11.
The Commissioners will then meet at Reu
bin Lovejny's, In Bellevue, In the evening of
ths same iij at 9 o'clock, to hear parties in
tsrestsd. ' By order of ths County Commissioner.
H-i,. STEPHEN D. BANGS,
Jl.ilefue, April Mb, 159 Coun) Cl. ik.-
f'lotlilntr.
A well selected slock of Summer, Fall and
Winter Clothinc, consisting in part of fine
Dress Coats, Pants and Vests; ale, good
Summer Clothinc of all descriptions, ami heavy
Clothing for Fall and Winter use. Also, Muris,
Knit Flannel Drawers and Undershirts, Socks,
fcc. Mens' and Bovs' Hat ami t.ap. or va
rious fashions, finalities atid prices. Boots It
Shoes, thick and thin, Polished and unpolished,
of every description, for Men, Women, and
Children'i use.
Groceries.
Crushed, ClariAed, Loaf and Brown Sugar,
Molasses. Syrup Molasses, Golden Syrup,
Superior Tea) Rio and Java Cotfce, Sassafras,
Giogei, Pepper, Cloves, Spice, Cinnamon,
rround Ginger, Nutmegs, Snnfls, Tobacco,
Cigars, Pipes, Soap, Candles, Vinegar, Pickles
Pepper-Sauce, tc., k.c
Provisions.
A large 'assortment of Flour, of various
finalities and prices t Corn Meal and all the
1 . a . I . . ...J 1 .
various pnviuci or uie mrm mm iu
Bacon. Fish, Kiln dried Apples, Peaches,
Currants, Raisins, &c.
Hardware.
Stoves of various patterns, for Cooking and
l .aim? rooms, Stove-pipe and Elbows, larg,
and small Iron Kettles, Frying Pans, Skillets
Hand-Irons, Shovels and Tongues. Manure and
llay Forks, Scythes, Shovels and Spades, Lo$
and Trace Chains, Axes, Hammer, Pincers.
Iron and Steel, Nails, Horse-Rasps, Files,
Saws. Knives and Forks, Pwket Knives, IU-
rors, Butt and Screws, Door Handles, Knob.
Locks, ic, &c.
Tinware.
A general assortment kept for househok
purposes.
Woodware.
Wash-tubs, Shakers Pails, Wood and Zinc
Washboards.
Leather.
Sole Leather, Harness Leather. Cowhide,
Kip Skins, Calf Skins, Linings an! Morocco,
Saddles, Bridle, Halters. Lariats. Cireinples,
Belly-band, Drivine-lines, Collars, Back
straps, Girths, Blind-bridles, kc,
1 Medicines.
general assortment of Medicines, for
Fevers, Fever and A?ne, and ths common
eomplaints .f the country. Cook's, Lee's,
Saouenyton's, Mragg's aud Jaynes' Pills, Qui
i ine. Tonics, and various kinds of Stimulants,
Anodynes, Liniments, and other articles nece.
srv for the sick and the invaliiL 1-tf
GLENWOOD, IOWA
Collections made in Iowa, Nebraska and
Kansas, and remitted at current ratfs of ex
change, fice of charge, j
Loon effected for foreign Capitalists, at
Wfsikrn Rates of Interest, on real estate
security.
Farms, Town Lots and Unimproved Lands
bought aud sold.
Taxes paid In any County in the State
also in Nebraska and Kansas.
Notes bought and Money loaned on good
security.
Interest paid on Special Deposits.
Land Warrants bought and sold.
Special attention given to the selection and
entry of Lands for settlers or distant dealers,
either with Land Warrants or money, in Iowa,
Nebraska or Kansas.
We charge Ten Dollars per One Hundred
and Sixty Acres, aud make reasonable deduc
tions, wfien entering larire niantities. When
Laud Warrants are lent, Two and a Half
Cents per Acre, the Land OfHce Fee, must
accompany the Locating Fee.
when warrants are sent, tne io' or. war
rants, date, to whom issued and assigned,
should be copied and retained, to guard against
loss in mails.
Remittances to us. can be made In Drafts
on any of the Eastern or So.itern Cities.
We will enter Land with Warrants or Cash,
pay all Fees, Taxes and Commissions, for
one third of the gross profits, accruing from
the shle of the Land all expenses to come out
of our third of the profits. Our arrangements
are such that we can enter Lands in all the
Offices in Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. A
competent aurveyer always in readiness to find
and select choice Lands, Coa Fields. Rock
Quarries, Mill Sites, Mineral 'Iracts,
tiC.
Within the next twelve months there will be
olTercd for sale in Nebraska and Kansas, Two
and a Half Million Acres of Land, compris
ing the best portions of thnse Territories, and
exlending along the Misscurl River, from the
Mouth of Kansas River or the line of the
State of Missouri, to the Mouth of L-cau-qui-eour
River.
We solicit foreign Capitol for Investment.
Investments properly made in Western
Lands and Town Lots, are now paying from
twenty-five to four hundred per cent.
We believe that persons patroni.ing our
firm will hne peculiar advantages over al
most any oth-r in this Country. We were
among the first Pioneers of this vast and
growing country and are intimately acquainted
with nearly every portion of Western Iowa,
Nebraska and Kansas, and believe we will be
able to render satisfaction in all business en
trusted to us.
LETTERS OF INQUIRY
WILL BE PROMTLY ANSWERED.
REFERENCES: John Thompson Hone,
Gravdon & Co., New YorK City; Wood, Ba
con Sl Co., Philadelphia ; Straight, Deming &.
Co., Cincinnati; Darby it Barks.lale; Humph
reys, Tutt & Terry ; Crow, McCrecry & Co,
St. Louis i Isaacs & Almond, Leavenworth
City, Kansas; Greene, Wean 4c Benton,
Council Binds, Iowa; Henn, William tt Co.,
Fairfield. Iowa ; Charles Hendrie, Burling'on,
Iowa; Hon. Aug. Hall, Keosamjne, Iowa;
Hon. James Craiir. St. Josenb. Mo. i Hon. A.
S. Fulton, Wythevills, Va ; lion. F. McFullen,
l.xtilville, la.) lion. r. rerguson, uniet jus
tice, Bellevue, Nebraska.
Gleiiwood, Mills X. Iowa. 2 4-tf.
VALLEY FARMER
FUR 1S.1S VOL. 10.
A WEEKLY FAMILY JOURNAL.
rr.voTF.n to
Wester-; Agriculture. Horticulture, Mechan
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EDITED RT
N. J. CULM AN,
JOHN A. KENNICOTT, Corres'ind Editor
ASSISTEP T
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nd will continue, with many others,
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Advertisements, of an appropriate
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GODEY'S GREATEST EFFORT.
STILL GREATER ATTRACTIONS
Will be offered in
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK
FOR 1858.
This woik ha been the standard for twenty
seven years. When an imitation has been at
tempted it has failed. It is
THE ONLY LADY'S BOOK
PUBLISHED IN AMERICA.
W. H. STARK & CO.,
Wi ilJ respectfully inform the ladies and gen
tlen.rti of Omaha and vicinity, that they havs
on band and are manufacturing a complete
stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Of ths best quality, and warranted; comprl
sing the following, "vii:
Ladies' Fine Lace and Congress Gaiters.
" " Kid Bootees and Congress Gaiter.
" " Slippers and Parodi Ties.
" Heavy Morocco and Calf Bootees.
blisses
Childs' " "
Gent' Sewed Kip and Calf Boots.
Pegged " "
Fine French or Pumn Bonis.
" Water Proof and Quilted-Bottom T ots
' Patent Calf Boots.
" Oxford Ties and Gaiters.
" Kip and Calf Shoes.
Bovs and Youths' Kin Boots and Brogans.
All of which are made of the best miterial
the marker alfurds. Our facilities for select
ing are unsurpassed in Eastern cities, and wt
wish it distinctly understood mat we
'Warrant ETery Article We Sell.
Ws have the best of workmen in our em
ploy. Every style of Boot or Shoe made to
orderjiud warranted an easy and fashionable
tit. itespeetruiiv,
no 13-tf W. II. STARK k CO.
FARMERS READ!
JOHN P. HORN It CO., near the Printing
Office, Bellevue, have on hand shovels,
Hoes, Spades, Forks, Hames, and a general
assortment of Farming Tools. Call and see.
ulr, 15, 1SA7. 3w30
GLENWOOD HOTEL,
BY
3VE. 33 2VXrciyr
fornrr of Locust and CooJcdge Streets,
CLE5WOOD, IOWA.
Clothing J Clothing! Clothing!
A LARGE STOCK OF READY MADE
Clothing of the latest Fashion, at
CLEARWATER. WHITE fc SANDERS.
J :r.r fb, 1I7. rl.
NEW FEATURES FOR 1S51:
How to dr-.ss with Taste. Children'
Clothes How to cut and contrive them.
Paintin on Gla. Patchwork. The Dress
maker and the Milliner.
Drawing in all it variety, useful to the be
ginner and the proficient.
Fashions from the establishment of the cel
ebrated "Brodie," will bt in every number.
Everv-day Actualities A new series of
these illustrated articles will be given.
Point, Brussels, and Venetian Lace, of
every variety. A sjieciinen of the stitch to be
used in each will be given. In addition totht
above,
One Hundred Pdges of Reading will be
given monthly,
God- v's Splendid Engr.ivings on steel.
London, Paris nnd Philadelphia Fashions
Godey's four figured Colored Fashions.
Embroidery Patterns, Model Cottages,
Dress Making with Diagrams to cut by.
Dress Patterns InfaiiU' and Children's
dresses, with descriptions how to make them.
All kinds of Crotchet and Netting work.
The Nurse and the Nursery Very excel
lent articles upon these subjects will often be
given.
GODEY'S INVALUABLE RECIPES
VP KVERV SUBJECT.
MUSIC Three dollars' worth is given
every year.
In tne various nnmners ror iojo, win or
found the newest designs for
Window Curtains, Broderie Anglaise Slippers,
Bonnets, Caps, Cloaks, r.vcnmg .Dresses,
Fancy Articles, Head Dresses, Hair
Dressing, Robes d Crainble, Car
riage Dresses, Brides' Dress
es, Wreaths, Mantillas,
Wnlking Dresses,
Riding Habits,
and Morning Dresses.
Dresses for Infants and Young Misses,
Bovs' Dresses, Cape and Cloaks of lur in
.. - .1 I. .-,11: 1
season, rattern lor .rteeuie-wom oi an kiiios
and patterns to cut dresses by are given
monthly.
Crochet and Netting Work In Colors, fclip-
pers in colors.
1 m .1
Urawing wessons for louui.
Scud in your orders soon, as we expect our
list for 1857 will reach 100,000 copies. The
best idan of subscribing is to send your money
direct to the publisher. Those who send
large amounts had better Bend drafts, but
noli) will answer if drafts cannot be pro
cured.
We think we can show how much cheaper
it is to take the Lady's Book at Three Dol
lars than any other magazine at Two Dollars.
We will take a late number or liotn. I lie
Two Dollar Magazine contained 30 articles,
the Lady's Book f2.
The Two Dollar Magazine contained 33 en-
rrnvines. the Lady's Book On.
The Two Dollar Magazine contained 64 pa
ges, the Lady's Book UK).
Twenty-four more engravings, twenty six
more articles, and thirty-six more pages,
nearly double th quantity. File lowest club
price'of the Two Dollar Magazine is $1,25;
lowest club price of Lady's Book $l,fi7, only
42 cents difference in the price, which is three
and a hair cents on eacn numner, ana rortnat
sum (three and a half cents), you receive
twenty-si): nore articles, twenty-four more
engravingv, and thirty-six more pages month
ly certainly a very cheap three and a half
cents' worth. This view of the case has
probably never before been presented, but it is
a true statement, which any lady can con
vince herself of by comparing the two maea-lines.
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER.
For 1858.
rpiTE Cheapest Family Newspaper in the
1 West) The Weekly Plain Dealer will
commence its Seventeenth Volume on the 1st
of January, 158. It will continue th . same
Independent, Jocose, Fearless, Flgh'lng Jour
nal It has ever been, Dealing Plainly but kind
ly with all. It will battle for the Constitu
tion and the Union, as "the world's best trea
sure and last hope." It will oppose Fusion
Ism in every form, and battie Dis-onion in
every disguise. Of its vigilance as a Sentinel
upon the watch-tower of Liberty, it is suffi
cient to say, that it Las never yet been found
napping at its post.
THE NEW VOLUME AND THE NEW
YEAR I
The New Volume will commence with a
New Year, big with Important events. A
new leaf in the history of this Republic will
be entered, upon the Inauguration of a new
President and Vice President. During the
coining year, the policy of the New Adminis
tration will be fully unveiled in regard to the
following important nnd exciting National
topics: The Final Settlement of the Kansas
Difficulty, on which the whole Slavery ques
tion in the Territories is ponding The Final
Settlement of the Central American Question,
as against the claims tf England Our Kifi.t
of Transit Across the Isthmus, and the recog
nition aud mainlninance of the Walker Re
public in Nicaragua The Danish Sound Dues
The Acquisition of Cuba The Annexatio"
of tli o Sandwich Islands The Admission of
Minnesota as n State Admission of Oregon
Admission of Utah, with or w ithout Poly
gamy Admission of Kansas, with orwitlio.it
Slavery Probable Admission of Nebraska
and Washington Territories The Inaugural
Message of James Buchanan The Doings of
the New Democratic Coiigret. These are
some of tli o leading events which will distin
guish the incoming Administration, and most
of them will transpire during the coming year.
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TERMS i
'48. Season Arraugciaeit, '58.
or TUB
NEW MISSOURI.R1VER STEAMER
SIOUX CITY.
Regular St. Louis, Council Bluffs Omaha
City, Sioux City, and Iowa Point Paeket
for Sioux City, Omadi, Seargenl'a Pluff, Dt'
catnr, DcSoto, Florence, Omaha City, Coun
Bluffs, Bellevue, St. Marys, Wyoming City
Nebraska Citv, Linden, Brow nville, Rock'
port, White fcloud, Forest City, Oregon
Iowa Point, Savannah, St. Joseph, etc. '
rpiIE entirely ntw, very light draught, and
superb freight and passenger steamer
SIOUX CITY. Baker, Master, bss com
menced running as a regular packet to tbt
above and all intermediate points, continuing
in the trade during the season.
The Sioux City, as her name implies, was
built expressly lor a Sioux City paeket, under
the especial supervision of Captain Baker
who, in her construction, has spared neither
trouble nor expense to make her a No. 1 Mis
souri River steamer, and one in all respects
most admiraby adapted to the wants of the
river. She will be round, as regards capacity
for business as well as the superiority of her
passenger accommodations, inferior to no
boat in the trade, and as inch Cant. H.L.,
takes much pleasure in prese ting her to lit
favorable consideration of his frie .ds and
acquaintances, and the public generally, hop
ing to receive at their hands a continuance of
that generous patronage for which he is in.
debted during a series of years, while in com-'
inaml of ditlerent boats in the river.
Shippers ma v relv unon havinir tli.li- f.;.i.
handled with ths greatest cars and dispst. h,
I'OBi'-npcn bio Bisiireu upon tne sioux
City, of being made to feel always quite at
Lome.
21 II. T. Clarkc It Baa., Agents.
1858. Season Arrangrnifnt. 1858.
Regular St. Louis and Sioux City River
Packet.
For Lexington, Kansas, Leavenworth City.
Tlr - . t .. A .. V. I T" . . 1 '
"cBiwu, siivuiaun, Ajunipuan, DC. JOSepn.
Iowa Point Forest City, White Cloud,
Brownsville, Linden. Nebraska City.Platts
moiilh, St. Mary's, Bellevue, Omaha, Coun.
cil Bluffs, Decatur, Blackbird, Omadu Sear
gents Bluff, Dakota, Sioux City, Florence!
Pacific City, Covington, Logan, St. Johns,
Concord. Niobrarah and Fort Randall. 1
THE well known light draught freight and 1
unexceptionable Passenrer Steam.r
OMA HA. hat now resumed her trips in tbs
nDove iraue, ana an intermediate points on
the Missouri river,) and will continue them
with her usual regularity thro' the whole sea
son. . . i . ,
Thankful for the very liberal patronage be
stowed upon the Omaha the past season, w
trust, by strict attention to business, the
wants of shippers, and comforts of passen
gers, to merit a continuance of th same. 1 ,
ANDREW WINF.I.AND, Mas'tf.r
J.J.WILCOX, Clerk,
21 II. T. Clarke It Bao., Agents : ,
Single Subscribers,
Clubs of Ten (to one Office),....
Clubs of Twenty (to one OfHce),.
Clubs of Fifty, "
$2.00
. 1.50
1.35
LOO
58. SEAS0X ARRANGEMENT. '58.
Regular St
Louis and Sioux City Missouri
River Packet.
Pay invariably In acvance. To the getter
up of a Club, one ropy gratis.
5T Post-Masters are especially equested
to act as Agents. They should in everv case.
where possible, substitute Western Demo
cratic Taper for Eastern Fusion Papers..
l nose desiring tne president's message and
other Public Documents, can subscribe now,
or nt any time before the first of December.
CiT" Subscriber to the New Volume should
send in their names rs early as the middle of
December, so that they may be registered in
time for the first number. All funds recived
at current rates, and if registered, mailed ei
ouV risk. Address
J. W. GRAY, Cleveland, O.
For Lexington, Kansas, Leavenworth Cityr
Weston, Atchison, St. , Joseph, Savannah,
Iowa Point, Linden, Nebraska City, Belle
tne, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Florence, Dc-,
; Soto, Qmadi and Sioux City.
.FSH fpiIE new, light draught and
LW!r!$, -L elegant passenger Steamer
fc2ameLiE. A. OGDEN. Wm. Thom
son, Master, will, on the opening of naviga
tion, commence running as a regular packet
to the above and intermediate points. The
OGDEN is furnished with all ths modern
improvements for the ' Missouri river trad,
and every convenience for the comfort and
snfe transportation of passengers, and hsr
officers respectfully solicit a share of busi
ness, and feeling confident from their past
experience and knowledge of the wants of
both passengers and shippers, that they shall
be able to render entire satisfaction to thois
who may favor them with their patronage.
For freight or passage apply to
zi U. i Clarke, 4c liro. Agents.-
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THE MODEL FAMILY AND AG
RICULTURAL PAPER.
rVBMSIIED AT
GERMANTOWN, PHILA'IA CO., PENN.
Evert AVedw ekd a t Morning.
BY PHILIP R. FRE.4& I
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
Greene, Wcare & Benton,
BANKERS, DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
and Land Agents, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Notes and Bills collected and remitted to any
part of ths United States. Money received on
deposit, and interest allowed, bastern or
Southern Drafts furnished in sums to suit pur
chasers. Land Office funds paid for Currency
or bills of Exchange. Loans effected on good
security. Taxes paid, titles examined, and
Real Estate bought and sold on Commission.
Land entered for settlers and time given for
payment. Olllce opposite the Pacilic llouae
in west lower room of Land Ortlce.
RerrarNcrs: F. 8. Jesup It Co.; W. J.
Barney tt Co., Bankeis, Dubuque, Iowa CocV
fc Sargent, Bankers, Davenport, Iowa t Cul-
berton . Reno. Hankers, Iowa City, Iowa;
People's Bank, New York Cityt Ketchem,
Kogrrs fc. Re net, Cankers, IV ew York City (
Kelkon, WiU n fc Co., xshington, i. u.
Hon. Cuas. Mason, Coin. I Patents, Wash
ir-eton. D. C.t Hon. A. ". Dodge, 8. U. 8.
Burlington, Iowa Hon. i W. Jones, 8. U.
S , Dubuque, Iowa i Hon. 'oseph Williams
Chief Justice, Muscatine, R a.
C::f il Bl !t Oct. M, 1S66 i-'J
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The above is the only way we can club with
Harper's Magazine.
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any of the Clubs.
Subscribers in th British Provinces who
send for club, must remit 3d certs extra on
every subscriber, to pay th Ameriran post-
to th lints. Address.
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113 CVem ., Philtdi., Fa.
We take tins occasion to announce to Farm
ers throughout the country, that it is the in
tention of the Editor and Proprietor of the
"Germantown Telegraph," not only to con.
tinue as heretofore the Agricultural Depart.
ment of his paper, but seduloi! to add to
it character and value by all uie means at
command. All necessary space shall be pro
vided for a fill irecord of Agricultural Details
and a full development of every branch of the
Farmer's Pursuit. He will in future, as he
has always heretofore, aim to be practical,
and to be of real and substantial advantage
to husbandry. His course, also, will continue
to be thoroughly independent, and wholly itn
biassed by any o'her motives than those he
conceives to be promotive of the true interest
of Agriculture in its broadest meaning. Neither
individuals, cliques, societies, or tny other in
fluence shall swerve him from the path of
riirht and duty.
farmers, throughout the country, who da
sire a Newspaper, issued weekly, and equal
to any other family news and literary journal
publisned, wnlcli makes Agriculture a speci
ality, will find the "Germantown Telegraph"
to lullill every condition, and to render it en
tirely unnecessary for them to subscribe fur a
periodical exclusively agricultural.
Practical Horticulture, Pomology and Gar
dening, generally, will meet with particular
attention.
As a Literary and News Journal It shall
not b surpassed by any in the country
Neatly printed on good paper, of the largest
class, it mail continue to be one or th hand
eoinest newspapers of th day.
Every Family, in town or country, whether
they take other papers or not, will find the
'Germantown Telegraph" to be worth, in lit
era I benefit, twice Uie amount of subscription.
No subscriptions received without the cash.
Price Two Dollars in advanc. Subscriptions
not paid within the year, $'1.50. Mail sub.
scribers will have th cash postage deducted
when not exceeding zj els. per annum, pro.
vided the subscription be paid strictly in ad.
vance. Postage stamps to this amount will
be returned as change with the receipt.
Any person sending five new subscribers at
ont time, with the rash, will be entitled to th
paper for one year.
Specimen number sent on request.
STEAM FERRY BOAT
'11IK subscriber begs leave to Inform th
public, that he ha now in operation, i
fut cl.s Steam Ferry Boat, at Bellevue, N. T.
at the point known as old TrHer's Point Ferry
The Boat is one of the b.t on the Missouri
River, and every, exertion will be used to na
ble the public to cross the Riv will) safety
a nn uispaicn.
t44ti NATHANIEL G. BENTON
FOIt S.4I.E.
A valuable timber Claim of 160 acres, wi'h
In three miles of Bellevue City, for ssle. En
pi!j ' 'bit Offtet. n7U.
SI RING ARRANGEMENT.
Regular Packet for Kansas. Leavenworth,
Weston St. Joseph, Savannah, Iowa Point,
Nebr.ska City, Bellevue, Council
Bluffs, Omaha and Florence.
THE newand elegant Passenger
Steamer Florence, J. Throck
moiton, Master. J, E. Gorman,
Clerk, will commence her trip as a regular
packet in the above trade, on the opening of
navigation in the spring, and will remain in it
throughout the season.
The Horence having been built under ute
superintendence of the nneersigne', expressly
rr ui iraa. it or extraordinary trcngtn,ana
well adapted to it in every particular. - A rea
sonable share of the patronage, of shippers,
and the public generally, is respectfully soli
cited. . . J. THROCKMORTON, Master.
25-s J. E. Gorman, Clerk,
JI..T. CLARKE BRO., Agents.
Entering Town Sites. . .,
The following correspondence will shew
ihst the act of the last Legislature of ths
Territory, designating the County Commis
sioners as the proper persona to enter Town
Sites, is not recognized by ths Commissioner
of the Land Office.
It is a question of doubt whether th Judges
of Probate, or the United States Judges, can
be regarded at "Judges of the County Court."
As soon as mat dount is removed, notice wi.i
be given. In the mean Urn no entering of
towns not incorporated can be made. ,
A copy or tne act or the last Legisiauus
will be placed in th hands of th Commis
sioner, and, under tne circumstances, in eu-
triet already made may be confirmed. .
JUHJN A. f A KKL.lt, Kegltlti.
Land Office, May 19th, 1857. . , , ,
extract or a letter to ths commissioner
or the laud orricE, dat4
Land Orric.
Omaha, April 15, 185T.
Under th "act of lwnty-third May. 1844 ,'
th "Judge of th County Court" ar given
the authority to enter "Town Sites." In this
Territory there are no ucn omcert at -juag
of the County Court," but th Legislature has
recognized lb "County Commissioner' a
th proper persons to enter "Town Sites,'
and w have, in view of th spirit of th !
permitted tuch entries, in th hop that it
will meet th approbation of th Department
Vry respectfully, your ohed'nt servant,
JOHN A. PARKER, Register
- C. F. II. FORBES, '
CIVIL ENGINEER AND J-AND Sl'R
veyor, being now located at . St. Marys,
where b expect to mak a permanent resj.
deuce, takes this method of iuXoxmiug Uto
izens, that he is prepared to do any surveying J
and from Id long experience iu the business,
he is able to giv entire satisfaction.
Kt. Marvs. Sent Zi. 130'.
I.OIT.
A MEMORANDUM BOOK, "having e
A count of Lnmber bills, te. Tb nsdtr
will confer a favor and b tuHabl rewards,
by leaving it at th printing oflic, Bll"i ' '
Oct -
Job Printing.
NEATLY and xpditioutly xentd,
ratcatl terns, at (bit Offie.