Iowa
Old Press
Dubuque Weekly Observer
Dubuque, Dubuque co. Iowa
Friday morning November 3, 1854
Elks
Yesterday morning we saw a pair of young elks offered
for sale on Main street. They were caught west of the Desmoines
River in this State, and although but five months old, were as
large as yearling colts; the owner asked two hundred dollars for
the pair, and considering their size, beauty, speed and perfect
match, to any of our "fast" young men about town, they
are well worth the money. Just think what a "turn out"
a crack span of fleet-footed elks would make, and how completely
they would take the wind out of the fastest
"bob-tailed" trotters in town.
Estray Notice
Taken up by John S. Moore living in Union Township,
Delaware county, Iowa, on the 4th day of Octoer, 1854, two estray
Colts; one a mare two years old last spring. The other a horse
colt, one year old last spring. The mare appraised at
[illegible], the horse at $65, by Aaron P. Blanchard, James
Barnes and J.T. Payne, before Amos G. Smith, a Justice of the
Peace.
James Wright, Co. Clark, Delhi, Nov. 3, 1854
Thomas Buell
Information is wanted of this person by his wife. He
left Chicago the latter part of August, and wrote for his wife to
meet him at Delhi, Delaware county. She finds he has been there,
and returned to Dubuque about the 1st of Sept., since which she
can find no trace of him.
He is an American, about 27 years of age, about 5 1/2 feet high,
dark complexion, grey eyes, and brown hair, and left a farm at
Grand Traverse, Michigan. His wife is now in this city, and has
two small children and awaiting information of her husband with
the utmost anxiety, and publishes this in hopes it may attract
either his notice, or that of some person who may know something
of him. Any information addressed to this office will be
gratefully received by his afflicted wife.
Teressa Margaret Buell
Dubuque, October 30, 1853
[transcription note: the 1853 date on the notice is what was in
the paper; unknown if it was an original typo or not, although I
suspect a typo...sf]
Can't Be Beat
We are happy to learn that our fellow townsman,
McKinney, the Daguerreotypist took the first premium at the State
Fair held last week at Fairfield. His specimens having been
pronounced by the Judges the best they had ever seen. Our Dubuque
is hard to beat in the picture line.
[transcribed by S.F., December 2014]