Iowa Old Press

     1. Article of Incorporation made and entered into between John D. Baker, John Fairman, George W. Hoover, Nathan L. Milburn, Abraham Smith, William Higgins, A.E. Dodek Bousquet and others, Stockholders now or hereafter subscribing stock in said company hereby constituted and organized.
     2. This Company shall be known as the Des Moines Steamboat Company, and in that name shall sue and be sued, and be known and recognized for all legal purposes.
     3. The business to be transacted by this company shall be the building of a steamboat or steamboats, and to run the same in the usual course of trade upon the Des Moines and Mississippi rivers, and to transact all business including the building and freighting of barges usually done in said business.
     4. The capital stock of this company shall be twenty thousand dollars, which shall be divided into eight hundred shares of twenty-five dollars each.
     5. It is the intention of the person forming this corporation to incorporate themselves under the act of incorporation for pecuniary benefit now in force with all the rights and privileges of such corporations, and to won in their corporate capacity the steamboat now building at Iowaville, in Van Buren county, State of Iowa and jointly owned by the persons hereinbefore named and hereto subscribing and heretofore known as the Des Moines Steamboat Company.
     6. The full amount of such shares shall be due when subscribed and the company shall be deemed fully organized and authorized to transact business when two hundred shares have been subscribed and these articles recorded and published as required by law.
     7. The officers of this company shall be a President, Vice President and Treasurer. The President, Vice President and Treasurer shall be exofficio directors.
     8. There shall be a board of Directors, consisting of five, including the officers, who are constituted Directors.
     9. A.E. Dudok Bosquet is hereby constituted President; Abraham Smith, Vice President; George W. Hoover, Secretary; and John D. Baker, Treasurer; Ransom Nogg??and William Higgins members of the board of Directors to act until there successors are duly elected and qualified.
     10. The annual elections and meetings of the company shall be held at Iowaville on the 2d Wednesday in July in each year commencing July, 1853
     11. At the annual elections the officers and board of Directors shall be chosen to hold their offices for one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified.
     12. Each stockholder shall have one vote for ever share of stock by him owned, in all elections and the exercise of all other powers not herein or otherwise delegated, said vote may be cast personally or by representative.
     13. The President shall have power to preside at all meetings of the Stockholders or Directors, to call special meetings of same, to sign all orders for money upon the Treasurer audited by the board of Directors, and to make all contracts for purposes within the legitimate range of the business of this company.
     14. The Vice President shall perform all the duties of the President when the President is absent or unable to act by reason of disability or personal pecuniary interest.
     15. The Board of Directors shall have power to transact the ordinary business of the company, subject to any prior restrictions by the stockholders made when voting in their annual or special meetings- which ordinary business includes the auditing of all claims against the company and fill all vacancies in the Board until the next annual election thereafter.
     16. The Treasurer shall before entering upon the duties of his office execute to the company a bond in an amount and with security to be approved by the board of Directors. It shall be his duty to safely keep all moneys belonging to the company and pay out the same only upon the order of the President, countersigned by the Secretary, and to make a report to the board of Directors once in every three months, or as often as the Board may require, of the condition of the finances of the company. He shall receipt for all moneys coming into his hands to the person from whom he receives it, and file a duplicate with receipt of the same with the Secretary.
    17. The Secretary shall have charge of all books and papers belonging to the company; shall keep a regular minute of the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and directors, and a register of the names of all stockholders and transfer of stock and shall countersign all orders upon the Treasurer for money.
     18. The board of Directors shall meet on the first Wednesday of each month and as often as called together by order of the President.
     19. Certificates of part ownership in the steamboat new building at Iowaville or receipts for work and labor performed upon said boat under the old association, shall be received in payment of stock at their face, and the company shall receive the right of said part owners subject to all mortgages or liens heretofore given by said part owners.
     20. Certificates of stock shall be issued by the President and countersigned by the Secretary, when the full amount of such shares shall be paid and the same may be transferred according to law.
     21. This company shall continue for twenty years from and after its organization unless sooner dissolved by the consent of two thirds of the votes of the company.
     22. Except for the purpose of building or obtaining a steamboat the indebtedness of the company shall be limited to five hundred dollars, and for that purpose may be increased to any amount not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars.
     23. The private property of stockholders shall in no case be subject to liability for the debt of the company except for an amount equal to any balance due and unpaid upon stock owned and subscribed.
     24. The principal place of business shall be at Iowaville, in the county of Van Buren and State of Iowa.
     25. Dividends of the profits of the company may at any time be declared by the directors subject to the exception contained in the next section.
     26. No dividends shall be declared until the net proceeds of the company shall exceed five per cent, upon the amount of stock actually subscribed above all indebtedness of the company, and no dividend of said five per cent shall be made whilst the company continues, but the same shall be and remain a contingent fund to defray incidental expenses.
                   JOHN D. BAKER
                   JOHN FAIRMAN
                   GEORGE W. HOOVER
                   N.L. MILLBURN
                   ABRAHAM SMITH
                   WM. HIGGINS
                    A.E. DUDOK BOUSQUET
     Iowaville, March 1, 1853.

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MEDICAL AND BUSINESS CARDS
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Medical Notice.
Dr. William Craig,
Having permanently located in Keosauqua, is prepared to attend
to all Professional calls in the City and surrounding country. Dr. C will pay
particular attention to the practice of Surgery. Operations for Strabismus
or Squinting, Hair-lip, Cleft-palate, Wry-neck, Club-foot, deformities
from burns and acids, removal of tumors and all morbid and unnatural
growths, whether of the bones or soft parts, &c. skillfully performed.
     Office in the Keosauqua House.
     July 17
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DR. S. PHELPS
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN,
     Will attend promptly to calls in Town and from the Country.
     Dwelling on Main Street, first building from the River in the rear
of the Postoffice, Office nearly opposite..
     Aug 7, '52

DRUGS.
Dr. W.J. Laney
     Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass, Dye-stuffs,
Patent Medicines, and pure Liquors for
medical purposes, &c., &c.
     Medical prescriptions carefully put up at
all hours.
     Keosauqua, Water street, near the Ferry Landing.
July 17

HENRY WHELEN,
Dealer in
Drugs and Medicines,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, Paint
Brushes, &c.
And Agent for the sale of all the most popular Patent
Medicines of the day.
Wines for Medical purposes.
I feel confident that I can offer genuine and unadulterated
medicines at satisfactory prices. Physicians prescriptions
accurately compounded at all hours.
Store at the Ferry Landing.
July 17

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office at Keosauqua, Iowa, on the first of April, which if not taken out within three months will be sent to the General Post Office as dead letters:

Akey Daniel	Kent Robert
Antrem Mr	Kind John
Briggs Minerva	Lane J W Dr
Brown Sarah A	Marion Hiram
Beadles Robert	Miller J A
Clinkilind Mary Jane	McCrary A
Cox Lewis	Moss Henry
Conwell Asbury	Money Wm
Davis Alexander	Mann John
Drake Geo W	Nesmith Elizabeth C
Davis Richard W	Powd Elen
Douglass Wm	Powl Elihu
Dewel Jacob	Phares Wm
Dehavin George	Phillips Wilson
Dearman J	Ramsey Robert
Evans Phillip	Sweet A W
Ferrin Wm	Simpson W D
Frami James	Shepler O C
Glover A or his heirs	Swasey A M
Hartsell Abraham	Stanley Phillip
Haynes Cyrus	Tracy Geo W
Hammons Johan	Tass Lucius
Howe John F	Wirl Wilhelmine
John Jones	Wight Gelbert N
Jordan John	Willis David M
Ingram James	Wilson Isaac

     Persons calling for the above letters will please say they are advertised.
     S. E. JULIEN, P.M.
     Keosauqua, April 1st, 1853.

HO! FOR CALIFORNIA!!
Stoves and Tin Ware
The subscriber has on hand an assortment of COOKING STOVES AND TIN WARE for Emigrants crossing the Plains. Has Camp Kettles, Lard Cans, Churns, Canteens and everything accessible to his line, at prices that cannot fail to give satisfaction.
Call and examine. Shop one door west of H. Whelen's Drug Store.
WM. McSNEE.

KEOSAUQUA HOUSE
The Subscriber may be found at his old stand on the corner of Front and Van Buren streets, ready to accommodate the Traveller, and the "rest of mankind," as usual, and as much better circumstances will admit of.
He has recently fitted up his house. His Stable is good, and generally well furnished with hay and grains.
JAMES SHEPHERD.

L. ROOT,
DAGUERREAN ARTIST
Rooms on the Hill, Corner of Fourth and Van Buren Streets, Keosauqua, Iowa.
"Secure the shaddow e'er the substance fades,
Let nature copy that which nature made."

RAGS! RAGS!!
Clean Cotton and Linen Rags, will be taken at this office in payment for subscription and job work, for which we will allow 2 1-2 cents per pound.

VAN BUREN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Report of the second Fair held in Keosauqua on the 6th and 7th days of October 1852.
     Pursuant to previous notice the members of the "Van Buren County Agricultural Society" met in Keosauqua for the purpose of holding the second annual Fair of said society.
     At 9 o'clock A.M. the members of the Society and citizens of the County generally, assembled at the "Purdom Grove," when SETH MILLINGTON, Esq. delivered an appropriate address.
     At the conclusion of the Address, the President of the Society called the names of the persons composing the respective committees and filled all vacancies.
     The different committees were then furnished with directorys by the Secretary of the Society, and proceeded the discharge of their duties.
     The Committee after making the necessary examinations reported- Awarding premiums and certificates as follows:

HORSES
Best Stallion, 4 years old and over, Samuel Scott, Prem. $5.00
2d do. , Jacob Smith, Prem. $2.50
3d do., Jas. Bell, Cert.
Best Stallion, 3 years old and over, A. Van Fleet, Prem. $4.00
2d do, Thos. Jones, Prem. $2.00
3d do, Wm. Jones, Cert.
Best Colt, 2 years old and over, Brad Ellis, Prem. $2.00
2d do., None
Best mare Colt, 2 years old and over, A. Van Fleet, do. $2.00
2d. do, H. Hootman, do, $1.00
3d do, H. Hootman, cert.
Best stud Colt, 1 year old and over, Samuel Scott, Prem. $1.00
2d do, Samuel Miller, Cert.
Best mare, 1 year old and over, A. Van Fleet, Prem. $1.00
2d do, Samuel Miller, cert.
Best sucking colt, Samuel Miller, Prem. $1.00
2d do, Jacob Smith, Cert.
Best Brood mare, ? by her side, A. Van Fleet, Prem. $4.00
2d do, Samuel Scott, Prem. $2.00
3d do, Jacob Smith, Cert.
Best Gelding or mare, Obed Stanard, Prem. $2.00
2d do, Thos. Jones, Cert.
Best draft Horse, A. T. Brooks, Prem. $2.00
2d do, E. Morris, Cert.
Best saddle Horse, A.T. Brooks, Prem. $2.00
2d do, 2 yrs old gelding, Jas. (or Jos.) Webster, Cert.

JACKS AND MULES
Best Mule over 4 years old, J.E. Miller, Prem. $3.00
2d do, J.E. Miller, Cert.
Best Mule over 3 years old, J.E. Miller, Prem. $2.00
Best Mule over 2 years old, Samuel Scott, Prem. $1.00

CATTLE
Best 1 year old Bull, T. Day, Prem. $1.00
2d do, J.E. Miller, Cert.
Best beef Steer, 4 years old, T. Day, Prem. $3.00
Best beef Steer, 3 years old, Wm. E. Day, Prem. $2.00
2d do, T. Day, Cert.
Best beef Steer 2 years old, T. Day, Prem. $1.00
2d do, T. Day, Cert.
Best Heifer, 1 years old, T. Day, Prem. $1.00
2d do, T. Day, Cert.
Best Steer, 2 years old, R.H. McDow, Prem., $2.00
Best milch Cow, R.H. McDow, Prem. $2.00
Best Calf, R.H. McDow, Cert.
Best ox-yoke, Obed Stannard, Prem. $2.00

SHEEP
Best Buck, Obed. Stannard, Prem. $2.00
2d do, Wm. Campbell, Cert.
Best Ewe, Obed Stannard, Prem, $1.00

GRAIN AND ROOTS
Best sample bushel of Potatoes, J.H. Clayton, Prem. $1.00
Best sample of sweet Potatoes, T. Day, Prem. $1.00
Best sample of Pumpkins, Geo. Parker, Prem. $1.00
Best sample Turnips, Thos. Miller, Prem. $1.00

LEATHER
Best upper Leather, Charles Porter, Prem. $1.00
Best sole Leather, Charles Porter, Prem. $1.00
Best harness Leather, Charles Porter, Cert.

PRODUCTS OF THE DAIRY
Best Butter, Mrs. C. Kingsbury, Prem. $1.00
2d do, Mrs. J.H. Clayton, Prem. $.50
Best Cheese, Miss A. Phillips, Prem. $1.00
2d do, Mrs. J.H. Clayton, Prem. $.50

DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES
Best 10 yds. home made Jeans, Mrs. J.E. Miller, Prem. $1.00
2d do, Mrs. J. Bennington, Prem., $.50
Best Woolen Blanket, Mrs. A. Fellows, Prem. $1.00
Best 10 yds rag Carpet, Mrs. J.E. Miller, Prem. $1.00
2d do, Mrs. Silas Laird, Prem. $.50
Best pair woolen Socks, Mrs. Phebe Pierson, Prem. $.50
2d do, Mrs. A.C. Annabal, Prem. $.25
Best pair Stockings, Mrs. Sylvester Taylor, Prem. $.50
2d do, Mrs. A.C. Annable, Prem. $.25
Best Quilt, Miss Nancy Nixon, Prem. $1.00
2d do, Miss Mary Nixon, Prem. $.50

NEEDLE, SHELL and WAX WORK
Best lamp Mat, Miss Melissa Stanard, Prem. $.25
2d do, Miss Adaline Walker, Cert
Best specimen of cut Flowers, Miss O. Stuffle, Prem. $.50

FRUIT
Best bushel of Apples, Asa Phillips, Prem. $1.00
2d do, C.H. Bonner, Prem. $.50

     After reading the reports of the Committees, the Society proceeded to elect Officers and Directors for the ensuing year. The following named persons were elected.:
     President Timothy Day
     Vice President Samuel Scott
     Treasurer E. Mayne
     Secretary H. C. Caldwell
     Directors:
     Asa Phillips
     J.H. Clayton
     Jas. E. Miller
     R.H. McDow
     James Laughlin
     On motion it was ordered that the foregoing proceedings of the Society, be published in the "Democratic Union" and "Des Moines Valley Whig."
     Ordered that the Society now adjourn.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE
On the 13th inst., Mr. Thornton, an old citizen of this county, committed suicide by shooting himself with a rifle-the ball entering under the chin, and lodging in the head. When found, near the bridge over Muscatine Slough, he lay face downwards across a log, near the road, and on the open prairie. He seemed to have placed the breech of the rifle on the edge of the log, and touched the trigger with a forked stick, which was still in the guard. He evidently fell forward over he log and died instantly. His face rested on the ground and was covered with blood, which had flowed copiously. He had left his friends a short time before, apparently in his right mind, to meet his brother on the road where he committed the deed, and seemed to have chosen his position with a view of the discovery of his body by his brother. There was not the least evidence of insanity. The act seems to have been deliberately committed, and no possible reason can be assigned for it. Mr. Thornton was about 45 years of age, a man of good habits, highly respectable, well-to-do in the world, and leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his distressing end. The verdict of the inquest was "that he came to his death by wilfully shooting himself with a rifle.' John Holliday, B. Tice, John Epperly, jury of inquest.--Muscatine Journal.

W.L. Dodge, of Iowa, has been appointed Indian Agent for New Mexico, in place of John Greiner, he present Agent, who has been removed.-- St. Louis News.

LOST!
MRS. BELOTE, who is insane, left home on Sunday, the 17th inst., and has not been heard of within or since.- She is about 41 years of age, and in bad health. Had on when she left a dark calico dress, a leghorn bonnet and a checked woolen shawl, and took with her a black alpaca dress.
If any person can give the undersigned any information of Mrs. B. ?? will feel himself under great obligations, and will remunerate them for all trouble.

NOTICE
     Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed executor of the estate of Robert V. Holcomb, deceased, by the County Court of Van Buren county, Iowa. All persons having claims on the estate are requested to present the ???ally authenticated, and all persons indebted are requested to make ????.
     JOHN V. HOLCOMBE, Executer.
     April 23, 1853

Burlington and Keosauqua Mail.
Two Horse Post Coaches
     Leaves Keosauqua every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 o'clock A.M. Arrives at Burlington the same day at 9 o'clock P.M.
     Leaves Burlington Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 4 o'clock A.M. Arrives at Keosauqua the same day at 9 o'clock P.M. Fare each way $2.50
     THOMAS FRAZEE, Pro'etor.

FERRY!
     The Subscriber's Ferry across the Chariton at Waterbery is in good repair. And all emigrants going to St. Joseph will find Old St. Joe Road the best and shortest route.
    STILES S. CARPENTER
     Waterbury, Appanoose, County ?????

KEOSAUQUA HOUSE
     The Subscriber may be found at his old stand, on the corner of Front and Van Buren Streets, ready to accommodate the Traveller, and the "rest of mankind," as usual, and as much better circumstances will admit of.
     He has recently fitted up his house. His Stable is good, and generally well furnished with hay and grain.
    JAMES SHEPHERD.