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June 3-Public sale of lots in Maple Leaf Addition to Dearborn.
CAPT. FRANKLIN LUTHY.
June 13-Captain Franklin Luthy dies at Parkville. He was a son of Jacob Luthy, who came from Switzerland to Virginia, and married Mary Fox. Franklin was born in Virginia February 20, 1824. He served under General Price in the Mexican War, came to Parkville in 1857, kept a lumber yard and worked as a builder and contractor. He was a strong Union man during the war, and raised a company of militia that did good service in protecting Parkville. He was a Republican, and one of the most honored and trusted of the party, and at one time was their nom- inee for representative. In January, 1851, he married Margaret A. Mannion, of Middleton, Mo., who still lives in Parkville. Ch: I. LEONIDAS A., m'd Nov. 20, 1888, Mollie Haines, dr. of John. Children:
1. Roy Luthy. 2. Frank.
II. EMMA LUTHY, m'd J. J. Crosswhite, dead.
III. JAMES F. LUTHY, b. Dec. 25, 1858; m'd Sept. 24, 1888, Eulalia C. Henry. Ch:
1. Emma. 2. Homer. 3. Leah. 4. Reah (twins).
IV. WILLIAM H. LUTHY, b. May 21, 1861; He lives in Kansas City.
V. MAGGIE A. LUTHY, a beautiful and accomplished teacher. VI. LUELLA W. LUTHY. VII. HARRY T.
June 14-W. M. Paxton read publicly in Platte City, and sub- sequently in Parkville, his poem of 30 pages, entitled "The Vision of Narva; a Legend of Parkville."
June 19-The Landmark contains a remonstrance of D. B. Higgins against the unjust sneers, jeers, charges, and insinua- tions made against the Farmers' and Laborers' Union. But Jen- kins replies even more severely.
June 21-WILLIAM T. PATTON died at Tracy. He was born in Ohio June 13, 1837; married in 1862, Susan A. Stallard, daughter of Randolph. (See.) He served in the Confederate army under General Price. He was buried in the Confederate cemetery at Platte City.
The Missouri River is 12 feet above low-water.
1891, JUNE.
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HIGH AND LOW WATER.
HIGH AND LOW WATER MARK AT KANSAS CITY.
Since 1889 the altitude of St. Louis has been the basis of high and low water; 347.43 feet above St. Louis is high-water at Kansas City, and 334.91 feet is low-water.
The following shows the height of the river above low-water mark for the past ten years:
1881
April 29 25 feet, 10 inches
1882
July 2. . 18 feet, 1 inch
1883
June 26 .21 feet, 5 inches
1884
April 9. 17 feet. 11 inches
1885
June 19
17 feet, 9 inches
1886
March 26. 14 feet, 9 inches
1887
March 31. 18 feet, 2 inches
1888
July 3
18 2-10 feet
1889
March 2 .12 8-10 feet
1890
June 20. 10 5-10 feet
1891.
June 21. .12 feet
The highest point of the rise this year is about 12 feet below high-water mark.
June 26-A severe wind storm did much injury at Platte City, and on the Leavenworth road. The tin roof of the National Bank of Platte City was blown into the street.
WALTER B. SWAIN
Having died, M. W. Swain administered. Bond, $2,000. His widow was Elizabeth, and his children:
I. CLARISSA SWAIN, m'd a Dooley.
II. ANN E. SWAIN, m'd an Alderman.
III. LEANDER. IV. MILLIE W.
V. BETTIE SWAIN, m'd a Patton. VI. ALICE, m'd a Tays.
VII. ESTELLA SWAIN, m'd a Richardson.
JULY.
July 1-Platte City has expended the past year for schools, $1,422.70. The district now owes $1,500 in bonds.
Judge E. H. Norton is appointed a member of the commission to select a uniform list of school-books for the schools of the State.
July 12-Mounce Wood drowned in Smith's Fork.
A canning factory erected at Dearborn, and the culture of tomatoes encouraged.
E. McD. Coffey is appointed a State commissioner to repre- sent Missouri at the World's Fair at Chicago. He is made treas- urer of the board.
July 17-County meeting at Platte City of the Farmers' and Laborers' Union. Forty sub-unions are represented. I. W. Car- son is president.
G. H. ALBRICHT.
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Picnic at Dearborn the 11th, and at New Market the 30th.
GEO. H. ALBRICHT (ii) died on his farm near Farley. He was a son of Geo. H. (i). He was born in Germany in May, 1816; came to America in 1850, and to Platte in 1866. He spent the in- tervening years in Ohio and Indiana. In 1858 he married Eliza- beth Clausing, who survives. Children: 1, Charles; 2, Fred; 3, Geo. H., m'd Feb. 5, 1896, Maggie Ninemeyer; 4, Lizzie, m'd a Mooseman.
July 23-The Landmark claims a circulation of 2,400.
The W. P. Abbott farce.
The Christian Church, having let out a contract for the erec. tion of a new $8,000 house at Platte City to Mr. G. W. Jenkins, the latter is removing the old house on Lot 1, Block 32.
AUGUST.
Aug. 1-The State school moneys apportioned to Platte, $5,204.50. Number of children, 5,173.
At the Swamp College picnic $68.10 was raised for the Platte County cottage at the Higginsville Ex-Confederate Home.
Aug. 5-Sunday-school Convention at Camden Point, C. B. McAfee presiding.
I have among my files two numbers of the Dearborn News, Nos. 27 and 28, issued August 6 and 13, 1891, by W. F. Kurk. The latter number contains the ordinances of Dearborn from No. 1 to No. 11.
Aug. 11-Asa L. Smith purchases the Arnold farm, five miles north of Platte City, for $7,900.
The Missouri River pontoon is washed away. The Leaven- worth ferry boat is laid by. Much dissatisfaction is expressed, and great desire shown to have a bridge.
Rains the 15th and the 18th.
Aug. 24-Temperature 42º, and indications of frost.
Aug. 25-The fair commenced; J. Ed. Miller president. Re- ceipts, $5,597.40. Expenses, $4,633.85.
Aug. 28-Mrs. Mahala Loller, wife of Levi, died in Marshall Township, leaving an old and decrepit husband,
LEVI LOLLER.
He was a son of John Loller and Susan Pettillo; was born in North Carolina January 29, 1807; married Mahala Ray, born May 29, 1807; died August 28, 1891. They came to Platte in 1839, and settled in Marshall Township. Children :
I. SUSANNA LOLLER, i'd Andrew Henson.
II. SALLIE, m'd Fred Roach.
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J. RATLIFF.
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III. ISAAC LOLLER, m'd 1st, Mary Carpenter. His second wife was Jane Thomas.
IV. MIRANDA JANE LOLLER, m'd Wm. HI. Cook. (See.)
V. WILLIAM LOLLER, m'd an Ellison, and two more wives.
VI. BIRD LOLLER, m'd Fannie Carroll.
VII. FERNETTA, m'd Jo. Hedgpeth.
VIII. MOETTA LOLLER, m'd Wes. Lawrence.
IX. PINKNEY, m'd Ollie Martin.
JAMES RATLIFF
Died. He was a son of John Ratliff, and married Lucretia Mc- Daniel. Children:
I. JOHN W. RATLIFF, b. June 27, 1855. (See.)
II. MARTHA RATLIFF, b. in 1857; m'd John H. Fleshman, son of Perry. Ch:
1. Grace M. Fleshman. 2. James. 3. Dora.
4. Rosa Fleshman.
SEPTEMBER.
Sept. 1-J. M. Pumphrey had the water of his spring in Lawn- dale Park, at Dearborn, analyzed, and it was found to possess medical properties.
Sept. 2-The brickwork on the new Christian church at Platte City commenced. The corner-stone was laid August 27.
Sept. 4-Temperature 38°. Rev. R. S. Cook takes charge of the Baptist Church at Platte City.
Sept. 7-W. P. Abbott's seat as a member of the Democratic Central Committee is vacated because he was an Alliance man. In a few months he came back to the Democratic fold.
Prof. C. W. Bowen is principal of the Weston public schools. Miss Nora Allen teaches the intermediate classes, and Mrs. Lou Dunbar the primary department.
Sept. 13-Dr. J. W. Ringo died at Parkville.
Sept. 17-At the Linkville picnic $173 was raised for the Platte County Cottage at the Ex-Confederate Home at Higgins- ville.
Sept. 18-The first number of the Monitor issued at New Mar- ket by Litts & Bro. 7 columns, 4 pages, patent outside, $1.00. Dr. J. W. Bryant is the principal contributor.
A silly escapade of one Blakeley, a washing machine agent, and the Landmark.
The Dearborn News is removed to Stewartsville.
Sept. 25-Deposits of the National Bank of Platte City, $71,297.60.
1891, SEPT.
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SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.
A splendid year for all kinds of fruit. Everybody is canning or preserving. Platte City is out of sugar.
Sept. 30-The first frost.
OCTOBER.
SUNDAY-SCHOOLS OF PLATTE COUNTY.
Baptist. 4 schools, 248 scholars; Catholic, 1 school, 22 schol- ars; Christian, 14 schools, 926 scholars; Colored, 3 schools, 116 scholars; Episcopalian, 1 school, 25 scholars; Lutheran, 1 school, 30 scholars; Methodist, 10 schools, 912 scholars; Presbyterian, 3 schools, 530 scholars; Cumberland Presbyterian, 1 school, 45 scholars. Total schools, 26; total scholars, 3,242.
The county clerk's report shows the public school interest collected on county fund, $705.17; on township fund, $1,122.55.
The county expended for teachers' wages, $25,558, or $300 to each.
WILLIAM C. BAKER.
Oct. 2-William C. Baker died at Plattsburg, whither he had gone to receive the attention of relatives in his protracted illness. He was a son of John Baker and Mary Bradford, and was born in Fayette County, Ky., in November, 1829. William C. graduated at Center College, Kentucky, in 1849. He chose the law as his pro- fession, and coming to Platte City, he was admitted to the bar March 3, 1852. He was at one time public administrator, and for years wrote in the county offices. His mind was trained to thought-his reading embraced every department of literature, and his conversation was interesting and instructive. He had lit- tle to say, but his practice received profound attention. It is said he never lost a case. But in the midst of a successful career he was attacked by acute rheumatism, and his remaining years were full of suffering. First he moved on crutches, then he wheeled himself in an invalid chair, and finally he lay for many months on his bed, only leaving it as lifted from it. Several months prior to his death he was conveyed to friends in Plattsburg, who smoothed his course to the grave. He never married, and never joined any church. Two aunts of W. C. Baker, Margaret and Catherine Baker, married brothers of Senator Atchison.
Oct. 6-The brickwork of the Platte City Christian church is finished.
Oct. 10-H. T. PETTILLO, a lawyer of Waldron, is declared insane by a jury. He is sent to the St. Joseph Asylum, and there dies in January, 1895. His wife survived until January 30, 1895. Ch: 1, Perd Pettillo, m'd W. D. Dunagan. (See.) 2, Charles HI. M. Pettillo.
Oct. 20-The King's Daughters give a literary entertainment at the opera house, Platte City.
JUDGE G. W. DUNN.
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The Doves was the name given to a social club of young ladies, who for several months entertained Platte City and enlivened society. The boys got up their own club, calling it the P. A. K. There was sparring and sparking between them.
Oct. 24-M. E. quarterly meeting at Platte City.
JUDGE G. W. DUNN
Died at his home at Richmond, Mo. The following is part of a tribute I paid him at the time:
Judge Dunn is no more! Born in Mercer County, Ky., Octo- ber 15, 1815; his pure spirit ascended to its final home the 24th of October, 1891. Borne down by the weight of seventy-six years, and by the excruciating pangs of asthma, he gladly exchanged a bed of pain for a throne of glory. At the age of twenty he entered on the study of law, at Nicholasville, and taught school for a sup- port. In 1836-7 he attended the law department of Transylvania University, and in 1839 came West, and settled at Richmond. Mo. In 1841 he returned to Kentucky, and married Miss Susan M. Hen- derson, who survives. Reared in the Presbyterian faith, he was an honored and beloved brother throughout life. I shall not trace his career as a lawyer and jurist. That is part of the history of the State. He held the scales of Justice in equipoise, and no bribe ever tarnished his spotless ermine. And yet his sympathetic heart moderated his condemnation, and "Mercy's tears bedewed the beam" of the balance of Justice.
I formed acquaintance with Judge Dunn in 1838, when he was studying law in Kentucky, and until his death we were friends. Others may commend him for his uprightness, but I desire now to express my admiration of him as a poet. In 1882 he published a small volume. Some of the pieces are admirable. I can point out imperfections in nearly every piece written by another that I have critically examined, but a half-dozen of Judge Dunn's poems are above criticism. He is the only poet that has ever commended in verse the administration of justice. The bar of Missouri owe him a sacred debt. His "Temple of Justice" and his "Ermine and Harp" should be framed in gold, and hung in every court-room. The diction of Judge Dunn's poems is always correct. the senti- ment is pure and striking, the measure and accent are faultless, and there is melody in every line.
Judge Dunn's poetic talent was of the highest order. I have never met his equal in pure and lofty sentiment, nor his superior in critical acumen. I have seen him, under the inspiration of a sublime conception, spring from his seat and clap his hands with enthusiastic emotion. He possessed the rare talent of polishing and improving his verses. He had the power to criticise his own writings. Each change was an improvement, and after years of correcting, his lines were beyond criticism. I will conclude by a stanza of a poem I wrote in his honor, and which my granddaugh- ter handed to him while on the bench, with a bouquet of flowers, September 29, 1879: (See.)
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DR. A. R. BRASFIELD.
These verdant immortelles proclaim The chaplet that undying fame Shall wreathe around thy honored name, Or place upon thine urn. This heliotrope, whose rich perfume, As fragant incense, fills the room, Foretells that, rising from the tomb, Thou shalt to bliss return.
Col. John H. Winston went to California, and sojourned until January, 1894.
Oct. 29-DR. A. R. BRASFIELD died at Farley. He was a son of Thos. J. Brasfield, who was a brother of James (see), and consequently the doctor was a cousin of Judge John S. Brasfield. He was born in Kentucky, reared in Clay, and practiced at Farley.
NOVEMBER.
Nov. 2-W. J. Stone, candidate for Governor, and J. Heard, candidate for Congress in another district of Missouri, speak at Platte City.
JESSE PAGE.
Nov. 3-Jesse Page died near Sugar Creek Lake. He was born in Fleming County, Ky., December 29, 1818; married June 11, 1839, Emily G. Plummer. They came to Platte in 1845, and settled in Marshall Township. He was a farmer of wealth, intel- ligence, and influence. Ch:
I. LOUISA PAGE, m'd N. B. Lawson. II. GEO. W.
III. ALICE PAGE, m'd Sam'l S. Hargrave. IV. ELIZABETH. V. CHARLES PAGE, m'd Feb. 16, 1888, Belle Dyer.
VI. AMANDA PAGE, b. Dec. 16, 1850; m'd March 12, 1868, Wil- liam Rees, b. in Ohio Jan. 15, 1837, son of Thos. Rees and Mary Hyatt, natives of Virginia. He volunteered as a pri- vate in Co. F., 7th Ohio Cav., and went through the Civil War; came to Platte in 1867, and with John M. Downey purchased a large tract of land on Bean's Lake, which has since enhanced in value. He and his excellent wife have children :
1. Mary E. Rees, b. July 10, 1869; m'd July 10, 1888, Abe Risk.
2. Ida May Rees, b. Feb. 21, 1872.
3. Thomas Rees, b. Feb. 19, 1874.
4. Bertha, b. July 10, 1881.
5. Lena Martha Rees. b. June 9, 1885.
VII. EMMA PAGE, m'd March 7, 1891, Garret L. Brown.
VIII. JOHN W. PAGE, killed by cars Oct. 13, 1894. IX. MELISSA A. PAGE, m'd B. W. Holland.
X. JAS. M. PAGE. XI. CHARLES PAGE. XII. ANNA PAGE.
J. A. MILLER.
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JAS. ALEX. MILLER.
Nor. 5-James Alex. Miller died. He was born in Fleming County, Ky .. January 7, 1817. He was the son of John D. Miller and Ellen Highfield. They came to Marshall Township in 1843, and he married in 1848, Rachel J. Pepper. Ch:
I. JOHN T. MILLER, b. Jan. 16, 1849; i'd Katie T. Oswell. II. ANNIE A. MILLER, b. May 20, 1850; m'd John H. Wells.
III. ROBERT F. MILLER, b. Feb. 16, 1853; d. Nov. 14, 1892. IV. GEORGE R. MILLER, b. in May, 1856; m'd April 11, 1880, Nancy E. Harmon.
V. WILLIAM A. MILLER, b. Dec. 4, 1889; now a lunatic.
Vor. 13-DR. W. T. SHORTRIDGE died at Weston. He was a son of William Shortridge, of Calloway County, Mo., and a cousin of John and George Shortridge. Dr. Shortridge was for many years a physician of Weston, and was a courteous gentle- man. He married, first, a Miss Frazier, of Kentucky, and, after her death, he married Juliana McAdow, dr. of Dr. Samuel. (See.) The widow still lives, childless, at Weston.
Nor. 17-A. J. Colman's 52d birthday observed by 50 self- invited guests, whose bill at Termier's he paid.
Temperature 20° above.
Nor. 18-Edgerton burned; loss, $55,000. Sufferers: Chris- man, Wallingford & Co., Mrs. Farris. Hopkins & Porter, Kerr & Cumberford, N. T. Dick, Masonic Hall, O'Conner Bros, the Repub- lican, the postoffice, Mrs. Wilkerson, Sturgiss & Son.
Vor. 22-The first snow-4 inches. Temperature 28º above.
EDWARD WILLIAMS.
Edward Williams died at his home near Barry. He was born in Scott County, Ky., in 1814; married Frances Turner, and came to Platte in 1837. He was an Universalist and a social gentle- man. His wife died before him. Ch:
I. OSCAR WILLIAMS, m'd Ann Eliza Woods, dr. of Arch.
II. GEORGE WILLIAMS, m'd Sallie Woods, dr. of William. III. SIS WILLIAMS, m'd John Belt.
IV. JENNIE, m'd Henry Wheeler.
V. F. M. WILLIAMS, m'd Alice Knighton.
VI. TEET. m'd Richard Elliott.
VII. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, m'd Kate Ham, dr. of H. B.
VIII. KATE WILLIAMS, m'd Oct 23, 1879, Henry Brown, son of Adam.
Nor. 24-William M. Hunter, father of the editors of the Argus, comes from Moberly, Mo., and becomes editor-in-chief of that paper.
HARRIS FAMILY.
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Nov. 25-Mrs. Martha J. Zachery, wife of W. D. Zachery, and daughter of Alfred Harris, died at Platte City.
THE HARRIS FAMILY.
Two brothers came from Madison County, Ky., to Platte. I. ALFRED HARRIS, m'd Mary Kincaid. Ch:
1. Martha J. Harris, m'd in 1863, Wm. Dorsey Zachery, b. in North Carolina June 24, 1823; son of David Zachery and Margaret Todd. He came to Platte in 1851. The family lived some ten years in Platte City. Ch: [a] Callie Zachery, b. June 26, 1862; m'd Dec. 6, 1893, J. T. Marshall. They live at Excelsior Springs, and Mr. Zachery lives with them.
2. Sarah Harris, b. April 20, 1827 ; m'd Nov. 4, 1853, John E. Elmore, b. Dec. 6, 1825. Mr. Elmore is an es- timable gentleman. He lived five miles west of Barry for many years, but has removed to Clay. Ch: [@] Mary Elmore, b. Jan. 4, 1855; m'd March 10, 1874, Geo. Spicer (see); [] James; [c] Jennie El- more, m'd Nov. 1, 1878, Wm. Link; [d] Robert El- more; [€] Dovey.
II. JOHN HARRIS, m'd Jane Warren. Ch:
1. Norman Harris, b. in Madison County. Ky., July 22, 1814; d. Aug. 31, 1882; m'd Dec. 26, 1848, Mary J. Wood. (See.)
2. Warren Harris, b. March 8, 1808; m'd May 23, 1842, Elizabeth Roberts. He was the veteran cock-fighter of New Market. He d. in 1896.
3. Elizabeth Harris, m'd George Roberts. (See.) Both dead.
DECEMBER.
Dec. 1-The Perkins House (Exchange Hotel) of Weston is complete.
The Landmark hoists Judge E. H. Norton's name for governor, but he declines.
Dec. 6-Temperature 2° below; 8-inch snow, but all gone by the 10th.
Crop Average of Missouri for Ten Years-Corn, 24.40 bushels per acre; heat, 11.70; potatoes, 70.30; hay. 1.20 tons.
Seven brick buildings are going up in Edgerton.
The Republican, after being burned out, issues several half. sheets, and then takes the name of The County Press.
Dec. 10-Trades carnival in the opera house in Platte City, gotten up by the Presbyterian ladies, in which 46 young ladies appear in costumes representing as many trades. The marching and evolutions of the troupe were much admired. Net proceeds, $160.
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J. A. PRICE.
The Keeley Institute is in operation at Leavenworth. Dr. R. P. C. Johnston, having been cured of the drink habit, gives up his . medical practice at Dearborn and advocates the Keeley cure.
Weather-The 14th, 10 degrees below; 15th. 10 degrees above; 16th, at zero; 20th, 22 degrees below; 21st, 8 degrees above. Six inches of snow.
Dec. 17-D. E. Bailey's house burned.
The annual election of officers for the fair is changed to the third Monday in January of each year.
Dec. 20-The new Christian church in Platte City is finished, except seats.
Dec. 25-Christmas tree at Elm Grove.
DR. JAMES A. PRICE
Leaves Weston and settles at Savannah, Mo. His parents were Nathaniel Price and Nancy Lee, and he was born in Bedford County, Va., September 7, 1829. His father removed to Lafay- ette County, Mo., where he was elected to the office of county judge. James A. spent his youth on his father's farm, and was educated at Lexington and Pleasant Hill. After a full course in dentistry, he entered on the practice at Ft. Leavenworth in 1851. February 5, 1852, he married, first, Rosetta Warner, a sister of Thos. F. Warner. (See.) They removed to California, but, owing to the illness of Mrs. Price. they returned to Weston. After
assisting Mr. Warner in his business for a year or two, he was elected in August, 1859, clerk of the Weston Court of Common Pleas, and reëlected in August, 1860. In December, 1862, Dr. Price enlisted in the 18th Missouri Militia, and was made captain. He was severely wounded at Shiloh, and he now enjoys a pension for his services. He was promoted to major, for meritorious con- duct, and for a time commanded the regiment. After his return, Col. Price engaged in recruiting for the 16th Kansas. His loyalty was never doubted, though his enemies hatched up charges against him ; but, on trial by a military commission, he was, April 1863, honorably discharged. After the war, he engaged in the practice of dentistry at Weston, and for a time opened an office at Platte City. In 1874 he was elected mayor of Weston, and reëlected in 1880. When in command at Weston, his discipline was strict, and order was enforced; and he thus incurred the hatred of some who thought him too severe. He held the office of postmaster at Weston for a number of years, under President Grant. Mrs. Price died December 16, 1875, leaving:
I. NATHANIEL E. PRICE. II. MARY B.
III. MINERVA W. IV. NANNIE C. V. BEN W. PRICE.
Colonel Price married, second, May 26, 1880, Mattie Gibson, a beautiful and lovely woman. They are living at Savannah, Mo. Colonel Price is a man of marked intelligence. He has held State offices in the orders of Odd Fellows and of Good Templars, and as a Mason he is of high rank.
MARRIAGES.
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MARRIAGES IN 1891 NOT ELSEWHERE NOTICED.
January 25-Sam Jones married Mary M. Paxton. January 26-Henry Overdeck married Sophia W. Robeker. January 29-G. L. Collum married Mrs. A. P. Linn. March 14-Lenney Benner married Kate Breckenridge. April 4-Lesley L. Moxley married Nettie M. Gustin. April 18-W. H. Montgomery married Mrs. N. L. Anderson. May 18-John C. Ginter married Maggie Smith. July 2-J. W. Whitacre married Clara Wilson. September 23-James E. Justus married Mary B. Colman. September 30-John Haines married Hester B. Carson. November 29-J. B. Porter married Bettie Ingram. December 15-John F. Gaines married Anna Caffee. December 24-Dillard Baker married Mollie E. Offutt. December 30-J. F. Sale married Laura E. Dick.
1892. OFFICERS.
Governor, D. R. Francis; Congressman, R. P. C. Wilson; State Senator, N. B. Anderson; Representative, J. W. Coots; Circuit Judge, James Sandusky; Probate Judge, J. L. Carmack; County Justices, McComas, Miller, and Crutchfield; Prosecuting Attorney, A. D. Burnes; Circuit Clerk, J. L. Freeland; County Clerk, J. J. Freeland; Sheriff, James Synnamon; Collector, W. J. Overbeck; Treasurer, T. J. Cole; Assessor, W. A. Wilson; Sur- veyor, G. B. Anderson; Superintendent of Schools, J. M. William- son; Public Administrator, J. B. Evans; Coroner, W. L. Stephens.
BUSINESS MEN.
At Platte City: Attorneys-Anderson', Burnes, Carmack, Chinn, Coots, Forman, Norton, Owens, Paxton, Roney, Wilsons, Woodson.
Physicians - Baldwin, Coffey, Overbeck, Park, Redman, Walker.
Merchants, etc .- Baker, Bane, Beaumont, Clemings, Cole, Col- man, Duncan, Elgin, Hulett, Krause, McComas (postmaster), Mason, Meads, Mitchell, Pack, Perry, Recht, Redman, Rohring, Smith, Soper, Termier, Wells, Young, Zarn, Zonne.
Mayor-J. Beery.
Lodges-No. 504, B. F. Murdock, W. M .; Royal Arch, No. 21, N. B. Anderson, H. P .; Commandery No. 9, J. Carmack, E. C .; Nebraska, No. 12, A. J. Colman, N. G.
Newspapers-Landmark, Jenkins editor; Argus, Hunter Bros. editors.
BUSINESS MEN.
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Banks-Bank of Platte City, Smith cashier; Wells & Co .. W. C. Wells president; National Bank of Platte City, A. R. Jack cashier.
Fair-J. Ed. Miller president.
Preachers-Hughes (Pres.), Proctor (M. E.), Cook (Bap.).
At Weston: Coburn, Hall, Hillix, Coots, Feagan, Jones, Simpson, Baker, Breen, Doppler, Evans, Gilbert, Howe, Ilken- hans, Jacquemin, Keller, Kenny (mayor), Magers (postmaster). Mauch, Newhouse, Noble, Noll, O'Dowd, Parr, Perkins, Raileys (bankers), Rentz, Ringo, Rohring, Rumpel, Schneider, Shindler, Siler, Thorp.
Preachers-Beller (Bap.), Grimes (M. E.), Dunning (Chris.), Petrie (M. E.), Shaw (Bap.), Schaaf (Cath.).
Public School-Bowen principal.
At Parkville: Broadhurst, Bueneman, Carpenter, Coffey, Cul- berson, Davidson, Dziubon, Fulton (postmaster), Gregg, Graden, Hatfield, Haines, Higgins & Noland, Holt, Kahm, Moore, Prather, Ringo, Rixey, Rutledge, Stultz, Summers.
Banks-Park Bank, A. J. Hamilton cashier.
School-Park College, Mrs. McAfee president.
Preacher-Sitton (M. E.).
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