Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1859, SEPT. 23:") JOEL (}AR(.1S. SEl"ll}M BICH. Nrpf. 51he county eourt orders an eleetiml to determine \hethel the ounl shall take $l50.t)0tD of .l(Hl in the Platte (ounty Ilailroad from Kansas (ity to St. Joseph. The S(t()Il(1 .lo11(l:l) in .oVemhe1- is set for the eleet ion. John H. \i1hite. president of the \eston and ]l:lite Cit) lm-npike (ompan). reports L miles of the road t-olnplete, and the eou11t.eou1t grants him a warrant for Slliltl. T. B. King enrolled as all attornev. ."("[)f. 9 Eli/.:ll)etll lrewitt. of .[arshall Township. ha.iug died, G. \. Hood administers. }o1ul.$.tl00. Sept. 12 Prof. (}alo1~d re-opens l1is Platte (ity Male .(-adem. with int-reased attendaliee. Lewis l}11111es enrolled as an attoi-neV. 0t "l()BE H. Oet. I~. party of Thos. He1ndons friends ask him to allow them to print. in pamphlet form. his poems. He gives consent. and the .~1(I. oiee sends forth the booklet of 113 pages. \lll(ll is sold at 50 091118. The merits of Mr. He1ndons poems are the heroic violations of et)111()l(g-y, sv11tax. a11d ])I"()[(I(l. It did ones heart good to hear him ggrandiloquently reeite his verses. and satisfac- torily show the (lrolleries and e.eellent-ies that no one else could dist-over. ()t. .}l(I1l"V M)e1s having died. [ete1- Me1s administered. Bond. $114,000. ON. lIThe Set-011d (ounty Fair near T1i1.() commenced. High and wel1-constructed seats. well (-overed. extended half way around the eirele. capable of seating 7,000 people. Parallel with the higl1est seat. a ve-foot promenade, the full length of the seats. was eotistrm-te(l. Twe11t"e dollars paid for a share. a(ln1itted one a11d his family to the gzt-ounds forever. The attendanee of 1850 wa.s perhaps the largzest in the liistory of the fair. No drinking: nor ;:a1nhIi11g was pe1n1itted. and the fair was a glorious reunion of a prosperous and happy people. JOEL G.- l(lrES. (Jet. 18 Joel (lat-ges having: died. E. \. lrink administered. .ond. ...500. Mr. Gargzges married Elizabeth Zat-har. aunt of W. D. Z:1.el1:1ry. lhev lived 11o1th of laI-kville. (hr 1. N.lH.. (}.-RGES. md in 18413. .Iar;:a1et E. (oopeix b. Feb. 7. 192] ; d. Mart-I1 213. 1802. Their dangzhter. 1. Elisa J. Gm;/0.2-, 1nd Hem Isl. (tray. H. JAMES GARHES. l). May 1. 1822: md Jan. :.1. 1854. Mirialn Noland. (l1: