Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1868. JAN. 407 T. T. JONES. called and an examination made of the scene of the tragedy, but Henry was not found until the next morning. He had found shelter in a neigliboring farmhouse, and was still living, though he died in a few hours. He had received three pistol wounds, and ha.d been robbed of $70 a.nd some nuggets of gold. .ut .tl20,000 in his belt was not discovered. He was brought home for burial. It was thought that one of the robbers was killed and borne off. Jun. 5. vast amount of real estate was sold for taxes, by (ollector Ogden. Most of it was afterwards redeemed by the paylncnt of double. The sales were all void at law. J (III. .I-9Rev. Frederick Starr. the Presbyterian preacher (lriven from YWeston. at the time of the Kansas troubles in 1856. on account of his opposition to slavery. returns on a visit, and is kindly received and entertained. Jan. I7Elijah Cody. long a merchant of Weston. dies at Denver. Jan. ]9The bitter controversy between the Weston papers is exemplied by the following paragraph from the Border Times: The Irishman who does the jackass articles for the La.ndnzaxrI. has stolen the style of the Cairo Item for the publication of his conglomerated mass of nonsensical nothings. which he is pleased to call Brief Mention. They are void of common sense, as they are prolic of brevity. Jan. .23Tl1e accepted plan and specications for the pro- posed court-house and jail, prepared by Peter MeDuff, are placed on le. The Federal la.w requiring lawyers and preachers to take the test oath is decided unconstitutional and void. Much excitement in Weston over ghosts. Fine sleighing. Jan. 26Man0ah Miles appointed supervisor of registration. J. M. Mulkey retires. and White & Field take the Planters (Green) House in Platte C/itv. FEBRUARY. Feb. 5. two-foot snow. drifting in places to five feet. THOMPSON T. JONE S. Feb. Thompson T. Jones died. His widow. Oirena. (Adkins) Jones. administered. Bond. $15000. He was well educated and devoted several years to teaching. (See the Jones Family.") He was tall and handsome and unr-ommonlv urbane in his man- ner. To the (lav of his death. he was one of my choice friends and companions. Feb. 9 The Border Times has Jesse Renos poem Moving. a harbinger of much verse and prose of second-rate quality.