Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
[previous page] [next page]
[previous page] [next page]
1866, SEPT. 420 COUNTY CONVENTION. IV. LEXYIS PENCE, d. in June, 1866; md Jane Scarce. d. April 24. 1891. He was a director of the Mechanics Bank of Weston and one of my esteemed friends. Children: 1. Emma Pence, md Dec. 3. 1866, J. N. Vineyard. (See.) 2. Lewis W. Pence (ii), n1d Ruth Adkins. dr. of Dar. J. Children: [4] Jennie. md Oct. 3. 1894, Ellis G. Minigs. 3. Moll/10 T. Pence. md Nov. 18. 1879, Judge Jas. Gibson, of Kansas City. V. DANIEL PENCE. lived and died in Kentucky. A CONSERVATIVE COUNTY CONVENTION. Sept. 3A Conservative County Convention was held at the Baptist church, in Pla.tte City, to nominate candidates for the ensuing election. A majority were disfranchised; yet, after a spirited contest, in which S. A. Gilbert led the opposition, all were permitted to vote. After the nominations were made for all the ofces, the crowd adjourned to the street; and, appointing tellers, the chairman called for the candidates for one ofce at a time to stand forth; and, at the word. the voters took position behind their favorites respectively. In this way the nominees were very soon, and very satisfactioirily. selected. The result was as follows: Represrentatives, John Wilson and H. J. Wolf; cir- cuit clerk. R. D. Johnston; county clerk. D. P. Lewis; sl1eri. L. Shepard; treasurer. L. Ferguson; assessor. J. A. Stone; public administrator. J. B. Cox; surveyor. R. C. Ellifrit; supervisor of registration. IV. Cunningham; coroner. E. D. Cord. Sept. 8Th~e brickwork of the courthouse is now 11p to the second story. The jailer-s house is under roof. and a large amount of rock is on the ground for the jail. REGISTRATION. Sept. 13James Dnrbin. supervisor of registration gives notice that all qualied voters may register any Saturday between September 20th and October 20th, at their proper precincts; and that a board of appeals will be held at Platte City. from the 23d to the 26th of October. Sept. .I5Grassl1oppers have reached Leavenworth. leaving terror before them and desolation behind them. A DESPERATE AFFRAY AT PLATTE CITY. In the afternoon. after the Radical Convention had ad- journr-d. a crowd gathered in front of the Fleshnian House. J. H. Dunagan. 21 Radical of Herculean frame. got drunk. a.nd ourished a pistol with threats. Officers interfered. but Duna- gaii refused to obey. and red off his pistol. Immediately. there was a. general ring of revolvers. and the crowd hastily dispersed. YWilliam Calla,2-han and John Heath were killed. and among the wounded were Richard Rush. J. P. Fates, J. H. Dunagan, D. Flem- ing. John Fole. Y. B. Heath. Sanders .Ic(o1nas. E. J. Phillips,