Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1875, NOV. 612 L. SHOUSE. Nov. 25-8. A. Gilbert is chief editor of the St. Joseph Ga.:cztc, and during the \~Ihisky Ring trials, was the St. Louis correspondent of the paper. His letters at that time display wonderful ability as a. newspaper correspondent. A large gray eagle is killed by Collins B. Hodges, 7 miles east of Platte City. It had seized a goose and was making off with it. It measured 61/2 feet from tip to tip. Nor. 30Temperature, 3 below zero. Late grasshopper corn" slightly injured. DECEMBER. Dec. 10Ryland Russell, of Marshall Township, and Perry YValker, of Platte City, died. LEWIS SHOUSE Dec. 13Lewis Shouse, of Green Township, died. He was born in Woodford County, Ky., in 1810; married Eliza Dawson, born in Kentucky in 1813; died in Platte January 2, 1894. Lewis and his brother. B. P. Shouse, came in 1843, and settled near New Market. Children of Lewis: I. JAMES S. SHOUSE, md April 25, 1878. Mrs. Mary Hill. II. IYILLIAM SHOUSE, md March 2, 1872, Hattie Duty. III. GEORGE SHOUSE. IV. MAGGIE SHOUSE, md L. M. Graves. (See.) V. ALBERT P. SHOUSE, b. Oct. 1, 1854; md May 14, 1884, Ellen B. Moore. VI. ALICE SHOUSE. n1d Dec. 26. 1882. Chas. Evans. VII. LUCY SHOUSE, md a. Beery. VIII. FA1lIE SHOUSE. THE TON TIN E. After the meeting of the Tontine in November, I published, anonymously. in the Democrat, a burlesque poem upon it. which had so much truth as to be severe. There was much inquiry for the author. and I told Mr. Kline. the editor. to give my name to any inquirer. Late at night, on the 13th. a. drunken rabble waited on Kline. and my name was given, I got a. general curs- ing. and Kline published the burlesque again to satisfy the call for if. rm. I7J. Monroe (Tot-krill is appointed superintendent of l].1tte City M. E. Suiitlay-st-:l1ool. llamp. Cool; makes a. teniperaiit-e lecture at Platte City. . Gnml Templar -onvention at Platte City. Eight lodges w-n- 1~-In--sviiti-l. The dc-legates from Platte City Lodge. No. 746, we-rs-: J. I).lrn\11.E.M("l).(,nfle). R. Edwards. \illia.m F0-rman, \. T. J4.-nkins. \. M. Paxton. Prohibition resolutions were 1iflS.st(l. IM-. ..?.7(ln-istinas at Platte City. The Christian Church had a ship. and the other (-liurches trees.