Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1876, OCT. 630 ELECTION. 3, Marcellus; 4. Cornelius; 5, Theodore; 6, Adelia, n1d Feb. 24, 1885. A. D. Newby; 7. Nevada. Oct. 30Judge H. M. Vories died at St. Joseph. In View of approaching death. he had resigned as a supreme judge of the State. a.nd Judge Norton had b-een appointed to the place. He was born in Henry County. K52, May 25, 1810. went to Danville, Ill.. and engaged in mercantile pursuits, came to Platte City be- fore the war. and sp-ent several years with us. His genial dis- position made him popular. NOVEMBER. ELECTION. PresidentTildien. 2.648; Hayes, 864. State SenatorR. P. C. Wilson, 1,896; J. E. Pitt, 1,314. R.eprese11tatiVeV. C. ells, 1,899; Geo. Gabbert, 1,470. SherittV. H. Hunt, 1,736; XV. H. Calvert, 1,711. County Judg(.LJas. S. Owens, 1.936; J. R. Swain, 1,473. Prosecutinig Atto1neyJ. L. Carina.ck, 1,325; W. Forman, 953; J. T. Reynolds, 761; J. J. Hitt, 269. Probate Judge-W. P. Chiles 2692; L. Shepard, 713. TreasurerE. C. C10lCkI111, 2.539; C. Brown, 375; Sloan, 469. Public Adn;iinistratorW. F. Yocom, 2,950. Surveyo-rW. V. Slone, 3,160. Co-ronerTho=s. Stewart, 1.388; Hoack. 603. Vote for PresidentTilden. State. 202,687; United States, 4.284.885. Ha)-es, State. 144,398; United States. 4,033,950. Cooper (Greenback), United States, 81,740. Smith (Prohibition), United States, 9,522. The L(uz(l~2nmk attacks Judge Owens viciously, an-d pitches into W. M. Paxton with a vengeance. Both parties take the abuse coolly. Nor. 10Dr. Williani Peters dies at Weston. He was a part- ner of Dr. Ben Bonifant, and married November 9, 1869, his sister, Carrie; no children. V R. T. Darnall shoots T. C. Thurston in the cheek just below the eye. The bullet passed into the mouth. Thurston was laid up for a few weeks. The attra) occurred on Main Street in Platte City. in front of (i}reens saloon. ILl.Ol(}HPY GR.1"l having died. Jesse Miller adminis- ters. Iioiul. $$.000. His widow was Delpliia. His children: 1. Jai-k; 2. Jaliaferro; 3. Marf. Fruit is almost a. fzlilure. Nor. ...I,E[. SIE.(".ER having died. Theo. Lenz adn1in~ istei-ml. ioncl. 11}~2.000. (I12 1. Joseph: 2. Anna )l.; 3, Lewis; 4. Louisa; illian1 A. Spencer.