Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1878, JAN. 654 THE WEBBS. 1. William A. 1Sti.IIzcag/0121. :3. G60. T. 3. David. 4. Ida. 5. HattieStillzragon. 6. Nora. II. MARY C. \~EBB. md Isaac W. Hill. III. YVILLS WEBB. IV. JOHN \EBB. V. JANE. VI. VILLIA-M. VII. JOSEPH. VIII. JAMES. -Jun. 30Su11da(v-school Convention at Plattsburg, attended by Rev. W. C. Campbell, J. M. Cockrill, Jane Coleman, and W. M. . Paxton. TopicsT:he Platte City Lecture Course. T. V. P.arks lec- ture on Ba.bies." Funding the county d-ebt at 6 per cent. The granges. The Fox and Bone controversy. Approaching peace in Europe. The Iinmensikoffs. Croquet. Repudiation. T. C. Thurston. FEBRUARY. Feb. 1~Smithville business men: 1, Giles Clardvy (hard- ware) ; 2, J. D. De Berry (dry goods); 3, Erastus Smith (dry goods); 4. Yilli-am Kerr (drugs); 5, Spratt & Braseld (drug goods); 6, Jas. Adams. Feb. .;Rev. XV. H. Penhallegon lectures on the Personalities and Blunders of Great Men." Twelve prisoners in jail. Pope Pius IX. dies. The prob-ate court xed its regular terms the rst Mondays in Janiiary, April, July. and October. Feb. 11The county buys its funding bonds, bearing 10 per cent. at 93.98 cents on the dollar. This depreciation was the effect of the cry of repudiation. A mild winterthus far no ice. Rev. W. C. Campbell lectured on the Restitution of All Things. Feb. 16I)t1110(1i1(S elect their Central Committee by town- ship conventions. Feb. 18R. T. Ellifrit lectures on Signals. Feb. 20J11(l,,:e H. L. Routt, of Liberty, lectures at Platte (itv on Te111pera11-e." Feb. 23\. M. Paxton lectures at Platte City on The Russo- [url{isl1 \a1. l~eb. .31Tl1e Mites at Platte (ity voted a sprig of evergreen In Miss Lillie (:l1n}1ebll. as the fairest lad). and to W. H. Hunt, as the ugliest 1112111. I:-I1. .3.5Tl1e Repmliators l1avi11g invited the celebrated H. (l:1v In-2111 to Platte (,itv. he spoke at the court-liouse. but 0}1p()S(:(l 1-e]mdi:1tio11. W. M. Paxton made a burlesque song of it. . pi-otrac-te(l ineeting at R1idgel) added to the Christian