Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1879, JAN. 67.? BUSINESS MEN. At Edgerton: Doke, Handley, Jones, Shafer, YVorth. At Farlcg/. Holt, Meyer (postmaster), Oliver, and Weisse. Fidelity Lodge, Alex. Ireland, W. M. At Ham ptcm: Funk, Bledsoe. At I atom : Smith (postmaster). .1tLinkviZle. Thos. Slaughter (postmaster). At N010 rllarket: Johnson (postmaster), Bryant, Dysart, Leave]. Middleton, Wilson. .1tRidgely: Chrisman (postmaster), Gustin, Robinson. At Tracy: Chinn, Davis. Clements, Jones. At Waldrcm : Hawkins, Holt, McCormick, Scott (postmaster), Waldrons, Flynn. PRICES. County bonds and warrants. 99 cents; Mexican dollars. 80 cents: butter. 15 cents; coee, 20 cents; corn. 50 cents; eggs, 8 cents; our. $2.50; potatoes. 40 cents; salt. $1.50; ham, 9 cents; wheat, 80 cents. JANUARY. J (m. 1Files of the Advocate and La,-n-cln2(uI. are full, the Com- mercial two-thirds full, for the year. Henry Wagle killed two otters in- Platte River. Fine slei0hinpcrood ice. Mason &bSwai3n 0 out of business. . Deposits: Cockrill & Co., $70,281; Parkville, $7,617.48; Railey & Bro., $66,738.45. JOHN WOOD having died, J. T. Vood administers. Bond, $500. Children: 1. John T. Wood; 2-. Willia.m; 3. Mary; 4. Barbara; 5. Nancy A. Wood; 6, Andrew; 7, Sarah. Jun. .?Temperature 20 below zero. and yet the collectors ofrre is crowded with taxpayers. The Lamlnziaark is at war with C01. J. E. Pitt over printing tickets for the late election. James Coburn advertises his Abstract of Titles as complete. Jun. (iTl1e new county court (Owens president. Chesnut and T1lOlp{1SS()(i21T(S) organizes. after qualifying. Jun. 10Gen. Jeff. \i1lian1s died in Richmond. Ky. Born in \nm1tord Cmiiity i11 1801. removed to Madison County; married C1itl1ia Snoddy, who (lied Noveinher 13. 1866. They came to Platte in 1855. bouglit land two miles west of Platte City. He was the i-st presideiit of the Platte County Agricultural and ;Ie.-hanical .ssm-iatiou. and at the beginning of the war re- turned to I{tl1ill(l{. No chiltlren. ]Cxcemling1v dry: wells and eisterns failing; hauling water from the liLiS.