Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1883, JAN. 769 IE.SIOIERS. At Ridgely: Chrisman (postmaster), Robinson, Sullivan. At Settle: Skillman (postinaster). At Tracy. Baker, Chinn, Davis, Day. Jones. Esmond. Mun- son, Perry. Park, McBride (postmaster). At Waldron Ginter. Havcns & Co., Heath, McCormick. Pettillo, Simpson (postmaster). PRICES. Beef, $4.75: corn, 35 cents; hogs. $5.50; wheat. 77 cents. PLATTE COUXTY PENSIONERS. At $2 per month: 1, 1-athan Davis; 2, Tl1o111as De Moss; 3, W. R. Ferrell; 4, Levi Green; 5, V. S. Kerr; 6, Phil Mock; 7, J. T. Riley. At $4 per 111onth: 8, N. B. Gain; 9, C. C. Clemings; 10. Her- man Martin; 11, Valt~on Pierce. At .156 per month: 12. J. A. Kenunedy; 13. V. Stackle. At $8 per month: 14, Almeda Adams; 15, Delilah Baker; 16, Susan Beery; 17, Henry Bence; 18, Jane Braseld; 19, Han- na.h Carpenter; 20. Tab. Burnam; 21, Elizabeth J. Cross; 22, El- len Elrod; H. D. Englehart; 24. Ann B. Hillix; 25, Elizabeth Hudgens; 26. Min-erva. Hunt; 27. Thomas Jones; 28, Margaret Kay; 29. Louisa Martin; 30, Martha J. Martin; 31, Mary Reed; 32, Easter Reese; 33, Jerry C. Sims; 34, Cecilia Sloan; 35, Mar- tha A. Stillwagon; 36, James M. Williams. At $10 per month: 37, John Mueller; 38. Lucinda Perry. At $12 per month: 39, John Bren-an; 40, V. D. Blanton; 41, Thomas Ellis; 42. George M. Jacobs. At $15 per month: 43, John Fulton. At $18 per month: 44, James B. M11ck~leson;~ 45, Sam Woods. . At $24 per month: 46. Joseph Anderson. JANUARY. Jan. Some time since, A. H. Burgess laid off a few lots in the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of Section 1, Township 54. Range 35, and called it Kimball. It is now made a station. under the name o-f Dearborn. on the Atchison branch of the Rock Island road. and rapidly grows. From time to time Burgess and Hrs. Stagner make additions. until Deai-born be- comes a city of 500 people. Platte City has a lyceum. Iackers Mill has been put in complete repair, and is run by steam, as well as by water. Deposits of Bank of Wells & 00., $150,663.96. Jan. 8 Scarlet fever in Platte City. Jan. 10 The Missouri is very low and frozen over. The Ohio is damaging Cincinnati and Covington. Excellent ice harvest. 49-