Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton




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1884, DEC. 807 MARRIAGES. vive his beloved wife. and we will soon have the duty of giving him a. favorable :I10tl((. Dec. .2-3C11rist1nas tree in the (fliristian (-hurch and one at the opera house, where Baptists, Methodists, and 11-esbyterians united. Dec. 37Rawley Masonic Lodge, No. 204. at Dearborn, dedi- cated their hall. Dec. 31Elder John H. Duncan reports to the Christian Church at Platte City the results of his years work: Baptized and resvtored, 16; lost by lette-r and by death, 8; visits made. 225; church collections, $430.71. Edgerton shipped, in 1884, 62,700 bushels of wheat. Copley Hall, Park College, itished. Accommodates 100 students. MARRIAGES IN 1884 N01 ELSEWHERE NOTICED. Marcli 2George Jones Inarried Matilda Denney. .Ia.rch 6Jo~hn V. Brinik mairried Octavia Griith. April 10Char1es Meyer married Elizabeth Yeihe. April 17Jonas R. Winburn married Cora N. Barbee. August 2SGeo. B. McAdow married Mary Boton. Nov-emxber 19N~oah~ Miller married Luella. B. Fulton. November 17Rev. Wm. Voss married Alice H. Haines. December 10R-ichard W. Calvert married Elizabeth M. Braslhear. I885. OFFICERS. Governor, Jo-hn S. Marmaduke; Congressman, Jas. N. Burnes; State Senator, H. F. Simrall; Representative, James Adkins; Circuit Judge, G. V. Dunn; Prosectlting Attorney, J. W. Coburn; Circuit Clerk, W. H. R-oney; Treasurer, A. R. Jack; Surveyor, D. T. Polk; Public Administrator. W. C. Wells; Probate Judge, iV. P. Chiles; County Justices. Shouse, Sum- mers, and \al1er; Sheriff, R. V. Pack: Collector, John T. Owens; County Clerk, T. F. Varner; Assessor, J. Synnamon; Superintendent of Schools, W. A. Bower; Coroner. N. Lutes. BUSINESS MEN. At Platte City: ArttorneysAnderso~n. Burnes, Carmack, Cootrs. Forman, Harrington, Norton, Paxt~on, B. Voodson. PhlysiciansBaldW~in, Coffey, Mc-Donald, Overbeck, Records, Red-man.