Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1891, JUNE. 9-17 HIGH .-.l) LOW VATIR. HIGH AND LOW VATER MARK AT I{.-lS.vS (-llY. Since 1881) thealtit11de of St. LI()lll. has been the basis of l1i;,-h and low Water; 347.43 feet above St. Louis is liigli-water at Kansas (fity, and I;}:4.)1 feet is low-\ater. The ful~l0\i11g: slimvs the height of the river above lmv-water mark for the past ten years: 1881 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 20 . . . . . . . . . . .25 feet, 1Ui11(l1es 188-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Jul 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l. feet, 1 inch 1882-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-June 24 . . . . . . . . . . . .21 feet. 5 inches 1884 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..-pril 0 . . . . . . . . . ..1T feet. 11 lll(1l(. 1885 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J1111e 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .17 feet. 5) inches 1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)larel1 20 . . . . . . . . . .14 feet, 9 inches 188? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)[areh 31 . . . . . . . . . .18 feet, 2 inches 198.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jnl, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 2-10 feet 1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)[arel12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 8-10 feet 1890 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 5-10 feet 1891 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..J11ne21....... .. .. .. 2feet The liigliest point of the rise this ea1 about 1% feet below higll-water mark. June .26A severe wind storm did n1u(-11 injury at Platte City, and on the Leavenworth road. The tin r010~f of the National Bank of Platte City was blms-11 into the street. WALTER B. SWAIN Having dried. M. V. Swain a.d1ninis-tered. Bond. $2,000. His widow was Elizabeth. and his ehild1e11: I. C-LAR.IS~SA SWAIN. n1d a Doo~le). H. ANN E. SVYAIN. n1d an Alderman. III. LEANDER. IV. MILLIE \. V. BETTIE S~\.~IN. 1nd a Patten. VI. ALICIE. 1nd a Tays. VII. ESTELLA SV.IN, n1d a Riel1ards011. JULY. JuI1/ 1-Platte (it has expended the past year for schools. $1,422.70. The distriet now owes $1,500 in bonds. .Ji1d;ze E. H. Norton is appointed a inenlber of the eonnnission to select a Imiform list ofs(-110-01-h0nks for tl1e sehools of the State. July 1.2M0nnee 0-0d drovwned in Sn1itl1s Fork. A calming factory erected at Dearlmrn. and the eultnre of toma ttoes encmlra ged. E. MCI). (orffey is apporinted a State e01n111is~si011er to repre- sent Missouri at the V0rlds Fair at (hieag0. He is made treas- urer of the board. July 1/C011nty meeting at Platte (ity of the Farmers and Laborers Tni0-n. Forty sub-unions are represellted. I. YV. Car- son is president.