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1893, JULY. 996 ST. JOSEPH.
July 6 - Platte River is over the low bottoms; crossed in a
skiff at Platte City.
July 9 - ASA L. SMITH -died. and the next day LARKEN
FLESHMAN died. They lived in new and elegant houses. side
by side. on the same street. and were both intelligent and wealthy. (See their sketches.)
July 18 - County Sunday-school convention in Parkville. C. B. McAfee is president.
The financial panic starts suddenly.
Great numbers attend the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
J. L. Simpson succeeds W. H. Waldron as postmaster at Waldron.
July 23 - Reuben D. Davis, merchant at Platte City, makes a general assignment to A. J. Colman.
ST. JOSEPH.
St. Joseph has 123 licensed saloons. 13 banks, 158 manufac-
tories. employes 6,000 hands. has $10,000,000 invested in various
industries. To-day is celebrated as Founders Day.
James H. Chinn, having been appointed book-keeper in the
penitentiary. removes to Jefferson City with his family.
July 28 - THOMAS RYAN and ALVIN WASHER are killed by cars
one mile west of Weston, while drunk and sleeping on the
railroad track.
AUGUST.
Aug. 7 - Congress convenes in extra session to consider the Sherman bill.
Aug 10 - R. W. Pack's house, five miles north of Platte City,
burned. Loss, $2,000. Insurance $1,350.
Cockrill and Hulett are putting down admirable cement side walks in front of Lot 12, Block 25, Platte City.
Aug 12 - Odd Fellows picnic at Smithville attended by 10,000.
Aug 14 - Sarah Cumberford, wife of Patrick N. Cumberford, and daughter of Israel Link, died. Mr. Cumberford was born January 16, 1815, in Botetourt County , VA. His parents were Samuel and Elizabeth Cumberford. He came to Platte in 1839, and settled on Second Creek; and November 24, 1840, married Mrs. Sophia E. Thiep. She died childless. He married, second, May 17, 1846, Mrs. Amanda M. Sheperd, who died, leaving: