Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1896, NOV 1079 PLATTE PRESBYTERY Elder Cottingham is holding an interesting meeting in the Christian Church in Platte City. Lewis W. Siler, druggist of Weston, removes to Marshall, Missouri. Nov. 18 - Col. Fielding Burnes died at Platte City. HERMAN HENDRICKS shoots himself. Incendiary fire at Edgerton. The Johnson warehouse on the railroad burned. Nov. 20 - The Dearborn Democrat sold by R. N. Harrington to James Watson. Jail again without a tenant. Tish (colored) and John Garrison left by the old underground route prepared for the sewer. Garrison was recaptured. B. F. Whiteley brought from New Mexico 1,300 sheep. Nov. 24 - Lee Beery caught, in a steel trap, a beaver weighing 42 pounds. He caught another a week later. They were trapped in Platte River, three miles below Platte City. I. M. Baker bought the Griffith (St. George) Hotel in Weston for $3,400, and takes possession. Nov. 25 - Richard Coffey's stable at Tracy is consolidated with Chas. Mason's stable at Platte City, and the new firm of Mason & Coffey is formed. Platte Presbytery met at Parkville and ordained for the ministry Frank Fetteroff, and alumnus of Park College, 1893. From the class of 1896 of Park College the following are preparing for the ministry: James Clark, Edgar Clark, James Salisbury, and Jackson Buchanan, all at Auburn Seminary; Harry Plant and Paul Naylor, at Omaha; Edwin Martin, at McCormick Seminary; and William Dager, at Lane Seminary. Nov. 27 - Thanksgiving services by Elder Cottingham in the Presbyterian church at Platte City. The C. W. M. Society had their usual supper. After a pleasant season, the mercury falls to 15 degrees; on the 28th, at noon, to zero; 29th, 4 degrees above; 30th, 2 degrees above; December 1st, 15 degrees above. Beautiful weather, delightful roads, and no snow. Nov. 28 - Teachers' Institute at Parkville; C. W. Bowen superintendent. Dr. J. M. Hale, of New Market, removes to Dearborn. Thos. M. Moore, of Dearborn, removes to St. Joseph. Fire in Weston. The grocery store of A. Schneider & Son consumed. Loss, $10,000. Insurance, $5,000. Several kegs of powdered exploded, scattering fire-brands and broken glass, and a