Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1896, DEC. 1080 FIRE AT WESTON. number of persons were severely cut or burned. Leavenworth was asked for aid. but had no means of giving relief. The re was accidental and caused by a stove. The Missouri is blocked with ice, for t11e first time in Novem- ber for forty years. Skating good, but no ice put up. DECEMBER. Dec. 1 - George anid Charles May were sentenced to hang Janu- ary 15. 1897. by the Buchanan Criminal Court, for the murder of W. J. Burdett. Dearborn has an interesting Debating Club. Dec. 2 - Sale of 9.300 acres of the Winner lands in Platte and Clay counties, made at Liberty for payment of bonds of the Winner Company. The lands were all bid in at $15,000 for the bond-holders. Dec. 4 - In the oratorical contest at Kansas City for the honor of representing Missouri in the interstate contest, to come olf next May at Columbia. M0,, Perle D. Decker, of Park College, won the first honors, and will be the State orator. Fire at Weston. The Baptist church and the frame warehouse on the east of Block 3 were burned. The brick and frame busi- ness houses on the west of Block 3, facing Main Street. Were fre- quently afire. but saved by the efforts of a fire companv and their pump. The M. E. church was at one time aflame, and was s1ight- ly damaged. Main Street was filled with goods from the endan- gered stores. Fort Leavenworth sent a troop of soldiers, who re- lieved the exhausted citizens. and did valuable service. The Bap- tist Church and Bailey & Bro. were the chief sufferers. Dec. 7 - The Daughters of the Confederacy gave a public din- ner at the probate office in Platte City, which was largely patron- ized.,and a good sum was realized for the Confederate Home. William Seymour and John Laird robbed R. Mitchells store in Platte City of $100 worth of cutlery, and were apprehended. The booty was recovered, and the burglars plead guilty to an indictment. In less than a. week they were in the penitentiary. Dec. 8 - MRS. CLAUDIA DALRYMPLE LA RUE died at Dearborn. She was born in Salisbury, Ind., May 22, 1873; married July 10, 1892, O. F. La Rue, a merchant of Dearborn. Dec. 9 - MRS. B. F. MURDOCK (see) died of apoplexy at Platte City. The Platte County Union Missionary Society held their first meeting at Weston. Dr. Henry Bullard, of St. Joseph, was chosen temporary chairman, and Rev. C. B. McAfee was made president.