Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1897. JAN. 1087 H. M. ALLER. JANUARY. Jun. 1.-X new paper, called the llorIrI. is issued :11 \eston by Garten Bros. .llen lI11lett,of llatte ()it. was fo1111d insane b a jury b.-fore the probate court, and his guardian, (jarrard (he.s-nut. sent him to Kansas City; and after six weeks t+1-z1tn1e11t for ah-oliolisin on the Keeley systeni. he returns in a rational state. \. .l. Paxton issues a. prospectus for his -1111;1ls of Platte (ount." and sends his manuscript to the printers. Hll(lsoI1- l{i1nberl l11blisl1ing (,o1npa111, of Kansas City. Mo. -,/(IN. ..Rip Van \inkle" is perforiiied at the opera llullse at l)ea1-box-11. and other towns. by Prof. Frank .osworth, support- ed by the Uaniden Point Dramatic Association. Jun. JThe weather 11as bee11 mild and pleasant. The first snow fell to-day, and was followed by a bli/.7.a1-d. with the n1erc11ry at 10 degrees above. Jun. 1, JUDGE HEJRY M. ALLER. of l.eaenwortl1. died. His name has been frequently mentioned in these pages. The iinances of the county were for some years 11nder his control. Our debt was largely augmented during his adininistration. He was born in New York in July. 1827. Vith his brothers. A. L. a1:1d V. H. Aller, he came to Platte in 1860. June 16th of that vea1- they purc.hz1sed Pleasant Ridge Acadeiiiy. He was a, warm Union man. and in May. 1865. was appointed sole judge of the count court. to succeed Judge Jas. H. I.avton. who was displaced by the Vacating Ordinance. In March. 1867. he retired. and was s11c ceeded by a court of three justices. Beery. Brown. and Ha111n1. His il1(lll1l1llslli1.tlOI1 is noted a.s the era of the creation of o11r coun- ty debt, the erection of the new courtl1ouse. at an expense of --i$120.()UU, the paynient of the 1arlVille & G. R. Railroad bonds, a11d the funding of the debt. Ilis name appears 011 the tablet on tl1e outer wall of the court-house. over the soutliern entrance. After the close of his jn(licia~l term, Judge Aller reniovell to Leav- enworth, was elected State senator and police jiitlge, and lled many other oices of honor and trust. He was an active co-laborer with C-ol. Jas. N. Barnes in building the (hicago Great Western Railway. a11d the rst Leavenworth bridge. He leaves two children: 1. H. M. .ller. Jr.; 2. Mrs. Neely Todd. Jan. -3 MRS. JANE IR.-XTHER. nee Carson. widow of Wm. P1-atlier, died. She was born in lvrone, lrela.nd. i11 1922; came to Platte in 1851); married in 1854 William Irather. Their only living: child is Fannie .. wife of Isaac ;IcRea. RI(lIAl{D THOMPS(L -Came from Kentucky about 1838, and settled near New .Iarlet. He It.l11O((l to Cedar County. and died about 1876. Children: