John, This just couldn't have come at a better time for me!!!! The article about 'Peter Duprey' has really lifted my spirits! He is my 3rd great grandfather and I've been trying to find out who his parents are and when exactly he died. Although this doesn't tell me those things, it does give me more knowledge of his life and helps me to know him a little better!! Peter worked for the American Fur Company at one time. I have also been told that Peter was a translator (between the whites and the Indians) in the courts there. It looks like he may have been doing the translating for his friend 'Judge Churchill'. I would just love to know if Judge Churchill left his papers behind and if they are being kept somewhere?!! Maybe someone reading this would know? Thank you!!! Karla Harp jarronita@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:18 PM Subject: [MOJACKSO] Wyandotte County news - 28 April 1877 > ARMSTRONG, BENTLEY, CABLE, CHALFANT, CHURCHILL, > COBB, COLLINS, COLLINS, CORNELL, DEPPE, DUPREY, > GREEN, LANE, MATHIAS, MILLER, NEW, SKELTON, > SPRING, STARND, TRICKY, TUNNELL, YOUNG > > > "The Kansas City Journal of Commerce" (Missouri) Saturday, April 28, 1877 > > WYANDOTT, ARMSTRONG, KANSAS CITY, ROSEDALE > > Col. COBB has returned home from his trip east. > > M. SKELTON, of Leavenworth, was in Wyandott yesterday. > > The Knights of Pythias will meet this evening for drill. > > Mrs. V. J. LANE has returned from her visit to Sedgwick. > > We are glad to learn that the child of Henry NEW is recovering rapidly. > > A heavy rain fell yesterday and continued at intervals during the day. > > The M. E. church will hold its quarterly meeting to-day and to-morrow. > > Several Leavenworth parties were in Wyandott yesterday looking up > locations. > > J. A. MILLER, painter, paper-hanger, etc. Leave orders at Bernhard's, > P. O. > > We are pained to learn that the little daughter of D. E. CORNELL lies > dangerously ill. > > We learn from Superintendent TRICKY that school will be resumed in > Rosedale on Monday. > > Plankington & Armours yesterday received at their packing-house, > Kansas City, Kan., 2,000 fine hogs. > > Yesterday teams commenced crossing the southern bridge for the first > time since it has been closed up. > > A Sunday-school convention will be held at Rosedale on Sunday, > May 13th. All are invited to be present. > > The party who picked up Mac ARMSTRONG's pocket-book will confer > a favor by leaving it at Northrup's bank. > > The steamer Gold-dust arrived at Wyandott yesterday with five thousand > ties for the Kansas Pacific railway. > > Mr. YOUNG, of Pomeroy, has returned from his trip East and reports > that in all his travels there is no place like home. > > The Swede Lutheran church will hold services to-morrow at the brick > school house, Kansas City, Kan., at 10:30 a.m. > > There are now at present in course of erection, in Kansas City, Kan., > thirteen houses, and more are to be commenced next week. > > The split-log culvert is in a bad condition, and something should be > done to prevent that part of the road being entirely washed away. > > The Kansas City, Kan., young folks intend organizing a literary club. > This is an excellent idea, and will help to while away many an evening. > > A small fishing smack, something after the fashion of a Noah's ark, > arrived at Wyandott, Thursday, and anchored north of the old toll-bridge. > > Miss Lizzie COLLINS, who commenced school at Muncie last Monday > for the spring term, has now the largest attendance ever known in that > district. > > A. H. DEPPE has now the frame of his house up, and proposes to > move in on Wednesday. This will make him put the building up in > about five days. > > The 4 p.m. Missouri Pacific train, going West, yesterday killed a fine > calf, just south of the new bridge. We failed to find out who owned the > animal. > > Rev. L. W. SPRING, of Lawrence, will preach to-morrow in the > Congregational church, Rev. R. D. TUNNELL going to Lawrence and > officiating in the place of the above gentlemen. > > A well known Kansas City gent was arrested yesterday by Marshal > COLLINS for riding over the sidewalk, but he swearing the animal > being restive and beyond his control, rushed on the walk, Judge > CABLE dismissed the case. > > Messrs. SKELTON & STARND of Leavenworth, yesterday had the > land staked off on a portion of the Walker and Ferry tract for the > purpose of erecting thereon a first-class saw mill. They will ultimately > erect a large flouring mill and grain elevator. > > Peter DUPREY, the oldest settler in Wyandott county, has for the > past few days been visiting his friend, Judge CHURCHILL. He tells > a great deal of his hardships of frontier life, and remembers the time > when he killed buffalo where Cook's building now stands, and shows > several scars received by the Indians while plying his vocation. > Nearly forty years ago he took up a plot of land belonging to the > government, situated where the Union depot now stands; he also, > at the same time, settled on some land situated where the Catholic > church now stands, in Kansas City. We hear he intends to make > an effort to reclaim some of his property, he never having deeded > any of it away. He left yesterday afternoon for Leavenworth, and > thence to his home at Eldorado, Butler county, Kan., and although > eighty years of age, is as hale and hearty as many of our younger > men. > > ROSEDALE. > > Everybody is planting and improving their gardens. Garden sass > will be abundant. > > Old settlers say the prospect for a good fruit crop has never been > better in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. > > D. S. BENTLEY is chuck full of business. In connection with his > city business, he is enjoying a splendid country trade. > > Mr. MATHIAS, superintendent of the rolling mills, says that there > are over ten thousand pounds of old iron at the mills at this time. > > Contracts for the erection of thirty or more small residence buildings > will be let within the next ten days. All or nearly all of them will be > occupied by attaches of the rolling mills. > > Yesterday the rolling mills, after being idle for some days, started up, > and now the boys have work on hand. There will be no more time for > piscatorial pastimes on the banks of Turkey creek. > > The prospects for the erection of a car-wheel factory in close proximity > to the rolling mills are quite encouraging. Messrs. GREEN & Co., of > St. Louis, will visit Rosedale soon for the purpose of making preliminary > arrangements for the enterprise. > > Dr. D. Y. CHALFANT, of Kansas City, passed through Rosedale > yesterday, toting a pick, shovel and an old half-bushel basket. No > one knew where he was going or what he designed doing. 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