Just to remind everyone -- Charlotte's "Pearls" are now archived permanently at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/mo_newspaper.htm -------------------------------- Jefferson Democrat Hillsboro, Jefferson county, Missouri WEDNESDAY, 14 APRIL 1886; William J. EVANS and Viola E. POUNDS, were united in wedlock by 'Squire McFARLAND, on the 4th inst. LICENSED TO MARRY - Cornelius TOY and Catharine SAKA; William BOLI and Mary DUNCAN, Charles E. SCOTT and Elvina ROBINSON. The latter couple are colored. Jas. D. ACKERSON and Laura J. BOYER. W.R. DONNELL as guardian for James S. WHITEHEAD, Jr., obtained judgment against the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, in the Circuit court of Washington county, last week, for $5,000 damages, sustained by said boy by loss of a limb in a collision on the road sometime since. The only surprise here is that the judgment is so small Our little town election passed off quietly, Tuesday of last week. There were two tickets, one known as the VOLLMAR and the other as the HOEKEN ticket, the latter winning by a majority of about ten. The trustees elected are, Richard MARSDEN, F.J. SHEIBLE, C. Thos. HORINE, George M. MOCKBEE and John SHELTON. SHEIBLE was on both tickets. At the school election W.H.H. THOMAS was elected to succeed himself. DeSoto, Mo., April 6th, 1886 - A member of the Knights of Labor, named August BLUEMEL, drew his wages from the pay car, last Saturday, and then absconded, leaving me in the lurch for thirty dollars on his board, and many others mourn his absence in a similar manner. He is a green GERMAN, a Knight of Labor and a vigorous striker. It is reported that he retraced his steps to Germany. F.J. KNAPP The fellow is probably not so "green" as he seemed to be. - Ed. Henry FINGER met with a very serious accident last Saturday morning. It appears that while driving his team down the hill on the Jefferson county side of the bridge approach the wood frame that he had on the wagon worked forward and struck the horses. This frightened the team and they started, throwing Mr. FINGER under the wagon. One of the front wheels passed over his chest, and the hind wheel, which was locked with a log chain, struck the lower portion of one of his legs. He dragged a distance of about twenty yards over the rough rocky road. His foot was twisted around and pulled from his leg, being only connected by the leaders. Mr. FINGER is about 74 years old. We understand he is getting along as well as could be expected. A genuine case of hard-headedness came to light in our county the past three weeks, Joseph STAHL and Frederick GILBERT, two Bohemians, are neighbors and reside between Maxville and Fenton, in Jefferson county. They had had trouble for a year or two about a road, which kept the two families constantly in fighting trim. On the 21st ult. Mr. GILBERT came to Hillsboro and entered a prosecution against Mr. STAHL before 'Squire SHEIBLE, stating that he was afraid that STAHL, would do him bodily harm, and wanted him put under bond to keep the peace. The same day GILBERT's son, Andrew, had the Prosecuting Attorney to file an information before the same Justice charging Joseph STAHL with common assault. The warrants were issued, STAHL arrested, and bond taken for his appearance for trial on the 17th inst. In the meanwhile STAHL was not idle, but went before 'Squire MARX, at Maxville, and brought charges against Andrew GILBERT for carrying concealed deadly weapons and shooting them off near his (STAHL's) house; and George GILBERT the eldest son of Frederick, had Michael, a son of Mr. STAHL, arrested for carrying deadly weapons, before the same Justice. These two cases came up for trial last Thursday, and Prosecuting Attorney GREEN took 'Squire SHEIBLE along to Maxville, as a "guardian angel" to see the sights. Arriving at Maxville, we found quite a large crowd at Mr. ZIPP's, very few of whom we could understand, they all being Bohemians. An effort was made to compromise the difficulty, and it seemed that such an end could be reached, George GILBERT, however, thought he was the second edition of BLACKSTONE, and would not permit his father to drop the matter, whereupon the cases were called. There was no evidence against young STAHL and the Justice promptly acquitted him, which threw the costs upon George GILBERT. Then Andrew GILBERT's case was called and after a half hours, investigation he was found guilty and fined fifty dollars and trimmings. These cases will cost the GILBERT's about one hundred dollars. Seeing that ignorance, bullying and hard swearing would not win, they then paid the accrued costs in the cases before 'Squire SHEIBLE, and they were then dismissed. Thus they are wiser, if not richer. DIED - April 11th, 1886, at Hillsboro, Mo., John George GEHRING, aged 78 years, 2 months and 7 days. Mr. GEHRING has been a citizen of this country for about 35 years. He leaves a widow and six children, all of whom are grown, two of his daughters, Mrs. Henry HURTGEN and Mrs. John HUBELI, being resident of Hillsboro. Just a few weeks ago Mr. GEHRING concluded that as his family were all grown up he would take matters easy for the rest of his life, so he purchased a home in Hillsboro, and they moved in; but he did not enjoy the quietude long He was a member of the German Evangelical Church, and was recognized by all his acquittances as an honest, industrious and useful citizen. He was buried in the Hillsboro cemetery, a large concourse of his neighbors showing their appreciation by attending the funeral. COUNTY COURT - There was a short session of County Court Monday, the object of calling it together being to receive the Lemay bridge, but as the bridge is not completed, the business transacted consisted in auditing some bills against the county, the following being allowed: C.S. MOTHERSHEAD, 18.00 J.B. DOVER, 18.00 W. SPHULZE, repairing Head's creek bridge 45.00 John WILLIAMS, County Judge 3.00 R.G. MADISON, County Judge 5.00 Henry SECKMANN, County Judge 5.00 Otto RAUSCHENBACH, bridge lumber 5.64 W.R. DONNELL, County clerk 68.20 H.F. MEYER, bridge lumber 87.72 Geo. MARTIN, d-c road district 5 12.70 R.W. McMULLIN, publishing 21.02 C.P. DALTON, coffin for pauper 4.00 Walter BRINDLE, work on bridge 75.00 Report of inquest on the body of Roxie McDANIEL, deceased, was approved and fee bill of $27.13 was allowed. </HTML>