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 Part II WEDNESDAY, 29 APRIL 1885 CRYSTAL and LIMITVILLE - Mrs. Sallie SMITH, wife of Frank SMITH of this place, is lying very low and is not expected to live. Mr. Bryan BRECKENRIDGE has moved to Washington County, where he intends farming with his wife's father. Miss Mary HEWS and Mr. DEMPSEY of Franklin county, were married this week. Silas DAVIS, an old and respected citizen of this part of the county, died last week of pneumonia. James BYRNE, while in his mill, accidentally had his arm broken by some machinery that he was handling. WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 1885 A MOUNTAIN HORROR - ELEVEN HOME STAKE MINERS BURIED UNDER AN AVALANCHE -Leadville, Colorado, special dispatch to Globe-Democrat: Shortly after 2 o'clock Friday afternoon this community was convulsed by the news of a most shocking accident. The first reports were embodied in a telegram from Frank SANDERSON to James MURRAY, foreman of the Denver City Mining Company, saying: "The men at the Homestake have been buried in a snow-slide. Send relief." A special relief train at once started for the place of disaster and, after fifty minutes; ride, drew at SANDERSON's ranche on the Eagle River, extension of the Rio Grande, and some sixteen miles from Leadville. Mr. SANDERSON said he felt convinced that eleven men had been buried in a snow-slide, which constituted all the men engaged there during the winter. Home Stake Peak thrusts itself into the air several thousand feet almost needle-like, and the clouds nestle about it all hours of the day, it towers directly above the Home Stake mine, masses of perpetual snow clinging to its rugged sides, menacing those below from one season to another. Upon the declivity of the mountain and just above the mine, is a small lake. Below this is a bench, from the bottom of which projects a massive boulder. Beneath its shadow was located the three cabins just at timber line and occupied by eleven men. The avalanche, tearing down from the peak, would find them straight in - path, and would either sweep them down thousands of feet or crush them to their foundations. Mr. SANDERSON was of the impression that the latter had occurred, saying there was a depression in the snow just at the point beneath which the cabins had stood. For this reason he believes that the men had been crushed beneath the falling timbers and thought it possible that some of them might still be alive, but helpless beneath at least twenty-five feet of snow, boulders and timbers. There is nothing any more definite than this about the terrible affair save that eleven men are missing as follows: Morton BORDER and brother Sylvester, of Nova Scotia: Horace W. MATTHEWS, and brother, Joseph MATTHEWS, of Iowa: John LOCK and John BURNS, of England: Charles RICHARDS, Nova Scotia; Chris. HARVEY, of Leadville; Robert CAMPBELL, Red Cliff; John BURNS, San Francisco, and an unknown man. Mr. KLEINSCHMIDT's baby died yesterday afternoon. It was only sick about eight days with scarlet fever. 'Squire BERGMEYER united in wedlock, on the 28th day of April, 1885, near Antonio, Fidelo ROGERS and Louisa KUCKELMEISTER. Silas G. WILSON and Isabella WILLIAMS, both of Central township, were joined together by 'Squire SHEIBLE, on the 29th of April last. May they live long and prosper. LICENSED TO MARRY - N.F. ROGERS and Louisa KUCHELMEISTER, Silas G. WILSON and Isabella WILLIAMS, Christian YANGEMANN and Mary ROESCH, Samuel J. MARSDEN and Lillie V. HENSLEY. Miss Laura, daughter of Rev. Pinkney HUDDLESTON of Washington county, committed suicide at the Potosi Hotel, Tuesday of last week. Trouble in a love affair seems to have been the motive. In our death reports this week, are the names of two of the oldest residents of Plattin township - Mrs. GRIFFAW, 104 years, and Mr. TULLOCK, nearly 82. We understand that Mrs. GRIFFAW's age is well authenticated. She resided in this county many years, and came here from Ste. Genevieve. Charles WACK, son of the old Hillsboro blacksmith, and Allen McCREERY, son of the late Allen McCREERY, had a fight two weeks ago, in which McCREERY stabbed WACK some thirteen times in the back, arm and shoulder. From what we can learn McCREERY was the aggressor, he first drawing a pistol on WACK. A warrant is out for his arrest, but he has not yet been caught. WACK is getting well. </HTML>