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, 21 JULY 1886; DEATHS and BIRTHS - The following deaths were filed with the County Clerk the past week: Date Name Age July 1 Anne GAVISK 11 years July 3 Emelia VERNDRAN 1 month BIRTHS Date Name of mother Sex June 30 Mrs. Henry LEUTZINGER girl June 30 Mrs. M.W. HORINE boy June 22 Mrs. Henry TRENTELMANN girl June 19 Mrs. John G. BRUNS girl June 17 Mrs. H.P. GRAHAM boy June 17 Mrs. William POWERS boy July 5 Mrs. Henry SCHMIDT boy July 7 Mrs. Thomas POLKINGHORN girl Estate of KRAMER minors, Frederick KRAMER guardian, annual. Estate Nellie KIRN minor, H.N. JENKINS guardian, second. Estate Cora KIRN minor, August RACINE guardian, second. Estate REHEIS minors, George ZIEGLER curator, third annual. WEDNESDAY, 28 JULY 1886; E.F. HONEY returned home, last week fully restored. Miss Mary HOEKEN and Miss OPES left yesterday for their home, Morrow, Ohio. Mrs. Jos. J. HOEKEN accompanied them to be gone a week or two. There is a brand new Democrat at Ed. MERSEAL's. He won't be able to vote this time but if he follows after his father he will vote right when his time does come. Constable DAVIS brought a darky to jail, last Wednesday, on a commitment from 'Squire WARNE, on a charge of felonious assault. Henry WINGO is his name and he has a pistol ball in the back of his head, which was deposited there by Anderson BOYCE, also colored. WINGO is a bad nigger to handle, had been on a protracted drunk and abused his wife, who went to a neighbor for protection. While there Henry came and, being refused admittance, began battering down the door. BOYCE came along and tried to make peace, when WINGO pulled a pop, which was promptly wrenched from him. Then he got hold of an ax and advanced upon BOYCE, who stopped him with the aforesaid bullet. Wheat in this neighborhood turned out as follows - Elias BURGESS threshed from 41 acres 1,000; Thomas BYRNE from 48 acres 757 bushels; W. HUMES from 42, 606; J. FITZMORRIS from 88, 708, which is over 18 bushels per acre. July 22, 1886. PLATTIN - Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell McCORMACK are attending the funeral of Mrs. S.H. MEAD, near Rush Tower, today...The whistle and clatter of TOOLOOSE's threshing machind have been heard here several days...J.L. MANK of St. Louis is here looking after business affairs...George TUCKER has over sixteen pounds of twins at his house, which came on the 10th inst. The girl weighs 8 1/2 and the boy 7 3/4...Frank ESTES is moving back to St. Francois county...Charles JARVIS and O.H. DONNELL visited us this week...John WEAVER was also here, and I understand that W.R. DONNELL was in the vicinity. All are doing a little electioneering...Mrs. Mollie JOHNSTON of Horine is spending a week with relations here...J.S. DUTTON will move soon to the farm he bought of Mr.FARLEY. He will still tend the P.C McCORMACK farm...Last Tuesday George PORTER committed an unprovoked and wanton assault on James WILLIAMS, a quiet and in offensive boy. A warrant was got out and PORTER was arrested and taken before 'Squire EAKEN, where he pleaded guilty and was fined. The fine and costs, amounting to $12.30, are still unpaid, but Constable THOMPSON stands good for it. Plattin, July 24, 1886. DEATHS and BIRTHS - The following deaths were filed with the County Clerk the past week: Date Name Age July 8 George SPITZ 3 years July 13 Charles SPITZ 10 months July 19 Charles COLE 26 years BIRTHS Date Name of mother Sex July 5 Mrs. Charles HARMONY girl WEDNESDAY, 11 AUGUST 1886 On Sunday, August 1, 1886, 'Squire McFARLAND united in wedlock John T. WILLIAMS and Lucy E. MANION, both of Big River township. LICENSED to WED - Michael J. LINSKEY and Mary BRADY, Peter MONTGOMERY and Alzona GENTRAM, Solomon K. WHITT and Emily P. HURT, Samuel SCOTT and Maggie MEYER, Michael KYLE and Rhoda OFFERT, Levi F. McKEE and Mrs. L.V. ROGGE, D.L. WIDEMAN and Margie B. ANDERSON, Elijah KYLE and Louise BUTLER, John T. WILLIAMS and Lucy MANION. A regular term of Probate court is being held this week. There are no litigated cases, the time being occupied by annual and final settlements of administration and guardians. Information has been filed with the court, stating that Jane WILLIAMS, the blind daughter of the late Meredith WILLIAMS is of unsound mind and incapable of managing her affairs. She has an estate of $1,200, and the proceeding is for the purpose of saving it for her support. Dr. MOCKBEE was called, Monday, to hold an inquest over the remains of a man found on the track, near Toby switch, De Soto. He had been run over by a train and was badly mangled, but was finally identified as James ARMSTRONG who worked a while in De Soto during the late strike, but who had been gone from there for some time. He is supposed to have a wife, living at Belgrade, Washington county, Mo. There was nothing to show how he happened to meet with such a terrible fate. </HTML>