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, 11 AUGUST 1886; Mary BLACK, colored, died July 20th, at Mrs. M.L. SPAULDING's on Sandy, aged about 80 years. She was formerly the property of Mr. SPAULDING and remained with the family after being freed. She was a cripple for many years and during the last ten years she could not see. She thought so much of the family that she would not consent to leave them after she became a helpless burden, and the county has been making small appropriations for her benefit for several years. Last Thursday afternoon Charles McKEE rushed into our office, and in an excited manner enquired of 'Squire SHEIBLE was at leisure, and we thought he wanted to order coffee and pistols for two. With some effort he finally told us he had a job for us, which he desired done with neatness and despatch, as his brother was of very timid nature. Shortly afterwards a lady and gentleman came into our office, and handed the 'Squire a paper which contained Recorder HONEY's sanction to their union, and in 1 1/2 minutes Levi F. McKEE and Mrs.L.V. BOGGS were man and wife. Charley hereupon gave them some brotherly advise, and made a bargain with the 'Squire to marry him and his remaining five single brothers at two dollars each -ladies free. Last Thursday night, about 12 o'clock Mr. REID and family, of Sandy Bridge PO., were awakened by an unusual light, and, getting up, they found the store on fire. The flames had made such progress that nothing could be saved except a can of powder, one show case and the account book. The post office being kept in the same building, all of our papers for Sandy Bridge, Antonia and Maxville, which lay over Thursday nights at this office, were consumed, and our patrons at those offices will not receive a paper for last week, but through no fault of ours. There were also a few letters in the mail, which shared the same fate, but no registered packages. The building belonged to the Jos. YERGER estate, valued at $800 and insured for $300. Mr. REID's goods were insured for $1,000, and he claims to have carried a stock of more than $2,000. The only solution so far is that the fire was the work of an incendiary. DEATHS and BIRTHS - The following deaths were filed with the County clerk the past week: Date Name Age July 21 John GUM? 17 years July 5 Charles E. WILLE 2 months July 13 Lizzie C. LENINGER 41 years July 5 Edmund WEISSEL 1 1/2 years BIRTHS Date Name of mother Sex June 29 Mrs. James W. SENTER son July 13 Mrs. Frank BOLHAFER girl July 25 Mrs. Rudolph RIESER son July 19 Mrs. Geo. B.TUCKER, boy and girl July 5 Mrs. Nicholas HAEFFNER son July 22 Mrs. Adolph HERMANN son July 27 Mrs. Cad CHEDAM son July 2 Mrs. Edward DONNELL son July 12 Mrs. A. POPE girl July 15 Mrs. Christian FRANK girl July 17 Mrs. Julius B. DENO son July 25 Mrs. Julius BAKER son July 5 Mrs. M.E. OGLE son August 5 Mrs. Wm. McKEE son August 2 Mrs. Jos F. ADAMS son COUNTY COURT - Commissioner was ordered to survey and report on change of road leading from Judge MADISON's up Plattin creek, and change being on O.H. DONNELL's land. Also Pine Ford road - in section 33, township 40, range 4 - to southwest corner of land owned by John FRISSELL, in section 3, township 39, rang 4; thence to western terminus of Boyd street, De Soto. Also a new road in Rock township, from a point on old dividing-ridge county road, in section 7, township 42, range 5; thence southeasterly over lands of J. NANSEL and J. WUNCH; thence between sections 8 and 17, and 9 and 16, to A. KOSUL's land; thence along a private to Lemay gravel road. Demands against the county were allowed as follows: H.M. HOPKINS, for U. BALDWIN, pauper $12.50 Franz GRIMM, road overseer 13.75 J.F. TYREY, pauper 10.00 S.J. BURGESS, pauper 10.00 B. SCHNEIDER, pauper 10.00 Mrs. SPAULDING, keeping and burying pauper 22.00 Charles CENAUGHTY, pauper 10.00 Alex HUSKEY, sup't county farm 126.76 Dr. BREWSTER, medical attendance to paupers and prisoners 62.50 George D. BARNARD, stationery 4.66 ROBERTS & Co., bridge lumber 25.66 W.R. DONNELL, County clerk 61.15 B. LACKAMP, carpenter work 4.00 R.W. McMULLIN, publishing 64.55 Jos J. HOEKEN, goods for courthouse, jail and roads 8.20 J.B. DOVER, for road hands 4.00 Jesse A. LUCAS, for pauper 10.00 Ed HILDERBRAN, for pauper 10.00 John WILLIAMS, County judge 15.00 R.G. MADISON, County judge 26.00 Henry SECKMANN, County judge 27.72 C Tho HORINE, Circuit clerk 95.82 Jurors were drawn for the next term of Circuit court as follows: Grand - N.B. WILLIAMS, John WILLIAMS, Frank McNUTT, Andrew JENNI, Thomas BROUGHTON, R.B. WILLIAMS, Henry KOHR, Philip MOSS, Jacob SHOULTZ, William SALE, John COLE, Jr., and Dr. John HUSKEY; petit - George GAMEL, J.R. WILLIAMS, W.D. BOYD, C.T. MOSS, James BRIERTON, James ACKLEY, Mason BAKER, Thomas HARRISON, George HAMEL, Sr., Samuel L. McMULLIN, H.P. DECKER, W.F. EDINGER, Julius BRESARD, Frank GAMACHE, Geo. VOGT, Henry C. BONACKER, John HOWALD, Martin GRAHAM, John BRIMMER, Nathaniel OGLE, Joseph BOLY, James T. McCLAIN, James T. WILLIAMS and Henry D. WOOD. </HTML>