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, 20 JANUARY 1886 EARLY DAYS - By J.T. M'MULLIN - No. 5 - One of the first persons that I remember seeing in my boyhood days, and whom I knew almost as early as I did my parents, was the noted duelist, Jack T. SMITH. He owned a farm and lead mine in Washington county, and he brought my father on from Tennessee to superintend his works, in the year 1808. Father lived on Mr. SMITH's farm till the date of my birth in 1812, after which we moved to Jefferson county. Father and SMITH were great friends, and on this account, as well as for the further reason I was named for him, he appeared to think a great deal of me, and his family attentions created impressions on my boyish mind, which stern facts of after days could not efface. He often visited my father and would some times stay a week. They both liked their liquor and often had jolly times. Mr. S. was good to the poor, and I have often heard my father and Uncle, WHITEHEAD, talk of his kind deeds. He also had his faults, the worst of which was an ungovernable temper, which led him into may scrapes. He killed several persons, with whom he had combats, and during his last years he appeared to live a life of constant dread and uneasiness. He and the faithful Negro man, who attended him always, went heavily armed; and it was not very safe to sleep in the same room with him, as he was apt to fire off his pistol at imaginary foes any time in the night. I remember a gun, which he used to carry: It resembled a surveyor's Jacob-staff and appeared very harmless to the casual observer, but it was only necessary to touch a spring, when the muzzle and breach were exposed and it was ready for action. Among the men of those days - pioneer who did their part towards settling up the then wilderness of this and adjoining counties, and who have long since passed over the river - were the MADDENs, VALLEs, McCLANAHANs, McGREADYs, PERRYs, BLACKWELLs, McCORMACKs, TODD, GREATHOUSE, BROOKS and others too numerous to mention. Some of them are now only known in history, while the descendants of others are still familiar names in this country. DE SOTO - Gov. FLETCHER was in town last Sunday, visiting relatives. Mrs.S.J. CRAFT's little girl died last week, this being the second death in the family from scarlet fever. Dan HOPKINS, a brakeman, while on the way to St. Louis, last Wednesday, met with an accident by falling off a box car and breaking his leg. He was taken to the company's hospital at Carondelet. WEDNESDAY, 27 JANUARY 1886 Pat McGUIRE and J.F. SHANNON, prominent locomotive engineers, called on us last Monday. Barney B. SMITH, now in jail, has been indicted for the murder of Martin THORPE at Crystal City. His trial has been set for the first of March next. Dr. HARBISON has his family evened up at last. Another girl arrived, last week, and now he has four boys and four girls - quite a family for so young a man. Rev. EMORY looked like he had something to communicate last Monday. We have learned since that a little daughter arrived in his family one evening last week. Some of the citizens of Hillsboro, last Thursday evening about 6 o'clock, thought they had felt a shock of earthquake. We knew better. The fact was that 'Squire SHEIBLE, in going down the hill near the spring, came down very hard and suddenly, which caused the unusual shock. The only marriage licensed issued, last week, by our Recorder, was to Enoch R. McMULLIN and Miss Jemima C. BRECKENRIDGE. The groom is the oldest son of J.T. McMULLIN, Jr., and the bride is a daughter of George BRECKENRIDGE, all of Valle township. We wish the young couple success and happiness. MAXVILLE - January 23, 1886 - Anna Bertha, daughter of John and Louisa KRASAH, died, aged 5 years and 8 months. Also, January 15, Philip M., son of John and Louisa KRASCH, aged 3 years and 8 months. Both died of scarletina and dropsey. This is a hard blow on the family, there being one more down sick yet and dangerous. There are several cases of scarletina, measles and diphtheria here at present. There was a rather distinguished party before our court, last week. Mayor FRANCIS of St. Louis was the plaintiff and Mr. PRICE son of Gen Thomas L. PRICE, was defendant. Mr. FRANCIS was trying to collect a couple of notes, given as margins in a grain speculation; but there appeared to be something wrong in the pleadings, as plaintiff took a nonsuit. The attorneys present were Hon. Graham FROST, C.M. NAPTON, son of Supreme Judge NAPTON, and C.B. BUCKNER, a prominent lawyer of Brownsville, Mo. DINNING & BYRNS and W.H.H. THOMAS were also in the case. Notices were made out last week for all the delinquent taxpayers of the county. There were fifteen hundred at that time. Mr. MOSS has a force of deputies at work - A.J. HUSKEY in Big River township, Lausen and Austin FRAZIER in Central, John DAVIS in Joachim, Alf STEWART in Meramec, Lawrence McCORMACK in Plattin, T.B. MOSS in Rock, and Robert WILLIAMS and Willis DEARING in Valle. He expects to get in all that is collectable by the time of his annual settlement next March. There are always a great many assessed in De Soto and Crystal City, who are not here at taxpaying time, which makes the delinquent list so large. On the 19th inst., William EDELMANN and Amelia HARTWEIN were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, by the minister of the New German Evangelical church on Glaize creek, at the residence of the bride's parents on Sandy. Mr. EDELMANN resides at Fayette, Green county, Illinois, where he is a prosperous farmer, while his bride is a daughter of Mr. Louis HARTWEIN, one of our oldest citizens. This is the second EDLEMANN who carried away a HARTWEIN, and we wish them all the good fortune imaginable. The nuptials were witnessed by a large number of the friends of the bride, and dancing was indulged in until Wednesday morning. We enjoyed the eatables and drinkables muchly. </HTML>