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, 9 JULY 1884 HOUSE'S SPRING - Meramec township is for MORSE for Congress. J.N. DOUGLAS' chances are good. DEATHS and BIRTHS - The following deaths were reported the past week: Date Name Age June 23 Benjamin F. LUTHER 9 1/2 years June 3d Infant of James VAUGHN BIRTHS Date Name of Mother Sex June 3 Mrs. Frank SCOTT, col. boy June 8 Mrs. James E. VAUGHN two girls June 18 Mrs. Robert HUNT boy June 9 Mrs. Abinnie ROLF, col. boy June 8 Mrs. Peter BERG boy June 2 Mrs. Alexander HENDERSON boy WEDNESDAY, 16 JULY 1884 Mrs. WEAVER and her children are off on a visit to her relatives in Ste. Genevieve county. Mrs. BOOTH, of near Hillsboro, is very now, and it is feared that she ill not recover. Miss Mary HOEKEN and her cousin, Miss OPES, of Morrow, O., are visiting relatives here. The following births were filed the past week - June 21, to Mrs. Wm. GUIBOR, a son; June 22, to Mrs. John L. FLEIK, a daughter; June 25, to Mrs. August CROISETTE, a son. LICENSED TO MARRY - Stephen BECKER and Mary BAUER, Bernhard SCHNEIDER and Louisa FLETCHUDE, Miles GILP ALLEN and Mary HARDING, Andrew LOCKE and Julia GOVROW, Frederick DENSFORD and Rebecca Jane CAPE. Last Saturday James CURTIS' 14-year-old boy started to Sandy store with a basket of eggs. Some young horses running along the road caused his horse to run and he was thrown off. His foot caught in the stirrup and the boy was dragged on the ground until the girth broke. He was badly bruised and had a flesh wound torn in his side about five inches long and 2 1/2 wide. Dr. BREWSTER sewed up the wound, and it is thought the boy will recover, as his other hurts are not considered of a dangerous character. On the 9th inst. Burt. GIVENS, a switchman in the yard at De Soto, was thrown from an engine and killed. The Coroner held an inquest and the evidence showed that the accident was caused by the engine jumping the track on account of the rails not being fastened securely. GIVENS was standing on the footboard and the jar threw him off, and he was pushed along by the engine. He was a large man, of about 240 pounds, aged about 28 years, and had only been in De Soto a short time. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict that he came to his death through negligence of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain &Southern Railroad Co., by not keeping the track properly strapped, causing the engine to leave the track. COUNTY COURT - Petition of Wm. HUSKEY for private road through lands of F. Chas. HUSKEY, was continued to first Monday in August. COUNTY COURT - Wine and beer license were granted to Joseph ZIPZIPP?, Maxville; Louis E. STRUBE, John OHENN and Albert TURK, Kimmswick; E. VOLLMAR, Hillsboro; M. ZEMPFER, Antonia; Joseph F HEMME, Theo. AUBUCHON, Frank KENNER and ALLCOCK & MARTIN, Limitville; R. MARSDEN, Victoria; H.P. WILLIAMS, Montesano; A.F. HOFFMANN, Crystal Station; John HAMPEL, De Soto and M.W. GREENE, Sulphur Springs. COUNTY COURT - Dramshop license were granted to Thos. BETTS, H.W. MEYER, HIGGINS, TEAL & Co., Jos. C. FOX, Fred. WAPPLER, H. HOFFMANN, A. STRICKLAND, J.W. CLARK and M. CEDARSTREAM, De Soto; G. RAUSCHENBACH, Kimmswick; Wm. CLARK and R.G. HOEKEN, Hillsboro, and WILKSON & TERRY, Limitville. COUNTY COURT - Accounts were allowed against the county as follows: Otto RAUSCHENBACH, bridge lumber $19.00 W.J. BUXTON, bridge lumber 21.34 John WINOM, building culverts 35.00 C.L. ROBERTSON, repairing road 30.00 J.F. GREEN, prosecuting attorney 108.00 W.R. DONNELL, county clerk 153.30 Wm. CLARK, treasurer 251.78 B.P. BAILEY, treasurer lunatic asylum 221.71 Geo. D. BARNARD, stationery 127.15 R.W. McMULLIN, advertising 67.50 Wm. BRACKMANN, coffins for paupers 16.00 John CAREY, repairing road 12.00 John WILLIAMS, county court justice 6.00 Patrick BYRNE, county court justice 9.20 R.G. MADISON, county court justice 7.00 R. COXWELL, pauper coffin 6.00 Lucinda DRENNON, for pauper 30.00 WEDNESDAY, 22 JULY 1884 LICENSED TO MARRY - Shelton STINGER and Moudany HOPKINS, Frank DUSTING and Anna MOTHERSHEAD. B.A. CLARK, who works in the machine shops at De Soto, was badly hurt by fragments of an emery wheel, which burst while in motion.