Wednesday 1 Aug 1883 - Friday 31 Aug 1883 Moberly Daily Monitor = MDM; published every day (except Sunday), G. B. Kelly, Business Manager ======================================= Death Dates & Estates Anderson, Oxcelia -- d. 5 Aug 1883, aged 18m of flux; (d\o Arne & Mary Anderson) ; MDM Wednesday 8 Aug 1883 Burton, Bertha -- d. 30 Aug 1883, aged 11m; (d\o Oscar E. & E. Burton) = Meals' burying ground; MDM Friday 31 Aug 1883 Christian, Fannie -- d. 1883, w\o Paul Jones Christian, funeral 22 Aug; MDM Wednesday 22 Aug 1883 Clemons, George -- d. 10 Aug 1883, struck by train, at the residence of George Jackson his brother-in-law; his twin brother Clemons was killed by T. D. Bogie in Huntsville; MDM Saturday 11 Aug 1883 Cook, J. Otis -- killed 16 Aug 1883, struck by train on Coates Street Crossing, burial Madison, Monroe, Co; MDM Friday 17 Aug 1883 Cottingham, Tommie -- d. 5 Aug 1883, aged 2y of cholera infantum; [s\o B. T. & Zerelda Cottingham]; funeral 6 Aug = Cottingham burial ground; MDM Monday 6 Aug 1883 Curran, Mary S. (Owen) -- 28 Oct 1819 Henry Co, KY-1 Aug 1883, aged 65y, to Rand 25 Oct 1828 then Chariton Co; (d\o Henry B. Owen) of Jacksonville; brother Thomas Owen; m. 1st Mr. Wilson & 2nd Mr. Curran; children: (1) Wilson, (2) Emmett, (3) Mrs. Seth Palmer, (4) Mrs. Reed of AR, (5) David, (6) Ed; MDM Wednesday 1 Aug 1883, funeral 3 Aug at Cumberland Presbyterian church; MDM Thursday 2 Aug 1883 Deskin, Archie -- d. 1883, [s\o Benjamin & Sarah Deskin], funeral 20 Aug = McKenzie Cem; MDM Wednesday 22 Aug 1883 Hall, William "Billy" -- killed 29 Aug 1883, engineer of Wabash train No. 8 derailed near Clifton Hill & was crushed beneath the engine; MDM Wednesday 29 Aug 1883 Hardin, John B. -- d. 23 Aug 1883, aged 16y, [s\o James H. Hardin] = Oakland Cem; MDM Thursday 23 Aug 1883 Keebaugh, I. M. {Mrs.} -- d. 4 Aug 1883, of heart disease; MDM Monday 6 Aug 1883 Melick, Louisa -- d. 30 Aug 1883, aged 53y 7m 22d, funeral 1 Sep = Oakland Cem; MDM Friday 31 Aug 1883 Miller, Lena -- d. 31 Jul 1883, aged 1y 4d, (d\o Robert Miller); burial Hannibal; MDM Wednesday 1 Aug 1883 Pelley, Willie O. -- d. 5 Aug 1883, aged 8y; [s\o Marian Pelley], funeral 7 Aug; MDM Wednesday 8 Aug 1883 Roberts, Sammy J. -- d. 1883, [s\o William Roberts] = Oakland Cem Sackman, John George -- 24 Aug 1861-4 Aug 1883, [s\o John George & August Sackmann]funeral 6 Aug = Oakland Cem; MDM Tuesday 7 Aug 1883 Smothers, Daniel J. -- d. 16 Aug 1883, aged 35y, of typhoid fever, m. Lucy J. (Elsea) Smothers, three living children, 2 children dec'd; burial 17 Aug = Grand Prairie Cem; MDM Thursday 16 Aug 1883 Smothers, Willie -- d. 16 Aug 1883, aged abt 3y; [s\o Daniel J. & Lucy J. (Elsea) Smothers], burial 17 Aug = Grand Prairie Cem; MDM Thursday 16 Aug 1883 Stipp, Michael -- d. 20 Aug 1883, aged 81y, of Pneumonia; MDM Tuesday 21 Aug 1883 Strausburg, Bertha E. -- d. 1883, aged 11m 21d; (d\o W. H. Strausburg) = Trinty Church Cem, Mexico; MDM Tuesday 28 Aug 1883 Switzer, J. E. -- d. 6 Aug 1883, merchant of Leesburg, of flux, burial 7 Aug = Salem Cem; MDM Saturday 11 Aug 1883 Tedford, Minnie N. -- d. 17 Aug 1883, at her parents, aged 21y 11m, burial 18 Aug = Sugar Creek Cem; MDM Saturday 18 Aug 1883 Wagemann, Johanna -- d. 19 Aug 1883, aged 62y of cancer of the stomach, w\o Charles Wagemann, funeral preached in German by Rev. Stiger, burial 20 Aug = Oakland Cem; MDM Monday 20 Aug 1883 Wittenburg, Susan L. -- d. 1 Aug 1883, w\o John Wittenburg, funeral 2 Aug; MDM Wednesday 1 Aug 1883 Woodington, Frank -- d. 22 Aug 1883, aged 13m, [s\o Albert & Elizabeth Woodington], burial Friendship church, Macon Co; MDM Thursday 23 Aug 1883 ======================================= Marriage & Divorce Cooley, Lester D. -- of Mecosta, MI, m. 22 Aug 1883 Ettie Austin at the bride's uncle by Rev. J. H. Cox; MDM Thursday 23 Aug 1883 Kelly, J. H. -- m. 31 Aug 1883 Mary S. Abbitt at bride's mother by Esquire B. Y. N. Clarkson, all of Moberly; MDM Friday 31 Aug 1883 Phipps, Oscar A. -- m. 12 Aug 1883 Nannie Turner by Rev. J. E. Sharp at bride's parents; MDM Thursday 16 Aug 1883 Wiley, Frank P. -- of Moberly, visited by brother James S. Willey & brother-in-law J. T. Crumbaugh, both of Le Roy, IL; MDM Friday 24 Aug 1883 ======================================= Misc. Christian, Rat -- who killed a fellow student at Columbia in 1876, sentenced to 15y in the penitentiary & escaped in 1880, apprehended at Cleburne, TX; MDM Friday 3 Aug 1883 Dolson, Mrs. -- of Moberly, visited by her sister Mrs. Glasgow of IL; MDM Saturday 11 Aug 1883 Edwards, Charles -- of Moberly, visited by his brother Morton Edwards of IL; MDM Tuesday 7 Aug 1883 Fire Election - The following officers have been elected for the ensuing year in Fire Company No: W. H. Lewis, president; Harry Roemer, secretary; John McCabe, treasurer; Pat McDonald, chief; Mike Rogers, assistant chief; E. C. Viets, foreman of hose; S. B. Dean, first assistant; J. H. Pattison, Second assistant; W. Williams, engine fireman; M. Welsh endorsed as engineer; MDM Monday 6 Aug 1883 Firth Post Office -- new postoffice has been ordered to be called Firth, in honor of Moberly's postmaster William Firth; David F. Hatton is to be postmaster; the office is located in Union township, at the old postoffice of Milton, which for several years has been suspended; MDM Thursday 16 Aug 1883 Kitchen, Richard -- colored was shot in Clifton township 12 Aug; arrested: Annie Kitchen, Foster Kitchen & others of the Kitchen family, all colored; MDM Monday 13 Aug 1883 Loomis, E. G. {Mrs.} -- of Moberly, visited by her sister Miss. Lula Babbill of Abilene, KS; MDM Tuesday 14 Aug 1883 McDaniel, C. C. {Mrs.} -- of Moberly, visited by her sister Miss. Dollie Cole of Hannibal; MDM Saturday 25 Aug 1883 Sheriffs' Sale -- in favor of Hollis & Willey, assignees of O. F. Chandler, against George Miller & Joseph Miller, firm name of Joseph Miller & Brother; MDM Friday 17 Aug 1883 St. Mary's Academy -- established 1877 when Father McKenna invited 5 Sisters of Loretto to come to Moberly; MDM Saturday 25 Aug 1883 Williams, M. E. {Mrs.} -- of Moberly, visited by her sister Mrs. Amos Henderson of Jacksonville, IL; MDM Saturday 11 Aug 1883 Wilson, C. M. {Mrs.} -- of Moberly, visited by her g-daughter Miss. Mamie Polk of New Ark, DE; MDM Thursday 23 Aug 1883