The
Jefferson Democrat
October
22, 1891
There
can be no excuse for want of a program at the coming institute at House’s Springs next Saturday.
Two are published, but there need be no conflict between them. The one was published in the DeSoto papers is
the duly authorized program, so far as any authority exists for making
one. The program published in this paper
was made because the other was not at hand in time for printing last week. It is a good day, the Springs
will be taken by storm, no doubt, and the hospitality of the good people there
will be put to the test. The subjects
named in the program will keep, if time for discussion is not had.
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Taking
the citizens of Jefferson county as a whole, we believe they are as law-abiding
as any on the globe, and that there are as few violations of law here than in
any other strip of country having the same population. St. Louis county, immediately north of us,
never makes an attempt to prosecute some violations of the Statutes, such as
the Newberry and game laws, and her people, who have no religious or
conscientious scruples, enjoy a freedom that we of Jefferson do not. So long as they committed their depredations
outside our county limits, it was no concern of ours; but the past year or so
they have changed their place of operations to that country lying south of the
Meramec river, and every Sunday, Summer or Winter, a score of fishermen and
hunters come down on the cars, which are distributed between WICK’s and
BAILEY’s Station, where they spend the day in hunting and fishing. About one year ago some enterprising St.
Louis sportsmen leased Joachim creek from those owning lands from its mouth to
a point above Horine, and hired a man from this county to watch and prosecute
all he may catch fishing in their waters not belong to their club. We were told that this citizen receives a
salary of from $100 to $150 per annum, to play the spy for the club. This would be all right if there was no
hunting on Sunday. We do not question
the right of an owner to rent his portion of the creek to whomever he pleases,
but the fact that the club has rented the Joachim does not give the members a
license to hunt on Sundays. The State
laws forbid that, and there is not a law-abiding farmer in Jefferson County who
would hunt on his own premises on the Lord’s day. A stop should be made to these
violations. Prosecuting Attorney DEARING
and Sheriff MAUPIN should emulate the example set them by Judge GREEN and Mr.
HURTGEN some years ago, when they put a stop to Mr. Martin MICHAEL’S wholesale
sales on Sundays, by taking a posse and arresting whom they may find with a gun
traversing our forests on the Sabbath.
Another bad feature in connection with this sporting club is the fact that
their hired agent is an officer of the law – one of the Justices appointed by
the late Republican court contrary to law – before whose very door a batch of
these hunters alight from the train every Sunday. He cannot help seeing them, unless he purposely
turns around and looks in an opposite direction, and as he is supposed to know
the members of this particular club, he would make an excellent State’s witness
if he desired to do so; but a course of this kind, we presume, would put an end
to the annual salary. However, as a
matter of justice and common decency, he should either resign his office or
quit acting the spy for men who violate the law. One cannot serve the Lord and the Devil at
one and the same time. We hope that
immediate steps will be taken to put an end to this wholesale violation of the
Sunday law.
Republican
papers publish what they all “tariff pictures.”
The object is to deceive the people and make them think that a high
tariff really cheapens prices to consumers.
Here is one of these pictures, which we copy from the Mirror of last
week, and which, doubtless, has been published by this time in every Republican
paper in the land:
New
York Press: “You poor farmer,“ weeps the free trader as his crocodile tears bedew the
Ohio stump. “MCKINLEY takes even your
horse blankets.” Let’s see. A six pound gray wool blanket was advertised
only the other day by a large Fourteenth street store for $1.32.
That
is 22 cents a pound, which would indicate that the duty of 16 1/2 cents and 30
per cent. ad valorem would be 23 cents a pound or
$1.38 on that blanket. If the wicket
tariff is really a tax, you ought to be able to get that blanket for the price
less the duty, or get it for nothing and have six cents thrown in with it.
This
is a fair sample of the pictures, and everybody who reads it knows that the
only all-wool and a yard wide thing about it is the falsehood it contains. And yet, strange as it may appear to
intelligent readers, said papers publish it with as much solemnity as if it
were solid truth, which no one can deny or doubt. Six pounds of cleaned wool cannot be bought by
any manufacturer for less than $1.29, and is more likely to cost him 30 cents
per pound, or $1.80. But say that he
only pays $1.20, and employs the highly-paid American labor that we hear so
much about and for whose benefit the tax is ostensibly levied, does anyone
suppose he is going to convert the six pounds of wool into a blanket which a
dealer can afford to sell at $1.32? The
statement is too preposterous to admit of serious consideration! And yet it is on a par with, and a fair
sample of, the stuff that readers of Republican literature are being fed
on. Does this not prove what we have
often asserted, that the Republican leaders treat the public as a lot of
ignoramuses, who haven’t sense enough to reason on any proposition? There may be a grain of truth in the
picture. It is possible that a New York
merchant does advertise that he sells six pound-all wool blankets for $1.32,
but if he does everybody knows that it is not a legitimate business
transaction, and that he either stole the blankets, or is a liar and a
cheat. The duty of a respectable
newspaper in such a case is to expose the attempted fraud, instead of becoming
a party to the fraud and attempting to mislead and deceive its readers.
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The
St. Louis Republic never waits to be driven along the path of progress by sharp
competition, but keeps so far in the lead that competition is an impossibility. Its
first bold and original departure was the publication of its weekly in five
separate editions – one for Missouri, one for Illinois, one for Texas, one for
Arkansas, and another for the rest of the Union. Next, it made the Weekly Republic a
semi-weekly, issuing it every Tuesday and Friday, in sections of six pages
each. Then it established a special
tariff department, edited by the Hon. W. L. WILSON, one of the ablest of the
Democratic leaders in Congress. Now it
announces that each of these striking and original features will continue
permanently, and in addition to all this, that two more pages will soon be
added to one each week, so as to give subscribers to the Twice-a-Week Republic
fourteen pages regularly every week for only one dollar a year. Besides these special attractions – which no
other paper in the country can offer – its general merits as a newspaper are
unequaled. Sample copies will be sent
free on application.
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~Educational~
Editor
Jefferson Democrat:
In
this noble land of ours there is a diversity of employment, and the young in
pursuit of the pleasures and riches of early life, neglect that high and noble
culture of the mind that tends to elevate them in their future sphere. A great number of our young men fail to
maintain an equal rank among their fellow beings, because they have not availed
themselves of past educational opportunities.
It is a well-tested fact that in all the stages of the world’s growth,
men have been loyal and patriotic to their governments to that degree in which
they were taught to realize the responsibility that rests upon each
citizen. Missouri, the pride of the
Mississippi Valley, affords abundant facilities for education; her schools are
open to the poorest and humblest of our land; yet there are many whose desires
for knowledge lie dormant, and who do not care to possess themselves of the
opportunities which surround them. When
the persecuted Pilgrim Fathers landed on the cold and barren shores of New
England and there kindled the flames of liberty that gave birth to a new
republic, in which the people had at first to struggle for mere subsistence, in
the face of all these disadvantages and in spite of the scalping knives and the
tyranny of an oppressive government, the colonist did not forget the value of
education. There were established at
that time schools which are in existence to-day and are renowned for their
proficiency. Such were the colonists’
views of the value of learning that the war clouds, which dazzled their vision,
never caused them to deviate from their course.
We, today, are standing upon the threshold of a period of modern
progress.
Our
school system is excellent – our schools are numerous and good. Among them is the Kirksville Normal, of which
we wish to speak. We feel safe in
stating that this school ranks among the best in the State, everything about
the building and the yard being so conveniently arranged; and what is
especially of great interest to the student is the kind and noble spirit of the
faculty. In connection with this school
is a Model Department, which is attended by about one hundred small pupils, who
belong to the City of Kirksville. These
children are instructed by those students of the Normal, who wish to graduate
in the two or your-year course. The
methods used in teaching in the Model School must necessarily be of the very
best; otherwise they are not accepted by the faculty. There are enrolled in this Normal school at
present about four hundred and fifty students.
Good board can be procured in private families at the rate of $2.75 per
week, and in clubs for $2. This surely
places education within the reach of all energetic young men; and we hope to
see at the opening of the next school year a number of our boys here. It is not only in the Normal that the student
is welcomed, but in the Sunday schools and churches, which are eight in
number. Now, with best wishes to our
friends and the readers of the J. D., we remain yours, BB
Kirksville, Mo., Oct. 15, 1891
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~Coach
Horses at the St. Louis Fair~
Editor
Jefferson Democrat:
I
belonged to the Fair Mound Jockey Club for a number of years and have seen most
of the noted horses shown in this country, but have never seen a better exhibit
than at the last meeting of the St. Louis Fair Association, and this was
particularly true of what is termed the coach horses. There are four types of coach horses shown at
the fair – the Cleveland Bay, the French Coach Horse, the Oldenburg Coach
Horse, and the English Hackney. The Clevelands were all about 16 hands high, beautifully
proportioned, large prominent eyes, well muscled, with fine limbs and
extra-good feet. They were all of
excellent bay color, and quiet, gentle and tractable. Large, strong and graceful, they can be
worked to the plow, wagon or carriage, and always be in place.
The
French coach horse is a fine animal, but is rather too heavy for an all-purpose
horse. He is built more on the order of
the draft horse and can never hope to be the coach horse of America. If he is not really clumsy, he looks so. A farmer’s horse should be an all-purpose
horse – a horse he can use for all kinds of work himself and one for whom he
can easily find a buyer, if he wants to sell.
This is not true of the small pacing or trotting horse, only fit for the
sulky or buggy; neither is it true of the 2000-pound draft horse, fit only for
heavy work to be done in a walk.
The
Oldenburg horse is a fine dark-bay, 15 ¾ hands high, well muscled, beautiful
carriage, with fine knee action. He is a
fine looker and will sell in large cities as a carriage or couple horse. However, very nervous horses are not
generally true, steady workers.
The
Hackney is a horse 15 hands and two inches high, of chestnut bay or brown
color. He is a very stylish animal, has
fine knee action, and is an elegant looking horse for coupe or Victoria. He is the fashionable coach horse of the
wealth people of some of the Eastern cities.
They want a great deal of show and style, and they get it in the Hackney. Such high-knee action becomes, however, a
species of pounding, likely to lead to lameness in a short time, where much
driving is done over hard granite streets.
I do not think they this horse would plough well, or make a true horse
with a heavy load of wheat behind him.
J.
Martin KERSHAW
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My Ideal.
To Miss Hattie HANDCOCK.
He’s
a man who can struggle ahead of the strife,
Who
can battle alone all the battles of life;
A
man who is stern when his honor’s on test,
Whose
face softly gladdens when near his heart’s best;
A
man who is proud of his mother, and when
The
hardest is on don’t forget he’s a man.
Not
the one with soft leather sewed on to his boot –
A
brogan may as well be fit on the firm foot;
But
the step must be true, with a ring in the tread,
While the hat may be old, if a poise’s in the head.
A
woman may choose for her own, if she can,
And
love to the end of her life such a man.
His
shoulders are broad, they can pack the whole load,
If
sometime or other there’s a break in the road;
With
a soft word of cheer for the one at this side –
Ah! these are men for
whom women have died!
I
have seen in my day little men who were brave,
While
beside them there strutted six feet of knave,
Who
was tall in his dignity, dealing a blow
To
the back of a man who already lay low.
‘Tis the fob of to-day who brings shame on his
race,
With
the cut of his clothes and the smirk on his face,
Who
will kick and will swear, who will brag and will rear,
But
crawl ‘neath the bench when the wolfe’s at the door.
The
man with the iron-cast grip in his span,
And
the gold in his heart, be your choice of a man!
M.
L. M. St. Louis, October, 1891
~Crystal
and Festus~
The
Knights of Pythias had an interesting meeting in
their hall, at Festus, last Friday evening.
The attendance was large.
The
fires under two of the calcine furnaces at
Herculaneum were kindled Monday morning.
Mr. COBERLEY the assayist, and a lot of
workmen, went up Sunday morning to take charge of the works. This means another boom for the Crystal
wedge.
A
move is on foot in Festus to establish a pottery. The works are to be put up on a new plan, for
which a patent has lately been procured.
It is said that prominent parties are interested in the enterprise, and
that three thousand dollars, together with the site for the new plant, have
already been secured. Festus, October 20,
1891
~Sulphur Springs~
By Exchange.
Albert
SMITH is visiting friends in our town.
Charles
PURDOM has been under the weather for a week.
Robert
CASTILE, Jr., and Miss Lizzie KERBERICH have gone on a visit to the city. We presume what will follow.
George
HULL, of Meramec Station, St. Louis County, has been visiting his brother, Dr.
HULL, at this place, the past few days.
Died, at his home in this place, on the evening of the 16th
inst., our aged postmaster, Robert VENN, in his 67th year, of
erysipelas of the face. He was buried on
Sunday at the Kimmswick cemetery. Your
correspondent and a host of others followed the remains to their last resting
place. Mr. REINERT, pastor of the Glaize Creek Evangelical church, conducted the funeral and
delivered an appropriate sermon. Mr. V.
was one of our best citizens. May he
rest in peace, and may God be with him forever.
Sulphur Springs, Oct. 19, 1891.
~Maxville~
By
Eureka
Phil
PARKS declares he has the largest hog in the county for a four-year-old.
Philip
GLATT has left us for the city to raise a fortune, and is at work in the
Anheuser brewery.
Some
of our band boys had better be hugging their instruments in time of play than
the girls by moonlight.
The
Maxville band and people are preparing for a serenade this evening at Peter
SIMON’s, it being his wife’s 43rd birthday.
This
cold snap has sent our people to the woods, looking after fuel, and putting up
stoves, and the boys and girls are prevented from being out so late of nights
in Summer suits.
A
young St. Louis county man came near getting lost while taking his best girl
home; he should either take along a guide or a torch next time.
The
Maxville F. & L. Union sent Cris GRIMM to the
County Union as delegate, and he declares that he made the trip home from
Hillsboro without a stop.
Mr.
Ben BAUER has left St. Louis and rented Philip GLATT’s place, and is once more
one of our citizens. Louis GILMAN has
also come back, having rented the “Old French Miller” place. It is queer, nearly all those leaving
Jefferson County, are glad to come back.
Although
a cold day and late in the season, Father SCHRAMM’s picnic was a success last Thursday, and about $280 went into the coffers. The Maxville brass and reed band discoursed some beautiful music, and dancing was kept up
very late. The winding up was an elegant
array of fireworks.
Maxville, October 19, 1891.
Adam might have been the ‘goodliest’ man of
men since ‘born’, but it doesn’t appear that he ever did anything especially
good for his large family. What a
lasting blessing he might have left behind if he could have made Salvation Oil
and killed pain.
~Seckman Echoes~
By A. K.
We are having nice weather for Fall. Ploughing and potato-digging is all the go. ‘Squire BERRESHEIM and wife were visiting
relatives in St. Louis County last Sunday.
Constable NOLAN had a sowing machine raffled
off, at this place, last Saturday night; Miss Katie STECKEL was the lucky
winner. Dancing was kept up until a late
hour. Philip KEMP was over to see us; he
thinks our roads are in better condition than those of St. Louis County. Seckman, October 20, 1891
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT.
– All creditors and others interested in the estate of Andrew MALCOM, deceased,
are notified that I, the undersigned, administrator of said estate, intend to
make a final settlement of said estate at the next term of the Probate court of
Jefferson County, Missouri, to be held at Hillsboro, in said county, on the
second Monday of November, 1891, and on the fourth day of said term – November
12, 1891.
October 15, 1891. J. B. BAKEWELL, Public Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT.
– All creditors and others interested in the estate of Margaret SLATTERY,
deceased, are notified that the undersigned, administrator of said estate,
intends to make a final settlement of said estate at the next term of the
Probate court of Jefferson County, Missouri, to be held at Hillsboro, in said
county, on the second Monday in November, 1891, and on the fourth day of said
term – November 19, 1891. October 15,
1891. J. B. BAKEWELL, Public
Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT.
– All creditors and others interested in the estate of Ada
K. PECK, deceased, are notified that the undersigned, administratrix
of said estate, intends to make a final settlement of said estate at the next
term of the Probate court of Jefferson County, Missouri, to be held at
Hillsboro, in said county, on the second Monday in November, 1891.
October 8, 1891. Julia COLEMAN, Administratrix
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT.
– All creditors and others interested in the estate of Samuel MARSDEN,
deceased, are notified that the undersigned, administrator of said estate,
intends to make a final settlement of said estate at the next term of the
Probate court of Jefferson County, Missouri, to be held at Hillsboro, in said
county, on the second Monday in November, 1891.
October 8, 1891 Sullivan FRAZIER, Public Administrator
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT.
– All creditors and others interested in the estate of John P. LOLLAR,
deceased, are notified that the undersigned, administrator of said estate,
intends to make a final settlement of said estate at the next term of the
Probate court of Jefferson County, Missouri, to be held at Hillsboro, in said
county, on the second Monday in November, 1891.
October 8, 1891. B. F. LOLLAR., Public Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT.
– All creditors and others interested in the estate of Leander BAILEY,
deceased, are notified that I, the undersigned, administrator of said estate,
intend to make a final settlement of said estate at the next term of the
Probate court of Jefferson County, Missouri, to be held at Hillsboro, in said
county, on the second Monday of November, 1891.
October 8, 1891. Sullivan FRAZIER, Public Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT.
– All creditors and others interested in the estate of Andrew STECKER,
deceased, are notified that the undersigned, administrator of said estate,
intends to make a final settlement of said estate at the next term of the Probate
court of Jefferson County, Missouri, to be held at Hillsboro, in said county,
on the second Monday in November, 1891.
October 8, 1891. William H
TRUSTEE’S SALE – Whereas, John H. MORSE ( now
more than nine months dead and Mary P. MORSE, his wife, by their certain deed
of trust, dated the fifth day of May, 1887, and duly recorded in the office of
the Recorder of Deeds for the County of Jefferson and state of Missouri, in
Trust Record book 18, at page 8, conveyed to the undersigned, as trustee, the
following described real estate and the improvements thereon, situated, lying
and being in the County of Jefferson and State of Missouri, to wit:
A tract of land, containing six hundred and
forty acres, known as survey No. 871, confirmed to Mark WIDEMAN; also forty
five acres out of the land confirmed to Henry PREWITT, adjoining the above
described land, and making together six hundred and eight-five acres, more or
less, except the quantity of one hundred and sixty acres heretofore conveyed to
William J. WILLIAMS and forty-five acres conveyed Henry PREWITT, leaving the
number of acres hereby conveyed four hundred and eighty acres, and being the
same land acquired by said John H. MORSE
from James WILLIAMS.
Also the west half of
a tract of six hundred and forty acres, known as survey No. (3182?), in township
41, range three east, confirmed to Jacob COLLINS and legal representatives, and
acquired by said John H. MORSE of Giles LEE by deed dated February 23, 1858,
and recorded in Book “N”, page 17, in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for
Jefferson county, and is all the same real estate described in a former deed of
trust to Peter M. BROWN’s trustee, dated May . . ., and recorded in Book No.
11, page 583, in the Recorder’s office aforesaid.
Which conveyance was in trust to secure the
payment of certain promissory notes in said deed described, with the interest
thereon; and, whereas twelve of said notes have been long past due and remain
unpaid: Now, therefore, I, the
undersigned trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said notes, and in
pursuance of the provisions of said deed, will, on FRIDAY, THE 20TH
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1891, between the hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and five
o’clock in the afternoon of that day, at the front door of the court house, in
the Town of Hillsboro, County of Jefferson, State of Missouri, sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, the above described real estate, for
the purposes said trust.
October 8, 1891. James S. BROWN, Trustee
TRUSTEE’S SALE. – WHEREAS, John H. MORSE and
Mary P. MORSE, his wife, by their deed of trust, dated April 24 . . ., and
recorded in the Recorder’s office of Jefferson County, Missouri, in Trust
Record book No. 12, at pages 40 and following, conveyed to the undersigned
trustees, the following described real estate, situate in Jefferson County,
State of Missouri, to wit:
The southwest quarter of section seventeen,
the southeast quarter of section eighteen, the southwest quarter of section
twenty, the west half of the southeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter, the south half of the northwest quarter, and the northwest
part of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, of section twenty; all
of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty, except the
right of way of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company and
the tract where LEPP’s store is located; also block number twenty-nine in the
Town of Vineland. All the above described
real estate is situated in township number thirty-nine, range four east, containing in all about seven hundred and twenty eight
acres, more or less.
Which conveyance was in trust to secure the
payment of seven promissory notes therein mentioned and described; and,
whereas, it is provided in said deed of trust, that in case default be made in
the payment of said notes, of any or either of them, when they respectively
become due or payable, this deed shall be in force and all payable, and the
trustee shall proceed and sell; and, whereas, one of said notes has become due
and remains unpaid, which default makes all the notes due and payable; and,
whereas, the said John H. MORSE has been dead more than nine months – now,
therefore, at the request of the legal holder and owner of said notes, and in pursuance
of the authority to me given by said deed of trust, public notice is hereby
given that I will, on Friday, the 30th Day of October, 1891, between
the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m., at the front door of the court house, in the
Town of Hillsboro, County of Jefferson, in the State of Missouri, sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, the real estate above
described, to satisfy said notes and the expenses of executing this trust.
October 8, 1891. Charles H. KLEINSCHMIDT, Trustee.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS – Notice is hereby given
that I will meet the taxpayers of Jefferson county, Missouri, at the following
times and places, for the purpose of receiving their taxes due for the year
1891:
Central township, Hillsboro, Sept. 24, 25, 26
Big
River, Grubville, Sept. 28
Big
River, Morse’s
Mill, Sept. 29
Big
River, Frumet, Sept. 30
Plattin
township, Rush
Tower, October 5
Plattin
township, Danby October 6
Plattin
township, McCormack’s, October 7
Valle
township, Valle
Mines, October 8
Joachim township, Crystal
City, October 12
Joachim township, Festus, October 13, 14
Valle township, DeSoto,
October 15, 16, 17
Rock township, Kimmswick, October 19, 20
Rock township, Sulphur Spring, October 21
Joachim township, Pevely,
October 22
Joachim
township matite October
23
Central township, Hillsboro, October 24
Meramec township, Dittmer’s Store, October 26
Meramec township, Cedar
Hill, October 27
Meramec township, Byrnesville, October 28
Meramec township, House’s Spring, October 29
Meramec township, High
Ridge, October 30
Rock
township, Antonia, November 12
Bring
along the number of the land you desire to pay taxes on. A correct tax receipt will answer the
purpose. The attention of the taxpayers
is called to section . . . of the Revised
Statutes, which will be rigidly enforced.
Herman
HAMEL, Collector of Jefferson County, Missouri, Hillsboro, Mo., August, 27 1891
~OFFICIAL
DIRECTORY~
Circuit
courts – Second Mondays in January, May and September; James F. GREEN, Judge, DeSoto.
Probate
courts – Second Mondays in February, May, August, and November; R. A. ELKINS,
Judge, Hillsboro.
County
courts – First Mondays in February, May, August and November; Judges – R. G.
MADISON, Crystal City; Thomas J. DONNELL, DeSoto; Hubert BECKER, Maxville.
Representative, J. N. CONN, Rush Tower.
Prosect’g Att’y, F. H. DEARING,
Hillsboro.
Circuit
Clerk, C. R. HONEY, Hillsboro.
County Clerk, W. L. TOWNSEND, Hillsboro.
Recorder, Simon MCNEARNEY, Hillsboro.
Sheriff,
Edward R. MAUPIN, Hillsboro.
Treasurer, Jos. J. HOEKEN, Hillsboro.
Collector, Herman HAMEL, DeSoto.
Assessor, George MCFARLAND, Frumet.
Public
Adm., J. B BAKEWELL, Victoria.
County Surveyor, J. B. DOVER, Victoria.
Coroner, Dr. T. A. JAMES, DeSoto, Mo.
~ITEMS
OF NEWS~
Wm.
A. BROWN is now braking on the Iron Mountain railroad; so is John W. STROUP.
Miss
Hannie WILLIAMS, who has been in St. Louis the past
month returned last Saturday.
August
SANDER, a DeSoto butcher, had the misfortune of losing a child last week with
croup.
Licensed to marry – Henry B. IRWIN and Mabel D. VEAZEY,
Charles R. MCMULLIN and Fannie B. CAPE.
Judge
ELKINS, is going to have one of the prettiest places
about town when he gets through building and repairing.
Albert
PRINCE, who recently bought the WACK place near Hillsboro, sold it yesterday to
John W. L. TOENNICA, of St. Louis.
Johannes
BOESCH arrived here Tuesday night, “lock, stock and barrel,” and is now safely
housed in the GUENTHER residence.
The
past week has been very fine Fall weather, and those
having apples hereabouts have been busy picking and putting them away.
Mr.
B. SCHWEIZER is in St. Joseph, Mo., this week, as a delegate from the Festus
lodge to the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias.
Miss
India WELSH is no longer “sweet sixteen,” having arrived at majority, which event
she celebrated by spending a month in St. Louis.
We
learn that Mr. ROBINSON, who lost the big case on trial in Esquire FRAZIER’s
court for four days recently, has taken an appeal to Circuit court.
We
lay awake of nights a great deal now, but it is not for the purpose of studying
up brilliant editorials or funny locals, but because we cannot help ourself.
Aug.
SANDER, opposite Opera House in DeSoto, will pay the highest market prices for
beef cattle, etc.
The
only professional milliner in Festus, is at B. SCHWEIZER’s; hence be not
misled. If you desire a highly artistic
hat for yourself or children, go to B. SCHWEIZER’s.
The
Sheriff got another boarder from Festus, one day last week. It was Frank WILLIAMS, colored, who was unable
to pay a fifty-dollar fine for carrying concealed weapons.
The
landscapes hereabouts are worthy of the attention of the most-gifted
painter. The coloring is brilliant, and
includes all the shades of red, yellow, brown and green.
A
red cow, with yellowish-white tail and horns growing inward, supposed to have a
young calf, has strayed from Henry UNSER, of DeSoto. Information of her whereabouts paid for.
Dr.
MILLER is getting lonesome and says he does not admire playing widower and
keeping bachelor hall. His wife and children
left for Cole County last Friday, for a few week’s
visit to Mrs. MILLER’s parents.
Alexander
CALAHAN was relieved, last week, of his job of carrying the mail between
Hillsboro and Ware’s. Leonard COUCH took
a sub-contract on the route. Aleck is
now sawing wood for the court house.
There
will be a horse race, in the fair grounds at DeSoto, on the afternoon of
October 24th, between KENNER’s horse “Wildcat” and REID’S “Nick;”
once around the track for $50 a side.
Admission, 25 cents; gate opens at 1 p. m.
Found,
in my corn field, a spotted sow, mostly black, apparently about two years old,
marked with swallow fork in right and smooth crop off left ear. The owner will please come, pay damages and
get his stock. Louis
PRATT, near Hillsboro.
The
little boy, whom we mentioned last week as being in the custody of Marshal McFRY, is named Walter CHRISTOPHER. His crime was robbing a small boy. He was brought to jail and there is talk of
sending him to some reform school.
“Dr.
RED,” of Richwoods, was in DeSoto last Saturday,
studying birdology.
The City Drug Store has a curiosity in the shape of a white bird, a
cross between an eagle and an owl, or something else. The doctor has not rendered his decision.
Werner
OPES, a prominent citizen of Morrow, Ohio, was here Monday and Tuesday, on a
visit to the family of his cousin, Jos. J. HOEKEN. Mr. OPES is an enthusiastic
Democrat, and is confident that Gov. C
We
presume there was a township Sunday school convention at Victoria last Sunday,
though we have no report from it. On
account of our disabled hand, we were not in a condition to travel, and hence
could not attend, but we desired to very much.
James
N. WHITEHEAD, Jr., came in from Denver, Colo., week before last. He has become of age, and came here to get
from his guardian the money due him, which was recovered from the railroad
company for damages for the loss of a leg in a collision, while he was a little
boy.
Friend
REPPY, at DeSoto, has had quite an extensive private hospital for two weeks,
his children having been down with scarlet fever. At last accounts they were all getting
well. We understand that the disease has
made the run of the city, but is called by some other name. It has not been of a malignant form.
The
Jefferson County F. & L. U. had a regular meeting in Hillsboro last
Friday. There was a pretty full
attendance and the session continued till a late hour. We sent up a request for report of such
proceedings as they wished to make public, but having received nothing, we
presume all the business was of a private secret nature.
Louis
WAPPLER has bought out John DEVILLA’S interests in the furniture and stove
business recently purchased by them of Mr. RICHER in DeSoto, and Mr. WAPPLER is
running the business on his own book.
Louis is a courteous gentleman, a good mechanic in wood work, and does
not intend to be undersold in his . . . nor underbid on job work.
A
young man was tried before a Justice at DeSoto last Saturday, on charge of
stealing a suit from a merchant, named M. BAKER. The circumstantial evidence against defendant
was strong, but the goods were not found, and the jury accepted his story of
innocence and acquitted him. It has
since been learned that the goods have been found in his possession, but we
presume he cannot again be tried for the same offense.
Jacob
MARTIN, butcher at KELM’s old stand in DeSoto, is always well supplied with the
best of fresh meats and all kinds of sausage.
He also pays the highest price for beef cattle, fat hogs and sheep. Give him a call.
Mr.
MAUTHE found that he could not run the Klausman beer
depot in connection with his soda water factory, without neglecting one or the
other, and has resigned as agent for the brewery. Mr. Fred WAPPLER has been induced to accept
the agency of brewery company, and will be glad to
furnish beer to all who desire to buy the keg, eighth or half barrel. Bottled beer can also be had by the
case. When in need of good ‘liquid
food’, call on Fred WAPPLER, DeSoto, MO.
Strayed
– two milch cows; one light red half Jersey, marked
with swallow fork in left, smooth crop and slit in the right ear; also a brindlish-red cow, white spotted, marked with under bit in
right ear. Information paid for by
George CASTILE, DeSoto, Mo.
Last
Saturday we stepped on the train at Victoria and went to DeSoto, and found our
old friend, Conductor FREEMAN, in charge.
He is one of the few men of the early days of the Iron Mountain, and
doesn’t look a day older than he did twenty years ago. We also met on the train the brainiest trio of
Southeast Missouri, namely ex-Congressman CLARDY of Farmington, Congressman
BYRNS of Washington and Jefferson counties, and Major DENNIS of Cape Girardeau.
Mr.
Wheelock Veazey TOWLE spent Sunday in town. He is a cousin of Mr. D. B. VEAZEY, and was
only about three years old when Mr. VEAZEY came West, in 1866. This is his first meeting with his cousin’s
family. Mr. TOWLE’s home is at Exeter,
N. M., but he has recently located in Chicago and is traveling for WILDER &
Co., of that city, who are engaged in the leather
business. He says that St. Louis is one
of his best points for trade, and that he shall frequently visit there, so that
he hopes to come to Jefferson County often.
Judge
LABEAUME, the “terrible” of DeSoto, has had most of his molars extracted
recently and this is the reason Max FROMHELD has a surplus of lunch lately,
even though Editor FLYNN has quit going home for his dinner. This surplus at lunch acted somewhat on the
Judge as CLEVELAND’s surplus had acted upon our Republican friends some years
ago – it made him poor. Max, seeing this
and having a warm heart in him; has secured a bottle, with a rubber teat, and
treats the Judge to a pint of good milk at lunch time until the dentist has his
new molars ready.
There
is probably not another town the size of Hillsboro where the hammer and saw is
heard plainer than here. Thomas WILLIAMS
is repairing the damage sustained by the blacksmith-shop fire on Joe HOEKEN’S
old store house; Judge SECKMAN’s eldest son is pushing the work on Judge
ELKIN’s building, where Mr. HART
Last
week we announced George N. WILSON, of Festus, as the happy father of twins,
and mother and children as doing well.
It was a pleasant picture; but, alas!
How soon to fade. Mrs. W., after some days of intense
suffering, was relieved by the Death Angel last Monday, and now there is a
disconsolate husband, two motherless babes, and parents bereft of one who was
dear to them. Mrs. WILSON was a daughter
of Mr. S. T. MILLER, who moved to this county from Iowa a few years ago, and
was much esteemed by those who knew her.
Her death, under the circumstances, was a sad one, and the mourning
relatives have our sympathies. She was
interred in the Hillsboro cemetery on Tuesday.
Jacob,
son of August REUTER, died at his home on ROMINE’s creek on the 11th
inst. He was a beautiful child, beloved
by all who knew him, and his death is mourned by a large circle of
friends. Though the death of this dear
little boy is a heavy blow to the afflicted parents, they should derive
consolation from the thought that little Jacob has been merely called to the
kingdom of his eternal Father in heaven.
God, in His wisdom, has recalled the boon His love had given, and though
the body moulders here, the soul is safe in heaven.
A
precious one from us has gone,
A
voice we loved is stilled;
A
place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled. M.
~Obituary~
Robert
VENN, postmaster at Sulphur Springs, Mo., died on
Friday evening, October 16, 1891, aged 67 years. Mr. V. had been a citizen of Sulphur Springs since 1863.
He came there as a soldier, liked the situation of the town and, at the
end of his service, bought a lot and built a house upon it, which he made a
permanent home. He was strictly honest
in his dealings, and very prompt in business.
For the last ten years he has kept a store, taking great pleasure in
keeping his business straight. He was
buried in the Kimmswick cemetery, Rev. REINHOLD of Glaize
Creek performing the last services at the grave in the German language. A large number of friends of the family
attended the funeral. F. W.
~Valle
Minings.~
By Honeybee.
A
nice shower of rain visited us last Friday, since which time wheat sowing is
prosecuted with a vim.
James L. GOFF and his partner, Oscar FLORENTZ, went to St. Louis last
week, preparatory to resuming business at Flucom, I
presume. Edward ROWE, who has been
working at Festus, returned home, Saturday, on a visit. James GOFF, who is noted for his desire to be
a professional “coon” hunter, went out one day last week, and caught five
‘possums.
Valle
Mines, October 19, 1891.
WEATHER – CROP BULLETIN NO. 31.
Rainfall
for the last seven days was below the normal for this State. Light showers fell throughout a larger part
of the State on the 13th and 14th, but the precipitation
was generally insufficient.
Temperature
was normal. Frost on the morning of the
15th was the heaviest of the season, and in some counties reported
the first.
Sunshine
was normal.
Wheat
seeding, delayed by drouth, is now nearly done. Much of the early sown came up unevenly. The acreage will probably be less than that
of last year, owing to the unfavorable conditions for seeding.
Levi
CHUBBUCK, Sec’y State Board. Columbia, October 17, 1891.
A Card.
Editor
Jefferson Democrat:
You
might have noticed a piece in the Crystal Mirror about Gus LASATER and some
chicken shooting, by a correspondent from this place, signing his name as “Foot
Loose.” He should have said “tongue
loose.” Now, I have known Gus for a
number of years, and know all about the circumstance in question from parties
of the opposite side, and can truly say that 95 percent of the paragraph in the
Mirror was positively false, and I am ready at all times to defend what I
say. I believe a man should know the
facts in the matter before he rushes into print, and in justice to the boy I
will say that he has always, since I have known him, borne a good reputation,
is a boy of genteel, social qualities, and well liked by all, except by some
low-down, puny curs, like the writer of the article in the Mirror, who is
always trying to down somebody, and keep them down so long as he can lash them
with his scandalous and perfidious tongue.
However, as “Foot Loose” has made such a fine showing at exaggeration,
on such short notice, in favor of Mrs. CHURCH and Mr. MILLER, I think it but
just for them to give him 10 cents each, and I will
throw in a nickel, which will make a quarter, and that is better than
nothing. It’s a great deal of trouble to
study up such polished language, you know!
But he forgot that it is more honorable to shoot a chicken in public, where
everybody can see it, than to sneak up to a hen roost at night, steal a chicken,
go to the woods, and cook and eat it.
JUSTICE. Kimmswick,
October 4, 1891.
~Pevely
Doings~
Our
fat man is considerable better now.
Carpenters
seem to be very busy at present.
Judge
CHARLES is having his well dug deeper.
He says, “more water – more fun.”
Mrs.
Congressman BYRNS and Mrs. R. G. HOEKEN were visiting at Mrs. George MOSS’ last
week.
Our
school teacher’s horse caused an excitement a few days ago, by running away
with his pretty little rider.
Misses
Myrtle and Olie MOSS have just returned from a week’s
visit to St. Louis, where they attended the exposition.
Mrs.
DONOVAN is improving in health.
Bud
CADWALLADER, who was hurt some time ago in the breast, is in a very poor
condition.
Z.
Z. Pevely, October 16,
1891.
_______________________________________
~List
of Conveyances~
Filed
with the Recorder during the week ending on last Tuesday:
Rolla
J. HELT to William T. HELT, lot in Festus..$1
John
H. SCOTT to Smith WALKER, lot in Festus….$1
M.
F. HERRINGTON to Thomas EDELMAN, 18 lots in DeSoto…$400
George
KRAEMER to John GRACYEK, lot in survey 2991…$625
S.
T. WAGGENER to Wm. F. HELT, lot in Festus…..$10
R.
F. LANNING to Louis SEMRICH, lot in Festus….$100
Same
to John KNITTING, lot in Festus…$100
Same
to Norbert BADER, lot in Festus….$100
Charlotte
MULFORD to Arthur MULFORD, 20 acres, S34, T40, R4…$1000
Maud
RONDEBUSCH to Michael MERGET, lot in DeSoto…$1000
Herman
ENGEL to Q. J. FARLEY, 90 acres, S32,T41, R5…$450
Simson TUTTLE to J. E. JONES, 3 lots in Victoria….$1150
T.
H. GAINES to H. C. GAINES, 82 acres in survey 1990….$500
R.
W. MCMULLIN to T. M. POLITTE, two lots in DeSoto….$5
Josephine
GUENTHER to
Johannes BOESCH, lot in Hillsboro…$875
William
SIEBERT to G. W. GOZA, 2 lots in Hanover….$475
K.
T. GAMEL to John FORGY, 136 acres in survey 392…..$3200
W.
ALLEN and others to Marie GRATIOT, two lots in DeSoto….$200
W.
F. EDINGER to J. W. BAKER, lot in DeSoto…..$1400
J.
W. FLETCHER to J. W. BAKER, lot in DeSoto,….$60
C.
N. FITCH to Reason GOWAN, 2 ½ acres, S1,T39, R4…$900
John
DRYBREAD, by administrator, to W. E. HOLT, 31 acres, S4, T39, R7….$72
Joseph
SALVRI to Frank PERANO, lots in Festus….$1300
Bessie
DAVIS to C. MERCER, two lots in DeSoto…..$51
P.
M. WYNNE to J. W. MORRISON, 60 acres, S31, T41 R5….$1200
~Deaths
and Births~
The
following is a list of the deaths filed with the County Clerk the past week:
Date: Name: Age:
Oct.
13, Amos EDWIN, youngest son of
William LOTTMAUW - Age 23 mths/18 days, of membranus croup.
BIRTHS:
Date: Name of Mother: Sex:
Sept.
14, Mrs. Harmon H.
BUSS, boy
Oct.
14, Mrs. B. W.
CORNELL, boy
The
latter only lived two days.
________________________________________
~Probate
Court~
Term docket of the Probate court of Jefferson County, to
be begun and held in the Town of Hillsboro, in said county and State of
Missouri, on Monday, the 9th day of November, 1891. R. A. ELKINS, Judge.
Monday – First Day.
Estates. Executers and Admins.
Samuel
MARSDEN, Sullivan
FRAZIER.
Andrew
MALCOLM, J.
B. BAKEWELL.
Gus
MARTIN, Mary
E. MARTIN.
Harriet
L. ABERNATHY, Camel
RODES (Rhodes)
James
E. BYRNE, M.
F. BYRNE.
Oliver CROMWELL, O.
and S. CROMWELL.
Lydia
A. DRAKE, M.
B. DRAKE.
John
GALVIN, Terry O’BRIEN.
B.
F. JENNINGS, Mark
C. JENNINGS.
George
C. MCNUTT, C.
H. FAKE.
Tuesday – Second Day.
Jeremiah
MCCLAIN, J.
T. MCCLAIN.
J.
R. MCCULLOCK, Lester
J. HENRY.
William
TUBBESING. Anna TUBBESING.
Thomas L. DONNELL, W.
R. DONNELL.
Cora
KIRN, Sophia
RACINE.
C.
M. and C. A. MERESEAL, C. E. MERSEAL.
VOGELGESANG
minors, M.
VOGELGESANG.
Jas. N. WHITEHEAD, W. R. DONNELL.
~Advertisements~
Iron
Mountain Route, M.C. TOWNSEND, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, MO
STODDART
& Co., Patents, Washington, DC
MOCKBEE
House, Boarding, Hillsboro, MO
F.
AUBUCHON, Dry Goods
E.
B. MAUPIN, Auctioneer
Glade
Chapel, All Country Produce, Mrs. Anna FRAZIERR
Leo
BERRESHEIM, General Merchandise
The
St. Louis Republic Newspaper
Phillip
CLARK, Chicago, IL
M.
ZIEGLER, Watches, Kimmswick, MO
Aug.
KASSEBAUM, Dry Goods - 14 Mile House, Lemay Rd.
Rob’t COXWELL, Undertaker, DeSoto, MO
E.
VOLLMER, Dry Goods
Wm.
WITTLER, Tobacco, St. Louis, MO
J.
F. DONNELL, Physician and Surgeon, Hematite, MO
John
GEATLEY, Tinware, Scheve,
MO
Mark
C. JENNINGS, Insurance Agent, Justice of the Peace, Festus, MO.
Green
Tree Brewery Co.,St. Louis,
MO
The
Jefferson House, by Fred WAPPLER, DeSoto, MO
Max
FROHHOLD, Commercial Exchange, DeSoto, MO
Opera
House, Saloon and Restaurant, By William GORMAN, Festus, MO
A.
PECAUT, Watchmaker, DeSoto, MO
N.
K. FAIRBANK & Co. – Clairette Soap
Chas.
HEMME, Contractor, DeSoto, MO
Louis
WAPPLER, Stoves and Furniture, DeSoto, MO
Chas.
H. BAILEY, Real Estate, St. Louis, MO
Louis
GREVE’s General Store, Pevely, MO