The
Mrs.
S. FRAZIER has been quite sick, but is convalescing.
One
million hoop-poles wanted at F. C. VOLLMAR’s,
For
drugs, medicines, etc., go to the Opera House Drug Store, DeSoto.
Louis
A. GREEN, postal clerk, visited his mother this week.
Seed
Oats! Black or White seed oats at VOLLMAR’s.
Little
Sammy BREWSTER is recovering from his severe attack of spinal meningitis.
Persons
indebted to the undersigned will please call and pay up before the 13th
inst. Arthur T. BREWSTER.
Bees
– Several colonies of bees in patent hives, for sale cheap. Apply to W.H. WASHBURN,
There
were two failures in our mail this week, on account of the creek at
The
prices at which HOEKEN & WITTRAM are selling their saddles and harness are
remarkable. Call and be convinced.
For
sale cheap – 15 colonies of bees in improved hives. Apply to HAMEL’s Harness Shop,
Judges
MADISON and DONNELL had practical demonstration Monday, of the need of a bridge
at
The finest
assortment of perfumery and toilet articles, at the Opera House Drug Store.
We learn that there is a
brand new pair of twin girls at Edward MERSEAL’s, and that he don’t care if
It is low prices and good goods that is causing a rush at HOEKEN &
WITTRAM’s – Are you in it?
Anything in the lines of
harness or other goods, will be found in the stock of
HOEKEN & WITTRAM at bed rock prices.
Andrew BUTTS passed through
here Tuesday, on his way to his new home in
Young mules
and horses – For sale at Maplewood Stock Farm, one mile north of Hematite.
Ray VEAZEY, who has been
working at the DeSoto Electric Light Company for some
months, has returned home, and will try farming for awhile.
For pure wines and whiskies,
for family and medicinal use, go to Max FROMHOLD’s Commercial Exchange, DeSoto.
To rent – A
40 acres farm; orchard and good spring. Near
Several citizens of Frumet were out Monday, presumably in the interests of a
bridge, but from what they reported, we think they needed a steamboat worse
than a bridge.
S.P. HARRIS, of near Sulphur Springs, will stand this season, the imported Shire
Sprethro Marvel, and also Metspur,
sired by old Silver Heels. For terms,
etc., apply at his stables.
At the town election in
If you want good photographs
of yourself or family, call, during the next two weeks, at Mr. RUSSELL’s, in
Hillsboro. He makes good pictures at
very low prices, and will give satisfaction to all customers.
The
For sale –
A fine farm, containing 186 acres. Good improvements, 60 acres in cultivation,
good orchard, plenty of water. For
further particulars, call on or write to M. F. BYRNE,
For the very finest Gents’
neckties, hats, shirts, etc., go to E. VOLLMAR’s. We lead in style as well as low prices. Call and see our $4 Kangaroo shoes. They are daisies.
We had a high wind, last
Friday, but, as usual, it was not a circumstance, compared with what they had
all around us. It was one of the most
widely spread and destructive storms ever known.
Lost – On
the 12th of March, a leather pocket-book, containing two $10 bills. Finder will be liberally rewarded by sending same to
E. B. MAUPIN,
For
In compliance with the
request of numerous citizens, Gov. Francis appointed Prof. J. B. SCOTT, of DeSoto, School Commissioner of this county, to fill vacancy
occasioned by Mr. VEAZEY’s resignation.
For sale or rent: A two–story
brick store and a two-story frame dwelling with all out buildings, barn, etc.,
situated 26 miles from St. Louis, on the Gravois Road. For full particulars, call on or address,
J.E.C. WILSON,
The rains last Sunday night
raised the streams higher than they have been for years, and much damage was
done in the way of washing away fencing.
They were all on a boom, without any exception.
The DeSoto
Roller Mills took all the blue ribbons on flour at the fair. No other mill did or could compete. If you want good bread, buy only Lilly White
flour. If your grocer
don’t keep it, go to the mill and HOPSON & LEPP will supply you.
The Maxville Brass and Reed Band
will give a grand concert and ball at WEHMEYER’s Hall,
[Column 3]
Johnny McNULTY,
of
I will sell my feed mill
outfit for $650, or trade it for that amount of property in Festus, or a farm
near there. It consists of a good
10-horse power traction engine and all belts, and mill is in good running
order. Call and see it, January S. LILLY,
There were two real estate
deals in
Choice
Seeds – Oats, Corn, Clover, Timothy, Blue Grass, etc., at RATHBURN [Rathbun] & HIGGINBOTHAM,
~Licensed to Marry~
John L. McFARLAND and Naomi [Nannie?} B.[R.?] LEWIS
Oscar
William BOYLE and
Benjamin
GARNER and Cynthia ABERNATHY. The last couple is colored.
The
For
The Hillsboro Bank will be
connected with the office building of HORINE & REPPY. The vault for the
safe will be erected on the west side, and a portion of their office will be
fixed up for the business office of the bank.
The bank will be doing business in about a month.
~Died~
In
A Mr. BRYAN, who is working
for the Missouri Sunday School Association, will deliver an address at the
Union Church,
R.A. FRAZIER, county lecturer
for the Jefferson County F. & L. U., will deliver lecture of the order at
the following name places: Monday, April 11th – Glaize
Creek Union, Tuesday, April 12th at Kimmswick
Union, Wednesday, April 13th at Maxville Union, Thursday, April 14th
at Antonia Union, Saturday, April 16th at Maxville Union. Everybody is invited to attend whether
members of the order or not. R.A. FRAZIER, County Lecturer.
At a meeting of Hillsboro
citizens last Tuesday, presided over by Judge ELKINS, a committee consisting of
Henry STELBRINK, R.Z. FRAZIER, James J. WILSON, Jr., Charles STEIDEL and R.A.
ELKINS was appointed to get up plan and specifications of a flour mill, with
the estimate of cost of same, and report at a subsequent meeting. The committee organized and went to work at
once. STELBRINK and STEIDEL went to St.
Louis the next day to see about cost of machinery, and the others are investigating
about site, cost of building, etc., and will be ready to report probably
tomorrow.
~Crystal City~
March 29, 1892
To the Sunday School people of Plattin township:
Will the people of Plattin township please meet as soon as possible at their school
houses and organize their Sunday Schools for the year and have reports ready
for the township convention to be held 1st or 2nd Sunday in May at
Muddy School House? The program will be
published soon in all the papers. We
hope every district will be organized and maintain a good Sunday School. F. JENNI,
Vice President, Plattin Township.
The County Court did a big
days work Tuesday, but we have not space for a fall report of proceedings this
week. The jury drawn for next term of
Circuit Court are: Grand, P.C. EAVES, Charles E. MERSEAL, Robert STEWART, John
T. BURGESS, John BURGET [Burgert?], John DALTON,
Anton LEICHT, Robert JONES, Louis COLE, W.A. COLE, S. B. STONG, and L. J.
DEARING; Petit, R.W. McMULLIN, Ed HERRINGTON, Geo.
CRULL, Columbus McCULLOCH, J. C. COZZENS, R. G.
HOEKEN, Reed McCORMACK, D. L. JARVIS, James N.
DONNELL, John OBER, G. J. BARRETT, Oliver CROMWELL, John GAVEY, Fritz MILLER,
Jr., John NAHLIK, Harry ASHE, Jeff BOWLES, B.F. ENGLAND, D.C. McCORMACK, John C. CAPE, Jas. H. WILSON, Wm. BLACKWELL, L. J.
ROZIER, and John D. HEARST.
Reports of damage by the
floods of last Sunday night are coming in.
Big River was higher than it has been for years, and has not subsided
enough to show the full extent of damages.
At Blackwell, it is said, the river was so deep over the railroad that
trains could not pass. There was a tie-up of trains anyway, caused by a
wash-out of a trestle down near Sabula, Iron County, where a cattle train was
ditched. It was at first reported that
the entire train crew was lost, but later reports are that only one man was
drowned, and we have not learned his name.
So far we have not heard of any county bridge being washed away, but the
roads have suffered from all the streams, not having been graded up to
withstand such floods. All farmers along
all the streams have suffered more or less.
At Victoria, the creek was past fording, from Sunday noon till Tuesday
morning. Judge MADISON got to the county
seat by stopping off at Hematite and getting a horse, while Judge DONNELL did
not get here till Tuesday.
[Column 4]
J.W. MATHEIS, the Pevely
merchant has opened a lumber yard at that place, as a new addition to his to
his business, and will make it to the interest of the people of that vicinity
to patronize him when in need of lumber.
Don’t forget it.
Sheriff MAUPIN is as young as
he was thirty years ago, but it seems that his legs are growing old. In a playful scuffle with Wilton PIPKIN, one
evening last week he fell and either broke a bone in his left ankle or gave it
a fearful sprain. He has been laid up
with a very bad leg ever since, and it will probably be several days before he
cane walk on it.
$2 per day and liberal
commission paid to agents to handle our new WORLD’s FAIR BOOK, the greatest
selling book on the market. Act quick. Write for
information. Interstate Publishing Co, Wyandett St., Kansas City, MO.
~Births~
Date Mother Sex
Feb. 11, Mrs. Charles M.
TAYLOR, girl
Feb. 13, Mrs. W. MASON, girl
Mar. 23, Mrs. Andrew REECHT,
dead girl
Mar. 26, Mrs. James BURKE,
girl
Mar. 29, Mrs. Charles PEEBLES,
girl
Constable FORREST gives us
the following item, which he believes to be absolutely true:
One night, two or three weeks
ago, Hiram R. BOYER, of Plattin, was out ‘coon hunting. After capturing a ‘coon, he
started home, and on the way, his dog got into a racket with something in a
thicket in a little field. He
finally went to the dog’s assistance, and found him in a fight with a large
buck deer. BOYER had no weapon, just an ax,
but with the first stroke he cut through the animal’s side and into its heart,
and killed it. The only discrepancy we
discern in the tale is that the buck was reported as carrying a heavy head of
horns, and if this is so, the circumstance must have occurred longer ago, for
bucks shed their horns earlier than three weeks ago.
Seed Potatoes….HOEKEN &
WITTRAM – We can supply you. All wrapped
in red and the prices are sure to please you….
~Knorpp
News~
G.W. KNORPP is busy, building
a new barn. C. KNORPP is also making an
addition to his barn.
Miss Hattie B. McCORMACK, of Plattin, visited her intimate friends, Misses
Carrie and Mannie KNORPP, last Monday.
Conrad WEBER, of St. Louis,
arrived here last Friday, on a visit to his friends, C. KNORPP and F.
SCHMIDT. He returned to the city,
Monday. Hopefully, he will visit here
again soon.
Miss Emma KOESTER,
accompanied by J.F. WAGNER, made a pleasant trip on a visit to relatives and
friends in St. Louis, last Sunday week, returning the following week, and
reporting have a splendid time.
Mrs. WILLIS returned to
Festus, last Monday, and is much missed at Knorpp.
Quite a gay party of young
folks surprised Miss M.M. KNORPP, last Monday, March 25/28th?, it
being her 16th birthday. The guests were treated with much love and
kindness, and it is useless to state that a delightful evening was spent. Miss Mannie
received some valuable presents. The
guests were too numerous to publish their names.
Wm. MATTHES, Wm. MOCKER and
Eugene JUNKER went on a fishing excursion Saturday night.
~Festus~
The main topic of
conversation during the past week has been ‘will there be a strike’? And what if the company closes their
works? The consequence would be most
disastrous, for Festus is almost entirely dependent on the Crystal Company’s
works. In fact, that has made Festus
what it is. However, at present writing,
all minds are relieved. The company
comes out of the difficulty victorious, and seven men are discharged for
good. The chief of the G.W.U. came on
and held a meeting at HAEFNER’s Hall with the strikers and listened to their
grievances, and after hearing all the evidence in the case, he decided they
were in the wrong and the Union could not support them. I heard that Mike COBION, the boss glass
cutter, was severely censured for false statements and expelled from the
Union. After all, the best strike is to
keep striking at your work.
Friday was very windy and a
part of the tin roof on ADAM’s Hotel was blown loose and he had to get the
assistance of quite a number of men to hold it down while being repaired. I also heard that it did damage to some of
the company’s roofs, but did not learn the extent. Many flower frames and such bric a brac are lying flat in all
parts of the city. Miss Mattie ODELL,
while passing the post office about 2 p.m., got caught by the wind, and a
Festus man, who was looking on, told me his first impression was she was too
good for this world and was taking flight to the sweet by and by.
Peter BILLY, our jolly
blacksmith, has sold his residence on Main Street to WAGGENER and brother for
$650, and tonight joins the Good Templars and bids
farewell to the little brown jug. Glad
to hear it. Pete, stick to it and you
will never peter out.
Mrs. W.F. HOLT started to St.
Louis Wednesday morning on a visit to her son, Lee, and to see her new
grandson.
Miss Josie BILLY came down
Wednesday evening from St. Louis to set as bridesmaid at her sister’s
wedding. She brought with her a
magnificent bouquet of cut flowers, a present for the bride from Presiding
Elder MAYS. It did our eyes good to seem
them – I mean Josie and the flowers – for they were both lovely, and ‘a thing
of beauty is a joy forever.’
I saw, the other day,
hurrying toward the depot, a fine looking man dressed in uniform and I first
thought war had been declared with England on account of the Bering Sea
difficulty and Uncle Sam had sent a general here to raise a regiment, but on
further inquiry I found out it was W.J. BELL, dressed in his G.A.R. suit, on
his way to fill official duties as commander of the Victoria G.A.R. post.
Miss Mary D. BILLY was
married to Clarence McCLAIN last Wednesday evening at
her father’s residence, by Rev. RUSSELL.
Quite a number of relatives and guests were present, and the gifts were
beautiful and useful. The ceremony was
given out for 7 o’clock, but owing to the delay of one of the family, it was 9
o’clock before the candidates were pronounced man and wife. Kissing and congratulations followed and the
company recovered spirits again from the previous weary waiting. Supper was then announced and, Oh my! What a
supper! The table groaned with the
weight of the feast, but your correspondent with the assistance of Frank BILLY and
some others seen to lightening the strain, and safety of the table assured
everybody seemed happy. Bro. RUSSELL
dropped his solemn look and had his wife been present, I believe he would have
kissed the bride, too, and now for the benefit of your lady readers, I will try
and give a short description of the bride’s dress. It was not Henrietta cloth, but Marletta cashmere of a light air shade, made Bosque in
front and infast waist at the back, with overskirt of
China Chinchilla gauze looped up with Queen Anne ruffles and blue ribbons and
held in place with silver pins. But, pahaw! How can a man
describe a lady’s wedding dress? Simply,
it was just lovely. But I must conclude
by wishing the handsome couple success and happiness through their wedded life,
and may their future happy home in due time be blessed with a reasonable number
of little Macks.
And now I will have to lay
some items over for your next issue, for if I infringe more on your space you
will think I –
Otto B.
Shot.
~Big Spring’s Spray~
The mercantile club at
House’s Springs are erecting a large building for a
store house, and when completed I think it will be quite a stately
edifice. Mr. GIFFORD is doing the
mechanical work.
Gus SHOULTZE will be
re-elected road overseer in this district if nothing happens.
The public school at the Spring’s closed yesterday.
Farmers have commenced ploughing. Wheat is growing finely.
The county seat is still
where it belongs. The DeSoto people are brimful of real, but are lacking in
judgment. They are not sharp enough for
the Hillsboro fellows. They should use
less beer and drink more razer soup. I am really glad that you delegates from
Hillsboro met with M. F. BYRNE, from this part of the county. Mike is always ready to assist in putting
down a fraud of that kind, and in doing so he voices the sentiments of the
people of old Meramec.
House’s Springs
is on a building binge. Several new
buildings are going up this Spring. The Springs may wish
for the county seat after awhile, but of course they would be willing to let it
be left to a vote. They would not try to
take it by any unfair means.
John HOWELL, living near the
mouth of Big River, is around with a petition.
He is trying to get a bridge across the Meramec River at Ball Mill/Hill?
ford. The
northern part of the county would be greatly benefited if they could get a bridge
at that point.
Samuel CHURCH, a 15 year old
son of Mr. CHURCH, of this neighborhood, invested one dollar in a raffle and
won a buggy, which he sold in a few days for $50. Sam was greatly elated over his luck.
Edward BURGESS is now in the
fine stock business. He has now on hand
a beautiful imported stallion.
I heard an old man talking
the other day, dreading the trip to the Circuit Court. He said that the only chance to get there
would be to take the cars and go by way of St. Louis. He said the Frank DEARING said that would be
the way.
~List of Conveyances~
Filed with
the Recorder during the week ending on last Tuesday.
G.W. ALLEN et
all to F.S. HANDCOCK – 2 lots in DeSoto - $150.
Mary PRESS to Otto PRESS – 40
acres, s5t38r4 - $40.
Thos. S.
BREWSTER to J.J. WILSON, Jr. – lot in Hillsboro - $300.
Jos. J.
WILLIAMS to John F. & W.S. BRECKENRIDGE – 372 acres, s22t40r3 - $3000.
Peter BILLY
to S.T. WAGGENER & Bro – lot in Festus - $675.
Chas. SWAB to S.L. COLE - ? lots in DeSoto - $800.
Isaranda SMITH to J.E. WILSON – 100 acres, sur
897 -$400.
B. SCHWEIZER to Jas. E. BELL
– lot in Festus - $150.
Edward
BEAUCHARD, by trustee to John G. MANHART/Manbart? – 154/184 acres, s12t41r5 - $528.
W.G. CAIN
to Jessie W. SCOTT, - lot in DeSoto - $125.
Bernard MEESE to Joseph ZIPP
– 2.77 acres, sur 2?91 -
$515.
W.H.H. THOMAS to Chas. S.
BOOTH – lot in Hillsboro - $150.
~Advertisements~
GREEN TREE
BREWERY CO., St. Louis, MO.
The above and well known
brewery established an agency at DeSoto, and their
celebrated beer can be had in a keg or bottle at all seasons of the year.
Charles KARTE, Agent.
Column 6
For Sale or Trade – The
valuable and well known horse, Forrest Time, is for sale or trade, at a
bargain. Call at my farm on Sandy, or
address me at Jarvis P.O., R. G. HOEKEN.
County Union – The next
regular meeting of Jefferson County F.& L.U. will
be held in Hillsboro, April 15, 1892, at 10 o’clock a.m. W.J. F. KIRK, Secretary, Kimmswick, MO.
-HURTGEN & HUBELI, Blacksmiths
and Wagon-Makers, Hillsboro, MO.
-Granite and Marble, DeSoto, MO – John SCHNEIDER.
-DeSoto Dental Rooms – Dr. H.E. ZORN, Upstairs, corner of
Main and Clement Streets.
-New Country Store! Glade Chapel, Jefferson County, MO – Mrs. Anna FRAZIER.
-MOCKBEE House (CLARK’s
Hotel), Hillsboro, MO – William MORRIS, Prop.
-Jacob LINDAUER, General
Blacksmith & Wagonmaker, Coffins & Burial
Cases, Houses’ Springs, MO.
-John SPARK’s Saloon
(VOLLMAR’s Old Stand), Hillsboro, MO.
~Notice of Election~
Notice is hereby given that
an election will be held on Tuesday, the 4th day of April, 1892, at
the county clerk’s office, in the town of Hillsboro, Jefferson County, MO, for
the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees for the inhabitants of the town of
Hillsboro.
John SHELTON, James T. MOSS,
H. Ed GREEN – Judges of Elections, Hillsboro, MO, March 17, 1892
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-Vehicles and Machinery – F.
HACKE – Opposite City Roller Mills.
-Call at the Bonne Terre
Farming & Cattle Store, Herculaneum, MO.
-The Home Market of Jefferson County – F. C.
VOLLMAR, Antonio, MO.
-J. W. MATHIES – General
Merchandise, Pevely, MO.
-Louis
GREVE’s General Store - Pevely, MO.
-Crystal City Plate Glass Co.
– Crystal City, MO.
-Clairette
Soap – N.K. Fairbank & Co., St. Louis, MO.