1885 EXTRACT BOONVILLE WEEKLY ADVERTISER - COOPER COUNTY, MISSOURI The following is found in the BOONVILLE WEEKLY ADVERTISER 1 Jan 1886, page 1, columns 1 and 2. THE RECORD OF A YEAR (1885) January 6th - County convention adopt new text-books. Benefit to Bridges Twin Sisters given. Boonville Bridge company elect Jay Gould president. 9th - Death of Horace H. Leonard at Jefferson City. Expose of Rev. W. D. Mahan appears in THE ADVERTISER. Lou Bard arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses. 22nd - Death of Mrs. M. J. Williams. 27th - Marriage of Miss Josie Oberfeld and Henry W. Kuehner. 1st - Marriage of W. F. Chasteen and Miss Millie Staples. 14th - Marriage of L. P. Starke and Miss Hattie Carey. 11th - Rev. J. A. Hoffman preaches his farewell sermon as pastor of the Catholic church. 13th - Marriage of Jesse McMahan and Miss Carrie DeHaven. 21st - Marriage of M. A. Elsele and Miss fannie Eppstein. Wm. J. McCarthy purchases a two-fifths interest in Topic. 31st - Pilot Grove Collegiate Institute burned. February 10th - Marriage of R. Lymer and Miss Ellen E. Simmons. Death of Mrs. Joseph Gaunt at St. Louis. Death of Mrs. Bettie Colt in Clinton. 13th - First public reception of N. S. Cooking Club, at residence of Miss Grace Kemper. Charlie Main (colored) arrested for thieving. 21st - Death of Willard Elder. March 3rd - Marriage of Miss Florence Moore and Wm. Eller. 1st - Residence of John Devine, at Clifton, destroyed by fire. 7th - Death of Mrs. Margaret Clark. 16th - Death of Mrs. Genevieve Fessler. 22nd - B. E. Nance shot by Ben Swinney. 31st - Mrs. Mary S. Allison dies in Sedalia. April 6th - C. H. Trent dies in Texas. Benijah Hurt dies. 7th - W. L. Weaver and Miss Pauline Oberfeld married. 8th - Geo. T. Steinmetz and Miss Anna Reder married. Lafayette Presbytery meets in Boonville. 10th - Lebanon Presbytery meets at Highland. Committee to investigate. Rev. W. D. Mahan appointed. 6th - Republican city ticket elected in Boonville. Marble discovered near Bunceton. 12th - Marriage of Miss Annie M. Roach and A. B. Eades. 17th - THE ADVERTISER issues a two-page supplement. 18th - James Potts killed by a locomotive near Pilot Grove. Death of Douglass J. Muir. 25th - Tom McDearmon cut by Price Boone. C. S. Allen, keeper of ten-cent store, skips, leaving many bills unpaid. Marion Ross, of Prairie Home, arrested for horse-stealing. Milt Stahl loses $200. Thomas Welch arrested for stealing. German M. E. Conference meets in Boonville. 29th - Death of Miss Martha Mars. County Board of Equalization meets. 28th - Boonville District M. E. Conference meets at Pilot Grove. 30th - Benj. Hickman killed by a freight train in Dakota. May 2nd - Death of Adolph Herman. 31st - Corner-stone of Bethel church laid. 10th - Death of Mrs. C. W. Sombart. 15th - THE ADVERTISER issues a two-page supplement. 22nd - THE ADVERTISER issues "Cleveland and His Cabinet" as a supplement. 26th - E. J. Haller and Mary Jane Hayter fined $150 each for disturbing the peace. Schools close during the month. William Taylor, colored, arrested for rape. John Mackler kills E. N. Drew, in Blackwater. June 2nd - Death of Dr. Waid Howard. Portrait of W. M. Hoge, "The handsomest man in town," published by THE ADVERTISER. 1st - Death of Dr. N. W. Harris. Contracts for building Lamine and Rankin's Mill bridges let by county court. 10th - Kemper Alumni Association meet. Stephen Beatty arrested by hog stealing. 11th - Charles McClure arrested for burglary. 18th - Heavy storm visits county, doing much damage. 21st - Marriage of William Maher and Miss Pattie Parsons. 20th - Severe storm visits Boonville. Parties take out letters of administration on estate of James Miller, largely interested in French spoliation claims. 23rd - Wooden wedding of Speed Stephens celebrated. 28th - Death of Mrs. S. Schnuck. 21st - Death of Mrs. A. H. Co____right in Ohio. Suicide of Captain 1s_____ McKee in St. Louis. July 1st - "W ___ Our Boys ____" published in THE ADVERTISER. Baseball excitement rages in B_____. 4th - Robbie Keith, Archie McDearmon and young Wilhite burned with powder. 5th - Marriage of J. W. Buckingham and Miss Lelia Hulett. 8th - Death of Mrs. E. M. Blakey. 11th - Ella sweet arrives in Boonville under mysterious circumstances. 10th - The "I. M. M.'s" give their first entertainment. 12th - Charlie Kincheloe accidentally drowned. 22nd - Jury in case of Ben Palmer (Palmer indicted for murder) disagree. 21st - Dr. W. H. Ellis dies. 28th - K. of P. have a grand installation. John Keithley acquitted of murder. 24th - Death of Mrs. Amanda H. Petty. 27th - Cooper County Normal Institute meets at Boonville. 26th - Death of John M. Huber. August 6th - Marriage of Wm. J. Homan and Miss Jessie Minor. Meeting of colored Odd Fellows in Boonville. Sam Johnson arrested for attempted rape. P. H. McNulty removed from office of U. S. Receiver. 5th - Death of Mrs. Susan Herndon, of Lamine. Ben. F. Hutchison leaves for Annapolis as naval cadet. 8th - Grant memorial services held in Boonville. 11th - Death of Jas. W. Tucker. Death of Harrison Homan. September 23rd - Boonville K. of P. take first prize at Marshall Fair. Lone Elm destroyed by fire. John Clark and Straub Young arrested for stealing beer. 9th - Marriage of F. D. Morton and Miss Lucy M. Payne. 10th - Death of Mrs. Nancy Draffen. Robert Pash, of Lamine, arrested for attempted rape. 18th - THE ADVERTISER, issues "Carriston's Gift," complete, in eight-age supplement. Branch penitentiary commissioners select Boonville for prison sit. 22nd - Henry Spencer, of Pilot Grove, fractures Dennis Jackson's head. 16th - Wm. Smith dies at Prairie Home. 24th - Gov. Marmaduke vetoes selection of Boonville as location for "pen". Robert Burns accidentally killed at Otterville. Rev. W. D. Mahan found guilty of literary theft and suspended from the ministry for one year. Charlie King arrested for assault. October 1st - Marriage of S. H. Stephens and Miss Sue Mitchell. 5th - Wooden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Lon V. Stephens. Judge J. J. Hoge succeeds Pat McNulty in land office. 6th - Marriage of John F. Vick and Miss Mary Goodwin at Vermont. 16th - THE ADVERTISER issues ten-page supplement. Col. J. T. K. Hayward visits Boonville in interests of C. M. R. R. 11th - August Glahn dies. 10th - Marriage of L. C. Walz and Mrs. Fannie Mack. 23rd - THE ADVERTISER issues an eight-page supplement. James Mitchell captures two burglars wanted in Saline. 15th - Death of Mrs. Ella Campbell at Bunceton. Married, in Arkansas, Joseph Williams and Miss Rena Fessler. Christian Force dies at Bunceton. 25th - Rev. C. M. Hawkins preaches his first sermon at the Boonville Methodist Church. November 1st - Otto Kaufman kills himself. 4th - Marriage of Chas. P. Gott and Miss Tillie Wertheimer. 11th - Ben Palmer sentenced to fifteen years in penitentiary for murder. The Leonard and Estill cases decided for plaintiffs; a verdict for $33,000 rendered. Freight discrimination cases decided for plaintiffs. John Clark sent to penitentiary for three years and four months for burglary. Mrs. M. P. Stephens dies at Sedalia. The "gipsy horse" vanquishes Cooper county animals. 13th - THE ADVERTISER issues illuminated supplement. 18th - Death of Mrs. M. J. Wertheimer. Marriage of J. W. Day and Miss Annie English. Sheriff Smith takes four prisoners to penitentiary. 24th - Marriage of Robt. N. Sombart and Miss Annie Schaefer. 25th - Marriage of Frank Sombart and Miss Mary Bernard. Marriage of Jesse Gaunt and Miss Nettie Puthoff, in St. Louis. 21st - Cooper county teachers organize reading circle. 26th - Thanksgiving services at Baptist church; sermon by Rev. W. D. Morton. 30th - Hendricks memorial services in Boonville. December 4th - 11th - Catholic controversy through columns of THE ADVERTISER. 7th - J. M. Wheeler's residence in Otterville township burned. 9th - Marriage of S. P. Coe and Miss Eva Ewing. 11th - Marriage of Miss Lizzie O'Bryan and J. A. Riordan. 5th - Death of J. H. Glasgow. 13th - Death of John A. Weber. 17th - Dr. A. H. Thruston arrested for embezzlement and honorably acquitted. 16th - Marriage of Miss Carrie Rice and Mr. Frank Spann. 25th - THE ADVERTISER issues a twenty-four page Christmas edition. 14th - Wm. Warnhoff dies. L. L. Williams appointed deputy U. 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