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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1874
Page
2
Local notes detail Troy area concerns over coal mines and rail links. Discussions press St Louis Hannibal and Keokuk railroad for a mine bridge, with Warrenton Wright City and Wright City potential branches pursuing coal traffic, while residents urge timely construction and investments.
The piece admonishes rowdy young men for hurled jokes as they ride sleighs at night. It warns against calling women derogatory terms and notes potential retaliation from a Bryan of the Standard figure, including a dramatic threat involving a Roman nose and a horse pistol.
Bryan Wm S of the Montgomery Standard marries Miss Nannie M North last Wednesday. The piece quips about the groom as an irrepressible quill-driver and notes the divorce-prone era. Condolences are extended to Mrs Bryan, with a tone of rueful irony about luck and fate.
A Warrenton meeting on the St Louis Kansas City and Northern railroad branch to Lincoln county coal fields discussed the project on the 18th and 25th. Lincoln mines owners and the railroad firm are said willing to aid. Lincoln coal is described as superior, with easy access to St Louis and local manufacturers. Hog buyers report prices around 6.0 to 6.35 per bushel in Truxton area.
A group including Deputy Grand Master W H Mugsy and J Miller Wilson organized Nineveh Lodge No 475. Officers elected: W M A C Bnethen, S Wm Wombies, J W F Cornelius, Treas DB Gilliland, Sec J C Elmore, Secy alah C Capps, Di J E Mosely, Tyler duo. Weather foul but event cordial. hosts Theron Ives and wife lauded.
In Warrenton the recollection of the “old est inhabitant” notes last Friday’s snow as the heaviest November fall in memory. Warrenton Christian church members, with other locals, raised seven hundred dollars for a new bell. A Troy touring mill could meet local flour needs, keeping trade at home. Tuck McDonald returned home Monday after a fifteen month absence.
Advertisement from A M Jamison dated November 16 1874 proposes 1000 acres of timber land for one to three years with building materials supplied for houses stables and cribs. Jamison guarantees work and ownership share that after the first year the contractor receives one third in the crib. Land lies two miles from Falmouth on the Mississippi River with fencing and stock roles reserved. address Paynesville Mo.
Married November 16, 1874 at the bride’s father residence in this county. The couple is GU. W. Stockwell and Miss Emita Cannon. Attendants were Mr. T. J. Stewart and Miss Mollie Cannon.
Jerry St Mc Culloch died at his home four miles southeast of Truxton. He was 32 years old. The obituary notes the farm location and age at death.
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