Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-06-26
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Plattsburg has the distiction,
Liberty and Richmond excepted,
of being the Oldest town in North
west Missouri. Piattsburg wit
messed the founding of both S..
Joe and Kansas City, and neither
of these cities have the surround
ings that Plattsburg has. One,
Kansas City, has half a million
people and ST. Joe has over one
hundred thousand. ,Plattsburg
has only about two thousand peo-
pie, and is the center of the fin
est agricultural section in the
state. Her farms are rich and
prosperous and the fields yield
enormous crops, The pastures
are filled with herds of cattle and
hogs and they always bring the
highest prices. Her mules are
known wherever the wants Of
men are heralded. They have
great stores filled with everything
that customers want. The sch Jols
aud the churches are as fine as
the very finest, and the court
house and the public improve
ments are in keeping with the
conditions of Clinton county.
The citizens are all of the high
est class, yet destiny passed the
town by and went on the hills
and bluffs along the Missouri.
Michael Toomay, who died re-
Gently near Braymer at the age
of SO years, was one Of the many
remarkable characters Of North
Missouri. He was,a farmer aad
had lived So years upon the same
land. A stowaway boy in an
emigrant ship sailing from Coun-
ty Cork, Ireland, he became very
wealthy for a man who devoted
his efforts absolutely to farm ac-
tivilies. A few months before he
died he invited his eight children
to a family dinner at h.s country
home in Ray county. After the
meal he gave away property
worth a quarter of million dol
lars, this being not by any means
all of his wealth, -Four of his
children are old maids who have
devoted their lives to the farming
interests Of their father.
Springfield has a sure enough
haunted house. The present oc =
cupant of the place says that he
he has searched the house al
over carefullyand ,cannOtdiseoveI
the cause of the meanings and
other blood-curdling noises thai
come from the basement at Il
O'Clock every night, and have
so come every night for the pasI
six months. His neighbors have
helped hunt the cause, and also
the police, and they all give it up
and he is moving out to Civ,
some one else a chance at it.
Ollie Larkin, 14.year-old cir
of Liberty, told the prosecute
that che had been assaulted anC
mistreated a young man named
Luther Moser.. The prosecuto
had the sheriff arrest Moser bu
he broke away and ran through
the town chased by a crowd an,
after quite a chase was caugh
in a deserted house in the out
skirts OF the town, by the sheriff
and the crowd wanted to max
short work of the chap as tn
feeling WAS strong against him.
"a certain candidate with hi
wife and son went fishing Sun
day." says the Linn Creek Rev
ellie in q recent issue. 'The so
caught nice Esh and the wife
3-pound jack salmon. The ma
had caught none, so in The mids
} OF the sport he managed to locs
en- the minnow bucket from tn
boat and sink all the bait"