Sharp County record., 1879-10-16
Other Counties.
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court house erected. This is a sort
of Yankee notion which has crept
into Bro. Bigger's crimlum, and will
probably be opposed by all good
citizens of Baxter.--Hershel Linn
and Miss L. G. Travis were married
at Mt. Home on the 18th ult.
FULToE.
Wild pigeons are Plentiful in the
vicinity of Salem.-yIhe low water
in South Fork affords good oppor-
tunity for fishing, and large num-
bers of the fnny tribe are being
captured.--The levying court for
Fulton last week fixed a tax rate Of
8 IL mills for general county pur-
poses, and l IL mills special tax to
defray expenses of finishing court
house.
IzARD,
A cotton boil brought to the Clip
per office weighed .tourths Of
an ounce.---A very successful re-
ligious revival was held last week at
Franklin. There were eight con-
versions one night.
INDEPENDENCE.
The merchants OF Batesville are
beginning to put on city airs by de-
livering goods to their customers in
any part of the town.--Cotton is
! arriving in the Batesville market
very fast for the time of year, and
business is becoming lively,---Wm.
A. Mcclure died at his home in
Greenbriar township, on the 1st
inst, aged 1O8 years. He served in
the war of 18l2.---There are II
paupers in the county poor house.
At a meeting Of the county
court on the 9Th inst, $l3,575 was
| appropriated to defr&y the expenses
Of the county during the current
wear. The amount set apart for
| circuit court expenses is $4,000.
LAWRENCE,
The editor OF theatt ithyllle Times
says "a lady is very much Ike a
gun" What sort Of gun?----A
horse thief was arrested at Walnut
Ridge, a few days since, by Sheriff
Townsend. He had sold the stolen
horse and spent the money received
for it.---A patron of the Times
paid his subscription last week,
whereupon the editor Of that paper,
in a fit of ecstasy, wrote an essay on
the "countless acts of justice, charity
and humanity" that are being per
formed by people everywhere, and
winds up with the assertion that
"everybody is not rascal"
| JACKSON.
From the 10th of September to
the 18th inst, the merchants Of Jack
sonport shipped 985 bales Of cotton
to St. Louis.---An effort will be
made by the town council Of jack
sonport to repair and complete the
levee around that place while the
river is low.---Murder, attempt to
murder, robbery, arson, assault, rape,
bastardy, larceny, mi8demeanor, va
grancy, breach Of peace, counter
feiting, carrying weapon, profanity,
contempt of court perjury, resisting
officer, and insanity are the different
crimes and causes for which SO per
sons were committed to Jail in
Jackson county during the past
year.---The editor Of the Herald
criticises the Batesville Pilot for
advertising its issue containing an
account of the execution Of Kemp,
but we fail to see the propriety OF
his comment. There is always a
demand for an account of such mat
tors, and the advertising Of such
report in advance is merely a pro
position to furnish what the people
want, and nothing more.
RANDOLPH.
| Rev. J. A, Griffith died recently
near Walnut Hill. ..---Arrangements
are being made to locate a colony
of Holland Dutch Near PocahOntas.
Whitley, who was hanged al
Pocahontas on the 26th ulty con
fessed his guilt, but blsmeS his part
ner Davis and whisky with being
the cause of the crime. The ScajpeI
says there were not leos than twenty
fights on the streets of Pocahonta:
during the evening after the ezecu
Sion. The combatants were drunk
and several would have used deadly
weapons had the few sober people
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