Sharp County record., 1880-09-16
Town and County.

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town on their way to the bottoms.
NJ. L. church will hold a protracted
meeting at the Christian church in this
place. commencing next Saturday, the 18Th,
at | 1 o'clock.
We are informed that Mr.. E. A. Brown,
residing eight miles west of town, has had
three bales of new cotton gathered and de-
ligered at the gin.
Five hundred and seventy.fve regis
tered letters have been mailed at the Eve
ming Shade postofGce during the year
ending on the 18th inst.
Bacon at 10 and II cents per pound,
at Spurlock's
Mr. A. C. IIigginbottom, sheriff elect
for this county, was in town the first of
the week, smiling over his success in the
election. lie will remove his family here
after he gathers his crop.
\Larger supplies of goods have been
Received by the Evening Shade merchants
this week than ever before at this season
of the year. There is good prospect for
an extensive trade during the fall and
winter.
furnished at meal hours, at
Spprlock's restaurant.
Marriage licenses have been issued for
J. J. Mddccof and Edith Milligan, II. c.
Woodbridge and Susan Montgomery, c. &,
Mcclure and Sarah j, Bennett, Kinzio Do
mn and Matilda flood. L. B. Holt ana
Mary E. King since our last issue.
Postmaster Henderson and wife are
receiving the congratulations. of friends
upon the acquisition of ten-pound girl
to their domicile Mr.. II. will order a
supply of paregoric and soothing syrup
Immediately.
DR.. w. c. Noel will remove his fam
ily, the latter part of this week, to Walnut
Hill, where the Doctor is engaged in the
practice of his profession. We regret to
lose such intelligent and highly esteemed
citizens from our midst
We intended to publish the result of
the county election by townships this
week, but the clerk has been too busy
with other matters to furnish us a report,
so we will have to defer it till our next
issue.
Mr.. David Craige, who has assisted
US faithfully in the RECORD office for sew,
eral months past, left US last Friday for
lizard county, where he will spend several
weeks among his friends and probably test
the curative properties of the Baden
springs.
Mr.. J. P. Jones and family, Of Bates
Vile were up the first of the week, visit
ing friends in Evening Shade. Mr.. Jones,
having discontinued the hotel business,
has purchased residence in the north
Part of Batesvile, and is now occupying
the same. lie is using the Southern hotel
as saloon, restaurant and grocery store.
We have tested McCulley's meat pre-
serving process, according to the recipe
obtained from I. j. Spurlock, and found
it very satisfactory, Beef which had re-
mained two weeks in the process was IN
good state of preservation when taken out
for use. The process is, we believe, as
good as represented.
The cracked and apparent unsafe
condition of the walls of the brick M. e. }
church in Evening Shade has caused our
citizens to abandon it as place OF wor-
ship. On Saturday last the bell and
organ were removed from the building,
and we understand It is the Intention of
the church to tear it down Immediately,
and utilize that portion of the material
which is fit for use in the construction OF
a new frame building.
are now prepared to beat the
editor of the Batesville Pilot, "or any
other man. on long sweet potatoes, Mr.
R. X. Arnold having this week presented
us with a thrifty specimen thereof
which measured three feet and six inches
in length, and was evidently not more
than half crnwn.I Nh. Arnold will plant