Sharp County record., 1880-03-04

| mona, IN Haxter county, "eeh poloIo
last--The contract for building court
house at Mountain Home has been
awarded to B. F. Bodenhamer, at $1,000
-. The temperance cause is booming at
Mountain Home.
FULTON
Prospective candidates are heseeching
the publisheg of the Informer to reduce
his rates for publishing announcements,
but he is invincible, and with the posses
sion of s25 or $50, will feel rich neEt fall.
"A runaway couple from Sharp
county applied to the clerk of Fulton,
few days since, for license to marry,
but being refused, "struck opt for Mis-
souri, where, no ubt,they succeeded in
being "hitched for life The Informer
says "they were afoot, and appeared as
happy and contented as if op Missis-
sippi steamer" Hon. 7. F. Cunning
ham has invented cotton picking ma
ching which he claims will pick cotton
from the stalk and separate it from the
trash and dirt He has applied for letters
patent op the invention.
STONE,
VIM. Kanada, who lived near Mountain
View, while walking about his prem
ises, in company with another man, few
DAYS ago, met with an accident which
caused his death. Ip climbing oyer
fence, his foot hung between two rails,
causing him to fall. He got up and
walked few PAGES and fell dead......
Tom Rice and - Funkhouser had
discussion with pistols, nfar Sycamore, re-
Gently, about some lana, when Funk
houser shot Rice in the thigh inficting
dangerous wound.
IzARl,,,,
The women have commenced garden
ing and the men and boys pitching horse
shoes, in and about Melbourne, which
leads the Clipper man to the conclusion
that spring time he's Judge A.
G. Jefery, an old and prominent citizen
of lizard, died, few days since. The
merchants of Franklin are purchasing
large supplies of goods for the spring and
summer trsde. The editor of the Clip
per is not willing to publish dry goods ad-
vertisements free, even when disguised as
news communications, especially when
they are for the interests of parties who
are not subscribers to the Clipper. An
other editor thirsing for riches.
INDEPENDENCE.
A number of stone houses will be built
by the merchants and other business men
of Batesville, during the spring and sum-
mer. The late fire in that place has
caused them to lose faith in houses con-
structed of wood alone. "A young man
named Rosenbaum was killed by falling
tree, near jamestown, few days since.
He was cutting into the tree, when it fell,
bounded and broke his neck. "A son of
Lewis Bowers was seriously injured while
horse racing last week. In passing near
a tree, he tried to rein his horse to one
side, when the animal turned and passed
on the other side, throwing him against
the tree. ). Last weeks issue Of the Pilot
contained appropriate obituary of the late
G. L. Gorsueh, and was draped in mourn
ing as token of respect for him.
JACKSON.
Circuit court commenced this week at
Jacksonport. There are nearly two hun
dred cases on the law and chancery dock
cts. One of Newport's aldermen is
resident of Jacksonport. "A gang of
gypsies were in Jacksonport last week..
A negro boy jumped from bridge, near
Newport, and drowned himself, last week,
to escape chastisement that was threat
ened him by his mother. . Candidates
are "coming to the 'front.' in Jackson.
LAWRENCE.
A correspondent of the Powhatan Times
reports numerous drunks and pugilistic
encounters, at Walnut Ridge, last week.
We suppose, from this, that the local can
didates are beginning to ''set 'em up" in