Sharp County record., 1881-06-23
LOCAL NEWS
Town and County.

Cooler
Light rain showers !!.!!!
Prospects for more rain n!!!!!!!I!
Meat shop in town--fresh beef
No marriage licenses for two weeks.
Mrs. Fortenberry, of Smithvillo, is
visiting the family of DR.. Cox, in Evening
Shade.
First cotton blooms yesterday-pre-
sented by Geo. Grady, D. f. Casselman
and 5. Z. Dover.
ZJudgc Matheny has appointed Qrs.
#. NJ. Cox, S. NJ. Lewis and j. B. Cameron
"a a board of medical examiners for this
county. They will hold their first regular
meeting on first Monday in July.
As will be seen by card in another
column, Mr.. Pucket, the enterprising and
clever manager of the La Crosse and
Smithville hack line, proposes to extend
the line to Newburg for the accommoda-
ton of those who may desire to visit the
medical springs or new Eureka.
Mr.. F. Hester, residing five miles
south of town, some time since found a
lot of new plow handles on the Batcsvllle
and Ash Flat road, near his residence.
They are supposed to belong to some OF
our Ash Flat friends. The owner can get
them by calling on Mr., Hester.
Missouri bacon for sale at Spurlcck's,
from 10 to 70! cents per pound.
Hon. j. L. Denton, state superiatend-
cnt of public schools, has issued circular
stating that the official term of school
directors elected in May will begin Octo-
Der 10Th. From the 18th to the 25th Of
October is allowed for qualifying. This
part of the law was not amended.
The Evening Shade high school will
have an additional assistant teacher for
the next term, commencing about the lst
of September. A Mr.. Yarbrough, of
Lawrence county, and formerly of Vir-
ginia, has been engaged for the position,
we learn.
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Sheriff Higginbottom started on last
Tuesday to Little Rock, where he will
make his annual settlement with the state
auditor. We learn that he collected SO
per cent. of the taxes due on real estate
in this county. On personal property,
the amount Of taxes due was $5,84S. .S3,
and the amount collected $5,4l3.5l, or
about SO per cent. This is about equal
to the per cent. collected for previous
years.
-Butrum, whose arrest we mentioned
in our last weeks issue, was taken before
the U. S. district court at Little Rock,
where he confessed having robbed the
mail between this place and La Crosse,
last February, and was sentenced to five
years imprisonment and labor in the
house of correction at Detroit, Mich.
Another evidence Of the fact that sooner
or later the way of the transgressor is
hard.
Some of cur Reeds Creek and Gala
mine subscribers complain that the
RECORD does not reach them as promptly
as it should, it being some times more
than week after the day of publication
before reaching their Office. The papers
are mailed each week 50 as to reach Bates
vile on Saturday, by direct mail from
this place, and if postmasters along the
route would do their duty they would
always reach Calamine and Reeds Creek
on the following Monday. The fault is
not ours.
-Messrs. r. D. Williams and NJ. G..
Wainwright, of Evening Shade, visited
y s " Sdr5 last SATURDAY, and renamed
Sunday, inspecting the alleged medical
springiwhich is attracting 80 much atten-
-tien and bidding fair to become success
full rival for the various health resorts
throughout the country. They were so
far encouraged by what they saw and
heard Of the medical virtue of the water
and the prospects for the upbuilding of q
town or city there, that they purchased
several lots,