Sharp County record., 1881-06-23
Other Counties.
RANDOLPH.

fairs in shape that will enable hlm 10
resume business in Pocahontas again in
a short time. Jesse Dorman, good
citizen, died few days since, of con-
sumption. Large quantities of walnut
timber is being shipped from the Dalton
neighborhood down the Elevenpoints5 and
Black and White rivers to the Mississippi,
and finally to New York City, where 1t
will be used in the manufacture of sewing
machines =. There are new arrivals Of
German immigrants each week in the
vicinity of Pocahontas, and the Scalpel
predicts that if the same continues for two
years there will be more Germans than
Americans in Randolph.
LAWRENCE.
The Powhatan Times has lost its TYPO,
and will suspend publication till another
can be secured :. . A Frenchman and pet
bear circus and menagerie was robbed
of seventy,odd dollars at Walnut Ridge
one night last week /. (. There will Re a
public examination of teachers by the
county examiner at Powhatan, on the
2Sth inst.
JACKSON.
The Herald says that Jacksonpor. is
the healthiest place in the state .. I'M
migrants from Illinois and Indiana are
seeking homes in Jackson. ., Hogs are
dying with cholera in the vicinity of
Newport.
INDEPENDENCE.
A Kirksville. Mo-, man was in Bates
vile few days since, prospecting for
location for bank The wife of Tbas.
Padgett, of Batesville, died at Searoy,
recently. .. Columbus Allen, who was
confined in the Batesyille Jail, charged
with removing mortgaged property, made
his escape therefrom on Tuesday of last
week, by crawling through hole that
was cut in the wall of one of the cells BY
a former occupant.
IzABD.
Fines to the amount of over two hua-
dred dollars were imposed by the ciftdit
court last week upon 'pistol toters' and
Sabbath breakers. Sandy Crews, for
forgery, was sentenced to the penitentiary
for two years. . i. The wheat crop is good
all over the county, and the prospect Tor
corn and cotton is favorable.
STONE.
A newspaper called The Expositor has
been established at Mountain View, by
S. P. Foster. 1t is a four-column sheet,
good enough for its chances, and the
people of Stone should give it a support
that will make it larger A child of q
Mr.. Treat, of Blue Mountain, fell from
loom and stuck the sharp point of pair
of scissors into its neck, causing its death,
recently There are three men in the
county whose aggregate weight is 6S2
pounds.
FULTON.
A resident Of Pine Hill creek lost two
calves from snake bite recently The
Myatt farmers have more and better crops
than usual 3. A man who was known as
W. H. Turner, and practiced medicine for
several months on Myatt, proved to be a
murderer going under an assumed name,
and left the country suddenly for parts
unknown, few days since The price
of county scrip has advanced from 25 to
rs cents during the past four months.
MARION.
The wheat crop throughout the county
is as good if not better than that of last
year. Tom Rice and Robt. Cypert had
a difficulty few days since, during which
the latter was dangerously wounded in
the side by shot from pistol in the
hands of Rice. At last accounts Rice had
not been arrested Marion county has
her "medical springs" without which any
county in this state would be entirely out
of fashion.
BOONE.
Newman, one of the editors of the Har-
rison Times, took another walk to the
state press convention, this week. 1t
costs drunken man twenty-five dollars
"a pop to discharge his pistol on the
streets of Harrison; sober men in popor-
ton. Out Of "a applicants for certif-
Gates to teach in the public schools of
Boone this year, one received first grade
certificate, seven second grade and fifteen
third grade certificates Wm. Watkins
aud I. s. DUsgman had a difficulty in
Harrison, last week, which resulted in
Bozsman being shot in the III outh. break
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