Sharp County record., 1881-07-07
LOCAL NEWS
Town and County.

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Attend the band supper at the college,
tomorrow evening.
DR.. w. J. Line, whose letter descriptive
of Eureka Springs appears in another
column, has returned home.
Prof Magofin will teach class in
instrumental music at the Mount Carmel
church, south of town.
A letter received from Ravenden
Springs states that there are thirty-odd
boariers at the Southern hotel there.
'"IsIx- j. P. Jones and family, of Bates
vile, are visiting their numerous friends
in and about Evening Shade, this week.
w. D. Lowe and Sarah G. Shelley,
G. W. Hobson and Missouri Nelson are
registered on the county clerks record
for . matrimonial tramp together.
DR.. Dawson, of Center, Mr.. D. D. Spur
lock, Of Kings Mills, and Mr.. Sawyers,
of Ash Flat, were among the callers at our
Office this week. Prospects for crops good
in their respective neighborhOods.
Mr.. John Johnston, carpenter by
trade, who has been sojourning among us
but a short time, had the misfortune to
cut his foot severely with an ak one day
last week, while cutting logs for the foun-
dation Of house.
= - ,,iessis.n 8. NJ ShaYot and 6. T.
Turney arrived home Tuesday e7eniAg
last from their trip to Missouri. They
went as far as Dallas county, where
they left portion of their cattle, having
disposed of part of the drove at satisfac-
tory prices.
County court has been in session since
Monday last. Making the annual settle
ment with the collector and treasurer and
canceling county scrip is the principal
business thus far transacted, and is about
finished.
Local news of importance is very
scarce. Why don't somebody get sun
struck, elope, die, or do something of in
terest. Hurry up and complete the Indian
signs and characters on that rock basin
for our new medical spring. We can't
wait much longer. Work fast
-~-Several of our Reeds Creek and Gala
mine friends have been in town this week,
and paid us pleasant calls. They report
crops in the south part of the county in
good condition, and only a need of plenty
of rain during the balance of the season
to insure abundant harvests.
DIR. Y. B. Hail, formerly of Hickory
Valley, but now a resident of Sharp
county, and near Walnut Hill, called on
US this week. Mr.. II. reports numerous
arrivals a. Ravenden Springs, and thinks
that place destined to become cOnsidera-
BILE town.
We stated in recent issue of our
paper that any county in Arkansas that
could not boast Of "medical spring. was
entirely out of fashion. This gentle hint
seems to have inspired some of our friends
with spirit of action, and we are now
informed that Sharp county will soon put
on the latest agony by looming up as an
aquatic fashionable. Why not? Let er
loom. .s
The picnic given at Brickle's Spring,
in Sullivan township, last Saturday, was
largely attended by the people of Evening
Shade and vicinity Owing to some mis-
understanding IN regard to the mode of
conveyance, the cornet band was not
present, instrumentally, which was a
source of disappointment to some, but it
was observed when dinner was an.
nounced that several members of the
band put in hearty appearance. The
eatables were prepared and arranged with
excellent taste, and all present partook
s70ei freely thereof. Our reporter states that
the assemblage was composed of the best
citizens Of Sullivan and adjoining town.
ships-in fact, of some of the most intel
llgent people of the county. Appropriate
addresses were made by several gentle
men in the morning, and in the afternoon
the young folks INDUCED in dancing at