Sharp County record., 1885-05-21

will, as soon all the districts in the
county make rapos., publish result il
each district.
"A specimen Of wheat from tea acre
fsld was sent . this Office by W. T. Stokes
last SaturdaT Tho stalk is well grown,
it bciag over ifeo feet high. Large, full
heads ago pu-l az out, and thein5oatiouo
are that Bro. .oke0 is sure Of slap jacks
in abundance 4notber year, The bunch
va have is abs an average Of the entire
6eld.
The Eaea4 City, Springfield 3 Lsm,
phis Railroad 1,. paid taxed this year en-
S62,O82 02, in tah county, Under the
assessment Of te2 Same property. made by
the new railro@ Commissioners, The CON,
pany will, the ia.oming taz-geoT, pay On
slO0,89S 8S, rhsFing an increase Of @38,-
8lA8l in the yalqedon, So much credit
is due the nev a3aiaistretiQa Of the state
We lea,n tl.ns the party who robbed
the stores at osRt,r few ddys ago was
seen down about Powhatan the day fol-
lowing the rof.bsFr--at least onseymed
map with a suyp ea of boota, shoes, prints,
cIothing groceries notioas; lin fact every
thing usually heIt in country osorc,
Gwung aoros5 his Back, headed bottom
wards. A ragged apa~aenoj tramp wss
seen skrlking abo-s Center the dag be-
fore the robbery. The aame man, no
doubt.
-D.B. WITT, Of Scott township was in
to sec us last Tues 47g aa3raportod every
body in the best Of apirisS in Bis neigh
borhood, giving as ,sesona for The general
good feeling the vos;gg e a dgo' Elii' tax
in bis district No. 92) lasE Saturday for
building puFpos9s aioS sufficient fand
in the treasury to rpA q SIX months tchool
aud splendid rain '-lliag Sunday q7en-
ing, ro7iying oroq prospects and tae
dropping spirits Of "A lar9gTs Of that
aaio. NJ = aSin - e"ety
"A resolution wag presented OF the
school meeting st this place last Saturday
by J. L. Abarnothy, giving notice Shat
the question Of donating the public school
building to Sharp county, to be used as
court hoaso, viii be submitted to the cleo
tors of district No. q at the next annual
school meeting, which was adopted. The
resolution provide5 that, IAe building
shall be tho property Of the county 30
long as the same shall be used as such
coart house, asd when abandoned by the
county, the building to revert to ito orig
inal owner,
Tuesday Of last week was the 72d
anniversary Of T. Hostag'a birthday.
That night be went with party ct bis
neighbors TO spear fish, and waied all
night, carrying a torch, in water from
one to four feet deep. About seventy
pounds of fishes were killed by the crowd,
and the old gentleman carried his share
home about 7 o'clock next morning, pre-
pared several pounds for braakfaot, after
which he camo TO town to do some trading.
Fe lives four miles 0us on the BatosVillo
road and is eno Of our most successful
farmers.
School district No. SO voted C FIVE
mill tax-3 mills for building purposes
ever lively opposition. Oae Of those
opposing the tax was man With several
children who has been moving around to
dodge the tax fatheEeF and imposing him
self upon communities where his children
had the advantage Of free schools. lie
was a citizen Of gatesvillo during e ten
months school, at the szpigatioa Of which
term he returned to his farm in Sharp
county to vets against school taz. Just
suoA individuals should be swung up by
the heels in poultry yard in reach Of the
fowls where they would serve as feed and
reka q tbirI-nlees scare CROW.