Sharp County record., 1885-08-06

may not increase the attendance the chill
dren and teachers ere mo:a apt to under
stand the scriptures, aut without them
the great truths containtl in the Holy
Writ never are explained 10 the satisfao-
tion Of the Sunday school cholar8.
The dry weather fos the past two
weeks has cut off the crn and cotton
in this county q. Ieaet 40 sr cent, Corn
on nearly all the high g2yeliy lands is
ruined, as for bread, VII. we hear of a
great many farms on Strawberry river
which usually grow ffor so to rs bush"
els of corn per acre, tbs y'aill not make
SEED unless a plentiful "on y Of rain falls
within 3 short time.
We neglected to meadon last week
specimens of millet sent nd brought il
by Frank Patton and G i. Henderson,
which are the finest ". eyer bchcId.
They will measure six fees q height with
head in proportion. Isi cur in.entio
/ forward those, with 9th. specimens 0.
cereals and produce brou in, to Gov.
Hughes who will have The placed on OK
hibition a: the New Orlga Exposition ia
November,
AT the meeting of Ii board o. t,ua
tees Of the Evening Shed, High Schoo.
held Oh last Monday eveI.ag, Prof Chas.
S. Flanders, of Perryviljo md, was uoan-
imously elected principal teacher Of the
school at this place for tb next fall and
winter tesin. Tha Professof has satisfied
the board by fling stroqg recommenda
tions that he is a cOIleGs graduate end
he's had several years nTgarience as prin
cipal Of high schools and academies, and
the board has overy reason to believe the
applicant to be scholarly, Christian gen
tleman. lie is expected 80 arriv3 here
within the next ten days
Mrs Alice Cox; Wcp'y Grand Ma
,rou 90 Order Eastern far, visited our
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reorganized the ladies' Chapter ct that
place, returning Sunday. She was ac-
conpanieG by Jimmy Dunn. They report
a pleasant trip.
Mrs. Cox also informs US that there
will be a meeting of the ladies chapter at
Mazville, next Saturday, at which time
degrees will be conferred and the work will
be e2cmpGfed An invitation Is extend
ed to the members Of the neiGhboring
chapters to be present and participate in
the work of the daT.
Mr.. Beverly Adair, who Left Sharp
county for Colorado On the 9.h ult,, writes
back to his step father, Uncle Carol Med
lock, that the rich man died and went to
bell, but be managed 10 get there alive.
The frst thing that was said to him when
he stepped Of the train he was asked if
be believed in the Mormons. Upon an
swerng in the negative he at once saw that
immigrants opposing that belief were no,
wanted in that section, and Beverly has
concluded to 90 on to Washington Terrific
ry where polygamy is not countenGncod
as requisite to citizenship,
We have just received o pamphlet
prepared by the Eureka Springs Railway
Company containing we'll written de-
,crption Of the celebrated springs and
their picturesguo surroundings The
pamphlet Is numeEously and beautifully
illustrated, with Gfty pages of interesting
reading, abounding in well told incidents
of the early settlement Of that section.
We also acknowledge the receipt Ct an
annual pass over the Eureka Railway,
for which we are indebted to Col. Powell
Clayton, who is vice-p-eSident and gen
eral manager of that line. The company
is erecting four story, stone hotel on the
mcSt lofty mountain in tie vicinity that
will command a splendid view of the en-
tire city, which, when completed, will be
the 6tsa building of the kind in the state,
Its opening will take place about the first
of October next.