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Sharp County record., 1888-02-23
Feb.16 |
Tax Collectors
N OF E.

Notice is hereby given chat will meet
the taxpayers of Sharp county for tae
purpose of collecting the taxes for tho
wear 1887, at the following times and
places, to-wit: ....
Cave townsbip-at James Anderson's
Thursday, Feb, 23l.
Sullivan township-at Brickers spring
Friday and Saturday, Feb. "a and 25'
johnson township-at Kinks store,
Monday and Tuesday, Feb. n and 2o.
Piney Fork township-at Evening
Shade, Feb. 30 and March |, 2 and 8.
Every tax, payer is requested to bring
his title papers or tax receipt in order
to have any error corrected that may
have heretofore occurred. The penalty
attaches April 10, 1888,
Dec "A, 1887. GEO R, HALL,
Collector Sharp County, Ark.
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CENTER CINDERS.
Feb. 17th.

Some slight sickness, though health
generally good-a few cases of mumps
being the most serious.
Fine weather for oat sowing, and our
farmers are getting ready for business.
have seen some democratic tickets
proposed from different parts of the coun'
ty and thought I would hold little
convention and nominate ticket and see
how it will take. How is this:
For state senator % district-W e
Matheny.
For representative-R B Bellamy.
For county and probate judge-W Z
Adams.
For circuit clerk John j Estes.
For sheriff-George Hall.
For assessor John II Norman,
For countytreasurer-Charley Shaver.
For surveyor-W w Hill.
II this appears all right | will write
again and try to get in more news next
time. V. +. b
Feb. 20, 'S8.
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Trustees Sale Of Land.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed as trustee in certain deed OF
trust given by j. W, Durham and wife
on the 29th day of March, 1887, and
which Is duly recorded in the recorder s
efaee Of sharp county. Arb. on pages
164 aud 1865. book &C." record OF deeds
to secure the payment Of a certain prom.
issory note bearing even date with said
deed of trust given by the said } W Dur
ham to r b Williams and W A Edwards
executors Of the last will and testament
of Della Simpson, deceased, for the sum
of one hundred and twelve dollars and
forty-nine cents, due Nov, 1st, 1887,
bearing ten per cent interest from its
date until paid; and as said note and
interest remains wholly unpaid, by vir-
tue and authority given me by said deed
of trust, will Oh Tuesday,
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23

"A cyclone passed through the
edge of this county last Sunday
evening from the southwest, nearly
on the track of the one which dcmol-
ished Lacrosse and Melbourne in
November, 'S2. John Carter, who
lives in the John Sharp neighborhood
lost the top and one side of his
house; fencing disappeared like
straws, and trees were felled like
grain before sythe. The fury of
the storm passed between the Was
son and Williams farms on Horace
creek, removing fencing and DANA
ging out houses. No loss of life is
reported. Jesse Wood, who was
visiting at Press Young's and saw
the storm approach, is our informant.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23

Some girls are not so bad as they are
painted.
"The Old Ladies Home" is the name
of charitable institution at Little Rock.
I've built the fires for the past three
months and now I'll proceed to make
the garden
A girl in Oconee county, Georgia, mar
ried at the age of 9 years, her husband
being rs years old.
A ten cent box of backing will &c
further toward making n man appear
gentleman than 800 diamond.
Naomi, Enoch daughter, married at
the age of $50 years. Courage, ladies,
and improve your privileges this year; be-
sides
There never was,a goose so gray,
But some day, soon or late,
An honest gander came that way,
And took her for his mate.
A California widow had plans for
$4,000 monument for her late departed,
but when the lawyers got through fight
ing over the estate the widow was doing
house work at So per week for the man
who drafted the monument design.
"You have remarkably soft hands, Mr.
Widemouth. Do you use glycerine?"
mo, man."
Il wish my hands were as white and
small as yours. What business are you
in2"
II am organizing a new labor party"
Try St. Paterick's pills and compare
their effect with any other kind made.
They contain the good properties of the
older preparations in the market combin-
ed with the most valuable medicines
discovered in modern times. As cathsr
tic and liver pill St. Pstrick's are per-
fiction. Sold by R Metcalf.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23

Subscribe for the Record and
help to encourage home enterprise.
We learn by note from Il. C..
Kinman, Batesville, that that little
city is soon to have street railway.
Alexander Ellington died in
Lebanon township last Saturday,
February Is, 1888, of pneumonia.
He was buried in Lawrence county.
BE it said to the credit of Sharp
county that the majority of weights
and measures tested thus far are
standard size or too large. The
number falling below the standard is
very insignificant.
Hamilton & Tindel, assisted by
II. r. Johns, will operate a cardlng
machine this spring at the Hamilton
mills near town. The machinery has
been bought and paid for, and will
be ready for the first fleece of the
season. An advertisement will ap-.
pear in these columns announcing
the time when work will begin.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23

Mr.. r. A. Hiukle of Springfield Clark
county, is the happiest man in Arkansas.
Read this statement: Il have just finished
taking a bottle Of Dansby's Cotton Patch
Bitters and find them the best ever used.
My system was poisoned with malayia,
had no appetite, was weak and nervous,
but NV feel like a new man to what |
did before taking the bitters. These bit
ters are the most powerful tonic on the
market, but act so gently you hardly
know you are taking medicine, For sale
By Williams & Price.
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ROAD NOTICE,

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will apply at the April term Of
the Sharp County Court 1888, for an Or
der to view out with view to opening
new road commencing ut the northwest
corner of sec %, near the Young place.
twp 20 north, range 3 west, thence run
ming up Buothe's creek and intersecting
the Williford and Mammoth Springs
road, LOUIS FUNK,
Feb, 9th, 1883. and eleven others
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23

We desire to call the attention of our
readers to the following statement of Mr.
Steve Harris of Kingslend, Ark, who
writes: II used Dansby's Cotton Patch
Bitters for TYPHOID malarial fever and am
0. X. Have only taken one bottle and
feel as fat and saucy as Guinea pig"
This great Texas tonic prevents and
cures oil kinds of fevers-such as bilious
intermittent, slow. swamp, apd chills and
fever. For sale by Williams & Price.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE MAILS.

Route No. 20, ,155-Batesville to Evening shade:
Schedule time of arrival, every day except sun
day, is O'Clock p. m. Leaves at a. m
Route No 20, ,2O2-Evenng Shade to Ash FIAT:
Schedule time of arrival at 1880 p. m; departs
at 1880 a m. Mondays, Wedn days ana friuays' =
Route No. 80, ,14S-Smithvie TO Evening ohaue;
leaves same days at p. m
Route No, 20, ,l6l-From Batesville via Polk
BAYOU to Eve Shade: Arrives Tuesdays aud sat
nrdays at 80 a. m, and leaves same days at lO
q, m. D. H. MEiOhhr
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23
THE CHURCHES

Missionary Baptlst-G. l.. Foard, pastors
prcnching second sunday in each month lneiua-
Ing Saturday before.
thristian-Eld. Josephus Lemons viii pretcil
3d saturday night in euch month, and on sun
day following ,,
Methodist, South-R. D. Moon pastor, VIII VIII
preacl on the lst and 3d sundays III tnI" ,
north. Prayermeeting every "euheS""! "'S"'.
sunday-SchOol every Sunday morning "
,Uitad to come n. SHAVER,
'h'''e' ~ 0' Superintendent.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23
LOCAL NEWS

One of the shrewdest and most
successful of advertisers is John
Wanamaker, the great Philadelphia
merchant, who accounts for his sue
cess in this way; 81 never in my life
used such a thing as poster, dodger
or hand bill. My plan for fifteen
years has been to buy so much space
in some good newspaper and fill it
up with what l wanted. | would
not give an advertisement in news
paper with but 400 circulation, for
5000 posters"
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23
March, Goth, 1855,

at the front door Of the store house in
which S ? Turner is doing business, Ash
Flat, Ark, offer for sale and sell to- the
highest and best bidder, one house and
lot in the town of Ash Flat, described on
the plat of said town. as lot No. "a, OF
Block No. 1, this being the samet prem
ises described and conveyed i'll said deed
of trust. to satisfy said debt interest and
cost.
Given under my hand, this 21st day Of
Feb, 1888. Y. y. WILSON,
Trustee,
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SOCIETIES..

s.,.,n,. RURAL CHAPTER No. 50, Il. 4 NJ,
S;sK$t6S holds regular conversations at Masonic
s2ENT5 Hall in Evening Shade, the 8d salurcAy
Gs1issS in each month
SAM II. DAVIDSON, II. z.
r. S. Bacon, Sec.
"a EVENING SHADE LODGE No. l43, F. d
IA A, NJ, holds regular COMMUNICATIONS on
X x the Saturdy before lst sunday Ia each
~ month JHO. $. WlIKLRsON, ". Nj
j. b. McCaleb, Sec.
EVENING SHADE CHATTER, NO. H., v.
~JNzE s. meets at Masonic Hall ST Ihura-
day in each month, at O'Clock p. HI;
~ Mrs. 4. NJ. HuDDLEsTcN, W. NJ
Mrs. NJ. c. HuddlestoA, Secty'
n BEREAR LODGE, No. 60, |. 0. O.
,us-4<sy 4. holds regular meetings every al
z1rSgg 70 ternate Friday night
81 Esfg i. T. MEDLEY, N. G.
Neely Shaver, Sec'y.
>N\NMMNZ////I< EVENING SHADE LODGE,
&S$STNSTekTX[ No 1880 X. of H.,
t1sffss IS kgJEe( meets first Tues
-ffSE} sRI css-day nights IL every
MI Ff0[A%L=- month.
%G%sgsASlSgE NEELY SHAVER, d.
"WIitWN j. B. McCaleb X.
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FINAL SETTLEMEN /.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed as guardian of Ellen Birchtield, a
minor, will file his account current for
final settlement Of said guardianship at
the May term Of Sharp probate court,
W q BIRCBFIELD,
list Guardian.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION-29T
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, !
Feb, II, 1888.

Noticeis hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his lnten-
tion to make final proof in support OF his
claim, and that said proof will be made
before the county Judge of lard county at
Melbourne, Ark, on March 3Oth, 1883, Vlz:
James A. Billingslcy, homestead entry No,
1924 for the Inf of W or sec %, twp IS
north, range west, He names the follow
ing witnesses to prove his continuous leSl,
dence upon and the cultivation OF SAID
land, viz: j n Bates, L Robertson, L
Rites and J G Ferguson, of Fraklin, Ark.
r V. YEAKLE,
Feb16 II Register
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23

On motion the County Central
Committee was earnestly invited to
call the County Convention to meet
at this place, should one be held.
1t was then ordered that these
proceedings be furnished the Record
with request that they be published
Adjourned, subject to call Of town
ship committee.
JOHN C. MoKINNEY.
E, B. Andrews, Chairman
Secretary.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23

-"Unole jerry Smith formerly a res.
ident of Sharp county, died at his home
in Batesville on the 18th inst.
DIR. Bacon got his face and eyes pow
der burnt and somewhat lacerated one
day last week by the accidental explosion
of a cartridge which he was trying to
extract from a Winchester rife He is
up, but is goggle-eyed.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23
The Peerless tpEtl, Seed.

The undersigned will call on the farmers
of Sharp county in short time with
supply of these wonderfully prolific seed
which he will sell for SOC and 81 per pack
age. The following is one of the many
testimonials which will be exhibited to
purchasers, showing that two 20 three
bales per acre may be produced from this
seed:
j. NJ. Crawford of Richland county, South
CarOliaa, states under oath before the clerk and
probate Judge of said county, that these seed
produced over bales per acre OF 800 pounds
each, the stalks having from 200 to 300 Dolls-
averaging 100 bolls to the stalk.
The above statement is corrohOrated by
the governor of South Carolina. secretary
of state. commissioner of agriculture and
Hon Wade Hampton. u. 5. Senator. "
not bny until tins wealth. producing pr
igy has been brought to your notice
Jan. 5, IS, j. II. NULL
Evening Sb/
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23

EVENING SHADE HIGH SCHOOL.
Give the RECORD something perma-
nent under this head -ED.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23
DEMOCRATIC MASS-MEETING.

Pursuant to a call of the town.
ship committee quite a large and
enthusiastic mass meeting was held
at Lebanon Institute Strawberry
township, February goth, 1888. The
house was called to order by Jno. c.
Mckinney, whereupon on motion
Jno. G. Mckinney was elected chair
man and E. B. Andrews secretary.
The objects of the meeting were
stated by Hon. R. B. Bellamy, who
delivered an eloquent eulogy on the
principles of democracy, follow
ed by J. L. Sparks, J. p. Stinnett, |.
N. Sparks, A. J. Smith, I. +.
Sparks and others in interesting ad'
dresses on the same subject.
On motion it was decided that the
interest of the party demanded that
county democratic convention be
held for the purpose of selecting a
ticket for the ensuing election.
By motion the following named
gentlemen were unanimously recon-
mended to fill the various offices,
subject to the action of county
Sharp County record., 1888-02-23
county.

of those who are seeking office in this
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Mrs. Hendricks Desire.


Mrs Hendricks, widow of the late
Vice-President complains that she has
been grossly misrepresented in q re-
cent interview. crediting her with CEN
surfing the Democratic party because
it had not procured pension for her.
She has been severely criticised by the
press. and in defense of herself she has
prepared statement, in which she
says: II never at any time felt or ex-
pressed myself as complaining that the
widows of General Logan and General
Blair should receive pensions No
such sentiment was ever expressed by
me. Indeed, am rejoiced to know
that these ladies are likely to receive
pensions. 1t is great mistake that l
ever alluded to pension for myself.
/ have thought, and 40 expressed my
sell. that the Government should give
me the salary that would nave been
due my husband. 1t is in the album
dant United States Treasury, and, a. !
am told. is drawn by no one."-Is-
dsaNapoIis Letter.
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CONCERNING MONEY.


Why IL Should Always Ne Regarded with
= Certain serI0uancss.
There are those who think it a fine
thing for young man to spend his
money with a careless. sdashing free
dom; and all over the world the spend
thrift is character less odious than
the miser. We think. on the contrary,
that the miser and the spendthrift are
essentially the same character. The
weak vanity which prompts the ,inex-
perienced youth to scatter his money
in profligate profusion. easily changes
into that weak cowardice which induces
the miser to devote his later years to
boarding. Carelessness of expenditure
is one of the surest signs young man
can give that his life is destined to be
unprosperous and unhappy.
Some of the greatest crimes. and
many of the most poignant miseries.
have been due to carelessness in the
spending Of money. There is reason
to think that one of the leading causes
of Arnold's treason was the pecuniary
embarrassment caused by his cxtrava-
gance. The same cause had much to
do with precipitating Burr from the
height of honor into the depths Of in
fanny Swartwout, the great defaulter.
was not what is commonly called dis
honest man. but only a criminally care
less one; one of those s'fine fellows
hearty, jovial and 'whole-souled"-
whom everybody likes, from whom
every body borrows, whom nobody is
compelled to pay. Than such man
there is no more fatal character under
the sun. Ruin lies in wait for him, and
is sure to devour him at last.
Money should always be regarded
with q certain seriousness. for it is the
quintessence or representative of the
gifts Of Providence and the toll of man.
1t is hard to get. and easy to spend.
There Is peril in it, and blessedness in
it. 10 the wise and good it is the best
Of all servants; to the weak and foolish
Il Is the most terrible Of all tyrants,
Carelessness is always perilous and
wrong, but habitual carelessness in
the spending Of money is. of all its
iorms, the surest to lead to misery and
shame. IN Y Ledger.
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OF HUMBLE ORIGIN.
ContemptuOus Filings ut the Chief Glory
OF American citizenship.

Contemptuous Filings ut the Chief Glory
of American Citizenship.
The Democratic party can ask moth
ing better than a general adoption by
Republicans of the tactics in favor
with Ingalls,. Dolliver. Foraker and
other orators or the opposition. When
these men sneer at the humble origin
of Grover Cleveland they cast reproach
upon the chief glory of American cit
izenship. Had his beginnings been
more obscure than they were there
would have been nothing in the fact
on which to base the contemptuous
filings now SO popular in some circles.
The American roll of honor is a long
one. but it contains the names of few
men who at birth were not poor and
apparently not in the line of fame or
greatness.
As a matter of fact, however, Grover
Cleveland was respectfully bosn. He
was reared in an honest, industrious
and intelligent American family. He
came on to manhood as hundreds of
thousands of Americans have done, and
went about his life work ,lecently and
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MISSOURI REPUBLICANS.
PEN Pictures OF n Peculiar Race Of Hu'
man Beings.


man Beings.
The old cry that Missouri has
Jagged behind other States is re-
newed as the Republicans open their
State campaign. 1t is . pernicious
and unwarrantable falsehoo& but il it
had any color OF truth in it 1t
would be solely because of the ante
diluvian ideas of the Republican party
in Missouri. are fully aware that
there are able and intelligent Repub-
licans in the State. but, nevertheless,
as far as Missouri is concerned. Re-
publicanism means barbarism. In the
Republican strongholds it even now
requires the utmost efforts of Demo
cratic officials to prevent homesteaders
and settlers from being cowhided and
driven away with the shotgun or MUIR
dered. Tho Republican Bald-Knob-
bers of Missouri belong to the cave
dwelling period. and they are as anom-
alous in the Democratic civilization
of the State as the woolly mammoth or
the cave bear would be among its do
nestle animals. We are tired of these
stale and Improbable Republican
ISLANDERS on the State, and we are pre-.
pared to show, if necessary. Just what
sort of an animal the f1int-lock.
smooth-bore, moss-back, cave-dwell-
ing Republican of Missouri is As he
will be numerously represented in the
pcnitentiary, where he will grow some
what tame under Democratic treat
ment, there will be little difficulty In
getting composite picture of him to
represent the type.-Sk Louis Reput-
lican.
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CASTLE BUILDING.

swhat are you building darlingy'
asked of my grille fair,
As she quietly sat on the he arthur
PiIing her blocks with care,
And the rudy glow of the fire light
Danced on her golden hair.
al am building castle, mother"
Ny little maid replied
"And these are the walls around It
And head Is q gateway wide,
And this is funny stairway
To climb up by the SIDE"
The busy, fitting fingers
Went on with her pretty play,
And the castles walls were rising
In the fading winter day
When q sudden, luckless motion,
And all in ruin lay!
All, merry little builder,
The years with stealthy feet
May bring full many vision,
OF castles rare and sweet
To end like your baby pastimes
In ruin sad and fleet.
You laugh DER the toy walls fallen;
So sunshine follows rain.
And we may smile. looking backward
At ruined shrine and fame
While the heart hath shattered temples
1t may not build again.
-Lacy n. Fleming, IN Chrisfidn at Work.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

What a handsome pair of jump
ing-jacks Foraker and Boulanger
would make. Philadelphia Times.
William B. Allison's boom re-
sembles that OF John Sherman. 1t il
of delicate texture. and is not much
bigger than the string which is tied to
it.-Chscaqo Herald.
The Democratic party is en-
barked heart and soul in the redemp-
ton of the people from the spoliation
of monopoly, and woe to those who
get in its way!-M y Star.
Senator Ingalls, has not apollo
gized yet. New England Brahmins of
the strictest sect who have been
through course oftraining as Kansas
Jayhawkers rarely apologize.-SL
Louis Republican @4'i
Ex-senator Thurman made some
very vigorous remarks in the tally
sheet forgery trial, and he spoke the
simple truth when he said the Demo-
cratic party of Ohio neither defended
that crime nor was responsible for it.
-Cleueland Piaindealer.
With Foraker. Gresham, Depew
and Harrison rapidly gaining ground
in Ohio the spectacle of old John Sher-
man brooding over his Presidential
boom reminds one strongly of Marius
sitting disconsclate amid the ruins of
Carthage. Chicago News.
Mr.. Walker Blaine has issued a
manifesto against the fisheries treaty.
Is the son making an effort to get into
his. fathers boots? We hope not for
we never liked to see promising
young man in his prime lost to sight
thus prematurely. = Washington Critic.
1t may be well enough as a kind
of side show to denounce Hancock and
Mcclellan as allies of the Confederacy.
to shake Fairchild's three palsies in
the ears of the groundlings, and to
wave the bloody shirt with the hope
that another President will drop out
of it. but when the Republicans settle
down to business they should remem-
Der that while the Democrats are ply
ing their artillery the other side must
have something better than buncombe.
IN Y Herald ind.
The most effectual way to blot
out the bitterness of the past is for the
people of the two sections to come into
daily contact with each other. When
they do this they see that neither ara
half so bad as they are painted. Such
has been the experience in New York
and In the Southern cities where num-
bers of Northerners swell the popula-
ton. Northerners are given a warm
welcome in the South and Southcrners
are made to feel at home in the North.
Sectional feeling at this time is hardly
worth mentioning. Only a few poll
ticians and editors try to fan its dying
embers into fame. - Savannah Neus
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quietly. When called to public place
he discharged his duties with fidelity.
and nothing in his career is more cred
liable to himself and to the American
system than the fact that his promo
ton was so rapid as to excite the
wrath of lifelong postulants for place
and pelf.
Grover Cleveland has never been in
vestigated by Congress. John James
Ingalls, can not say as much. Chicago
Herald.