Sharp County record., 1890-09-04
LOCAL NEWS.

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you bring potatoes in to SELL
Mrs. W. A. Turner cut one OF
her hands severely one day last week
while canning fruit.
Miss lola Price left on Monday
morning for Balesville where she
took the train for ooarcy. She will
there enter Galloway college for the
second term.
The candidate speaking here
last Saturday passed off quietly,
The crowd was pretty fair, but there
was larger and more enthusiastic
crowd over at the base. ball ground
While the enthusiasm over the
election Is not 50 great as it was two
years ago, it IS PLAIN to be seen that
all democrats, defeated candidates
included, are feeling good over last
Mondays work,
- ''%ne band entertainment attract.
ed quite crowd to town from ad,
joining townships on last Saturday,
while the game of ball in the eve-
ming also helped TO swell the audience
at night.
Among others of our friends
G. w. u. Oliver of Sidney, called
ON Tuesday with the information
that his section promised about half
"a corn crop, while cotton would
reach twosthirds of an average crop.
Several ladies witnessed the
ball game last Saturday. The um.
pre- was the central figure, He
stood just behind the pitcher and
wore velvet trousers and q flaming
red sash. John Bryant always "gets
there"
Our good friends, Rev. J. r
Edwards and wife of Ash Flat, were
in town Thursday and Friday, and
made the RECORD folks a pleasant
call. Bro, Edwards began a pros
tracted meeting at Bear Creek church
on Saturday night last,
In looking over the audience
,at the entertainment Saturday night
we noticed several persons lrom a
distance. Among them Miss Mamie
Mcleod of Calamine, Miss Leona
Erwin, Shelby and Il. NJ. Shaver of
Grange, and some strangers we did
not know.
Besides a most excellent sermon
on the inside pages will be found an
illustration OF the workings Of the
tariff, by our Congressman Brecken>
. ridge. This practical yieT of this
legal robbery should convince every
republican voter that it is wrong to
vote against Judge Cate.
The table, showing the vote By
townships cast for the candidates ON
last Monday IN Sharp county, is n
valuable Keepsake, and every person
interested in election returns should
have a copy of the RECORD contain,
ing it. We have n few extra copies
at 3 cents each.
Presiding Elder Hill has ap,
pointed Rev. Henry Hays as preach.
'er in charge of the Evening Shade
circuit, who will fill the pulpit at
this place the second and fourth sun.
days In each month the remainder of
this conference year lie preached
at II O'clock last Sunday.
AT the last meeting Of the band
J. 5, Metcalf was elected president,
j, II. McCaleb yico'president and
J. l., Brown secretary an | treasurer,
The secretary reported about $50 on
hand, with accounts TO match, The
organization is out of debt and will
put IN q bid for the Batesville Far
Job.
This item was overlooked last
week: VIM. Jack, . railroad hand,
stole 5000 from Martin Hoover at
Hardy on the night Of the 10th OF
august. lie was tried before Squire
Halliburton at Wllliford, and in de-
fault Of q 5000 bond was lodged in
jail here TO await the action of The
grand jury in December lie pros
tests that he is innocent, while there
are two witnesses who swear they
saw him take the money, Jack was
arrested AZ Black Rock, Just as he
was boarding tho train for parts un"
known.