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Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
JAS. M. SIMPSON,
County Examiner.
Sale OF Manganese Land.

W. H. Denison, now engaged
in railroad building at Cheyenne,
Wyo., has sold 1000 acres Of
manganese land near Cushman
to an Eas tern dicate, the
price paid being $4,000. The
property, it is said, will be
thoroughly developed. Several
years ago manganese mines were
opened in that locality, and con-
siderable ore was taken out, but
on account Of the lack Of railroad
facilities the mines were aban-
doned. 1t is stated that a deal
for anothor 2,000-acre tract ad-
joining tho one just sold is pend
ing.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
No Reason To Be Thankful.

Appleton, Wis, Nov. 2S.--'I
have lived 80 Thanksgivings and
have never had anything to be
thankful for, so here goes moth i
ing
That was tho note left by
Joseph Meislin, proprietor OF the
Manitowoc hotel, who.today blew
off the top of his head with a
double -barreled shotgun, Be-
fore committing suicide, Meislln
ordered all the boarders out OF
the place, telling them yesterday
that he intended to quit tho hotel
business.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
EXAMINERS NOTICE.
The Teachers Examination And Directors
Meeting At Center.

There will be public ex-
animation at Evening Shade on
the 10Th and 20lh of December,
1907, for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the qualifications Of those
desiring to teach in the public
schools of Sharp county.
School Directors will also take
notice that there will be a meet
ing at Center on the 9TH Of
December, 1907, for the purpose
of effectiDg an organization of
the School Directors Of Sharp
county.
JAS. M. SIMPSON,
County Examiner.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
Notice For Publication.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,
Nov. 8. 1907.

Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,
Nov. 8, 1907. !
Notice is hereby given that William B. Nelson
of PouShkeepsie Ark, has filed notice of his in
tention to make final Five Year proof in support
Of his claim, viz: Homestead Entry No. 2529l
made Sept. q, 1902, for the northwest quarter
northwest quarter, section s. township l6, north,
range west, and that said proof will be made
before the Clerk of Sharp County at Evening
Shade, Ark, on Dec 2S 1907
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of the
land, viz:
E. F. johnson, w. L. Ghormly of Reed Ark,
John Higginbottom, P. A. GofT of Calamine, Ark.
H. H. MYERS, Register
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
Notice For Publication.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,
NJ. n 1lnT

Lanu OInce at liz wv
Nov. 9, 1907.
Notice IS hereby given that Sam son D. Coli OF
Matthews Ark, has filed notice Of his intention
to make final Five Year proof in support OF his
claim, viz: Homestead Entry No. 25O57 MADE
Ian Is. 1902. for the southwest quarter southwest
quarter section %, township II, north' range
west, and that said proof will be made before the
County Judge of Sharp County at Evening Shade
Ark, on Dec. %. 1907.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz:
John Lloyd, W. H. Spruce of Smithville. Ark
VIM. Ballard and Jas. Miller of Poughkeepsie,
Ark.
H. H. MYERS, Register.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
Notice For Publication.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, !
Nov. 8. 1907.

Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, .
Nov. 8, 1901 !
Notice is hereby given that Joe c. Herndon of
Matthew'S Ark, has filed notice of his intention
to make final Five Year proof in support of his
claim, viz: Homestead Entry No. 242Sl made
Oct @ 1900 for the north half southwest quarter,
section g. township II, north range west, and
that said proof will be made before the Clerk of
Sharp County at Evening Shade, Ark, on Dec.
23, 1907
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of the
land, viz:
r. M. Huckabee II. Higginbottom, George
Jones, b, F. Belts, all Of Matthews Ark.
II. II. MYERS, Register.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
Notice For Publication.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark.
Nn,r q 1Op7

Nov, 9, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Robert M. Huckabee
of Center, Ark, has filed notice Of his intention
to make final Five Year proof in support of his
claim, viz: Homestead Entry No. 2l282 made
Oct. 2, 1900 for the north half southeast qua rter
section T. township II, north, range west, and
that said proof will be made before the County
Judge Of Sharp County at Evening Shade, Ark,
on Dec. 90, 1907.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of the
land, viz:
Joe Herndon, Geo. Jones, B. f. Bettis, H. Hig-
ginbottom, all Of Matthews Ark.
H,,H. MYERS, Register
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
liurrah For Williams.

II, j, Williams has announced
for Prosecuting Attorney of the
First Circuit, the first time a 81.
Francis county man has asked
for the place since the Circuit
was created in 1874.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
pauper Contract LET.

The contract for keeping the
Hampstead county poorhouse
was awarded recently by the
county court to |, N, Evans,
whose bid was S745 per month
for each county pauper.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
TIE COURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis
trict-Firsj Monday in January
and July. Southern District
Second Monday in February and
August.
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and Oc-
tober. No County Court in the
Northern District.
Probate Court-Northern Dis
trict-Third Monday in March,
June, September and December.
Southern District-Second Mon
day in March, June, September
and December.
Chancery Court Southern Dis
trict-First Monday in May and
November. Northern District
Second Monday in March and
September.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
HARDY ITEMS.
News From The Capital And Other Points
In The Northern District.
Hardy Herald.)


The public school house at
Williford was burned last Sun.
day night. The fire is thought
to be OF incendiary origin. Loss
$500. Insurance $500.
The sheet iron roofing for the
Farmers Union Warehouse at
Many Islands, Fulton county,
and at this place, came in last
Saturday and was unloaded the
first Of the week.
D. L. King is improving slowly.
He was able to be down town last
Monday, when the candidates for
Governor spoke here, and since
that time, he has come down
town on horseback.
Riley Taylor, while hunting
one day last week and carrying
his gun by the barrel end, let
the hammer strike a log and dis
charge the gun, wounding his
right hand, so that DR., McGavic
had to amputate the three middle
fingers.
Saturday night a very disor-
derly crowd, under the influence
of-well, whiskey, lemon extract,
peruna, and Jamaica ginger,
roamed the streets until a late
hour when they were sent home
by Deputy Sheriff A. R. Vanzant.
The Mayor has been giving
them the trimmings this week.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
Fruit Jar Exploded.

While Mrs, j, A, Brown Of
Huntington was removing the top
from q Jar of frdlt the Jar ex.
ploded and her arm was cut In
several places by pieces Of glass
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06
Sewing Machine
IN TIE WORLD.

The most elegant, strongest and
best woodwork on the market.
100000 now in uss, Every one
gives satisfaction, The White Is
th' lser Of any Sewiag Machine
now made, The White Is the light.
est roaniag and best finished Sewing
Maehine Ia the market.
Its construction is simple, positive,
and durable, its workmanship Is un.
surpassed MADE In Vibrator and
Rotary Shuttle styles.
-.ss---You can secure the Agency II you
apply at once, we want Dealers In unoeeu
pied tervllsry.
Prices and Terms made satisfactory.
Address,
White Sewing Machine Co,
ns CLGHfiAND, ono,
>. u, KIRBY, thtie Reeh, Ark.
Sharp County record., 1907-12-06

Sales agent for Dr. Chas. f. Simmons f..
the line of the already located San Antonn =
Grande Railroad. The opportunity of uil
One of the finest ranches that the world h,s
seen, embracing 95 GOO acres in the Garden g,
the World," Atascosa County, Texas. Onndv
ties like this seldom occur and will probab5ly N
occur again.
Opportunity Seldom Comes But 0D
Two hundred and ten dollars, payable $40 per no
buys two lots for home or business in town 4,
farm of from 10 acre truck farm to 64Oacub 4
Mineral lands, farms improved and unimproyr
Arkansas for sale.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
The Founder Of Kindergartens,

Born in Thuringia in 1882, Froebel
began his career as teacher in 1906
at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and later
took part as soldier in the war of
Liberation. 1t was not till 1916 that
he began to put his theories of edu-
cation into practice. Ten years later
he expounded them in his first inn
portant book, and shortly afterward
began the training of teachers. In
1886 he opened his first kindergarten
school at Blankenburg. The rest of
his life was devoted to organizing
kindergarten schools. He died in
1852.
The first successful kindergarten
in the United States was opened at
st. Louis in 1873. Milwaukee was
not long in taking up the idea, and
for time was Mecca for educators
desiring to witness the system of
Froebel in practical operation. The
number of kindergartens in the coun-
try at the end of 1873 was forty
three; 1882, 34S; 1892, 1911; 1898.
1863. There are now in the neigh
borhood OF 5000 Milwaukee Wis
consin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
One is tempted to believe in luck

One is tempted to believe in luck,
muses. the editor of Youths Com
panion. when one hears of persons
who make the railroad track their
highway and escape unscathed. But
some even of these are luckier than
others. and high distinction seems to
rest upon resident of Williamstown,
Massachusetts,, aged seyenty-five
years. While he was walking the
track train approached, unobserved
by him. The engine struck him and
flung him into the air, but he fell
back upon the pilot, and clinging
there, assisted to maintain his hold
by the air pressure. he rode FIVE miles
to the nearest station, North Adams.
At that point he was discovered. and
it was learned that his only injury
was a slight cut on one leg. Prob
ably he will cherish that as evidence
of what he went through and es-
capped.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

Apropos of the present soaring
prices of butter there are one or two
things that consumers are apt to for
get. Hoard's Dairyman reminds them
that the increase of cows in this coun-
try is only about six per cent. annual
ly and that the wedding out of I'M
profitable cows and the increasing
number of COWS that are kept for
milk production only keep down the
amount of cream that is available for
butter making. While new creamer-
les are constantly being started, 1t is
the COW that is the source of the but
ter supply, not the creamery. 1t is
said to take about twenty years for
the COW population to double, the per-
eentage in increase OF the human
population being much more rapid
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Charles e. Mason Shot Himself.

After telegraphing to Morton Van
glider, of Maurice River, to come to
Leesburg and take charge of the West
Jersey and Seashore Railroad ticket
office, Charles e. Mason slung his
double barreled shotgun over his
shoulder, and going to a swamp
mile away blew off his head with a
charge of buckshot. Mason had been
employed at the Leesburg station for
the last five years and has been con-
sidered thoroughly reliable agent.
A railroad inspector entered the Office
and examined the accounts. In re-
Spouse to the dispatch from Mason,
Vangilder arrived and the agent gave
the keys of the station to him. That
was the last any one saw Mason
alive. A searching party found the
body. The gun, containing an empty
shell, was found beside him. Mason
was fortytwo years old, and is sur
yived by widow, and two children.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

the line of two streets which it is
proposed to cut through the old Hunt
estate as means for throwing open
the property for building purposes. In
this cemetery are buried many mem
bers of the Hunt and Tillou famiiIes,
whose descendants have owned all the
land on the point and most of that on
the neck until within few years; and
there also is buried Joseph Rodman
Drake, author of THE American Flag"
1t has been suggested that brakes
body be disinterred and laid beside
that of Fitz Greene Halleck, his bosom
friend and literary contemporary, at
Guilford, Conn.
The people of The Bronx who live
in that vicinity are much opposed to
the plan for removing the poets
bones.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Mystery in Girls Death.

Dead in her bed, asphyxiated by
gas from an open jet, Miss Deborah
Dennis, twenty-three years old, the
beautiful daughter of Charles Dennis,
of English Creek, was found; the po-
lice and Coroner's Office are working
to clear up the mystery. The trag-
edy occurred at the home of the VIC
TINS sister, Mrs. Vora Steelman, No.
100 Albion place, Atlantic City. Miss
Dennis had arranged to spend the
night with her sister that she might
attend the revival services on an
ocean pier. Returning to her sisters
home, escorted by young male com
panion, Miss Dennis was in high spir-
it's and prepared refreshments for a
midnight lunch. Shortly after mid
night she retired Entering the room
Mrs. Steelman found her sister dead
and gas flowing from the jet. The
police scout the suicide theory, but
say death may have been due to ac-
cident
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
According to DR.. Robert Hutchil

According to DR.. Robert Hutchin-
son, of London, if at any time meat
is not available, bread, sugar, and
eggs will make "a very respectable
support for the body" Sugar is an
exceedingly valuable article of food
as source of energy, the unfortu-
nate thing about it being that it con-
tains no heterogeneous matter. Bread,
however, does contain some, hence it
balances up well when combined with
sugar. In times of scarcity of food,
bread and molasses is not a half bad
diet-at least, it can be relied on to
keep tho body up to a fair state of
efficiency
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

Ellis literary output was very small
for man of his mental calibre, This
sentence occurs in an obituary notice
of the late Principal Rainy. 1t is a
delicious because unconscious testi-
mony to the prevalence of the idea
in the world to-day that the chief end
of man is to write books, remarks
the editor of the New York Post.
Great mental powers, but only few
volumes left behind? An absolute
contradiction in termsi Man is a
writing animal That is the really
up-to-date definition. Not to live up
to it is the great reproach. You have
passed your days in working and
thinking and strengthening your
character and doing good, but not one
book to your credit with The record
Ing angel The harvest is past, the
summer is ended, and you have not
single historical novel, not even a
snort story, to show for it all! Sin
Jul readers should mediate on these
shiDgs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

"A reader of the New York Times
who signs himself "a Foreigner"
sends to that newspaper this inter
esting contribution to simplified
spelling literature: What is the
correct pronunciation of the word
'says?' In two private schools of the
first rank in this city, my children
have been corrected for not saying
'sez' Is seq an Americanism?
have never heard it used by any cult
waited English speaker. If says is
correctly pronounced 'sez,' why do
American authors spell the word seq
when they put it in the speech of I'M
educated persons, or use it in dia-
lect stories?"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Test of Steel Rail Ties.

The Pennsylvania Railroad, to
demonstrate the practicability of
metal ties, has laid mile of track
on metal ties between Metuchen and
New Brunswick, to see if metal can
be used to better advantage than
wood. 1t is stated that the expert
ment has not proved a complete sue
cess, because of the great likelihood
of the spikes loosening from the fish
plates by the more pronounced vibra-
ton of steel as compared with wood.
The experiment will be continued I'M
til it is seen definitely whether the
steel tie will answer the purpose.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

ton, told the story of the attempt to
bribe him to vote for Dryden for SEN
ator.
Mrs. Frances Wood Holmes, wife
of Edward H. Holmes, cashier of the
Bank of Montclair, died at her home,
No. 70. Park street.
w. Scott Wheaton, a glass manu-
facturer, has awarded the contract
for a $4,000 home to be erected at
Cloverdale, near Millville.
John Mecray, Morris Crosse and
Irwin Stevens returned to Cape May
from days cunning in Great Sounds
with a bag of forty black ducks, all
in fine order
On exceptions filed in the Bur1ing-
ton County Orphans Court Miss Mary
O'Donnell, of Burlington, has been
allowed $4,000 as compensation as
housekeeper for her father.
The Vineland Poultry Association
has elected these officers: President,
j. w. Scull; Vice-President, George
P. Capen; Recording Secretary, G. E.
Smith; Financial Secretary, Isaac Van
Duesen, Jr.; Treasurer, j. F. Bray.
A number of young men from Cum
berland County are taking short agri-
cultural courses at New Brunswick
and State College, Pa.
Having paid off the $4,000 mort
gage on their church, Bordentown
Baptists will have an appropriate eel
ebration. There will also be recep-
ton to Rev. D. G.. Stevens, who be-
gan his pastorate on January 1.
Pneumonia caused the death of
Geo. Lent, a retired druggist, of New
ton. He VS. we'll known for his char
ity, and for several years held the
position of Overseer of the Poor. He
was sixty-seven years old, and leaves
a widow, three sons and two daugh-
ta1.c
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

There is a movement on foot to
found an undenominationa home for
aged people in Vineland.
William Freese, twenty-five years
old, was killed by fall down stairs
at his home in New Brunswick.
H. H. Tielson. Of Shiloh, sold $500
worth Of lard from two hogs, which
weighed $50 and 1872 pounds respec-
lively.
Ex-Assemblyman Holman. ct Tren=
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

The industry of picking ferns in
New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachu-
sets and shipping them to the Boston
market has grown wonderfully. The
ferns command one cent stock there,
and are used in thousands by the lead
ing florists. The demand is always
ahead of the supply. and for this rea-
son many families who have ferns
on their farms and pasture lands have
a market always awaiting them.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
cornaaa PRESERVED IN pea&.

Peat possesses wonderful antiseptic
and preservative qualities owing to the
presence of tannin. iron and other sub
stances in it. Here is an instance:
At the time of the covenanters, in
1856, three men were shot at place
called Crossgelloch. on the moors
above Old Cumnock, in Scotland. In
1925, when monument was being
erected to their memory, the workmen
came upon the corpses rolled in their
plaids. The bodies were in exactly the
same state as when they were buried
The moss had preserved them as II
hey had been embalmed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Dics Of old Acc 81 Eloqen.

James Anderson, eleven years old,
died at the City Hospital, Minneapo-
lis, MINI, from old age. The doctors
say that so far as the condition of
the vital organs are concerned the
child wers sixty years old at the time
of his birth and fully eighty years
old when he died. When the boy was
six years old his hair began to turn
gray, his sight began to fail and he
walked with the deliberate care Of a
two months he had been in what
would correspond to the dotage of
an aged man. Physicians are of -he
opinion that the aged child's malady
was locomotor ataxia
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

The authorities of Somerville were
Informed that the body OF Peter Nc
Gowan, a conductor of the Central
Road. who mysteriously disappeared
on November IT, was found in the
bay off Tompkinsville, Staten Island
The body has been identified by a
representative of the Central Rail-
road, and McGowan's wife and fam
lily, who reside at Somerville,~ have
been notified, MCGOWAN was last
seen alive in Elizabethport at 2
o'clock on the morning of November
IT
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
old Quaker Frozen to Dcatb.

e. w. Woodruff, an eccentric old
Quaker living in a hut between RaS-
way and Westfield, was found by his
neighbors frozen to death. Mr..
Woodruff was nearly seventy years
old His neighbors missed the smoke
from the chimney and broke in the
door.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
$500 For Loss Of Leg.

The jury at New Brunswick in the
$4,000 damage suit brought by Jos.
Fioersch against William J. Donnell,
oil Perth Amboy, for damages sus-
tanned by Floersch when at work in
Donnell's lumber yard, brought in
verdict of $4,000. Floersch had his
leg injured by the falling of a pile of
lumber. Later it was amputated.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Farmers Find Deer a Pest.

The farmers in Southeastern Mas
achusetts are much interested in a
aw that VIII give them right to
iver $4,000 for damages done by deer
n Plymouth County alone, Deer
lave been numerous in the southern
lection Of the State the past few
months.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

The Paris Humanite, commenting
on the worlds praise of Andrew Car
negie for giving $4,000 to st. An
drew's University, demonstrates that
a man earning 1000 francs a year
and often giving half a franc to
charity is four times more generous
than the American millionaire.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Arrested For Alleged Forgerr.

Charles S. Riddle, fruit shipper,
OF Landisville. was arrested and tax.
en- to Scranton, Pa, charged with
signing the will alleged to have been
made by George Schooley for the pur.
pose of gaining possession of the mil
lions left by James l.. Crawford, of
Scranton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Three Tcochers Quite scboo,.

The Board of Education, of Clay
ton, is up against stiff proposition
to obtain competent teacher for the
public school at Fries Mill. Since
September three teachers have been
there. only TO resign after a few
weeks of service. 1t will be neces-
sary to send the pupils to Williams
town and close the school.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

OF course, it is merely a coinci-
dence, but the railroads of the coun-
try have been kept on the griddle
since they called in those free passes,
notes the New York Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
TaIteat Rniidino

The tallest building in the world is
being erected in New York by life
insurance company. 1t will be $50 feet
high, or five feet higher than the Wash
ington Monument and Lightweight
feet higher than st. Peters, home.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
CbarIotte Bronte.s Hu.band,

Charlotte Bronte's husband, the Rev.
Arthur Bell Nichols, will soon cele-
bFate his ninetieth birthday--it being
now half a century since some of her
friends were advising her not to marry
him because he had rheumatism.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

Sir Thomas Upton declares that
our prosperity is amfzing. In view
of everything we are ioing to check
1t, it is almost beyond belief, urges
the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

The time for the poor mans auto
mobile has evidently not arrived yet.
The lowest priced car in the New
York show was runabout car for
$375. and not very practical one,
sait1or