The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-25
State News.

Van Buren and Fort Smith will 1, soon be connected by telephone.
 Young cattle are dying in Logan county with Dlack-leg.
 A. w. Smiths safe at Walnut Ridge, was blown open and robbed of $1 100 last week.
 The young ladies of Malvern gave grand lcap year party at Malvern last week.
 The supreme court has decided that Melton the Kuklux murderer of Clay county must hang.
 Burglars have been troubling Corning lately. In attempting to rob a store last week, they were fired at.
 Seventy-iive varieties of native Arkansas timberas on exhibition at the Worlds Fair at New Or. leans.
 Five persons, two men, two wo5 men and a little child punished in the recent fire at Newport.
 In Pope county, corn is selling at 40 cts. per bushel, and pork at
  , cts. per pound, so says the Rus SelVille Democrat.
 A laboring maE's protective as sociation was organized at Morril- ton last week.
 Hot Springs Sentinel wants tue. United States land office moved from Camden to that city.
 There are seven prisoners con- fined in the Scott county jail.
 The Bradley county poor-house farm was sold at public auction last week.
 The Forest City News thinks the great aud responsible duty of se lecting man to succeed senator Walker deloves upon ii.
 ftho Locksburg Chronicle man would have both sides of his pa per sent to him already printed it. could be read more satisfactory.
 The city council of Jenesboro,- CFalghedd county, have passed an ordinance prohibiting the firing of fireworks, and Christmas will pass of quietly.
 General Armistead, of Charles ton, Franklin county, is an appli cant for United States Marshal of the Western District of Arkansas.
 The Arfms says the vagTant law of Van Buren works to charm. If there is town in the State needs such a law, it certainly is Prescott.
 The registered mail between Hope and Nashville has been rob. bed twice right recently; the rob- bers getting several hundred dol-I lars.
 A young man naW ed Sturdevant, ] living near Columbus, Hampstead county, had his hand badly man gled in a gin a few days ago.
 John Ledding, near Ozark, was fitting d shell ofa dynamite cap last week, when it exploded and tore his thumb and two of his fingers off his hand.
 J. II, Smith who killed ono Hsis- ten at Memphis, Tenn.> some time since, was captured last week at Malvern by marshel Gammell.
 In attempting to arrest a negro, n Texarkana marshal was shot at by said negro, the marshal return, ed the fire and wounded the negro in the thigh.
 Mir. Meredith Baker, of Hot Springs, while unloading his shot gun on the morning of the 1lth, he ,ccidontly discharged it, shooting his little daughter,
 pr. NJ. NJ. Mcclure, of Darda- nelle will be a candidate for Secre- .ary of the Senate of the next Gen eral Assembly. A better selection could not be made, and we hope to see him get the position.
 The Batesville Guard favors Hon. J. NJ. Hewitt, of Lee county, for speaker of the house of the lext General Assembly, The Pic. AYUNE wants the best man for the position elected, let him be who he may.
 At rerryyille a few days ago, a little eighteen,months-o old child got hold of q preparation of concentra- ed lye it's mother had prepared for some purpose and swallowed some lf it, from the effects of which it