The Nevada picayune., 1885-06-25

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 So many town people have been out fishing this week that we can't spare space to enumerate them all.
 Our farmers are complaining of too much rain recently, with a good deal of cloudy weather, to clean grassy cotton.
 The dog and monkey show was here Monday and Tuesday nights, but it went away on the northern bound train yesterday.
 Our Mir. J, w. Gardney departed Tuesday for a visit of several weeks to lis home in Georgia. We wish him safe trip and a pleasa mt vacation.
 Dr. s. B. Wall. of Wolf Creek, Pike county. was in town Monday after his little daughter who has been going to school here. The Dr. had his name placed on our subscription books while here. Rev. Dixon c. Williams is hold ing meeting at Pulaski, Tonnes see. At the end of the second days services he had forty conver- sions' He will go from Pulaski to Kirksville, Missouri, and from Kirksville to this place.
 We regret to announce the death of that excellent christian lady Mrs. J. II. Watson, which occur red at their country home near town on Wednesday the 17th inst. MT. Watson has host of friends in this community who sympathize with him,
 Mir. James Harris, near Rich mond x Steele's mill, sent to our office Tuesday by MT. Richmond, considerable curiosity in the way of corn tassel, The tassel, silk and corn are all together. There are more than sixty prongs of the ear from which the si s-are fully eig hteen inches long
 Our jovial friend, MT. Ali Abur- row. returned s ,turday evening from a three months visit to his home, in Engla nd. Mir, Aburrow says he found times dull, and mon. ey as scarce in the old country as here, and that he returned satisfied to remain here. Says he saw ice- be rgs on the ocean twice as big as tPrescott.
 The pay-train- passed over the road Saturday, spreading joy and bank checks among the employees. Those who are required to occupy the old shanty which the road, in its extreme poverty, IS compelled to use as a depot house, ought to be paid very liberally indeed. But we will wager a dollar and a half they are not.
 We are informed by Nr, T. F. Burns that a crowd of bad boys went to his farm over on Gar land creek, broke all the windows in his house, spiked" his splendid Artesian well, took off cross-cut saw, and tore up things generally. MT. Burns will doubtless lose no time in getting up names to pre- sent to the next grand jury.
 We received a call Tuesday fro m Mir. E. A. Fulton, colored, 'of Little Rock, who was in town looking after the in terest of his paper, The Sun, a ncartly printed, six column eight page paper. The paper is devoted to the advancement of a better and more friendly feeling between the whites and blacks, and should, be successful.
 It was our pleasure to spend last Thursday afternoon on the beauu- ful prairie farm of MT. Allen Fran cisco. one mile northwest of town. Mir. Francisco came here from Illinois, three years ago last Janu' ary and settled on the bald prairie where he no W has a most beautl- l iut uOlIc. llc udS ooo pcaSh 'iSS bearing, about two hundred of which were well laden with ripe peaches, most delicious. MT. F. has also the finest young apple or chard in this section. He has growing on his farm as fine Ken lucky blue grass, clover, timothy, and in fact all kinds of grasses, az grow anywhere. MT. Francisco has number of acres of fine corn, oats.peas millet and cotton and will cut S5or 100 acres of fine prairie hay this season. He has two large barns nearing completion which he will fill with hay and other pro- duets of his farm. We also looked with pleasure at 12 or 15 of as fine durham calves as any country could produce.
 Our school closed on the 18th, our teachers having decided that it was too warm to teach through the extended part of the term. There was an oral instead of the usual written review, and the ready and intelligent answers of the pu- pills reflected much credit upon the teachers. The pupils have evil dently worked we'll, and this be- speaks the efficiency of the facul- tv which will he retained in full