Nevada County picayune., 1885-10-29
State NeES Column.
Nashville wants d district fair.


 address at tho opening of the Fort Smith Fair.
 The Sheridan public school closed last week.
 A colored man of Fort Smith named his first baby boy, Grover Cleyeland.'
 The State will have a very cred-1 itable collective exhibit atthe New Orleaus Exposition.
 Newport wants wagon factory, factory for agricultural imple- inents and cotton factory.
 Tongo Ray of Benton, was ar rested last week, charged with set ting fire to Mr. McKelvey's barn.
 Six cows were killed in Pope county last week, having gone mad from the effects of being bitten by mad dog.
 When a lot ofmcn get drunk in Pocahontas they amnse themselves by yelling and shooting pistols in the open air.
 A Dardanelle man challenges any inaa in the State to play q match game of draughts for a purse of from e1O to $J00.
 The weather for cotton picking is most favorable and the yield is said to be much better than has been calculated on.
 Mir. John Lawley was feeding a gin near Scotsyille, Pope county, when his baud was caught by the saws and so larcerated that it had to be amputated.
 Commissioner McRae at Little Rock received specimen pear from Little River county, and it tipped the scales at two pounds and four ounces.
 Swifs's Flying Needle is prepar- ing to publish an original story en- titled George Morgan, or Track cd by Detective" Arkansas. authors are coming to the front. Recently the steamcrMinniestruck log ill St Francis river near Cow Bayou which knocked a hole in her hull and she sank. The cargo aud crew were saved by the steam CT Cobb.
 Rev. Dixon Williams, the cvan- gelist, formerly resided in Yell county, this State. His father was at one time . member of the Legis. lature from that county. He is now preaching at Pine Bluff,
 Superintendent Clark of the Deaf Mute Institute has taken charge of the institution. Tho new building is we'll along toward completion. The brick work is all done with the ex- ception of tho cupola on the fourth story.
 A number of counties have failed to respond to the requests for in. formation about their resources, which requests were sent out by General McRac, State Commis. sioner for the New Orleans Expo sition.
 The Ouita Coal Company is now putting $l5,000 worth of coal cut ting machinery in their mines. They are constantly increasing the quantity of the output. Arkansas coal is getting fine swing in out side markets as we'll as at home.
 There is a man in this county who has moved 80 often that when n covered wagon comes near his house the chickens fall on their backs and cross their legs, ready to be tied and carried to the next stopping place.--Grecn County Events.
 Only about s5O,0OO worth of State bonds have been registered in accordance with tue act of the last Legislature. The holders of the bonds do not bring them in for registration. andit seems us it they regarded the law of not much con- sequence.
 "A Little Rock barber claims to have the only real LaLgtry bang dresser in the world. We would like 10 see him try his hand on tho head of the governor of Arkan- sas.,' Newport News. He keeps tlsat dresser" in trim for editors only. And strange to say i. is al meet constantly in nse. Nothing but the latest will gratify an Ark anoas editor .---L. R. Democrat.