Nevada County picayune., 1885-11-26
State News Column.

CdUe Il1ll oOlltSG NIi po iCouiiO' It has been burned twice.
 Five fat cars and 300 bales of cotton burned at Pine Bluff Sun- day.
 A railroad is to he built from Pc cahontas to Hoxie, a distance of Is miles.
 The first span of the Frisco rail road bridge at Van Buren is fin ished.
 E. B. Rhodes organized fourteen Sunday schools in Johnson county last month.
 In Washington county last month $i0,000 worth of real estate changed hands,
 Four carloads of boat oars were recently shipped from Duyall's Bluff to Europe.
 A cOlored woman stabbed and killed her rival for her husbands affection last week at Malvern.
 Robert Hollis recently killed A. E. Wilburn in Boone county. The coroner's jury returned n verdict of justifable homicide.
 The Fayetteville Democrat says tracklaying will be completed near ly to White river, on the Pacific and Great Eastern, in a few days.
 Wm Smith tells the Harrison Times that he killed the bugs on his plum trees with soft soap. Al so, the trees. He will have no more trouble.
 Perryyille News, I5: The noun tains are all afire around us and on Thursday the atmosphere was full of smoke, and it was almost too dark to read indoors at noon.
 Beebe Argus, 15: Our farmers are in much better heart than they were few weeks ago. Cotton has yeilded a little better than they thought it would, hence they are cheered up and now wear a smile.
 of Zara l.. Cotton, recently ar rested in Burnet, Texas, tue Little River Pilot says: "His robhing Of the postoffice at Rocky Comfort has no doubt endeared him Go the hearts of several good citizens in that village who will be likely toI take lively interest in his future career"
 Post Mrs Mary Hendricks, widow of Capt. II. B, Hendricks; who at one tine was known the length of the Arkansas river as a steamboatsman and subsequently, a large merchant of Dardanellc, died at her home in this town on Sunday night, the Sth inst, of con sumption.
 The Stone County EXpositoi learns that during the storm We'd . lesday night lightning struck and partially demolished the chimney of Mir. Benjamin Whitfeld'S resi- dence in Richwoods. A 5point lightning rod which stood within four feet of the chimney escaped untouched.
 Washington Press: The Wash ington and Hope Railroad land grant, comprising the forfeited lands of tue county, was sold to , Iorin A. Gates, the son of a veal thy Iowa land speculator, for s7,O00. This land is now on the market and can be bought cheap and on easy terms.
 Sheridan Headlight A young man named Carr, nephew of MT. Daniel Atchley, of Calvert town. ship, was out with gun shooting one day this week, and hy some means the gun was fired accident ly and the young man was seNere- ly wounded in the hand and side. 1 The wound in the hand is of such nature as to neccssitate ampnta- lion.
 Batesville Guard, 13; Last Sun, day morning as Mir. George Kirch doffer, of Union township, was riding to church with his little son behind, tree fell on him, break ing his back. A physician was called, but he was unable to tell the extent of the injuries at that time. They proved to be of fatal character, however, as Mr, Kircn- dotfer died on Thursday. The child escaped injury.