The Nevada picayune., 1885-07-16

| hau new slSn palnteu on the wall of their store.
 MT. T. H. Cobb, a Pike county merchant well known in Prescott. where he formerly lived, was in town Tuesday.
 MT. w. Y. Foster, of the Foster & Logan hardware compa ny, is in St. Louis this week, making pur. chases for the fall trade.
 MT. W, T. Fincher, the popular Rosston merchant, was in town Tuesday. He brought ma-xagon load of eggs and chickens. N
 Mir. s. A. Scott has given his furniture store a fresh coat of whitewash. A great many others should follow the example.
 We received several~pleasant calls from Rev. M. Pipkin, of Malvern, who is spending a few days in onr city visiting friends and relatives.
 Capt. Christopher was suffering with slight indisposition the latter part of last and first of this week but is now able to be at his place of business.
 The convention held here last Saturday was the largest and most intelligent and respectable looking primary meeting ever held in Mis- souri township.
 Capt. Alex Brown, of Taylor township, was in town few hours Monday. His son, Dannie, being quite sick, he was compelled to hurry back home.
 MT. E. J. Ellis, of the Bingen Social Visitor, is speaking of es- tablishing a paper at Gurdon. Cur don is thrifty town, but rather small to support a paper. Joel Dickinson, of Okolona, was among the sufferers from heat on our streets last Monday. But be- ing with friends, he seemed to care as little for it as any of them.
 Owing to the hard times and scarcity of fmoney, l will Tor the next sixty days, make two pictures for D cts. Satisfaction guaran tecd. Thos 5. Bryan.
 Our neighbor, Dr. Hinton, pla' @ l upon our table last Friday, two of the largest tomatoes of the golden trophy variety we ever saw. One weighed twelve and the other thir- teen ounces.
 We were honored with a call Thursday evening last from MT. W. $. McDanicll ami family. They were on their way to Hopkins county, Texas, to visit children and other relatives.
 Our physicians had all they could do the past week, attending sick people in the country. The health of Prescott is exceedingly good at present, how long it will remain so in it's present sanitary condition we are not able to say. Judge Byrne passed up the road Tuesday en route to the Northern lakes, where he will remain " few weeks trying to regain his health which has been much impaired for some months. We hope for his return in due timo fully restored to perfect health.
 Circuit Clerk Terry received last Thursday evening thirty.two copies of Mansfeld's Digest and thirty copies of the acts of the last legislature to be distributed amongst the justices in the county The clerk is required to takc re ceipts from the justices for the books.
 A gentleman who passed through Hope Saturday evening says there WAS great enthusiasm among the McRae men at that place. They constituted large majority in the convention and after instructing for him, adjourned without ex' pressing their second choice-ll they had any.
 The county convention will meet at the court house at eleven o'clock next Saturday. So far as we know it will have nothing to dc but to formally declare the result of the township primaries held last Saturday, and appoint two dele gates and two alternates to the Texarkana convention. | >. 4 " TT t.c G1