The Nevada picayune., 1885-06-18
LOCAL AND PERSONAL,

The Sglorious 4th" draweth nigh.
 Another Tefrc csling rain Monday night.
 Mack Spears spent Sunday at Washington.
 Prof. Coneer made a short visit to Texas Saturday
 Finest brands of whiskies, wines, and c,gars at Dan Wards.
 Farming prospects are very flat tering since the recent rains.
 Beer, wine &c, down to 3S de- grees in Dan Wards freezer. -' Picnic and fishing parties con- tinue to go out almost every day.
 We noticed some. nice ripe water-melons on our market Tues day.
 The MethOaists and Cumner- lands exchanged pastors Sunday evening.
 Capt. w. R. White went up to Little Rock Thursday with Mir Os- car Phillips.
 Barker postoflice, in Hampstead county, will he discontinued after the first of July.
 Roasting ears have come in, We ate the first of the season, at the Johnson House Saturday.
 Mat. Denman thinks that it is real cruel in Bob Moore 10 leave sharp tacks laying around.
 Ed Hood goes down to Emmet about three times week. WOn- der whom he goes to see!
 When yoa como 10 town call on Thos s. Bryan. He will make you 2 No. one pictures for p cts.
 Automatic and all kinds of sew ing machines repaired. All work guaranteed. Joe kershaw.
 Mir. N. T. Richmond was down in Red Land township yesterday looking out a location for his saw mill.
 Pitching horse shoes is the amusing pastimc for some of our clerks and merchants, in the after. moons.
 Latest advices from Hope arc to the effect that Elder J. T. Shelton is still continuing his meeting at that place.
 The Junior editor of this paper will go 10 Georgia, to visit his pa rents, the last of this or first of next week.
 Sheriff Phillips went up to Little Rock Thursday to make final set clement and straighten up for last years taxes.
 Miss Marietta Orr, a l2 year old lassie of Texarkana, was mar ried in that city last Thursday to NIT. HerflnS.
 Messrs. Leslie Ross and R. W. Sthbblefield attended the revival meeting at the Christian church at Hope last Sunday.
 We are glad to know that w. K. Atkinson, Esqr., who has been con fined to his bed several weeks, is able to walk about his place.
 Col. w. A. Webber, of the Rural and Workman, of Little Rock, and President of the Arkansas Press Association, was in town Thursday.
 We were glad to sec Mrs, Otis Moncrief able to be out riding Mon day, after her severe illness. Mir. James Holland is also improving and out,
 The attention of tho public school teachers of the county is called to notice of County Exam finer ThomassOn's, which appears elsewhere in to-day's paper.
 C@ing to the hard times and scakcity ofmoney, 1 viii for the nextaixty days, make two pictures for 25 cts. Satisfaction guaran- teed. Ihcs. ;. Bryan.
 There have been several cases of hydrophobia among dogs and Oth- CT animals in the Ozan neighbOr- b0rhood, in Hampstead county, during the past three or tour weeks.
 A six-year old son of MT. w. 0. Beene, of the Wallaceburg neigh borhood, was drowned in a ditch in which he and some other child ren were playing, one day last week.
 Mayor Frank NJ. Smyth, who has been suffering greatly with his old malady, rheumatism, the past few weeks, speaks of going to Hot Springs about the first of July to take course of hot haths.
 The Fourth of July approacheth, but the fatted calf-a plurality Of him-for the barbecue, and the patriotic citizen to read the Declar- ation of independence, have not yet been designated to the pubic.