The Nevada picayune., 1885-01-15
State News.
Hamburg, Ashley county, had S3OO.0O0 fire last week.

T converted into furniture factor.
 Independence county has an agricultural and Mechanical socie- ty.
 Fort Smith began the mew year with fourteen liquor houses anu dram shops.
 Nine liquor licences were grant ed last week by the County Court at Washington.
 John E. Gill has been appointed post master at Springda!e, vice E. w. Gregg, resigned.
 Magnolia recieved up to January 7th, 1862 bales of cotton, three bales less than to same dAte last year.
 A new religious paper is to be published at Morrilton. The HeaG. light fails to state of what denomi nation.
 MT. John Luck, of McNeill, had his store robbed ot $70.00, a gun, some cigars and other property, last week.
 Mir. Brad Wilson, of Grant coun- ty, had his house, it's contents and eight bales of cotton destroyed by fire recently.
 After trial of prohibition of four years Gt ArkadelPf ia, the county court of Clark county granted retail license to liquor dealers.
 "Blind tigers" are playing the wild with the citizens of Augusta, Ozark and Webb CltJ, and other "prohi" towns in the State.
 Nashville does not allow whisky relailed in it's corporate limits, but a three mile saloon" will be estab- lished or both sides of it.
 4 man named D. w. Writht, was chloroformed and robbed of a considerable sum of money at Hot Springs last Monday night.
 The government work on the bank of the river at Pine Bluff 5aved into the river and was car ried away by tte recent higk wa, ter.
 Mrs. Robt. Mann, of Hot brings county, was murdered at her home a few days ago for her money. Her step-son and a nolghbor have been arrested on suspicion.
 Texarkana is agitating the ques- t>on of establishing public free schools tor all the yeag, If success ful, the move will prove of great benefit in | lping to build up the place.
 The Searcy Beacon has the fol lowing about the recent indictment weather: "a he'e is mud enough in this country to run a political cam paign or two if the mud was of the right kind"
 An attempt was made to assas- snate Mir. Alfred West, a well known young man of Sebastian county, few days ago. The shot fired and intended for him killed the mule he was rieing.
 The i''ssing of cantatas and en- tertainments by some of the "boysn of Forest City, is justly severely censured by the News of that place. Such conduct is not only very rep. rehensible, but inexcusable.
 J. D. Lipps, lying in jail at For est City, for the murder of James Simmons, has written a touching piece, (an atte~pt at poetry), to his sister, and published by request in the St. Francis County News. Lock sburg must be sociall7 very dull. 1he Chronicle says it takes considerable effort to get up even a smile among the young people there. This is strange, as young folks generally laugh whether there is anything to laugh at or not.
 Pike County Sentinel, Sd MT. !. r. Stroope, who has just returned from trip to Waldron, informs us that about two weeks ago woman living some twenty.three miles this side of Wsldron went to spend the eight with sick neighbor. Not returning the next morning at the time her husband expected her, he went in search. Arriving at the neighbours house he was told she had started home at daylight. Alarmed at this, he continued the search on s,is way back, and see-