The Nevada picayune., 1885-05-28

The PICAYUNE has a lot of nice visiting cards. Call and give us your order for pack.
 MT. Warren Willingham, our eff ficien butcher, thinking this shop had about expired fer want of a little cash, called up yesterday and handed in his subscription.
 | Dick White has two pretty cana. ries in the postofiice. The beauti. fuf and sweet songsters look quite attractive, hung just inside the window. Theoffice here is one oi the neatest in..t the state, with it's net work of wire cutting it off from the rest of the building.
 Col. Dan Rice the world-ren own. ed homorist aud jester, who for over half century was the most notable of clowns, will lecture at Whites Hall Saturday night on the subject: "The fool made wise.n It will be a rare treat to hear him, and the admission fee being very low, he will doubtless have crowded house.
 Everybody should bring in items to help make u e home paper the most interesting in the country. If you have the least idea of the work of country editor, you would know that it is impossible for him to get all the news unless his frinds farnish.. the particulars, and it may be you are just the one most capable of giving the facts.
 Circuit Court adjourned Tues. day evening, after being in session more than three weeks, and Judge Byrne took the evening train for Texarkana, where he will open the Miller county Circuit Court Mon day. Judge Byrne made many friends here during the setting of court. We are glad to know he has given almost entire satisfact ion on the bench.
 The grand jury of Nevada coun- ty popped cap at the IOad-over- seers, so to speak. It failed to in. dite any of them, but gave notice that they had better look out the next time.--Pine Dluff Press Eagle. Yes, and it would be well for our road Overseers to remember this, and that the next grand jury's gun will likely be loaded and some exc. cution done. if somebody don't be careful.
 We would be glad if our friends at Bouriand's store, Bodcaw, Fal con, and other postolIices in the county, would send us weekly, communication from their several districts, giving account of what is transpiring, as they promised us. Tho PIcAYUNE, is strictly a Nevada county paper, and We would be pleased to have cores pondence from all parts of the county every week.
 Prom the Little Rock dailies we learn that the excursion party of homesec kers to arrive here next Saturday, will be a largo one. Let Prescott properly entertain them 1, and show up aright the adyantag- es and resources of our town and county, and much good will result We are glad the proper steps to this end are being taken. Dr. Pow CTS and Mayor Glow will 20 up. to Little Rock tomorrow, Friday, and accompany tho excursi on party to this place.
 Several of the leading citizens of Prescott met at the Mayors office last Monday evening, at i o'clock, for the purpose of perfecting ar. engagements for the reception of the Northern excursionists next Saturday. The meeting was called 1 to order, by the Mayor, and Dr. Powers was elected chairman and explained the object of the meeting. It was agreed, that the citizens of Prescott and surrounding neigh borhood, would meet with the ex. cursionists at the Park, and treat them to basket picnic. H. G. Brooks, W. B. Waller Jno. E. Portis, B. II. Logan,W. A. Hatley, Ira Rudolph, and Jno. Martin were appointed committee of arr engagements, to whom was delegat' ed, all the details of the entertain