The Nevada picayune., 1885-07-02
July upened up yesterday morn

Prof. J. J. Thomasson, of Amity Clark county, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city with his cousin, Dr. J. w. Thomasson.
 Mrs. c. P. McGimpsey, who had been lingering for several weeks, breathed her last Tuesday evening, and was buried at Moscow ceme- tery yesterday at 4 P. m.
 MT. W. E. Shankle placed us' under obligations this week for a basket of choice yegetables-beans cucumbers, cabbage, beets and on- ions, which we enjoyed very much.
 Rev. Dixon c. Williams in let ter to Mir. W. A. Hatley asks to be remembered to the petitioners throughout the town, and also asks the prayers.of the people for bis meeting at Kirksville, Mo.
 Miss Florence Hayes. who has been teaching in the Iockesburs High School the past six months, came home last Thursday 10 spend short vacation. She will return to Lockesburg in about two weeks.
 Mir. E. J. Ellis, editor of the Bin gen Social Visitor, was looking af- ter his property interests here the latter part of last week. He said the Democrats ofhis township were almost d unit for McRae for Con- gress.
 A certain tempo rary widower of our town was seen "whipping'' up hls pants leg. Ii our special artist had caught him in that crooked attitude his little ''sewing Iparty" would have broke into the 1 PICAYUNE columns
 Mir. Oscar B. Cord on, who has been for some time reading law in Atkinson x Tompkins' office. de- parted last Thursday for College Hill, in Columbia county. where he will probably teach three months school. At the close of his school, Mir. Gordon will return to Prescott and resume the study of law.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. W. Conger. ac- companied by Miss Matte Owers, departed Thursday night for Mem phs and Jackson, Tennessee, where they will spend their sum mer vacation. They will return in time for the opening of the school the first week in September We wish them happy respite from toll and study.
 Tue attentiop of the county court is called to Section 3919 of Mansield's digest, which gives the court the power to levy tax of ono mill on each S100 of taxable property for the purpose of i'm. proving and opening public roads. If the quorum court think the trav- cling public require it, they will doubtless make the levy,
 Mrs. Stephens, wife of the dairy man, took the train here last Thursday for New York, from whence she expected to sail for England about to-day. She will make the trip alone, and be gone two months. Mrs. Stephens old home, whither she goes, is seven ty miles from London. The ex- peuse of her trip will probably not exceed two hundred dollars.
 We hadn't room this week 10 publish a full report of the com mittee on arrangements for the big meeting. The building contract has been closed and signed up, the Nwork is to be completed by the 2Oth of July, according to plans and specifications. The lot selected in the Park is most excellent one. The workmen will commence cleaning up the lot and arranging 4 to receive the lumber at once.
 The friends of Dr. J T. Sloan in this community will be deeply pained to hear of the death of his bright and manly young son, Don aid, which occurred at the Doctors new home at Tehuacana, Texas, one day last week, after a few days O painful illness with some unknown malady. A few days before hi' death he was taken with something like a violent rheumatic pain in hi lhip, which continued to grow more aud more acute until it terminated in his q cath.
 As we passed along the stree the other evening, thinking where the "kale" to square up accounts on the first was to come from, wt met one of our popular physi clans who was looking somewhat "fnan cially iatigued," as well as ourself He was musing thustly as h' walked slowly along: