Nevada County picayune., 1886-02-24
State News Column.
w. k. Vinson is a candidate for Mayor of Hope.

Mayor or nope.
 1 Gen. k. C.. Shaver of Howard, is spoken of as a probable candidate for circuit judge.
 TT e thriving little town of Ozan has shipped to date 1,4o0 bales of cotton, this season.
 Postmaster R. r. Pulliam of Eu. reka Springs, was married on the 18th to Miss Annie $. Boone. The Arkansasas Industrial l. versity has an enrolment Ofnearly 300 pupils and is in floulishing condition.
 A man at Locksburg paid three cents on his personal property lasi week which amounted to g. co. He got off light.
 Hon. B. B. Hudgins of Boone, is spoken of probable candidate for for state Senate. He was in the House last " inter.
 [ A little son of w. J. Ashmorc near Atkins, was seriously injured the other day, by the accidental discharge of a gun.
 The Little Rock Cotton seed oil company has established an agency at Nashville and is building an oil warehouse near the depot. l Dr. w. Page Mcintosh, former ly of Pine Bluff and Hot Springs, was married recently in Baltimore to Miss Isabel V. Stinson.
 Two small children of Mr. Isaac Stuart, who lives foar miles from Hope on the Emmet road, were playing with an axe, recently, when the boy, who is about six years old cut his little sisters hand off at the wrist.
 , Berryville Progress: A mon- strosity in the form of pig was brought into town recently by Mr. Bob Harris. it Was q full-sized pig with no hair at all on it. It had only one eye. in the center of the head, and it had s prolonged shoot like an elephants. ! Cross County Chronicle: Mrs. . s. $. Nichols, wife Of John Nichols who was killed by w. NJ. Curtner, l has brought suit for $l0,O00 dam. ages against Curtner, and his prop erty has been attached. It con sists of real estate, stock of goods, farm stock and twenty seven bales of cotton.
 Carlisle Departure: Ei. Web ster, Jack Witherspoon, Bob Young and Joe Goodbar have em- ployed their time since the sleet 1 fell in shooting rabbits. One day lately they bagged more than thir- ty, which supplied Lonoke's de- mand. A wagon load WAS brought in from Prairie township and ship ped to Little Rock.
 Paris Express: Last Saturday evening J, G. Riley, the poet paint CT, so well known in this country, was sweetly reposing on 9 bed of cross, ties, covered by the blue canopy of heaven and filled with ''red flicker" The cruel COW catcher on a freight that was pull ing out from Fort Smith to Van Bnren, came in contact with him and tossed him gently to one side. The railroad employed a nurse, and will pay his expenses until he is well enough to take care of him self.
 Helena World, 10: Abouttwen- ty-fve colored immigrants left by the Arkansas Midland Railroad for Marvell yesterday. They came Ihere from Pulaski county, Tennes- sec, and will settle on MT. J. P. Clopton's plantation in this coun- ty. They express themselves as being dissatisfied with their sur roundings in the latter state, and came to this county where tue lands are more productive, and 1 will yield better return for their labor. They say more are coming
 Philadelphia Clipper, II: Ac- cording to agreement, on last Mon day the contractors for the build- ing of the first section of the Olti' ma Thule, Philadelphia and Missis- sippi Railway began their work, and since that time have been glv- ing it close attention. A contract was let on Tuesday to man nam ed Roberson to furnish ties for the