Nevada County picayune., 1886-05-05
STATE NEWS.
A perfectly Ttfte catfish was caught at Little recently.

Harry May, the Jew evangelist Fsrst been waking up the sinners at Eldoia la.
 ! Crows are doing damage in some places by pulling up corn that is just coming up.
 The town council of Forest City prohibits boys from playing mar bles on the streets.
 Citizens Of Hot Springs are or ganizing a company to build race track near that city.
 More visitors at Hot Springs come from Chicago than any other place ill the country.
 Hailstones as large as hens eggs fell during a thunder storm in J eh 'erson county recently.
 With population of 5000, it i, estimated that Fayetteville has only 1000 regular rch-goers.
 The man arrested at Dewitt re- gently ~ho was supposed to be Klein, the train robber, was the wrong person.
 Geo. Hestvelt, e New Yorker visiting nt Beebe, accidentally shot himself, though his wounds are not considered dangerous.
 An infant child ofW J P. Jones of Scott county, was scalded to death recently by a pot of boiling water turning over on it. The 5tan Mountain railroad is surveying a route for a branch road from Malvern to cd Rock vile, t distance of nearly two nf,A es.
 Tlro survey for new railroad from Fayetteville to St. Paul, Mad. i5on county, distaUce of 8 miles, was begun at tic Fayetteville end last week.
 1 Work on the new Methodist church. has bees tet umed, and tt e contractors are p1shing tho work It will be n nice structure when fin is4eI.-Slonrue Sun.
 The company owning the Ouach. ito cotity coal mines, are making arrangements to work their mines to the fullest exsent. They prom isc te become very profitable.
 C. F. Presley, the Pine Bluff ho tel keeper who was charged with the murder of Frank Brigham oi Cedar Creek, N. Y., was tried and the jury returned verdict of R4 u-, der in the first dcrgree.
 The lifcless body of a farmer nan ed Rhodebach was found pinioned to the ground by a tree, on the road between Austin and Little 1 Rock recently. It is supposed thu tree fell on him as he was passing by at.
 The Texas and St. Louis railway received eighty car loads of Goa Hill coal from the Valley road las week. If it gives satisfaction this coal will hereafter be used almost exclusively by the frst-namef ad.-Press. Eagle.
 The Mississippi river has been on a big boom, and the genera opinion is that it will be impossi pie to keep the water off the entire country subject to overflow on tho west side of the river from imme diately below Helena to tue Gul of Mexico.
 Several wagon loads of meat ha' been brought to this market thi' week from Van Buren county. II the farmers of Conway county would follow the example it would be better for them. No farmer cal prosper raising cotton and buying meat and corn.-Morrllton Head light
 }, At a meeting of Ofthe Pike coun tv democratic central committee { resolution was adopted inviting Call democrats who are connected with Agricultural Wheels in thi' county to unite with Us in select ing and electing men to the sever al offices who are qualified, ant who will labor for the elevation 0 our people"
 Hon John W. Jones, once edi tor of the Newport Semi Weekly News, and now commissioners O Indian schools of Idaho, has beel arrested, charged with embezzle ment in this State. He was secre lfaru and trnasnrer of the Amerl