Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-27

of PrescotO took the cars here yes- terday for Fayetteville, to enter our State University.
 What is more disagreeable 10 a lady than to know that her hair has not only lost it's color, but is full of dandruff? Yet such was the case with mine until I used Park, er's Hair Balsam. My hair is now black and perfectly clean and per fectly glossy.-Mrs. E. Sweeny, Chicago.
 Louisville, Ga, Oct. 6, 1885.
 Dr. J. A. Dickey:-Send by ex- press 3 dozen bottles Painless Eye Water. Everyone in this country wants "Dickey's Painless Eye Water" It gives perfect satisfac- ton. NJ. M. DALDwELI.
 For sale by Hugh Moncrief X Bro, and Mllner & Milburn.
 Sunday night the four-room residence out on Mir. NJ. McIn- tyres farm was burned, 1t Is thought through incendiarism His loss is quite heavy, as he had only $500 insurance. Mir Geo. Yerger was living in the house and lost everything he possessed in the way of house hold and kitchen furniture, etc, he and the family having been absent at the time.
 We have quite large number af subscribers living a consider able distance from Prescott, most one only at a post office. 1t is inconyeuient and next to impossi- ble for us to collect from these, promptly. We, this week, send these subscribers statement of ac- count, and hope they will pay up at once, or we will be forced to stop the paper, and collect as best we can. In fu.ure,i subscribers, at distance out of the county, must positively pay in advance. ! Conway, Ark, March 12. 1886. Satanta Medicine Co.,, Little Rock:
 This is to certify that during the month of January, 1884, l was taken with chills and fever. l was advised by a physician of this place to use "Satanta.n 1 procured a bottle and took one dose, and l never have had a chill since. l think il is one of the best medicines made, Yours, etc,
 Z. WooDs
 Thursday considerable excite. ment was caused by fire breaking out on the cotton platforms Prompt action aud hard work on the part of some of our Front street store-keepers. saved thous- ands of dollars worth of cotton, Pat Cassidy was the wheel-horse. The burning cotton was quickly thrown off aud away from the platforms. Ten bales were con siderably damaged. ltIs thought toy pistols caused the fire. Keep boys away in future.
 Many of its friends have compli, mented the PICAYUNE, as being one of the best If not the best country wceklies in the State. Well, we have the necessary equipments, and lots ot vim and determination to make the paper such. But we need 1000 more new subscribers to help us out, and there IS no reason why we can { have them, save Stobborness and disinterestedness among our people, as there are 2,6S6 votes in the county, while we have net over 1Jo subscribers in it now. Every voter should have his coun. ty paper. Won't our friends al. ready taking the paper, help us enlarge our subscription list in the county? We will see.
 t1oi Ni''t'N i'E'i HFOul II U ClOCA an attempt was made to assassi. nate Marshal Willingham, by some unknown party, while he was sitting at table in Wards sa- loon. The window next to the alley being up, the shot was fired through it. but owing to reckless, ness, and poor aim, the ball hit brace boards immediately under the table. passing through ob- leqnely, and then through MT Will highlands pants breaking the skin. He Was sitting facing the window, about ten feet from where the shot was fired from the outside, and his escape from death seems almost miraculous. It was a cowardly, infamous deed, and all our citizens hope he or they who committed it, may yet be caugh t and puniShp6