Nevada County picayune., 1886-05-12
STATE NEWS.

l Tue Philadelphia base ball club las joined the State league.
 The Methodists of Monticello are going to build an edifice.
 tlcn wdll meet ut Little Rock, June 3Oth,
 One Rabbit, all escaped oouvic, from Mississippi, was captured al Arkansas City last week.
 Mrs Malone, q widow lady al Reebe, lost her house and most O. its contents by fire last week.
 TwentJ-two conyicts were takcl from Ft. Smith to the house o correction at Detroit last week. Thos. l.. Cox of Horilton has an nounced himself as Q candidate for State superintendent of public instruction.
 The cotton crops planted lac, month arc said to be coming up nicely and tolerably good stands are reported.
 The Democratic State Conven- 1 Rev. J. E. Searcy has raised 5000 for the Baptist board Of foreign missions in Arkansas.
 The Arkansas Industrial Uni vcrsity nt Fayetteville has a work shop aud the students are receir- ! ing instruction both wood and iron work.
 Hon Clifton k Breckenridge has been invited to deliver the addresss before the literary societies of the A. l. L. during the commencement week.
 Capt. James \. Williams, having purchased the press and other ma ter,al of the late Fort Smith New 1 Era, will in a few dsys begin the publication of Il nevcn column all home print paper at lluckctt City, Ark.
 , \ scarcity of cotton seed for planting purposes l. complained of in some parts of the State Farmers should have thought OI this last fall when they we're sell ing their seed for eight ccats per bushel.
 A bear weiging five hundred and fifty pounds was killed few days ago by Sam Lcake, ou Wells Bay ou, Desha county. His hind foot measured kix inches across; sever al old bullets were found in bru in's carcass.
 X male character with severs, aliases was arrested on suspicion at Gainesville last week. It is thought the young man is one Q the horse thief gng that hay, bsen following the trade in Wes tern Arkansas for some time laet Hon. A. C. Jones, is . candidate for re election to the legislature from Bradley county. Mir. Jones was onc of the working members of the last general assembly nnc
 made q record that ought to be $ strong campaign document in hi! favor for reelection.
 Mir. Jas. A. Williams of Racket City, is a candidate for the lcgisla ture from Sebastian county. Ar Williams is one of the mos enterprising and intelligent citizcn in his portion of the county an' would serve his constituents t' good advantage in the legislature
 A boy named Bridges, riding tn mail between Melville, Mariol county, and Isabella, Mo, was ar rested last week for robbing tn mail. He got away with regis tered package containing slSO an' a check for c3O, and acknowledged the theft after being arrested. The twclve.year old son of Nh John Higgins of norsehead town ship, Johnson county, tied rop' that was attached 10 horse h' was taking to pasture, srOund hi leg, when the animal becam frightened and dragged the bo. several hundred yards at a rapi' rate, killing him.
 A large scope of the best farm ing land in Poinsett county, sloni the St. Francis river was overflow ed last week. The flood ha' brought with it large swarms o buffalo gnats, and they were play ing havoc with the stock. A vas