Nevada County picayune., 1888-12-26

Our public graded school opened Monday, with q number of new pupils on the roll. There are now nearly three hundred children in regular attendance.
 We send out number of speci- men copies of this paper every week, and will be glad to hear from any one receiving copy, ordering same as regular subscriber.
 Mir. B. P. Haynes and his brother, of Hope, who had been on a visit to relatives in Carroll and adjoining counties, in Georgia, was on the train yesterday evening on their way home.
 Quite a number of our subscribers have called and paid their subscrip- tons the past two weeks. They all have our thanks. There are many though, yet in arrears, whom we trust will soon come forward.
 Yesterday Mir. Jno. E. Portis sold out his stock of general merchandise to Messrs. Center X Co.,, of St. Louis. Mir. Portis will now give his l entire attention to the Clerk office Mir. J Delahoyde, a splendid business man and clever gentleman, will have charge of the store, for Center X Co.
 Married, at 6:00 o'clock p. m., Monday, December 31st, 1888, by Rev. w. T. Thurman, Mir. k. l.. Montgomery, of Lewisville, Ark, and Miss Jamie Scott, of this place. The marriage was a surprise to near ly everybody, and created sensa- ton. The PIcAYuNE wishes the new ly married couple happy and pros- porous life.
 The supper, at the court house Friday evening, for the benefit of the O. s. Presbyterian church, was not very largely attended on account of inclement weather, though the re- ceipts were very good, amounting to about $35.00. Sorry we were too unwell to attend; however, our fore man, Charlie Shankle, represented the ''PIC" very well.
 Mir. J. E. Johnson, of Waldo, Ark, made us pleasant call yester- day, and while in showed us an illus trated copy of a patent recently is sued to hlm on a journal box. The invention is intended to save time and labor in adjusting journal boxes, and is easily understood and han died, being very simple. In adjust ing q single journal box, from fifteen minutes to half an hour is saved. It is valuable invention and we hope will bring In lots of money to MT. J. !, who is quite an inventive genius.
 FIRE!-rhursday evening about 7:l5 o'clock, the large barn of Dr. k. l.. Powers, on the outskirts of town, was burned; also about thirty head of stock, mostly cattle, though there were several head of horses and a fine jack burned in the building. Besides the loss of the barn, wind- mill and stock, new pheton, buggy and wagon, 5000 bales of hay and 100 or 800 bushels of corn was de- stroyed. It is thought that the fire was of incendiary origin. Dr. Pow CTS loss is about S7000, with no in surance. The people generally deep ly regret his loss, and it would not be healthy for the iiend who set the barn on fire to turn up now.
 It is comparatively rare thing for us to be able to announce an enter tainment which we honestly feel will be in no sense disappointment to our people. Such we are confident will be given by the Royce X Lans- ing Co.,, on January 9th. In addi- | ton to their entire company of last season they have secured Mrs. E. Owen Flint, the famous English com edenne and character impersonator {; also Maud Flint C years of age) 7, the most accomplished child actress before the public. Her great sue cess has been attained through her ! beautiful rendition of the role of Editha in that delightful little sketch Editha'. Burglar. This little sketch will he remembered by many as having made such a decided hit at the Lyceum Theater in New York the past season. Royce X Lansing s success Is accounted for by their strict adherence of presenting q strictly refined entertainment, com posed of the best artists and best vo- ! .I