Nevada County picayune., 1888-12-12
Ben Hur,'' "The Fair God" and all kinds of nice books, for sale at Hugh MOncrief's.

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 Grand benefit concert at the acad- emy Friday evening. Go out, and thus help the school to procure good music books, etc. Our most excel lent graded free school, numbering about 300 pupils, should be encour = aged constantly.
 MT. E. Bullock, member of the Methodist church out at Harmony, a good man and good citizen, died very suddenly, Sunday, from heart disease. Peace to his ashes, and may the God of all mercy comfort the deeply bereft ones.
 l have few beautiful genuine steel engravings, of large size, that cost S15. .00 each, and which must be sold at some price. Will make a nice Christmas present. Price s. 0C to S7.50. Come and see them.
 HuGH MoNcRtEF.
 The Mound Prairie Presbytery, c. F. church, closed it's session here Sunday. It was largely attended and much interest manifested and much important work done. Pres colt entertained her guests becom- ingly, and all the delegates go away pleased with our nice town and it's clever people.
 Rev, R. R. Morrow, of Mississippi has been chosen as paster of the o. s. Presbyterian church here, and has already arrived. The church will soon be completed. All well come him to Prescott. We are re- quested to announce that he will preach at the Episcopal church next Sunday morning and evening.
 The Hinton Drug Store is now, and will be for few weeks, head. quarters for toys of all kinds. We only ask those who wish to make the little folks glad, during the holidays, or who wish to make nice present to friend or relative, to call and look over our stock, and get prices, be. fore purchasing elsewhere.
 HINTON DRUG Go.
 Mrs. Mrs. H., have you been around to Armstrong X Go. $, to see those nice new goods they re- ceived last week ;--triooes, striped and checked suitings, cashmeres, mo- hairs, etc.-oh, they are just per fectly lovely; selling so cheap, too and oil prints only &C.,, and indigo prints : cts, per yd,, and everything else just us cheap. They have gro- ceries, too, and soda at DC. pound
 The saddest duty that an editor i: called upon to perform is to chroni cle tho death of those falling around him, almost constantly. Yet it must be done, as those, far and near, eX' pect some recognition of such events and none hut heartless ingrate vii altogether ignore the dead. Ano l this leads us to remark how much better to speak kindly to people while alive, than to wait until aftel they are dead to do it,
 We have on our table copy of tho Hope Holiday Messenger, S. w White, publisher, It is neat little sheet, and displays enterprise 1T showing up in attractive style his i'm mense stock of Christmas goods. Mir White makes a speciality of holiday goods, and he is just spreading him self more than usual this year, GC to seq him when in Hope, or write him for what you want, and he vii supply you at prices to suit the times IT WAS LOADED. Another case o an empty gun killing n person, oI rather supposed empty one, oc- cured here Monday. Jeames Nolen cold, in fooIing with a gun, sho and killed Alice McFadden, also cold, breaking her neck. He tolt her to hold up her hands, and as sht did not, snapped the gun. whici happened to be loaded, and it wen off, killing her. Coroner's jury de cided it a case of accidental killing From Mir. T. H. Boswell, of Bod cav. who was in town Friday, VI learn that the Caroose bridge, whicf was lately repaired (so-called) i' still in an unsafe condition, badly sagged in centre, and unsteady. Th' proper officer, County Judge, we be lieve, should see after this at once MT. Boswell said Prescott has los thousands of dollars in trade, be cause people were afraid to como over this bridge, hence they went tt Hope, or other places.