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Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01
SAMMY HICKS
THOMAS r. MONTFORT.

Hicks store was one of the old landmarks of Burr Oak Ridge. For many years it had stood at the cross roads, very common, cheap frame affair at it's best. and to which age and weather had lent many marks of decay. The building was small, and it's unpainted sides were time-stained and brown. Even the little sign, Hicks Store" painted in rude, sprawling letters over the door, had grown dim and almost illegible.
 Only few of the gray-haired in- habitants could remember the day when Bart Hicks came to the new settlement on the ridge and opened the little store at the cross roads. As for the younger generations, they had always heard and known of Bart Hicks and his store.
 Hicks, like his store, showed the ravages of time. He bad grown old and gray, and his once proud, erect form was bent under the weight of years and the troubles and sorrows they brought him.
 Away back, twenty years before this story opens, a son was born to Bart Hicks-a laughing, cooing, blue-eyed boy, and they called him Sammy. The father was proud of the boy, and loved him after fash ion; not as a father should love an only child, but as well as his grasp ing nature would permit.
 Sammy developed into a fine, bright lad, as unlike his father as child could be. He possessed dispo- sition like that of his mother-pleas ant, placid and generous. In addi- ton, he was ambitious and had long ings to know something of the great world outside of Burr Oak Ridge, and sometimes he had strong de- sire to live a different sort of life from that which he had always known. He had seen and read enough of the world to convince him that, however important Hicks store and Burr Oak Ridge were to the Ridge people, they were in real itv very small part of the world. Sammy longed for an education, but his father refused to aid him in ob- taining it, so that he was compelled to content himself with the little knowledge that he could gather from the few struggling books that he was able to pick up here and there, and with the feeble assistance his mother could render him,
 One day the patient and long suf' fering wife and mother took down sick, and as the days passed she grew rapidly worse, and one evening she sent to the store for Hicks. As the customers had all gone away and it was closing time, Hicks put up the warped shutters and bolted them in place, and closed and locked the door and walked up the house.
 What is it. Lindy?' he asked, coming and bending over her.
 II wanted to talk to you, Bart lett" she said, in a voice that star tied him hy its strangeness and weak ness. Il am goin' soon, for feel the end is nigh, and l wanted you to he close when it's comes.
 "Lindy, Lindy," Hicks said, and his voice was choked and husky. ''You must not talk that way. You must not think of goin'. Think O gettin' well, Lindy, and you'll git over it. You mustn't die now; it's too sudden"
 '''Tain't no use," Lindy replied,
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01
THE PATTER OF THE RAIN.
COATES KINNEY.

 When the humid shadows hover Over all the starry sphcrcs And the melancholy darkness
 Gently weeps in raining tears, What joy to press the pillow
 of a cottage chamber bed, And tO listen tn the batter
 of the .oft rain overhead. Every batter on the shingles
 Has un echo in the heart. And il thousand rcColleCtions
 Into busy being start; And thousand busy fancics
 Weave their bright hucs into wool, As we listen tu the batter
 Of the rain upon the roof. Now in memory cDiu,S my mother. As she used long wears agouc, To regard the darling drcamcr-, Ers sine left them to the dawn. Oh, 1 see her leaning OCT me,
 As list to the refrain, Which is played upon the shingles Ky the batter ot the rain Then my little -rraph sister,
 With her wings and waving hair, And my star. eyed chcrub brother serene, angelic pair l- Glide around my wakciul pillow. With their praise or mild rcproof, As listen To the murmur
 Of the soft rain on the roof. And another comes to thrill me, With her eyes delicious blue; And mind not, musing on her, That her heart was all untrue remember but to love her
 With q passion kin to pain, And my hearts quick pulses yihratc To the batter of the rain. Art hath naught. or tone of cadence, That can work with such Il spell In the souls mysterious fountains, Whence the tears of rapture dwell, As that melody of nature,
 That subdued, subduing strain, Which k played upon the shingles By the batter of the rain. Ohio.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01
TRUSTEES SALE!
Of Valuable Town Property and
 Timber Lands.

Whereas. Eugene e. White ald Mary K, White hi- wife by deed of trust, dated April lith, lNs1 which deed i, recorded in the office oi the Recorder of Nevada County Arkansas, In book "M," on papes 200 to a03. conveyed to the undersigned in trust to secure Washington Mcliae, in the payment of n note therein described for the sum of two thousand and ninety dollars the Following real es tate in said county, 10 wit
 Lot seven and the west half ut lot eight m block sryen lots one, two, three, and the east hall oi lot four in block thirty seven, upon which IS stuh ted the livery stable building on East Man and Second streets, lots seven, eight, nine, eleven and twelve, in block forty five, upon which Is Ntu nted the dwelling house occupied by said granors all in inc railroad survey ut the town of Prescott , and also lot one in block forty nine in Loughboro and Knohrl's addition to said town ut Prescott ; and also the following lands in said county and state. to-wtt
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

Many people habitually endure q feeling of lassitude, because they think they have to. If they would take Dr, J. II. McLean's Sarsapa- rilla, this feeling of weariness would give place to vigor and vitality.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

If you feel unable to do your work, and have that tired feeling, take Dr. J. II. Mclean Sarsaparilla it will make you bright, active and VlgOrOus.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

And now they say that the gal lantry of the American tar is respon- sible for the Samoan disaster. It was an attempt to hug the shore which caused the ocean to rage TN. Y. Herald.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

Little spells of fever, little chills so bland, Makes the mighty graveyard and the angel
 band, A little of Cheatham's Chill Tonic taken
 now and then Makes the handsome women and tho healthy
 men," For sale by ] O Howell.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

Distress after eating, heartburn, sick headache and heartburn are cured by Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Pellets (little pills),
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

Pimples, boils and other humors, are liable 10 appear when the blood gets heated The best remedy is Dr, J. II. McLean's Sarsaparilla.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society," Montague.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

N, B.-lurchasurs who so desire .cm arrange with the beneficiary In thr deed of trust for time for one.half of the purchase price al ten per cent interest, with lien on property
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

Being unable 10 pay the said dcht, or to redeem the said property from the said sale advertised to be be made io pay it, and, therefore desirouS that the said property should bring it, full value, l hereby give this notice to purchasers, and state that will give immediate possession tu any pur- chaser at said trustees sale, and if required will execute quit claim deeds,
 April Eth, lssQ. l.. r.. WHITE,
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01
MONDAY, MAY Oru, 1SSg,

Between the hours of F m. and ?. m, at the front door of the Court House in the town of Pres colt Arkansas will proceed to sell said town lots and lands, at public auction, for cash, 10 satisfy Said note and interest together with costs of this sale. llipMAN '' MCkAE'
 Prescott Ark April lG, iN>9. Trustee.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

And, Whereas, the said note k past due and un paid
 Now, Therefore, by virtue of power of sale in said deed of trust, and at 'he request of the said payee and holder of said note, notice is hereby t,iVn fhut on
Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-01

PART CT sCcuo~ SIC. TWP. RANCE No AcRS
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29
Heavy Burglary.

Boston, November 28 The heaviest
burglary in New England for years took
place last hight at Athol. The residence
of Henry stowell, millionaire manufac-
turer, was entered by gang of burglars.
The safe was opened and despoiled of
cash and valuable paper. All the silver.
ware and jswelry in the house was also
taken. Many of the securities taken
from the safe are valuable only to owners.
The aggregate value OF the papers and
other things taken is over $4,000. No
clue.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29

and gathered to itself illicit gains by in
creasing the burden Of industry. The
| fight for the restoration of silver is the
| fight of the debtor against the creditor,
| the laborer against the capitalist. the
poor against the rich. 1t is idle for the
mono. metallists to tell US that prices
have been reduced because Of the in
Creased production of India; this
may be the approximate cause,
but l cay the cause will
be found in silver demonetization alone.
England has become today the greatest
silver consumer in the world, and yet In
all her vast empires she produces less
than seven per cent. of the worlds sup
ply, and Germany, her CO. -conspirator IN
the work of demonetizat on, produces
less than three per cent. England is the
bunco-steerer of the world, and Uncle
Sam is the gentleman from the rural
districts. How much longer will
our miners, planters and farmers consent
that the Senators and Repres sentatives
at Washington shall continue to legielate
in the interest of Wall street? 1t is not
time for the American eagle to rise and
Great applause 1t may be that the
cuduOA iCulVn0tlLhtlOu VI blLVcI W0uiu
produce some temporary disturbance in
Wall street, but eastern and western
boundaries Of this nation are not found
between Pearl street and Broadway. We
are here to represent the cottages and
cabins of this country, and their inter-
eets should be protected though the bulls
of Wall-street bucket shops below with
rage"
The convention then took recess
until o'clock.
MORE COMMFTTEEMEN APPOINTED.
At the afternoon session the Chairman
announced ten additional names OF the
committee at large appointed by the
chair as follows: New York, Edwards
Pierepont; Illinois, A. E. Stew
ems; Kentucky, J. Mckenzie;
North Carolina, Alfred e. Scales
Georgia, Hammond; Missouri, L. M.
Rumsey; Colorado, J. S. E. Egan
Nevada, Francis G. Newlands; Califor.
mia, F. NJ. Pixley; Kansas, J.. w. Rusk. |
The Chairman appointed the follow
ing committee to prepare a memorial
address to Congress J. A. Grier,
Pennsylvania; ]. F. Field, Missouri |
G. @. Goodwin. Utah; J. w. Porter,
Virginia, and J. F. Scott, Ohio.
The convention then Adjourned sine |
die. The delegates we're given banquet
at the Merch ants Exchange this even.
lug
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29

urdered nm d Robbed.

RosEBURG, Ore, November Psf.
Cain. a track-walker for the Southern
Pacific Company, was murdered last
night by unknown parties, near Riddles.
He was shot with a Winchester rifle
through the heart, while just outside his
door and dragged into the house. They
took his watch, revolver and small
amount of money. There is no clue to
the murderers.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29
The Lead Men Organizes.

SAN FRANCISCO, November 2s.-The
EGansiner's st. Louis special says: The
lead men who were barred out of the
silver convention under the call, held q
meeting tonight at which California, Col
orado, Montana, Utah, Idaho, New Mex
leo and Nevada were represented. James
H. Blood, Of Colorado, presided and w.
Gallagher, of Montana, acted as
secretary. Resolutions were unani-
mously adopted recommending associa-
tions in each of the mining States of all
interested in the industry, and that the
association appoint delegates to form
a central association which shall make
o fight for the lead interests.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29

Use German Family" soap.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29
storm at Quebec.

QUEBEC, November 2S.--A eevere
storm began last night, and has been
continually increasing in violence. The
wind is blowing from the east with hur.
ricane force, accompanied by fine pene-
trating snow. Considerable loss TO ship
ping has resulted. Tonight the city is in
darkness because the large iron piers
which support the electric light wires on
the Rochester bridge are blown down.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29
Cable Flashes.

DR.. Valckmann. the famous surgeon Of
Halle, is dead.
Whites drapery establishment al
Aldershot has been destroyed by FIRE.
Loss, 100000.
A tremendous landslide occurred al
Brandenburg, completely choking up tive
shafts and entombing a number ol
miners, whose rescue is doubtful.
Gladstone, in an article on election
statistics, says he believes If elections
were held now the country would return
a Home Rule msjority in Parliament oi
100.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29
The Meanest Embe1zier Located.

CHICAGO, November 2S.-Dispatches
from Winnipeg say the police have dis.
covered q man named Inglis who acted
as custodian of the relief fund at Spokane
Falls the time of the great fire, and who,
it is alleged. skipped with large amount
of money. He was in this city this week
scattering money lively in high life.
They say he left for Toronto Tuesday.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29
Marine Intelligence

QUEENSTOWN, November IS. Ger
manic, from New York.
New YoRK, November 2S.-France,
from london.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-01-18
A Woman's queer Occupation.

Mrs. Mary Hall, middle-aged lady
of Pasadena, Cal. who passed through
the city last night, has probably the
most singular calling of any person in
America. She makes business of
accompanying the bodies of persons
who die IN Southern California to their
homes in the East, and according TO
her own story has found it very lucra-
tive. 81 have b. en- at the business
about two years. )" said she and find
that it is not uncongenial and pays bet
ter than anything else can do. How
much do get for trip7 ID fferent
prices; generally from SO to IS per day,
my railroad fare and travelling expenses.
You see, the class of pc pie who come
to California in search of health gener-
ally have plenty of money and many
of them put off their visits too long.
After patient has been here about
five weeks he generally dies or gets
strong again. The change is SO great
in the climate that it soon makes itself
felt Nov IL costs double first-class
express rates TO send a body from
California TO the NJ s>ouri River which
amounts to about $500; consequently
it is cheaper to hire me, pay my ex-
penses and feel sure that the corpse
will go through safely The number
OF inyalids who go to Csliforoia Is in
creasing every year aud nv business is
fast growing better. .'-RdnsdS City
Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-01-18

picked up from its foundation and
crushed like as il of paper.
Smokestacks suffered in various
parts of the city, and telephone and
telegraph wires were p,ostrated.
AT Newbury Junction the coal
sheds of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad were uDroofed and many
trees blown down. Several timber
RATS on the river were caught in The
gale and blown over the dam, the men
on them being rescued with great diff.
Guilty. At least dozen persons were
injured, but none seriously.
At Mlnnequa Springs, forty miles
North of Williamsport, the roof of the
famous Summer hotel was taken off.
TWO KILLED AT sUNBURY.
During the rain storm, which was
accompanied by perfect gale of wind,
two Of the large smokestacks of the
pudding department of the Sunbury
Nail. Bar aud Guide Iron Manufactur-
ing Company's mills we're blown down,
crushing IN the roof and scattering
death and devastation.
About forty men and boys were en-
ployed in it at the time and about half
of them were buried in the ruins. The
crashing of the roof and timbers, fall
ing bricks, escaping steam and cries of
the injured rendered the scene appall.
ing.
An alarm was sounded and the fire.
men and citizens FASTENED to the scene
to render assistance to the workmen.
Many were dragged out half nude and
slightly injured, some seriously if not
fatally, and two dead.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-01-18
A Bad Break,

An agreeable young man whom /
often meet was calling with due cere-
mony on nice Auburn girl the other
evening, when her brother Tom, Just
arrived home from college on the even
ing train, rushed into the room and
embraced his sister
"Why, how plump you've grown
Edith !" he exclaimed, you're really
quite an armful."
"Isn't she :" exclaimed the agreeable
young man, and then he felt chill
racing down his spinal column.
THAT is he stammered, "I've no
doubt of i'll"
The brother looked carving knives at
him, and the maiden blushed furiously.
81 mean-er,' said he, IL should
Judge So"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-01-18

danger Of feeding too much and ad-
vised frequent feeding. lie told Of
nephew of his whose hens yield him
more eggs simply by change in the
method 0f feeding them. When he
gave them their food 40 that they need
not exercise to get it, he had scarcely
any eggs; but when he scattered it
among chaff the supply Of eggs was
verymuch increased.
Mr.. German said that a fat hen
would not lay and that they should be
exercised to work off the fat. Oyster
shells, he thought better than bone;
| but recommended both.
Editor Potter thought that a hen
two years old would lay more eggs
than one younger
Mr.. German would not advise to
keep hers after two years old.
Mr.. Phillip Fredericks, Of Lewis
burg, said that il he were young
man and had $500 he would buy
about 10 acres Of woods, fence it in
and go to raising chickens. Hens
two ami three years old are the best
layers, and for winter laying he recon
mended the langshangs or any black
hens.
The program for the afternoon
being exhausted, DIR. B. ii. Warren,
of West Chester, ornithologist of the
State Board of Agriculture and the au-
thor of "Birds of Penna., which is now
so much sought after was asked to
explain why the scalp act of 1885 was
repealed. 1t is fact known to ma
turalists that birds Of prey are as a
rule beneficial because thev feed on
mammals and insects which infest the
fields. There are about 20 species uf
hawks and owls in Penna. which
with the exception of or 5, are not
only worthy of protection, but are the
farmers best feathered friends
While both the long and short tail
pheasant or partridge hawks, the pig
con hawk, the duck hawk and several
others which rarely frequent US are
destructive to poultry and rarely eat
field mice and insects, the species chat
are most numerous and most common
with us feed on mice, grasshoppers,
insec's auu rePliies' C"is geueraiy,
except the great horned owls, are very
beneficial to the farmer. AS to the
bounty on foxes, weazles, &c, he
Thought 1t gave INSCRIPTIONS men TOO
great an opportunity to defraud
the county treasury and re-
lated an Instance where several men
received Tor buffalo robe and mule
ssln by cutting them into little pieces
and palming them OIL as the scalps OF
one or another OF the animals for
which bounty was provided, the
sum OF S2O0o
Mr.. wilkinson related instances
where hawks and owls were Matched
out and raised Tor the % cents bounty.
inls was more proh'aole than raising
chicken: When asked about the
English sparrow, Dr. Warren called
1t an internal nuisance II had ex-
tended TO all parts OF the U. .. and It's
extermlnatlon had become serious
matter. Inc state grange mad recon-
mendeo the passage OF a bounty act,
giving u cents tor every English
sparrow Killed AFTER a thorough In
vestlgation on large scale and ques-
Iionl"s Zooo persons compeVeht 70
dusWeT Oh Tue suOJeCu, Jnt ". .. dRfl-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-01-18
we Point With Pride, u

To the "Good name at home" won by
Hoods Sarssparilla. In Lowell, Mass.
where it is prepa' ed, there is more OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla sold than of all
other medicines, and it has given the
best of satisfaction since its introduo-
tion ten years ago. This could not be
if the medicine did not possess merit.
If you suffer from impure blood, try
Hoods Sarsaparilla and realize its pc
culiar curative power.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-01-18

The COLUMBIAN will goto press here
after on Thursday morning. All mat
ter for insertion must be in the office
not later than Wednesday noon, as the
forms will be closed on Wednesday af-
ternoon. For several weeks past we
have been delayed by matter coming
in late, but we intend hereafter TO make
all the mails on Thursday. 2t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-01-18

looked through these lOs sheets of
solid names and thought of the great
things that might be accomplished
with them in the interests Of honesty"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-19
nomANoE oF A SENATOR.
How Ferry, Of Arkausss, Won HIS
Hride neap'te Parental objections.


Judge Thompson 90 ST. Louis Repu5lic.l
All opposition 10 the detection Of Mr..
Berry TO the United states senate has
died ont and ne will without doubt be
bIs own successor. There was talk Of
Governor Hughes, but he never stood
any cuance at all from the start against
Borrv's popularity, which hss made him
representative. Judge, governor, and
senator. Berrys history reads ike a
romance. He was born in Mississippi,
{ think, and at the age Of sixteen en-
listed iu the Confederate army. an ipno-
rant country boy. vlthneitaer education
nor fortune nor polish. lie left leg nj
Shiloh, and after the war settled Al Ozark.
frGnkln county, where lie went TO
school, working nights and MORNINGS for
his board. AfterVard he moved 20 Car
roll county, becoming school teacher,
and when he had saved money enough
he furnished r house, and, writing to
Ozark. invited one OF the loveliest and
most accomplished bellies IN the place %
come and share H. She was willing, but
her parents would not listen t. such
thing Berry then for tine first time
ahowed shat ndomltaule pluck that has
since overcome all obstacles. he closed
bis school. crossed tue mountain, and by
aid Of a friend and ladder stole his lady
love from a second-story window They
were married, and shortly aiterward the
young pedagoRue was elected to the Lee
gisIatme, but the old man, whose daugh-
ter be had won after tine style of Middle
Age cmyalry, could not forgive him.
For years, however, berry's wife and
children were annual visitors at the
Ozark Homestead because he Iusi sed on
it, though the doors were closed IT, him
self. He came out the state Legislature
q lawyer eni q good one, too. When
his constituents elevated him to the CIR
cult Judge hip his tather-in-law often
referred To- Eim as my son-in-law,
JUDGE Berry, bat never spoke TO him.
In 1852 the great northwest brought
Berry out for Governor, and he was
nominated by acclamatIon and elect
GA by 10000 majority. 10 must
have been broad and happy
day for the JUDGE when his wlies
father wrote 10 him " Ny daughter WIS
abetteri Judge of men than [. Forgive me,
and during your administration, when
ever YOU want to slip away from tie cap
ital to enjoy brief respite from the cares
of state, ! do not invite but beg you TO
make my country house your home. q"
Mr. Berry is now near the close OF his
fret term in the United States Senate,
having been elected four years ago to
fiji the unexpired term Of Senator Gar
land, and. the Attorney-Ceucral ex-
ceptcd, IS a head and shoulders above
any man in Arkansas, both in point OF
intellect and popularity.