Nevada County picayune., 1890-02-19

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 As we have said before, Prescott has improved great deal lately - more and varied progress made ir the past four months than in the pre- vious four years. We have live dry goods and grocery merchants, two iirst-class hardware stores, drug stores, bank. etc, all doing a fine business.
 Mir, Jno. E. Ports and wife left last week to visit relatives and friends at his boyhood home, near Mobile. Ala. will also visit Selma. They went via New Orleans and took in the Crescent City" As Mir. P. has been away from relatives in Ala bama over ten years, we know he will enjoy short stay there.
 Messrs. J. C. Young X Co.,. wholesale grocers, are opening up a fine trade. Firm is composed of J |. C. Young and W. B. Waller, both excellent gentlemen and fine busi- ness men. Few men in this section are more popular, and everywhere known as sagacious and square business man, than MT. Waller.
 A gentleman fully competent to fill the office, and would make a splendid officer, has handed us the announcement fee to make known his candidacy for the office of Tax Assessor, subject to the nominating convention of the Democratic party. Next week we will announce his name, and have more to say. Guess who it is?
 A basket supper for the benefit of the church will be given at Pleasant Ridge church, near Hickory Grove, on Friday night, March 7th. Baskets will be sold to highest bidder-no admission fee to entertainment Everybody invited to attend. We thank kind friends for special invita- tion to be present, and, if possible. will attend.
 Little Georgie. the four year old and only child of MT. P. $. Harrell, died Thursday morning last remains inferred in DeAnn cemetery Fri day afternoon. In their sore trial and grief, in this the loss of their dear and only son, many friends deeply sympathize with the mother and father. May the All-wise, mcr- ciful God comfort them.
 Capt. John Parker, of Bodcaw, was up last week, and made us q pleasant call. His brother, Mr. Mathew Parker, of Howard county, through him, ordered the PicAYrNE sent to his nephew. Mir. W. J. Par ker, of Board Camp. Polk county, Ark. MT. Rabcn Parker, who re- gently married here, orders paper sent him at Venetia Grove. We are always glad to serve our friends, and thank them for thelr patronage.
 A most pleasant Valentine enter tainmcnt, at residence of Mrs. Mary Aaron's, near Boughton Friday night. Quite a number attended from Prescott, among them, Misses Annie, Ara and Bertha Willingham, Terrissa Blake, Irene Boulter, Queen Leakc. and Corrie and Jessie Ansley :; also MessrS. k. l.. Smith, Charlie White, Charles Jordan and Will Mon- crief. Some of the party went up on the train, and good joke is told on them.
 From Mir. 0. k. F. Whitten we learn his brother, MT. Levi Whitten, of Monticello, Ga. is preparing to move out here this fall, together with many others. Our people will give them a hearty welcome. We have here good country, fine lands, good health, clever people and good schools. Hundreds of Georgians live in this county who are doing well-happy and contented, and we have never yet heard of a family re- turning to Georgia dissatisfied, after coming here.
 Mir T F Blake, of Little Rock, has gone to New York, to enter the busy marts of trade in the metropolis The Arkansas Gazette, in speaking of the change, made the following very complimentary allusion: "He is a young man of splendid business qualifications, who is we'll and favor ably known throughout the city, re- signed his position yesterday, as sec retary and treasurer of the F F Gray Dry Goods Co. Mir Blake sewers his connection with this popular house to engage in business in an Eastern city, and leaves behind host of friends who wish him the same amount of abundant success he has enjoyed during the seven years he has been in business in this city"
 The new two-story brick of the Foster X Logan Hwd. Co. is com plete and they now occupy it. As it is one of the most tasty buildings re- gently built here, we with pleasure speak of it and the arrangement of interior Building is p 10 feet |; two large windows, 55 9! it., in front, and four small oblong windows (side lights) on Second street; up per floor also well lighted, having nine large windows; heighth to cell ing on lower floor, l3 feet; upper, l l faat Jo,yer door is filled with hard