The Nevada County picayune., 1906-12-14
Col. Lee Kirkland, a Red rive

staple seed, which has been the prin- clpal staple cotton grown by plant CTS In that vicinity for several years, and was the cotton that took the premium at the St. Louis Fair for two Red river planters.
 Mrs. J. T. O'Neal of Pine Bluff claims to have been attacked in her home shortly after midnight by a man and woman, one of whom, she says, IS a well-known citizen of that city. She assigns no reason for the assault. unless the man suspected her ot having made remarks regarding hlS wife, which she denies having done.
 J. C. Yancey, one of the most prominent attorneys of north Ar kansas, Was shot in the foot by John Henderson in the Oil Trough bot tom, and a painful though not dan- gerous wound was inflicted. The trouble arose over the settlement of a rent note due on a farm owned by Mr. Gancey.
 The vote for and against license at the recent election in Cross coun- ty ls claimed to be invalid, owing to the fact that in the city of Wynne, only one voting precinct was pro- Sjded instead of one for each of the three wards as contended Is required by law The courts will settle the matter.
 Tom Duckworth, the negro who was convicted of the murder of Dep uty Sheriff Howie near the town of Morrell, was hanged at Hamburg recently. The crime for which he was convicted was a deliberate and eold-blooded murder, he having shot the officer in the back without provo- cation.
 E. P. Remley has been appointed by Gov. Davis, as sheriff of Chicot county, to serve until such time as Sheriff Strong files his bond and has it approved by the County Court. Mr. Remley was the act ing sheriff during the suspension of Strong on indictments charging malfeasance in office.
 Dr. H. C. Stinson hs been re-elect- ed superintendent of the State Hos pital for Nervous Diseases for anoth- CT term. He has been superintendent for the past five years, and was the only candidate. He will select his own staff of officials subject to the of the beard.
 The case of former Chief of Detec- tives, John W. Sheylin, who is al- legged to have appropriated to his own use photographs belonging to the rogue's gallery of the detective and valued at about S1, ,000, will be tried in the Circuit Court at Hot Springs.
 The United Cities Traction Com- panv of Fort Smith has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $10O,0OO. The Company proposes to build, construct, maintain and operate electric railways and trac- tion lines, both urban and inter-ur- ban. and electric light and power plants.
 Fate Bowdcn is being held at Nashville on charge of assault with intent to kill. He attempted to kill Pete Hodge, by cutting his throat, inAicting a serious, though not fatal wound. His bond is fixed at S1,000.
 A mammoth Irish potato, thirteen and a quarter inches long and weigh ing three and one-half pounds is being exhibited by a farmer in Wash ington county. There is a potato growing to it as large as an average potato.
 The Penitentiary Board has sold another lot of 150 bales of cotton which brought 9 IA cents per pound. They consider this good price as the cotton was the worst lot owned by the state.
 Lumber mills in the vicinity of Pine Bluff are suffering from the car shortage, and may be forced to close down. Should they do so, several hundred men will be thrown out of