The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-09-28
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.

sentative elect, notifying him of his
intention to contest the election of
Mr.. Anderson to his seat in the legis-
lature. The merits Of the contest
will be tested in the legislature and
not in the courts, and an interest
inc trial of the Garland County po-
litical muddle will be exposed in the
legislative halls of the state.
The Texarkana Telephone Com
pany recently filed suit in the Miller
County Circuit Court against the
Southwestern Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company for alleged statutory
penalties, aggregating 100000, for
failure TO comply with the Arkansas
law requiring it to permit physical
connection with its long distance
wires for the transmission of mes
sages by the plaintiff.
T. J. Dulin Of West Virginia,
died recently in Malvern hotel from
morphine poisoning, taken with sui
cidal intent. lie was Il member OF
the Elks and the body was taken
in charge by the lodge at Hot
Springs.
4 Eureka Springs contractor was
recently bitten by tarantula, which
sci its mandibilcs so firmly into the
flesh that it required a surgeons
knife to cut them out. The men
was sent to his home at Aurora, Mo.
Po@tmaSters have been appointed
as follows: BauXitc, Saline county,
Verne Mclaughlin, vice Arthur \.
NiekIaus. resigned Etowah, Missis-
sippi county, James A. Scudamore,
eiec George Girdlcy, resigned.
Mr.. andy Mace Of Hot Springs
ha- brought suits for the recovery
Of the property in Pike county up
on which two big diamonds are re-
ported 10 have recently been discoy-
cred bT Mr.. Sam IIuddIe~ton.
0aaeaita College at Arkade'phia
opened September q with the best
enrolment in its history. Nearly
threa hundred boardcrs have been
reee1ed-about a hundred more
thaa at this time lat year.
Tie Farmers Union may e,'ab-
fish a beef market at Hot Spring.
and eliminate the middle man in
meat II, we'll as cotton. 1t j. now
demanding faircr prices for cattle.
Il. Mary's Academy and Convent,
Little Rock, an old landmark of that
CITY. Is 10 be removed from It's pres
est >ite To Pulaski Heights, a western
suburb of that city.
\ Young man recently stepped
from train at Ncttlcton when
asleep and walked about the town
for two hours before he awokc.
Cattle are reported dying in
some sections Of Sharp county OF
some unknown disease. Those most
" affected are milch COWS.
The Farmers Union Warehouse
at Becbe has been complatcd, ami
several farmers have already stored
their cotton there.
Thomas j. Penn has been appoint
ed postmaster at Lynn, Lawrence
county, vice Robert II. Steel, re
signed.
David d. Terry Of Little Rock,
has been appointed private secretary
to United States Senator James /.
Clarke.
Cotter is after the county seat OF
Baxter, and makes a promise to do
nate a site and build a $4,000 court
house.
Secretary Shaw of the United
States Treasury is campaigning the
state in the interest of the &. o. L.
The department Of commerce and
labor at Washington has placed the
population of Little Rock at $4,000.
The Farmers Union is erecting
cotton warehouse at Beebe. The
capacity of it will be $500 bales.
The Citizens Bank of North Yell
ylllo has filed articles of incorpora-
ton with the secretary of state.
WynAe had fire September II,
which destroyed the Masonic lodge
hall and two dwelling houses.
APPLES from North Arkansas are