The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-26
NEWS OF ARKANSAS

unity to the charge OF cruelty to
animals in justice court at Lang
Low and was fined SIS and costs. Mr..
whitehead went to assist one of his
reighbors to get some hogs out CT
the field. Upon the suggestion Of
the defendant the ham strings were
mt to prevent the hogs from getting
hack into the field. Mr.. White
heads plea of guilty was entirely
voluntary.
f. B. Peirce Of Little Rock, gen
eral attorney for the Rock Island
in Arkansas and Louisiana. has been
amounted to the exclusive charge
II the state and interstate depart
ment of the Rock Island system, a
recently-created department. His
headquarters and home will be i'll
Chicago.
Mrs. I. T. Tatum, in a lawsuit
against the Western Union Tele-
graph Company in the Lawrence
County Circuit Court, was given a
Judgment for 80 cents against the
company recently. The suit was
brought against the company on ac-
eount of failure to deliver a tele-
gram.
George Z. Darby, who was recent
" elected vice-gerent of the concaten-
ated order of Hoo Hoos for Arkan-
sas. has decided to call a concaten-
alton of the order, to convene in
Pine Bluff on November "a, and 4
great conglomeration Of cats of all
varieties are expected to attend.
DR.. Moorchead, one of the first
to plant rice near Stuttgart, in
threshing his rice crop discovered
that the earliest sowing showed the
largest yield. Twenty-eight acres
yielded 2,l00 bushels. He received
on that he threshed from later
sowing about 700 bushels.
The Jonesboro Improvement Dis
trict has sold its bonds to the St
Louis Union Trust Company of st.
Louis at 80 cents on the dollar, and
at a rate of interest of 5 per cent
per annum. The amount of bonds
sold was $280,000, which brought
1852, 900 in cash.
DR.. G. w. Hayman, chief COM
missioner for negro exhibits FROM
Arkansas to the jamestown Exposi
ton, has issued an address to tic
negroes of the state asking their
cooperation with him to see that
the race is well represented in al!
lines Of work.
Owing to the decisions Of Judge
Trieber of the United States Circuit
Court regarding the poll-tax amend
ment, it is not probable that the poll
tax will be demanded as prerequl-
site for voting in the congressional
election of November 6.
J. L. Mum, an old and promi-
nent citizen of Blue Mountain, was
recently hit with a club and serious
H injured at Bonneville. in an alter
cation with Baxter Riblein, mer-
chant there, all about the posting OF
circus bills.
Rev. r. f, Noe, of Newport, died
recently at Auvergne, Jackson coun-
ty. Mr.. Noe was sixty-fye years old
and was chaplain of the house OF
representatives five years ago. HIS
son is sheriff Of Fulton county.
Articles of incorporation have
been fled with the secretary of state
by the Hunter State bank Of Hun
ter, Woodruff county, showing
capital stock of $4,000, of which
$4,000 has been paid in.
A new hot->ater spring has been
found at Hot Springs, on proper
ty owned by Col. +. w. Rector, who
was having excavations made to IN
stall new housc-heating plant for
lice Rector bath house.
Despite the decision in The LIN
coin county case to the contrary,
Gov. Davis recently appointed Ro-
land Roberts of Hoxie to succeed
N. E. Judkins, county treasurer,
who died lately.
The Plumerville Gin and Oil Mill
Company has been organized with
$4,000 capital stock. The gin burn