The Nevada County picayune., 1906-12-07

Sio, presented hlmself at the state penltentlary recently with the re- quest to be allowed to divide sen- tence with Hun Brown, another one- legged negro, who was convicted and sentenced to two years in the peni- tentlary from Dallas county on a charge of arson. The mother of the convltced negro, also offered to serve out the sentence of her boy.
 Ed McWhirter and Lum Johnson. federal prisoners, recently escaped from the Pulaski county jail, by saving a hole through the wall and lowering themselves to the ground from the second floor by means of a rope made out of strips of blanket. Johnson was captured an hour later but the other man Is still at large.
 The body of a young white man, who was believed to have been killed by Cotton Belt train, was found near the railroad tracks at Kings land. His name is supposed to be W. Il. Bruce as a Pine Bluff Y. NJ. C. A. card bearing that name was found in his pocket.
 l., A. Holland has secured S1, ,0O0 damages in the Crawford county cir cult court against Julius Apetz. Some time ago Holland was arrested on a charge of tampering with the mail, lodged by Apetz. and upon his acquittal, filed suit for damages with the above result.
 After having been arrested once and escaping from the officers, L. E. Lindsey has again been arrested near England and is held for United States officers. He is charged with selling lijuor without paying gov ernment tax.
 Miss Stella Burge, a prominent young lady of Sidney, was thrown from a horse, and in falling her foot caught in the saddle strap, dragging her considerable distance before she could be rescued.
 In a statement made by the Lit tie Rock Board of Trade to New York and Chicago financial institu- tions, the taxable valuation of Pulas- Xii county was placed at S24, 4,000,00o
 John w. Core, of Little Rock, committed suicide by using the same revolver that his father killed him. self with years ago. His mother also followed the same route years ago.
 While in an intoxicated condition, William Murphy of Siloam Springs, boy of 13 years, fell and fractured his skull, dying a few hours later without rcgaining consciousness.
 The receivers of the Bank of New port, which recently failed, report that they have collected a total of $4O,543.73. The claims against the bank aggregate $G53, 9S3.'5.
 In order to guard against the spread of smallpox, the Board of Health of Texarkana, has made an order that all negroes must be vac- cinated or leave town.
 While on her way 10 attend a dance at Newport, Annie Mae Walk CT, young negro woman was drown- ed in the slough at the lower end of Newport lake.
 Dr. J. M. Mcconnell, prominent physician and property holder, of Bonneville, dropped dead recently. Heart failure was the cause of his death.
 The Little Rock Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, is in session at Warren, with Bishop James Atkins of North Carolina pre- siding.
 The Supreme Court is called upon to pass upon the question as to whether a dog is an animal in case appealed from the Garland circuit court.
 Crawford Fogg, charged with the murder of Monroe Nelson, will not hang at Lake Village in November pending the decision of the Supreme court.
 John Tins, an aged veteran Of the Mexican war, was married re-