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

tween Main and Louisiana Streets,
Is to be leased to the Lyric Amuse-
ment Company for a period of three
years, beginning Nov. LIST. It will
be converted into vaudeville thea
tire, and remodeled in consonance
10 such use. This will make three
ilrst-class places Of amusement in
the Capital City.
FIRST Lieut. John NJ. kelso, Jr.,
Of Magnolia, Thirteenth Infantry,
u. s. A., has been found incapaci-
tated for aa.;vc service on account
OF disability and retired. He had
seen service in the Philippines. Mr..
helso Is a member of one of the
most prominent families of south
Arkansas.
Thomas s. Buzbee and John T..
Hicks have been appointed general
attorneys for the Rock Island in
Arkansas and Louisiana to succeed
Il. b. Pierce, recently promoted to
exclusive charge of the state and
interstate department Of the system
with headquarters at Chicago.
Three officials of Chicot county
have been suspended pending trials
on charges of malfeasance, and Gov.
Davis has appointed others to fill
the positions pending the trials.
Those suspended are County Judge
Street, County Treasurer Abner
Gaines and Sheriff M. G. Strong.
The Farmers Union of Scott
county held three days session at
Waldorf last week. There are ff-
ty-two lodges in Scott county, with
membership Of 1900. The union
is operating cotton yard at Wal
dron and is contemplating the es-
adjustment of a county paper.
Other counties than Miller, La
fayette and Columbia are said to be
infested by boil weevils, according
to a letter received by the Little
Rock Board of Trade from the BIZ
reau Of Entomology from the De-
partment Of Agriculture at Wash
ington.
Articles Of incorporation have
been prepared for the Weiner Rice
Growers Association Of Weiner, the
capital stock of which will be
$4,000. The object of the COM
pany is to develop the rice-growins
industry on West Prairie in Poin-
sett county.
Thomas Jacobs, animal Kramer
of the Forepangh-Sells show, was
found dead in the camel car at
Fayetteville recently. He is be-
lieved to have been killed by some
Of the animals. The body was for
warded to his home in Pennsylva-
MIA.
Citizens of Springtown, Benton
county, believe there is oil and gas
near that town and propose to bore
at once for them. At mass meet
ing at Springtown recently $3.50
toward a fund for developing the
property was subscribed.
Buffalo, N. Y, men representing
big eastern syndicates, have been IN
Mountain Home recently, looking
over the north Arkansas mineral
field. The syndicate has quite a
holding in Baxter county, which II
will develop this winter.
Miss Ellie Bcllew, Of Mount Com
fort. committed suicide recently by
shooting herself with revolver
Her body was found in the woods
where she committed the deed. NO
cause is known.
The Poinsett County Farmers
Union has elected r. W. Smith
county business agent. Subscrlp-
lions to the union warehouse stock
was reported as being rapidly sub
scribed.
The fall reunion of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite OF the
Valley of Little Rock. met IN the
Capital City at Albert Pike Con-
sistory, October %. :
The Jonesboro Baptist Assocla-
ton, recently in session at that
place. has offered to appoint a man
who will aid the officers to clamp
the lid on"
fz.,,,or nIifnr Of