The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-22


 Board of Trustees of the St. ran cis Lcyeo District. They are. Ol- lie \. Killough, Gross county; J. C. Hawthorne, Craighead county; c. NJ. Bell, Mississippi county; John Emcrick. Poinsett county; James Russell, St. Francis county; l.. !. Berry. Crittendcn county; James T. Robinson, Lee county; John Mcdonald. Phillips county 1t seems probable from what Is be- licved to be the future policy of the board that Ollie Killough will be president and I. (. Hawthorne, sec rctarv of the board. The St. Fran cis Leycc District ia composed of | Crittendcn and Mississippi counties, and parts of Craighcad, Pmlllp'' Poinsett. St. Francis, Lee and Gross counties. and is the largest district in the state At present there are ten miles of levce constructed three feet above the 1903 high water mark. The district i> at present bonded for Slo50.000. the bonds drawing 6 per cent interest. The government annually appropriates Sll0,63S. The value of the property protected by the levec is estimated at $29. .,s, .060.
 W. W. Orr, a young man about 9 vcars of age. Was found dead up- on the floor of the barn at the home of hi- father at Mt. Moria. l2 mllcs southeast of Prescott. with hl- skull crushed. The manner in which he met his death i- a complete mystery although several theories have etcn advanced. One theory Is that he was murdered hut the officers do not place much faith in this idea. A second theory is that he fell from a loft in the barn. and still another that he was kicked by a mule. The officers are inclined to the latter theory.
 \ Mr. Isaaes of Noble Lake who declared that his granddaughter was "o'er young to marry vet, was the mean, of separating Miss Belle Is aac, and Steve Driver Payne im- mcdiatcly after the ceremony m Pine Bluff whore the young couple had eloped. Miss lsaacs has the appearance of being about l3 years old and is still in short dresses, al though the groom declared her age to be IS years, Young Payne who l. employed bv Isaacs at Noble Lake. would not remain away from the girl. and returned on the same train as the grandfather and his bride
 Eastern capitalists and experts in the manufacture of glass have dis covered an excellent and incXhansti- ble quantity of the proper kind of sand near Fort smith and may es- tablish q large glass plant there. Their purpose Is to use the plant in the manufacture of bottles and fruit jar>. Gla>>works are among the highest class of paid wagc-earn- CTS, the pay being from $35 to $40 per week. There Is such a demand for their labor that they can choose their place of employment and it is hard matter to get them 10 go where there Is only one factory.
 Miss Dot>ie Cooper of Little Rock took poison with suicidal intent and was later found by her sister in an unconscious condition. The young lady Is only 16 years old and the only possible reason assigned by her friends fer her rash act was the fear that her father would censurC her for abscnting herself from schoO against his wishes. She will recover
 Mrs. Mary X. Walton, for many years a resident of Mt. Carmel, Lon. oke county, died recently. She was the daughter of Taylor Whitley, who with hls wife and two small chil- 'lren immigratcd horseback from Mississippi seventy years ago and @"ttled at Mt. Carmel.
 Rev. ]. II. Carr of Iowa. serving as district evangelist of northern AIEan,a, for the Disciples of Christ, has started a movement for the es- .ablshmnt of d church at Piggott. \ building Committee Ina, been ap. pointed and it k believed the church