The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-26

Presbyterian church IS in session at little Rock, with representatives fbm more than one hundred Pres- otterian churches present. Among otbcr matters taken ID will be the l IdIscus.ion of the question as to whether the Arkansas Presbytery will favor the idea of the Southern Presbyterian church sending repre- scntatiycs to the council of Presby- terian churches, at which the follow ling churches are now represented: Northern Presbyterian, tnitosl Presbyterian, the Associate Reform Pre,bttcrian and the German Re- form Presbyterian churches.
 5oln L. White, merchant of kin@-tdnd ~hot anG killed John Ne.9. farmer, living near town. .Ile..aH-e of the tragedy, 1t is said, l> dae 10 fho attentions recently paid | bv tae Iaeeased 10 the divorced wife JI White. from whom he had been ie4s5Ir separated about six months ago. It s said that Webb and the former wife of White were to be married m a short time, which so ineen-ed White as to cause him to take the life of the farmer, as there had acen no other trouble or mis- understanding between the two as far a, known.
 ". II. Hayes, a negro residing at Kangaroo Point, eight miles below Helena. emptied the contents of a doHhla-barreIed shotgun into the body of Ben Jones, another negro, al-o of that place The charges took effect in the abdomen and the vie tn expired Immediately. The shooting was the result of a feud be- tween tae men Hayes Is sad to haze aa4e some sighting remarks regarding tde wife of Jones, with ,he aa-u.. t.ht the latter severely ;ira-aed bi8. Since that time the TWO negroes have been enemies.
 Ile-,8o-lear-old daughter of Nr. and Nr~. Ben r Smith. of Calico Rock, died recently from results caused oF the swallowing of a six penny nal. The child complained el Its throat and at tines would al- nest strangIe. Nine days after she 'ie-t made the complaint, physician vas called, who prescribed an cmctic. The child yomited the nail, which had lodged in the bronchial tube, causing inflammation, which produced toxine poisoning. The child died within a few hours after vomiting the nail
 The right-of-way for the BrinkIey and Western Railroad has been se- cured and every thing is now ready for letting the contract for the con- struction of the line. The road will pass through one of the best cotton producing sections of Arkansas. Il will be 2S miles long and will be an
 independent line. When the road is completed 1t will have connection with the Rock Island and will have complete service with the lro.i Mountain or business in that see tion of tho country.
 John Richardson. son of a prom ent planter living near EistheHihe shot and seriously wounded Claud Grillth, l:-7ear-oId boy, and wa- in turn 54ot d0an by Edsae Spllg- giH-. at whom Richardson tal G#a Wiolin m effort to kill am Gr,f- fth, with unusual presence of mind knocked the gun down alter Rich
 ardson had placed 1t against bie heart. and received the charge in the knee. Richardson was shot in the side and the extent of lis injuries is not known.
 Mrs. W. W. Lindsey, of Helena, wife of the deputy sheriff, met with an accident recently which will re- suit in her doath Two years age she was run down by an electric cal in Little Rock and was SO severely injured that it was found necessary to amputate her right leg. \ day or two ago while attempting to walk down the rear steps in her yard one of her crutchcs slipped and she fell to the ground. The hip bone