The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-19
Tn the lee county codrt which

Mayor J. V. Roberts of Searcy, which has been taken there on a change of venue, was nolIe pressed. The case aaginst J. Y. Roberts is yet 'rcsb in the minds of the reading public. He was charged with com pIi3tv in the robbery of d grave at Scarcy three years ago and with palmisg off the bodyof d man named Pitts as the body of Dr. A. c. Lightle, who was a young physician If the town. who carried $2l.000 of life Insurance al the time. Near Y all of the insurance money was collected. but wa, later returned to Inc insurance companies. Dr. Lj&hl'r died some time after the grave robbery.
 The two-ccnt railroad rate recent ' e-tabIisbed bt thc Arbaa~a~ Gen- ral Assembly, i~ nov in effect OH Ill railroad lines within the boundar- es of Arkansas that are affected by hc=proHisinns of the neW law. Ar- kaH,a. Is the ffth#State in the West .o haze q two-cent rate law govern inc all railroad, with Il system oyor eighty milcs in length and the third slate in which the law k in effect The -tate- which hayc tie lwo-cent -ate law are: Ohio, Indiana. Nebras- Aa. Missouri and Arkansas. Only i'll Arkansas. Ohio and Nebraska, how aver. are the laws now in effect.
 The United States Government wants million and quarter feet of iumber to be used in the con etrHction of a dan in White river, mar Bate~1iIIc. All the large Iam- 5.f companies jn the state, and oth- er- outside thc ,tate, have been ask ad to bid for the contract to supply thi~ lumber within certain time, and all ref5t-c. The miIls are crowd sd Nlth#ordee- and the owners are not di-ro,ca To te themselves up a.9a t4r4p afler-. Tie iaMhcr will fa needed about mia,Wn@r
 Robert Scott, 9 negro living in Little Ras@, stabbed hls Nife and fh4 eal his own throat in an at- sc@pt roeommit suicide. Hi, efforts arRlng unsuccessful, he beat hi- ay4J against Hooata beam and then jumped :@to the Arhansa~ riy- ar from which he was rescued by -ma .l~bemaa. Bof5 .Srott and his 0itc will recover.
 ,lamo- Morris, young man lNi,g near Conway, who had been suffer Ing with severe attack of rehcuma- ti-gn for several weeks. committed suicide recently. He placed a shot om under his chin and pulled the trigger. The charge of tbe gun tore of a good part of his head.
 NhiIea il freight train Va- on ~id- ing at Bradford, some unknown man walked in front of it as d fast mail traln was passing and wa struck by tbc majl tram and killed instantly. The coroncr's inquest failed to reveal the dead man $ identity.
 The 2.o0o.ooo foot we'll brought in recently on the Becker farm on the Mas>ard prairie. near Fort Smith. brings the total flow i'll that district up to ?5.ooo,ooo feet. The territory people have other well, in the ncieh5orhood nearly down to sand.
 Will Harris and Nelson Stout, negro section hands at floyd's switch. 25 mile, south of TeNarkana, engaged in a dispute over d game of craps Stout seized an axe and cut Harris head in twain. He then mace his escape and is still al large.
 William Valentine, Il special writ cr for a Fort Smth paper. died aud- denly in his room at an hotel in that city. Some day, before he had aa ulccrated tooth extracted and complications arose which resulted in hi, death.
 Patron, of the PlumcyiIle school district will erect a mick school building to cost $5.oo0 OF more. Nearly S1,50o has ben raised by subscription and the School Board