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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
AGREEING WITH THE ASSESSOR.
Hls Reason for Building Unneeded
Addition to House.

Representative Birdsall Of Iowa OBJ
jects to the high rentals charged In
Washington during the congressional
season. He says he feels like an
Irish farmer he knew out in his dis
trict. The farmer had bought place
out Of savings as a farmland and
renter. The tax assessor came around
one day and put valuation on Pats
new property which Pat thought ex-
cessive. His protest, however, was
unavailing.
One day a neighbor visited Pat and
found him building an addition to his
house, and obviously the house was
plenty big enough without it.
isn't that piece Of extrava-
gance?" he asked Pat.
Think agin it moight be-" said
Pat. "but I'm after havin' the ould
place warth PLAT the assisser says 1t
is."
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Would Destroy the Commission.

In praying that the Railroad Com
mission of Arkansas be forever en-
joined from setting up any claim, or
making any finding or order against
the Iron Mountain Railroad Company
under the act of the Legislature of
Arkansas, approved March II, 1899,
which act created the commission, an
open fight against the very life of the
commission itself is declered by the
Iron Mountain road. Such an injunc-
ton is asked for in the bill of com
plant filed in the United States Cir
cult Court by Lovick P. Miles of Fort
Smith, attorney for the Iron Mountain.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Attempted Suicide.

Levi Green, young man of Hot
Springs, is lying at the point of death,
suffering the aftereffects of an at
tempt to end his life with poison. His
sweetheart, Miss Annie Brown, de-
clares that he attempted to commit
the deed because she ordered him from
her sight few days ago, but the Of
ficers allege that it is because Green
stole goods which he panwed and lat
er found that the officers were on his
trail. He is guarded by an officer
constantly.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
A Notable Society Event.

There was dedicated at Fort Smith
Thursday night the first Carnegie IL
brary, and not only this, the first free
library building in the state of Ar
kansas, when the Board of Regents Of
the Carnegie library presented to Fort
Smith the recently completed $4,000
public library building, which Mayor
Bourland accepted in behalf OF the city.
The occasion, which was under the d.
rection of the Board OF Regents of the
library. was not alone formal open
ing, but was as well, a notable society
event.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
. NEWS OF
ARKANSAS
Schools Enter for Big Cantest.
~

SChOOlS EntcT IoT Dry So'NSN'
Thus far the following schools have
notified Rees P. Horrocks, business
manager of the Arkansas State Ora
torical and Musical Contest Society,
of their intention to have representa-
tiyes in the contest to take place IN
Little Rock on the Bird and 4th of
April: Henderson College of Arkadel-
phia: Ouachita College of Arkadel-
phia: Hendrix College of Conway, 81
loan Conference College of Sloan
Springs, Galloway College of Searcy,
Hot Springs high school, Pine Blum
high school, Texarkana high school,
Malvern high school, Bonneville hgh
school, Bismarck high school, Little
Rock high school, Choctaw high
school Arkansas Military Academy of
Little Rock, Crossett high school, Fort
Smith high school, Sloan Sprigs
high school, Presbyterial Training
School of Warren, Central College of
Conway Clary Training School of For
dyce, Stuttgart Training School. All
schools are given until March 25th to
make their entries and in the mean
time many preliminary contests to de
eide the representatives of the differ
ent schools will be held throughout
the state
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Too Interesting to Bury.

There is a certain little southern
girl who is very fond OF her negro
nanny. The nurses name is Sally.
and she is large woman, so she Is
known as Big Sally. Ethel, however,
calls her "Biggie" for short. One day
her mother took her to museum,
where, among other things, there were
some stuffed animals. Ethel was
greatly interested, and for many days
she did not tire Of talking about them.
Perhaps a week later. at the supper
table, after a preoccupied silence, she
said:
Mamma, when Biggie dies I'm not
going to have her buried; I'm going to
have her stuffed"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Rev. James Thomas indicated.

At a conference at San Antonio,
Texas, Tuesday morning before Rev.
James Thomas, his attorneys, Thomas
S. Buzbee and Thomas M. Mehaffy
and G.. w. Hester, banker of Devine,
Tex, and his attorney, M. w. Davis
of San Antonio, compromise was ar
ranged in the $4,000 damage suit for
libel brought by Rev. Mr. Thomas
against Hester in the Hot Springs Cir
cult Court, by which Mr.. Hester paid
$1,000 to Mr.. Thomas to have the suit
withdrawn. Mr.. Hester also made aft
davit retracting the statement made
by him, which was the cause of the
suit, in which he charged Rev. Mr..
Thomas with being one Otto Brock.
a rascal, whom he had known at Car
rizo Springs, Tex, years ago.
The conference was brought about
at the request of Mr.. Hester's attor-
ney. Last Monday night Mr.. Thomas
and his attorneys were preparing to
leave San Antonio for home, after
spending four or five days in Texas,
taking dispositions to be used in the
suit against Hester. Mr.. Davis came
to them and asked them to stay over
until the next morning, stating that
he and Mr.. Hester were ready to ar
range a settlement if it could be done.
Rev. Mr.. Thomas and his attorneys
had secured the dispositions of some
10 witnesses and had very strong
h1It Mr. etc
he was not after Hester's money, but
simply his own vindication, the mat
ter was settled by the payment Of
81, 900 and a retraction of the state
ment made by Hester.
Mr.. Thomas has also secured a vol
untary affidavit from the Rev. |. K.
Waller of Madill, Okla, the only other
man who ever identified him as Otto
Brock, in which Mr. Waller states
that he is now satisfied that Mr..
Thomas is not Otto Brock This, with
the testimony of fifteen witnesses, all
of whom swore that Rev. James Thorn
as was not Otto Brock. it is thought
is enough to completely exhonerate
Rev. Mr.. Thomas from the charge
which was brought against him by
the members of the Methodist church
more than five years ago, and which
has never until now been entirely dis
proved. The charges against Rev. Mr..
Thomas have caused great disturb
ance in Methodism here intermittent
ly for five years, and have resulted
in the temporary suspension of one
J. S. Hawkins, a Methodist minister.
and caused much bitter feeling be-
tween Mr.. Thomas friends and those
who have been foremost in pushing
the investigation of charges against
him.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Go to ltalY to Wed.

Guiseppi Massanelli and Ellen All
fredo Spanini, two Italians who are in
the colony on John NJ. Gracie's place
at New Gasony, will leave Tuesday
for Italy. where they go TO be married
to two young women, companions dur
Ing their childhood days. Spadini will
return to this country with his bride
Immediately, but Massanelli will re-
main in his native land for several
months visiting relatives. They will
sail from New York on the steamship
Koenig Albert on February s.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Uauuh and Grow Fat; No.

There is nothing in the maxim
laugh and grow fat or else the joke
smiths fail to grow mirthful over their
own merrymaking.
Great humorists seldom are fat. F.
P. Dunno is the heaviest, weighing
about 160 pounds. The weight Of
others living is: Mark Twain, $50
pounds; George AIDE, 147; Jerome K.
Jerome, 143, and w w Jacobs, 1872.
o. Henry is really great humorist,
but he is in the 1S0-pound class
Home Magazine.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Girl Tries to Suicide.

Miss Daisy Buce, % years old, swal-
lowed the contents of bottle contain
ing poison, after visiting her sweet.
heart, George Link, a steward at the
hotel jefferson in Pine Bluff, and re-
questing him to walk home with her,
He refused, being unable to get away
from his work at the time. Before
he could get to her she drank the poi.
sonous fluid and fell unconscious on
the storeroom floor. She was taken
home in a carriage and three physi
clans believe they have saved her life
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Abusive Negro Is Killed.

Lem Blackwood, negro, was shot
and instantly killed by John McGahley
at the latter's home at Booty, near
Gillett Wednesday. 1t is alleged that
Blackwoods dog had killed some of
McGahleys chickens and McGahley
shot one of the dogs Blackwood is
then alleged to have called at the Nc
Galley home, to have become abusive
and threatened to destroy the entire
family with an AK
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
500 Reward, 500.

Tho readers of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there is at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure In all its stages and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure IL the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being O constitutional disease, requires consutu-
tional treatment Hairs Catarrh Cure fs taken In
ternaly acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing in doing its work. The proprtetors have
so much faith in its curative powers that they onef
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails TO
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
For His Fathers Services.

w. C. McMichael of Arkadelphia,
has received a warrant from the De
partment of the Interior which grants
him 160 acres of government land in
any part of the United States which
Is subject to settlement or sale. The
land was granted under an act Of Con
gress granting bounty lands to GER
tain persons having engaged in the
military service of the United States.
Mr.. Michaels father served in the In
dian war in Florida in 1886 and for
this he received the grant.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Revised.

I'VE hear" began the reporter.
that you are to marry Blobb, the
Millionaire. Won't you give US the de-
tails?"
Sure" replied the obliging actress,
Il like these things to be exact. Get
Blobb, but l have heard of him, and
understand he has wife. l am my
self happily married. l do not be-
lieve in divorce or bigamy. I would
not, IL free, marry divorced man.
I would not marry Blobb if we were
both free and he was the last man
on earth"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Asks $4,000 Damages.

Mrs ]. M. McCaskill and Judge Nc
Caskill. through their attorney, Isaac
Mcclellan of Sheridan, has filed suit
Railway Company for $4,000 damages
for personal injuries received by Mrs.
McCaskill last November in Pine Bluff.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
$500 Fire at SaIado.

The two-story residence belonging
TO J. A. Kineaster and occupied by
George E Hogan, Salado, was de-
stroyed by fire, together with all its
contents except a piano and a few
pieces of furniture Friday night. The
building was a two-story frame struc-
ture having about II rooms. The loss
was $4,000, upon which there was ST.
1000 insurance.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Groom II, Bride ia.

Lloyd Bare, aged II, and Miss Sue
Meek, aged IA, both of Eureka Springs,
were married Sunday at Cassville,
Mo, and returned home Monday. The
groom is brother OF e. NJ. Bare, a
prominent real estate dealer, and the
bride is a steddaughter of F. B. Free
man "a leading liveryman. The par
ents of the children had given con-
sent to the wedding.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
New Hotel at Camden.

X. II. Terrell and j. M. Goodgame of
camden have purchased the Ouachita
|hotel site from Judge G. w. Hays and
[T. j. Moore for $4,000 and will be-
|gln the erection of a new hotel build
Ping as soon as an architect can sub
|fnit plans and the contract can be
bet
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Surely KInu of BURGLARS.

The most enterprising burglar as
yet recorded is the Long Island chap
who not only escaped from brand
new county jail the other night but
took with him all the locks and door,
knobs in the place. If they catch him
they ought to promote him to the best
penitentiary in the land as a tribute
to his genius.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Fire at Hot Springs.

The handsome residence Of d. ].
|Smith, prominent business man of
Hot Springs was burned to the ground
at an early hour Sunday Elorning. The
fire started from furnace in the base
ment. The loss, which is total, is
ESTIMATED at 100000, with insurance
|of about half that amount.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Shipments From Carlisle.

Several cars of rice and hay were
shipped from Carlisle Saturday and
the producers received a fairly good
price. But little rice remains unsold
In that section.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Enuine Runs Into Team.

Charles Baldwin of Rison narrow
ly escaped death Thursday when he
attempted to save a team of mules
which faced destruction in front of the
fast mail train on the Cotton Belt rail.
road He escaped injury, but one OF
his mules was killed and his wagon
badly damaged. His loss is estimat-
ed at $500
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Fire in Oil Mill Plant.

Saturday morning for the second
time this season the plant of the
PLANTERS Oil Mill Company at Des
rArc, had narrow escape from de-
struction by fire.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Fire at Corning.

Fire was discovered on the large dry
kiln in the G. A. Boosers stave factory
at Corning, Thursday evening at A
o'clock. A large amount of valuable
slaves was destroyed, but the plant
was saved by the heroic work of the
bucket brigade, who finally got the
flames under full control.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Sheriff Parker Taken Sick.

Sheriff r. F. Parker was taken very
i'll a few days ago while out on his
official duties collecting taxes, and for
the past week has been in a critical
condition at his home in De Witt He
has been sheriff two terms and Is a
ton has been alarming.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Trying to Raise Fund For New Church

An effort is being made at Atkins to
raise fund for the building of new
Presbyterian church at that place.
One citizen has already agreed to con-
tribute $1,000 to the fund.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Would Improve Catfish Bayou.

Congressman Macon has introduced
a bill to declare Catfish bayou nav
igable stream, and provide for its i'm
provement.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
A Good Customer.

The United States government is
the largest individual purchaser of
electric lamps in this country. 1t buys
$4,000 annually.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06

CIVIL examination for applicants for
he position of deputy collector and
elerk in the internal revenue district
pf Arkansas will be held March 5, in
Little Rock.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Gone To Face Trial.

l.. 4. Sexton, young man wanted
Rt Staunton, Va, on a charge of as
Sault to murder, and who voluntarily
surrendered to Chief of Police Tow
Pey of Texarkana on Saturday, Janu-
Rry 25, has been taken back to Vir-
|ginia by the sheriff of the county in
(which Stanton is situated.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06

More proof that Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. s. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
81 was a great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia E. Bnkham's Vego.
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
lutely necessary"
Mrs. Alvina Sperling, Of 1874 Oey.
bourne Ave, Chicago, Ill, writes:
81 suffered from female troubles, .
tumor and much Inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an OperatiOn."
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear.
ing-down feeling, tlatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that propos.
ais as specified below will be received
ior the heating and ventillating svs-
tems part of school house in the In
dependent district of the City of Keo-
kuk, in the county of Lee and State
OF Iowa, for said district.
Plans and specifications under
which these proposals are asked
and these bids will be received are
on file in the Office of H. E. Radcliffe,
architect Y M. C. A. building. Keo-
Fuk. Iowa. and may be seen there.
Each bid must Re accompanied by A
certified check for 5000: pay
able to A. j. Matthias, treas
urer, as earnest that the
successful bidder will enter into A
contract to perform the work accord
ing to the bid therefor, which checks
vii! be returned to all bidders after
contract is signed by the successful
bidder.
Each bid must be enclosed in
sealed envelope or package plainly en-
dorsed on the outside with state
ment that 1t is bid for the
part of tie building named
above. and there shall be enclosed in
the same envelope or package a bid
for each alternative plan or specifica-
ton mentioned In the pla aid speci-
ncations on file on which the bidder
desires to submit proposal.
All bids must be filed with the sec
rotary of the Board of Education of
said district before 10 o'clock. noon,
on October 81, 1908, either in per
son at the Office of said Board of
Education. or by mail in time to reach
said secretary before said hour.
The proposals referred to in this
notice VIII be opened by the Board of
Education of said district within
reasonable time after IL O'Clock, noon,
on October 81 1908, and contracts
will be let to successful bidders with
in a reasonable time thereafter; but
the right is reserved to reject any and
all bids.
This notice is given by order of the
Board of Education of the district
aforesaid this 25th day of September,
1908.
Attest: G. WALTER BARR,
Secretary Board of Education.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
Original Notice.

State of Iowa, Lee county.-ss.
In the District Court of Said County
at Keokuk.
VIM. S. Peterson, plaintiff, versus I'M
known heirs of Alexander M.
Wright, unknown claimants to
part OF the north half of the south
east quarter of section (2) two,
township (65) siXty-five, north OF
range (5) five west, Lee county,
Iowa, hereinafter described; Ann
E. Boyce, Nelson Van Dyke Boyce,
Ernest Boyce, Elvira Alice Boyce,
daughter Of Andrew f. Boyce, de-
PENDANTS
To the Above Named Defendants:
You are hereby notified that a petit
ton is on file in the clerks office of
the district court aforesaid at Keokuk
ir behalf of the above named plain
tiff, against you and claiming he is the
osolute and unqualified owner of
part of the north half of the
southeast quarter of section (2)
two, township (65) sixty-five, north
of range (5) five west, Lee coun-
ty, Iowa, commencing at point
on the north line of said southeast
quarter, 14) fourteen chains and co.
nine links west of the northeast cor
ncr thereof and co. nine chains and
OBJ twenty-three links south of said
north line of said southeast quarter
section in the center of the road and
at the southeast corner of the tract
of land sold by Andrew F. Boyce to
Albert Wolf for a point of beginning:
thence west (14) fourteen chains and
CD nine links to point; thence south
CD five chains and $50 fiftv-seven
links to a point; thence west one
chain and $3.50 eighty-fve ill., to
point; thence due south 90 five
chains to the center line of said south.
east quarter section that runs east and
west through the same; thence east
05) fifteen chains and (94) ninety.
four links to the center of the road;
thence north along the center of said
road (1o) ten chains and (57) fifty.
seven links to the place of beginning,
containing G5.S1-100) fifteen and
shty-one-hundredths acres of land
more or less. The heirs of Alexan-
der M. Wright would have an inter.
est in said land by and through him
if he had an interest in the same.
And the widow, heirs and representa-
tives of Andrew F. Boyce would have
an interest in said land by and
through him If he had an interest
in the same, as fully appears, and
is set out in the petition. and plain
tiff prays his title to aforesaid land
be quoted and vested in plaintiff and
such other relief prayed for and
costs
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second dav
of the next regular November term of
said court to be begun and holden at
Keokuk on the 10th day of November.
A. l. 90S, default will be entered
against you and judgment rendered
thereon as prayed for in said petition.
w. B. & H. R. COLLINS,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.