The Nevada County picayune., 1911-03-24
STATE NEWS TERSELY TOLD.

STATE NEWS TERSeLY TOLD.
 Several months ago, while a brake. man on a local freight train was TIC ing into the little town of Brookland on the COW catcher of locomotive the engine struck a team driven by Dr. w. F. links and the brakeman vas killed His wife sued Dr. links for 10000, and the case was tried last week at Jonesboro. A verdict in favor of the defendant was rendered.
 Five unusually large sassafras logs were brought into Jasper recently, One of them was six feet long. an ether eight feet, two ten feet and one twelve feet The largest log was if ty-tWo inches in diameter at the butt. The five contained 5.267 feet of lum Der Several timber men said they were the largest and fpest sassafras logs they had ever seen.
 Sheridan Dorsey. charged with petit larceny, broke jail at Huntsville last week. He was captured a few hours after he escaped.
 John TiIder's barn at Fordyce, with 300 bushels of corn and several tons ct hay and other proyender, was de- stroyed by fire last week.
 James Bede Johnson, who formerly lived in Bradley County. has been con Victed of the murder of a constable at Jasper, Texas, and sentenced to im- Itisonment for life. He has been -ranted a new trial since the convic. ten, and the case will be heard next June.
 Jack Alexander, negro who lives at Stephens, claims to be 104 years old When one of the older white residents of Stephens was a child he lived in South Carolina and kneT the negro, who was then middle aged man.
 An ordinance prohibiting the spit ting on sidewalks and in public places at Harrison has been passed by the Harrison town council.
 Mrs. Rebecca Williams died last week at Waldron. She was probably the oldest resident of Scott County. Had she lived until the 24th of next month she would have been 99 years old.
 Pope County will hold fai. next October II. w. Patrick has been erected president of the fair associa tion.
 The plant of the National Slate Company, which is located sixteen miles east of Mena, is ready for op esation, and the shipment of slate rom there will soon begin.
 Hosea Keeling has sold the Leslie News and Edward P. Payne has leas- cd the plant from the new owners and will in future edit the paper.
 Judge J. R. Reeves has been indict- ed at Jonesboro for forging the name of J c. Nichols and others to the will of Mrs. Jane Dixon. Mir. Nichols swears that he did not sign his name as it appears In the will.
 The CIaighead County grand jury. in its report, recently filed, suggest cd that Jonesboro drug stores be re- quired to remain closed on Sundays except that on demand the druggist may provide medicines in case of sickness
 Professor A. NJ. Mccain has noti- fec the Camden school board that he will not be an applicant for re-elec- ton to the position of superintendent Of schools there He has had sey- eral offers. among others the princi ralship of the Clary Training School at Fordyce.
 A dog suffering with rabies was shot and killed near Van Buren re- gently after it had attacked several horses and other animals.
 An oil we'll is being sunk at Hud. son, three miles south of Ashdown.
 The Harrison Board of Education has decided to borrow $20,000 for the purchase of grounds and the erection of high school building
 While standing near stove at Oppelo the clothing worn by the 5. yeag-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. N 5. Hoskins became ignited and the little girl was fatally burned. Her 6-year-old brother, by heroic efforts. e>tinguished the flames by wrapping a sweater around his little sister.