The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-18

state, states that plans are under way for the erection Of an annex to the administration building of the college.
 Carlisle. -- The City Council has adopted an ordinance creating street improvement district in Car hsle. The district will provide funds fer erayeIing one and one-half miles ot street and necessary grading and drainage work.
 Newport-The Newport Baptist Church contributed it's quota in the S75,eoo,o96 campaign The county's quota was s20.G00 and the local church was given a quota of $8000 which t raised the first day of the drive with q surplus of $2o0.
 NewRort-Fire originating in the restaurart Of George Iarks destroyed four small business buildings on Front street and caused d loss of ap- prcximately S34.0o0. Bremen work ed for six hours before extinguishing the hlazc
 Bdtesyi11e - J. ". Williamson, has hog weighing 1050 pounds. He stajos that 1t Is his intention to feed the hog until It reaehe sthe 1.50o pound mark, thus breaking the record Of any hog raised in the United States.
 rladelphia.-Clarll county Is 90 per cent short on this years cotton crop according 10 the figures of gin. ming reporter. N g Burton, whose November Il report shows only 5,243 bales. as compared with 10,5f3 bales to that date last year.
 Paraeould = Ewel Bansdon was acquitted in the Greene Circuit Court of robbery Arthur Bess. who was indicted on five counts for robbery and grand larceny. Wal given sell tence of five years in the peniten- tiary.
 Conway - Fresh eggs were quot cd on the local market St cents per dozen. Retailers say that the short ened supply and the demand, which will grew larger as Christmas draws nearer. makes price Of 10 cents apiece as not improbable.
 Fort smitn-N. g Coehrane, state game warden. has received 15.0a9 black bass from the government fish hatchery at Mammoth Spring The hass will he distributed iu Frog Bayou and Lees Creek.
 Lowell I've large land deals were made when Eveeefte Neal bought 12Oacre orchard from Nan uie Gowan for st5eo0 ! N smith sold his orchard 10 r. g Graham for S1G.o0O
 Cotton Plant.-Tho Cotton Plan Light and Power Company, which has been ont of commission for month on account of breakage in the ma chncrv, has installed new equip,G eut and has resumed operations
 Pentonville - Mrs Ethel Johnson of Sulphur Springs. was awarded st,- 500 damages by iury in suit hrouert agoinst he Kansas City Sonthen RaoHway Company for tha death of her seven ycarold son.
 Mountain Home W. E. Wolf. county agent. has returned home from StarlyAlo, Miss. with car. load or Jersey. cows for Baxter coun. " farmers who are engaged in the dairy business.
 Mountain Home Crow hunting hacs become ? popular and profitable sport ir Paxfer county and quite a neat sum Of bounty money is being distributed among the boys of tho county
 Harrison. Miss Elsie Rowland. sales manager for the Rcd Cross Christmas seal sale in tho vicinity Of Tyon sehoalhoHse. has sot record in inc drive by selling 2.0oo seals in he: district
 Arkadelpb meeting was call fd at tho city hall at which the mat tor ef better electric light and water service was discussed with President II. C. Couch of the Arkansas Light and Power Company.
 Conterton.-H W Gipplc. the biz apple grower south of Beutonvillc. kent account of the returns from ono acre of his Jonathans this fall He reali2ed a net total of $2.317.G3 from the acre,
 cotter-Norkmen practically have completed he work Of dismaGtling the Royal hoted here l, was one of the first hotels to be constructed in Cotter,