The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-21
EVERYTHING LOVELY AGAIN.
Mir. Savage Squares Up and the coun-
 ciI Exhonerates Him.

NIT. savage squares Up and the CCun-
 Gil Exhonerates Him.
 The committee appointed by the city council to examine the city treas urer's books for last term finished its work last Wednesday night
 The books showed that of the S597 received from the M. K. 2 T. Trust company SITS had been mis-appropri- ated, $s9a correctly appropriated and S26 still on hand. To strengthen the matter up Mr. Savage put back into the treasury the SITS and was issued script therefor The committee be- living that justice was satisfied signed papers exhonerating Mr. Savage from any wrong doing in the matter His bond was afterwards approved and he was sworn into office for his second term.
 F. M. Reeves sold to ]. D. Yaiser of Forman, \. Dak., q twenty acre tract just east of town with five room house and -other improvements on it last week for S7oo. Mr Yaiser is here with his family and will make the place his home. He brought car load of household goods and some stock, also a complete set of timers tools with the intention of opening d tin shop here.
 Sawdon < Cunningham have opened up in their handsome new building the nobbiest line of millinery and fancy goods, and have also added an exten- sive stock of dry goods which will sell at small advance on cost. New goods arriving daily. An elegant consign- ment of pattern hats has just been placed on display which will be sold at prices to suit every body. Give them call. 33-4t
 0. P. Hudgins was in Shreveport last week and while there purchased of ". r. Taylor car load of cotton seed with an option on another ear load should he want it. It is under stood that the K. C., P. & c. railroad hauls it free and that Mir. Hudgins sells it to the farmers at cost. This will insure the planting of large acreage of cotton in this county this year.
 ". $. Pryor returned from trip to Gainesville. Mo, Saturday, where be hae gone to purchase the interest of his late partner, Mr. D. ". Wells, in the mill and furniture factory R. k. AGair, brother-in-law of Mir. Wells, accompanied Mr. Pryor here and is as- sisting in invoicing the property and settling the business for the Wells heirs.
 c. D. Miller, of Nebraska, in renew ing his subscription to the Star, writes: 'I am much interested in Mena and surrounding country and think of taking trip there to look up a location. If can we will be with you next winter in that mild climate. l like the Star so well do not want to miss single number" :"
 s E. McMlchael, representing ". r. Taylor Mercantile Co.,, of Shreveport, was here last week and sold our merchants one car load of groceries. He also purchased five car loads of cot ton for shipment to Shreveport, and speaks of Mena as good business point.
 If you have E. r. Smith at the Mena Jewelry Shore, do your watch and jewelry repairing and it shouldn't prove satisfactory you can always feel certain of finding him there, ready and willing to make it right as he is here to stay.
 Mayor T. NJ. Carder and s E. Thom- as started yesterday for Marble, I. T., to procure stone for trimmings for Car der's new brick business building now being erected on corner of Mena street and Pickering avenue.
 
 Ladies, call and see the ladies sum- mer vest at The Leader