The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

branch store at that place.
 Work has commenced on the founda- tion for the business house to be erected by Il, s. Spivey of Springfield, Mo-, on Mena street cast of Hotell Mena
 c. w. Randall, of Springdale. and | c. f. Lininger, of Eureka Springs, agents for the Atlanta National Build | ing and Loan Association, of Atlanta, Ga, arrived in our city Monday. They will remain here all week looking af- ter their business
 G. w. James has let the contract to ". l. Policeman for the erection of the hotel building on the corner of Mena street and Honert avenue. The build ing will be 25x7O feet, two stories high and contain eighteen rooms. Work began Monday morning and Mir. Policeman will push the work as rapid ly as possible.
 l.. D. Davis, who was arrested and taken to Ft Smith Friday on the charge of selling whiskey without government license, was acquitted and returned home Monday. Col Byers represented him in court and Mir. Davis is very earnest in his compli- ents for the Colonel and his ability as lawyer.
 II. (. Orr. general passenger agent, and Harry Darlton, general travelling agent, of the K. C., r. lS G. railroad, passed through our city on the regular passenger train Tuesday morning, bound for Port Arthur. They took ad- vantage of the twenty minutes stop made by the train to take q hurried look at our growing city.
 Sawdon &s 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 atsa small advance ea cost. New goods arriving daily. On Friday will have on display another consignment of pattern hats which will be sold at prices to suit every body. Give them call.
 l. s. Glenn has purchased block in the Martin Heights addition where he is building pleasant home, and is getting his family, which has been scattered for the last seven years, to- gether again. Last week his son Il. s. Glen came in from Springfield, Mo, and at the same time his son Ed. and family and son-1n-law T. E. Hilyard and family arrived from Devils Lake, N Dakota.
 $. F. Crow, colored Methodist Episcopal preacher, of Dallas requests ! us to announce that he will hold Easter services on the lot donated to that Church by the NJ. K. & T. Trust 1 company in the east part of town next Sunday. The colored folks are invited to attend, bring their dinners and stay all day. Preparations are being made to erect church house on the lot immediately; lumber is on the ground now for the building.
 In proportion to the size of the city Tn which it is printed, the Kansas City Star has a larger circulation than any other American newspaper. It's re- markable success has been achieved by it's unfaltering adherence to the rule of giving its readers the best that The Stars increasing revenues could furnish and it's improved facilities could supply. The Star was the first newspaper to give it's readers full weeks papers-six evening and Sun day morning-for ten cents. q thing that could not be profitable except when done on big scale on which The Star does everything. The Star was also the first to establish a weekly edition for the trihing price of twenty five cents year; no 900 regular cir- culation of the weekly edition dem- onstrates the wisdom of the idea. Of Course There is Difference of
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