The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-20
FROM STATE EXCHANGES.

The present low price of cotton is particularly hard on all in this section as this is the one crop upon which all depend. England Courier.
 The campaign is in full blast in Pope county. The candidates are comino out down there in droves. This is right, if you want an office let the people know it.-Alma Herald.
 
 The fact that Siloam Springs has only three months school is not in keeping with our other institutions and does not reflect any credit upon the way our school system is managed. -Siloam Springs Republican.
 Arkansas has probably the only rail road in the world built without dron of rain falling on it. The railroad ex. tending twelve miles out from Ladd has been started and completed since the last rain fell. Pine Bluff Graphie
 Hiram Robbins. of Little Rock, en. route to the Klondike, writes that he has already earned a fortune from the hardships of his journey. Every one who goes to the Klondike will no doubt earn a fortune, but few will there be who get it-Graphic, Pine Blnff
 People who thoughtlessly or malic- iously set fire to the woods, or leave fires where they can spread to the woods or fields. should read the United States law on the subject tackled up in the post-office at Corning. The penal. ties are severe, being as high as five years in prison and s. 900 fine, for set ting fire to the woods, Clay County Courier
 The work of ballasting the Kay See or Pee Gee railway from Mena south IS now in progress. The work is un- der the supervision of Mir. Walker, Of Kansas City. He was here Saturday and shipped a crusher and other tools to Mena. The ballast is to be of crushed rock aud will be put in the best possible condition. Siloam Springs Republican.
 1 Failures during the last quarter are the smallest known in any quarter since 1892, and the business payments through the banks the largest by s26s. 900, 900 ever known in September The reports of the commercial agencies are relia ble, and if the business of the coun- try keeps increasing at tbis rate pros perity may yet reach the section where time and labor is spent in supplying the world with cotton. Little Rock Gazette.
 The last legislature passed bill authorizing Hot Spring county to enter suit against Garland county to enforce the payment of the latter's indebted. ness, amounting to about $50,00O and incurred by the former before Garland county was created and while it was part of Hot Spring county The legis- lative act was necessary because the statute of limitation was applicable The case was heard at Hot Springs last week and decided in favor of Garland county. An appeal was taken to the supreme court. Mt. Ida Herald.
 The New York World is authority for the statement that manager of great cotton seed oil plant asserts that this years cotton crop will fall 9,0O0,- 900 bales short of the current estimate, If this be true, and we must confess that the present outlook seems to bear out the correctness of thls statement, our cotton raisers, as far as possible, should hold their crop. Cotton is not going to get any lower in price, and there is every reason to believe thai in few months, one, two and may be three cents a pound will be added to the present value Little Rock Ga zette.