The Mena weekly star., 1897-05-26
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Picture frames to order any size, at Boyers.
 For ladies underware The Leader is the place.
 Sneed ,s Jones can furnish you with grain cradles.
 w c. Betts, of Carthage, Mo, was here on business yesterday.
 Examine our line of fishing tackle before buying. SNEED & JONES,
 We can fit you in shoes.
 GREEN 6S LEWIS. w w. Whitley has nice new cot tage almost completed on Amsterdam street just west of Janssen Park.
 s. J. Richardson has completed the cottage in the Eureka addition for Mir. c. A. McGee, who moved into it last week.
 Look up your needs for summer un- derware. hosery, hankerchiefs ana suspenders. Green x Lewls keep the largest stock at the lowest prices. L. Balliett has purchased five acre tract in Hornbeck Place and is build ing residence on it with a view of making home and little fruit garden. c H. Cole, the darymap, had a seven-eighth jersey COW drop twin caves last week, both heifers. He says that out of eleven calves this spring ten of them are heifers.
 The Star reporter was informed yes terday that twenty eight families, or their representatives, were looking for houses for rent here and could not find one to be had at present.
 Mir. j. C. Lewis was in from Board Camp last week and reported that a man by the name of Short was badly bitten oD the calf of the leg by a dog at that place recently but was getting along quite well.
 Ex-Marshal P. II. Miller, now of the merchants police, last week purchased lot of block II, of St Johns addition to Mena, for s250. Mir. Miller pro- poses to build during the summer or fall and make nice home of it.
 Just received, something new in waste goods, such as Cambour Fan taisie, Parthians, Valencia Jaconet. Silk Lustre, Foulards. Percales, and beautiful designs in Prints.
 GREEN t& LEWIS. J. M. Phillips, of Lynwood, Kan. was here last week and purchased lots and 2 in block II, of the St. John ad- dition to Mena, paying $40O therefor. Mir Phillips returned home at once to bring his family here, and intends to build and make a nice home,
 Walker smith, Esq. of Kansas City, representing the Walker Smith Pub Co.,, is here canvassing for their busi- ness directory which is to contain the name and location of every business and professional man in all the towns along the Rnrf Arthur Route.
 
 The llbe, suit of Shields, of the Scor pion vs Beck of the News was called this morning for preliminary hearing before Mayor Garner acting as justice of the peace. On application of the defendent change of venue was taken. The case was sent to Justice Allexander and set for next Saturday. MT T " Stoker, of Kansas City, re. presenting the American Type Foun- dry Company. came down Monday to put in place the two new presses just purchased for the Star office. Mir. Stoker was here last fall and notes with evident pleasure and surprise the rapid growth made by Mena since that time.
 The Star family-the St. John's-are putting in a new power press. Such enterprise shows thrift and business, and success could not fall into the lar of more deserving fraternity. So fan as The s orpion knows, the Star peo- pie are clever and obliging and a town can wei feei proud of having such u fraternity. Scorpion.
 
 Window shades at Boyer's.