The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-07

sents iittie more useful appearance,
 For sale-i acre block, four blocks east of passenger depot sl5O. Lang feldt < Co.
 l Musick & Holt can sell you tirstf class piano or organ very cheap and on easy terms. Go look at their instru- ments. Next door to Green tS Lewis grocery store.
 Tor sale--Lot T5xilo feet in Eureka addition. s75 Langfeldt & Co.
 Mrs. J. J. nilterbrand, accompanied by her son and daughter, arrived from 0sage City, Kan, last Thursday to i join her husband who has been con ductlng the Julian Cafe for several months.
 l Mayer Carder is making immediate preparation to build three cottages on the three lots he purchased in the St. John subdivision of the Eureka addi ton. The cottages will front on Honert avenue.
 l J. D. Burnett can be found at his new carpenter shop on Janssen avenue between Mena aud Hermann streets. Contracting and all Kinds of carpenter work gwen prompt attention Job work speciality
 c. 4. Clark, Of Mitchell $. Dakota, has been here several days and says. thc longer stay the better lilge i-N MT Clark is orranging Q go into business here just as soon as he can l procure a business house.
 Mrs, J. ]. Hepstead, of Fordyce, ar rived in our city Friday to visit her daughter, Mrs. E. F Smith. Her son. MT. James Hampstead, accompanied her and is thinking quite seriously of erecting building and going into business here
 After quite long visit with her husbands relatives in Kentucky, Mrs. J. F. levitt returned to our city Mon day morning. Mir. Jewitt's duties with the railroad will keep him here for about month and Mrs. levitt will remain here until that time.
 II. N. Smith, of Huntington Ark, who has been here several days, started for his home Saturday to ar range to move here at once. Mr. l Smith is an attorney and abstractor and will office with r. M Reeves, who was classmatc of his in college
 s. ! Richardson has just completed the plans for twelve room residence for Mrs. Frady The architeetsxel de- sign is modern one and shows up elegantly on paper. Mrs.- f'rady has accepted the plan and will commence the work of erection in about month { Hugh Glassford, of Grand Junction, Colo, who has been viewing the coun- try in and around Mena for about six i weeks, gave us call Monday. He re- ports that from careful observation he is of the opinion that this will make town of ten thousand people in very few years.
 U. M. Cralg, general toWnslte agent i for the M. K 6 T. Trust company, left for his home on Sunday, at Kansas City. Mr. Craig is valuable man for Che company and they appreciate this fact to the fullest extent We hope to see him back to Port Arthur in the near future Port Arthur News.
 z N. Briggs, of Waterloo, h. c. P. Biglow. of Creston, Ia., and Will R. Kershaw, of princeton, H., have been ii the city several days enjoying the climate and watching Mena grow. these gentlemen took | trip by wagon to Hot Springs and back recently. get ting a good idea of the country inter- vening. MT. Kershaw is newspaper man.
 The new car recently completed for General Manager Sherwood, of the Pittsburg Sc Gulf. at the conpany's shops, is said to be yeritable palace on wheels. Sleeping and drawing rooms, cooking apartments, electric bells, and the other modern conven- fences are said to eclipse anything of the kind in the west. -Neosho (Mo. ] M. and M
 Mir. J. K. Holdar came down from h:c hofna ou piob Moun4,;. Nfox.1... 4 :