The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

branch line of the HltuSOurg NuiA from Red Fork, I. T., to Ft Smith Ark. and the track will be laid this month. The line is sixteen miles in length.
 Governor Leedy of Kansas has ap- pointed committee of ten to solicit aid for starving Cubans He says: "ln view of the extraordinary effort and sacrifice made by these people to ob- tain liberty hope that liberal re- sponse will be made"
 Reports from the Indian Creek gold fields in Uvalda county, Tex, say a vein of ore has been found which runs Si 200 in gold tc the ton. The vein is sad to be we'll defined four inches thick at the surface and at the depth of six feet increased to nine inches.
 Detective Mintz, of Cleveland, O., has been delegated by New York widow to select a desirable husband. As the lonely widow has fortune of 1I million dollars the applications are coming with a rush. All are re- quired to put their applications in writing.
 The demand for vessels on the West coast for the Klondike trade has caused the owners of sailing vessels on the Atlantic coast to use great effort to secure cargoes for South American and Pacific coast ports so as to enable them to reach San Francisco and Seat tie as speedily as possible.
 It is stated on what is considered the best of authority that fifty men on the police force of St. Louis are draw ing disability pensions from the gov erument and at the same time drawing their salaries as able bodied policemen The matter will be investigated by the police board and a slight upheaval is expected to result.
 Dan Stuart of Texas, who has pro- noted several fstic contests, the greatest of which was the Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight in Nevada is making an effort to bring these men together for another trial Corbett is supposed to be anxious to fight, and there now seems a pros pect of getting Fltz to sign an agreement.
 A few weeks ago Dennis Early, an engineer on the Mexican National railroad, was shot and killed in the cab of his locomotive. The authorities have unearthed plot that led to the killing and eight Mexicans living at oalazar have been arrested for the crime. The order has been issued for all of them to be shot The object of the murder was robbery.
 It has been so warm throughout South Dakota this week that the farmers have been having as though it were June The buffalo grass is not deprived of it's vigor and succulence by frost as are Eastern grasses, but on the contrary the cold improves 1t. In the Black Hills where the fall and winter have been mild beyond prece- dent, the inhabitants are still wearing their summer clothing.
 Track laying on the Pttsburg & Gulf system north of the Missouri riv- CT is proceeding rapidly. Rails have been laid to point three miles beyond Plattsburg. The road will be graded and bridges in position as far as Pat tonsburg, Mo, next week. Connec- tion will be made there with the Oma- ha, Kansas City & Eastern, and trains will be running from Omaha, Neb. and Quincy, Ill., into Kansas City by the latter part of the month.
 The Missouri agricultural expert ment station has completed number of experiments with the draft of broad and narrow tired wagons. After ex- perimenting for two years, the station announces that six inches is the best width of tire for farm and road wap. ons, and that both axels should be the same in length, so the front and rear wheels will roll in the same track. If is claimed that the broad +iras ,,,,11