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The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

Besides the large increase in the volume of paper currency as recently shown in these columns, and claimed as one of the causes of the present business activity, we now see it stated that the worlds output of gold for 1897 will exceed $24O, ,000, ,000, an in- crease of 20 per cent. over the output of 1896. These two facts taken together, first, the increase in the volume of paper money, and second, the increase of gold dug from the mines, not only pre- sents the cause for the added pros perity we now see but tends to show that it will be lasting, or at least last until from some cause the currency is again contracted or taken out of circulation. The fact that an increase in the cur rency in circulation tends to bring prosperity to country is no long CT denied by men possessing or dinary intelligence and means of observation.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12
COTTON FACTORIES ARE COMING.

The New York Financier pub fishes atable showing the number of cotton mills in the Southern states, showing that there had been an increase of 229 mills, with 2,393,7 ,737 spindles and 64, ,067 looms since 1890. Commenting on this that paper says:
 The reason for all thIs extraordinary growth is not difficult to find. South ern cotton manufacturers have no heavy charges to meet for transporta tion, and coal is local product, in- exhaustive quantities lying ready for consumption. The conditions of eli mate and of everything that makes living easier are present in the South, and the question Of skilled labor is settling itself. as the continued and successful operations of the mills dem onstrates. For these reasons-and many others that might be cited-the South must be regarded as a serious fac tor in the problem of print cloth man ufacture. It IS not impossible that the day will come when our cotton exports will be more in the form oi finished product than at present Ger tain it is that if such a day ever ar rives it will have been made possible by the manufacture of cotton in the section where it is grown.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

pledge themselves to leave the bal, ,n body. They also discussed tbo proposition to do away with the habi, of going home late with male escor,. and it was suggested that the youno women go to all parties in a boag hiring an express wagon for the nm. pose, and returning home in the sama manner. No action was taken on tbis proposition, though it was agreed IA hold another meeting soon to decide the matter of getting to parties and home again.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12
LOW PRICES AND HIGH TAXES.

The Star has occasionally re- ferred to the fact that while wages and many of the products of labor have been steadily reduced in price and value. taxes of every kind have been on the increase and the expenses of city, county state and national govern ments constantly enhanced.
 No statictics are needed to show the average tax payer that his local taxes have in some manner continued to increase in amount regardless of the low prices he received for his labor or the pro- ducts of that labor. even the increase of population and wealth in his community. When, however, we come to consider the expenses of the general government and the taxes levied to pay them the aver age man can hardly comprehend them or know how seriously they affect him.
 The Kansas City Journal has done it's readers a great service by publishing a table of taxes collected during a series of years as compiled from the records of the treasury department as fol lows:
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12
County Seat Removal.

w. S. Stennett the county judge of Polk county has called special session of the county court on the 7th day of February to consider the prayer of over 1900 petitioners asking that special election be held to vote on the proposition to move the county seat from Dallas to Mena
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

It is easy to catch cold and just as easy to get rid of it if you commence early to use One Minute Cough Cure It cures coughs. colds. bronchitis, pneumonia and all throat and lung troubles. Is is pleasant to take, safe to use and sure, to cure. Pipkin & Hanes.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12
Probate Court Adjourned.

Monday was the day set for the con- vening ot the probate court at Dallas. but on account of the sickness of Judge Stinnett the court transacted no business but adjourned until the Judge recovers from his sickness.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

]. A. Perkins, of Antiquity, O., was for thirty years needlessly tortured by physicians for the cure of eczema He was quickly cured by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve the famous healing salve for piles and skin diseases. Pip. kin S Hanes
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

Grading has been completed on the branch line of the Pittsburg x Gulf from Red Fork, I. T., to Ft. Smith Ark. and the track will be laid this month. The line is sixteen miles in length.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

Finding it impractical, if not impossible, to get the engravings ordered for the review edition of the Star in time to issue on the 19, we are compelled to postpone that issue till Wednesday, the 2R
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12
CURRENT EVENTS IN BRIEF.

Wolves have become so plentiful about Larned, Kan, that the county commissioners have offered bounty of s3 for seal ps, the highest ever paid by any Wes tern Kansas county.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

The members of three of the girls college societies of the Kansas State university held meeting last week ana decided to place strict boycott on drinking young men. and at the first smell of liquor discovered at the next society dance the young women
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

This was in an editorial plea Tor oreatcr economy, and the Journal comments as follows:
 The population for 1895 and 1896 is an estimate, and the amount ot per
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12
All Trains Blocked.

The storm in it's course from the Indian Territory to F.. Smith crossed the track of the Pittsburg X Gulf near Marble, l. T., felling the timber across the track for distance of three miles and stopping all trains. A large force was put to work clearing the trees from the track but the south bound passenger due here at l0:l5 this morn. Ing did not arrived till o'clock this evening.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

hold another meeting soon to decida the matter of getting to parties and home again. Fine pipes at Jackson's. Wall paper at Jackson's.
 Tinware at the Racket Store. ii
 Mems and boys hats at the Racket Store.
 Armour's fertilizers for sale at E. Wilmans. 2-4t Flows fine candles at Jackson's "uu. todate' drug store.
 If you want a pleasant smoke, buy Jaekson's Patriot 1T-tf
 Irish potatoes for sale at E. Vii. mans 2.4t The Patriot is new nickle cigar at Jackson's drug store. 17-tf
 Window glass, pants, olls and var nishes at Jackson Drug Go. s.
 Fine cigars and tobaccos a specially at The Up-To-D Date" Drug Store.
 The finest line of perfumes and soaps in the city at Jackson's Drug Store.
 San Pedro is the name of new cigar at Jackson's drug store. 17-tf The San Pedro is delicious smoker Try one at Jacksou's np-to-date drug store 17-tf Call at the Arkansaw Store for your fancy candies Cream and chocolate speciality
 FoR SALE: Estay and Camp upright piano. Call on J. B. Littlejohn at the Arkansaw Store for price.
 Remember nothing but hlgh grade goods are sold at the Jackson Drug Co. $ ''up-to-date" drug store
 It will pay you blg to look through our large line of gents women and chil dren's underwear GREEN X LEWIS.
 For the best of garden and field seeds of all kind, go to N. NJ. Roach, the wholesale produce dealer. 2-6t
 For the best of home made lard and sausage call at Delker & Strauss. the DeQueen Street Meat Market men. It
 If you want nice calender for 1898 call at Jackson's Up-to-date Drug Store. 20.4t
 You will find the largest stock of dry goods and clothing at low down cash prices GREEN X LEWIS
 The Kansas City Meat Market ship ped nice lot of dressed bear meat and wild turkeys to Kansas City last week
 Bouquet lamps, hall lamps and night lamps ak with smokeless wicks and burners at Jackson Drug Co.'s ''up-to- date" drug store.
 We have over 800 samples to select from and will guarantee you a perfect lit in tailor made suit of clothes. GREEN & LEWIS.
 We are expecting daily large line s of men, women and children's shoes and will sell you the best goods at the lowest cash prices.
 GREEN & LEWIS. Delker < Strauss, the De Queen Street Meat Market men are strictly up-to-date when it comes to supplying the public with choice meats, having everything in season and always the best. if
 Farmers when in Mena drive your team to the O. K. Wagon Yard. It will be sheltered and we'll cared for You can also get a good price for vour produce Location one block outh east of fright depot. l5-tf
 Seed potatoes, onion sets, grass seeds
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12
A FEARFUL CYCLONE.
REPORTED KILLED
 MANY OTHERS INJURED.
The Storm Strikes Et. Smith With Deadly Effect Fire lntensifies the Suffering and Adds to
 the Fatalities.

Rumors have been rife all day on the streets about the terrible cyclone that swept over Ft Smith last night devastating large portion of the town and killing and maimIng very large number of persons.
 The latest authentic report received over the wires was at a. m. when twenty-seven dead bodies had been taken to the morgue from the ruins. Other reports give sixty two dead and hundreds injured, while still others state that the list of dead will reach 25O
 The greatest damage was at what is called Texas Corner where saloon is located. The Hotel Main is report ed destroyed and twenty of it's in- mates killed. The storm is said to have extended through the city from Sth to 18th street, extending through the city to the northeast, fire breaking out and adding to the terror of life and property.
 As we go to press the wires are still down, except one that has been connected via Little Rock and Texar- kama, and over 300 messages are on file at Ft Smith to be sent to friends and others by people there. This renders it impossible for us to give any further particulars of what is proba- bly, the most destructive storm ever known in the south
 Many of our citizens are in an agony of suspense as they have friends there whom they cannot hear from or about
 LATER F, C. Savage returned by the belated train and reported that the destruction of life was not as great as reported but he would not be sur prised if the list of dead reached 100 He said that in addition to those at the morgue as reported, the hospitals were filled with the injured and many persons were missing.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

More residences than ever are being built in Mena this month.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

Governor Leedy of Kansas has ap- pointed a 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, I hope that a liberal re- sponse will be made"
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

The Missouri agricultural expert ment station has completed a 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 wag. ons, and that both axels should be the same in length, so the front and rear wheels will roll in the same track It is claimed that the broad tires pull lighter on macadam streets, gravel roads and dirt roads. It is also claimed that the narrow tire is injurious to the roads and fields over which it runs. while the broad tire is positively bene ficial
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

Reports from the Indian Creek gold fields in Uvalda county, Tex, say a vein of ore has been found which runs Sl200 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.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

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.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

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 slight upheaval is expected to result.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

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 Salazar 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.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

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.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

Detective Mintz, of Cleveland, O.. has been delegated by New York widow to select a desirable husband. As the lonely widow has a fortune of 1H million dollars the applicati ons are coming with rush. All are re- quired to put their applications in writing.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-12

We are expecting daily large line ot men, women and children's shoes and will sell you the best goods at the lowest cash prices.
 GREEN & LEWIS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Notice of Election,

Notice is hereby given that in pur-
Suancc to an order of the county
court of Cape G~irardeau county,
Missouri. made on the 9th day of
| september \. d. 1898, which order is
duly entered of record among the
proceedings of said court. that there
will be submitted to the qualified vo-
tiers of said county at the general
election 10 be held therein on the Sth
day of November a. ID. 1898. IA prop
osition to borrow the sum of SIS. 900. 90
and o issue the bonds of said county
for said sum for the purpose of re-
modelling and e%nlarging the court
house of said county situate in the
city OF Jackson: Missouri. or to build
additional office rooms to the same:
which bonds shall be payable at the
option of said county after one wear
from date of issue and due in five
years after the date of issue. and
shall bear five per cen interest per
annum payable semi-annually: and
for the payment of the interest on
the said bonds and for the creation of
q sinking fund for the payment of the
principal thereof that an annual tax
OF ten cents ON the 800. 0O valuation
be levied On the assessed and equal
lied valuation of all the property
made taxable by law in said county
each year until the said debt be liuui-
dated. That in order to submit the
said proposition to the qualified
voters of said county at said election
the said county court ordered that all
official ballots voted at the said rem
eral election in said county should
have written or printed thereon the
words appropriation Of 80, 900. 90
for the purpose of enlarging the court
house, Yes and also the words
appropriation of S15,OO0.O 90 for the
purpose of enlarging the court house.
No. the voter erasing the clause he
does not favor. That the said cleo
ton should be conducted in the same
manner, at the same time and places
and the returns thereof made to the
county clerk and the vote counted in
all respects the same as in elections
for State and county officers at the
said general election: and if a ma
jOrity of two-thirds of the qualified
voters of said county voting at the
said election votein favOrof mourning
the said Indebtedness the said county
court shall issue the bonds of said
county to the said amount for the
purpose aforesaid. And the said
court further ordered that at least %
days notice of the said election be
given by publication in the Cape
Girardeau DEMOCRATS D7@
State of Missouri =
County of Cape Girardeau. :
l.. William Paar, clerk of the
court Of Cape Girardeau
county. Missouri, hereby certify the
aforesaid orders we're duly made and
entered of record by the said court
the day and date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and
SEAL tine seal of said court this
- the 9Th day of October
A. d. 1885, I~@H
WILLIAM PAAR.
Clerk County Court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the stockholders OF the Cape
Girardeau, Bloomfield x Southern
Railway Company will take place at
the office of said company IN the city
of Cape Girardeau, Mo. corner of
Independence and Spanish streets. on
Saturday, October 18th, lS9S, al two
O'Clock p. IN. for the purpose of sub
hitting to the said stockholders the
proposition of extending the line of
said railroad from Brownwood the
present northern terminus OF said
road, ten miles north OF Zalma In
BOllinger County and from .Aquilla,
the present southern terminus to
Bloomfield, and further to submit to
said Stockholders the proposition to
acquire by purchase the BrownwoOd
< Northwestern Railway and the Mis-
souri, Southeastern Railway, and
proposition to issue 800, 900 bonds on
its railroad and said roads to be ac
quired and purchased and to reScind
the resolution for the consolidation of
the Cape Girardeau. Bloomfield x
Southern. Missouri Southeastern and
BIuwnwOod & Northwestern Railways.
adopted by the Stockholders al a meet
ing held heretofore and also to tran
! sact such OthSr business as may come
before said meeting.
DANL ;. BROWN,
! JOHN FOLEY, President.
Secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI.
COUNTY OF CAPE GIRARDEAC,
AdinmrnPn Au,rnsf farm ISQS

ol-Aif4 of
COUNTY OF CAPE G~IRARDEAU,
Adjourned August Term, 1898.
In the County Court of said county.
ON the sixth day of September, 1898,
the following. among other proceed
ings We're held, viz:
Stock Law. petition presented for
restraining animals. ElectiunO Ordered
NOW is presented ii p:ition sign,d
by ore than n hundred household
ers of the County OF Cape Girardeau,
asking the court to cause 20 be sub
mitted % the qualified voters uf the
county. at he reXt general election
the question of enforcing in said
county, the provisions of an Act of
the General Assembly of the State OF
Missouri as provided for in Article >.
Chapter ,, Revised Statutes of the
State Of Missouri Of 1889, so far a.
the same may be applicable to-wit:
For restraining Horses. Mules, Asses,
Cattle. Swine, Sheep and Goats from
running at large: and the Court being
sufficiently advised of and concerning
the matters and things set forth in
said petition, doth order that the ques-
ton of restraining Horses. Mules.
Asses. Cattle. Swine, Sheep and Goats
from running AT large outside of the
inclOsure Of the owner thereof. be
submitted to the qualified voter of.the
County of Cape Girardeau. State of
Missouri, ut the next general election.
to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November. 1898.
1t Is further ordered by the Court that
there shall be written or printed, on
leach ballot voted at said ELECTION the
follomlng sentences, to-wit: For
enforcing the law restraining Horses,
Mules. Asses, Cattle. Swine, Sheep
and Goats from running at large
Against enforcing the law restraining
Horses, Mules. Asses. Cattle. Swine,
| Sheep and Goats from running at
large Erase the clause you do not
~favor.) And the Judges and Clerks
Of said election in making returns
hereOn and in casting up the result
hereof be in all things governed by
the laws applicable to general cleo
tions. And it is further ordered by
the Court that notice be given that
such vote will DC taken Is aforesaid
by publishing a certified copy of this
order in the Cupe Girardeau DEMO
GRAFT, a newspaper published in said
county. IL the law in such cases di-
reefs, and hat the sheriff of said
county. ut least twenty days before
said election shall cause IA copy of
this order to be printed and posted up
at three OF the most public places in
each of the townships of said county.
STATE OF MISSOURI.
COUNTY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU.
I. William Paar. Clerk of the
County Court, in and for said County,
hereby certify the above and foregoing
TO be Il true copy of the proceedings
Of our said county court. Oh the day
and year above written, As the same
appears of record in my office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, [ have
hereuntO set my hand and
SEAL. affixed the seal of said
49, Court, at Office in Jackson.
Mo-, this, the 22nd day of September,
lS9S. WILLIAM PAAR,
Clerk County Court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

Ii is said that Kansas farmers have
organized a combination to buy up
3d. 600, 900 bushels of wheat. They pro-
pose to get control OF as much of the
wheat in that state as pOssible-the
yield for this year being estimated at
10, OOO, 900 bushels. And when this is
accomplished they propose to have a
representative at the commercial cen
ter to buy and force the market up, so
that the home syndicate can dispose
of their holdings at a fair profit. viii
they win.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
\ colored man of this city wrote to

\ colored man of this city wrote to
a Democratic candidate the other day
about as follows: Il have Il pull. [
have influence. | am ont for the
stuff" The Democratic candidate an
swered: Il am willing to put up my
part. How much do you want The
colored Spectator answered: Il want
four hundred dollars in cash o. IA
house and lot with all taxes paid up"
There is nothing small about this col
ored voter but his patriotism for the
Democratic party.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

Two lots in the town of SHREDDER
vile. on one of which is a fairly good
dwelling house.
Eleven acres of timhered land on
Hickory Ridge.
Eighty acres of timbered land with
in three miles of Egypt Mills.
Forty acres Of timbered land about
two and IA half miles of Egypt Mills
Will be sold cheap for cash or part
cash and balance good paper.
For further particulars and de
scriptiOn of land call on
BEN H. ADAMS.
DEMOCRAT Office. Cape G~irardeau,
Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Reduced Rates TO 1T. Louis.

The Cape Characterization Noun
tain Route, will sell tickets to st. Louis
and return, account of the Exposition
and Fair As follows:
On each Tuesday until close of Ex-
position one and one-third fare for
the round trip, tickets good for five
days.
On each Thursday until close of FIX
position, one fare (S4.4Ol for the
round trip. tickets good for three
days.
On October Bird only $500 for the
round trip, tickets good for three
days.
On October 2nd to eth both inclusive
at one fare for the round trip. all tick
cts good for return October 10th.