The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-19
STATE EXCHANGES.

Boone county, Arkansas wheat took
first and second premiums at the
Springfield Mo-, fair.-Fort Smith
Elevator.
Dave LAGER, the nickle-in-the-slot
machine man, is in peck Of ouble'
as the grand jury found thirteen in
dictments against him charging him
with exhibiting a gambling device. =
Hot Spring News.
Capt. Thomas Cox Of Dardanelle. is
building u steam boat which will be the
property Of the Pontoon Bridge Co.
The boat will be oSxl40 and fitted
with machinery from the Druhe and
U. X Riggs. Smith Elevator.
We have discovered one redeeming
feature about our waterworks system.
1t keeps a force of men employed all
the time stopping leaks in the horizon
tai, spiral riveted. long jointed stove
pipe which are being misused for wa
ter mains. Sloan Springs Republican.
The farmer ought to be the most in
dependent man on the face OF the
earth, but SO long as he makes speci
atty OF, growing four-cent cotton and
paying credit prices for his goods it's
really difficult to believe that the poor
fellow will ever be so.-Mariana In
dex.
1t is said that young lady of War
rem has musical clock which she
winds mp when she is TO have a young
gentleman call on her. at 10 o. m.
this clock plays Home. Sweet Home;"
at 1915 it plays Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp, The Boys are Marching" and
at 1890 it breaks loose with Johnny
Get Your Cum Warren Sentinel.
The wheat crop of this county this
year is estimated at about rs, 600 bush
els. tIs evident that cotton is not
the only thing that will grow here.
No doubt the present low price of cot
ton will induce the farmers to SOW
more wheat this year than last This
county ought to produce 1900 or
200, 600, bushels next year. Mas hville
News.
Mrc IF 3 ka g. 81
the Williamson lum Der mills at De
Queen, attempted to shoot her hus band
but was disarmed and imprisoned by
the city marshal. A short while later
she was found in comatose condition
and died despite all efforts TO re-
vive her. 1t is said that her husband
refused to live with her on account of
her dissolute habits. Arkansas Ga
zette.
An elderly white man by the name
of Morris, who lived alone on the
banks of the ST. Francis river near old
Wittsburg with his daughter, n child
years, was found dead in his room
last week by some boys who CHANGED
TO pass that way. The supposition is
he had been dead two or three days as
the little girl said he had been asleep
that long, and she could not wake him.
Gross County Democrat.
At meeting of capitalists of Hot
Springs Tuesday evening it was de-
cided TO donate $50 900 to any company
that would build a road from there to
Little Rock with eastern connections
from the latter city. This is probably
made at this time as a further induce
ment to interest the Choctaw company.
Hot Springs needs another road very
much. Their freight and passenger
rates are very unreasonably high
England Courier.
We have often heard of managers of
newspapers being sued for libel and
denounced for lying but we have
nelghb ors who criticise us for telling
the truth. They say it is an injury to
the city and state, May God help us
IL we have arrived at point at which
we must evade the truth in order to
save the city and state. Our motto is,
tell the truth and change the condi-
tion.-Siloam Springs Republican.
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