The Mena star., 1898-10-26
STATE EXCHANGES.

SiAl Z EAAIlAlNOE9.
Batesvile is putting Ia fine water
and electric light plant. The people
of our sister city are rather slow to
start, but they do it up right when the
time comes. Newport News.
Notwithstanding the hardships en-
dured by those who must depend sole
ly upon cent cotton for living,
certain class OF farmers will stick to
the old method another year. Sewer
County Democrat.
Carroll county has the best apple crop
of any in Northwest Arkansas this
year. and Arkansas beats the world
A total failure of apples was never
known in Carroll county, and with
transportation facilities she would be-
come the banner fruit county of the
state.-Carroll Progress
Henry Britt and Fred Palmtag were
out in the mountains Sunday and sue
ceeded in capturing a monster taran-
tula that measured seven inches in
length. The boys put the venomous
spider into bottle and brought it
back home, where they exhibited it to
those with nerve enough to look at it.
Van Buren Argus.
From every section of the state come
the cheering assurances that the idea
of state reform school for young
criminals is taking firm hold of the
people. Let the good work so on and
may the next legislature hear the well
nigh universal demand for. this great
measure of reform and evidence of real
civilization. = Magnolia Journal.
The state senate con tains twenty
four lawyers, six farmers. aud two
teachers The house, one circuit clerk,
nine teachers. forty-two lawyers, five
merchants, thirty-one farmers five
editors, five physicians and two labor
ers. The lawyers are largely in the
majority, hich means too many laws
and ninety days session, Malvern
Times Journal
". S. Morrls & Co., are completing
arrangements to put in a telephone
line connecting their place of business
with the residences of Mr. Morris and
Mr.. Hall, and also with the depot 1t
is the intention to have central Of
fee at the depot and extend the tele
phone service to all parts of the city
where desired. And thus De Queen
continues to put on metropolitan airs
DE Queen Bee.
Last Thursday while the DeLand
sawmill was running at full speed the
top saw split in twain, one half strik-
ing 2xl0 joist about ten feet above,
cutting it almost in two. A huge log.
which was on the carriage, rolled onto
the saws and caused the accident.
The big saw was stopped, and every
body looked at the narrow escape the
sawyer experienced. One-half reyolu-
ton more of the shaft would have
sliced him from head to foot. Augusta
Vldette.
Last Wednesday night about o'clock
this city was visited by thousands of
CRASH ppers. The mass Of them
seemed to be considerably above the
housetops, but many of them dropped
on the street and, where they found
houses open, went into them. A num-
Der of local fishermen picked up some
of them and used them for bait the
next day. A great many large birds
were following the grasshoppers and
were feeding on them. They were
nearly an hour in passing over the
town. Eureka Springs Flashlight
The farmers of Monroe and adjoin-
ing counties have issued a call for a
netting to take place at Brinkley on
the 21st inst, for the purpose of Gus
sin cotton and discussing the wheat
planting question, and coming to some
understanding regarding the same.
That meeting will be all right If its
makeup, or personnel, is composed of
men who own their own farms, and
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