The Mena star., 1898-12-28
THE DALLAS PIONEER.
News Taken From Paper Published
 at Dallas in 1881.

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 R. l.. Barren of Acorn, recen,. brought the Star copy of the Dalas Pioneer bearing the date of Sentem Der 8, 1881 It is seven column, fopr page paper with patent inside, with J. M Raines, and Jim Brickle as adj. tors and proprietors.
 The Pioneer was afterwarns changed to the Courier, and later the New Era aud moved from Dallas to Mena TIA New Era was bought and consolidated with the Star, making the Star tba successor of the Pioneer.
 The paper had fair list of local advertising and several from Hot Springs, showing that the merchants of that place sought to secure trade from Polk county.
 Among the editorial news items wa find the following, which takes one back to the consideration of important events transpiring at that time:
 S j. Tilden will probably be the next governor of New York.
 
 Guiteau again expresses his regret that he did not kill the president m. stantly.
 Three months and one week to-mor- row since the president was shot, and he still lives and from last accounts in fair way to recover.
 More trouble with the Indians is ex. pected.
 The Pioneer gives an account of the weddings of Joel Leming and Miss Cettie Wilcoxson, and Sidney Barrett and Miss Lizzie Miller, all of Mountain Fork. It also tells about Judge Carder having finished writing a circular des. crptive of Bethesda Springs, Dallas and Polk county, also of his killing a iii sicdi dog, as follows:
 Last Monday morning about $ o'clock when all was calm and serene, as is generally the case at that hour, the visitors having returned from the fountains of health with their supply of wa'er for the morning and bas king in tnc shade of the beautiful trees that surround our springs, the alarm of mad dogi mad dog" was heard eeho- ing from the hills and dales of Be- thesda" ITO arms! to arms" was the next cry and in less time than it takes to tell il the sound of pistolry, shot gunnery and rockery was heard through the forest. After about r. shots had been fired and the enemy had been given up as gone to play havoc with some other portion of our county, the sound of a "long Tom was heard from distance, and the dreaded enemy had received the bullet and investigation at d distance sho wed that his dogship had climbe the gold en stairway from whence no mad dog ever returns. Yes, the bullet from Jndge Carder's rifle had done the work The funeral was slimly attended. Peace to his ashes.
 From it's locals we reproduce the following:
 Sheriff Pipkin and his deputy, Will liam Weatherford. have returned from Little Rock where they accompanied their pet, Baily.
 Young Mckinney, son of Elder Me Kinney has returned to Polk. He has been in Lonoke and Faulkner counties some time.
 A negro was found dead in the front yard of eolored neighbor few days ago. He had been afflicted with con- sumption.
 Baliv's wife offered the sheriff through a letter, sl, 900 to give Baily chance to escape. It wasn't enough by a right smart. Mrs F you will have to double on that pile more times than once before you catch Pipkins.
 On our way from Hot Springs last week we met Esquire Box and two other men in pursuit of man in Clark county who had stole another mans wife and a mule. It was the mule they wanted.