The Mena star., 1899-01-11
STATE EXCHANGES.

resolve to raise crop of straw berries
 during the season of 1899. De Queen Bee.
 A Fayetteville man, having been
 blessed with twins wrote to a friend;
 ''In great luck; wife and l just had
 twins! More next time" = Sloan Springs Republican.
 Deputy Marshal Stroud reported at
 the federal jail during the week with John Westbrook and Jasper Phillips.
 Westbrook is an illicit distiller. Phil lips is bootlegger and a relative of Granville Phillips, who was killed by the officers some time ago.--Fort Smith Elevator
 The Confederate Veterans are very wisely and patriotically opposed to Senator Buffers wholesale pension scheme to pension ex-Confederates. They are getting along quite we'll thank you, and do not want to put any addi- t;onal burdens on Uncle Sam. m.-Pine Bluff Graphic.
 Last week Deputy Marshal Carlton captured and destroyed still near Bertha. Johnson county, and arrested "yiie Wheeler. James FiIlSins, Will Filkens. John Pelham and Bill Dillon on charge of operating. The still is supposed to have been the oldest in the state, and is said to have been in operation before the civil war. Fort Smith Elevator.
 Mir. k. C. Brice of Chicago, president of the America Smelling Co. who has been in the northern part of this coun- ty for the past two weeks, shas pur- chased half interest in the Wolfton antimony mine and has already begun operations. He thinks the antimony deposits in this county are rich and will pay handsomely for development News.
 We learn from the Mena Star of the marriage in that city on Christmas day of Miss Nellie Lee. daughter of Mrs c. H. Cole, to Walter Martin, son of Dr. Martin. of Mena. Miss Lee was until two years ago a resident of Eureka Springs, and her friends join with the flashlight in offering congratulations and good wishes = Eureka Springs Flashlight.
 The Sheriffs State Association held ! an adjourned meeting in Little Rock last Thursday and made important recommendations touching legislative reform. Resolutions were adopted in favor of enlarging the state lunatic asylum; in favor of state payment of costs in felony cases, and in favor of changing tax paying time so that 1t shall begin Novem Der l, in lieu off in January. Eureka Springs Flashlight.
 C. A. Hall, formerly of Hotel Gray cit. but now travelling for the M, K. & T. Trust Co, was in town Monday. He informs us he las number of peo- pie in Kentucky who are becoming greatly interested in Northwest Arkan- sas. He is now on his way to that state to bring out a delegation, some who want farms, others who want to start factories of various kinds. Gray cite News.
 J. E. Goodwin was arrested at Springdale Monday by City Marshal Todhunter for obtaining money under false pretenses. Goodwin, who claims Fayetteville as his home, was around raising funds to bury the remains of a little child, and had secured S6 or s7 when the marshal investigated his maneuvers and discovered he was work ing fraud. The fellow was fined S6O and trimmings and immediately joined the chain gang. - Fayetteville News.
 New York banks have deposits amounting to ss23. O37, TOO. While the loans of these institutions are over S7ls, o0O,00 This record has never been equaled before in that city. This vast amount of money cannot be idle long. It must seek employment some. where, and according to recent state