The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11

w eQneSudy ulG uls dt HutSH - balance of the officers will be chosen.
 Walter Forester of Board Camp was ia the city few days ago in the interest of the big picnic to be held at the Norris mill on Big Fork on the Mt. Ida road on July 13. He says they will be prepar- ed 10 give everybody a good tune.
 J. H. Naler of Rocky, who has been organizing singing classes in Polk county, reports a class oi sixty-four at Big Fork and prom ising classes at Cherry Hill and Liberty. The classes are organ- ized under the name of the Polk County Singing Association.
 Edward Payne left for Texar- kama Wednesday to accept position with the Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Com pany. The position of cashier ard assistant manager was left vacant by Charles Weems and
 ir. Payne was asked to fill same and will do so.
 Among the packages" receiv ed at the express office here Tues day was a pitch or tar cauldron of boiler iron weighing 1000 pounds. It measures about s feet long, 4 feet wide and } feet deep and was shipped to the Petroleum Iron Works from Humble. Texas. The express charges are S27.
 w. Lawrence arrived in the city from Amity Tuesday night to meet and take in charge car of mules being shipped from Kansas City to this point for him. MT. Lawrence within the last few months has unloaded several cars of horses and mules here.
 The following appeared in the Black Springs News of June g: "Tweuty-hve dollars reward for finding J. l.. Jeffrey's cotton crop The last time we heard from ii, J. T. Swiudele's old yellow steer laid the fence down and let it outside. It was planted on the J. A. Irby farm near Slick Chap. el."
 Before leaving for the South Monday, Prof. w. F. Welty announced that while in the city he secured two new students for the State University, Arthur Me Claiu and Ben Shaver, and has prospects of others. H. C. De Longy, s. B. Graham and l.. l.. Wootton, who have been students will also return next fall.
 Frank Hill, from near Divers Chapel has crop of potatoes that he neither planted nor cultivated. yet they came up in his field this summer and are doing better than those he did plant. A few pota- toes of his fall crop were plowed under last year and some of the volunteers now measure twelve inches Tn circumference.
 Miss Jennie Pete6sh narrowly escaped losing an eye last week when soda pop bottle exploded in her hand. Miss Petefish was taking in the bottles of pop used as signs by Mir. Caldwell, and the explosion threw a ragged piece of glass into her face with enough force to cut deep gash directly below her right eye. Dr. Pool dressed the injury.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jesse Reece and little daughter, Virgie and Miss Dona and Guy Hawthorn, returned home last Friday from Black Springs. where they had been to attend the wedding of Mrs. Reece's sister, Miss Allena Row. ton. They were accompanied home by Mrs. David Row ton and her little daughter, who will visit m the city several days.
 Mir. J. c. Lowney and wite from cast of Mena left for Gam, 1. T., Wednesday in responce to a telegram from there wherein 1t was stated that MT. Lowney's brother, Chas. Lowney formerly | of Mena, had been struck by | lightning together with his son, and that the latter had been killed. Chas Lowney was not fatally hurt but the exact extent of his injury is not known.
 Mrs. Ida O'Barr and little laughter, who for two weeks | nave been visiting al the home of Ter father, Dr. w. c. Vaudiver. started for their home m Bir- nlugham, Ala. The Misses Lil- ie and Dovie Vandiver intended a arp0mnapv thar, Lo.o