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shown by the following statement of convicts on 

 Jan. 1 of each year : In 1883, 565 ; in 1884, 612 ; 

 in 1885, 581 ; in 1886, 540; in 1887, 645; in 1888, 

 698; in 1889, 816. 



Population. In the following table the offi- 

 cial census returns for this year are shown, in 

 comparison with the figures for 1880 : 



* The name of Dorsey County was changed to Cleveland 

 by act approved March 5, 1885. t Decrease. 



The population of Little Rock in 1890 was 

 22,496, an increase of 9,358 in ten years ; and of 

 Hot Springs 7,115, an increase of 561. 



County Debts. According to the census of 

 this year, 16 counties in the State have no debt. 

 The debt of Calhoun County is less than $500 ; 

 of Jackson County between $500 and $1,000; of 

 Benton, Bradley, Cleburne, Dallas, Franklin, 

 Garland, Lawrence, Little River, Poinsett, 

 Prairie, Saline, Sevier, and Sharp Counties be- 

 tween $1,000 and $5,000; of Conway, Desha, 

 Greene, Lafayette, Lonoke, Montgomery, and 

 Pike Counties between $5,000 and $10.000; of 

 Ashley, Boone, Columbia, Craighead, Cross, 

 Drew, Faulkner, Fulton, Howard, Logan, Madi- 

 son, Marion, Newton, Perry. Polk, Randolph, 

 Stone, Union, and Yell Counties between $10,000 

 and $20,000 ; of Carroll, Cleveland, Nevada, Se- 

 bastian, and Searcy Counties between $20,000 

 and $35,000; of Mississippi, St. Francis, and 

 Scott Counties between $35,000 and $50,000 ; of 

 Clark, Lee, and Monroe Counties between $50,- 

 000 and $75,000 ; of Jeffersen and Washington 

 Counties between $75,000 and $100.000 ; of Chicot 

 and Phillips Counties between $100,000 and 

 $250,000 ; and of Pulaski County between $250,- 

 000 and $500,000. The total county indebted- 

 ness is $1,592,582, a decrease of $1,543,167 in ten 

 years. Of this total $1,030,631 is a bonded debt 

 and $561,951 a floating debt. 



The Clayton Assassination. Late in April 

 a special investigating committee of the national 

 House of Representatives visited Little Rock for 

 the purpose of taking testimony relative to the 

 election of 1888 in the Second Congressional 

 District, and to the murder of the Hon. John M. 

 Clayton in connection therewith. No tangible 

 clew to the murderer had been discovered, and 

 the testimony before the committee developed no 

 new facts in that regard. The sessions occupied 

 twelve days, and nearly twelve hundred witnesses 

 were examined. A report was made to Congress 

 in AugusLrecommending the unseating of Con- 

 gressman "Breckinridge, on the ground of fraud 

 and intimidation in the election. This report 

 was adopted, and the seat was declared vacant. 



Political. On June 10 the Union Labor party 

 met in State convention at Little Rock and nom- 

 inated the following ticket, to be voted for at the 

 September election : For Governor, Napoleon B. 

 Fizer; Secretary of State, J. M. Pittman ; Au- 

 ditor, 0. S. Jones ; Treasurer T. J. Andrews ; At- 

 torney-General, T. P. Chambers; Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, G. B. Farmer ; Judge of the Su- 

 preme Court, W. A. Goody; Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, Thomas M. C. Birmingham ; 

 State Land Commissioner, C. M. B. Cox. A plat- 

 form was adopted containing the following : 



That national banks should be abolished. All 

 money should be issued by the Government, be of 

 a full legal tender and in sufficient volume to trans- 

 act the business of the country on a cash basis, and 

 the volume should be kept as uniform as possible, 

 regulating it on a per capita basis. 



We favor the free and unlimited coinage of silver, 

 and Government loans on real estate to those engaged 

 in farming. 



The means of commrinication and transportation 

 should be controlled or owned by the Government 

 and operated at cost. 



We favor the passage of laws prohibiting the alien 

 ownership of land, and that Congress should take 



