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ARKANSAS. 



sulphuret or blende. Works established in 

 Lawrence County for converting the calamine 

 into metallic zinc have been abandoned, prob- 

 ably from want of capital. In the northern 

 counties there are vast quantities of marble of 

 many varieties, and of admirable texture for 

 building and monumental purposes. 



The great extension of railroad facilities, 

 which is in prospect, will contribute largely to 

 the material development of Arkansas. Rail- 

 road companies contemplate the building of 

 some 2,000 miles of new railroad within the 

 State lines. They do not expect any assistance 

 from the State, since the constitutional limit of 

 850 miles of railway altogether for which the 

 State, county, and city credit may be pledged, 

 was reached several years ago, the aid award- 

 ed amounting to $9,900,000 in all. The Iron 

 Mountain Company, which has already done 

 much to build up the State, contemplates build- 

 ing 900 miles of branch lines. One will reach 

 from near the Missouri line to Vidalia, opposite 

 Natchez. The second will run from about 30 

 miles south of the north line of Arkansas 

 straight west 150 miles. Another will extend 

 from Little Rock southeast to the Louisiana 

 line. The fourth will extend from 85 miles 

 southeast of Little Rock to Alexandria, Louisi- 

 ana, on the Red River. The extension of the 

 Atchison, Topeka and Santa F6 to the Missis- 

 sippi will enter Arkansas at Fort Smith, and 

 pass across the State from side to side, 200 miles. 

 The St. Louis and San Francisco is completing 

 the section from the north State line to Texar- 

 kana, 200 miles long, whence it will follow the 

 course of the Red River to a point opposite 

 Natchez, 150 miles farther. The Memphis and 

 Charleston intends crossing the State from 

 the east. The line being built by the Texas 

 and St. Louis Company intersects the State 

 diagonally from the southwest to the north- 

 east corner, 300 miles. The same railroad 

 company is adding a branch, 120 miles long, 

 running from Little Rock to Shreveport. The 

 Fort Scott, Southeastern and Memphis Railroad 

 is building a Hue from Springfield, Missouri, 

 to the Mississippi, opposite Memphis, traversing 

 the State for 200 miles. Besides these, various 

 shorter lines and branches have been surveyed,' 

 and some are under construction. The pro- 

 jected railroad of the Georgia syndicate from 

 Atlanta to the Mississippi River, opposite Ar- 

 kansas City, will furnish direct connection 

 between Arkansas towns and the Southern 

 sea-ports on the Atlantic, making a continuous 

 line from Fort Smith, on the border of the 

 Indian nation, to Atlanta, and thence to 

 Charleston and Richmond. 



The compilation of the census of Arkansas 

 has been only partially completed at the Censns 

 Office, so as to be available for this volume. 

 The following is the population of the State 

 bv counties : 



COUNTIES. Population. ' COUNTIES. Population. 



Calhoun 6,671 Lonoke 12,146 



Carroll 18,837 i Madison 11,456 



Chicot 10,117 I Marion 7,907 



Clark 15,771 Miller 9.919 



Clay 7,'-'l:J 



Columbia 14,090 i 



Conway 12,756 



Craighead 7,037' 



Crawford 14,740 



Crittenden 9,41.") 



Cross 6,050 I Perry..... '.'.'. 8,872 



Dallas 6,505 Philfips 21,262 



Desna 8,973 Pike 



Dorscy 8,370 i Poinsett 2,1!2 



Drew 12,231 Polk 5,807 



Faulkner 12,786 Pope 14.822 



Franklin 14.951 Prairie 8,436 



Fulton 6,7iO ! Pulaski 82,616 



Garland 9,028 Randolph 11,724 



Grant 6,155 St. Francis 



Greene 7,481 Saline a958 



Mississippi 7,882 



Monroe 9,574 



Montgomery 6,729 



Nevada 12,959 



Newton 6,120 



Ouachita 11,758 



Hempstead 19,0 K 



9,174 



Hot Spring 7,775 Searcy 7,278 



Howard 9,917 Sebastian 19,560 



Independence 18.086 ' Sevier 6,192 



Izard 10,875 Sharp 9,047 



Jackson 10.877 | Stone 5,089 



Jefferson 22,8S6 | Union 18 .,41_9 



Johnson 11,565 



LaFayette 5,780 



Lawrence 8,782 



Lee 13,288 



Lincoln 9,256 



Little River 6,404 



Logan 14,885 



Van Buren 



9,565 

 Washington .......... 28,S44 



White ............... 17,794 



Woodruff ............ 8,646 



Yell ................. 18,852 



Total 802,525 



COI-NTIES. 

 Arkansas.. 



Ashley 10,156 Boone 12, 



Baxter 6,004 | Bradley 6,: 



COUNTIES. Popnlsticn. 



Benton 20,358 



12,146 

 ,388 



The result of the presidential election in the 

 State was Hancock, Democrat, 60,775 ; Gar- 

 field, Republican, 42.436 ; Weaver, Greenback, 

 4,079 : total vote, 107,290. Hancock's major- 

 ity over Garfield, 14,260. 



The vote for State officers was as follows : 



FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. 



Jacob Frolich, Democrat 86,782 



0. E.Tobey, Greenback 27,630 



FOR TREASURER. 



W E. Woodruff, Jr., Democrat 86,937 



W. A. Wateon, Greenback 20,443 



FOR AUDITOR. 



John Crawford, Democrat 86,99T 



C. E. Cunningham, Greenback 26,270 



FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 



C. B. Moore, Democrat 87.206 



G. Sibley, Greenback 24,370 



FOR LAND COMMISSIONER. 



D. W. Lear, Democrat 88,251 



"W. Riley, Greenback 27,116 



FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 



J. L. Denton, Democrat 90,329 



FOR CHIEF-JUSTICE. 



E. H. English. Democrat 87,051 



J. C. Davis, Greenback 27,357 



FOR CHANCELLOR. 



D. W. Carroll, Democrat 88,462 



The vote for members of Congress was as 

 follows : 



DUtrict. 



T I Dunn, Democrat 15,753 



11 1 Johnson, Republican 10.407 



{ Jones, Democrat 16.517 



II. -( Williams, Republican 4,513 



I Garland, Greenback 3,920 



TTT i Cravens, Democrat 15,781 



*** 1 Boles, Republican U,52 



i Gunter, Democrat 7,387 



IV. -{ Murphy. Republican 4.125 



( Peel, Independent Democrat 5,731 



