Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-17
OUR LITTLE ROCK LETTER.

LITTLE Rock, May, IA, 1870.
Those who view the alluviaI striI
of Arkansas visible from the Chicka
saw Bluffs may well doubt the reality
of either the little or big rocks Spoken
| of in connection with the State. Blu
that there is a Little Rock g%eOgrapher,
have undeniably established, and thar
the Big Rock is not a delusion and
snare your correspondent will faith.
fully and honestly depose. But well
take the smallest under considera
ton first. / don't know how many
miles from the mouth of the Arkansa:
river it is, nor the exact latitude anC
longitude of the situation of the city,
but that the location is beautiful, and
theoretically taken advantage of,
am very certain. Far better streets
than ever Memphis could boast (be.
fore the days of Nieolson) ~intersect
each other at right angles, running
due north and south and east and
west, a few elegant, and many sub.
stantial blocks, a passable State House
and surroundings, hrst-class munich.
pal buildings, good hotels, pure
water in great plenty, better gas than
is supplied in half the cities of quad.
ripple the population; drives second
only to the bay road at
Mobile, a population wide awake
to the benefits of industrious
and thrifty habits-leave one who
has just LEFT a larger city very little to
repine after.
The Arsenal Grounds, in the
northeastern suburbs, spacious, well
shaded, with nice macadamized
drives and pebbled walks, are open
to all every day, and immense is the
crowd which there does congregate
on q fine evening.
Hot Springs is just far enough away
to make it an unallOyed pleasure to
be bumped over hill and dale in an
Old-fashioned stage-coaeh to reacn
them. land just here let me ac-
knowledge the eternal fitness of
things" They have here, in Little
Rock, a kind of rheumatism-epi-
demic, / firmly believe-that no medi-
cine will touch except a course of
baths at these same Hot Springs.
Thus, you see, show handy they are
to have in the house."l
The Big Rock" a high, rocky
headland, wooded to the summit, IS
four miles above, and on the opposite
side of the river. In winter, adven-
turous hunters prowl among its
ravines and gulches for " big game"
and many is the tough yarn spun by
the Nimrods after a return from a
" camp hunt on the Big Rock"
The sporting fraternity resident
here do not seem to be very numerous,
although faro and keno are allowed
subject to raid onee in a while from
some impecunious justice of the peace.
Inc municipal authorities do not in
VeIIere With either diversion.
Inc knowing ones hereabouts would
put up their last cent on a wager that
st. Louis will have direct railway con-
nection with Little Rock via Fort
Smith) before eighteen mouths. ar AZ
least before Memphis can send goods
here by rail without breaking bnIt
If such should prove to be the case
good-byeto Arkansas trade with Mem
.his. The Fort Smith road has al.
ready twenty-five miles of track laid
and trains running that distance. and
company is pushing ahead
with an energy that would
DO q Sod example to h
managers Of the line which old men
remember to have been started when
hey were boys, originally designed.
tradition says, to connect MemnhiS
md Little Rock.
Obi but wouldn't your editors catch
{ II some of "them fellers" of CLAW
On's, whom they skinned in the AP.
PEAL last summer and autumn. couId
,nly lay hands on them up bereP
lake Frolich's little business wouldn't
" a circumstance to what they'd give
'Our "Local"-if they had him. /
leard one of them say: "The APPEAL
vas like cayenne pepper on Il fresh
ut about that time. I'd like to have
he writer that stirred us up so over
lere long enough to count temp
Leo Wheat is still here. His last
oncert on Friday night, when he was
by Madam Ludwig and her
rass band, was in every way a sue
ess. The house VIZ fowded.
The health y is remarkably !