Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-08
LITTLE ROCK LOCAL OF YESTERDAY.
Reported BY Cur special Reporter.
LITTLE ROOK, Monday. August :, n.

Reported by Cur Special Reporter.
LITTLE RooK, Monday, August 7, II.
The Health Ofthe City
could not possibly be better. Indeed, If =
more 'aslnbrious state of affairs" exist
In any town of q like population, we
should be glad to hear Of 1t. II 3 few
cases of c~hills-and-fever be excepted,
there Is absolutely no sickness In the city.
Doctors are beginning to think of turning
their attention to some other profession,
as there Is little call for their services In
this "cistreEsingly healthy town."
ArEenta.
/ our little sister across the river, Is build
ing up very rapidly. Real estate has just
doubled it's value within the lsst YeaT, and
Rock and Fort Smith road its growth
would be even faster. The opening
through of the Memphis road gave it its
irst shove ahead. and nothing less than q
suspension Of trade m travel over that
thoroughfare can materially retard its on
ward march. The mach1ne.ahOps Of three
railroads are located here-thRt of the
Memphis and Little Rock, employing a
large number of men, and the other two
promising work to quite as large number
each. The Fort Smith road has a very
fair shop, and, were not the company tied
up by its Eastern officers, would be in
full blast.
The Agricultural College.
To-day an election takes place in the
city and county, to arrive at the n Of
the people es to whether they will, by an
expenditure Of $I50, OO0-Sl00,O 600 by the
county and $50, 600 by the city-make an
effort to secure for Little Rock the loca-
ton Of the State Agricultural College.
The College Is TO be located by q Board of
Commissioners, ons from each county In
The Slate, and the community proffsring
ths largest amount of money for its use
will secure 1t. The election does not ex-
cite much attention; the matter has been
fully discussed through the press, and
politics mOnopolizeto too much OF the atten-
ton of those who would otherwise take
q hand In It," If there's any LOB" in 1t,
as has been stated and c~ontradieted, il
would be well enough for this people to
let the College go; there Is too much tax
alton now, and it would require a very
able 6nsneier to persuade some Of our
real estate owners that there Is anything
like $4,000 in sight for Little Rock as
profit on the location OF the Institution in
their midst. If the coloreds could zee IN
pickings, the College would certainly be
fixed here, but as they do not, the chances
are that the appropriation viii be voted
down.
Prof. Roberts.
the State Geologist, is'making a tour of
the upper counties, and sends the follow
ing :Iettsr to the APPEAL from Jackson
port.
Little Rock Correspondent Of APPEAL:
DEAR SIR-According to promise, on
my departure from Little Rock, l send an
of my geological tour as far as pro-
for the columns OF the APPEAL.
The country through which 1 am now
travelling, from Little Rock to Jackson
port, on White river, is not new to me.
Seventeen years ago, 1 passed over the
route, n now note improvements
have taken place since. Oakland
then, now Austin, is greatly improved,
and SO is Searey, the county seat Of White.
The courthouse, now nearly completed
1t S5srcy, Is an ornament to the town.
Its mineral spring Is also attracting
attention. My object in writing
noWI u to say something about the history
Of the kellogg mines-"the old lead digg.
.ngs." Although my route here was
an hours ride of the mines, l did
not visit them for the simple reason that
would have been waste of time. In
1854, / was there, and then, Rs now, the
shafts were full of water, and nothing re-
isble as to the manner in which these
works. had been prosecuted could be OBJ
aimed, except IRON hearsay. From the
1L-ANN "a PAN1 8 IL JIG Il
5 naturally led TO suppose that no regular
ysteln OF mining had ever been adopted. !
surface evidences, when 1 visited
he works, showed strong indics-
ions that g profitable mine could
established if sufficient money {
vas j~udiciously used to develop {
he vein, or veins, which I have no reason !
o doubt exist there; but sometimes
God mines are spoiled by iDjudicious !
Management, and I think this has been !
be csse at the kellogg mines. If this had Z
OF been the case at these mines, Arkan- 4
~ might at this day have been celebrated
" it's rich and profitable mining opera
ons In argentiferous lssd; for, through
ut this belt of mineral, extending as it
oes from these mines into the ChocktaW
alton, there are many locations which 1
ave seen that would have been devel- I
ped. During my former visit in the s
tate l found surface evidences of this a
ind Of mineral in Pulaski, Saline, Mont L
Dmery, Polk, and Sewer counties, and l S
so found similar good evidences Of the d
Iistence of argentiferous ore not far over e.
le line in the ChocktaW Nation. Such, a
doubt, would have induced men of o
cans to use their money in srgentiferous II
lining enterprise in Arkansas, had the ri
clog mines proved, not q speculative, al
1t has been, but a Well-msnaged, profit fe
DE concern. 81
The ~outcroppings Of the srgentifsrous "
es at the old diggings were first discoV- II
ed 0y Kellogg, q Vermonter, some time
,OuG 1885. He covered up his neW-fOund
eas1re, and waited for several years be-
re he could secure the land, and then az
formed DR.. SDrague, q New Hampshire y
an, Of it, who also secured property l"
ere. In lS47 Or 1s4S, this place was
ase1 to some miners, without means, "
no formed an association and extracted hI
No nNwuaE -aHna-U --u-N AL--N iii
ok into b company Brown, johnson &
money brokers, of Vicksburg, Mis- NJ
who made the most they could r.
It Of the concern, and failed to make
uitAbl9 returns of the proceeds to the Ia
hers. Ill feelings were engen- ca
red, IA the consequence was ~
quarrel. Following this circum- 81
lnoe, the original lessees went to New p
lesns and sold enough stock there TO n,
Ke them to Philadelphia and New York, FL
lers they sold additional stOck-pOcket- on
the money n did not return to Arkan-
to pursue this work; their lease, III
IN noncompliance with contract, was w
lsidered, by the owners of the land, to nj
null q void. The original owners
ID and their estate was In the hands of in
nor children, and thus the property was tn
kod up, as it were, for many years wi
Those who purchased the ,
OK in the company lost their money, ,
/ hence this mine got q bad reputation 81
lot in consequence of the quantity or :
Atty of the ore being insuficient-but -
IA the lack of energy and common IL
lesty in the business affairs of the COM e.
ny. Since the close Of the war another -
leased the mines, but for want NJ
encouragement and capital they are IT,
] idle. Respectfully yours, TO
WILLIAM +. ROBERTS. Nc
The Extreme Neat. tic
t Is a subject of universal remark here 92o
{ never before has the Thermometer S
ged as high as during the past sum- hRl
Heretofore, that Is, in summers vi,
le by, the hest of the day was neutral Mo
/ or offset by cool nights, but now sgs
rs catching it night and day. '
We have no Masinees tar
Saturday, because, you know we zoe
n't-'aVn't the New Memphis, you ave
w. But the lively scenes around the kne
.Eet from three O'Clock until dark GOV
ze US feel that, after all, there is some ma
lgs as nice as an Oates matinee. e very uut
y land the term is used sdvisedly) feels
be q bounden duty to 20 to market on r
friday evening. Young ladies 20 to sun
q, from their more experienced sis her
, the art and mystery of buying q dav
dinner; the mstrons go for business; boa
gentlemen 20 because the ladies do, fish
the irrepressible darksy goes because Fri,
stand around in the way and make of q
ssII genera nuisance. But u Is q ing
e to go to the Little Rock market on ana
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