, 1873-10-26
ARKANSAS.
Opening Of tho Cairo e. Fulton Rail-
road.
Points on the Desperate State.
The DueIlo In the Southwest.

HAsAlHH1oHp octs w Aot''
dust at tho brink Of tho panio. line camo BY
telegraph, saying that tho Cairo & Fulton Hall
ROAD, OF Arkarsaa, WAS open to tnltol' and
would DO pushed at onco over into Texag'
THIS ROAD
ss the contamination Of an old enterprise, dovis-
cd Is long ago aa 1858. when 38lo aoros per mile
wore granted by Oongrona TO build railroad
diagonatly across Arkansas. In 1866; by tho In
auanco Of United atatcs Senator B. Fl. Rice,-
vhoge ro1atives and kinBmcn wero meantime ne
go.lating to eoll tl,is franchise to Alien and
nIarquand for $3.50, ,O00,-tle land.erant was CON
tinuod. and enlarged 40 as to embrace G,4oo
acres por milo, or, III all, about 1000 600 acros
Allon Is o driving St. Louis man Marouat,a ia
an old stock a,,d gold broker Of New York CITY.
Tho combination set to work at once. and
cheaply, but expoaitiously, launched ,..an
Iron road aoross tho State, avoiding tho
Arkaunns politicians who Aopod to rob them
fustho: BY refusing to accept State subafdy Of
$4,000 milo. Tic completed line cannot hnyo
cost lcss than from &1b. 900. ono to $50 ono mn.
To raise this money! a frat mortgage was issued
covering everything Ia tho pogscesion Of tia
Company, including lands. Tho reportoa debt
Of the road. cigltoor mouths ago, WAS: Stock.
e12,ooo, 600; bonds, %, ,o0o, 900.
Tho courye of tho road Is as follows. II In mi
Ark1nHnH.
main line start8 at St. Louis and rims to Dis
navcl rs ,ntlcs, whore one branch runs of Ia
nc,mont, t,o eont of f,on. f3r,nta hott,o In 1ee1
,r1o,, ~ ION ,o7 tro,, D;,,n-a, ~. s.,.i,. H..
"Aen 10 1@' '''ca .to'' o'e"'aio@ Luz inala lihe
contin"cs OIL from bistnarcK, W mics, to Poplar
Elu1Is, No., on Tho ut. IrAncs NiVcr, 1car1y at
tha Arl;nusan linn hern branch VAR nroicctcd
.''o .. 49, 1".A A "Ao p.e!oo.'"
~ g. ~ ~ Ts,;a =, ~ no.o t4.nA f., ,. w nsl's
switch to Chicago, From Poplar nlult to Little
Tock is 100 ri[cs. tho road passing botween
tho Gaelic and White Rlyors, touching no sett1c-
mcnt or tho r,inutcst noto. nn1aaa il bo ~ croya
'acEeoh''ofs' lug AtAa''ea7 N1'es ia crossed by
bridge, once swept away, and tho road then
proceeds to A1kadolphia 65 miles south Of Little
noca, end 10 On to Fulton, tho terminus. which
il distant from st. To,,is ahort n of KIM m;1ns i1
~ "'n..m. ilo w. LOU" u'lof. y. ooo n'les
1Ao tlmo Is rs lotso"s: chicago to Ut. Louis, IL
lours; St. Louis to Bismarck. hours thence
to Poplar Bluff. 0; thence to Little Rock, IL;
ttoncc t., r,n, 10 To,,1 ch;o,oo - T3tt,a
81, ~ ,,.,., L.. T,,.s so ~ 49,. ~ a''uo -
t'osh' u no"r"' ~ eo'o''' Oh 'ea 1a'er' "
uonIs.
The francliuo of this road, as have en,d. cost
SIN nm wlc1, sun, voa dv;,oJ o,,o,, s,st 49,
" -, ~ 49, -. ~n.o''''o" 'ne
1'ace oso.hcfs. A'ecn McDona1a' Hodges, and
lug Of it, although essentially rcal.estate spcc-
l'a uooa p'so. "4lA etsas ntiop,ul's'
us'u ~ 10 coSoo "p oeioto .l'e runway aIu nh"n-
en- pane has coe: ~; 10 me- It appeais chiefly on
nna iIui1ah intercourse commonwealth so-
called, "horo ....
Tie bessts TINT roam oycr tho plnin
hay ~ Tor FORM ~ w1sn .},S see
IneS aIe 70 unasa.ah.e1 ~ u, mi.h man.
ne'I s'.'sases 20 snasaus ~ 1.e;
!eopio eau ~" set ssne oi 1aeK 4neUnfe:
tho Chlel Jaatlcc, pnnl!o printer any edisor OF
rHfHEt-lAVrGESt 0Lf5Ct1l Htnfn
WIZ .ste'ts ~ tiss ptss puMoe ne' n1tn nla
anuGnt9 @ w. i,a an5 s,5 ~ sa Jau
ll1es ~ tio samP!e-room. Always taho 1tient!-
aha aaonloFy h anseto5o @ ~ ang comann'ty H.
VISIT ana honco 10 hoc Despair OF aaSlng TINS
Chief Justice ilke brand iron tho burning, nor
oLremlnqihG ataehsAs t1A1 oisiu1atlon Ii "aton-
ing H. Want ny ',Tae nra 1vfe tG W ah ela 10 !ne
nistofy o. thG stase' more hotapie @ n benetaeon
teataoratonhsusn, Ws na1n L.; hoastoni Groekots'
stand Matiet Airod Artlneton, ~ - 11ontai'',
rent N9land, or fo"eA o4nyton. IheTe is more
icy IL he1son EYER one oommonwealth sayed
eosese'gntlos WHICH were elMaya decent.
oTAEn ARKANSAS ENTEnpnisEs
IhG L.ttto 70 A9sn Mort smith ~ TOAD IL now
% %eppsteo 70 t.Io mna1 Gver 1Uo s 1os tne
Monlphls q Little lock li.a1l~ay mas now boen
!epallon ~ nuca 10 posslo!g iol suS lo4 mics OF
Hs conIse, 50 tnat man waking SLOW WI not
resp aueau o. tno 4oeomotHe. forsy-ol6ht mllos
81 sne ArAaasas is cen1lnl are open wost % o.
Il
tie 70 10 WIN all ehis ana must not claim any
testlmonlala from this io1ter. A1lletou lnd!-
Viduaio Gan now 80 70 tho Hot springs for their
n %,'npnt ~ t nS The res
en- currency a. hlttlo N9ck u metallio cart.
T,asea' tTfonty 20 tae ponnd ana tne dollar. h
bawie-kn!de 1atea at enc aolies, or four drinks;
.'o nosse-p's1o1 ana haliotd noho count thsee
onPe;
aug all tilla suggests to mo to print some Vt
my iase valaaplo nletorlca! co!lecslons upon tho
suD}ect n}'a te,,o 81 ,oa.;a AIaausaa:
!no lol!o"1ng cpnVotaatlon Is GtVon IN tho
eplt,S A"9 w Atai!y Us posaiple III the WORDS. or
a sno 'i1n, aopeae Jonnson. ex-senator OF Arkan-
six or ~ ta aeet tinco 70 paper "ithin
H. a nuutn uah ~ 'no 1in'o wnon ns alscoursea 1t to
'no au5.oI, an;tnn.na :, a.ta
fAA'sa'' nnss1 nesa .ne a. a,.nena.of' % mas been
hoth "a IN ,ta ,ntmrai 1 ana nnaNIEnan, ,1aia.,1
~ r. ,ara,ar L,n ~ aaa ~ pnysca1 CAPACITY and
~ ei,ic ot nrpp aup'ei Inc currents
~ r,ol VII, aan;ns Vpa;,,;ss ntruch mo
Tonnoason ard N9rn s AontueNy,
"a .ara 'raa ~ @ Got u tnelr
otieul,e h!u t!'c19 ""n ~ .nucu 1uu1slauNnty