The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-26
ITEMS OF lNFORMATICN
IN REGARD TO ARKANSAS.
Territory July 4, 1S1o.--State
 Admitted Into Union 1886.


 an area of about 52,19S square miles, or B, ,406,723 acres of territory, and lies between latitude B and 36.30 north and longitude 13 and 1870 west from Washington, or 90 and 9430 west from Greenwich.
 It is one of the northern tier of States in the great cotton belt of the United States, and the yield of the fleecy staple, per acre, will average as much IS any State in the Union, Texas alone excepted. Wheat, corn, rye, oats, the grasses, potatoes, and tobacco grow to great degree of perfection, and are profitable crop. Fruit can be grown in abundance. The peach and the small fruits are now receiving considerable atten- tion and are yielding Q rich remun- eration to those who have turned their attention in this direction.
 There are seventy-six counties in the State, and some eighty odd newspapers.
 There are 601 post offices In the State.
 Tine State has public school houses in every county in the State, the val nation amounting to upward of $200,0O0. The public school taxes in 1877 amounted to $226,000. There are S75 teachers employed in the public free schools. The school population of the State between the ages of and 21 is 142,614 white, and 43,416 colored.
 The population according to the census of 1870 was 4S4,2S4, The vote for Governor in 1878 was SS,- 733. It is believed the population in 1880 will be 900,000.
 Politically the State is democratic. Her legislature consists of 30 Sena- tors and 92 representatives. of the Senators and 4 of the Representa- tives in the last Legislature were republican. We are represented in the Congress of the United States by two Senators and four Representa- tiyes-all democratic.
 There are 3,000,000 acres of State lands in the State subject to dona- tion or purchase. Any adult citizen of the United States, male or female, may obtain a donation, not exceed ing 160 acres to each applicant, by making application to the Commis- sioner of State Lands and paying a fee of S5. The condition upon which these lands are donated are that the donee shall within Is months from tho date of the application, pre- pare acres for cultivation, or in. stead Of residing thereon shall have prepared for cultivation ten acres within the IS months above specified.
 These lands are also subject to ab- solate sale at fifty cents per acre, payable in State and county scrips, which scrips can often be purchased at cost of seventy-fye cents on the dollar. Purchasers arc not restrict cd Co tho number of acres purchased.
 There are over one million-say l,02l,G20 acres of unconGrmed lands in the State subject to pre-emption by actual settlers.
 Within the past two years S3,743 acres of land have been taken by actual settlers under the donation law.
 Tho Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company has over One Million acres Of land for sale at from S2 Co Sl2 per acre, or an average of perhaps si per acre. They give long time for making payment-2, 1, or @ years Tao lands of the Com. pauy lie iu tho AFkapsas river val ley oa both siues of the river, in Pu- laski, Faulkner, Conway, Perry, Pope, Neu, Franklin, Logan, Scott, Crawford, aad Sebastian counties, and embrace some of the finest lands in the valley.
 Tbe Fort smith road up to March lsL this season transported from along Che line of its road 55,l55 bales of cottoa-thc product of the counties through which tho road FuHa
 Tho state has 3.997 miles Of uayi gable water courses regularly tray creed bY atoamboaGs Within Che ,t4le theFa are eight rpilroads hay. .ls so0a7 miles of road completed and i4 operation, ta.wit.
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