Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-10-02
J~ONESBOR0, ARK.
ocular Corrcspondence of the Appeal.

Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
JoNEspoRo. September 29.-As the COM
pletion of the Kansas City. Springfield and Mem
phis railroad will in n short while put our grow
relation with the Bluff City than We have ever
enjoyed in the past, it may be of some interest to
your readers to pcruse this letter. Jonesboro Is AT
Inc junction of the Kansas City, Springfield and
Memphis, and the Texas and st. Louis railroads,
s~ixty-six miles west Of Memphis, ana also iour
miles from the knobel branch ot the IRON Noun.
tain road, which gives us practically the bcneht
of three roads. and JonesbOTO lie also the county
seat of Craighead county, one of the best and
most prosperous counties in Eastern Arkansas;
In to three years ago our county ana town had
never enioyed the facilities Of railroad transpOr-
tation, therefore you can easily conjecture what
Il reYolutiOn we have experienced IN that snort
period by the construction of three of the finest
tation facilities that few of the best settled
counties in the older States ENJOY, UP 10 ten
years ago Memphis had almost the eXcluslys trade
Of tti- -sction. Memphis was the nearest town,
and there were no railroads, In those times
many Of our farmers loaded their, wagons with
cotton in the fall, drove to Memphis where the
feecy staple was put upon the market and sold,
aud then with loads of supplies for their families
these hardy pioneers would return after a
weeks absence and II weary journey. About ten
years ago the iron Mountain road, the direct roIte
it.n st. Louis to Little Rock and thirty miles
farmers VI his section naturally gravitated to-
wards this line With. their cotton and other pro-
tEe trade of this section for ten Years. and If we
him.. what 0ur merchants occasionally intl-
mate. st. LsAk has not been az ll9eEni win them
meaii Gnr 'aost a valuable niarRet"' bqt Wi shall
not visit you in oX,w ~ Oirb dn With n the % 4 nS'3 and
"nnntcrs' and wildcats wei eat breakfast az
home with our families, run into Memphis on the
earlylmorning train, SIP MINI WAN town., buy
onr Goods fsGE; them, dine at a MehlPhls HoieI,
and return home 70 5phGeEii IN m T ,asre ebout Jones'
NJ Its The biggest Town OF ts size x America.
"" has gaY a population OF about iJo1; 70 SaS
n %dhlRs . j. ~ ( n assiiH s 49, RGPF baF R5telsi six in
nWmber. arc contin ualiy eseIsMea 70 9ysrnowlng.
our sqlSons' b ten i in si' a IL u.ah VT sEHea eq he
Memphis RUNNERS begin to pour IN.
isal paoplc are generally sober, from SIX 10 Yen
drinkSA sS, beng the hmlt'oi III ="
The majority of our aerchants carry heavy
This i a division station for the ie4ae and 81.
Louis road. this inc having located a roamunvut &c
Sgd repair fR9P vs. h fd ioG T RaSd! gave employ "'"' -
I'll National Lumber Company, which was or
gapisc1 - T1iYH City, Ind, last year. With q "a a.
have 'frHSrebascd Si5s Ss9gFS! 81 taad here, and are
putting up thereon q hnc Pianing mntttt rlth sash
and and. door rom iaf SS 70 Ht IA %an. i hhey e have sira sif
part of their machinery in operation, and are
receiving millions .E Of feet st Hf Rlno ra iH%oSt
TI.g arc establishing yards in Kansas, and will
sbSi5 a1eE mspufacturcd material to those yards
over fhe Kansas tlll Sprlnkhelu anu "0uifhio
ii9f. 'y yaSsy. 5adsi ffiSrs5t, fns bsnn holding
Circuit Court hsts daring tbs past ivy Tssk and
has shown his tact and ability BIS. fhe ,fapid and
satisfactory manner In which, he has disposed OF
a heavy>d0ckct. The Judge Is no less hple than
az the Arkansas Legislature during the dark
dass 'f reconstruction" and stood firm against
RaiicaF TaIs -obbery and oppression as the arch
champion of the ss4r.s : risn'Spr POND; ny Nter Nm g n q
in case the latter g%entlemaH sa0alf be promoted
10 tho United States Senate or Otherwise Eacate
the position he now holds.
Uur Circuit Court Is holden IN q small frame
bpadins, about twenty-five by fifty feet, and our
jail Is SO inseesse that prisonsrs are sent TO 3tneI
conutics for sale kteping, The July term OF the
Circuit Court. however, my9a an approprih,loh
for the building of n e~9prihQuse! knien win DC
done next year. Several crimlnal cases NSrr uS,
posed of during the recent term OF the tlrcul'
Court. One fellow was sent, up Tor hiieen years
for DEMONSTRATING and another seven years ioi
murder. This led one of our attorneys 10 satlrl
esi,s seuark that "in Arkansas horse-steailne Is
a greater csIipy than murder.
Morally and ~sdueAionally our town and county
have not reached the stahaaaxs SEND US a mis-
siouaryl Our preachers are all dass=+syltlclan
and the pure and unadultcrated despel OF Chrls'
is rarely preached to this people; We are sadly
in want of schools and teachers, but they will in
esilabfy eeme, as Jonesboro Is destined TO be q
place 81 n6dS a4dimportance.
The JonesboIb Re@oSa%s owned and edited. BY
Mr.. j. r. Taylor, fcfnirriy NJ tennessee, rs 3
live, progressive journal, and is ido.Es much Il
develop the material resources of this country
The Democrat is a nine-column four page paper
and has twice the patronage of the average coun'
try newspaper.
We have our share OF the. dust and drouth
though fhS fAsJaars Of this section have not suf
The corn crop is bouhtTfI aGl the cotton Ii
only about one-fourth short. 4 Ii.