The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-23
LITTLE ROC X.
ANEWSY ARKANSAS LETTER
~ m Arul - street Railways - How f"
konc.rt Turned uut - Considered
Too Lively For u Gentleman
at wealth,

from emit 10 cnu IN the street railway
question. The old company (CitizcnsD
has not lived up to its contracts very
well. and much dissatisfaction has been
tclt with the managers. \ new company
(thc Little Rockl asks grant of certain
streets. and promises better results. The
effects are that the old company
reduces its fare, asks Tor new
grants, and promises everything
before agreed TO, and more too.
citizens generally favor competition, but
q few stand by the old company.
The promised ladies' paper Is To make
it's appearance tomorrow. The original
intention was to have the paper gotten
lp entirely and managed "without any
hOrrid man attachment but "tho best
laid plans ~ women, ~ well H. mice
and men, gang aft aglcc." The editor of
Abe Rural and Workman got in
ahead of them, "stolc their thun-
der" rs they say, and advertised to
start womans paper in the near future.
After some consultations and dclibcra-
tiOns the factions united forces, and the
paper will appear under the head of "The
Riiral and Workman and Ladies' Jour
nal" though "the last shall he first in
the makeup of the sheet
went out to Glenwood park last sun
day night to what supposed was To bc
81 sacred concert. The park il u pretty
place-old Alexander park, under new
manager and neatly fitted up. some
very artistic scenery has been painted
by Mr.. j. VI. fortcnbury and Mr..
Theodore Jackson, for the stage
md its surroundings. Shakspearc's
imps of mirth, 10y the latter, provoke an
audihlc smile from all who look upward
io their corners. But about the concert:
After stroll around the grounds and u
drink oflcmonadc liquors, in the revised
sense of the term are excluded 10y Mr..
lIunnuHrl. |
the hall and sat in patience fully one
hour and u half waiting. The band
played: finally the lights were lowered
soon some one began to tramp, then
others ioincd-tramp, tramp, tramp
and pause, ord l lrlnnppir. tramp, .,ipa
added; some one whistlcd; some one
yroaned: some one issued n cat-cail {;
everybody else said something; and
s'coniu.ion worse ronioundcd" rcigncd
until out flashed "A light from the stage
and n dim shadow picture appeared
'Twas received with groans and
laughter. and an attomptod explanation
of something tina; broke and had to he
mcndcd was greeted in the same way.
folded my feelings like an Arabs tent
s'and as silently stole away" not even
taking "A car to town, lest some one ask
where I'd been. Moral: delays are
dangerous TO managers and sun
Gus mortals.
A delightful church festival was en-
joycd ut the park the following Tuesday
might
Sunday night Roy. W. II. W. Reese
lectured on the ozark Side of Little
Rock" and spoke in language whose
meaning none could misintcrprct. He
turned inside out the corruption allowed,
concealed, cherished in our midst, and
painted true picture. which shancs the
manhood of our city fathers. our city
il outwardly lovely. c'thc outside of the
cup and platform but even
there it needs cleansing, Mr.. Reese
is fine and popular speaker of
the Methodist order. Many friends re-
greet that hc has resigned his position in
little Rock. 1t is thought to he owing
TO the trouble in the university which
has led To the discharge of all the faculty.
Those who know about the matter oh
jcct to saving much, but it is generally
thought that the decision of the North
crn Methodist conference to allow coll
ored students i'm the university Is NJ the
bottom of the difficulty though It's
also affirmed that one of the head teach
crs, in attempting 10 Dust the principal,
uot set out himself with the rest. The
scriptural telegram didn't 20 for much
after all.
We'll the boys are very bad indeed.
They played base ball again last sunday
with the "RcdS' of Memphis; hud some
kind of difficulty over II decision of the
umpire so that the game was not finished,
and next sunday they 20 over to Mem
phis to try again. | understand the fair
grounds, where games were want To be
"iayed, will not be allowed the boys for
SUNDAY playing in the future.
A tremendous explosion last Friday OF
a boiler i'm G.. G. Loomis' shingle mill
four miles from town, shook our houses
and ratified the dishes from
which we were taking our dinner
Two mon were killed and 9th
ers seriously injured. Cause
of the accident unknown.
Whooping-cough is prevalent, and n
few cases of diphthcria have recently
developed. Many of our sweetest little
ones were carried OIL last summer 10y
diphthcria and its appearance causes
alarm. IL no one 10 blame" rms week
4 have trampcd through the town and
its outskirts, with all my senses on the
ulcrt. and have not failed To note that
there are many odors besides the fra
prance of flowers. In many quarters
The stencil il sickening to the hearty;
and so what wonder delicate babies are
blighted?
Said gentleman of wealth and public
spirit To me recently: 81 like Little
Rock and would like to live here, hut !
am too fond of speaking the truth tn
do So" NHiL