The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-24
ROSE CITY RECORDS.
Municipal Ma'icrs-wlni,r Measures
at Arkansas Capital.
4 spicy aud Readable Letter

LirrLE Rock, ARK Feb. p 'pecihl
correspondence lin iie ola week se have
had all sea ols OF the year. Tueaday q
breath OF n blizzard struck US aad tho wind
tore down the streets, osrrSing dust IRON
some where Ga silt over the liquid road beds
and that lust t,l iae story OF Lit'lo ROCK
so have mnd or We have nut, aud t1r0ulh
one or the other peds'tfiaus must wad.
until street pHylng IN sccom lish'd aud
Lutte X eek Incomes what 10 mfy ana VIII
ho-one Of the most delightful! cities III lhe
Union.
A good deal Is being said Of late sbout
ihs imperinence OF street car drivers
IN demanding faro from those VINO pave
already paid. Ono gcnls mon--Lea ny
name-wss put oil inlo ihe mnd last bnu
dsy after having, he Pays bought ttrlH OF
five tick, T. aud deposited ono In tho ocr.
Trouble for the company may be the re-
suit OF all the trouble made passengers by
The drivers.
hi. Little Il ok home lat Saturday RON
visit 10 II me, Italy. HIS busin 20
abroad was TO attend u conference OF Amer.
lean archbshnns aud representatives
OF provinces. called by tho pono, TO make
ARRANGEMENTS tor The national council OF
the u tied States 10 meet IN ia tlmore
mex, November. The bishop say. no saw
the pope and that no cent his blessing 10
the church In Arkansas. That not once
but vice he sent his benediction - them;
aud no asked the bishop particularly about
the red people IN whom he takes u
great interest. aud who thouli. he tlinkP,
b,long - tue catholic church. SPEAK
| ing OF the colored people and
church work. tho Little Rock conference
~ the NJ tbodist church, cp'orec, oloeed It's
lahors Tor this year last Monday. bishop
Wiley, OF Cincinnati, was much Tlsssed
with tho behavior Of tho preachers, aud II
! carry homs good reports OF them and their
work In Arkansas.
The twelfth session Of tho Arksnsss con-
ference OF the Methodist Epscopsl church
was opened last wednesday morning IN the
First NJ. Il church, OF this cry. with Bishop
Wiley IN the chair. The conference isst II
| in session, and an interesting time Is en-
gagged by participants and visitors.
Tho dedication tomorrow OF the Little
Rock Univer.ity is anticipated with pleas
ure. The banquet has been postponed as
the foods prevent the presence OF desired
guests. :.
In regard to entertainments this Is a
lively CITY. Our fhvoriie Rose Eytpge
begins her Little Rotk engagement Tonight
nj the Grand opera house in Led Astray."
She is rs ever welcome in our midst as me
Hover whose name che bears aud which
our City wears Win pIlut upVh no bo9v"l
being known, tor its sweet sake, as inc
Rose City" OF tho south.
Two of our homo societies give enter
tainments next week The STANDARD
Club" on Monday night presenting IAN is
not col thbt cutters" and Thursday night
| the Literary and Social Union" proving
for us hat he Is "Not such fool 10 he
| looks"
The river fell rapidly when u began snd
now wears smiling, though somewhat
dirty face, and we iorelve oil its eine.
Water suggests drink snd that again that
Luther Benson will lecture Sunday IN the
opera.house. This time alao on temperance.
| He VIII have foil house Tor
his eloauence IS wonderful, and then free
lectures al ways draw in our town.
T.e Republican state convention Is 70
meet In Little Rock next April, the Sth
and will select delegates TO the national
Republican convention TO meet In CHI
cago.
Our people mourn the death OF two prom
inept cit zens. Judge Robert Watkins Ste
v, pson died at IL o'clock last Wednesday
morning and Mr.. J. T. Doyle at O'Clock
D. m. the same day. AxvL'