The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-25
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Notes from Arkansas.


To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
Times are extremely dull here, and there Is
much complaint of an improbable season among
those who entertain people, and the landlords
paraphrase the Lords Prayer t'Give US this
day, our daily visitor" is constantly hearo-
There will no doubt be an influx of people seek
ing the benefit of these waters after the holidays
but until January Of the coming year very little
increase in business is expected. The hotels,
boarding houses, shop-keepers and transporta-
ton companies alike depend on visitors fox their
support, and the number of these at any one
time is the thermometer which measures the
degree of prosperity for all classes in this city.
The ex-banker Bruon, who formerly managed
the Hot Springs National Bank, which failed in
the summer of 1884, was indicted in the United
States Court at Little Rock and charged with
perjury in swearing to his statements for publ
cation, and making false entries his books,
brought back from New York to which State he
removed after the failure OF his bank, tried be-
fore jury this week, and escaped conviction
mainly through defect in the indictment. DE
then left for home but at Memphis he
was again arrested on a charge OF en-
bezSlement under the State law, and
brought back here to answer the charge Thus
Tar he has eluded the efforts of the prosecution
ner of Fish and the young Napoleonic fihancier,
Ward, but there is very decided feeling here
that the law should be indicated. His conduct
while manager of the defunct bank shows that
he is not lone of those whom the fates spin
round and full out of the choicest and whitest
WOOL" The responsibility of his case now rests
with the people of Arkansas, and not with the
United States, and we shall see how they vindi-
cate their laws In the United States Court it
was charged that deposit of $45 600 made to
the eredik of I ~ Limos a. Co false there
being no such persons in existence, but on the
trial there was evidence tending to show that
there were such prisons, who were gamblers
IL this evidence can be believed then the iarg
est bank account here was owned by them.
The best informed persons-officers of the bank
at the time the alleged deposit was made-der
clare that the name is myth, and that no such
person ever made deposit in the bank, or did
business in this city.
The beautiful autumn weather, which has pre-
vailed here during November, bright sunny days,
and cool, pleasant nights, was never exceile6,
and old citizens say it may and often does con-
tinue with little interruption during the month
of December. There has been frost enough to
paint the oak leaves and give the mountain a
somber hue, but the green pine, cedar and holly
trees which are intermingled with the oak still
MAINTAIN the picturesque appearance SO at
tractive to visitors from distance. The air is
not smoky here as 1t is further north at this sea-
son of the year when the praries are on fire. but
the sun shines out the whole day with undmin-
ished splendor. suppose it must be "Indian
summer" but. the absence of smoky air, to
which the Northern man is accustomed, leaves q
doubt in his mind as to what he shall call it,
Fires have been very destructive among the
wooden buildings Central avenue, and whole
blocks of business houses have disappeared,
leaving vacant spaces which have been unoccu-
pied for many months. The owners of these
vacant lots are now preparing to build substan-
tial brick houses and iron fronts. November
and December are the best months of the whole
year for building houses in this latitude and
usually they are busy months with builders
The rain fall is much less during these months
than it is further north, and the weather is
adapted to outdoor work. If owners of lots
could borrow money on mortgages from New
England lenders as may be done in any growing
town in the North, this city would very soon be
full of elegant buildings. Capitalists, having
money to loan on mortgages never seek invest
ments in Arkansas, but go elsewhere. The rea-
son is obvious. This State has repudiated a
large portion of its debt and declines to pay in
terest on that part of the debt which it acknowl
edges to be binding. For this reason capitalists
1--WE the State q wide BERTH and borrowers are
csfreSfer 60 reiy on tEe!r home supply, which is
Iaite limited. M. L. BUNDY.
HoT SPRINGS, Ark, Nov. %.