The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-07-17
STATISTICS OF INTEREST.
Arkansas Makes an Excellent Show.
ing in the General Foot
ing up.

ment of interior, at Washington,
and will be eagerly scanned by that
portion, of the reading public, who
are given to the study of existing
conditions of national life in all its
various branches
1t contains statistics pertaining
to educational and church matters,
the wealth, debt and taxation of
the country, mineral industries, in
surance, foreign-born population
and items of interest concerning
manufacturing industries. During
the census year 975, 52l deaths in
the United States, being 1898 to
thousand of living population,
There is much in the volume that
refers to Arkansas. The popula-
ton of the state is 1,128, l79, of
which 698 are insane; l, 481 are fee
BILE minded; 705 are deaf; 6S2 are
deaf and dumb; 1851 have lost an
eye, and / ,O25 have lost both eyes
Desha is the only county in the
state in which no case of deafness
is reported and Poinsett is the only
county in which there is no insane
person.
The number of criminals in the
United States on June |, 1890, was
81, 1929, of whom 1924 were men
and 6, 405 were women Of the to-
tai number $3.50 we're white and
25,019 we're colored. The lumber
of prisoners in Arkansas was ,410,
of which III were colored and rs
were Indians. There were 223 pau
pers in Arkansas, 40 of whom were
negroes
In educational statistics Arkansas
makes very good showing. The
total number of pupils enrolled was
239, 672, of which 178, 026 were white
-93,3 1886 male and 81, $40 colored-
81, 446 male, 30,203 female. The
total number of school children in
the United States was 1873, $50.
There are 1865, 176 church organi-
cations in the country, and 142, 521
edifces used for religious purposes.
The seating capacity of these
houses is 1864, 1863, and the value
of the church property in the
United States is estimated to be
$679, $50, 139 There are 2O,6l2,8O6
church members in the United
States.
The statistics for the year for
Arkansas, are as follows Church
organizations, 1874; edifices, 2,79l;
seating capacity OF church buildings
1,041 ,04O; value of church property,
SO, 266, $685. number of church mem
bers, 296,3O8. A little more than
one-fourth of the population of
Arkansas are members of some re-
ligious organization.
The wealth, debt and taxation of
the country is the next item of in
terest in the report. The debt or
Arkansas is reported to be $40, $780,
$685. which is $500 per capita. The
total debt less the sinking fund Is
$8,67l, 1872.
The total value of the mineral
products Of the United States dur
ing 1890 was $587, 23O, 662. That of
Arkansas was 1857, $685. The value
of the product of the zinc mines
was SO, 25O, and Of the lead mines,
$4OO. There is S1,215,O 900 invested
in the mining of manganese, the to-
tai value of the product for the
census year being 1923, 173. The to-
tai production of coal was 579,58l
tons, which were sold for 1896, 1886.
The capital invested in the coal
mining industry is 1883, 75l. The
total paid in wages during the year
was $252, $40, the total expenditures
being $308,711. There are seven
teen stone quarries in Arkansas,
the annual value of the product of
which is $48,674 The value of
precious and ornamental stone pro-
duced in Arkansas was $13,5 The
mineral waters of the State brought
$40, 020 in 1890, the product being
10, 200 gallons.
OStatistics relating to insurance
show that there we're 1879, 797, 481
risks written and renewedin Arkan-
sas from 1880 to 1889, inclusive;
that the premiums and assessments
received in cash amounted to $4,-
19O,773, and that $2,Sl1, l22 was
paid on account Of losses during the
same period.
In all matters relating to religion
and education Arkansas presents
as good a showing as any State in
the Union. Its finances are in ex-
cellent condition and it's resources
are being rapidly developed. A
few more railroads and factories
and the State will be able to furn.
ish statistics at the beginning OF