“ Little Rock has large wholesale interests, and an important trade, by river and rail, in cotton, lumber, agricultural produce, and in its own manufactured products. The more important industrial enterprises include cotton gins and presses, with an extensive output of cottonseed oil and cake ”

“ The streets are regular and finely shaded. Little Rock is the seat of Philander Smith College (Methodist Episcopal) , the Arkansas Baptist College (colored) , Maddox Seminary, Arkansas Military Academy, and of the medical and law departments of the Arkansas Industrial University. It has, besides the State Capitol, a United States court-house and a United States arsenal, the State penitentiary, State School for the Blind, the State Lunatic Asylum, and the State Deaf-Mute Institute, Children's Home, Old Ladies' Home, City Hospital, and Saint Vincent's Infirmary. ”