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 532 LITTLE JOHN LITTLE EOCK boots and shoes, axes, &c., a national bank, several public and private schools, two weekly newspapers, and a semi-monthly periodical. LITTLEJOHJV, A brain Newkirk, an American bishop, born in Montgomery co., N. Y., Dec. 13, 1824. He graduated at Union college in 1845, and was ordained deacon in the Protes- tant Episcopal church, March 18, 1848. He spent the first two years of his ministry in Amsterdam, N. Y., and Meriden, Conn. ; was ordained priest Sept. 20, 1849, and became rector of Christ's church, Springfield, Mass., in February, 1850. In June of the following year he accepted the rectorship of St. Paul's church, New Haven, Conn. ; was elected presi- dent of Hobart college, Geneva, N. Y., in 1858, but declined; and in the spring of 1860 be- came rector of the church of the Holy Trini- ty, Brooklyn, N. Y. Long Island having been made a separate diocese in 1868, Dr. Littlejohn was chosen its first bishop, and was con- secrated Jan. 27, 1869. He had also in Novem- ber, 1868, been elect- ed bishop of Central New York, but de- clined. During a pe- riod of seven years (1853-'60) he was lec- turer on pastoral the- ology in the Berkeley divinity school, Middle- town, Conn. In July, 1874, he was appoint- ed by the presiding bishop to take charge of the American Epis- copal churches on the continent of Europe. He has contributed largely to current lit- erature, especially to the "Church Review," since 1853. In the winter of 1854 he delivered the first of a se- ries of lectures on the " Evidences of Chris- tianity," projected by Bishop Potter of Penn- sylvania, taking for his subject "The Philoso- phy of Religion." He has published a number of charges, addresses, occasional sermons, &c. ; and has in press (1874) a treatise "On the Causes, the Consequences, and the Remedies of the alleged Decline of the Influence of the Christian Priesthood." LITTLE RIVER, a S. "W. county of Arkansas, bordering on Texas and the Indian territory ; area, about 500 sq. m..; pop. in 1870, 3,236, of whom 1,878 were colored. It lies between Little and Red rivers. The surface is diver- sified and the soil fertile. The chief produc- tions in 1870 were 136,500 bushels of Indian corn and 4,966 bales of cotton. There were 892 horses, 598 mules and asses, 2,853 milch cows, 1,177 other cattle, and 4,899 swine. Capital, Rocky Comfort. LITTLE ROCK, the capital and chief city of Arkansas, county seat of Pulaski co., situ- ated near the centre of the state, on the S. bank of the Arkansas river, about 250 m. above its mouth, and 125 m. "W. S. "W. of Memphis, Tenn. ; lat. 34 40' N., Ion. 92 12' W.; pop. in 1850, 2,167; in 1860, 3,727; in 1870, 12,380, of whom 5,274 were colored; in 1874, estimated by local authorities at 20,000. It is built upon the first bed of rocks that is met with in ascending the Arkansas. Its ele- vation is not more than 40 or 50 ft. ; but about 2 m. above the opposite bank of the river rises abruptly into a precipitous range of cliffs, 400 or 500 ft. high, known as the Big Rock. The name Little Rock is antithetical to this. The situation is dry and generally healthful. A brook, forming a considerable valley, flows through the city. The streets State Capitol, Little Eock. are wide, laid out at right angles with each other, and lighted with gas. The business houses are principally of brick, and the resi- dences are surrounded by gardens adorned with shade trees and shrubbery, presenting a handsome appearance. The principal public buildings are the state house and St. John's college, of brick ; several of the school houses and churches are handsome structures. Water works, to cost $150,000, were in process of construction in 1874. Street cars accommo- date local travel. The adjacent country is gen- erally poor, except in the Arkansas bottom or lowlands. The river is navigable to this point at all times by steamers, and communication is furnished by the Cairo and Fulton, the Mem- phis and Little Rock, and the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroads. The Cairo and Fulton railroad has large passenger and freight depots, and this company is constructing an iron drawbridge across the Arkansas. The Arkan- sas Central railroad is in progress from Hele-