Arkwright, Sir

RICHARD, B. at Preston, England, in 1732. He devoted his mind to the invention of improved machinery for cotton-spinning, and at last succeeded in revolutionizing its entire mechanical system. He ama ed a colo al fortune. D. 1792. Ark'wright, in New York, a post-township of Chau tauqua co. The production of the leading cereals for the year 1895 was as follows: Indian corn, 50,359,558 bushels, grown on 2,342,305 acres, valued at $16,115,059; wheat, 1,452,300 bushels, on 154,500 acres, value $856,857; oats, 8,306,486 bushels, on 327,027 acres, value $2,658,076. The cotton crop for the same year was 875,000 bales, A. ranking fifth in the Union in the production of this staple, and having almost the highest average yield per acre. Its production of Indian corn has more than doubled since 1880, though this is not the case with its other crops. The cotton crop of 1880 was 608,256 bales. In 1890 the total number of farms was 124,760, embracing 5,475,043 acres improved and 9,416,313 of unimproved land; value of land, fences, and buildings $118,574,422, implements and machinery $5,672,400, live stock $30,772,880; estimated value of farm products, 1889, $53,000,000.-Industry. A. has not engaged largely in manufacturing enterprises, though its production in this direction was greatly stimulated during the civil war. There was considerable increase in the decade 1880-1890. In the former year there were 1,202 manufactories, with $2,953,130 capital; in the latter, 2,073 manufactories, with $14,971, 614 capital. The principal productions were cotton-seed oil, flour and meal, lumber, leather, woolen and cotton goods, tobacco and cigars, and hones of novaculite. The State has a large trade with New Orleans, an internal navigation of over 1,000 miles bringing every part of the country in ready communication with the great Arlington, in low a , a village of Montgomery co., streams of commerce. Active steps are being taken to Arland, in Michigan , a post-office of Jackson co. Arles, (anc. Arelas , or Are late ,) a city of France, dep. Bouches-du-Rhone, on the Rhone, 44 m. W.N.W. of Marseilles. It is principally notable as having been an important town when Gaul was invaded by Cæsar. It afterward became a Roman colony, and was long a rich and prosperous city. The Roman amphitheatre, capable of accome odating 30,000 spectators, yet remains, noble in its ruins. The great obelisk, and innumerable artistic remains, attest the former magnificence of this city. Manf Silk, soap, gla , . The emperor Const an tine embellished A. , and his son Const an tine II. was born here. In 855 it became the capital of the kingdom of Are late, which was, in 933, united to that of Burgundy. Pop . 21,876.