SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20549

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                            FORM 8-K

                         CURRENT REPORT
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             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                        October 29, 1998
        DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported)


                        DILLARD'S, INC.
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     DELAWARE                    1-6140             71-0388071
(State or other                (Commission        (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)  File  Number)   Identification Number)


        1600 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, Arkansas  72201
            (Address of principal executive offices)
                           (Zip Code)

                         (501) 376-5200
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)




Item 5.   Other Events

     Pursuant  to  the terms and conditions of a Terms  Agreement
between  Registrant and Goldman, Sachs & Co.  dated  October  29,
1998,  Registrant  will issue on or about November  4,  1998  its
Notes   limited   to  $150,000,000  aggregate  principal   amount
maturing  on  November 15, 2001.  The Notes are  not  subject  to
redemption prior to maturity.

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c)  Exhibits

     Exhibit 1      Terms Agreement dated October 29,1998 between 
                    Dillard's, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     Exhibit 4      Form of 5.79% Notes due November 15, 2001




     

                           SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report  to  be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              DILLARD'S, INC.
                                   (Registrant)


                              By: /s/ Steven K. Nelson
                                  Steven K. Nelson
                                  Vice President


Date: November 2, 1998




                         Exhibit Index


                      Exhibits to Form 8-K



       Number in
     Exhibit Table                 Exhibit


     Exhibit 1      Terms Agreement dated October 29, 1998 between 
                    Dillard's, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     Exhibit 4      Form of 5.79% Notes due November 15, 2001