The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15
nspartment Notes.

The Texas & Grand Western Railway
company filed a charter yesterday in the
Office of secretary of state. The road will
commence at Greenville, Hunt county,
and extend westerly and northwesterly to
the county of Baylor to point at or near
Seymour, distance of about 100 miles
1t will pass through the following eoun-
ties: Hunt, Collin, Denton, Wise, Jack,
Montague, Clay, Archer and Baylor The
capital stock is placed at three million
dollars, with the right to increase or dim
fnish. The number of shares shall be thirty
thousand of the par value OF one hundred
dollars each. The ineOrporators are Hi
ram A. Blood, Charles Burliegh. of Fitz-
burgh, Mass /; Theodore II. Wood, n. III.
Dana Sargent of Nashua, New Hampshire;
II. NJ. Spalding, +. +. Penn, Mar
shall Fulton, John w. Hale. ID. A.
Robinson, Denton, Texas; A. r. Collins,
Denison, and Samuel j. Woodward, Den
ton, Texas.
The comptroller's department shows
the receipts for the'year ending August
81, 1881, to be 81, 526, 231 .05, against g.
275,633 for the preceding year.
Suit will Immediately be entered
against all defaulting collectors and
sheriffs. There are about one hundred
accounts unsettled.
Articles of Incorporation of the Farm
ers Cooperation Association Patrons of
Husbandry, of Troup, Smith county,
Texas. were filed in the Office ofsecretary
of state yesterday. The capital stock is
placed al S35, 900, divided into shares of
$50 each. The following are the officers
of the association: John NJ. johnson,
president; w. +. johnson, secretary j.
A. Dean, treasurer. All OF Troup.
The Bastrop and Lee County Co-opera-
tive association filed a charter in the Of
fee of secretary of state. The corpora
ton is formed for the purpose OF owning
and managing mercantile establish
ment. The place of business will be at
Paige, Bastrop county.
The capital stock is placed at $25, 900,
divided into shares of So each.
The following are the incOrpOrators
j. W. Kennedy, f. w. Farmer, o. ii.
Reed, James HargrOve, G. G. Hargrove.
John N. Williams, X. j. Mckinney, NJ. f..
Roe, A. p. Gilbert, w. L. Wilson, John
West, l.. II. Hardy and r. A. Brooks.
The governor yesterday, because of the
good behavior since their imprisonment,
pardoned the following persons:
Change Bryan, aged nine years.
charge theft; sentence, two years from
Galveston county.
L. T. Beauregard, aged IL years, charge
theft; sentence, two years from Harris
county.
W. b. Brewster, aged IA years, charge
theft sentence, five years from Tarrant
county.
James Edwards, aged II years, charge
theft; sentence, two years from BOsque
county.
Henry Fleming, aged IL years, charge,
burglary; sentence, two years from
Grayson county.
Henry Green, aged 10 years, charge,
theft; sentence, two years from Calves
ton county.
Sarah Green, aged II years, charge,
theft; sentence, two years. from Calves
ton county.
Reuben Jones, aged IA years. charge,
theft; sentence, two years from Hopkins
county.
Albert Jourdan, aged 70 years, charge,
theft; sentence, two years from Hopkins
county.
Joe johnson. aged Il years, charge,
sentence, two years from
GraysOn county.
Frank Noel, aged IA years, charge bur-
glary; sentence, two years from Grayson
county.
R. w. Wright, aged IA years, charge,
burglary; sentence, twO..years from Lime
stone county.
Lieut.. G. l.. Nevill writes the adjutant-
general from camp Mauske Canon that
Indians had raided into that section OF
the state. They killed a shepherd hav-
ing in charge flock of sheep
for Mr.. Hally and drove off 1900 sheep.
The lieutenant succeeded in recapturing
the sheep but found 1t impossible to fol-
low the trail of the Indians, who were
afoot and succeeded in getting into the
He reports his stock, owing
to dry weather and Indifferent range, as
being in bad condition.
The receipts of the office ofinsurance,
statistics and history, for the eight
months ending September l. 1881, have
been $17 1923, while the total receipts for
the entire preceding year were only
$14, 1888. The Office at present is admir-
ably conducted, and Colonel Spaight is
one Of the most agreeable and courteous
of officers.