The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-28
pepar,mept Notes.

baylor III, SoS3 bee o4o, Slll4 bell
1882, slO,99i; Bexar 1866. s5Os9
s516I; Bowie 1898. s5is3; Bra,
zoria 1893, S59T3 Brazos 1881, S6113
Brown 1903, 5000 Burleson 1647, S5352
Burnet 1908. S3926; Caldwell 1858, S5O63
Calhoun 204. 1888; Callahan 400. S1306
Cameron 1744, S566s; Camp 1154, $3.50
Cass 26O2, SS456; Chambers 32s, SlO56
Cherokee 1904, S565S; Clay S44, S2743
Coleman 594, $3.50 Collin 431S, S4033
Colorado 2IS4, S904S; Comal S52, S2769 ;
Comanche 1888, S45ll; ConchO 80, $172 ;
Cook 1922. $1,000; COryell 204S, S6656 ;
Cottle 3, $40; Dallas 1881, S12,775; Delta
9S2, S3l9l Denton 2sl8, S9l5S; De-
Witt 1852, S6344; Dickens :, 1913
Dimmitt los, 1851; Duval 707, S2297 ;
Eastland 1912, SS44s; Ellis 3467'
S6977; Falls 266O. $500; Fannln, 5l96,
Sl6,ss7; Fayette Abs, S13, ABS; Fort Bend
1916, 1890; Franklin $40, S2665
Breestone 2344, s761s; Frio 342, Sill ;
Galveston 342, BILL (; Gillespie sol, $685.
Goliad 500, S2694 (; Gonzales 2341, S760S
Grayson 4507, Sl4,647; Gregg 1910, S4127 ;
Grimes 3O06, 5000 Guadalupe 1925,
SPA; Harris 1852, s5694 Hays 1923,
$3.50 Henderson 1910, $3.50; Hill 2750,
$s937; Hood 1901, S3545; Hopkins 2s02,
S9106; Houston 1878, Sl1,62S; Hunt 2S11,
S9I35; Jack 1894, $3.50; jackson $50,
Sl24l; Jasper 1l0e, $3.50; jefferson $50,
Sl90l; johnson 24S5, SS076; Karnes 523.
1899; kaufman 24s9, SS0S9; Kendall
5l5, S5673; Kerr 495. S16O5; KIM
bic ISL, S0ss; Kinney 5S5, S173s; Knox
2, $3.50 Lamar 1901. Sl1 FOB; Lampasas S4S,
S2T56 Lasalle SO, S279 Lavaca 1913, $7712 ;
Lee 1873, S447s; Liberty s04, s26l3 Lime
stone 23O6, ST494; Live Oak 279, 5000;
Llano 958, S3107 Madison 944, S306S; Ma
rion 1858, S53S3 Mason 404, S1313 Mata-
gorda 667, S2l67 Maverick So, S1729 Nc
Culloch 1856, S604 McLennan 1892, S12,-
go MeMullen ll6, sSad Medina Led, a. 6s2,
Mitchell CD, S204 Montague PIT, $3.50 ;
Montgomery 1888, S4673; Morris IA,
S2515 Nacogdoches 2l21, S656S; Navarro
2S0S. S9l26; Newton 1877, S2557 Nueces
600, $3.50; Orange 415, Sl34S; Palo Pinto
ISL, S2S63; Pamela 2250, S7312; Parker
2607. SS472; Preside 304, $9SS Polk 1921,
$4,000; Pecos TIA, $685.; Rains 557, $3.50 I;
1892; Robertson 2770, SCOOP; ROckdale
503, S1634 Runnels 100, 1854 Rusk 1904,
$l6,360; sabin 7S3, $2544; San Jaeinto
800, $500; San Patricio IS, S276; San
Saba 1895, S25S3; Shackelford 2S2, S9l6 !;
Shelby 1901, S5S53; Smith 3053, $9922 !;
somervel. 5O3. S1634; Star 1925, S43O6 !;
stephens 7s5, S2557 Tarrant 32Il, SO, 435 I;
= .
Titus 1919, S34O9; Tom Green pa, S793 /;
Travis 32l7, $40 ,455; Trinity s4s, S275G (;
Upshur 1850, $57l6; Uvalde 377, $1225 !;
VanZandt 1898, S6152; Victoria 14I3,
S46s9; Walker 2167, S7O42; Waller 1908,
S6201 Washington 1925, S13.T31 Webb
$40, S2S47; Wharton 613, 1892; Wheeler
10, a SSas WillbSrger l9 Sei o william
1850, S9912; Wood 1882, S5141; young
IA, S24lS. Total population, 231 ,917.
Total amount of money apportioned,
$780,, $50.
The following counties, having q total
scholastic population last year of 1881,
have not made returns: Harrison, Hi
dalgo, Leon, San Augustine, Tyler and
Zapata. The apportionment of these
counties will be about S24, 963, which will
swell the total amount for the counties
$3.50, 6l3. The following Is the scholastic
population and apportionment of the
cities and towns mentioned below:
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Austin 1879, $44s1 ;,,Brenham S15, $264S
Brownsville 101S, 1881 /; Bryan 434, $l410;
S1s75; Corsicana 542. S1761 Comanche
SO, S269 Dallas 1853, S4397; Decatur 81.
S315; Denison 9S1. $3lSS; Denton 240,
$3.50 Ennis PA, $685. /; Flatonio 127, S412
Fort Worth 592, $1924; Gainesville 365,
Sl1S6 Galveston 1908, S9954; Greenville
100, Soo9 noney GROVE zoo, Sooo nous
ton 2T15, SSS23 Lawrence 20. S65; Mar
shall Mexia TIA, 1865; Mckinney 1TS,
1918; Nqvasota 316, 1927; New Braunfels
327, Sl062; Palestine 40, 1882
Paris 900, S29,54 90; Rocrdale 306, 994.OO
San Antonio 1908, S11 100; San PatrieiO
40, S159; Sherman 1901, $3263: Tyler 3S5,
S125l Waco 1871, S4130- Whitesbon 100,
$500. Total 24,454, $40 ACT. Total scho-
lastic population of the state, 264, 252
fOt al nrtfO nj rnf fOr ha tote
O74.
The board of veterans yesterday passed
favorably upon the following applications:
Mrs. Anna II. Windfeld, Mrs. Elizabeth
Nj. Carleton, Temperance A. Cook, 4.
Burlington, ID. L. KoKernut. N. Austin,
Mrs. Serina Goodrich, W. p. Zuber, Ed
ward Miles, Samuel Johnson. b. 7. Hump
Shires, n. w. Eastland, Mrs. Hanna Prev
EFT, John l.. Osborn, Thomas Osborn.
Nlatio CASTLES. William McMasters, Hugh
nrs. TtrzuDeru Dryuu,-STr iftt1rfr
J. Cameron, Mrs. Mary Howth, Mrs. Susan
Hodges, Mrs. Emily Vandepool, c. J.
Duncan, Edward Brown and Antonio
Bale. -
The following were rejected 81
G.. NJ. Patricks. p. Whiting, l.. e.. Gun
ningbam, Jesus Hernandez, Sr., and
Samuel McCulloch. ...-..-
The comptroller has written another
letter 10 Hon. Arson Jones, of Houston,
giving additional reasons in full for in
the assessor of Harris county TO
make no change in the assessment of the
rolling stock of the G.. G. & r., and the
II. +. q W. T. railways.
The governor yesterday issued certifi-
cateS To the commissioner OF the general
land office on which he will issue land
for 1855 sections of land To
the TeXas u st. Louis railway company.
aud certificates for 100 sections to the
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe.
Articles of incorporation of the ST.
Joseph's Orphan Asylum of San Antonio
were filed In the Office of secretary of
state Yesterday. The following are the
trustees; Sisters st. Prere. st Made
line and st. Joseph.
The attorney-eeneral win file in few
days suit against the Western Union
telegraph company for failure TO pay &C.
,upation tax from June 80, 1880, to July
|, 1881.
The comptroller ruled yesterday, that
teachers and inspectors cannot receive In
erest on their claims. Payment on audi |
ed claims will commence tomorrow.
The governor has appointed Hon. w. |
Fl. King, a lawyer Of Hopkins county, |
acknowledgement OF the State.
The adjutant-genersps office Is in re-
,eipt ola letter from Lieut.. G. b. Nevill, |
f frontier battalion, dated Fort |
Davis, July 10, 1881. He writes he had |
ust visited Pecos City, a settlement of |
'Ome two hundred souls, on the Pecos |
liver, where the Texas Pacific crosses.
He had seven men with him and |
rim alias BILLY the Kid, who,
{ was rumored, was depredating |
n the neighborhood, as a man answering
lis description had been seen there sew
raj days before Lieut.. Nevill arrived. |
There had been great deal of shooting /
,oing on in the place, but on the night |
he rangers arrived everything was quiet.
The second night. however, one james
enable, noted deperado, undertook to
AXE the town and commenced firing at the
Anglers tents, one ball striking within a
ew inches of a sleeping ranger, who |
prang up and at the second shot from
ENABLE, returned the IRE, knocking the
Istol from the desperado's hand. Lieu
enant Nevill and one-of his men were in
own, and hearing the firing, proceeded
, the camp with all dispatch, aud arrest
d Venable, but there being no Justice of
be peacein the town, and the nearest one
eng seventy milesaway he was released.
here is no grass within eight miles of
ecos City, andno water except in the
lfer. ~ 4-N 49,
The Indians are reported in the south
rn portion OF Pecos county. and survey
= report resh trails have been seen In
ifferent parts.
A good rain fell on the eighteenth.
The Sabine Wharfand Warehouse Com
any filed charter in the office OF secre-
Try orstate yesterday. The capital stock
placed at half million dollars. The
flowing are the DIRECTORS: b. w. Crazy,
/. III. Veile and f. G. Al. Reynolds, Of
shferson county, and Augustus Kountze |
Id G. H. HOLSTER, of New York. The
,ject of the corporation Is to construct
harves and warehouses, beginning at ,
e northeast corner of the John Lever