The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-22
STATE SPECIALS.
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here i In receipt oi Il circular ISSUED
from what ~ represented 70 bo the Office o
the Western LAnd Brokers Agency o
bninevlle, Cooke c0unty. Texas and seut
him by W. J. Ford, Land dcrler, Mcclellan
1lllls, Isabella, GeOrgu, asking information
~ 10 The responsibility Of tliase
lnrd brokers. II Is numbered
JJ, signed u. l.. Lower, and represents
ilai GO alternate land wurrulIss lave ud-
vaced !" s5j, nt which they will fur
nisli them until thirty days; tliat the pros
poets are that these warrants wii advance
10 S75 or 500 within the uext ninety
days, US the price of all State lands
he's. been fixed at 81 and 81 an acre,
and hence no Texas lands can now DO had
at nominal rates, except the alternate sec
tons Of the public domain Of Crockstt,
Tom Green, ,Pecos, Presdio and III Paso
j counties in Southwest Texas, jwliicli was
set aside by the State for the hol,lcrs ot
these Gl0 acres of Texas alterndtc land war
rants which were iesr;cd io railroads in
stead OF land grants :. aat the roads sold
the warrants to br,S,rs like themselves,
which they (the land b,,ker's agency re-
tail at $l60 each, or Sc, Ia !!tsa agents at
prices above named, s.iJ ct to change
every thirty days; that there !! re over 5000, :
0V0acres OF these alternate sections to select
from, all in organized counties With county
seats, towns, stage lines, railroads, and u
4 Very good sprinkling OF farmers und stock
/ raisrrs. and that the lands are generally
srarit with nutritious grasses and many
pArieties Of timber on the streams 1t
| further states thar nearly all the 60 acres
warrants are held by the Western Land
Brokers Agency and will be closed out
after lew iuonlhs hence, after which none
will bc found Oh lie ,sarket save few per
hal's ut $l6D 10 say per section. do
| not IL sdjs, gone expecting to
buy your wdri'ghts on arrival ut
| $50. We charge S.fi' in order TO project
our agents here at h''ne a. we'll as those
abroad. OUTSIDE OF ourselves we do not
know OF u place where these, Snrrants are
in the market ut wlit'le> aie; there are retail
dealers. of coursr, WHO are supplied BIZ us,
and who realize the same profits as
| our agents abroad We are the
| largest and Oldest dealers in the State uid
do nothing but a fair, square and legitimate
business. as our many hundred patrons
patrons can testify
Commissioner Walsh SAYS the circular,
the leading features OF which are given
| above, is total Misrepresentation of facts
with the evident purpose of deuding peo-
pie outside of Texas. He to-day replied as
follows to the suspicious Georgian
To W J. Ford, Isabella, Ga:
DEAR SIR-I acknowledge yours of the
18th instant, covering circular No. sos over
| the name of b. Il. Lower, manager, Gains
yille, Texas. | don't know anything as to
the character or responsibility of B. L.
Lower. But know that the circular con
tains that which is calculated and probably
ntended hsnts The to Ian, misleaa nonres s
he proposed to sell at $55 each
are drug on the market at $50, for the sim
Pile reason that there is more of them issued
than the vacant domain will satisfy. Any
vacant land now found is the refusal OF
fifty years ,culling. Land superior to any
which these certificates can place
ead ena ns1entaS be bought srsady sso served I'd
1920. would not advise any one to pur-
chase these certificates until he has exam
ned the land which he is to get.
Yours, respectfully.
(Signed) W. G WALSH,
Commissioner.
1t is the Commissioner belief that the
circulars are being extensively circulated
North, South and West.
Two cases of smallpox have broken out
amongthe children Of an Iowa family, who
arrived here q week ago. The infected
house is closed, quarantined and no fear is
felt of the spread of the disease.
J; ii. Dinkins, run over By train near
Richmond, on Saturday, died yesterday
and was inferred here to-day.
The Comptroller, Secretary OF State.
Lieutenant-Governor aud others left this
morning to attend the Atlanta Exposition
on Texas day.
Private lettersf ON parties in Washing
ton to friends of Congressman G. Wash
Jones (GTeenbackeT), Of this district say
Jones is in deep earnest about heading a
combination anti-Demoeratic ticket for
Governor next year. One of
these letters says Jones Is assured
of ample administration aid,
and that if all clements in Texas eau be
rcconciled and join hands, that he and his
friends in Washington feel confident of gnc-
cess else, tliet Jones, at tho proper time,
will tender his resignation as Il memb Der OF
COngreas, which he feels certain will be ac- |
ccpted by Governor Roberts, for the reason
tlIat a Democrat could be elected iI,in
Jones' district, thus BdGing Strength tD jiir
Democratic side IN Congress. The writer
OF the letter says Keuchler, oi
San Antonio, must be placed on the ticket
TO control the German vote; ex Governor
Davis INST be given Cabinet position o. |
something equally as good-for instance, |
the Mexican Alission--and Norton and [
Cochran, of Dallas, must be paeidcd. The
letter also says, IL publieaIs here I
(meaning in Washington hope
by carrying Texas next year
on the plan outlined, to be able fcar year,
hence 70 have u Legislature that will choose
an anti-Democratio United States Senator
IN place of Haxcy, and then let the threats
OF dividing Texas for additional Democratic
senatorial strength boom IL the Democrats
desire It,"
The Attorney-Generd addressed letter
u the Governor in which he recites that
difference of opinion exists between him
self and the Comptroller in regard
to the bringing OF suits against
delinquent-tax collectors; that each
claim the right 10 exercise his own discre-
lion as.to the court wherein the suits are 10
be brought, and that the Comptroller has
exercised his judgment In the matter BY
to ignore the advice or coop |
Grafton OF the Attorney-GenC rails Office en-
tirely. and the Attorney General adds that
contrary TO law he has handed over large
number Of accounts and bonds of the de-
laulting collectors 10 A. T. Moore, County,
Attorney Of Travis county, for suit under
bis (the Comptroller's) personal direction
and supervision. The Attorney General
then proceeds 10 say that on the lyth 81
September the Comptroller sent fiiieeii
names Of collectors with amounts due sud
copies II bonds 30 HE Office wifh the regsssi
hat lIe prepare sr-fitiuns for the suit b.
Travis county; that the petitions could rot
he preferred wiiho1f the itemized accounts,
snd he - informed the Comptroller and re-
,lnesied tn m 20 be sent Immediately, nd-
JUL r III ~ tlit1l. tAtill-- Air Ni'litiAoHI
as 20 wiirfr fhc suifs should b.
n-lngif snd ilstrsin haze IN view tire i,.-i
'i.ierfrfs 81 iii~ Stale; fii-f The Com .fr'l.
1it.l.lft~ Tic li,i niri i.ssiis ruf o.. 30, .-
81 tic corr.sii.. ..iiiHfi-. -iiHs-. rrfliti si.-
iriIliinei b. hff iift1- mailer ihltpc.fil Iii
nf the Aft0rney Generals Office aud N fis-
rezard of his advice. The letter colcluies
n f0liOgs NY desire 70 bring suits in
than the District Couri of Travis
lnunfv lafhnf unlrrfhr rrIIifIr IN that cDuri
Rom which I have appealed fhe cDuniy
ri Travis county has control 0i
I1ch stiifs 70 the exclusion q The ArurrfT
General. and collects % f,er ct1t. cDinuls-
.i1n on al Judgements rendered. even iH
'rlifs trourlf ~ me. 70 tie great daIn1ce
N fhe efate. 81 fhe l0ss of several tlOrsand
lnlInrs - the treasury Tho Comp
roIier seems 10 wish t'Ic suits brouclf
Iere f1r TIE convenience Of fIis department.
II oirsrr frilIerlcr Ia tie accounts al Ii.