The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04
Department. Notes.

fayorably upon the following claims:
John Walker.W. Davis Samuel s. Heuve-
ny, NJ. j. Wells, John NJ. Swisher, John c.
Payne, Pleasant McAnnelly. Mrs. Char
lotte q. Broding, Geo. l.. Bledsoe, George
Ramsdale, Mrs. Mary Choats, Fl. NJ. Smith,
John Wheat, Willis Avery, Mrs. Nancy
Irvine, Isaac McMahan, Sarah McMahan
John i. Lewis. Samuel McCulloeh. L. T..
Peterson. Jackson Crouch, ID. Crish.
Michael Putnam, Jesse Thompson, Peter
Tomlison, Moses +. Roberts. Mrs. Betsy
9. Cochran, Mrs. Minerva Montgomery,
Daniel Parker and Charts Ogsbury.
The following were rejected: NJ. W.
Brumstead, Mrs. Margaret Atkinson, Il.
Robinson. q. w. Waddell, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gibson, Mrs. Miles Bennett.
The governor yesterday appointed
Thomas ii. hurry, ofMcKinney, engineer
To inspect sixty miles of the road Just
completed by the Texas Central railroad.
General revenue received into the state
treasury up to date this month. $125, 200.
About 100000 acres of school lands have
been sold this month.
Capt. Arlington writes the adjutant
generals office from camp Roberts, Crosby
county, that he had just returned from
Seymour, Baylor county, where he had
been TO assist the sheriff In enforcing the
the siX-shooter law Everything was
quiet, and no trouble was apprehended
He reports the drouth very bad and crops
destroyed. Grass and water are scarce
and stock suffering terribly.
The board of veterans yesterday passed
fayorably upon the following claims
Mrs. Mary McDonnahugh, William John
son. Campbell Taylor, Martin Walker,
Fernando CurbIer, Lewis :Castanon, Mrs
Angelina Campbell, Jennings o. Banion,
Mrs. Mary f. Robertson, Gilbert Brooks,
y. j. Debard, John Marshall, Francisco
Miranda II NJ MaHOraa Thnrnas 4
Smith, Moses Austin Bryan, r..
p. Boyce, Dolores Otis CARA,
SimOna 5. Fish, Mrs. Mary Montgomery,
John Ingram, Mrs. Phoebe Doness, Cyrus
Wickson, Mrs. Sarah Isaacs and W. w.
Hanks.
The following were rejected: NJ. II.
Scott, William Nc Il. Lewis. Campbell
Longley, Mrs. +. ii. McCorcle. Afford II g.
Wood, John w. McKissick, Mrs. Sallie
Hensleyard, John Harvey.
The Paris IL Great Northern railroad
company filed a charter yesterday in the
Office of secretary of state. 1t begins at
Paris, Texas, thence north and east
through the northern portion OF Lamar
county to Red River, at a point at the
mouth OF Doggy or some point between
there and "Kiomitha," In Red River
county, or at the latter named place so
AS to make connection with the st. Louis
and San Francisco railroad or any other
road which may be constructed through
the ChOetaw Nation. The capital stock
Is placed at 10000, divided into three
hundred shares. The following are the
officers: j. y. Adams, president A. j.
Wright, vice president; o. c. Conner,
secretary, and 5. +. Clement, treasurer.
The board of veterans yesterday passed
favorably upon the following claims: ID,
II. McFadden, William Blendell, A. G.
Walters, Robert Price, Robert WhitlOck,
TheOpelus Wells, Patrick Quinion, w. r.
Wood, Pablo Salemas, Eugene Patterson,
Charles X. Duncan, Robert Crawford, r.
T. Crane, Robert Hall, b. A. Vinsickle,
Robert p. Crockett, ID. II. Edens, John
Turner, X. j. Calder, James Fl. Perry,
Robert Kliberg, Elizabeth Rusk and
James Maekey. The following were re-
jected. Ferman Martinez, j. NJ. Durson,
Antonio Basquez, W. N. Gates, Manuel
Martinez, Mrs. Louisa c. Richey, Reddin
Andrews. John j. Linn, Estivan Uron,
Cayelani CASTILLO, Mrs. Mary Faloil, Rod
gul Flores, owen b. Hardeman.
The secretary of state yesterday was
sending out $4,000 election blanks.
The contract to furnish the state de-
partments with wood has been awarded
to Thomas King, living on Onion creek.
He is to furnish ia cords of oak and "a
cords of cedar at $4.94 per cord.
Application has been received by
the governor from the citizens of
Nueces Canon, in Uvalde county,
for permission to organize minute COM
pany. A similar application was also re-
ceived from the citizens of Frio county.
The governor yesterday referred the mat
ter to Adjutant-General W. II. King.
They will be allowed to organize a state
militia.
The secretary of the board of
education is authorized to desig-
CIV
the Peabody University of Nashville,
Tennessee.
The encouragement yesterday deci-
ded that the tax law of 1881 legislates
away the force of the decision in the
case of Harris V. the state. The decision
of the encouragement makes betting
on pin pool indictable.
The board of veterans yesterday passed
favorably upon the following claims
Aaron Burleson, Anderson Numly,
Mrs. Eva Lancaster, IL. ii. Hall, Ransom
Powell. Mrs. Amanda Wright, Leroy Mil
Ter, Mrs. Nancy Myers, Jane Zuyman,
Mrs. S. Russell. Elijah Allen, Joseph
Yearman. Mrs. Eliza McFadden and John
Schlufornd. The following were re-
jected: Mrs. Mary A. burst, j. t. White
sides, b. Anthony and Macedonia, Arocha.
The Huntsville, New Orleans Il Western
railway company fileda charter in office oil
secretary of state yesterday. The road is
to be constructed at once, commencing at
the Sabine river, at or near the 3lst par
allel. i'm the county of Newton, thence
extending through the counties of New
ton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, San Jacinto,
Walker. Grimes, BraZos, Burleson and
Milan, to a point ON the International
railroad, one-quarter of degree south of
the 31st parallel, a distance of about two
hundred miles. The principal Office will
be st Huntsville. The capital stock is
= he
the oineorporators Samuel II. Smith,
George w. Grant and Sanford Gibbs of
Huntsville James G. Smith, Thomas ii.
Morrow of Ennis, Texas j. II. Weaver
and Edmund r. Morris of New York /;
Samual Y. Smith, of Central City, Colora-
do, and Clifford Barbee, Page county,
Virginia.
The Palestine Water company, with
capital stock placed at 100000, filed a
charter yesterday.
The Victoria High School, OF victoria,
Texas, filed charter.
The Mount Gilead Missionary Baptist
Church, of Fort Worth, filed charter.
Resolutions were filed authorizing the
issuance of first, second and third mort
gage bonds of the Kansas Il Gulf Short
Line railroad company.
The superintendent OF education has
appointed the following gentlemen to eX-
anime students for the Peabody normal
school at Nashville
First district, Professor I. X. Deem and
Z. Petit, Palestine.
Second district, Professor j. NJ Rich
ardson, Leesburg.
Third district, Professor Smith Rags
dale, Weatherford.
Fourth district, Professors j. ". Penny
hacker, John G. James and G. p. Estill,
Bremond.
Fifth district. Professor j. b. Wynne,
Jacob Bickler and X. W. Lowry, Austin.
Sixth district, Professor W. C. Rote,
X. o. Rounsoval and r. WIpprecht, San
Marcos.
The following order has been issued
from the Office of the adiutant-general:
ADJUTANT-GE OFFICE
STATE OF TEXAS,
AUSTIN, August l, 1881.
General Order No. 1. BY virtue of
commission issued in the name and by
the authority of his eXcellency, o. NJ.
Roberts, governor of the state of Texas, 1
hereby enter upon the duty Of adjutant-
general of said state, and as such assume