The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-21
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and extending through the counties OF
Atascosa, Medina, Frio, Zavalla, Dim.
mitt aud Maverick to the Rio Grande al
| point on said river ut or near Eagle
Pass, distance supposed TO be one hun
dred and fifty miles. The chief business
office of the company Is to be in the city
| OF San Antonio.
The following are the incorporators OF
the company with their places of resi-.
dence Jamas w. Barnes, Henry G..
King, Thomas Wade Howard, Thomas j
Deyine and N. o. Green. all Of San Anto-
MO; RigdOn Quincy, OF NavasOta John
q. stanton and j. II. Weaver, of New
York City; +. Kramer and w. G. Kramer
OF Danyille, Pennsylvania, and j. c.
Smith, of Ennis, Texas.
The following are the board of directors
James w. Barnes, Henry c. King, Thomas
Wade Howard, Thomas j. Devine, j. C,
stanton, Jr., j. C. Smith and j. II. Wea'
yer. MIR. Barnes was elected president,
Mr.. King ce-president, MIR. Howard
treasurer and Mr.. Stanton secretary.
The amount of capital stock is placed
ut 81 900 900, divided into thirty thous-
and shares of the par value of 800 each
The first regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the company will be held
/ In the company's Office In the city of San
Antonio at noon on the fifth Tuesday ia
| August, 1881. The continuation OF the
road from the Rio Grande will extend to
\ Topolovampo, Mexico. Work will COM
menee about the first of September next
| and be pushed with all dispatch possible,
Captain 0glesby, commanding company
y, frontier battalion, writing from San
| Diego, Duval county, said he would leay e
the above place for Fort Ewell, La Sale
county, ON Monday, July 18th, with his
entire command. Everything was very
quiet south and east Of San Diego, and
-. II InWr.
greatly exaggerated.
The following is from the capitol COM
missloners Having perfected an ar
rangement with the authorities OF the
Smithsonian Institute at Washington for
the scientific testing, analysis and report
on the rocks OF this state, we have the
honor to announce that we will receive
and forward, for that purpose, samples OF
any good building stone. marble or gran
lite, that may be delivered from any sec
ton of the state free of charge at the
office OF the capitol commissioners in the
city of Austin within the next ninety
days. Specimens must be in duplicate
and OF sufficient size to make full four
inch cube. The name of the owner OF
the quarry and the name of the original
survey and the county wherein located to
accompany each stone, plainly written on
card. Papers approving will please
notice the above.
The veteran board yesterday passed IA
vorably upon the following claims
Mary Ann Ables. j. II. Cook, NJ. Mon
talbo, w. b. Scates, W. G. Crawford.
Reid, Jefferson Reid, S. Case, Robert Chill
dress, W. IA. Bishop, Caroline Clark, A.
Horton, S. W. Blount, W. s, Dedman,
JohnA. Rogers and G. o. Edwards. Nine
claims were rejected, among them that OF
Mrs. Rebecca johnson, of Houston.
The first veteran certificates were is
sued by Commissioner Walsh yesterday.
The first number was PA, beginning
where the numbering for such certificates
under the law of 1879 left off. Twenty
two certitiC ates were issued, consisting o 1
$40 and 1880 acres, and of these Messrs.
Stewart and Habicht procured sixteen.
These are the only straight certificates in
the market and should command a good
price. Many lawyers hold that
these certificates may be To-
Gated upOu any of the reserves,
as the law and the face of the certificate
provides they may be ''located on any of
the public domain. The language, vacant
and unappropriated public domain" was
not Incorporated in the law. as has been
the case in nil former laws providing for
issuance and location of land certificates.
: Hon. o. N. Hollingsworth received Il
telegram yesterday from DR.. Curry say
ing that 5000 had been appropriated for
the benefit of the Sam Houston normal
school.
The veteran board passed favorably
upon the following claims Yesterday:
s.; 5. Chambliss, Navarro county ID NJ.
Childress, Coleman; VIM. Connell Brown /;
Sarah j. Cornell, Williamson; VIM.
Goodman, Live Oak; t. b. Harding,
Walker b. +. Hughes, Galveston Mar
tina Isaacs, Liberty Hettie Jones. Qua
dalupe Nancy Kimbro, Walker James
Lindsey, Kerr; B. F. Lindsey, Hunt !;
Gen. W, p. Lane, Harrison J: W. Moore,
Walker w. II. Moore, Titus Mary
Jones, widow of Hon. Arson Jones, Harris /;
Jane G. James, Kinney; A. NJ. de Hen
riquiez, Bexar; W. r. Lacy, Anderson /;
Hermoine Bunton, Hays James G. Hurd
Galveston; Ariola Guadalupe, Atascosa.
There were three claims rejected for
want of sufficient proof.
Yesterday Collector Cessy of Harrison,
county, and Collector Angler, of Walker,
settled their tax account for 1880, with
the comptroller.
Yesterday the governor commissioned
MIR. John Stuart u branch pilot At the
port of Sabine Pass.
The following veteran claims were
passed upon favorably to-day by the board
of veterans Anne. Walling, Florinda
West, Mary Daffan, VIM. Woderson, Jas.
Green, Mary J. Briscoe, George Green,
Il
T.. A. Thomas, John Schultz, A. j.. Sow
ell, +. Vatan, ID. II. Van Vechten, Mrs.
Nina Wilson. Anthony Defienbaugh,
Joseph Barnhart, VIM. l.. Hunter, Spencer
Morris, Lavinia h. White. Three hun
dred and sixty-three applications have
been filed, and ninety-seven applications
have been acted upon by the veteran
ty-tive applications daily. There is no
market for these or any other certificates
and holders sell at the best figures they
can get.
The Austin Gymnasium filed a charter
in the Office of the secretary of state yes
terday. Phil. 5. Meyer, John Grove, A.
lander, A. Ungrad and Ottoman Sehu-
bert are the directors. The capital stock
shall not exceed $50 ,0c0.
The governor yesterday pardoned the
following conyicts because of good con-
duct and near approach of end of term
for which sentenced John r. Shoat, sem
fenced 10 the penitentiary for ten years
from Henderson county, in the fall of1S79,
formanslaughter. Bragg b. Wright, con-
victed of theft OF cattle and sentenced to
the penitentiary for two years from the
county of Nuesces.
The comptroller replying to the ques-
ton asked by Messrs. Sweet a. Kleilerg,
OF Galveston, rules that cotton factors
drummers are not liable, as such, to the
drummer's tax, although drummers in
common parlance. He holds they
neither sell goods or solicit orders hence
are not liable to the drummer's tax.
The San Marcos summer normal school
has fifty-eight scholars, and this week 1t
is expected the number will reach
seventy-five. The school is progressing
well. -..7
The board Of veterans yesterday passed
fayorably upon the following claims: Thos.
Chatan, NJ. w. Cartwright, Harrison
Mrs Eln W% Duty Miller II l. RaschfI
Thomas, John Plunsatt, Francis NJ
Whitehead, Frank W. Johnson, Phillip
Howard, Isaac Reed, W. ID. Thomas,
Thomas j. Williams, George II. Hall,
Samuel G. A. Rogers, George Menefee, Z.
Braton,. NJ. Cuvier, Mrs. Ann Williams.
The following were rejected: Antonio
Zumwalty Pedro Tejedo, Juan Rodri-
guez, s. Rodriguez, A. B. Dodson,
John. James Filipo Rivas, Mrs. Z.
A. McGill, Lewis Wells, Mrs.
Jane Gammell, Ellis Benson, Mrs. Kate
White, VIM. Nettles, Mr.. K, J. Tippett,
Mrs. Fannie Nicholas. OF these three
were informal, one error in name and
others not accompanied by sufficient
proof. The board have received $3.50 APP
plications of which 80 have been recon-
and 46 rejected.
The board of education yesterday cleo
ted DIR. j. Baldwin, of Kirksville, Mis-
souri,, president of the Sam Houston nor |
nal school. ut Huntsville. DIR. Baldwin |
now has charge of the summer normal |
school at San Marcos. sees
The apportionment this year per scholar |
is three and one-fifth dollars, an Increase |
Of twenty cents per capita.
The scholastic census has Just been |
footed up, and shows an increase Of |
twenty thousand over last year.