The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-09-14
STATE NEWS.
Austin.


AosrfN, September 1.-THE following
charters we're filed to-day; The Pittsburg
Camp county, Marriage association; the
Belle of Texas Marriage Aid association, o
Dallas, and the Wichita Land e Cattle com
pany, capital stock $4,000, The principa
office will be at Archer City, Archer
county. The incorporators are; W. w
Dickey. L. Il. Wilson, C. w. Wood, Il. +.
Morris and John III. Stone.
The stockholders of the Longyiew e Sa'
bine Valley railroad company filed reso.
luton authorizing the issue of bonds to the
extent of 81 900 per mile,
Captain III. i. Spain, acting secretary OF
state has notified the comptroller that the
Red River County bank and the Exchange
bank of Dallas have not made reports as re,
quired by law.
Captain McMurray reports another man
shot at Toyah, on the Sunset railroad. He
has ordered the rangers to assist the local
officers. He has completed lthe re-organi-
cation of company B., but it lacks few
men yet
The board of education to-day decided
that the students of Sam Houston normal
school who had received first grade certiti-
Gates issued at the close of the term of 1881
and 1882, or diplomas at the previous ses-
sion, will not be permitted to again enter
the school either as state or pay pupils.
The students who received, at the close of
last session, second or third grand certifi-
Gates may be received again as pay stu
dents after they have taught one term in
the state free school. The hoard decides
that German and other languages may be
taught in the state school, if not detrimen-
tai to the English course. Where cities
and towns have taken control of the public
school, the city assessor only is authorized
30 1,nc oh n1f Inv Nhn
sor has nothing to do with it. Where q
school community has organized and is
forced to use any of the funds set apart
from the funds, they are placed to its credit
of next year A portion of the community
agree, some say it will not be permitted TO
draw pro rata of the funds to the credit of
the community from which they withdraw
it is made.
The land Office to-day issued a patent to
Dick King, of Nueces county, for 602,000
acres of land in Cameron county. The
patent fee was 50, 100.
County Attorney Moore, against whom
the encouragement has instituted suit to
recover $1,000, claimed to be due the state
under recent decision Of the supreme
court, says the comptroller sent the bill of
claims as county attorney against the de-
faultfng sheriffs and collectors, with in
structions to sue at orce. He did so, en-
ploying two attorneys to assist him on the
suits brought. Judgments were obtained
in different counties, and he retained ten
per cent. as fees. Since then the supreme
court has decided that the county attorney
is entitled to a. commission, but that the
legislature must fix the rate. Mr.. Moore is
Waiting for the legislature to act in the
matter, and he thinks the suit brought by
the attorney general is premature, mas
much as the state is secured by his bond.
The Houston & Texas Central railroad to.
day paid the comptroller 5000 taxes due
on lands in unorganiZed counties.
The contractors for the permanent new
capitol have subet the entire work to
Northern builders, who will commence
work about the first of next month.
AUSTIN, September 12.-The following
charters were filed to-day: The Ccnyent
academy of the Incarnate Word, of Corpus
Christi object to teach the young the virtue
of religion according to the tenets of the
Catholic church; the international steet
railway of Ell Paso, capital stock 100000;
the Carter & Gibson Printing company, of
George b. Carter II. X. Gibson, William
#. Watts and Gordon M. Sinclair; the
Gainesville Building and Loan association,
capital stock 100000.
The comptroller to-day rendered the fol-
lowing decision: That the county boards
of ca ualization are authorized under the
law to revise and perfect their action in re-
property mp to the period when they have
approved their assessment rolls. The
approval of the rolls constitutes the final
action of the board from which there is. mo
appeal and no change Of the value of prop
erty assessed can thereafter be made.
All the experts are here, and to-day the
capitol board formulated certain questions
for them to answer relative to the stability
and safety ofthe temporary capitol. The
experts will examine the building and
report tomorrow The capitol board
refused to let experts be appointed by the
city to act with those appointed by the
state, but authorizes the city to make such
investigations as it deems proper.
Travis county has an offer of nine cents
per acre per annum for its school lands
situated in Baylor and Throckmorton
counties, the lease to run ten years.
Longview.
Special to the Herald.
LoNGvIEw, September Fan item in
the HERALD of this morning, stating that
the Longview G. Sabine Valley railroad had
filed q resolution of the stockholders 10 is
sue bonds $1,000 per mile, is in relation to
IN action had four years ago. You Austin
correspondent is little late in gettiug il.
Hon. Judge Ireland is in town and will
speak in the court house tomorrow at 10
o'clock.
The ninety-third representative cdhyen-
ton will meet here tomorrow for the nomi-
notion of floater for the counties in this
district, Smith and Gregg.
The horse-thief arrested here Sunday
night had taken a horse at Henderson,
came over here, put the horse in the stable,
went to the hotel, went to sleep, and when
Deputy Sheriff Stevens arrested him was
asleep. He is supposed to be weak-minded.
A negro died in the woods near the juno
ton last night and before he was found
this morning the hogs had eaten part Of his
body.
Cotton is coming in freely. The average
shipments are about fifty bales per day.
The weather is warm and dry and the
health Of the community very good.
A cattle man, named St. Clair, who got
hurt on the Texas & Pacific a week ago,
being very I'll and destitute, was cared for
by the citizens and city authorities, and is
now thought to be ont OF danger. III
friends live in Tom Green county, but
make their headquarters at Colorado City.
weatherford.
Special TO the Herald
wEATHEEFoRD, September n.-Your
Fort Worth correspondent on the 9th, En-
roniously states that the Parker County
Journal was attached by st. Louis credi-
tors. The journal is all right, the attach
ment was levied upon the material lately
used by the Commercial Printing company
and was in behalf Of Weatherford creditors.
The Journal bids iAir to be the best paper
Parker has ever had and 90 far AZ can be
Judged is upon a firm basis.
Once more the farmers heart IA made