The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-05
STATE SPECIALS



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Austin.
Special W the Herald
AumiN. December cs-'rho Comptr0lleI
having ruled that the authority delegated
hy the Board Of University ItcRcnls 70 ths
Governor of approving vouchers 81 mo pro,
lessons of the Agricultural ~ Mechanical
College and the COlored Normal School was
Illegal, Doctor Ashbel Smith, President oil
the board OF Regents, has written e
Tho Governor that he will
be In Austin tomorrow with
the view of explaining the difficulty
intorposed by the Comptroller's decisior.-
Five cases of smallpox OF the continent
type have developed in the hospital tent
in the family Of the Swede, two Of whose
The Governor today commits,
engineer TO inspect the Texas 4
st. Louis Marrow Gauge Railroad, com
pleted between Corsicana and Waco.
An old man named Andrew Campbell
was found on the street to-day in an uncon-
scous condition, and beyond recovery, from
the effects of whisky and morphine. He
was conveyed by some colored people to the
courthouse, where he lay for upward Of an
hour exposed to public view. The sufferer
proved to be highly connected in Balti-
more.
The Greenbackcrs are making ample
preparations for the reception OF ex-Con.
gresham Gillette, of Iowa, who is expected
to speak here on the 30th inst.
AUSTIN, December 29.-The Decatur
Street Car Company, capital stock $4,000
filed charter to-day. Charters were also
filed by the Austin ~ Central Texas Com
pany, capital stock $3.50, 600 and the Texas
Tie and Timber Preserving Company, OF
Dallas, capital stock 100000. The latter
company is organized for the purpose OF
preserving timber, lumber and railway ties,
according to the patent process of Hugh E.
Hugh Il. Kreuter, James B. Simpson, w.
HI. Flippen and Geo. w. Elliott.
The Governor to-day pardoncl two col
ored convicts-Nancy Holmes, of Llano
county, and Jane -, Of Galveston, under
life sentence for infanticide in each case.
These pardons were granted on evidence of
the women's reformation.
years each in the following cases, on ac-
count of good cor1uct: Sanders Griffin, of
Travis county, theft Of buggy, eight years.
sentenced in 1877; Sam A. Bokan, Of
Hill county horse theft, fifteen years,
1877; II. b. Leverett Delta county,
mule theft, eight years, 1878; George Wins
worth, of johnson county, horse theft,
SeNcIl JcuTS, 1910, JOll nOOTe,
county, horse theft, fifteen years, date of
sentence not given Mark Pceler, Johnson
county, horse theft, ten years, date Of sem
tence not given.
There are now seven well-dcveloped and
three suspected cases of smallpox in the
hospital tent
Austin, December 3O.-Dr. Denton, who
by tho city, is reported as taken with the
symptoms ofthe disease. Two new cases,
it is feared, have appeared in the city.
Ex-CongreSsnan Gillette addressed q
meeting to-day on the subject of capital
and labor, in which he expressed diretul fore
holdings of the near future of this country
if the public fail of supplying timely
remedy.
The President of the Board of University
Regents called on the Comptroller to-day in
relation to the refusal of the latter to audit
vouchers of the branch college approved by
the Governor by Write of the authority
delegated him by the Board. The Comp
troller reasserted his ruling and intinated
that after the vouchers had been properly
endorsed and attested, the question OF cor
rect charge would come up.
AUSTIN, December 3l.-TLe bids for the
capitol lands were opened to-day. Two
bids were made-Waltsr Scheill, of Rock
Island, Illinois, Offering with some change
in the specifications, and contract, to
erect the Dullulng Tor the three
million acres; and A. a. Burck, of Rock
dale, Texas, with some changes in tho con-
tract, offering TO build for two million
nine hundred and seventy thousand acres,
the capitol. The board will consider the
propositions on Monday. Both bids are
backed by syndicates, each representing
millions
The Fort Worth Packing Company, with
capital stock of $4,000, filed a charter
To-day. The company is organized for the
purpose of packing and curing meats.
The Governor to-day pardoned twenty
convicts, ranging between sixteen and
thirteen years, on account of their youth |
He also pardoned Harry Grace, of Dallas
county, aged seventeen years, for good con-
duct and on account of disease. The youths
include ]. Buricson, Dick Clayton, Jesse |
Lee, of Tarrant; George Hubert, of Hunt,
and Tom Green. of Dallas.
Two new cases of smallpox are reported.
DIR. Swcaringen has taken charge of the in
fected camp, DIR. Denton being down with
the contagion. The new cases are mani |
testify ofa,less malignant type, and 1t is
believed that the disease, with present pre-
cautions, will not spread. u
The TreaSury.during December took in
SCI, sfr from HE sale oflands, less So, 500 in
terest on land money.