The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-09
Austin
Special to the Herald

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AusrIN. February 1.-The attorney
generals report made public to-day, shows
the following feonies in 1881: Murder,
354; theft, 2,l3O; arson, thrty-two; perjury,
ninety-fve; rape, fortysix; robbery
eighty; forgery, 12l; burglary, 2li; EN-
Oezzement. forty-two; other tr,onies, l,O95
total, POS; $50 convictions, against n total o
3,525, convictions in 1880. The attorney
general, in reply to certain railroad com
panies asking that suits against them for
failing to meet their annual reports within
the time prescribed by law, says: 81 do
not consider my duty as acknowledgement
extends to more than enforcing the law as
find it in the statute books"
Dirt was broken this morning by Sub
Contractor c. Reecy in eXcavating for the
new capital.
AUSTIN, February 1.-The attorney gen
eral to-day filed suits against twenty. seven
railroad corporations for failure to comply
with the law requiring them to report an
nually to the comptroller. Suit will be en-
tered against eighteen of the companies to-
morrow. The penalty is $1,000.
The governor will attend at Bryan dur
ing the meeting OF the Agricultural and
Mechanical college directors on the 9th in
slant.
Offers of money to run the Prairie View
normal school have been made by Captain
Burrows, of Galveston, and Mr.. Frank
Hamilton, of Austin; and an offer of three
months provisions, valued at $500 month,
by Carson e. Ellis, of Houston. The gov
ernor says the school will 20 ahead.
In the Reuben Boycc trial to-day num-
Der of witnesses were put on the stand,
who testified that defendant was in Burnett
county when the stage robbery, with which
he is charged, was committed in Menard
county.
Don Juan Piana, a well-known demo-
cratic politician of Brownsville, was put in
the lunatic asylum today.
The smallpox camp will be broken up
on Saturday. The two remaining conva-
lescent cases are to be discharged by that
time.
AUSTIN, February st is proposed by
Commissioner Walsh in his report, to be
sent in before the meeting of the
extra session of the legislature.
to invite attention to the necessity of
amending the existing mining laws to cover
school lands believed to contain minerals.
The commissioner has had his attention
invited to six sections in one
district, rich in coal deposits.
The Encouragement filed suit to-day in
the county court of Travis county against
the New Orleans, Texas IL Pacific railway
company for failure TO comply with TIE law
comptroller.
George SINGER and Frank Scott were each
sentenced to five years to day for horse
stealing.
The comptroller has refused To issue
warrants on the accounts of the pro-
fessors of the Agricultural and Me
chanical college for January. aggre.
eating 81 ,I97, which includes Professor
Van Finkle's salary for December; because
said accounts, though approved by the gov-
ernor, were not attested by the secretary OF
the board as the law requires.
A friend of Governor Throckmorton, in
this city, has authority for stating that he
(Throckmorton) will not allow the use of
his name for governor in any way in the APP
preaching election.
The heaviest rain experienced for years
fell last night.
AUSTIN, February 4.-The commissioner
IT insurance, in communication to thc
aliutant- general, asked for advice as to
how he shall proceed in the matter of suit
against the twenty-scven insurance com
rHlncs who had not complied with
ne laws, while, issuing policies on The
stock of Messrs. Greenleye, Block d Co., O!
Calves ton. recently burned ny.
Adiutant- General King has left for El
Paso, on a tour of inspection.
A cutting ARRAY occurred this afternoon
between NJ. Bailey and Jim
Alexander, both colored, in which the for
mer was probably fatally stabbed. Bailey
provoked the fight aud stabbed Alexander
slightly before the latter drew his knife
Captain Abner Taylor and Mcs,rs. Bah
cock and Fowler. Of the new capitol syndi-
cate, will arrive tomorrow to complete
their bond, open in Office, etc.