The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-15
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
FRIDAY.
STATE DEPARTMENT.

STATE DEPARTMENT.
An amendment to the charter OF
the Noble Mining company, making
change in the directors, was filed
yesterday with the secretary of state,
Also charter of the Jumbo Cattle
company, of Colorado City, capital
stock $4,000.
Also charter of Decatur Live Stock
and Land company, OF Decatur, filed
by Col. J. w. Booth, one of the incor-
porators. The capital stock OF the
company is fixed at $4,000.
COMPTROLLER DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller is considering the
question of increasing the assessm ent
of lands in unorganized counties
owned by non-residents, from 90 to
rs cents per acre; but the question
will not be pressed till another year,
as the parties have already paid their
taxes under the old assessment.
The comptroller, acting for the
board of education, has up to date pur-
chased and contracted for about one
million of dollars in county bonds, all
for account of permanent investment
of the school fund. The bonds are
paid for half coin and half cur
rency.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Commissioner Walsh has been in
consultation with the attorney gen.
eral in reference to the claim of r.
K. Montgomery to about 10000 acres
of land in which it WILDE remember
ed, as. stated some time ago in THE
STATESMAN, M. Montgomery refused
to receive back the money which he
had paid to the state intending to as
Sert his claim to the land which he
claims to have bought in good faith.
Mr.. Montgomery wants the question
reopened for additional showing in
his behalf.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Two students matriculated yester-
day, Milton S. Monroe, of San Anton
10, and Miss Katie Moore, of Calves
ton, making 1875 registered up to this
date.
The family of Prof. Wagner ar
rived here yesterday. His baby was
hurt by falling from the cars while in
slow motion, but not seriously we
hope.
Prof. Humphreys family is ex-
pected to-day.
Prof. Mailet's family may be ex-
pected shortly. His son has been
here some weeks.
THE A. AND NJ. COLLEGE.
Owing to the fact that some time
ago $4,000 was drawn out of the
state treasury on acquisitions for con-
templated improvements, and no
vouchers have been filed to show how
the money is being expended, the
comptroller has refused to honor fur
ther acquisitions.
Mr.. Taliafero, Of Bryan, reports
over 100 students in attendance at the
college this session, one-third of whom
are in the agricultural department.
This department is doing better than
anticipated.
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
Lieutenant Gillespie, OF Company
E., writes from Preside county, near
Fort Davis, that he had returned from
a scout of about 200 miles in search of
depredating Indians, but found none.
The following arrests were made by
his scouts and officers of his command:
1t. Sedberry went to Victoria
and captured a man named LiraSso
charged with theft.
Corporal Brown arrested Judd
Clay, charged with murder committed
near Saragossa.
Corporal Sheffield arrested Epenio
Pedro, charge not stated.
Private Davis captured Donjena
Sylvas, charged with cattle steal
ing.
Lieut.. Gillespie arrested young
Fly, charged with killing the saloon
keeper, Wishart, at Murphyville, in
Presidio county. He is son
of Maj. Fly, ex.member of the
legislature from Gonzales county,
and cousin of the young man of the
same name, about whom some ro-
nance has been recited as lover of
Miss Ord, one of the daughters of
Gen. Ord, and who was recently
killed in a quarrel by Mr.. Ward, of
San Antonio. From such accounts as
has reached the adjutant general,
the killing of Wishart was evidently
in self-defense. 1t is stated that Mr..
Wishart took offense at Mr.. Fly's
tapping him on the shoulder, without,
however, as the latter ex-
planned, meaning any offense; and
the deceased firing at him from be-
hind his counter, Fly returned the
fire with fatal effect.
The Apache Rocket, published at
Fort Davis, alludes as follows to the
preliminary examination of the case:
The court OF the justice of the peace
of Fort Davis presided over by q. II.
Perrin, had preliminary examina-
ton on last Monday in the case of the
state of Texas VS.. Milton Fly, the
state represented by A. z. Tugwell,
and the defendant by Mr.. Davidson,
of the firm of Fly & Davidson, Con
zales. The defendant plead not guilty
to the affidavit filed in said cause,
charging him with the murder of Al.
Wishart on the 25th of October. 1883,
in the town of Murphyville, in Presi-
dio county. The testimony abduced
and elected in the case was volumi-
nous. The witnesses introduced
were principally for the state, the
defendant putting on the stand only
two witnesses and resting his case.
1t would not require legal mind to
see the legal drift and effect of the
testimony. An observer of ordinary
intelligence, acquainted with the
usual expressions common in the af-
fairs of human conduct and action in
the pursuits of every day life could
really see complete case of self-de-
Tense made out. Even to view the
case from the standpoint of evidence
made by the state the same legal con-
cluSion would inevitably follow. The
first question to be determined by the
court in this character of cases is
whether or not the case is bailable,
and if so, what amount of bail. 1t
was quickly decided that the case was
bailable one, and defendants bail
was fixed lat $1,000 to appear before
the district court of Preside county
next March, which was Immediately
given.
THE COURTS.