The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-05
AusrIn.

Departmental Hsads-rhe Regents-rhe
fenitentiary and Capital Bonds. Etc.
AUSTIN, May 4.-lSpecisl.l-Fe of the
Office of insurance statistics last month
$685..
The treasurer to-day received So 90 from
sales of fity cent land.
Charters filed: Southern Presbyterian
church, Marshall; Temple Hook and Lad.
der company; International Bridge and
Trsmwsy company, capital stock, $50, 900;
object, to raise bridge over the Rio
Grande at Laredo.
Many persons who have settled upon and
improved school land write to the COM
missioner of the land office, desiring TO
make payment and perfect their titles. lt
Is impossible for them to do so, as the
lands are or the market. and nothing can
be done until the organization Of the
land board, July Is. Ali persons who have
settled upon lands will be notified by the
board, and they can rest easy.
The laws will be ready tor distribution
some time next week. They have been
carefully compiled, aud the index of over
100 pages is the most complete aud best
arranged ever published.
AhV NouiHtfplitE Virtues the ASStANOr Oh
Howard county that the last |, legislature at
tached ioakum, Lerry, Linn, Borden, Daw.
son, Marun, Gaines aud Anderson counties
to Howard tor judicial purposes, but AS
loakum, Lerry and Linn were attached to
Ihrockmorton, and Borden, Dawson, Mar.
tin, Gaines and Anderson to Mitchell before
The law went into effect, the assessor of
Tnrnckmorton and Mitchell should assess
the lands OF the actual residents Of said un-
organized counties and turn tho roll over
| to the collector of Howard county.
The COMPTROLLER paid into the treasury
to-day S2l 100.
The governor to-day pardoned William
7. Weaver, sent to the penitentiary from
Parker county tor the theft of horse, tor
reason that the judge, the attorney who
prosecuted, aud the jury have doubt about
his guilt, and recommend il.
w. Henry, T. Dobbins, II. n. Embree, T.
Buchanan, w, J, Potter, S. ID. Conger, l.
Mahon, w. b. kennon,J. S Stephens, of
Dallas county, sentenced to fines and i'm.
prisonment for violation Of the local option
laws. had the Imprisonment and part of the
sentence RENTED for the reason that all
the officers of Dallas county ask it, and be-
cause II appears they were not aware they
we're violating the law.
The attorney general to-day received
telegram from the district attorney at
Orange. saying that prisoner, on trial for
murder in the first degree escaned inst ss
the evidence was concluded and srSnment
| commenced, and asked II the trial should
proceed and the case be submitted to the
jury. Under article III of the code of
| criminal procedure, the attorney general
telegrnphed that the trial be proceeded
with.
Attorney. G eneral McLeary has been
retained by the state TO prosecute The Vast
tern Union Telegraph companv I'm snits
pending against the company for taxes and
against the Pullman company.
| One of the regent, introduced n reso,,.
ton, it is said. To permit renorters ~ no
present at the meeting. but IL recei.ed N
black eye from certain of ten members
Arrangements have been made 10 oman
| the summer normal schools th, first Mon.
| day in July. IL possible and thev will h.
certainly on the second Monday. One or
| two qualifications have been rec.;vad f,r
presidency of the colored schools and tbev
will be opened at the same time.
The penitentiary board were in session
to-day. Eighteen applications werc r.
ceived for various positions. Rev q 4
Alexander, of Rusk. was appointed cbanlain
OF the Rusk prison. and Rev n NJ Dn
boise, formerly of Galveston. of Tho HINTS.
vile prison. MFR. Callen. of Nashville Tan.
nessee, was appointed TO erect the ma.
cbinery at Rnsk Wv ''"
An application received from G. II
Hammonds for twenty conyicts 10 work in
brick yard nj Hempstead and from n ~
Still for fifty to manufacturers saddle, rees
at Huntsville prison. was refused but the
board determined not TO hire conyicts for
less than rs co ITS per day.
Accounts were approyed for nurcha.o If
machinery amounting TO nearly So5 Oo0
Superintendent Gorel submitted his re.
port, showing the estimated exnensa os m.
prison per month is 1888, 53S. receints s9os
600; total number OF conyicts . o5S Of
whom 800 are within the walls nj Hunts.
vile, and 32l at Rusk,
DR.. Swarengen to-day received n tee.
gram from the mayor of BrownsviIle saw.
ing DR.. Main had been elected health otIi.
c r and would confer with the MEXICAN mn.
Ihorities at once relative 10 onarantinc mai.
ers
III, Babcock, capitol contractor. submitted
some specimens of stone from n nrarru
near Oatmsnyille which he wishes IN nso H.
the foundation of the cspitoI hpt ,ha
board refused TO accent or mass on the san,e
as their duty is TO reject or accent when The
stone is placed on the ground lie also
submitted his payroll Tor work alresJv
done as required in the contract but there
were irregularities IN IL. and IL WAS rpturnpd
for correction.
John Babcock left for Chicago this morn.
ing, and Mr.. Abner TAYLOR is looked for
daily. ~
CORRECTION OF A MIs-srArrMrsr
The report published by some papers that
the supreme court and court ofapneais have
decided directly contrary to each other in
regard to what disposition viii he made If
case when the assignment or errors is moi
filed ut the same time as the apneal bond
is erroneous. The conrt of anpeais havs
never decided the point alone In anv case
but there we're other grounds for djs.
missing the appeal when that court nsssed
upon the question. The supreme eonri
held that If the assignment Of errors 10
the opposiie marty has had amnie notica ~,