Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11
THE STATE CAPITAL.
EXCESS IN THE LAND GRANT TO
THE TEXAS PACIFIC
RAILWAY.
A Domain az Five Hundred sections Fo,.
ter's Indignation --Cscistng Main
"A Chalienge-The
Amendments.

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ter's Indignation --C.ciing Main
"A Chalicnge-Ths
Amendments.
Special TO the Gazette.
Austin, August lott will be re.
niehbered that the land grant to the
Texas Pacific railway by the state Is
some five miles wider than IL should
b. on the ground. The company hav-
lug authority, surveyed the land. re-
turned the field notes, which are cor
rect, To the land Office, but on the
ground the excess mentioned, which
embraces about five hundred sections.
exists. This error caused the COM
'ani -sioner OF til. land Office to with
draw all lands In I'll Paso county from
The III rket until il could be corrected.
which is now about to be accomplished.
Some time ago the company dis
claimed any intention to wrong the
state, and offered to pay the expenses
of u surveyor to be appointed by the
stare to ran the lines and establish the
boundaries In accordance with the
field notes In the land Office, but
at the time Commits ,ioner Walsh
had no authority to enter into any
such agreement Since then, the
school land board have conclude To
a 'cept tie prop ,sition and have n ,ti-
II ID the company as soon as this error
Is corrected the lands in I'll Paso coun-
" will be put on the market.
Tue state land board have received
several applications to lease land in
bodies ranging from ten to fur hun
dred sc .tions, but as yet the board has
made no provisions for leasing. These
applications are generally from small
owners. The big land men, IL Is al
legged, oppose the l-ase system in
toto.
The heirs of Ex-Comptroller Bledsoe
Were paid 81, 900 to-day, furnished by
him in prosecuting the suit against
the international railway.
Tue general revenue paid i'll to-day
WAS $1,000.
The encouragement ruled to-day
that Il city council had no power under
the act of 1888 to remove the schoo;
trustees elected under the act of 1879.
The question comes up from Denton
but is of interest To Fort Worth.
A special in the Statesman this
morning from Dallas, charging in sub
stance that Postoilice Inspector Foster
and Others have organized dark lam
tern association for the purpose of out
| ing postmasters whom they do not
like, excited that gentleman's ire, and
he says that the hireling scoundrel
who peEned the scrawling manuscript
dared not sign his name thereto, but
! like many other bastard and cowardly
poltoons, stands behind the an
Il al, a IA
aid of others To ,arnish the names OF
those he feared to face. With TEND
| inspired ia school he came out an
anonymously, gave those he would
iniure no chance to know hint and
v ew his hideous features, reeking
with Shiny andtreacherous falsehoods
A self-branded liar and u would-te
tniefefl The fair fame ana good reputa.
Lts0n OF others, and the
English vocabulary fails {,
oss IS words strong enough to
exp ess the viturperatiun that every
no lest citizen feels. Inspector Foster
! fur her says that to-days postal asio.
ella ion, of which he has the honor to
be president, Is not II dark lantern as
ISOLATION, but public and free to all
Its constitution and bylaws, its official
and business transactions, have been
published in full. An election will bt
held in the United States court room
In Austin OH May I'd next. It's sol,
object Is to promote the efficiency o
the postal service at all times, and vii
receive my best endeavors.
Marshal Gosling complains that Ger
tain parties are palming themselves
oil as his deputies III certain portions
of his district.
A boy aged nine dangerously sho
himself through the neck to-day while
fooling with an un!oaded gun.
The Ladies' Bazaar was well attended
tonight, and the affair netted the ar
tillery company several hundred dol
lars.
The cooking main during the com
ing fair will probably he the most IN
ter, sting ever witnessed in the state
Over three thousand dollars has beei
raised to be give as premiums. TIT
natural genial Bob Hoieman ha
great deal to do in getting up thu
feature of the many pustimes that WI
! make the fair interesting. 1t Is under
stood here that George holland OF For
Worth oilers 10 match any person Out
r side of the state with birds welglin!
live pounds eight ounces, for Sl,Oco
: Bob HOlemull Is III receipt Oh lelter
from all over the country indicating
! that there will be large attendance
I. New corn is coming in, ana sell
from wagons ut sixty cents per bushel
: Oats readily command forty cents PEI
: bushel. Prices are firm, with de
, cided upward tendency.
/ The Reds are thinking seriously o
sending the Fort Worth base ballists /;
challenge. Should they do so and l
is accepted. the inimitable Bob Stew
. art of the Reds says you can pass
:, along on an attractive silver salve
: that the Fort boys will be badl,
: scooped
!, Very little interest is being mani
tested in the election which comes OF
!. next Tuesday, but there Is but nth
doubt bu. what the amendment Wi
be adopted by II very large majority
: AS this news is waited from othe
). part of the state the statesman Is SAL
= and weeping by the sparkling water
{ OF the silyery \ dorado and signs for
Q very large majority of Rutabuga JONI
.nns Afar Off in North Texas WheT