The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-08-03
SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
CHARTER OF A NEW ROAD FILED
AT AUSTIN.
Colonel Britton Dual fees Luuatj c
Board Trouble Row Il a
Gambling Den
OTHER NEWS FROM OVER rur STATE

pro.f Tr', gram go The Eruansr
AUSTIN, August FL The attorney gen
rr.l rendered his decision tu-laN In the
Agricultural ana Mechanical college Gus.
l.hr comptroller iCiu.ed to honor the
rcluistion OF the board tor S2O,OOl. and
asked the attorney = neral if any pat ct
the appropriation Tor the support aud
malutD nance ut the college cIu be used
to build fences houses, etc, aud also Il
the noart can appoint Us financial agent,
and through him, draw ont the money APP
proprited without the approval ot the
vouchers. These questions were all uu-
-wcryd in the affirmative. Upon this de-
Dsiou the req Iisitiuu will be- paid.
The charter " the Texas aud Louis
Hua rHlroul company, capital stock
100000, was filed to day The road is
tu begin ON the Sabine river, in Newton
county, and pass through the counties
NJ jasper TYLER, Polk, Sm JHcintO,
Walker, Grimes Bra1os, Burlcsun, Rob
crtsun and Milan, g. point in William
sou county, on the line Of the Austin and
Northwestern narrow guug"
he b ard composed VI the governor,
comptroller and trcHsurcf will meet Sat
urIuy To- examine the competitive plans
for the tcrrrll luuatlc asylum.
The collectors ut Bralps, smith and
/ Mason counties settled to-day.
. Revenue receipts, $500, and SllOOO to
the account OF the university, school and
asylum funds.
The governor to-day pnrdoncd !. H..
Clark, Jr., suutonoei In April last To i've
Years, II IN III pHso county. for the THEFT
ut u horse. The boy yOluut Tilv RETURN Il
the horse before he was prosecuted. lie
was Only IL Years old and the jury
which uipd mm recommended the Imdun
100 their verdict.
The pcutcntnry honrl will meet to-
morrow.
Col j. II. Britlon qualified us state en-
guc,r To-day, and opcnci his ofc' in the
capitol file appointed Carl Meyers his
secretary
II lis reported tha; the dcposcl member.
ut tile uuntic asylum board will contest
Mo governor right ro remove them.
Fee, in the land Office for July were
FGOlO.
\ negro named Tom Garrett was shot
by another negro named Bird Penn this
utcmup m in - gambling den In the lower
part OF the city. Ills thigh wa, broken.
Dudley Noutan WAS elected county at
iuruCy 'O-IHy
Goyenr ireland, in granting par
don to John Hill cunv ctcd of murder
the district court Of Muntg merry
cou.ty, aud sentcuc Il to forty years i'm
pri,oumrnt in 1879, explains. This man
has rived evcrul Netrs in the peuiten
tlur,, and tue olluuse arose ia ayengiuy
an insult to female relative, The sen
tcuce was 70 very severe one. His con
'uct has been good. All the officers of
Montgomery county, including the
prosecuting ttoruoy and many good cit
i2ens, ask for his pardon, and for Il
those reasons pardon IL granted to him
on condition that It shall hc revoked ON
Ina frat violation N Tia" criminal law Of
this state.
There was u meeting OF the land board
Yesterday. Various matters ui routine
character were discussed. The board IC-
tcrmiuel to investigate the old rolls and
valuations OF the tree school, university
AMI asylum lands that have been sur.
Nuyrd, with u view to their arc'ptlnrc or
rejection. The rolls are sent mp hy the
county surveyor and commissioner.
courts Of the various counties. Captain
GOuch, OF the land office TO co, Wa So
lcclod TO 20 over the rolls. As -oor
as the board are ready to reccly,
bids tor sale or lease of lands, maps o.
them will Dee sent 10 the Il n rent county
surveyors tor general Information.
The match shoot between the Arstir
nd San Antonio gun clubs had Nv,
hundred and fifty shot The AustI
club won by seventy shots