The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-18
THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
SATURDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.


lowing telegram from Maj. h. a.
Burke, director-general of the cotton
exposition, to be held in New Orleans
in 1884:
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. II, 1883.
Gov. John Ireland:
l respectfully and earnestly request
that you present the subject OF the
Worlds industrial and cotton centen-
NAL exposition to the legislature, at
its earliest meeting, aud trust you
will find it consistent with your views
of public policy to recommend an APP
preparation sufficient to secure prop
er presentation of the resources and
industries of your state.
He also requests the governor to APP
point commissioners. The governor
has not indicated his reply.
Gov. Ireland is also in receipt Of a
letter from citizen of Saltillo, Next
co, in which the party writes as fol-
lows:
Excuse me for informing you that
your recent visit to this capital has
made great impression upon my
countrymen. They believe you to be
an orator and statesmen and friend
of Mexico, and they have in you per-
feet confidence. Your speech at the
banquet will tend greatly towards es-
tablishing the friendly relations of
both countries on firmer basis"
The governor has letter from the
mayor of Galveston inquirIng about
aiding emigrants, to which he will
necessarily have to reply there is no
provision made by the state.
The governor and secretary OF state
are preparing list of delegates to be
appointed to attend the co ton plant
ers' and agricultural convention, to be
held at Vicksburg, Nov. 18th.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of the Durango Co.
operative Association, patrons of hus-
bandry of Falls county, capital stock
$4,000, was filed yesterday.
Also, charter of Prospect Hill Street
Railway, capital stock $4,000. In
corporators, j. II. McCleary. Z. j.
Moss, James Means, Thomas j. De-
vine and Sam Maverick. Prospect
Hill is in the suburbs of San Antonio.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
There was a meeting of the board
yesterday, at which provision was
made to distribute the appropriation
received from the Peabody fund for
Olllo Cdl W JLO ObStIC ONllOO4O.
It is confined to these institutions be-
cause the allowance this year for
Texas is considerably less than pre-
vious years, and is thus limited be-
cause it would otherwise be of little
practical benefit to any one section.
The board further provided for the
purchase of chemical apparatus for
the normal schools, for which provi-
sion was made by the last legislature.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
A meeting of the land board was
called yesterday, without action, for
the purpose of considering applica-
tions for the lease of large bodies Of
school lands. Messrs. Coombs 81 Eli
son apply for 100 sections.
Messrs. Owen Il Senger and Har-
rison and Fleming have filed speci-
mems of valuable minerals from Ell
Paso county.
COMPTROLLER's DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller has completed for
the board of education the purchase
of Smith and Anderson county bonds,
paying par for a lot of $4,000 6 per
cents. Also purchased $4,000 of
Mitchell county bonds, which were
yesterday deposited in the treasury.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
The roof over the larger portion of
the new university building will be
completed next week; and in view of
the probability of the rooms now used
for university Rotations in the tenn
porary capitol being required for the
legislature, some OF the rooms in the
university will be gotten ready in a
few weeks for the use of the faculty.
Some of the university officials imag.
inc, however, that the extra session
of the legislature will not be convened
till January.
No new students registered yester-
day.
TIE CAPITOL BOARD.
There was a meeting of this board
called yesterday, but no business of
interest was conSummated.
THE LAND FRAUD BOARD.
The two members of the board,
Messrs. Patton and Hall. are daily
engaged in the examination of wit
nesSeS and taking mass Of testimony
bearing on the subject of land frauds;
but under resolution of the board
the results of their Investigations are
not indicated to the public, and not
likely to be, at least till Col. De Morse,
another member of the board, who is
expected Monday, arrives.
Yesterday two citizens of Gaines
vile were examined as to files on
school lands in Wheeler county, made
in the name of citizens of Cooke
county, about which claims there was
considerable discussion in the last
legislature. 1t is understood, how
ever, that the witnesses testified that
the transactions, so far as they
were concerned were in every instance
correct.
EX-Attorney General McLeary was
also before the board, ON the question
of the Gibson certificates, which, it
will be remembered, were issued de-
spite an informal protest of Gov. Hub
bard, which the governor simply adj
dressed to Land Commissioner Groos,
instead of having the comptroller's
order for the issuance of the certif-
Gates withdrawn from the general
land office. This latter course, for
which there was already precedent
connected with the same matter dur
ing the Coke administration, if it had
been followed by Gov. Hubbard,
would have prevented the consumma-
ton of any frauds.
MONDAY.