The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
TUESDAY.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.


TUESDAY.
Anderson county railroad subsidy
bonds, to the amount of $1,000, are Of
fered to the board of education, and
will probably be accepted when the
comptroller re. urns, as they are Of
fered on the terms heretofore accept
ed by the board.
The charter of the Texas Land and
Cattle company, with principal office
at Austin, and capital of 100000, was
filed Yesterday with the secretary OF
state. The incorporators are Warren
F. Putnam, Exeter, N. H.; Geo. A.
Wentworth. Exeter, n. H.; Benjamin
S. Harding, Des Moines, Iowa; Hubert
II. Smith, Boston; w. w. Simohd's,
Dallas, Texas, and Hayes Lougee, Pc
cos, Texas.
Gov. Ireland has appointed John A.
Gordon, Esq, at present one OF the ell
ficient assistants in the attorney gen
erals office, to be district attorney of
the Tenth judicial district composed
OF Wise, Jack and other counties, in
place of L. G. Sparkman, Esq, re-
signed. Mr.. Gordon is talented
young attorney and will doubtless
take good care of the interests of the
commonwealth in that section.
ATTORNEY GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
A Justice of the peace in Howard
county, desiring to have his office out
side of his judicial precinct, on ac-
count of better street facilities, the
attorney general informs him that he
can't make the change. Seats OF JUS
tice must be within the limits of the
Justices Jurisdiction,
Mr.. Gordon, clerk of this Office, as
elsewhere noticed, is appointed dis
trict attorney of the tenth district.
FISH COMMISSIONERS DEPARTMENT.
The fish commissioner is in receipt |
of a letter of the 18th inst. from |
Comptroller Swain, writing from |
GAINESVILLE, Red River county, stating |
that out of $50 carp, which the COM
missioner sent him and other parties, |
only one of them died in transit. The |
commissioner continues lucky in |
nearly every shipment. He has dis |
tributed fish in most of the counties |
of the state, complying with every |
requisition that has been made for |
them.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Osce Goodwin, of Waxahachie, reg
istered yesterday as student in the |
law department of the university
making 1893 students in all depart |
ments matriculated up to this time.
The following announcement APP
pears upon the university bulletin |
board: In view of the fact that the |
governor has issued his proclamation |
recognizing Thursday the 10Th inst,
as day of thanksgiving, it is order
ed by the faculty of the university of |
n no &c of no IITDiE
Sity be suspended during that dBy.
S. RAGSDALE, Secretary.
The proctor has drawn for $5349.49 |
in favor of Messrs, Elmer 81 Amend, |
New Y ork, for apparatus purchased for |
the university by Prof. Mallet.
PENITENTIARY REPORT.
The financial agent of the state |
penitentiarieS has prepared his usual |
monthly report to the penitentiary
board, as follows:
HUNTSVILLE, Tex, Nov. II, '83.
Governor Ireland, Messrs. l: G. Searcy and |
Walter Tips, State Penitentiary Board, Aus
tin, Texas:
GENTLEMEN:-I have the honor to |
transmit to the comptroller of public |
accounts, through your honorable |
board, my report Of receipts and dis
bursements as financial agent of the |
Texas state Eenitentiaries, from the |
first to the thirty-first day of October,
1883, inclusive, accompanied with re-
ceipted vouchers for the amounts paid |
out by me. / also enclose copies of |
invoices for all supplies purchased by
me for the two penitentiaries and the
outside camps, during, the month Of |
October for your inspection.
AS shown by my last report Sndi2g
September 80, 1885. Lad on hand a
balance Of; J., ....... :. s27,C4l II
of October for the hire of convict
labor ON the railroads and farms,
and for work done at the Hunts
vile penitentiary, and from other
sources. Observation-Disclosures. ........ S34,67s OF |
Total So, 319 IS |
And have paid out as per vouchers
tiary. ........... ..:............ SSo,O64 80
AT the Rusk penltentiary ............ 5,127 SO |
Total. 1922 &c |
October 81, 1883, of. -. 49,. S29,127 90
Which was deposited as follows:
Cash in my hands at Huntsville. -. 1915 %
agent at Rusk ............ go. 52s Sc |
bank s14,423 25
SEQ. Observation-Disclosures. 1850 10
Total $50, 127 %
AS shown by my report and accom-
panying vouchers the salaries of all |
officers, employees, sergeants and guards
at the Huntsville and RuSk peniten-
tiaries, and on the railroads and farms
forces, have been paid for the month
of September, and the two prisons and
railroad trains have been supplied
with provisions sufficient to last until
December 1. The medical bills, beef
accounts, ETC., for the railroads and
trains for September have also been
paid.
During the month of October, out
side of our regular monthly expenses,
have paid out as follows:
For lumber and material for improve
ment at Huntsville. ....,.............S1 ,703
For lumber and material for improve
ment at Rusk. ................ 1,I97 II
For material for wagon shop at Hunts
Wet shoes. ........................ ,s45 rs
Cards, clothing, ETC., for factory 449 Il
For paints, oils, ETC., wagon and cabi-
Wool for winter clothing ............ 100 GO
Convict socks for winter. ............. 566 81
Four mules for Wynne farm .......... 425 90
Three COWS and calves for Huntsville
Hogs for the Wynne farm. ............ Is 50
at Huntsville. ~. $3.50 15s Oh
Total. $3.50. ................s 81 s62 Oh
Our available resources for Novem-
Der will be as follows:
1855. @ .... ' -. ;s2s,i27 p
trains for October. . ~ 1c,4o5 IL
Der NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. :. 100. c -. 49,. 1880 90
Proceeds of twelve cane wagons sold
4. H. Cunningham. ........... :. 900 90
ris =. o' sV'>' ... o 800 90
tentaries estimated o' .. pen 5000 90
Total. ............. .S6s,762 %
Our expenses to be paid out of this
amount, 500, 1925, known and estl-
l,o .1rirn nafn oil FOL