Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-08

STOCK, 9lOn,ODD
The incorporators are ID. NJ. Clar,,
son OF Kinney county; James Lin
! gan OF New Orleans; j. =. Hodgsn
of Colorado City, Texas Lain ~ =
Berry and Henry G.. King of -
Columbus Epson of Bexar eount,
The company will slaughter c,ttjs
manufacture ice and ship refripernte,
meats. e0i"'e'
The land board to-day fixed tho fao
OF state agents, who are To soil land
at i've per cent. on the payment =
one-thirtieth of the purchase mnna,,
and instructed M. G. Davis of Jona,
county to proceed to sell the lands II
that county. =
The Encouragement this mornino
decided that patents could NOT issna r.
Mi. Montgomery OH the lands alluded
TO In yesterdays special, and tho
money, something over $3O,0O0 which
he paid into the treasury will be re.
funded to him. 80 " AZ
The board of managers awarded ~,
contract to furnish gas to the lnnatio
asylum to the old as con.S,,,v.
The assessment rolls of Travia o,a
Young counties were received today
Increase IN values over last wear In
Travis, 81 100000. 's"i ~
The iunatic asylum board ner,.o,od
the contract with the Austin Gas a,a
Coal company to supply the lunatic
asylum with gas. '''''
Work on the deaf and dumb ;,s,i.
tule progresses slowly, and The sohonI
viii not open until December 1st Tha
building, like nearly all the public
ones in Texas, sacrifices stapii D
architectural beauty. conyeniences a,i
everything else for space and "cbson
John" work, and this is going To 1 ,pp
the case with the Terrell asvIun
There is not practical builder or
architect In or out of the state who MI,
admit for a moment that a buildinr
covering the area and constructed -
accommodate rs many persona ne the
Terrell asylum is to provide for can
be built, as it should be. for
SlS0,030. In truth, building
of the size, constructed to stand
for ages and having tbe
convenience and architectural beautv
that public building sbouia
have in state like Texas cannot he
put up at a less cost than $3.50 COo and
IL will be far cheaper at that nrica
than one to cost SiS).O0O in mhioh
everything is TO be sacrificed for snaca
1t is high time this state was orrani.
Zlng board of public works to be
composed OF men of ability and prac-
'lcai building and engineering sense.
Asylum and other puolic buildings in
1 eXas should be constructed with n
view of future needs. They should be
well built, of the very best material
and In style aud beauty should be in
Keeping with the wealth and grandeur
OF the state. We have had enough of
cheap john. shoddy work.
You can pass 1t along that it is pref
ty well settled that that we are to
have an extra session of the Legislature.
The land law is so entirely imprac-
ticabie that it needs thorough revis- !
ion, or better STILL an entire wipino
out. Something must be done to pro- |
tect fences of stock men. Sometime |
must be dom SO the university can |
use the interest on land notes. the
heads of departments must be relieved |
from duty on boards so that they may
attend to their legitimate duties: laws
must be passed to give force and effect
to the amendments, taxes reduced and
other things attended to, and altogeth-
er IL VIII pay the people
To have an extra session and
from indications there will be one.
Burglars continue to work the town |
in spite of the police force, which by |
the way is so reduced in numbers that |
1t is almost useless
Disastrous fires are reported in San
Saba, Mccullough and Concho coun-