The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-09
DEPARTMENT NOTES.

that can be inaugurated and managed
cceSsfully.-DallaS Herald.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
Gov. Ireland, Treasurer Lubbock
and Comptroller Swain having all
gone to the soldiers reunion, at Nc
Kinney, there was less interest yes
terdav in the departments than
usual.
CONTROLLERS DEPARTMENT.
About $500 was the aggregate of
payments into the treasury, being
usual collections for account of the
general fund.
B. II. Pitman, collector of Coleman
county, and Z. T. Towles, collector of
Van Zandt county, settled their ac-
counts at the comptroller's office.
The collector of Parker county, E.
B. Ross, also settled.
The assessment rolls of Franklin,
Titus and Rockwell counties were re-
ceived but not footed. The rolls of
Washington county show an increase
in values of 100000, which is a very
large increase for comparatively
small county.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The requisition of $4,000 in favor
of the A. and M. college was paid yes
terday, under the recent decision of
the attorney general, that the requi-
sition was sufficient voucher.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
Charters were filed with the secre-
tary of state yesterday as follows:
GTeenville street railway company,
at Greenville in Hunt county. Capt.
tai $4,000.
Horse shoe and cattle. company,
Fort Worth. Capital 100000.
Northwest Texas horse company,
at Cisco. Capital 100000; and Union
school community in Hamilton coun-
ty.
Mr.. Walton, chief cherk in the Of
flee, has gone to attend the soldiers
reunion at Mckinney.
FISH COMMISSIONER.
State Senator J. G. Buchanan was
in the Office of Fish Commissioner
Lubbock yesterday, and acknowledged
the receipt of 200 carp sent him some
time since to his home in Mlneola,
where they were. received in good con-
dition and distributed to the parties
who had applied for them.
The commissioner has sent lot as
far Ell Paso in charge of Mr.. Bernard
Zimpelman.
THE DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.
Col. Ford, superintendent of the
eaf and dumb asylum, gives notice
by circulars that deaf mutes cannot
be received at the asylum until the
buildings are completed, when the
public will be notified.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
The land board are in receipt of
some very fine specimens of silver ore
from Ell Paso county.
Messrs. Owen s. Miller filed claim
No. on section IA, block 66, township
Z, and claim No. 2 on the same land.
Messrs. W. Ell. Wynne and Howard
filed claim on survey No. 2, claims
Nos. and on the same section, etc.,
as above described. The claims are
on different parts of the section, and
not in conflict with each other.
A noticeable feature in the land
department is the active and largely
increased demand for lands in Texas
There is in the city now company of
large capitalists, headed by Gen.
McClernand, of Illinois, and repre-
sented by Mr.. Judson as their agent,
whose object is to invest hundreds of
thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars
in the purchase of public lands in
this state.
The Illinois Company, who are
here to purchase lands, are probably
surprised to find that they have to
await the action of the land board.
One gentleman called on the clerk of
the board ready with check for $751;
600. The university lands will prob
ably be offered only for lease, though
the board, for all we know, may con
clude, at their special meeting to-
morrow, to sell some of them.
The free school lands will be
offered at public auction to the highest
bidder as soon as the board are ready
to act. They will be sold by counties
alphabetically. commencing say with
Angelina county, after due
notice in each county and in the
papers by advertisements, so that bid
ders from all sections of the county
may be duly appraised of the fact.
Commissioner Walsh's proposition to
dispose of them where there was
most demand for them would perhaps
have been than the alphabetical plan.
AS it is, judging from the inquiries
for them they will all be disposed of
readily enough.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
The board of regents, at their meet
ing tomorrow, Will doubtless have
great deal of work to do, incident to
getting the state university into sue
cessful operation. In this state,
where there are such vast land inter-
eSts, it is important that a chair of
engineering, for one thing, should be
established, or, at all events, AN assistant
professor of mathematics appointed
to assist the professor of mathematics
as an adjunct in the branch of ap-
piled mathematics. Prof. Mallet, too,
will likely need an assistant in his de-
partment.
An important question, also, is that
of providing quarters temporarily for
the opening of the institution, in
event the university is not
completed In time. Per
haps sufficient temporary accom-
modations can be secured in the state
capitol by using the senate chamber,
the hall of the house of representa-
tives, and other departments In the
state capitol which are not now used,
and will not be for some time; say till
January. Boarding provisions for
the students and some arrangement
for female matriculants are matters
that will require some action of the
board.
1t is hoped, too, as THE STATESMAN
has heretofore urged, that the resolu-
ton of the board making discrimina-
ton between the age of male and fe-
male matri culants will be rescinded.
"Rough on Rats"
Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies,