The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-12
AT AUSTIN.
Departmental Notes and Local Events.

ANVtS' aAN A<VNeA ANShtNs
AUSTIN, May l1.-[Special. THE follow
ing charters were Sled to-day: First .Bap.
t,t church, of Galveston; Louis Brothers
shoe company, capital stock $50, 900; DOM
Gle, Fort Worth.
The governor to-day made the following
a,pointments: J. NJ. Mann, as quarantine
n rcer at Brownsville; John p. Kelley, ex.
Tradition agent, Spar company; board to
investigate the land frauds-Charles De-
Morse, Red River company; ]. A. Patton,
Johnson company; E. 7. Hall, Webb COM
many. Mr.. Patton is member of the
house and was instrumental in having the
land fraud bill passed and is presumed 10
he familiar with the dutiesto be performed
Members Of the legislature are writing to
the secretary of state, asking it the law for
tbe dissolution of attachments, and the act
requesting attachments in certain cases,
and the iron.clad note bill did rot pass.
They are not In the laws, as published, aud
ifpassed the enrolling clerks failed to fur
nish the secretary OF state with copies.
The bishop of San Antonio, with Major
Dsyer, called on the governor to-day with
deeds and opinions OF Judge Devine as to
their correctness to the Alamo. The gov.
ernor is satisfied with the deeds, but Is not
clear as to the right of the bishop to trans
fer property, and has submitted all the
plpers to the attorney-g general.
The lunatic asylum BOARD has asked the
encouragement If, under the new law,
they have right to remove and appoint a
superintendent before the expiration of the
term of office to which he was appointed by
the governor and confirmed by the senate.
Several OF the county collectors are be-
hind in their settlements, and the comp
troller to.day, under the new law, notified
their bondsmen.
The commissioner of the land office is
still of the opinion that counties comprs-
ing the new land district in the Panhandle
will have to pay the cost of copying field
notes, which, with the seventy-five volumes
of records, will amount to SIS, 900. He says
that with the entire force OF his office
il will require over six months to do the
work, and 1t will be over year before the
transcripts can be furnished. and until then
lands in the district are tied up. Old sur
yeyors having no authority to survey, and
new ones being forbidden, will not do so
until the transcripts are furnished Them
school lands cannot be appraised or sold
until the transcripts are furnished. The
commissioner of the land office rules that
counties having their school lands surveyed
cannot pay tor the same out of the pro-
ceeds OF the sale of lands. and in one in.
stance where the county contracted to pay
one league for surveying its lands, he re,
fused to issue patent.
Health Officer Sweari6gen received the
following telegram from the mayor OF
Brownsville to day: 1.-The civil and mill
tiry authorities at Matamoras are in accord
with us, and to- day completed satisfactory
arrangements, having adopted your
system, and the terms OF quarantine, giving
Dr. Volt control at Bagdad with sufficient
the southwark of Matamoras: the completed
arrangements will 60 into effect to-day.
Several of the counties are Offering their
school land for sale, not profiting from the
experience of counties that have sold
Each county in the state received fuul
leagues of land for school purposes, aud
the following have sold all OF
part of the land as shown
In the department of agriculture Bexar
Bancc, Bowie Brazos, Brazoria, Brown
Burnett, Burleson, Caldwell, Cass, Cham
beys, Collin, Comanche, Dallas Delta Den
ton, Eastland, Erath, Falls, Fort Bend
Franklin, Freestone Gonzales, Grayson
Grimes, harrison, Harris. Henderson
Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Jasper, Johnson
Lamar, Lampasas, Leon, Limestone, Live
Oak, l.lano, Madison, Montgomery, Nor
ton, Mercer, Orange, Parker, Refugio
Rockwell, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Trinity
Walker, Wheeler, Williamson, Uvalde, Van
Zant. Very lew counties received ovel
81 per acre, and some only fifty cent. A
of tha laqt nrira anplnpoI
the lands and has leased the same to q
prominent stockman at Austin at 30 cents
per acre. Travis county has leased foul
leagues of unenclosed at 10 cents per acre
and Bandera, Bee, Bell, Bowie, Brazos
Caldwell, Cameron, Coleman and Frio have
leased a portion or all OF their lands, anC
leasing Is recommended by the department
OF education and the commissioner OF the
land office, as the increase in value of lands
will rebound to the credit of counties, aud
1t is believed no difficulty will be expert
enced in perfecting the leases.
Application for carp must give length
width, average depth, character of bottom
OF the fish pond, and scope, If there is fist
found, and what kind. The application
must be certified to before the commission
ers' court, and the applicant must pay al
expense of transports talon.
DR., W. X, Morris, a prominent physician
was thrown from his buggy and seriousl.
injured, last night.
Doc. Day, a prominent cattle man, ha
purchased valuable property, and will com
mence at once the erection of several bust
ness houses.
THE HIGHER COURTS.
The supreme court to-day affirmed
Rindge vs.. Paris Exchange bank, from La
mar county; League ct oil. VS.. Rogan, from
San Saba county; White VS.. Barron, from
Travis county; Galveston, Harrisburg 4
San Antonio railway VS.. Hinchman & Lem
on, from Guadalupe county; Conner VS.
Holland, from Travis county; Schultz VS.
bennett, from Bexar county; Borgess. VS.
hearing refused: Anderson VS.. Shaw, iron
Ellis county. Reversed and remanded
Dallas & Wichita railway VS.. Spicker, from
Dali as county; Loving VS.. Milliken, iron
Parker county. Submitted on briefs 70
both parties; Langbien vs. Pickett OF al.
from Kendall county; Hubert VS.. Grady
from Brown county; Poe VS.. Polk
from San Saba county,. Newman
vs.. Farquhar ct al, from
Washington county; Williams vs. Rogar
from San Saba county; Debore VS.. Grow
der from Erath county; Gulf, Colorado {
santa Fe Railway vs.. Edins, from Wash
inc,on county. On briefs for appellant
Houston & Texas Central Railway v:
Green, from Comanche county; Ochoa VI
Miller from III Paso county; Parker vs.
Coop, from Coryell county; Baldwi
vs. Martin, from Ersth county; Jackson v:
Hunter, from Coryell county; Wypatt VI
Hudson, from Erath county; Rodgers VI
Rodgers, from Washington county; Seine
der ct A., vs.. Hadepicht, from Gillcsp
county. Dismissed for want OF prosect
ton. Teyas& Pacific Railway vs.. Bruce
from III paso county.
Chief Justice Willie and daughter left f
Galveston to-day, where the judge wi