The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-16
THURSDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.


Gov. Ireland was of the opinion
yesterday that the constitutional
amendments were adopted. The
wires will doubtless settle the ques-
ton this morning. The meagre vote,
whatever the result, shows the i'm
propriety of special elections to effect
changes in the organic law.
There was to have been a meeting
yesterday of the board composed of
the governor, adjutant general and
other officers, to audit claims of the
| state against the United States, for
frontier defense. The meeting, how
ever, was postponed,
A committee of homeopathic ply
sicians, consisting of Drs. Bragg,
Fisher, MusSina and others called upon
the governor yesterday, and had an
| appointed interview with him, of Il
pleasant nature, as to the character
and influence of the profession. No
special point to the interview was in
tlmated, but the object probably was
to impress the governor with the pro-
priety OF some official recognition of
the profession in future appointments
on medical or examining boards.
THE NEW CAPITOL.
Despite the oppressive heat of the
weather, the work Of laying the con-
crete for the foundations of the new
capitol progresses very favorably, I'M
der the supervision of Supt. Clark
and Commissioners Norton and Lee,
who are constantly on the ground in
speeding the work as it progresses.
The commissioners are evidently i'm
pressed with the TACT that it is all i'm
portant to see that the foundations
are well laid. About thirty men are
at work, and it is suggested that
they ought to be protected from the
sun by some sort of canopy.
THE BRANCH LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Messrs. Frymier and Wallace, with
Civil Engineer McLaurin, left yester-
day to determine the foundations for
the new branch asylum to be built at
Terrell.
The committee appointed to confer
with Architects AndreWartha and
Ruffini for a plan to be drawn from
their combination plans for the new
building, disagreed with those gentle
men and contracted instead. through
Gov. Ireland, with Messrs. Preston &
Son, for $1,000, for such plans as the
board desired.
COMPTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT.
The complete assessment rolls have
been received of Baylor, Ellis, Frank
lin, Galveston, Jefferson, Kinney, Lee,
McLennan, Titus, Trinity, Washing
ton and Wilbarger counties; and par
tial rolls (non-residentS' property
from Cooke, Erath, Newton and Wood
counties. These sixteen counties
show an aggregate increase in proper
ty values of about $11,O00,0OO. If the
same proportion holds throughout the
state it is estimated that the amount
of taxable value will exceed $780,
100000.
In this connection the following
table of previous assessment rolls of
the state will be interesting:
1872, $2O7, $780, 26; 1873, $233, 41O, 92O;
1874, 1914, $40, sos; 1875, $3.50. 1853, 759;
1876, $257, 632 ,2O9; 1877, 1922, 818, TAB;
1878, $28O,415, 775; 1879, $3O3, 89O,217
1880, $311, 47O, 1876; 1881, $349, 881 ,566;
1882, $419, 925,576; 1883, estimated
above.
j. M. Brown, tax collector Of Lee
county, made his settlement with the
comptroller yesterday, through E. A.
Burns, assessor of the county. Mr..
Burns rolls show an increase of about
Ii per cent over last years assess
ment.
FISH COMMISSIONER.
Commissioner Lubbock is in receipt
of the following information:
Ell PAso, Texas, August 10, 1883.
John Lubbock, Esq, State Fish Commissioner:
Dear Sir: 1 arrived at Ell Paso,
about forty hours after leaving Aus
tin, with my fish in very fine condi-
ton, not losing one. L have taken
special care of them on account of the
weather being very hot, and very fire.
quently the water bad. l changed
the water whenever | had a chance.
no matter how often, and kept it cool
way they are doing now that will be
successful. Very respectfully,
GEO. B. ZIMPLEMAN.
Hon. j. M. Mcdaniel, representative
from Neil county, writes from Peoria
that the fish sent to him in the spring
have given satisfaction, and makes
application for some more for several
other parties.
Commissioner Lubbock has had re-
markable success in his shipments in
every instance. Ell Paso is in Ell Paso
county, which is seven hundred and
twenty-five miles from Austin.
The special merit of the carp, which
Prof. Baird says is a farmers fish, lies
in the fact of its sluggishness and the
ease with which it is kept in very
limited enclosures. 1.-The scaly leather
and mirror carp are all of first class
excellence" With properly construct
ed carp ponds and properly man aged,
the farmer is as sure of wholeso me
food fish as he is of his annual supply
of grain and meat.