The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-02
AUSTIN,
Monthly Departmental summaries-rhe
Governor and Quarantine-rheFi Fish Com
missioner out Of stock-Generai Notes
About Town

Monthly Departmental summaries-rh
Governor and Quarantine-The Fish Com
missioner out of stock-Generai Nste,
About Town.
AUSTIN, May l.-[Special. THE comp
troller is often asked if any change has
been made in the occupation and drummer
laws, and desires that it be known that no
change whatever was made in either. In
answer to the question, will collectors be
able TO realize the increase in commission
allowed by the Eighteenth legislature in
settlement OF their lSS2 and lSS3 accounts,
the comptroller answers that the increase
VIII Affect the collections made after the
law went into effect.
The list OF lands sold for taxes and not re.
deemed will be made out as soon as posi-
pie, and furnished to collectors.
The Legislature created u new land dis.
trlct in the Pan Handle and directed that
me commissioner of the land office furnish
district surveyors with certified copies of
lhe held notes. There are about $1,000 of
theu, and 1t will take some time to make
copies, ana under the law the commits
sloher thinks he will have to charge for the
same NJ The rate OF : cents per 100 words,
making the total cost 81, 500, to be paid by
counties in the new district.
Receipts of the land Office for April,
$500.
SIX clerks were DISCHARGED from the land
Once to-day, their services being no longer
needed.
There are five vacancies in the Peabody
scholarship to the normal school at Nash
vile, Tennessee to he filled. The time OF
making selections will be made known by
the SUPERINTENDENT of education, b, NJ. Ba-
ker. The vacancies are caused by five of
the nine Texas pupils graduating this year.
Tue ilsh commission Is in receipt OF nu-
merous applications for fish, but is unable
lust at this time to fill orders. The United
states commissioners writes that the distri-
Oution OF carp for the present is disContin.
ued IN consequence OF the exhaustion of the
supply. The fish comm; ssoner has writ
ten for ornamental fish Tor fountains and
aq2arlums, and thinks ho will be able to
obtain them free OF charge.
=, Tine governor to-day appointed Charles
GdGar Mills Texas commissioner of deeds In
New York.
Relative to Noah Johns letter in the
news yesterday, to Governor Ireland, the
governor received the following telegram
to-day:
The board of health last night sat down
on Noah Johns letter TO you, on his policy
ana MS arrogance in quarantine matters,
ana sustain the state health officer and the
executive.
John w. Daniels, inspector of peniten.
uafles, writes the governor he has fully in
vye,stigated the killing of the convict, Sam
,Whlte,. reported some time ago, and finds
" Justlilable. The colored attorney, John
~ Johnson, who reported the killing to
the governor with general complaint of
cruelty TO conylcts, he finds to be unworthy
of credence, and the originator OF the ri
mors of wanton cruelty.
The Paris exchange bank filed an amend
ment TO It's charter to-day, increasing the
capital stock.
Inc treasurer TO-DAY addressed letter
10 the attorney general, asking If he can
legally receive money on land filed prior TO
the act OF February Sd, withdrawing it from
save, ana on which the first payment has
been made, after the passage OF the act.
An examination shows that there are in
the treasury $4,000 to pay the public
deDt and which can be applied to the paw
ment OF debts of doubtful validity, as pro
Vided Tor by the legislature. This will en-
abie the university to secure control of the
million acres set aside, and the regents this
committee to receive
the same.
Comment having been made, commit
'eo WAS appointed to inquire into the In
Vestiheht maze some time ago, where SPA
wv WAS transferred from the available to
the permanent fund, and reported that the
transaction was beneficial, and should not
be disturbed.
kilograms were received from Professor
W. l.. Brown and Professor Humphreys If
Vanderbilt university, accepting the posi-
tons offered them.
Revenue paid in treasury last month
Sil2 3l2; land sales, $li ASS; available
school fund, $5l 1888; total paid in from ali
sources, $723,632
me letter carrier system was put in Oh.
Grafton here to-day, and bids fair to be n
The Western Union telegraph Office will
move into commOdious and elegant apart-
ments in the new Masonic temple to.mor-
row. The office will be rearranged and be
the most pleasant in the state.
Colonel Afford, of Dallas, reached the city
to-day from Monterey, Mexico, greatly
improved In health. He leaves for heme
tomorrow.
-, THE NIGH COURTS.
., Inc supreme court to-day affirmed:
iexas Pacific railway vs.. McAllister,
'''' ''ii lnph COUNTY. reversed and re.
manded: Van de Grill VS.. Percy, from
Parker county; McCamant VS.. BatselI from
rarrant comfy; Houston e Texas Central
railway VS.. Richards, from Collin county.
reversed aud remanded: CLAYTON vs.. BEN
edict N Co., from Parker county; TenIe
son VS.. Jones, from Tarrant county. Mo.
ton for rehearing overruled: Galveston.
Houston Il Henderson railway VS.. Allison
from Galveston county; Sacre vs. Hudson
ct al, from Grayson county. Dismissed
TOR want OF prosecution: Levine VS.. Sass,
rom Lee county. Causes sub
united on briefs and oral arguments for
both parties: New York & Texas Land
company VS.. Sanchez, from Bexar county:
New York & Texas Land company vs.
sanchez, executor, ct al, from Bexar
county. Submitted on briefs from both
parties; Caldwell VS.. Johnson, from Cooke
county; State vs.. Wells et al, two cases.
from Travis county; Dougherty VS.. Harris,
from Wilson county. Motion to file
amended briefs submitted Gulf, Colorado
" santa Fe railway VS.. Berk, from Wash
ington county. Motion to advance sub.
mitted: Exparte Bellaney. from Callahan