Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-04
THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Libel Suit Threatened Meeting of
the University Regents.
The Rush for Texas Lands-Dlds for
Lease and Pun chase.
Exhibit ofState Revenues More County
Bonds Purchased.
Mayor Say Tor Reelected, With an On.
position Council.
Special to the Gazette.

Austin, December 3.-The attorney
general has received q communicative
from w. b. Fulker. an attorney o,
Denver, Col, egarding an article de
rogatory to the character of client
one Howell, recently appearing i'm a
Leadville paper. 1t purports to have
been written by Hon. III. j. I.abatt
member of the legislature from Gal.
weston, and charges Howell with oper.
ating in land swindles while resident
of Austin. Suit has been instituted
against the paper for libel, and unless
Mr.. Labatt disc!aiIr the authorship of
the article, which Fulker is inclined
to believe u forgery, it is minated
that action will also be commenced
against him.
The governor is asked by commune
cation froma committee OF the Century
club OF New York, to contribute to Il
monument to the memory of William
Cull len Bryant, which is to be erected
under its auspices in that city. The
cost is estimated at $4,000.
The eXecut We committee of the uni
versify regents met this evening, Col.
Ashbel Smith presiding. Accounts
for building during November were
approved, Col Smith states that the
house will be ready by the 18th inst,
and that the work has been done in a
satisfactory manner. 1t will not be
occupied until the beginning of the
new year. One studeu matriculated
to-day, making an even total of 200.
Applications for land by actual set
tiers and ordinary bidders are received
at the rate of from fifty to one hun
dred n day. Bids hav, been received
offering as high rs $3.50 per acre, and
seven cents an acre for lease privileges.
me resolutions passed by the land
board placing the land on the market
have proved decided success.
Chartered: Falls Land and Cattle
of Wichita Falls. capital
500 900; incorporators, Walker Cow
herd, John Il. Wilson, II. p Stevens.
Wilson Live Stock company, Junction
City, kimhall county, capital $3.50 900:
incorporators, r. l.. Wilson. n. II.
Wilson, w. K. Wilson.
The comptroller has contracted for
$1,000 worth of Pecos county 8 per
cent bonds at par for the permanent |
school fund.
The statement of the treasurer
shows balances on the first of Decem-
Der as follows: General revenue, $780,
5I9; permanent school fund, S34O, 7g4:
available school fund, $3.50 400; perma-
nent university fund Sl69 GA; avail
able university fund. Sll7 ,SSi. Bonds
In The treasuTy-permunen school
fund, $4,704 2s4; permanent univer-
sity, S36, 0O9; total amount of bonds,
including these and other funds,
%, 4l4 SGD; total cash balance, 81 ,52l,-
794. '>'-''
The city election to-day was closely
contested. The result was doubtful
until the ballots were counted. Mr..
DeCordova, the citizens candidate,
only had four days in which 10 make
bis canvass, but IL has been spirited
ma determined The vote stood
oaylor 1856; DeCordova oil. The
council was carried almost solidly by
he citizens ticket, fifteen out of TWEEN
y OF THEIR nominees being elected.
Jne negro alderman was elected from
me seventh ward, giving that race the
same representation II had in the old
council
The amendment to the school tax,
the present rate of Ii per
cent. by one-third OF l per cent, was
carried by about 200 majority.
The result is regarded great victo-
y for the law and order element, for
llthough Saylor was elected he is
handicapped by three-tourths major
ty in the council, Personally, he was
'ery popular, and the delay IN bring
ng out an opposition candidate was
enlly the cause of his success.
The paramount issue in the contest
vas whether the city government
hould be organized under the new
'harter or the general laws of the :
tate, Saylor representing the first
dea and the citizens ticket the
after.
Judge Hall of Laredo and Col. De-
Morse of Clarksville have come in {
rom san Antonio To attend q meeting 3
II the land fraud board, which was eX-
,ected TO convene here to-day. Hon.
!, a. Patton of Alvarado, the other !
member of the board has not vet ar !
ived ,
The six months work of the board
or which the legislature made an ap- ,
,ropriation of $1,000, has expired, and
mere remains uneXpended 81 ,346. q
ne three members have travelled all
he time in active prosecution OF their
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