Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-22

The DIminutive Cash Balance and Pros
pcctivc Expenses.
4 Days Review Of Current News In the
Departments.

Austin. december 2l.--The diminu
tive cash balance, not exceeding S'o,
coo. and the approach OF the extra ses
sion. which will involve an expendi
turc OF perhaps 100000, and not les
than $4,000, makes It doubtful
whether the treasury viii hold out e
meet the immediate demand upon II
The Encouragement rules that rs .
question OF public policy, surveyor
cannot acquire homestead donation
from the public domain.
A letter to the governor from Mr.. Il.
II. Grain of Cuero. who had four and
one-half miles of wire feGce cut re-
Gently and the gates burned,
asks that "A reward be
offered for INTERPRETATIONS of the deed.
He fails to comprehend that the re-
ward recently offered by the governor
not only includes parties guilty
of the particular crime in Tom Green
county, but all similar criminals. Mr.
Grain SAYS that on attempting to re-
huild his fence threatening letters
were pasted upon 1t. He thinks the
yuilty parties are not farmers or stock
men, but men whose names have long
figured in criminal annals.
The receipt of taxes on land in or
qanized counties at the Office of the
comptroIler will close January LIST.
The tax lists will then be sent to the
collectors to enforce collection by sale.
TAYLOR county court house bonds in
the amount Of S35. 900 were purchased
for the permanent school fund to-day.
A previous telegram erred in stating
that the issue was SCI, 900. That is the
contract price of the court house, but
the balance of the bonds will not be
issued until after another assessment.
The school fund will receive from
the sales of land TO bidders on the LIST
of January near $4,000.
Chartered; Fort Worth China COM
pany, capital $4,000, incorporators, J.
M. Manuel, G.. A. Shaeh w G. Tur-
ner and X. NJ. VanZandt; Greenvine,
Washington county, Grange Co
operative association, capital SlO,- |
of Henrietta, capital 100000, I
Eusts, w. l.. Eustis.
Gov. Ireland has returned from San
Antonio.
The material has been received to
complete the Capitol railway. The
stone is cut for the base
nent. amounting to nearly one half of
Jhe dimension stone required for the
whole building. IL is thought that
work will commence here on the CAPT
III on The LIST of January. There are
lbout $50 hands at WORK ut the quar-
lies.
The land fraud board has nearly
its labors, and is engaged in
a report.
State Engineer Britton says that
here is not trunk railway
n Texas whose track would
lot warrant 1t in making schedule
lime. lie attributes delays on all the
mes principally TO bad rolling stock.
Capt. John J. Hicks, surveyor of
,uval county, was before the land
aud board to-day, testifying in re.
ard TO frauds in his county.
This was the last day of registry of
OBLIGATIONS for land TO be acted on by I
he land board on the first Tuesday in
lnpary.
Ex-Gov. Gilbert of Colorado and Mr.
lbert Butler, capital commissioner OF 7
Iat state, were In Austin to-day, ex-
mining the plans and prospects for
g new capitol. They lett this even
< for San Antonio. s
Judge Hall Of the land fraud board
as called away to Laredo to-day ON h
gal business. }
Capt. Tom Smith, proprietor of the j
'unswick hotel, takes charge of the i
lymond tomorrow, and will run n
th houses. y