The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-31
THE STATE CAPITAL.
The AttOrney-Geueral Delivers an
Elaborate Opinion as to
The Forfeiture of the Texas Trunk
Railways Charter.
The Fish Commissioner Will Distribute
Carp During June.
Denton Seemingly the FavOrite for the
Lunatic Asylum.
PetitiOns-The Right Of Freeholder
to Sign.
Wooten and Still In for WOrdy
War.
The Forfeiture of the Texas Trunk
Railways Charter.
The Fish Commissioner Will Distribute
Carp During June.
Denton Seemingly the FavOrite for the
Lunatic Asylum.
Petitions-The Right Of Freeholder
to Sign.
Wooten and Still in for q WOrdy
War.
Decisions and Orders Of the

AUSTIN, May &c. Special. Charters
filed Mineral Wells Mining company /;
capital stock, $4,000; object, mining sill
yer, gold, iron and coal directors, G. b.
Rains, jr., B. f. Smith, R. w. Maddox, j..
B. Pollard, d. E. Russell, J. W. Marksbery,
G. G. Green, C@ur de Leon lodge, knights
of Pythias, of Dallas. Harmony Hall asso-
citation, Galveston, filed an amendment to
their charter increasing the capital from
$50 900 to $4,000. Laredo Bridge company,
capital stock, $3.50. 1000.
The attorney general, in answer to let
ter asking that suit be filed for the forfeit.
ure of the charter of Texas Trunk railroad
from Dallas TO Kaufman, says: III have
arrived at the conclusion that neither the
state at large nor residents of the counties
through which the company has construct
ed and proposes to construct its roads
would be benefited by judicial declaration
of the forfeiture OF the franchise OF the
company. l have also arrived at the con.
clusion that the first and main alleged
ground for forfeiture does not In fact exist
but that the company will be allowed until
the Goth of next November to construct
and put in running order forty miles of the
road"
The fish commissioner has concluded to
distribute carp during June and then sus:
pend until November. He has several
thousand on hand.
Commissioner Brewster has ready for
transmission to the counties sets of weights,
also liquid measures, all accurately aI-
iusted to the United States standard. Th,v
will be sent upon application and upon
payment of costs and expenses, which for
weights is $65; measures, $137.50.
The law requires the counties to be sup
piled with them.
The Western Union Telegraph company
paid 81, 800 tax to-day.
The comptroller deposited 5000 to the
credit OF the general revenue and 81 800 to
the available school fund.
The governor is still absent.
Rumors are afloat, seemingly with some
foundation, that Denton will carry off the
branch asylum, leaving Fort Worth out in
the cold.
The attorney general to-day decided that
free-holder could SIN petition asking
change of the county seat, notwithstand-
ing he may not be qualified voter.
The sheriff, on telegram from San Mar
cos, arrested negro horse-thfef this morn
ing and recovered the horse,
of having conversed with him upon the
treatment of 'convicts, and support the
same with affidavits, showing that they
conversed together more than once.
THE COURTS.
Two important murder cases were argued
and submitted in the court of appeals to-
day. Both were convictions of murder in
the second degree and occurred in 1881.
Cartwright and Nash, from Bastrop county,
killed one Lewis. They were about TO levy
writ of sequestration upon shotgun
which Lewis had in his hands, when Lewis
fired upon them and in returning fire
Lewis was killed. Kennedy is charged
with killing the Sans brothers near Waxa-
hachie.
The supreme court and conrt Of appeals
are now supplied with splendid burglar
and tire-proot safes; Ihe one IN the court
of appeals office is deserving of special men,
ton as a model of beauty. As you open
the outer door you are confronted with an
excellent painting of Hon. J. s. White, the
present presiding judge and Of the late Ia
mented Judge G. NJ. Winkler. On opening
the inner door the picture of the honored
ex- presiding, Judge NJ. ID. Ector, stands
forth custodian of the cash department
Thus the pictures Of the first court of ap-
peals stands before YOU, models of beauty
and perlectness. The other departments
for records and papers are also appropri-
ately prepared.
The court of appeals to-day reversed and
dismissed: Sheffield VS.. the State, from
Milan county; McElroy VS.. the State, from
Robertson county; Ghessary VS.. Mud Creek
Irrigating company, from Kinney county.
Reversed and remanded: McWharter VS..
thesState, from Navarro county; shaunessy
Va, LeGlerse & Co.. from Mitchell county;
Ghessary VS.. McLegue, from Kinney
county. Affirmed: Terrell ct al. VS.. Kel-
Iogg ct al. from Wise county. On certifi-
cate lin two cases., L. & II. Blum VS.. Eagan
& Bros, from Hood county; Her
nandez vs.; the State, from Nueces
county; Wilson VS.. the State, from
| Bosoue county; Martinez VS.. the State,
from Nueces countv; Lee VS.. Dunman, from
Coleman county; Freiberg, Klein & %. VS..
| Forenoon d Ray, from shackleford county;
Certiorari granted: earce VS.. the State,
from Bosaue county. Submitted on briefs
| for both parties: Lee vs.. the State, from
Galveston county; Doyaliva VS.. the State,
from Webb county; Johnson VS.. the State,
| from Bell county. On brief for the state:
Searcy VS.. the State, from Morris county;
HAYES VS.. the State, from Harris county.
On briefs and oral argument for both par
ties: Cartwright and Nesh vs.. the State,
from BAstrop county; Kennedy VS.. the
State. from Hill county.