The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
Things Seen and Heard Around the
Offices.

Things Seen and Heard Around the
Offices.
The treasurer took in about $4,000
through the mails yesterday, for
lands.
Hard work among the clerks at the
land Office is all that is going on there
now.
Adjutant General w. III. King is
absent from the city, to be gone sew
eral days.
The Houston and Texas Central
railway company yesterday paid the
comptroller over $4,000 as taxes.
II Messrs. Jas. III. Raymond 81 Co.
yesterday paid into the state treasury,
Tor j. X. Smith & Bros, of st. Louis,
kwenty thousand dollars on fifty cent
Ylands.
The comptroller yesterday deposited
: with the treasurer ten thousand dol
lars to the common school fund, and
MIOrty thousand dollars to the credit of
he general revenue.
The Independent Farmer coop
erative publishing association of
Patrons of Husbandry. of Jewett
!, Leon county, filed charter yesterday
The capital stock is placed at one
hundred thousand dollars, and the in
eorporators are: James A. Brown,
James L. Parker, ST., j. A. Holder, w.
II. Cozage and John w. Mailman.
The list of notaries went up to the
senate yesterday morning. The fol-
lowing counties are full up: Bexar,
Bell, Cook. Clay, Collin, Denton, Dali
las, Ellis, Fannin, Falls, Fayette,
Grayson, Harris. Hunt, Kaufman,
McLennan, Montague, Navarro, Red
River, Tarrant, Travis, Wise ana VIII
ey5vernor yesterday granted a
respite to Wyatt Banks until the 23d
! OF April, 1888, in order to allow the
governor to investigate the papers in
his hands asking for Banks pardon.
Since refusing TO grant the pardon,
! the governor has received additional
evidence in the case, which he desires
! TO Investigate. Banks was to be
hung on the 23d inst.
Il is "sartin" that one prisoner will
be liberated. The governor yesterday
xpardoned Thomas Sartin, of Grayson
' county, who had been sentenced to
one hours Imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary. The reasons for granting
the pardon were, the absurdity of the
nuioRt ence, and to restore the convict
3tCctizenship, as he committed the
offepse (bigamy) unknowingly.
After the executive department has
worried itself almost to death over
the notarial list, it was at last perfected
yesterday, and sent to the senate.
But that body had adjourned. If the
senate Is never bothered with this list
again, they need not be astonished.
|It is very likely that they will not
see It again, however; that the COVER
usscr wSIl-assume all the responsible
ties in the matter hereafter, and not
cram 1t off on the overworked senate.
The governor yesterday appointed
DIR. M. Salm, of this city, state ocu-
list, vice DR.. j. Il. Mathis. In CONVEX
sation with the STATESMAN depart
ment reporter concerning DIR. Mathis
displacement, the governor stated
that, in justice to DIR. Mathis, he
would say that he did not know of
his being in the place or desiring to
remain, until after DR.. Salm's friends
Zdmad application for the latter, and
= N>0A VI b&'TuA oAACC tleto Ills dpDOlul-
ment would be made. He also appointed
Capt. j. b. Lubbock fish commissioner,
and reappointed DIR. II. NJ. Swearin-
gen, of this city, to the position of
state health officer, and also appointed
Mr.. Henry Brashear clerk of the
criminal district court of Harris
county, and Mr.. NJ. ii. Royston to
the same position in the Galveston
-crianiEsR court.
The following letter has been sent
TO the treasurer, and explains itself:
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
AUSTIN, March IA, 1888.
Hon. +. II. Lubbock, State Treasurer:
Sir-I desire to direct your atten-
ton to the fact that the commissioner
of the general land Office has submit
ted question for my opinion in re-
gard to the school lands in Presidio
Rounty. 1t is a question of con-
siderable Importance, and may in
kolve u great deal of land
<n that county. Pending the in
l beg to suggest
to you that it might be best to receive
no more money as first payments on
school lands in Preside county. 1
beg to suggest, also. that it may be
matter of serious doubt about there
being any authority to receive money
on lands of that kind or belonging to
that fund since the passage, on Feb
ruary 8, of IAN act to withdraw from
sale ali school, university and asylum
lands heretofore by any law of this
state authorized to be sold," which
lact went into immediate effect.
Very respectfully,
JOHN ID. TEMPLEToN,
Attorney General.
Treasurer Lubbock is for the pres
emit acting on the above suggestion of
the attorney general, but will, in the
meantime, ask that official to
make an investigation and give a
positive opinion to him (the treasurer)
by which he can govern his action in |
the matter for the future.
A Young Hero.
But for the timely assistance of a |