The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
FROM Saturdays Daily.
THE DEPARTMENTS.
things Seen and Heard Around the
Offices.

|rhirty-seven sacks, each containing
q thousand dollars in silver, were
HAULED up TO the treasury yesterday
from the bank.
Commissioner Walsh says there is
great deal more work in the land
Office than can he performed by the
present, clerical force. a large amount
of work not properly belonging to
that department is entailed upon
them: for instance, the school land
sales. of which the commissioner has
over 1900 open accounts on the
books.
The following charters were filed
yesterday: The Palestine telephone
company; capital stock S2OOOO.
The Palestine ice company; capital
stock $4,000. Object, To manufacture
and sell ice.
The "Caller" publishing company,
of Nueces county; capital stock S2o,-
900. Object, to do general publishing
business at Corpus Christi.
Applications are pouring In at the
comptroller's office from nOn-reSidents
of organized counties for tax bills with
view of settling their taxes before
January /. 1883. On account OF the
delay on the part of the owners III
making applications for tax bus many !,
must be returned without action. All
monies received at the comptrouers
Office after January |. 1888. for pay
ment of taxes in organized counties
=. will be returned TO the senders with
instructions TO pay the taxes IN the
counties where the land lies. The law
requires all payments OF this class 10
A sNN
wear; and in order that the comptroller
may close his accounts the Law must
be strictly adhered to. The comptrOl-
Ter says that he Will have all the re-
CENTS prepared on the class of business
before the close of his administration
and mailed to the land owners and
agents. He desires 1t to be under
stood that no more remittan
ces should be made to pay
taxes of this class, on bills furnished
except il be in cases where the money
will reach the office by the 31st inst
Taxes on lands in the unorganiZet
counties can he sent ut any time. Nc
sales can be mad of lands situat ID il
unorganiZed count O., and owned 10y
non-residents, within four months
from January l, 1888.
1nt lDullClli RiblioAlNo AAhN
statistical review of Burnet county
from "Resources, Soil and Climate oi
Texas" and thereon makes the follow
ing remarks:
"TheFe are several mistakes in thu
above, although they do not material
ly effect the general accuracy of tn
sketch.
81. There are no such places in Bur
net county as Stinnettsville and Linn
"2. The wheat crop is very often in
jured and sometimes destroyed b,
droughts in spring.
80. The fall at Marble Falls is neare
fifty feet within miles descent thai
twenty-five feet.
II. Burnet has no floating debt o
$1,000. She does not owe "a cent. an
has some $500 or S1500in her breeche
pocket"
Upon the above slip being show
to Commissioner Spraight, he politel
handed to the reporter for eXamina
ton the official returns, signed b
County Judge j. A. Crews, Hon. a
X. Bennick, representative, and COur
ty Co missioner j. Il. Babcock, II
spectiYely. From these returns tn
following statements are copied:
1. Judge Crews states that 'Sun
mittsville and Linn are villages in Tn
county, consisting of store, shop
SClHoalhouSe." etc - -.
2. Representative Bennick says the
rainfall is about thirty inches anC
falls mostly in spring, summer anC
autumn and less in winter; that thu
average yield of wheat in the count!
Is about ten bushels. County Com
missioner Babcock says that the aver
age yield of wheat in the county Il
fifteen bushels, and ranges from ten t
twenty bushels.
3. Judge Crews says "the floating
debt of the county Is from SSOOO u
$1,000"
4. The number of feet fall at Mar
BILE Falls is not given in any OF tn
returns. but the sentence in the sketcl
reads: THE Colorado river, ut what /
known as Marble Falls, makes an ah
rupt descent of about twenty-five
feet" The Bulletin, it will be OF
served, SAYS the "fall within mile
descent is nearer 80 feet than % feet.
There is obviously no conflict of state
ment between the sketch and the Bul
Ietin, and it is more than probabl
that both are correct. But Commits
sioner Spaight says that estimates o
several reliable persons familiar witt
the locality, varied from lO TO III
feet, and he first adopted the 100 fee
estimate, but afterwards put it mt
feet in order to conform to the rul
adopted by him at the outset, to eT
on the side of under-statement rathe
than that of over-statement of fact