The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
Things Seen and Heard Around the
Offices Yesterday.


The Waco building association yes
terday filed an amendment to their
charter increasing the capital stock
from 100000 to $4,000.
The governor is in receipt of the
following letter dated at Washington,
ID. c.. March ii, 1888:
Til His Exeelency John Ireland, governor of
SIR: Adverting to my letter to
you of yesterdays date, and telegram
i'll the following words: Mex
lean minister teDegraphs Consul
Trevino giving leave to
attend trial at Corpus Christi, and
asks the Mexican secretary of state
to instruct Trevino by telegraph to
give testimony as required" have
now the honor to enclose for your
fuller Information, copy of Mr..
Romero's, the Mexican minister of
this capital, note of the 18th inst.
upon that subject, and upon which
my telegram of the 18th was based.
/ have the honor to be, sir, your ex-
cellency's obedient servant.
FRED'K r. FRELINGnUYsEN.
Sec. State u. 5.
The following is the note of Minis
ter Romero to Secretary Frelinghuy-
sen:
Mr.. Secretary: Referring to the COM
munication which | addressed to you
on the 18th inst, respecting the GRIM
inal Judgment brought against Joseph
DlcCampbell, have the honor to in
form you that this morning / re-
ceived a telegram from Senior Don
Manuel Trevino, consul of Mexico at
Brownsville, Texas, dated at that city
yesterday, in which he tells me that
to-day he will leave for Corpus
Christi, leaving the consular office in
the care of Senior Antonio Trevino.
[Signedl MATHIS ROMERO.
Considerable correspondence has
passed between the governor and
Secretary of State Frelinghuyser
in regard to the incarceration
of one Jose Antonio Serqua
in the McMullen county Jail, on q
charge of murder. This is the Mexi
can regarding whom the Mexican
consul at San Antonio wrote Gov. Ire
land such an impudent and abusive
letter, referred to in these columns
several weeks ago. 1t now transpires
that Jose Antonio Serqua is a either
of Texas, and has voted here fol
years. The charge of kidnapping
arose from the fact that Serqua at
tempted to jump his bond and went
into Mexico and his bondsman seduceC
him from his virtuous determination t,
escape, that is, they had him inveigleC
back into Texas, and threw up tn,
bond and turned him over to tn,
authorities. Hence Jose Antonio
Serqua must languish and pine il
prison.
The names of notaries public ar,
being signed every day now by com
panies and by legions.
The treasurer only took in abou
S5000in small sums.
Thirteen thousand dollars to the
general rev enue fund, and $4,000 t
the school fund comprised the comp
troller's deposits yesterday.
In giving an opinion as to tn
status of county funds, arising fron
the sale of school lands, the board o
! education decide that it is a matte
that lies entirely with the commits
sioners court of each county.
The following letter will explain
itself:
AUSTIN, TEXAS, March q, 1883.
? Hon. John Ireland, Governor of Texas:
SIR: / learn that there vii
he, on the part of the friend
of the oculist at the bin
asylum, determined if not parrish
opposition to my confirmation TO tn
position your excellency has bee
| pleased to nominate me. Whilst al
: preciating the high honor and compl
ment implied in the suggestion of m
name for one of the most importan
places in the public institutions of tn
state. / beg to say to your excellenc
it is to relieve you from all possibl
4 embarrassment you are requested t
2 withdraw my name.
Very respectfully,
: Your obedient servant,
e NJ. SALM.