The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01

eight companies, for the past year.
follows, viz: Premiums received in
the state, S269, SCOTT; losses incurred.
$780,, 222.63.
The treasurer yesterday received
about $4,000 for first and partial pay
ments on school lands.
The comptroller's Office was in a
hustle yesterday, as all the force was
issuing receipts to nonresident own
ers of lands in unorganiZed counties.
The taxpayers intend to take time by
the forelock and pay their taxes on
land laying in unOrganiZed counties
before the LIST of March, as after that
time they viii be advertised for sale.
The Carrie Springs, Dimmitt coun-
| ", academy filed a charter Yesterday.
The institution is for general eduea-
ton purposes, with chartered rights
to confer degrees.
Also, BOARD of Directors of Bells
High School" educational institution.
OF Bells, GraysOn county, Texas, was
chartered.
The Houston county colored benev-
olent association filed papers of incor-
poration also.
The Blanco Baptist Church, of
Blsn"o, Texas, filed charter, with
the remark that the capital stock
shall not exceed $4,000. They will
build and own church property,
The attorney general will probably
render an opinion on very important
land question to-day. 1t will be re-
membered that some months ago the
STATESMAN had an item in the de-
partment notes to the effect that the
state treasurer had refused to receive
money from Judge Lindsey, of
Gainesville, on certain lands lying in
the Jack land district, because it was
reported that frauds existed in land
matters up there, and the treasurer
did not wish to receipt for any more
school land sales until the question
had been decided. The opinion re-
ferred to, and now being proposed, is
on this question, as Judge Lindsey
protested against the treasurer's ac-
ton at the time. Hence the necessity
of an opinion from the attorney
general.
A perfect bevy of beautiful and ae-
complished ladies, visitors to the city,
called on the treasurer yesterday and
made the modest head of that depart
ment blus with their smiling COM
pliments on the methodical manner in
which the Office is kept. Mr..
Workman, the handsome chief clerk, !
showed them the huge piles Of filthy |
lucre, including that financial curl |
osity in the vaults, the $1,000 bill, |
which the ladies generously left.
Most relic hunters generally want |
that particular bill, as it is the only |
one in the state. Mr.. Workman says |
that the presence of the ladies yester- |
day reminded him of dream of para |
disc, where the prettiest and sweetest |
flowers were embued with life and |
language-at least this is the idea he |
expressed of them, as near as the de- |
partment reporter could give it, !
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. The Mexican cattle company, of |
Colorado City, filed charter yester-
day. The capital stock is placed at |
w, Dunn, Jim Green and NJ. Z. Hen |
drick, of Mitchell county, and John |
Harris, of Tom Green county.
The mails to the treasurer yesterday
were weighted down with money or
ders and small drafts and checks for |
payment of interest and partial pay
lnents on school and asylum lands.
Their aggregate was over 5000, |
though no large amount was received. |
The figures Tuesday in reference to |
the business of the Hartford insur- |
ance company should have explained |
that the statistics referred to Texas |
only, and that E. I. Eggleston s. Co.
are the agents. The figures in refer
ence to the Boston fire should have
been 1872, as that confiagration fol- |
lowed the burningi in Chicago Of Qcto- |
Der, 1871.
The treasurer is annoyed by the |
same species of humorous correSpon- |
dence and applications as the comp |
troller. Men write the latter inclos- |
ing money for taxes due, stating that |
their "land is in Texas" They write
to the former, asking what is dl on
a small fraction Of school lands |
bought some time or other and lying
in some county the name Of which |
they do not remember.
The paragraph of yesterday stating |
the opinion of the commissioner Of |
the land Office as to the status of files |
made under the act of July ID, 1879,
was erroneous. The. question being
one of purely legal or judicial char
ruling on it. The reporter gave as
the commissioners opinion what was
the idea of one of his employees as to
his opinion, and he does not propose
by any ruling OF his to anticipate the
decisions of the courts,
The onerous duties Of the secretary
of the board of education make it i'm
possible for one man to do all the work
noapSSaru n ha dnnn II ic
for books and records and such infor-
nation as is needed by the legislature
to be kept. From statement in the
comptroller's Office, it appears that
this office has expended for stationery,
blanks and incidental expenses, since
September, $471.55. This does not in
clude orders for blanks, which have
been received but not paid for.
a summary of the report of the fish
commissioner of Texas for the year
1882, is given below. The report says
the efforts heretofore made to stock
the streams of Texas with shad and
California salmon have proved so un-
satisfactory that the attention of the
commissioner during the year 1882 has
beenlmainly devoted to the propaga-
ton and distribution of German carp.
This is the fish for Texas. While in
the opinion of the Canadian fish COM
mission Its flesh takes the royal rank
among the perch tribe that the salmon
does among the salmonida," it is in
Texas easily raised in any pond or
stock tank, grows well in any spring
or lake, does well in any of the waters
of the state, salt or fresh, still or run
ming, and when once planted needs
mostly to be let alone to insure sue
cess. Ponds, the banks of which are
well sodded with mesquite or Bermu-
da grass, do particularly wellfo carp.
Both OF these grasses will send out
runners into the pond, and upon these
the fish spawns. While the planting
of water lilies, caladiums and such
ornamental aquatic plants is advised,
the sodding Of the banks of ponds
with one or both of the before named
grasses will be found to an
swer all purposes. Carp five
months of age in Texas, will,
under favorable circumstances,
measure ten inches in length, and are
then good pan fish. Any farmer or
stock-raiser in the state, having a
pond of one-fourth acre in extent
better if larger-can, from an original
stock of ten to twenty carp, rely upon
having in short time an abundant
supply of good fish food. Carp fifteen
months old will grown in Texas) av-
erage three and one-half pounds in
weight, and every female can be re-