The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-05-15
DEPART MENTS.
Return of Land Payments-Vet-
Gran Certificates Granted,
and Other Matters.

S. The comptroller deposited with Il
l. treasurer yesterday $4,000 for a
n count of general revenue, and 500
J. for the available school fund.
IT The comptroller will draw his wa
It rant for $3.50, to be refunded to /
# +. Montgomery, for deposit made fC
y payment OF land of the public d(
e main under the 30 cents acr. This
|. owing to the fact that the patent
e could not be issued on account of fol
fe1ted surveys of the lands apple
:, for by Mr.. Montgomery. Half tn
5 amount will be drawn from the pei
( manent school fund and half from tn
{ land sales fund.
4 The treasurer received $1,000 from
t Maddox Brothers & Anderson
2 amount due on purchase of lands un
/ der old land sales account. He pai(
warrant for $17,0 600 payment on tn
Terrell lunatic asylum.
The attorney-general, in reply to al
} isquiry from a railroad president, rule
that side tracks cannot be included il
the estimate of mileage for passenger
| rates. The writer argued that as the
state had fixed rates so low it would
! be but fair to allow liberal construc
ton as to mileage. The side track!
would make an addition of about pei
cent. to the earnings.
VETERAN CERTIFICATES.
The veteran board issued certificates
J to the following veteran claimants:
E. j. Charles, Richard Ross, John
Johnson, Absalom Gibson, William
Williams, E. SESSIONS, Daniel Mcleod
d. j. Collins, Henry Hawford, j. d
Morgan and M. II. Short, for 1886
acres each, and to q. del Gomez and
Elyira Engledon for GAO acres each.
Cameron county reports scholastic
census of 1,272 white males and l, 161
females, of whom 1870 cannot read.
The return last year was total of
2,148.
Oldham county makes it's first CEN
sus, showing only fifty children with
in the scholastic ages from eight to
sixteen years.
Superintendent Baker Is notifying
the principles of the summer normal
schools of their appointments, and is
arranging to carry the new school law
fully into operation.
The charter of Zion church of Waco
was filed yesterday with the secretary
of state. Also charter of the Dal-
las Gymnastic club. The capital
stock Of the club is fixed at $4,000
The incorporators are VIM. Ball, E.
Beikharz, Emil Fritz, E. +. Rail- and
| A. EiSenhohr.
The comptroller deposited $4,000
Red River courthouse bonds purchas-
ed by the board of education, land ST.
600 Polk county courthouse bonds,
also purchased by the board of educa-
ton. Other bonds left with the comp
troller will be purchased as the funds
of the board accumulate.
There are eighty men at work on
the new capitol, and one hundred and
ffry more employed at the Oatman-
vile quarries in getting out stone for
the building. The progress of the
work generally is quite satisfactory.
The force employed is ample for the
work, and everything moves on har-
moniously.
The porticos of the State University
have been completed and the building
will be examined and formally re-
ceived from the contractor at the
next meeting Of the board of regents.
Captain Walsh, state land commits
sioner, is highly encouraged in the
proposition suggested by him for the
citizens of Austin to endow chair
of applied mathematics or civil engi-
neering for the institution. He is to
be commended for the interest he has
taken in the matter, which, with the
advantages of his position and influ-
ence as the head of a department most
interested in such line of instruction,
will doubtless be made a success. 1t
is to be hoped the governor and other
state officers will aid him with their
valuable cooperation. Certainly the
citizens Of Austin are greatly inter
ested in promoting the success of the
university every way. Its hundreds
of students every year will bring
hundreds of thousands OF dollars into
circulation in Austin, and hundreds
of families will he attracted here to
educate their children. The success
of such an institution should be the
study Of our citizens, who should do
all in their power to promote its use
fulness.
The comptroller yesterday received
notice from Texas IL Pacific railway
company that the interest due to the
state school fund would be paid to-day.
In the case of the Houston & Texas
Central railway company, which has
refused to pay interest for several
years on the debt claimed against its
western branch, which it holds to have
been liquidated, the fact that no suit
has been instituted against it indi-
Gates that the state has yielded its de-
mands against the company.
COL. F. w. JOHNSON.
The 18th of March last Col. Derden,
of this city, wrote to Hon. p. I'll. Nor
Of tho TTnitc1 Stnfpc 1nnatiOn of
the City of Mexico, for information OF
the late Col. Frank w. Johnson, who
had gone to Mexico for his health,
being then IS years of age, and as Col.
Darden apprehended, might be dead
or needing assistance from his frlends,
which they desired TO tender if needed.
Judge Morgan writes May 2, refer
ring to a letter of April 8, (Which
letter Col. Darden failed to receive,)
and enclosing a copy Of "The Two
Republics" Of May I'd, published in
the City of Mexico, in which the fol-
lowing statement as to Col. Johnson's
death, confirming the information al
ready had here from other sources, is
marked:
Col. Frank W. johnson has recently
died in Aguascalientes. Col. johnson
was president of the Texas Veteran
association. and one of the principal
Texas veterans. He took prominent
part in the battle of Bexar, and was
at several of the noted battles in the
Mexican war. Not knowing of his
death, his comrades reelected him
president of the association. The
| final ceremonies in Aguascalientes
were very impressive, and the funeral
the largest ever held in that part Oh
Mexico over the death o IN Ameri-
can.
The charter of the People Loan &
Homestead company, of Galveston
was filed yesterday with the secretary
of state, capital $4,000; incorporators
J. A. Robertson, w. FL. Stratton and
L. S. Mckinney. Also charter of the
Rusk County Buildning, Loan q In.
vestment association, of Henderson
capital $4,000; incorporators: c. L
Nunnelly, j. G. Hickey, E. Barthold
VIM. Hill, G. G. Burnett, t. @. Ar
mold and I. j. Trammell, il.
The Houston 81 Texas Central Rail
way company paid in yesterday
S5,011.07 on account of sinking fund
and $l5, 033.22 interest on its indebted
ness to the state.
The state land board has concluded
its contracts with the parties who biz
for leases at the last meeting. A mucl
larger business is anticipated at thei
next nesting. So far something les
than million of acres out of abou
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