The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21

the general government prepared tt
send to Washington.
| The assessments of Fayette county
show $4l9,390, and Grayson, 81 ,345, 075
increase in values.
The comptroller paid $4,000 into
the state treasury to the credit of gen
eral fund.
| j. M Brown, collector of Lee county
settled his accounts with the state.
Treasurer Lubbock is at Sour Lake
for regeneration, rather than health.
The operations of the land board
foot up for the last bids:
Number of acres leased. 1894
Total. Observation-Disclosures. n 1896
REJECTED FOR IRREGULARITY
Bids, to lease. ........S s., 339
Bids, to purchase ,72S
Total .................1n,o6
Charters were filed yesterday with
the secretary of state as follows
American Ancient Order of Monte
zumas of Longyiew. Incorporators 4:
J. b. Pellet, Robert Donnelly and G.
L. Kierwin.
Home Benevolent society of Waco.
Incorporators: Aaron Edwards, Hugh
Franklin, Monroe Green, Pleasant
Hines, Ben Edwards, John Jackson
and Thomas Williams.
Texas Midland Railway company :;
capital, 100000. The road commences
at Waco, extends to point on east
boundary of the state about twenty
five miles south of Shreveport, in Pa
nola county, and runs through the
counties of Limestone, McLennan
Freestone, Anderson, Rusk, Cherokee,
Nacogdoches and Pamela counties. In
corporators Peter Mcclellan, ST.,
Peter Mcclellan, Jr., T. c. McGregor,
George Clark, w. A. Taylor, j. w.
Mann, j. A. Downs, d. j. Wood, w.
M. Peck, Q. l.. Watson and L. d. Brad
ley.
The following students recommend
ed by summer Normal schools for adj
mission to the Sam Houston Normal
institute have been approved by the
board of education to fill vacancies not
filled by state senator's appointments:
j. r. King, of Travis county; w. T.
M. Ferguson of Taylor; Miss L. g,
Moore, of Burnet; Miss A. Churchill.
of Burnet; Miss A. Kuykendau, of Bell
county; Miss Matte Woodrum, of
Denton county; Miss Ida Asbury, of
Collin county; Miss Bette Huffman,
of Collin county; E. NJ. Spain, of Pr
lot Poin; w. n. M. Lane, of Hunt
county; G. f. Johnson, from the state
at large.
The comptroller yesterday deposited
$4,000 to the credit Of general revenue
Assessments of Webb county show
S766. 600 increase in values,
The Houston mining company has
sent a collection of specimens of ores
from Llano county, some of them
showing traces of gold, to the office of
the state engineer. They are for
warded through W. r. StveurwitZ,
consulting engineer and metallurgist,
and will be sent from here to the New
Orleans Exposition.
Proctor Ragsdale, of the state uni
versity, has had fine cemented cis-
tern made upon the grounds, near the
university building. Its capacity is
250 barrels.
DIR. Rainey wishes it to better un-
derstood that the institution of which
he is superintendent is not strictly
speaking an asylum for the INDECENT
blind, but an institution for the edu-
cation of blind children. Some time
ago a blind old man from California,
where there are no aSylums, strictly
speaking, was informed that he could
be taken care of here in the blind in
stitute as In an asylum, and begging
money for the purpose came here, and
not being admitted had to be provid-
ed for at the county poor farm.
Gov, Ireland returned yesterday
from his trim TO SaOIlin
Acknowledgement Templeton has
written letter to the Galveston
News, assuming 1t is understood, the
responsibility for the action OF the
governor in pardoning Francois, the
party from Galveston charged with
miscegenation, and giving his reasons
for his opinion upon which the action
of the governor is presumed to have
been based.
In Justice Won Rosenberg's court,
Milton Hawkins (coiored) was held
over for examination under bonds OF
$500, 5000 and $500, respectively, on
charges of theft. In two cases he was
held to bail on his own statement,
and in the other he waived eXamlna-
ton and pleaded guilty.
Mollie Thomas (colored) was fined
So and costs for using vulgar Ian
guage, jury finding her guilty.
Geo. Douglass (colored), charged
with assault with intent to ravish
his two daughters, was arraigned
and case postponed on account of
sickness of one of the states witnesses.
Alex. Cole (colored), charged with
attempting to violate the person Of
Caroline Brown, a young colored wo-
man, was bound over under bonds of
5000. G. b. Willett, Esq, graduate Of
the university law school, represented
the state in the place of County At
torney Wooten, who is sick.
The case of Tom White, who is not
white but colored, charged with as
sault with intent to commit rape, was
dismissed fog want of evidence; but
| Carrie Scott, witness in the case,
was fined So for contempt of court in
not keeping the peace with her tongue
| when the justice of the peace ordered
her to keep quiet. She claimed to be
like some half-read lawyers, too quick
witted.
The comptroller yesterday pur-
chased $1,000 Pecos county court
house bonds for the permanent school
fund.
Alex Coker, tax collector Of Live
Oak county, and r. 7. Chandler, the
collector of Trinity county, settled
their accounts with the state.
+ Henry Beauchamp, assessor of Ellis
county, called on the comptroller on
business.
The following accounts of opera.
lions on the Rio Grande are received
from Brownsville.
There are quite number of islands
in the Rio Grande, formed by the
changing of the current. S,me OF
these islands belong to the United
States and some to Mexico. Being
covered with dense growth of tim
Der, they make secure refuge fol
thieves and robbers of the frontier
When pursued by American officer.
; the outlaws would take refuge in {
Mexican banco, and if pursued by tn,
Mexican officers they would refuge il
an American banco. In either cas-,
they would be safe from capture.
Sheriff Brito has attempted severa
times to act in conjunction with tn,
: Mexican authorities. but did not sue
coed until last Sunday night, when Re
, in company with several deputies, lef
, to drive this side of the river. At tn,
same time the Mexican rurais left OF
2 the other side.