Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-03
AUSTIN.
AUSTIN.
Dynamite as an Anti,loie for the Nip"
prrs and Tie Clippers.
Application for HE Purchase and Lease
OF Public Lands.
Treasurer Lubbock's Report - The
Land Frauds Committee. Etc.

special to the Gazette.
Austin, JANUARY "A gentleman is
here who will submit in all sooerness
10 the coming stock convention plan
10 use the Irish argument against
fence-cuttiug. by loading wire fences
with dynamiie. He proposet to 80 ar
range il that the minute the Dipper
cli,s the fence tine dynamite goes Off
ana the feuce-cUtter Too. just what
portion oil stockmen will favor his
scheme /. mol known. but u i evident
that III. most OF them are guaded 70
DESPERATION, and no great surprise
wonla he oocasjoned ty the adoption
oe heplan.
The land board reconvened io-dsy
10 consider applications for he lease
and purchase Of school, Uni
v-r-ity and asylum lands. APP
p,irations from The following coun-
lie> - ere passed upon aud, in most
instances. sales effected; Andrews,
Angelina, Armstrong, Austin, BJr-
den. Bandrra, BAYLOR, 3 Nat, Blauco,
BTisco, Bosgue, Burnett, Cooke, Cal
lahan. Cno-ny Calhoun, Carson, Cole
nan. Clay. Comapche, Dawson, Den
ton, Dewitt. Duniey, Duval, DimmitI,
Ea.llanu. Edwards. +, Paso, Floyd,
Fisher, Cara, Gillespie, Gray, Hall,
Hay + ana Howard The price paid
fcr the land- rang. d from s. to $3.50
per acre. Abont 'oriy land men We're
present al the meeting of the board
he board will probably be in session
all the week finishing up the applica
tons now on file.
Treasurer Lubbock's report shows
the following cash balances on the lst
Of January: General revenue, $lT8,-
, 80; permanent school fund, Sl64, 40;
available school luud, SOB S69; perma-
uent university fund $lg26l0. Other
funds make the total ash in the
treasury, sl,0-5,> Bonds to the
credit Uf the permanent school fund,
/ SS,2>7,54S, bearing an annual interest
OF ;207 9Tl. This does not include rail-
road bonds to the amount OF Sl,7j3,3
/ belonging To the permanent school
( tund and also state bonds of
1866, amounting to Sls2, los, which
swell- the total to So l2s ,03S. Bonds
| belonging To tine permanentpnive
/ fund, $3.50 ,u9i bearing an annual inter
7 est 81 S22,ul4. Total amount of bond
ed debt OF the st'.te, 81 OBJ, 100, Of
which - 70, sos l. held by the perma-
nent fund, leaving - 475, l3u in hands
OF individuals lhcamouut Of county
bonds purchased To date for the uer-
manent school fund is II 354, 74s.
The land fraud board has about
completed it, report 1t is believed
/ they will touch lightly on the ques-
| ton OF tha consti.utiOnality OF the
/ J0-cent act; and in discussing the
1 history OF the cling over the
+ John Gibson certificates. refrain rs far
/ As possible from expressing All Opin-
/ ion ON the constitutional questions.
I Senator a G. Collins of DIVA! came
IN to-day. His early arrival is due to
! the preparation of "a herd law, which
| he enthusiastically advocates as the So
( luton of tence-cutting.
Attorney General Templeton eX-
| presses the utnosbiuith in the cOnsti-
tutionality of the jJ-ccnt act.
\ letter was received to-day from
Lieutenant Shelly, vino, with his
rangers, is doing special service in De
/ WA and karnes counties, under the
| direction of Judge Peasants. lie
,ays everything is quiet now,
but there is no telling when
| ISnce-chltluB VIII break out. The
/ stockmsn and citizens desire his force
OF twenty men increased 10 thirty and
with this he thinks he will be able TO
render all necessary aid to the officials
Of that section. He says that his men
are riding night and day guarding
iences. The increase will he allowed
oy The adjutaut-ge neral. II is notice
able thatlh isthe only instance where
assistance from the State was ever
especially applied TO suppress fence
cutting.
Chartered: Pearsall Cemetery asso-
citation; Alert Hos, Hook and Ladder
company of Cor-icana; Denton loan
and Investment mpany.
The number of drunmers registered
at The Office of the comptroller durin .
1883 was :, lll
The board Of university regents will
meet January 7th.
The English gentleman who will be
elec ted 10 succeed Mallet is vet on this
sine OF the Atlantic. Strong hopes are
entertained that he will accept.
ltis rumored with AZ parently good
foundation that . new morn ing paper
VIII he started soon by an old new
paper man from Wisconsin.