Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-01
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Running Texas Cattle Across the Border
to Hide from the Assessor.
Treasury Notes-A Rush TO Pay Taxes
The Pardon Mill Stopped.
More Cash for County Bonds-Bids for
school Lands.
A Greer County Decision--Thc Herd Law
Fence. Cutters.
Special to the Gazette.

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Austin, December 3l.-A letter has
been received from an officer Ill th'
Panhandle stating that number o
cattlemen are running their cattl'
across Red river, hoping by herdine
them in the Territory on the lst ol
January to escape assessment. The
COMPTROLLER will instruct the assessors
to ignore all such technical evaSons OF
the law, and assess all cattle recDg'
nized as belonging in Texas.
Deposits were made in the treasury
to-day from land sales rs follows
Available school fund, $40 600; perna-
nent school fund, $23;0OO; permanent
university fund, Sl.70D; available uni
versity, 500; asylum, $500.
There was big scramble to-day to
settle. taxes io' nonresident land
owners in organized counties, it being
the last day of grace. The rolls will
now be forwarded to collectors to en-
force Elections.
Governor Ireland states that he is
resolved not to grant any more par
dons until law and order is resto ed.
Seven applications were received to-
day, and they are coming in regularly
at a large rate.
1t is estimated that the perma-
nent school fund will re-
ceive bet veen 100000 aud
100000 from land sales in January.
This will he at me invested in county
bonds, of which there have already
been offered about $500 QUO worth that
were refused on account of a lack of
money to buy them.
The land board will open bids to-
morrow for the purchase or lease of
scnool. university and asylum lands.
a large number of applicants are in
town to urge their claims.
District Judge Willis, in the Pan
handle, recen IL rendered Il
decision that Greer county was In
Texas, in Il suit brought by cattle
man of that county to eDjoin the col
lector from collecting taxes, on the
ground that Greer WAS not under the
Jurisdiction of this state.
Between 100 900 and 500, 900 acres of
the land for which application has
been received To purchase or lease il
located in Tom Green county. This
il about one half the entire amount of
the applications.
- ANNANi Albhi INV NstDlb'L vi Viz ltiA-
gers stationed near Mo6eetic states
that sufficient feed for their horses
cannot be procured, and asks to he re-
moved to another section.
Architect Myers of thc new capitol
is not expected here until the Sth OF
January.
The fees in the land Office for De
cemOer amount to 5000. Moneys sent
with applications for land should not
be sent to the land office, but to the
secretary of the land board or state
treasurer.
The land fraud board will adjourn
on the Sd of January,
The cash balance is steadily incrcas-
ing, and is now near S 00O00.
The encouragement will soon
instite suits by district and county
attorneys IN cases acted on 10y the land
fraud board.
a gentleman here who has been
sending out letters of inquiry in re-
gard to fence-cutting to stockmcn has
received responses from all over the
country The prcpOnderance of sent-
ment is heavily against the herd law.
The pasture fence OF Bud Driscull
onr wealthiest stockman, was cut
Saturday night for u mile. The pas
ture is ten miles south of Austin, and
this s he first work of the fence-cu :
ters in Travis county. Mr.. Driscoll
had erected gates wherever II WAS in
timated they were needed, and gave a
large lane through the center of the
pasture.
Chartered: Il. G. Evans company
OF Fort Worth. The object is to deal
in dry goods; capital, $3.50 900; incnr-
porato's, b. G. Evans, w. j. Bnaz, r..
y. Hatcher, Il. M. Willing, j. NJ.
O'Neal.