The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-06-26

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Nr-uN, june ~ Special, II is ru
morod here that n thr nomination iul
Superintendent uf Public Instruction l.
rendered Prof NlcN, llugg he will ac
ccpl.
col. win lambert, secretary 1T ia,
Fort Worth convention, has had the
credentials of delegates elected Ia the
National Democratic convention hand
sOmely printed, and ~ soon ~ signed hN
the president, Hon. Joe Sayers, they will
hO forwarded.
Charters filed; Terrell Building and
Loan association, capital stock slD,ubi
BOnham building aud Loan association,
capital stock slO1U,1; sherman mill
company, capital stock $1,000.
Scholastic census received to-day;
Howard county-l,2ili increase, lsi.
Wisc-5,USi; Increase, l,In,
Tarrant ,lOl; Increase, 81,
Gonzales -3,5si; increase, 50.
city of Dccatur-SSi; increase, III,
The Comptroller to-day registered 81
600 of Terrell City-lIall bonds.
OF the school lands leased by the state,
sl5,S1 acres Is for ten years; ItS,Id for
six years; 3l,0Si for five years; ,H5l for
two wears; 2,ID for one year. Tom
Green county heads the list with Ill ,l,a
acres; Motley, lhl,'ls1; Hcmphill, lW,0O;
Crockett, lOS,772; Borden, lWi,OiO; Pre-
sidio, l0l $40. Other counties range
from I'll To 5000 acres.
Drafts To pay collectors for taking
scholastic census are being made out,
and will he sent To the several counties,
where they will ho paid.
The Governor has pardoned n young
man sent Ia the pcnitcntiary for swearing
that his sweetheart was Is years of age
when applying for n marriage license.
The evidence SLOWS the girl imposed
upon him, and, ~ MI the county officers
asked for his pardon, the Governor
granted II.
respected citizen, was buried to-day.
Milletl opcra-housc was crowded to-
night to witness the closing exercises of
the German-Amcrican academy. The
concert and athletic exercises by the
boys were of high order, unique and
intensely interesting.
Col. 4. &. Babcock, member of the
capitol syndicate, has been quite i'll for
two weeks, but Is now improving.
The Supreme Court-Appcal dismissed:
Block, Oppcnheimer n Co. vs.. Hootcn n
Townsend, from Lampasas.
Rehcarings refused: Texas Il Pacific
railway VS.. Dye ct al, from Dallas; Lott
vs.. Kaiser ct al, from Bosque; Milliken
VS.. Smoot, from Parker.
Affirmed: Arnold W.. Lcathcrwood,
from Johnson.
Submitted on briefs for both parties:
Carothcrs VS.. McIlhcnney IL Co., from
Milan; Kennedy VS.. Jarvis ct al, from
Webb.
The special court composed of Asso-
ciatc Justice Stayton and Messrs.
b. II. Bassctt and A. 5. Maxcy
affirmed the judgment in the case of
Mcnchaca ct nj. VS.. Field ct al, from
McLcnnan, and Menchaca ct al. VS.. Pun
chard ct al, from Milan, the court hold
ing, first, that the concession to Sanchez
having moneyed value, created COM
munity interest to Mrs. Sanchez, which
descended to and invested in her heir
at her death; second, that what
ever interest she had was Invested
by the instrument of Penida
afterwards endorsed to Thorn, which,
though in form II power of attorney.
was in effect II sale of the concession and
all the right to the land acquired under
it, and the superior title was thereby di-
vested out of Sanchez and wife, so as to
leave no interest To he inherited by her
heirs ut her death; third, the jury
having found that there We're commu-
nifty debts, and the finding being sus-
taincd that Sanchez sold the land to pay
them. and that Punchard purchased the
same and paid portion of those debts,
the title vested in Punchard.