The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-05-22

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Zandt. j. III: Kearby; Walker, l.. A
Abercrombip; Washington, o. III. [
Garrett Webb, Santos Benavides
Wharton, Geo. Quinan; Wichita, -
Houston; Wilbarger, G. c. johnson
Williamson, John Willett; Wilson, A
g. Pickett; Wood, d. G. Williams
Young, E. S. Graham.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
Deposits by the comptroller were
$1,000 to account of general revenue
and $1,000 to account of available
school fund.
There was also deposited $1,000 Red
River county bonds to account of per.
manent school fund.
The district attorney of Ell Paso
county has made settlement for Benito
Gonzales, eX-collector of Ell Paso coun-
ty, being about $4.500.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of the Tompkins Ma
Dallas; capital S250OOO, was filed YES
terday with the secretary of state. IN
corporatcrs, r. Y. Tompkins, J. E.
Henderson, E. p. Cowen, Jno. W.
Simpson, L. A. Peres, Geo. E. Cossen,
Gen. E. Bennett, A. X. Rost and L.
G. Skinner.
PERSONAL.
State Treasurer Lubbock and wife
left yesterday for Houston.
Col. Brewster, commissioner of in
Surance and statistics, received a pa
per yesterday giving account of the
death OF his mother, Mrs. Z. II. BreWs-
ter, In the 94th year of her age, at
SpartanSburg, South Carolina, on the
9th, inst.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
superintendent of instruction Baker
has issued an elaborate circular of in
formation and instructions to princi-
pals OF the summer normal schools.
which are to open July and close
August 2.
A meeting Of the principals of the
white normal schools will be held il ne
20 at San Antonio.
Examinations for summer normal
certificates will take place July 30.
Blanks will be furnished from Su-
perintendent Bakers office to the
school principals for making reports
to the dedartment.
TIE STATE UNIVERSITY.
The board of University regents
concluded its session to-day. They
refused to accept the new building,
and appointed j. Lindsay Walker to
inspect the same and report wherein
the contractor failed to comply with
the plans and specifications, and what
damages are due to the state on &C
count of delay under contract, forfeit
ing $50 day for not complying by
October Is last. The board found
that the expenses of the past year
were near $4,000, or about $4,000 over
the available resources. They esti-
mate 500, 900 will be needed next year,
and say the state medical department
at Galveston is a thing of the future,
from present prospects,.
They announce that an assistant |
professor will be elected to assist |
chair mathematics, assistant teaching
drawing and civil engineering, and
chairs of physics and chemistry will
have 30 be filed also. 1t is probable
that eminent scientists, the La Comte |
brothers, of California, will be elected
to fill the latter chairs.
The board adjourned.
The board of university regents held |
a lengthy session last night, devoted
mainly to the discussion of the FEAST |
bility of adding a medical department |
to the university. A committee |
consisting of Drs. Smith, Wooten and
Hadra, and Col. Sheppard, was ap-
pointed to make an Investigation of |
the additional cost and other details, |
to report at the next regular meeting
of the board in June. The election |
of new profeSsoTS-a successor to Prof. |
Mallett and an assistant was postpon |
ed until June. A number of minor |
appropriations were made to cover Incl |
dental expenses. The board adjourned |
at II o'clock to meet on Monday and ar
range programme for the commence |
ment exercises in June.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller paid A. M. Stone |
S1C0 reward for the arrest of Bill Jen- |
kins charged with the murder of But |
Ter Bean, in Jasper County.
The collector of Burleson county |
fled vouchers for settlement of his ac-
counts as collected.