Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Mai. breckenridge Denooncestlie Charge
Made Against His Brother.
The Governor Attending the Exercises al
the Bryan College.
Routine Notes Picked mp at the Capital
by a Gazette Reporter.

Special 10 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, June 23,-The dispatch in
Yesterdays GAZETTE from Washing
ton stating that Maj. Breckenridge Of
Austin Is charged with having misap-
propria;ed, shortly after the close Of
the war, 10000 bales OF cotton,
collected by him as federal agent,
confounds Mai. j. II. breckenridge OF
this city with Maj. George Bracken-
ridge Of San Antonio. TheyRre BROTH
ers, but The latter served in the Union
army and the other with the Confed-
crates. This one says, with reference
TO himself, that the federals made a
heavy assessment upon some cotton,
which he held at the close Of the
war, and aenounces the
charges against his brother
who was federal agent at New Orleans,
as Matchmaking scheme. War
moth Is supposed TO be the eS-carpet-
bag governor referred to in the dis
patch.
Chartered: Upper Mud Creek Agri-
cultural, Irrigation and Manufactur-
ing company of Kinney county, capt.
tai $4,000.
Cobb Land and Cattle company Of
| Henrietta, capital 100000.
Loving Publishing company,
/ amended charter, changing name To
Fort Worth Publishing company.
Texas Pan Electric Telephone com.
pany OF Fort Worth, capital 81 900, 600.
Denton Building and Loan associa-
ton, capital 100000.
Albany Water company, capital
| $4,000.
| Pilot Point seminary.
| Granbury college.
Scholastic census reports: Sabine
county ] ,l5S, last year So Pecos Ao,
last year II: Bell 8 2i9, last year =, T01;
Easiland ,33i, last Year LOCO; Goliad
96T, last year SIG; Kaufman 3,Oll, last
year 1857; Montague 1888, last year
1856: city of Austin 2,1G3, last year
1910.
The national banks of San Antonio
having refused TO exhibit list ol
the stockholders TO the tax assessor,
the Encouragement has directed that
official to insist on an examination ol
the list as directed TO be kept by act ol
congress and II this Is refused appllca-
tion will be made TO the comptroller ol
currency at Washington for an order
compelling them to show 1t.
] Bids for the purchase and lease oil
school lands are just beginning IL
coue In for tile July meeting Of the
land board. The indications are that
but little land will be disposed OF and
the sales especially will prove very
light.
The collectors Of Leon, Fort Bend
and Fayette counties settled to-day.
Gov. Ireland has gone 10 attend tbs
commencement exercises OF the A
and III. college ut Bryan, instead o
SegulL, AZ reported.
Gov. Lubbock will leave for Fort
Worth tomorrow en- route for the re
union OF Hoods brigade at Dallas oil
the 27th.
The commissioners OF appeal finallS
adjourned for the term to-day after re
porting the following cases 70 DE a
iirmed: Stay vs.. Melton from CoryeiI
opinion by Delaney, ~ Foremen ct al
VS.. Afaroney Ell al. from Collin; opinion
by Delaney, J..
TO be reversed and remanded
Austin IL Northwestern Railway VI
Daniels, from Williamson; opinion
by Walker, r. -. Rippetee ys. 10
heirs OF M. Clay, from Washington
opinion by Delaney.J j, =.
To he reversed abd rendered. AustiI
& Northwestern Railway Compan.
W.. Cornwell. from Travis; opinion D.
Walker, +. j.