Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-28
SAVED
Four Ont OF Five al the Land Board
Alressy Converted.
They Admit the Lease Low Is Wrong
and Must Be Amended.
Decline In Taxable yalues--Thc Foe,
Mans iand Being Gobbled by
Syndlcates.
The Enormous Cash Balaaoe Growing to
Deficiensy--N Notes from the
Capital,
special to the Gazette.

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Special 10 the Gaset,c.
AUSTIN, June ~. - Returns from
thirty.two counties where the heaviest
sales and leases OF school lands have
been made heretofore show applica-
lions TO the July meeting of the land
board, for purchase eighty-siN sec
tions, for lease fifty sections. In Ave
counties the applications for pur-
chase aggregate less than one sec
tton each. The reason that the
leases are 80 light Is that
In these counties the choicest sections
have already been picked out and are
now mostly under fence. The secre-
tary of the board to-day sent out 500
blank applications for lease. aud the
assumption IL that AT the August meet
Ing OF the board another grand raid
Will be made on the richest, best wa
tered and most desirablesec,ions under
the tying'up process. The disastrous
result OF the leasing system Ia cutting
down sales and preventing settlement
IL becoming 50 obvious with each sue
cessive meeting OF the board that u
majority OF Ns members now openly
advocate u radical change, aud while
some are not willing To- advocate free
grass,' yet four members out
Of the Ave say that the
last law must DO amended.
IL Is estimated by well informed
parties that the increase In the taxable
values of the state will not exceed. II
indeed II should reach, ten million dol
lars. The assessment will be based on
values at the iirst of the year, ht which
time they had undergone a terrible
shrinkape, on account of the fence
cutting troubles.
A few of the central and north coun-
ties have been heard from, and they
show some advances, HUI increasing
81 ,00N 900, but n decline of cope cent.
Is ticlpaicd In the latter districts.
IL IL feared that this fact will help 10
swell the expected deficiency, MS the
advocates Of the present revenue tax
counted largely on increased values,
taking 1854 as u basis.
Chartered; Albany Hotel company
capital $4,000.
The collector of Nueces county
settled to-day.
Thirteen collectors have already
settled, although the final vouchers
ARE not due until July l.
Haywood Brahan, financial agent OF
the penitentiaries, Is here and VIII
submit his monthly report TO the
penitentiary beard tomorrow.
A young gentleman this evening
charged Slade, the Splrituallst, witt
| monkeying with the slate In IA seanc'
| and received his fees back
SUPREME COURT.
Affirmed: T,nnison et nj, from
Dallas; City of Galveston vs.. Posu'
ainsky. from Galveston.
Reversed and remanded: Moore w
Jones, from Falls county; McLane Va
Paschnl, from Bexar county; Cole Va
| Bammel, from Harris county
Rehearings refused: Menslng w
Axer n Engelke, from Washington
county; A. d n. w. Ry va. Mays, from
Williamson county; A. Il n. w. RS
W.. Cornwell, from Travis IIanricl
Vs. Hanrick ct al, from Falls; Olive
VIZ. Gowan, from Navarro; Nix 4
Storey vs.. Cardwell ct AL, from Cald
well; Bruner Bros. VIZ. Strong, from
Lamar; Spaulding VI, Little, from
Grayson.
Motions to relnstate refused. CIT,
OF Fort Worth Va. Crawford, from Tar
rant; Walker vs.. Stroud, from Me
Lehman.
Rehearlng granted and cause trans
ferred TO Galveston branch; Gulf
Colorado X Santa Fe w. Styr0n, from
Johnson.
Motion TO dismiss ovcrruled; Culler'
a. Henry VI. JAMES, from Grayson.
| NM. f.,lInxyt N si
der ndvisement, and transferred u
the Galveston branch OF this court
McCreary Barlow VS.. Thor T0rpes
from Tarrant; g. l.. Pratt vs.
Erastus Jones, from Clay
Gray a. Wallace Va. Stsadmar
Bros., from Grayson; II. Is. Harrold
et al. VS.. q. w. Arlington, from
WbecIock; City National Bank ct al
Va. j. w. Tnfts, from Tarrant; VIM
DavIe Va. J. i. Terrell, from Denton
Jno. II. Walker vs.. u. r. Morris, from
Cook; Il. a. J.. Railway On. w. Jn0. j
Richie. from Grayson; A. Pickering va
Loving, Garner IL Harris, from Tarrani
civ National Bank w. City Elevator
and Compress Company. from Dallas
Houston d Texas Central Rallwa,
Company vs.. Barney Devaney, from
J. James, from GTayson; Missouri Pr
ciGc Railway Company w: Susan n
A. Scott, from GrayssD; n. Il. VII
liams ct al. W. o. q. Conner, IRON
| Lamar; J. w. Gone vs.. Wright Bev
Edgar schram vs. NJ. l.. Gentry
ron, ConlaI; j. =. Hector VI
Martha Knox. from Bexar; J. 4
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