The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-01
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MISCELLANEOUS Capital CITY News Hens.

Miscellaneous Capital city News Hens,
AusTIy, April Especial, Tho 'tals
/ land nusTt to-day took ~ tue contested
cases, about IN y Ia number, aud msna the
following awards; J, 3 Martin and Perry
! BiihcluW, Tom Green county, 10 InEohAse
one section ssoh: 7, II, Wentworth, Crock
cit county, 20 isaac 100 sections, 20 plT'
0nssa sIG sse.ions, T.. "a. prultt, C6ille
county, TO puroG isa one Gtctlnni 3, a.
SwpnsNn, Border county, TO purchase two
b,CllonP.
Ihe board coGyenes again % morrow and
will be Ia session Tor several days diapuslng
Ol the contested essss,
The attorney general rnlss That tho law
passed by tbs extra session OF tue legi'ls'
tars, reserYiug the rlgbt'Ot'way for county
roads acrOss school, unigtrsiiy and asylum
lands does not apply 10 lands iiisd on pfior
10 the passage Of tho law and OF which pa'
snts were subsequently iIsaed, Ga 81 lands
fled on aimee tins passage of the Law, pat
snls will be issusd subject Il rlght 0i'Ssy,
Without lost 10 the st9ta.
The Cult, Colorado Il SeLts Fs Railroad
Telegraph company paid tl7s tax on mef'
ages to-day. Tho Fort Wuah 4 Denver
Railroad Telegraph COMPANY paid sldl.
General revenue paid "a S2l,OuO; syii!s'
bls school inal paid Ia $500
" Edwards. OF Live Oak county, was
paid reward Of 800 to-day TOR iniormG'
ton that led 10 the arrest aud CONVICTION OF
fence cutter,
OWING 20 error In the Posts advertise.
,Hent Uftsx sales II has bsen ordered ~
again 70 run lhres weeks.
rhs comptroller desirl9 TO know II any
stops have heen tssan 10 organize the coun.
IS OF Reeves Ia compliance With tho hc, 81
April Is u, 1883.
Tho comptroller ru,es that II special
agreement is not made, tho publishers 81
newspapers may charge % conts Tor zach
tract OF laud advertised ut tax sslss, a.
though Severed tracts may have been assess
ed under ons name.
The X. l.. Turner Bloodsd atock and
Livery Stable assoc alton. OF Fort Worthi
capital stock, 100000, filed u ehartgr TO-
day.
from lssss oil lsnds made Of .he last award
ia 500, 100. leases 20 run Blk years. o. trio
amount inu:s IN Motley county pay sl6,-
600. Tom Green couuty, 81 COO; Borden,
IS coo; Floyd, s. 600; Garcia, 50 600.
Tomorrow beipg ths sixty eighth ami.
y.rsary of the DAD Fellows in the Units I'd
Slater, tho lodges here will give "a grand
picnic at F!sky!lle, seven miles north OF
| town.
Colonel Frank Johnston, the nows .!
whose death was telcgrspisd you yestei-
dav, had been apgsEsd tor several years or
history Of Texas and last before sewing
| for Mexico he Compl6ted Il aud l-it the
mauu.criot with Colonel Milt. Swisher, OF
this city. He was n.sn OF rare intellect
ard ability, with a mos: marvellous mem
| o!y, aud his history viii doubtless prove
| the most accurate and interesting ever writ
| zen OF Texas. His wife died several gears
ago Oas daughter sarvives him.
Robert Ccrley wGs severely Toured this
morning ny mule attached to 4 s'Teet'crr
aud inllictins an ugly cash over oi!e OF his
eyes.
The Capital came out as an evening pa
per this afternoon.
la the case OF Brown & Co, vs. Chancsl.
| lor ct al, from Ella conoty, the supreme
court to. day for the first time passed uron
the question rs 10 Jays ofsrece upon notes
payable upon demand, heicing that such
notes payable on demand did not osil for
and wsre not entitled to three days Of
Colonel W. A. saylor. the now collector
at 81 Paso, has made his bOBd and for
w.rded il to Washington.
The appellate coult in d decision TO.
morrow viii hold oort that ,oI the
held last September, YVES illegal and Its
proceeding null aud void. This was caused
bv n misconcsption as to when tho consti.
tut:crl amendment. went into effect.
THE COURTS.
The supreme court affirmed: Frsiberg,
Klein 81 Go. va. Lowe, from Clay; Bomhar.
ger We. Morrow. from Fannin, Hsndtey vs..
Houston & Texas Centrsl railway, from
Dallas: Western Uniou telegraph company
v. H.tson, from Parker; Morrill, vs.. Sell,
from Lamar; Peyton VS.. Leonard, from
Dallas; Fort Worth & Denver CITY railway
We. Dabney, from Wise; Russ ct al. VS.. Jones
et al, from Fsnnin; Wards heirs va. Will
Eams, from lamar; Rgeks VS.. Ge!zsndsher
ct Sl., from Dallas.
Peyarsad and remande5: Brown Il Co.
Va. Chancellor & Co, from Ellis; Strong vs..
Curtis, from Clay: Houston II Texas Cea-
trsl Railway w. Doozer. from Grayson.
Reversed and reformed: Bumpas5 ct oil.
VS.. Spencer, from Dallas.
NJ Certificate dismissed Eppatein u Co.