Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-18
THE STATE CAPITAL.
DR.. Curry and the School ., board
Pretty Quarrel as 1t STANDS
The Low Lease Bids Rejected oy '"'
Land Board.
;Sepcc. Cutting in Ruunels Conn'Y-Do
parlment Notes.
Special to the Gazette.


Special TO the Gazette 49,,
Arsr1N. April 17.-It leaks out that
n sbarp controversy has arisen between
the hoard OF education and Dr. curry,
AGENT of the Peabody fund, regarding
tie disposition of the amount allo.eu
70 TEXAS from that fund. The CORE
snondence has been suppressed, but IL Is
known that the board has intimated
nretty plainly TO DR.. Curry that un,
less thew are given complete control OF
the fund they will have nothing wha..
ever to do with it. The trouble, II
seems. grows out of the fact that Or.
Curry wants the whole amount,
s6.000. appropriated to the sam
Houston normal school, to supplement-
the salaries of teachers Of that institu.
fion, while the board desires a portion
for the summer normal schools. 1t Is
limited that lust as good teachers could
be procured at Huntsville for the reg
Mar salary without any supplement-,
and that il Is possible the agent of the
fund NAV be animated by private
friendship in his course. Altogether,
IL is n nice little muss, and unless DR.,
Curry recedes from his position, u Is
nrobable that the board of education
will peremptorily decline to have
ANYTHING further to do with the Pea
body fund.
to-day revoking the executive procla-
nation of June 8, 1881, designatlpga and
eyempting certain frontier counties
from the provisions Of articles 3lS and
$40 of the penal code relating to the
unlawful carrying of arms. After the
first of May these will be in full effect
in each and every county organized
or unorganized.
AT meeting of the land board this
evening the following resolution was
passed:
Whereas, certain papers purporting
to be bids for the lease of school lands
in various counties in the state of
Texas have been presented to the
board Offering four and five cents per
acre for the lease of said lands;
Therefore, resolved that such pre-
tended bids, not conforming to the
rules of this board fixing minimum
of eight cents for dry and twenty |
cents for watered lands, be not con-
sidered by the board. but be held as
utilities, and that the secretary in
dorse each rejected and sign the
same officially.
During the discussion of the resolu-
ton Treasurer Lubbock warmed up |
He thought the whole basis
of these bids was wrong, and survey
ora should not have received them.
The board passed on one or two un-
cases and adjourned.
Chartered = Cottage Hill Baptist
church of Hamilton county; oxford
Wool and Cattle Growing company Of
tort Stockton, capital $75, 900.
Terrell, Morgan, Woodville and
Ieafne have applied for summer nor
lals.
Prior to the adoption of the constitu.
ion of 1876, several state banks were
hartered under thela One of these
anks at Paris applied to the attorney
eneral to know If it might amend its
harter and establish branch bank
ny institution in another town. He
ules in the negative.
The comptroller will give his clerks
! holiday on the 2lst, San Jacinto
day.
Representative Odom of Runnels |
county Is here, and says fence cutting
has broken out afresh in that section. |
James McCutchen, an individual
who is opposed TO all kinds of modern
started from Austin
Tuesday to walk to Quebec, Canada.
No money has been received here |
or rebates on tobacco, as in other cit
es.
The Black Elephant Saloon was
robbed last night of small sum of |
money, but the thief escaped.
The ball and banquet Tonight was
an elegant and successful afiaii Mil |
let's opera-house had been arranged
for dancing, which was carried on till
late at night. The banquet was highly
to the citizens of Austin, and
presented tempting array of eatables.
The Knights express themselves i'm
pleased with the Inequalities
Of the beautiful Capital City, and will
go away with the kindest feelings for
Its citizens.
The injunction suit against the city
to restrainit from preventing the ex-
tension of the street railway was argued
before Judge Walker tonight. II in
wolves points OF the gravest character.
The decision was reserved.
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