Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21
THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Governors Proclamation Offering
Rewards for fenee-C Caters.
Proposition in Regard TO the Lease and
Sale of Watered Sections.
One Mans Biz for n Whole County ant
Parts of Two Others.

| special to the Gazette.
Austin, February 20.-Gov. Ireland
issued the following proclamation to-
| day:
Whereas, laws were enacted 10y the
! special session of the Eighteenth leg
islature, which convened January s,
and adjourned February q, A. D., 1854,
making it felony for any person
within this state to cut, iniuie or de-
stroy the fence of another, or to fire
the grass on lands not his own, or TO
enter into conspiracy To commit
either of said utfeuses;
Now, therefore, /, Jno Ireland, gov
ernor of the state of Texas, by virtue
of the authority vested in me by the
constitution and laws Of this state, do
hereby offer u reward of $500
for the arrest and conviction
of ca h and every person COM
hitting either of said offenses, SAID
reward to be paid to the person who
may ferret out the crime and be the
principal instrument in bringing the
criminal to justice.
The proclamation issued December
26, a. ID 1883, pertaining to fence-cut-
ting Is hereby revoked
1t DEVELOPS that the opposition in
the land board to the leasing of water
ed sessions is not from non concur
renee in the wisdom of such policy,
but because under the law land offered
for lease is also open to purchase, aud
those members of the board do not
want to sell watered sections OF the
school lands. Commissioner Walsh
has formulated plan by which this
difficulty may he obviated. The laws
do not restrict the minimum
price which may be fixed
on these sections, and il
it was placed at twenty five dollars per
| acre or some exorbitant rate which
| would prevent purchase, the policy of
Keeping them of the market would be
protected, while The interest of the pas
,ure men would not suif-r from the va
rious provisions of the land inclosur,
laws.
Chartered: Brown County Milling
Co, of Brownwood; capital $50 900
First Baptist church of Baudera.
Henry Grosseau, commissioner of
fish culture 10 the United States
writes To Fish Commissioner Lubbock.
for information concerning that indus
try in feXas.
Treasury receipts 50 500.
The surveyor of the Howard county
land district is here, and states that
applications for land are coming IN
very rapidly at his office for registry
One man proposes to bid for the lease
OF he entire county of Borden, part OF
; Dawson and q portion of Howard.
The complimentary be netit rendered
: Miss Fannie Simpson last night nettet
about sixty-fve dollars.
Col. Barlow, late of the Waco Elk.
aminer, has assumed the business man
agement of The statesman. Mr.
Gaines, the proprietor, relinquished
he position to devote his time to olher
interests. ltis understood that Col.
Barlow is negotiating for "A controlling
interest in the paper, hut as yet no
trade OF that character has been per
fected.
Rock, one of the men before Judge
Walker on habeas corpus, accused
of burglary, was discharged to-day
In the same case Leonard and Cross
man We're each held over under bond
OF fl,0O0 each, which neither has
given.
AT Salmonville last night two con.
victs, whose names could not be
learned, while attempting to escape,
We're fiji ed upon by the guards and one
killed, The other was not Injured.
but being unable to secure change of
clothing returned To camp this morn
Ing ana surrendered.