The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-05-22
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
Land Sales and Leases-Land
and Cattle Company Char
tered-Ouaranti Etc.


II Col. Baylor just arrived from COLI
u RADIO city reports that the eight fenc
% cutters arrested in RunnelS count
e for cutting the fences of Col Odon
7, and other parties in that county, ha
q all been indicted and were safel
l. lodged in Jail in Colorado city, witt
good prospects of their conviction.
The parties indicted are:
n w. j. Wood, in two cases.
e L. d. HyltoD, in two cases.
w. r. Hylton, in four cases.
RI John J. Ford, in three cases.
w. G. Thompson, in two cases.
G. w. Boyett, in three cases.
e J. II. Yardley, in four cases.
N. Franks, in two cases.
There are now ninety-three pupils
| in the deaf and dumb asylum. Miss
Matte Pool, one of the inmates, has
been promoted as teacher in the in.
| Stitutlon. Miss Lucia Kinney, a re-
cent graduate of the Austin public
schools, has also been elected a
teacher in the asylum. Another
teacher, Mr.. Watson, is expected from
Canada.
The Matador Cattle company yes
friday paid $20,347 to the land board
in payment OF one years lease of
school lands for which the company
bid. About $1,000 more was paid by
other parties.
DR.. Swearing n, s. a'e health officer,
telegraphed Mayor Carson, at Brown
vile as follows: eff quarantine is not
established at Bagdad by the Mexican
authorities in forty-eight hours the
state of Texas will declare quarantine
against Matamoras. DR.. Swearingen
says it has been fourteen days
since quarantine was established at
Texas ports against Vera Cruz and
| the Mexican authorities have not yet
| quarantined the Rio Grande from
| that place. He is advised that YES
sci loaded with coffee is expected at
Bagdad from Vera Cruz, on which
yellow fever may he imported, from
which danger of infection may be APP
pretended on the American side of
the Rio Grande.
The governor is surprised to learn
that district attorney in fence-cut-
ting county, who is said to have made
speeches rather excusing such Of
lenses, has been appointed district at
torney pro tenn. This statement is
derived from private sources.
Fish Commissioner Lubbock has
placed an interesting aquarium on
exhibition at the Art Loan bazaar.
The comptroller paid a reward of
$3.50 to r. w. Choat, of Cas5 county,
for the arrest of one Terry Williams
in Arkansas, upon the requisition of
the governor of Texas. Williams is
charged with assault, with intent to
murder man named Antoine Schel-
mire in Cass county.
w. II. Graham, tax collector of De-
witt county, settled with the comp
troller yesterday, for the taxes COL
lected by him for the year 1883 "a.
He is the first collector to settle this
year, and the first about this date last
year.
Charter of r. E. Lee Fire Co., of
Columbus, was filed yesterday. Also
charter of the Childress County Land
add Cattle Company, of Fort Worth;
capital, 100000; incorporators, Thos.
A. Tidball, J. p. Smith, F. Z. Knott,
&. c. Mills, ]. w. Stevens, j. J. Jaris,
Noah Harding and Kell van Zandt.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
DR.. Swearinger, state health officer.
yesterday received the following re-
ply to his telegram concerning quar-
lntine on the Rio Grande:
BROWNSVILLE, May III, IA.
DIR. r. M. SWearinger:
The Mexican authorities have es-
tablished rigid vuarintine at Brydad,
and provided DR.. Cicero with ample
force and means. THOS. CARSON,
Mayor.
THE STATE UNIV ERSITY.
There was meeting yesterday of
the university regents in the office of
the proctor, in the university. The fol-
lowing members were present: Col.
Ashbel Smith, of Harris county, ( res
ident; Seth Shepard, Esq, of Calves
ton; DR.. B. Hadra, of San Aoton1o;
DR.. T. G. Wooten, of Austin, Col. r.
J. Simpkins, of Corsicana, Il. M:
HARDWOOD, Esq, of Gonzales; and
j. B. Clark, of Bonham; A. Z.
Woodbridge, Esq, secretary, Prot.
Smith Ragsdale, proctor, and mem
bers of the faculty.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Superintendent Baker yesterday
made his ruling on legal points, as fol-
lows:
Section 80 and section 70. New
school laws conflict section 30, giving
tuition paid by pupils over and under
scholastic age to trustees for benefit OF
the district or community, and section
70 declaring that the teacher shall be
entitled to it. have ruled that these
two sections are irreconcilable, and
that section 70 being the last express
sion of the legislature declares the
legislative intent, and that the teacher
was therefore entitled to such tuition.
There was meeting of the board
of education to consider the reports OF
the Sam Houston Normal Institute,
but no action was taken.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Land Commissioner Walsh furn-
ishes tn. following comparative state
ment, embodying mainly FREQ school,
with a limited amount or university
and asylum lands, sold and leased by
the state land board in January and
April, 1884:
SALES.
Acres. Av. price. Amt.
January ,250,000 S2l2H $685. $50
April =. ............ 15S,s1O 2.O21s 3l1,445
LEASES.
January (per 10 yrs.) o2O.OOOl dry .o4 7,s
Rental per annum. .S3o, 0tO.OO
ApriI;(per yrs) Co.'S 1882 dry .O8 g.. 499O4.78
April (per yrs) 81, O9O (watered) Ii 10 135S70S
Total revenue from leases. ....... .$72, sol S5
The sales in April were only to ac-
tual settlers, and represent over two
hundred homes at from 80 to 1,2oO
acres each.
The leases for January were for 10
years, as prescribed by law, and indi-
cate revenue of but little over one
half of that secured by the April
leases, which do not in any instance
exceed six years.
Yesterday being the last day for
payment on April purchases, a large
amount of small remittances were re-
ceived by the secretary of the land
board from actual settlers.
OTHER MATTERS.
The governor has made the follow
lowing appointments of honorary
commissioners to represent Texas at
the New Orleans Worlds Fair.
Anderson county, George M. Dilley;
Arkansas, Thos. Coleman; Archer, A.
Lewellen; Atascosa, G. G. Patton;
Austin, A. Chesley; Bastrop, j. d.
Savers; Baylor, A. ]. Browning; Bee,
A. G. Jones: Bell, M. Robertson;
Bexar, +. Grice; Brazoria, M. S. Mum
son; Burner, Gen. A. r. Johnson;
Caldwell, L. ]. Story; Callahan, Saml.
Webb; Cameron, F. w. Latham;
Cass, a. G. Oliver; Colorado, DR..
Harrison; Comanche, j. A.
Bartlett; Concho, w. P. Dodson,
| Coryell, Y. s. Jenkins; Donley, G. A.
| Eoof1anI Flarninn. Ed