Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-02
THE LAND BOARD.
Ten Sections OF the Peoples Land Sold
and Forty.SIx "Tied up
DR.. Swcarengen Raises tho. Quarantiui
Against Masamoras.
Brilliant lawn Party al the Governors
Mansi0n--Notes and Personals.


AUSTIN, July l.-At the regular
monthly meeting of the land board but
few awards were made, forty.six sec
tions being leased and ten sold. The
heavierleases were postponed until to-
morrow for consideration.
DIR. Sweatengeu, state health officer,
has instructed the mayor of Browns
vile to raise the quarantine against
Matamoras tomorrow IL It's sanitary
condition Is found 10 be satisfactory.
He gives notice, however, that If the
sanitary regulations agreed upon are
again violated quarantine will be re-
established.
Additional school returns lust re-
cetved show the scholastic population
OF several counties as follows.
Mitchell county. 30.
Scurry county, SO,
Delta county, ,i02.
Henderson county, S,1S0.
Franklin county, 1,25I.
To-day Collectors Daugherty of Frio
county and Searcy of Harrison county
settled upin full with the comptroller.
This afternoon Fish Commissioner
Lubbock shipped from the state
pond n large number of
carp to San Antonio, Fairview,
Fairfield, Wills Point, Huntsville and
other places la the state.
Col. Abner Taylor, the contractor
for building the new state capital, ia
again in the city.
Miserole Bros, sewing machine
agents, have made an assignment
Liabilities 81 ,Si3 nominal assets $685..
III. T.. N. Gammell is the assignee.
Judge West Of the supreme court
with his family leaves for Virginia TO-
morrow.
The comptroller deposited to-day
with the state treasurer the sum
o. SSB, i25, being the largest deposit
made for some time past.
The lawn party NJ the governors
mansion tonight was one OF the most
pleasant and successful social events
held here for many weeks. The
grounds were beautifully illuminated
and crowds of Austin's fairest citizens
participated In the pleasures Of the oc-
casion. The entertainment was gotten
up To further the interests of the free
reading room,
| Mr.. Alonzo Millett, wealthy
cattleman OF San Antonio and former
ly of Kansas City, will he married to-
morrow TO Miss Bessie 9. Anderson,
granddaughter Of Senator Terrell.
The sale Of the Austin Il Northwest.
ern Narrow-4auge railway, which was
TO have taken place tomorrow, has
been postponed until the 9TH of No
vember at the instance of the Mercan.
tile Trust company Of New York aud
other ckholders. The strlngency OF
the money market at present Is sup
posed to be the cause.
The grand international exposition,
a new and novel entertainment gotten
up by the ladies of the Methodist
church. will open In the Bruggerhofl
building July Is. 1t will be conducted
on magnificent scale, and IL Ii en-
pected Will attract many visitors TO the
city.
The premium list for the October
meeting Of the Capital state fair has
been issued.
Col. j. q. DeGress, postmas.
ter, has returned from Washing.
ton, where he went from the
Chicago convention. He IL silent with
men in Texas, but thinks Wash Jonee
date for governor. The colonel, while
| ~ W iOl inCicu5tu
service In the carrier system In Aus
| tin.
Reports reach this city to the effect
that great excitement prevails at Lam.
pasas accustomed by an article which
appeared In the Daily Dispatch Of that
burg rejecting In scathing
terms on the lack OF public
spirit, enterprise and cleanliness shown
by the people of Lampasas. The citl-
zens are greatly agitated over the mat
ter, and last night threats of lynching
the author Of the article In question
were freely INDUCED In. An indigna-
ton meeting was held In the court
house, but 30 wild was the excitement
that the meeting was broken up In dis
order. Tonight, however. another
indignation meeting will be
held, but as 1t Is said a
minister Is the author OF the article
probably the whole affair may collapse
Into the mere adoption Of condemns
tory resolutions.
| A land and cattle company has Just
been organized here with u capital OF
$50, 900 and will be chartered In few
days, when the names Of the incorpo-
rators will be given.
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