The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
WEDNESDAY,.

PROCLAMATION BY THE GoYERNO
OF TEXAS.
10 all whom these presents ma
come: Whereas, La rs were enacte
by the special session of tn
Eighteenth Legislature, which con
vened January y. and adjourned Eel
ruary 6. A. D. 1854. making it felon
for any person, within this state, t
another; or to fire the grass on land
not his own; or to enter into cor
Spiracy to commit either of said of
lenses;
Now, therefore, !, John Ireland
governor of the state of Texas, b,
virtue of the authority vested in mi
by the constitution and laws of thi
state, do hereby offer reward of 500
for the arrest aad conviction of each
and every person committing either
of said offenses.
Said reward to De paid to the person
who may ferret out the crime and be
the principal instrument in bringing
the crimipal to justice.
Proclamation issued December 26
A. ID. 1883, pertaining to fence cut
ting, is hereby revoked.
IN testimony whereof, | have here
to signed my name and have caused
to be impressed hereon the seal of
state, at Austin, Texas, this twentieth
day of February, A. ID. 1884.
JOHN IRELAND, Governor.
BY the governor:
j. w. BAINES, Secretary of State.
The charter of the BrOwnwOod
milling company, capital $4,000, was
filed yesterday with the secretary OF
state; also the charter of the Bande-
"a Baptist church.
Upon inquiry of comptroller Swain,
he stated to the reporters yesterday
that the $4,000 reported deposited by
the financial agent Of the state peni-
Tertiary has not been placed in the
state treasury. According to the
financial reports of the agent
every month the funds are de-
posted in different specified banks.
The comptroller evidently thinks the
deposits would be safer in the state
treasury than in banks which are liza
bic sometimes to suspension. 1t occurs
to those interested in state affairs, too,
that the state treasury is the proper
depository of all funds in which the
state is interested. In this instance
the penitentiaries being the property
OF the state, and managed by its own
officers, the state treasury is certainly
the proper depositary, no matter what
has been the custom heretofore.
Cattle men who have heretofore
complained that the new law against
large enclosures would DE too strin-
gent, are now acting as if they had
come to a different conclusion, and in
stead of selling out their ranches and
removing their cattle out of the state,
are, on the other hand, trying to make
the best of the situation.
Acknowledgement King has so ar
ranged the disposition Of the state
troops as to draw Gordon around the
sections where fence cutting was to be
apprehended, and is prepared to scoop
In the fence cutters if they should re-
new their operations. as in net.
The capitol contractor, Col. Abner
Taylor, has purchased the derrick ap-
paratus used for the construction of
the New Orleans cotton exchange for
use in building the new capitol in
Austin. The apparatus Is already
here on the capitol grounds. The new
is examining the stone to be used in
be quarried it has to conform to the
standard of the specimen determined
upon by the espi toll board some time
ago.
Col. Holland, of this city, has an in
auguration ball invitation issued in
1841, during the Lamar administra-
tion. The invitation and names of
the committee are neatly printed on
silk. The names of the committee
are John A. Greer. X. L. Andeson,
John ID. Doris, Sam Whiting, w. L.
Cazneau, j. w. Harrison, James b.
Shaw. I. G. Foster, Alex. Mcdonald.
Robertson. j. F. johnson, Jacob |
Snively, A. G. Hyde. G. H. Harrison.
Chas. Mason and Chas. DeMorse, of
whom only Messrs. Shaw, Johnson
and DeMorse are said to be now liv-
ing.