Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-05
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Tho Land Board Di,poses of Much busi'
ucss-The Asylum Board.
Charters Regis,ered-Boy Badly hurt
Other Items of the Day.


special to the Gazette.
Austin. January 1.-The land ooa 9r,,
held another prolonged session ",uy
10 mass on applications for sch,wi, u 81
versity and asylum lands. ne ~
having sales and leases were maui
A rrhrr county. sixty five SIC IONS NV
erarr price 50 -; Medina c,uI'-
~ firty-six sections, average prlce
a. aud leaeed seven sections r"r teu
,.a,,s st four cents. Crockett county,
u xte.n sections, average price " anu
l,.,,.ed piuhty-sevep sections Tor TWO
!, o.ra nj four and une-hulf cents Io'tle
cOuntv. four sections, average price
a. aud leased twelve sections nor ten
,,.ara M four cents. Kerr county, lour
s.ctiots. average price 81. Wiioarper
md Kerr counties viii be taken
IN Tomorrow. \ petition was re-,
rtjyed from Archer asking that Al
contested eases toe reteire nacK w oe
rpsold. but was not granted Iesu
lntjnu WAS voted down 10 REJECT olua
from, married women and h'iilors On
account OF AN existing doubt as 10 ttiei,
legal ability to perfect IA contract, anu
n resolution was passed prohiol.lns
The withdra al of bids bld 10
Ieose one hundred and sixteen SEC
lions i'm Crockett county was reierreui'
because the description was insuill
cient. A contest grew out OF caSe
from Medina county, III "hicn WY
surveyor had no watch on lhe iii'I
ing of the day to close the regisli9 W
bids and in The evening borrower "hc
from an interested party. fhe coh-
testants claim that it was twenty iii'h-
utps fast and thus their application
was filed too late. The matter was
passed to await further evidence
Fifty applications from Tom 'feen
county were received to-day
The blind asylum board met thls
evening to consider communication
from the contractor regarding Ger,
tain difficulties that VIII
be experienced on putting ia the steam
heating apparatus. ~
Chartered Beaumont Lumber
company, capital 500 600.
The a management has ordered the
removal of detachment oi company
of : ate rangers from Carizzn Springs
Ia Peros springs, on the Texas * Pa
citic railroad,
The Universal Marine Insurance
company of London was licensed 10 90
business i'm the stat. for one year.
Commissioned of Insurance Brewster
has zone 10 Wichita Falls ~ witness
in the case OF the state VS.. the FLORIDA
Mutual insurance compa y, for doing
busin, IS illegally in the state.
Twenty thousand dollars worth OF
Harris county bonds which hav t
&. 4 N lid nIIt nj
the permanent school fund balance o.
day. :.
The material for the electric light
s, stem has arrived and will be put VI
soon.
Mrs q. Burns, q well-known lady
died last night.
4 wire mischievously stretched
across tile street in The northern
suburbs. cnt out one eye and terribly
! lac.rated the face of a hoy lass nlght
Sp aker Gib.un arrived his evening
Dr. }. ID Parsons. Flatnniai, repre-
! sentative OF Rockwell, came to-day
and Mr.. J p. Ayres, representative
of BRACES cuunty, also arrived
A grand leap-i ear ball Is being give
by the young ladies ut Turn rs hall
I Mnioi Gnree. SUPERINTENDENT of pen
/ itentlaries, is here.
Au-tia, January 4.-rhe troubles il
WiIharger county, growing out OF III
recent -uspetsi II of ;se old sheriff b
the district judge, aud the appoint
ment of a successor till term time
were intensified three days by tn
resignation of The suspended sheriff /
the county commissioners, and the al
pointmrul by that body of anotht
succ. sSur ia re- obnoxious than III
suspended sheriff, thus prccipiiating
conflict of authority and Il -i&-shoott
contest fur the 'ilice and paper
The lawle-s element seek by lurC
to sustain the latter, while the belt,
cl ss of citizrns are determined
stand by the judges appointee. IT
county attorney arrived here tn
morning and reported such an ug
state OF affairs thar Orders were issu,
to reinforce the small squad
rangers now there. i seems that II
comptroller sent up the opinion tn
there was no law for the Judges ord
suspending tie sh' riff lill term tim
ana that the resignation If the 81
pended sheriff and the acti,
: Of the county commissioner
= headed by the equity judg
9 was the consequence of III
order II il found, however, that tn
: opinion WAS erroneous, and upon
: proper understanding il il altog eth
r proosble that the war will ceas
. Governor Irel ana aud tn, attot ne
= general, AS Your correspondent is i
Il formed both -ustain the order OF Il
, Judge a. being in accordance wi
, law. Citizens of Wilbarger now
: this city say the friends of the |,
e appointed sheriff seek to estabi
;. him in flee because h belongs 10 I
: gang. He IL under in'iicI m-nt in /
feterl ro,r. for CIV 'tealing, and W
IS practically abolish the sherfIalty