The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-05-08

ASGI1CG-O' 1. UOOI, I1dIIlS CouAIy
econd-y. W: Ewing, Anderson;
j. J. Hayd n, Bowie fifth; w.
ant: seventh-W. II. Woodward,
calhoun eighth. T. Knox, Con
.ales ninth-W. L. Williams, Wash
ngton; tenth-V. o. King, Bexar
E. Gilbert, Taylor.
HONORARY COMMISSIONERS.
First district: A. b. Pedigs, Tyler |
county; W. l.. Denan, Angelina; J.
E. McComb, Montgomery; A. S.
Johns, Jefferson; J. w. Doremus, Bra
EOS; E. Bloomfield, Orange; b. 9. Hen
tricks, Waller; S. L. Robb, Trinity;
Pinkney Hawkins, Grimes; John t.
Brady, Harris.
Second distriot:: Scott Fields, Robin
son county; F. L Yoakum, Ander on;
n. o. Kittrell, Leon.
Third district: Il. w. Brown, Gregg
county; L. S. Lowe, Upsher; j. w. Og-
burne, Smith; J. III. Fitzgerald, Rusk;
r. w. Creary, Smith; J. F. Mitchell,
Hunt; A. T. McAlister, Harrison, l..
S. Flatau, Camp; j. 7. Riggs, Harri-
son.
Fourth district: A. p. Brown, Ma
rion county; w. E. Moore, Lamar;
VIM. McMater, Red River; James
Hulelard, Bowie; B. M. Camp, Hop
kins: w. J. Sedbery, Marion; S. j.
Wright, Lamar; l.. J. Workman, Ma
rion.
Filth district-E. c. Mclean, Gray
son county; W. p. Plemons, Clay
county; w. N Bush, Collin county;
A. L. Mattock, Montague county; A.
B. Marion, Cooke county; w. A.
Kendall, Denton county; W. IL. For
line, Cooke county; Mrs. l.. 5.
Mcpherson, GraySon county.
Sixth district-James Orr, Kauf-
man county; J. e. Gibson, Ellis coun-
ty; ]. L. A. Thomas, Dallas
county; w. F. Ramsey, johnson
county; B. D. Tarleton, Hill county;
Mrs. S. E. Buchanan. Tarrant.
Seventh district-Charles Vidor,
Galveston county; Max UrwitZ, Vic
toria county; A. G. Collins, Duval
county; j. G. z. Whitehead, Webb
county; w. F. Meriweather, Frio
county; Charles Woesner, Nueces
county; Geo. A. Ferris, Fort Bend
county: A. Walthendorf, Galveston
county.
Eighth district-B. F. Dunn, Fay
cite county; S. Lee Kyle, Lavaca
county; J. G. Douglas. Hays county;
Thomas Buchanan, Karnes county;
Mrs. J. Donnelly, Caldwell county.
Ninth District-B. S. Munger, line
stone county; w. A. Halbert, Navar.
70; A. j. Rose, Bell; p. M. Kalb. Mi
lam; j. H. Earle, McLennan; S. j. L.
Johnson. Navarro: Mrs. McHardy
McLennan; Mrs. G, M. Winkler, Ma
varro.
Tenth District r. Storer, Bexar
county; A. Giesecke, Comal; j. M
Reagan, Lampasas; w. E. Brown.
Travis; b. g. Wells, Travis; A. Gregg,
San Saba; L. Castro, BeXar.
Eleventh District-Rowan Green
Jones county; H. Smyth, Parker; S
H. Butler, Throckmorton; J. s. Fish
er, Shackleford; j. M. Fay, Callahan;
G. A. Davis, Ell Paso; A. H. III. Tolar,
Mitchell; j. 2. Estes, Hood; j. ID. Ber-
ry, Erath; w. H. Leasing, Tom Green;
A. B. Groom, Wheeler.
Additional honorary commissioners
will be appointed when the governor
returns from the Interstate drill at
Houston.
There was meeting of the board
of education yesterday. 1t was de-
cided by the board that the present
session of the Sam Houston Normal
Institute close on May 20.
The board accepted the following
places as locations for summer normal
schools for whites: Woodville, Center
Marshall, Queen City, Greenville
Mpoaala n6arcnn
Huntsville, Galveston, Gonzales, Belle
vile, Flatonio, Calvert, Mexia, Dallas
Mckinney. Denison, Henrietta, Fort
Burnett, Lockhart, Victoria, Laredo
Mason, Belleplain, CRANBERRY and
GAINESVILLE, for each senatorial dis
districts respectively in the order
named.
The following are the selections fol
the colored normal schools in the or.
der named, one for each congressional
district:
first district, Beaumont; second
fifth, no applications; sixth, Dallas
seventh, Goliad; eighth, Columbia
ninth, Waco; tenth, Austin; eleventh,
no application.
The teachers selected for these
schools are w. T. Phillips, Beaumont;
G. J. Anderson, Hearne. e. L. Black
shear, Goliad; Champion Warning,
Columbia; l.. G. Anderson, Waco; w.
L. Gordon, Austin; f. B. Webb, not
assigned; j. M. Terrell, Marshall; S.
H. Smothers, Dallas, and David Alb
ner, not assigned.
Tie teachers for the white normal
schools are w. M. Crow,at Mckinney
Miss N. Breeding, Belleville; Mrs.
Willie House, Victoria; Mrs. Sue
Warren, Mineoia; B. L. Vesey, Clarks-
vile; NJ. b. Franklin, Greenville; j.
r. Dean, Granbury; A. E. Hill,
Flaton1o; j. p. Hamilton, Hen
rietta; II. c. Pritchett, Gonzales;
j. S. Kendall. Denison; Miss Lula Nc
Coy, Anderson; Jay E. Mcclure, Dali
las; ID. A. Paulus, Waxachachie; 9. H.
Hobbs, Center; W. G. Rote, Waco, E.
B. Smith, Mason, John Vesey, jack
sonYille; w. Y. Taylor, Belle Plains;
A. w. Wilson, Marshall; John G.
Moore, Mexia; Miss Lizzie Linginow,
Queen City; G. M. Lasseter, Lockhart;
Miss Eta Sublett, Burnet; j. T. Hand,
Galveston; Thomas Connyngton, La
redo; ]. N. Gallagher, Huntsville; j.
Z. Walpole, Hamilton; Alexander
Hogg, Fort Worth 81. e. Dow, Cal
vert; B. M. Howard, Woodville.
The governor yesterday appointed
Hon. b. M. Baker. so long secretary of
the board of education, to be superin-
tendent of public instruction of the
state, until the election for that Office
takes place under the new law passed
by the last legislature. The appoint
ment was naturally expected and will
doubtless give general satisfaction.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller yesterday register
ed $4,000 of Victoria City Water
Works bonds-6-40 bonds.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
There was m Getting of the land
board yesterday, only two members,
however, present, to hear party from
Tom Green county, who was advised
that those claiming to be actual
settlers must show that they have
personally occupied the lands which
they claim, and can not hold them
through the presence of an agent after
the ninety days allowed the principal
for actual occupancy.
STATE UNIVERSITY,
Albert Sydney Burleson has been
elected valedictorian of the law class
of the state university, to represent
the class at the commencement exer-
c1seS June Il. Mr.. Burleson is a de-
scendant OF the family of that name
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