The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-03

All OF the state departments were closed
after II O'Clock yesterday, as a mark of
respect to the late vice-president, Thomas
A. Hendricks, deceased.
STATE LAND BOARD.
There was a meeting of the state
land board yesterday forenoon,
at which there were present Comptroller
Swain, Treasurer Lubbock, Attorney
General Templeton and Secretary Law
renee.
Applications for lease of lands were re-
ceived from the following parties;
Adair & Goodnight, for 222,72O acres,
in Armstrong, Briscoe, Donley and Hall
counties.
Adair & Goodnight, for 1862 acres
in Swisher, Briscoe, Armstrong and Ran
dali counties.
Bugbel Coleman, for 1902 acres in
Hall and Donley counties.
John E. harrington, for 193,040 acres
in Briscoe, Floyd and Hall counties.
j. B. Wilson & Co., for twenty-three
sections; T III. Patrick, sixteen sections, land
R. S. Bell for fourteen sections, all in Ell
Paso county.
st. Louis Cattle company, for fifty
seven sections in Cara, Crosby and Lub-
book counties.
About two hundred applications to pur-
chase by actual settlers were received dur
ing the month of November.
The board will meet again this morning
at 10 o'clock. The adjournment was in
respect to the memory of Vice President
Hendricks.
In a contest between Mr.. Cornelius and
Mr.. Moore, as to a section of land in
Scurry county, for which Cornelius makes
application to purchase, Moore raised the
issue as to Cornelius intention to settle
the land, and disputed his right to turn
more cattle loose upon the range than
Cornelius purchase justifies. The
board decided they could not afford Moore
any relief as the law allows Cornelius six
months to effect his settlement for a
homestead. The remedy between the
parties was in the courts.
State Treasurer Lubback said the board
might do something to stop men having
only a section of land from putting in
two or three thousand head of cattle to
trespass upon the ranges of the party
who leases.
Attorney General Templeton suggested
that the time allowed for making settle
ment on land might be shortened from
six months to ninety days, and that this
ment upon the land.
Col. Swain suggested that the board
might determine what number of head of
cattle and horses the land would accom-
modate for grazing, and limit the parties.
''Unless we do something" ''he said, the
lease law is failure. [ would not lease
land there under such circumstances"
Col. Swain proposed that the board
make rule to govern such cases; but the
motion was deferred till Capt. Walsh re-
turns to vote upon the question.
During the session of the board yester-
day, Mr.. Goodnight stated that he had
placed number of water tanks on the
cattle trail which runs over school Sec
| tiOns, in the Panhandle, and inasmuch as
he did this pro bono publico, he hoped
the board would hold these sections and
not sell them. Under former ruling OF
the board, not to sell watered sections, the
land referred to by Mr.. Goodnight will
be held up.
EDUCATION.
Hon. B. M. Baker, superintendent OF
public instruction, replying to inquiry
from Prof. J. B. Majors, at Troy, Texas
makes this ruling: "None of the days
constituting what is commonly called
| 'Chr1StmaS week are legal Mondays, eX
cept the 25th day of December. So, il
the school is not kept open those days
the teachers salary, must be locked, OF
he must make up the time. But Decem
Der 25th and January 1st are legal holi
days, and failure to have school on thos,
days cannot affect the teachers's salary
Mr.. Baker is in receipt of $1,000 from
the Peabody fund, to be applied to thu
c.
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
There are now one hundred and eighty
six students matriculated in the stat,
university.
STATE HEALTH OFFICER.
Yesterday State Health Officer Swear
ingen had received no official information
relative to yellow fever at Galveston.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
Adjutant General King is in receipt O.
a letter from Capt. Sam McMurray, stat
ing that he still holds Sergeant Jak
Platt, of the rangers, for shooting tn,
desparado, but that he thinks there i
nothing in the case, as Platt was clearl,
justifable in what he did.