The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-05

TIE CAPITAL cuLLrNes.
STATE
Financial Showing of tho state 'Ereas-
ury-Meeslng OF tho Land Board.
Grass Commissioners Report.
An Old Nesress Burned to
Death House lost,

AUSTIN, Nov. g. [Special.l-Treas'
ury bslances: Revenue receipts for
October, $l5l,7G6.75; disbursements fsI
October, $l26,403 10. Total1 receipts 81
treasury, $3O4,8:S.07; disbursements,
| $l04 296 0S; balances revenue Novam
tor l, $32,S4l; balance available school
fund, SOL, 0T5 90; available univeraity
fond, $36, Sl4 9S. Total balances various
The receipts Yesterday were some
| thing over $4,000, and disbursements
| about $4,000.
The Missouri Pacific Railway COM
pany, through its Austia agent, Mr., Z.
| J, LaWless, YoSterdey paid 60 the
comptroller the sum Of S657, 22l, interest
on sinking fund.
A regular monthly meeting Ut the
land board ws3 held yesterday, ct
which we're present Comptroller Swain,
Treasurer Lubbock, LOnd Commlssi0n-
and Secretary Lawrence. The
principal busiueas transacted is
embraced IN The following
summary. The secretary Of the board
reports about 100000 acres sold to act
| uai seJtlers during October. Bids to
lease covered about 800 sections, in
Guiding bids OF the Continental Land
and Cattle company for ABOUT
F150 IN Reeves county, leav-
ing $50 sections, maiuly in CARA
and Kent )untie aud some in Mid
land and Scurry counties, which lat
ter $50 sections only wore awarded,
drawn ito bids by telegram with
out assigning any reason for
their aotinn. among The lesss5
are q sections of university lands IL
Andrews county, leased 10 NJ. y.
Roberts; also about %, 900 acres of the
public domain in Greer county, leased
to S. II. Miller.
Secretary lawrence reported that
the reports OF the grass commissioners
we're all in type, except those Of
Messrs. Stevens and Mccullough.
egainst the Greer county re-.
port. He and Ex-Governor lubbock
had considerable discussion ABOUT it.
The report OF Commissioner Wallace
&s to timber depredations in Tyler
county was considered. The party
proposed to buy section from which
he had cut timber, offering cents
an acre Tor it, but did not offer to
pay for the timber already
ont. The attorney general as o. mem
ber ofths board, said Is parties ought
| 10 puy lOr tHo tlliiD6T alTshuy cav, ABu
We will treat with them afterwards.
According to the reporr, one man was
not inclined TO pay for timber at
all, but would, If the board insisted,
pay for what logs be had removed
from sections he had left. Ho objected
TO plying for some remaining cut on
the groUnd thst the commissioner was
au 6orized L. settle for cut timber with
several parties r. amounts aggreget-
ing sbout$6OO, incirdire one of $500.
Theboard adjourned tf'Sive the secre-
tary further TINS &. prap1re his Work.
/ Tempe Jones, q negress Itogenarl-
an midwife, was burned to dosta dur
ing the night by accidentally sQset-
ting q lamp which sho usually Kept
burning every night.
About o'clock this morning q snoa all
wooden cottage, owned by Mrs.
Sophia Buruham and occupied by A.
H. Evans. was nearly burned up and
most Of Evans furniture badly dam
aged. Loss about 5000 on house and
furniture; covered by insurance.