The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-04
AUSTIN.
STATE CAPITAL CULLINGS
Financial Shelving of tho State Treas.
ury-HceiinS OF tho Lad Board.
Grass COMMISSIONER Report.
An Old Nesress Burnedto
Death House Lost,

AUSTIN, Nov. g. Especial. l-Tsess
luz balances: Revenue receipts for
October, Sljl,766.75; disbursement. for
octobsr, 2G,i03.l0. Totall receipts AZ
treasury, S5Oi,GSS.C7; disbursements =,
l$i0l ,296.0S; balance revenue Noyeal-
Ter |, S32,Sil' balance available school
fund, Sl0l,0I529; available uuiversitV
fund, S36,Sii9S. Total balances various
funds, $SlS,5930S
Tho rsceiDts yesterday were some.
thing over $4,000, and dlsbursemonJs
about S3O,oGl.
The Missouri Pacific Railway CON-
panyi through its Austin agent, Mr.. =.
j. hawless, yesterday paid TO tho
comptroller Tho sum of$eI, 2Gi, interest
on sinking fgnd.
A regulsr monthly meeting Of The
land board WAS hold yesterday, at
which were prosort Comptroller Swan,
treasurer Lubbock, Land Commission
, or walsh, Attorney General Temple,on
ana Secretary Lawrence. The
principal business transacted liz
embraced ia tho ioJlowinu
summary. Tho secretary OF The board
reports about 100000 acres sold 70 act
ubl setileN during October. Eds 10
lease covered about 500 sections, in
Guiding bids OF tho Coutinontol Ian,
aud Cattle company for abouu
100 IN Eeovea county, leav-
ing 100 sections, mainly In Garzs
ard Kent c)unti9 cad somo in Mid
laud aud Scurry counties, which La ..
TOR loo sections ouly were awarded,
the Cont'nontal company having with
drawn IS bids by telegram with
out assigning any reason Tor
thor actiOn. Among the lessos
1te II SECTIONS Iof university lands IN
Andrews Gaanty, leased 10 NJ. II.
Eobcrtsi also about $500 acres OF tho
puoln domsin IN Greer county, leaAoi
70 s. n. Miller.
Secretary IsSwrepca reported tna.
the rsportS OF thO gfsss commissioners
wore az M tyoe, except tboso of
Messrr. S.eraOs gud Mccullough,
lhe auoruey-sonerAl al0de voted
against tho Greer county rn.
port. lie ano o1-Goyesnor Lubhnpk
had oOnsidoran,e discussion about it.
Tho ropor, or Commissioner Wallace
as 10 timOvr GgDrsdgtions I'm Tylor
county was considered. THO patty
PROPOSED TO buy section from which
no Rad cut ,'mber, Offering 8 cents
an aero Tor IL. but did not offer TO
pay Tor tho timber already
out. Tho attorney.goncral 90 NOM
her ofth0 board, sald 10 parties ought
10 pay fof tue timber already cut, and
NO WIZ treat with them Afterwards,
According TO tho report, one man was
not iuoiinod to pay FOR tinibor vi
all, nut would, II tho board Insisted,
pav for what logs hs bad removed
from sections ho had less. Ho objected
70 paying for some remaining cut on
the ground th,t tro commissioner VIZ
Rui horized TO settle for cuttimber with
several parties for amounts aggrogsI-
ing about SEQ, including ono OF $500.
Thoboard adjourned 20 glvo the sccro.
saty further time 10 prepare his work.
Tempe Jones, a negroes octorenari-
au midwife, was burned 70 death dur
Ing the. night by. accidentally upset.
ting = lamp which she usually ken,
burning every night.
About o'clock Iris morning n small
wooden cottage, owned by Mrs.
SOPHIA Burnhem and occupied by A.
IA. Evans. was nearly burned up and
most or Evans furniture badly dam.
aged. Loss about $500 on house and
furniture; covered by insurance.