The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-11-05

Junneling into the granite mountain |
preparatory to blasting large por-
ton Of it with powder. The convict |
quarters at the granite quarries are
about completed and have been built |
to accommodate ct least 800 men. Up
wards of eight miles Of the road have
been graded, which includes the most
difficult part, and the balance will be
completed rapidly now since the ar
rival of the convicts. AT the granite
cutting yard near BCrnet preparations
are Icing completed on an extensive
scale for the reception of the granite
from the quarry, the dressing OF 1t
and its re-shipment to the capitol hill
at Austin ready to be set in the walls.
Mr.. Gus Wilke. sub-contractor new
state capitol, returned from Burnett
last evening.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
If the Austin correspondent of the
San Antonio Times. who has been
slandering the department clerks
here had taken peep into the gen.
eral land office, any time during the
past monitor any other time, for
that matter-he would not have made
his assertions about idleness. Never,
| in the history of this Office, has so
| R6uuluO S1Cl1So4 WI n NSSh
done, as has been done since Captain
| Walsh commenced overhauling the
the files. The a. C. ought to go up
on Land Office hill and Investigate.
Capt. Roberdeau reports decreased
receipts for October; necessarily so,
because of temporary suspension OF
business.
This department is now ready for
general business. Local agents, with
their accumulated correspondence,
wire "on time" yesterday, ana receiv-
ed all the attention the department
was able to give them. Everything
will be working in the old systematic
groove by the close of Office hours at
the end of this week.
Receiver Roberdeau reports total re-
ceipts for mo 18th of October, $1,000;
expendl ILL.,, monthly payroll,
81 522 .48.
! Parties living abroad are notified
that they must make their remittan-
ces, for work completed in the Office,
in poStoffice money orders or drafts
on Austin. Checks on foreign banks
will be received on deposit, and placed
to the credit of parties. To be more
explicit: If you have patent in the
office, or other work which is finished
up, or want map, send money Or
der or draft on Austin, to pay for it;
otherwis your checks will be return
3D. 1t has been found absolutely nee
essary to establish this rule. both as a
matter of convenience to the receiver
and to avoid errors in accounts.
The work OF overhauling files is al
most completed. The office will be
ready for business Monday.
sOrOn Of 1n
missionerS, arrived in the city yeSter-
day.
When the office opened for busine S.,
Monday morning, Commissioned
Walsh had about one thousand letters
requiring his attention and answer.
At the close of business yesterday
the bulk of this voIuminous cores
pondence had been worked off, and
now the department is ready tor all
Corners.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
i Governor Ireland returned from
Dallas yesterday, and was immersed
/. in correspondence when the reporter
called at his office.
The following proclamation was is
sued Saturday, October 81, but after
, the reporter had made his department
rounds, hence its failure to appear in
Sundays issue of THE STATESMAN:
PROCLAMATION
by the governor of the state of
Texas. To all whom it may concern:
Whereas. The governor of Texas
has, from time to time, issued procla-
nations offering rewards for the ar
: rest, land for the arrest and conviction,
of persons charged with the violation
of the laws Of this state.
Now, therefore. ..,i fn-Jghn- Ireland
governor of the ~ of Texas, hoss.s-z
revoke all proclamations offering re-
wards made at any time prior to the
first day of January, A. ID. 1885.
= In testimony whereof, 1 hereunto
~ sign my name and cause the
I Is. s. seal of the state to be affixed,
- at Austin, this, the 31st day of
October, A. ID. 1885.
JOHN IRELAND.
By the governor. Governor.
j. w. BAINEs, Sec'ty OF State.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Jos. W. Baines, secretary of
state, was still quite i'll yesterday, but
= his case is not considered at all dan
gerous.
. The charter for the Colorado Gas
! and Electric Light company was
filed yesterday. The home of the
5 company is Colorado, Mitchell county
and the charter shall exist for fifty
years. VIM. Martin, w. Scott and 81
2 B. Smoot, are directors for the first
! year.
GREER COUNTY COMMISSION.
5 Information was received at the
s executive department yesterday of
3 the appointment Of Major Mansfield
as the fourth commissioner. on behalf
of the United States, to settle the
z ownership of Greer county. Major
5 Mansfield is now in charge of the
Q government Improvements in Calves
2 ton harbor.
0 THE CAPITOL-PENITENTI CON
TRACT.
Mr.. Gus Wilke, sub-contractor new
3 state capitol, returned from Houston
yesterday and states that Mai. Goree,
superintendent of penitentiaries, pro-
8 cured satisfactory freight rates from
Mr.. Waldo, the railroad pool commits
= sioner, for the cast-iron from the Rusk
penitentiary to Austin, for the new
0 capitol. and consequently the contract
9 between the capitol contractors and
, the state p3nitentiary board to fur
) nish the cast iron work for the new
capitol is now finality. The con-
tract was drawn by Secretary Dickln-
) son, of the penitentiary board, and has
] been signed in triplicate by both the
, contracting parties.
, ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE
Comptroller Swain yesterday ad-
, dressed communication to the attor-
ney general, asking him to institute
suit to compel Tarrant county to pay
, interest on her school funds, amounts
ing to 5000.
SUPREME COURT.
G. S. Morse, clerk of the Austin
branch, has returned from Dallas,
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Adjutant General King is in recej pt