Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-07
VOL. TX: NO. 351.
AUSTIN.
Twenty Eight Hundred Oonvicto in the
state-AEuer Taylor Fails
to Materialige.
Applications Received for the Lease Of
Over . Million Acres Of
School Lands.

special TO the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Juiy Cool. A, G.
pahcoct n, ,ha o.rtt,J au,,..,
's,',.,. ~ 'V p,'o. y nuioae was
InVi'eu W respond 10 the toAHt, "Ths
New Capitol" at the Driskill banquet
SATURDAY. night, The Colonial VIVA ton
,,aarv 20 ta,bl. s,oh /. a.,,..,o,l,,
80, 49, : u,,''aso su'yoo.,
III wow =" existing oonpiicatons, ana
here IL what he said; ~ am recognized
as a yankee In this county. | COM
menoed celebrating at 4 o'clock this
morning and am full OF mum. can't
talk, and down he went IN his chair.
Nothing has been heard from Col.
Abner Taylor In regard TO the amended
capitol contract, which was forwarded
TO Chicago for his sigma
ture some thtnk on nccoNnt OF the
smai SUM, ABOUT So0,t0Vl involved IN
tue a,lerenSes between .ne con.raotos
anu 'he uoaru, ne VIII 9siVh ~ rather
tnan permit Tesh 'rounIes 20 lmpeue
the piogtessoi .ne 9uilaihg others De
heVe that 'ne synuicate mas already
tract ana isseeRinR iegal excuse
~ IL Thought that the Austin post
oifice VIII De one OF those which arc
TO receive the consideratton OF the
president the lastoI TINS month ihers
are something over twenty Spplcahts
but the odus are In mvor OF
Mr.. Johh ~ Johnson, quarter
master o. the aoJutant-gensrMs
uepartnieh.t wno hns tne inuorse'
ment OF congressman Snyers'
MT. h' ramsey, the accomplished
BohemlAn VINO mas been reportlnH
the sermons OF sam Jones for the lex.
hminer returned nome last night, ana
left nor san Antonio THIS evening to
assume the city editorshlp OF the
Times
| The new eVeningpa mere VIII ap,
pear about inc lst OF august " WIN
be manhged ny Col. Lewis, late editor
ana proprietor OF the lIanipasss DIS
patch,
special TO the Gazette
AuspIN, TEX, July 8,--At the close
OF business to-day the land board had
received applications for tho lease OF
over million acres OF school lands
situated Ia the following counties
Andrews, Boyle, Borden, Childress,
Colllngsworth, Crockett, Crosby, D,w-
son, Inl Paso, Fisher, Frio, Cara, Gil.
lespie, Hall, Howard, Kent Kerr,
Kinney, Martin, Mitchell, Reeves,
Scurry, Tom Green, Throckmorton
Wharton. The bids are chiefly
at t. cents, although In "A
few instances they are larger
on account OF competition There are
: twenty-five applicants for purchase as
actual sett hers and about one hundred
bldders under the three.section COM
! petltiye resolution. The hand board
meets tomorrow TO make awards.
Superintendent Goree and Finan DIAL
J Agent Brahen OF the penitentiary at
J tended "A meeting OF the penitentiniy
board to-day. The repoFt Of the for.
mer shows $500 convlobs on hand the
} Let OF July, nm increase OF 100 duriDg
June They are distributed as fol.
lowe: Un farms worked by the state
, FOG, hired out ON farms $50,
, in railroad trains $50, enaARsd In build.
log the branch railroad tO Rusk i75
! the balance inside the penitentlAries
The state Ia cultivating 1000 acres in
, shares, IL feeding, clothing and guard
Ing the e)nvlcts, the owasr furnishing
} the team, and each taking half A
fine corn crop Ia already assured, and
} with a favorable season the state Will
, get 1000 bales OF 0otton from this
source. The railroads are beginning
TO make demands for convict labor
, again, applications for three trains be-
, Ing received last month, which were
} penased.
! Mai goree brought with him the
} report of John BlnbInbine, Nh expert
! from Philadelphia, on the iron furnace
I eanipped In the country, only equaled
by $50 out OF go In the United STATES.