Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-03
AFFAIRS OF STATE.
Cranes Railroad Bnl Passes tho
House-The Legislature Invited
to New Orleans.
Ohanges Recommended in the Land
Board Aot-rhe I. 0. 0. +. in SEES
siOn-PrirOnsru Try to Escape.
NINETEENTH LroLsLArrnr.
Thesonate.

The SENATE.
AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. 2.-In the sen.
ate to-day a petition was presented
asking that prohibitory amendment
to the constitution be submitted to the
people.
The following bills were introduced:
To refund S2557 to the city OF
Brownsville and $isls to Laredo.
amount paid by them in maintaining
quarantine.
Prescribing penalty for introduc.
ing diseased cattle into the state
10 regulate the appointment Of Jury
commissioners.
The resolution TO amend the constl.
tuition 40 as to provide for the payment
OF the poll tax before voting, was taken
up and the adverse report OF the com
mlttee was adopted.
The bill 20 amend the law relative Il
the reversal OF cases by the court Of
appeals was taken up and engrossed
The House.
In the house to-day the fOllowlnr
bills were introduced
To compel corporations other thar
those created under the laws of thi
state to submit themselves TO the lurls
dictions Of the state courts
To provide for the appointment o
inspectors OF petroleum oils.
To compensate the county commits
sioners and surveyors when cngafeC
on the public roads.
To prohibit hre-hunting.
To authorize the payment Of cost
adjudged against the state In civil
cases.
A joint resolution 10 amend articl,
S OF section Of the constitution relat
ing to the mode and objects OF taxa
ton.
Cranes bill to compel rsilroad
chartered under the laws Of Texas /,
maintain their principal offices In tn,
state was passed
Browning's bill to refund the bacl
interest collected from actual settler
10y the land board WAS defeated.
Invited to tho E1posltloa.
Gov, Ireland has received Telegram
from Director-Genersl Burke of tn
worlds fair, inviting him and the leg
isla.ure to visit the exposition at som
convenient time, ana stating tina
proper courtesies will be extended b,
the management.
Reduced Salaries,
The senate finance committee Ina
cut down the appropriation for clerk
IN the departments from 20 10 go pc
cent.
The Odd Fellows,
The grand encampment OF tn
/. o. o. +. met here this morning pnC
installed officers for the ensuing year
The installation OF oiiicers OF tn
grand lodge took place tonight. OF
Wednesday night tn ey will elect ofii
GERS for 1856. About $50 odd Fellow
are in attendance upon the CRANE
lodge. An attempt will probably b,
made TO change the location OF th,
Odd Fellows temple. IL Is not fiKeC
by it's constitution at Austin, but 1t II
believed that the requisite two. third
vote cannot be obtained,
Changes in the Land ACT.
The house subcommittee appointed
TO consider the operations Of the LAND
board agreed tonight TO report, Ad
vising several important changes II
thepresent system, the most impOrtsn
OF which are TO increase the minimum
price Of school land TO So per acre anC
to reduce the maximum lease rate L
five cents per acre. The COMMITTEES
believe that the adoption Of the sug
gestions will largely swell the revenue
from the school land.
The University.
The intermediate examinations ar
now going on at the university.
Chartered.
The Georgetown Building and LoaI
association the w. C. Beoher Lane
Mortgage company Of Georgetown.
A BreSk for Liberty
The prisoners IN the county jai
made an effort to escape this morning
before daybreak by saving through
the bars, but they were discovered
when on the point Of success and th'
plan Was frustrated.